

It is well known that _Charlotte_ is the second anime created by Key in
collaboration with P.A.Works, the first being _Angel Beats!_. Therefore, it
comes as no surprise that _Charlotte_ makes passing references to _Angel
Beats!_ , most of which can be found in episode 7.

This is the scene at 08:19 of episode 10 of _Charlotte_ :

[![School principal and
painting](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZDeTC.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZDeTC.jpg)

The painting behind the school principal is the same as the painting hanging
in the Anti-Angel Headquarters in _Angel Beats!_.

This piqued my interest: is this a real painting, perhaps one that hangs in
the Key office or in the Japanese school principal offices? Or has this
appeared in other fictional work, like one of Key's visual novels?

P.S. I know the probability is high that this is an original painting that
first appeared in _Angel Beats!_ , because a few seconds after the above
scene, we could see the same calligraphy of the kanji character 心 ( _kokoro_ )
that is featured in episode 12 of _Angel Beats!_ , meaning the two paintings
could just be references to the first anime by Jun Maeda, but I need more
input backed by facts.


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Has this painting appeared anywhere else besides Angel Beats! and Charlotte?