Maeda was reported to say in the February 2007 issue of "Comptiq" that after the completion of "Little Busters!", he would not be working on the scenario staff for Key any longer. However, in an interview in the December 2007 issue of "Dengeki G's Magazine", Maeda said that he would still be working on the music for Key's next game. In 2007, Maeda also composed the ending theme for the game "Himawari no Chapel de Kimi to" for the company Marron, and he was on the music staff for Ram's game "5" released in July 2008. Maeda worked in collaboration with Na-Ga and ASCII Media Works' "Dengeki G's Magazine" to the anime series and mixed media project "Angel Beats!" as the planner and writer, as well as composing the anime's music. Maeda worked on Key's ninth game "Rewrite" with the composition of the game's music and as the quality checker.