The reason behind the dance sequence in Death Parade's OP [Production insight info]

Found this tidbit of info interesting, so sharing it. This is from on interview with Aya suzuki, an animator who worked on death billiardsAG: You worked on the original Death Billiards. Were you ever approached to work on Death Parade when it was turned into a full series?Suzuki: Yeah (laughs), I was. Madhouse contacted me, and then shortly after I met Tachikawa-san and Kurita-san and the team, actually, because they’re good friends of mine. I just couldn’t fit it into my schedule. It’s really bad, because I said I’d definitely work on it. Because when Death Billiardswas in production, the director already had the idea that he wanted to make it into a series anyway — from the very very beginning — and hoped that everybody who worked on Death Billiards would be on Death Parade. But I was the only one who actually couldn’t do it. Most of the guys did go on toDeath Parade. I really wanted to do it, but I just couldn’t fit it into my schedule. And Tachikawa-san was just like “Could you at least just take one scene in the opening sequence?” And I was like, “I’mreallysorry I can’t.” And because he knows that on the side, I do a lot of dancing as well, he said, “If I put a dance sequence in the opening sequence, will you do it?” And then I was like, “Maybe.” [Laughs] And that’s why there’s a dance sequence in the opening, and I still didn’t do it in the end because I still didn’t have the time.Source : http://ift.tt/1IJ4xAE (the whole interview has much more production insights about other studio and popular directors as well) http://ift.tt/1IJ4xAG