I wonder how long it takes for them to make a character start to finish, from concept work to the finished product? I recall people basing their expectations on more S-rank males based off of that interview a bit before 2.0. If they were going to drop at least the first male, patterns so far would dictate the patch before the big VH/meta unit like Lighter before Meebs and Hugo before shifu.
If they were to start designing characters from that interview I wonder how long it would take for them to show up?