Charlotte is a Japanese anime television series produced by P.A. Works, and the second original anime series created by the visual novel brand Key following Angel Beats! in 2010. The series was created and written by Jun Maeda and directed by Yoshiyuki Asai, with music by Maeda, Hikarishuyo, and the group Anant-Garde Eyes. The characters were designed by Kanami Sekiguchi based on Na-Ga's original concepts. The series follows Yuu Otosaka, a high school boy with the power of to temporarily possess others, who is recruited into a student council tasked with helping others who have manifested superhuman abilities.