>>543704181
No, his materials were originally written by Nasu for the never produced MMO then Nasu used him for CCC, while the CCC development cycle was undergoing it was decided that Apoc was going to be a spin off and Higashide and Nasu decided to include him. Obviously he showed up before in Apoc because the development cycle of a novel is way shorter than a videogame but chronologically it was Nasu and CCC