Kyoto Animation
{{Short description|Japanese animation studio}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Expand Japanese|京都アニメーション|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Kyoto Animation Co., Ltd.
| logo = Kyoto Animation logo.svg
| logo_caption = The current Kyoto Animation logo, based on the flag and emblem of Kyoto Prefecture
| image = Kyoto Animation Co., Ltd. headquarters.jpg
| image_caption = Kyoto Animation headquarters in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture
| native_name = 株式会社京都アニメーション
| native_name_lang = ja
| romanized_name = Kabushiki-gaisha Kyōto Animēshon
| type = Kabushiki gaisha
| foundation = {{start date and age|1985|7|12}}
| defunct =
| key_people = {{Plain list|
- Hideaki Hatta (president){{cite web |script-title=ja:会社概要 |trans-title=Company Profile |publisher=KyotoAnimation.co.jp |access-date=April 27, 2015 |url=http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/company/outline/ |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421004341/http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/company/outline/ |archive-date=April 21, 2015 |url-status=live}}
- Yoko Hatta (vice president){{cite web |year=2004 |title=Outline |publisher=KyotoAnimation.co.jp |access-date=April 27, 2015 |url=http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/data/e/company/company_gaiyou.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222120537/http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/data/e/company/company_gaiyou.html |archive-date=February 22, 2011}}
}}
| location = Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan{{cite web |script-title=ja:拠点案内 |trans-title=Office Locations |work=KyotoAnimation.co.jp |access-date=April 27, 2015 |url=http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/company/office/ |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504072548/http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/company/office/ |archive-date=May 4, 2015 |url-status=live}}
| industry = Japanese animation
Print media publisher (mainly light novels)
| num_employees_year = 2022
| subsid = Animation Do (2010–2020, absorbed)
| homepage = [https://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/en/ kyotoanimation.co.jp/en/]
}}
{{Nihongo|Kyoto Animation Co., Ltd.|株式会社京都アニメーション|Kabushiki-gaisha Kyōto Animēshon|lead=yes}}, often abbreviated {{Nihongo|KyoAni|京アニ|Kyōani}}, is a Japanese animation studio and light novel publisher located in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture. It was founded in 1985 by husband and wife Hideaki and Yoko Hatta, who remain its president and vice-president respectively.
Kyoto Animation has produced anime films and series including The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006), Clannad (2007), K-On! (2009), Nichijou (2011), Free! (2013), Sound! Euphonium (2015), A Silent Voice (2016), and Violet Evergarden (2018).
History
{{Unreliable sources |section|date=June 2024}}
File:Kyoto-animation-building.jpg
File:Kyoto Animation Studio 1a.jpg
Kyoto Animation was co-founded in 1985 by married couple Yoko and Hideaki Hatta; it became a limited company in 1985 and a corporation in 1999.{{sfn|Cavallaro|2012|p=3}} Yoko Hatta, who serves as the company's vice president, had worked as a painter at Mushi Production until she moved to Kyoto after marrying her husband, who serves as president.{{sfn|Cavallaro|2012|p=3, 11}} The company's logo originates from the kanji kyō ({{nihongo2|京}}), the first character of Kyoto ({{nihongo2|京都}}).{{sfn|Cavallaro|2012|p=8}}
Since 2009, Kyoto Animation has hosted the annual Kyoto Animation Awards in three categories: original novels, manga, and scenarios. Some winning submissions are published under the company's KA Esuma Bunko imprint, and have a chance of being later adapted as anime.{{sfn|Cavallaro|2012|p=10}} Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions, Free!, Beyond the Boundary and Myriad Colors Phantom World were based on novels that received an honorable mention in this competition.{{sfn|Cavallaro|2012|p=10}} In 2014, the novel Violet Evergarden became the first and only work so far to win a grand prize in any of the three categories.{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2015-10-01/kyoani-award-winning-novel-violet-evergarden-to-ship-on-december-25/.94862 |title=KyoAni Award-Winning Novel Violet Evergarden to Ship on December 25 |publisher=Anime News Network |date=October 1, 2015 |access-date=May 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601084013/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2015-10-01/kyoani-award-winning-novel-violet-evergarden-to-ship-on-december-25/.94862 |archive-date=June 1, 2016 |url-status=live}}
Kyoto Animation has become recognized for its high production values and "sensitivity to the wonders and quandaries of ordinary life".{{sfn|Cavallaro|2012|p=1, 3}} Unlike most animation studios, the company's employees are salaried rather than freelance workers, and are trained in-house.{{cite web |last1=Orsini |first1=Lauren |title=The Impact Of Kyoto Animation: 5 Things You Need To Know |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsini/2019/07/19/the-impact-of-kyoto-animation-5-things-you-need-to-know/#2d66264660d6 |website=Forbes |access-date=August 21, 2020 |language=en |date=July 19, 2019}} These practices have been cited as encouraging employees to focus on frame quality rather than production quotas.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/20/16482234/a-silent-voice-kyoto-animation-kyoani |title=A Silent Voice shows why Kyoto Animation is one of the top animation studios |work=The Verge |date=October 20, 2017 |access-date=February 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203064218/https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/20/16482234/a-silent-voice-kyoto-animation-kyoani |archive-date=February 3, 2018 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/japan-arson-attack-why-anime-studio-kyoto-animation-is-respected-1225257 |title=Japan Arson Attack: Why Studio Kyoto Animation Is Widely Respected in the Anime World |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=July 18, 2019 |access-date=July 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718145306/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/japan-arson-attack-why-anime-studio-kyoto-animation-is-respected-1225257 |archive-date=July 18, 2019 |url-status=live}} The company has received praise for the positive treatment of its staff, and was honored by Women in Animation with its Diversity Award in 2020 for its efforts in creating a gender-balanced workforce and encouraging women to enter the industry.{{cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-11-05/kyoto-animation-wins-women-in-animation-diversity-award/.165973 |title=Kyoto Animation Wins Women in Animation Diversity Award |work=Anime News Network |last=Mateo |first=Alex |date=November 5, 2020 |access-date=November 9, 2020}}
In April 2020, the company announced that it would put its work on hiatus for one month due to the COVID-19 pandemic, later extending the period to the end of May.{{cite web |last1=Pineda |first1=Rafael Antonio |last2=Mateo |first2=Alex |title=Kyoto Animation Extends Work Hiatus Due to COVID-19 Through May (Updated) |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-05-15/kyoto-animation-extends-work-hiatus-due-to-covid-19-through-may/.159409 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=August 21, 2020 |date=May 15, 2020}}
=Animation Do=
An affiliate company, {{nihongo|Animation Do Co., Ltd.|株式会社アニメーションドゥウ|Kabushiki-gaisha Animēshon Dū}}, was established in 2000 to assist production at Kyoto Animation.{{cite web |script-title=ja:会社情報 |trans-title=Company Information |work=AnimationDo.co.jp |access-date=April 27, 2015 |url=http://www.animationdo.co.jp/company/ |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511051023/http://www.animationdo.co.jp/company/ |archive-date=May 11, 2015 |url-status=live}} Originally established as the studio's Osaka office, it was incorporated as a limited company in 2000, then a corporation in 2010. Both companies are run by Hideaki Hatta and are run jointly as one. They produce up-and-coming works under the Animation Do label with Kyoto Animation as their main contractor and works where they work as one company alongside Kyoto Animation. They work on most Kyoto Animation projects and many of them have joint signatures. On September 16, 2020, it was announced by the National Printing Bureau's Kanpō publication that Kyoto Animation absorbed Animation Do, which includes all rights and associated properties.{{Cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-09-16/kyoto-animation-absorbs-osaka-based-affiliate-animation-do/.164082 |title=Kyoto Animation Absorbs Osaka-Based Affiliate Animation Do |author=Pineda, Rafael Antonio |date=September 16, 2020 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=September 16, 2020}}
=2019 arson attack=
{{main|Kyoto Animation arson attack}}
On the morning of July 18, 2019, at around 10:31 a.m, an arson fire at Kyoto Animation's first studio in Fushimi killed 36 people (including directors Yasuhiro Takemoto and Yoshiji Kigami),{{cite news |url=https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190718/p2a/00m/0na/002000c |title=33 dead after explosion at Kyoto Animation studio, dozens injured |date=July 18, 2019 |access-date=July 18, 2019 |publisher=The Mainichi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718041830/https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190718/p2a/00m/0na/002000c |archive-date=July 18, 2019 |url-status=live}}{{Cite news |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20190719/k10011999551000.html |title=アニメ会社放火 男性１人死亡 死者34人に 警察 |author= |date=July 19, 2019 |work=NHK News |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719150512/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20190719/k10011999551000.html |archive-date=July 19, 2019 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 19, 2019}} injured 34 others (including the suspect) in varying degrees, and destroyed most of the building's materials and computers. The suspect, 41-year-old Shinji Aoba,{{cite web |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/07/18/national/dozens-injured-fire-kyoto-anime-studio-man-questioned-police/ |title=At least 33 people dead, dozens injured in suspected arson at Kyoto anime studio |date=July 18, 2019 |access-date=July 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718041216/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/07/18/national/dozens-injured-fire-kyoto-anime-studio-man-questioned-police/ |archive-date=July 18, 2019 |url-status=live}} later admitted to committing the attack and was sentenced to death in January 2024.{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/07/kyoto-animation-studio-arson-suspect-motives-1202648253/ |title=Kyoto Animation Arson Fire Suspect Claims Plagiarism Caused Him To Act – Police Say He's Mentally Ill |last1=Haring |first1=Bruce |last2=Wiseman |first2=Andreas |date=July 20, 2019 |website=Deadline |language=en |access-date=July 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722204455/https://deadline.com/2019/07/kyoto-animation-studio-arson-suspect-motives-1202648253/ |archive-date=July 22, 2019 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Yeung |first=Jessie |date=2024-01-25 |title=Japan court sentences arsonist to death for deadly attack on Kyoto Animation studio |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/25/asia/kyoto-animation-arson-verdict-japan-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=CNN |language=en}}
Productions
In the tables below, only the productions for which Kyoto Animation was a lead producer are listed.
= Anime television series =
= Anime films =
=Original video animations=
= Original net animations =
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col" class="unsortable" width=10 | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Director(s) ! scope="col" | {{abbr|Eps.|Episodes}} ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Note(s) ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Refs.|References}} |
|---|
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2009
| The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya |rowspan="2"|Yasuhiro Takemoto |25 |style="text-align:left;" | Adaptation of the spin-off Haruhi Suzumiya manga by Puyo. |rowspan="2"|{{cite web |last1=Loo |first1=Egan |title=Haruhi-chan, Churuya-san Streamed with English Subs |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-02-14/haruhi-chan-churuya-san-streamed-with-english-subs |website=Anime News Network |access-date=August 17, 2020 |language=en |date=February 14, 2009}} |
| Nyorōn Churuya-san
|13 |style="text-align:left;" | Adaptation of the spin-off Haruhi Suzumiya manga by Eretto. |
Published light novels
{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
- Yūyake Tōdai no Himitsu (2011)
- Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions (2011–2017)
- Oyashiki to Coppelia (2011)
- Beyond the Boundary (2012–2013)
- Tamako Market (2013–2014)
- Myriad Colors Phantom World (2013–2016)
- High Speed! (2013–2014)
- Robot Heart Update (2015–2017)
- Violet Evergarden (2015–2020)
- Manzai Senka! (2016)
- Tsurune (2016–present)
- Kono Hoshizora ni wa Kimi ga Tarinai! (2017)
- 20 Seiki Denki Mokuroku (2018)
- Mobomoga (2020)
- Jikan (2020)
- Ten'yaku-ryō no Majo (2020)
- Sakura no Furu Machi (2020){{cite web |title=書籍情報：KAエスマ文庫 |url=http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/books/lineup/ |publisher=Kyoto Animation |access-date=August 20, 2020 |language=ja}}
- Umihime Mare (2022){{cite web |title=書籍情報：KAエスマ文庫 |url=http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/books/lineup/ |publisher=Kyoto Animation |access-date=May 17, 2022 |language=ja}}
}}
International distribution
A number of titles that are produced by Kyoto Animation are distributed in North America such as Crunchyroll LLC (Funimation), ADV Films, Sentai Filmworks, Central Park Media, Netflix and Bandai Entertainment. Kanon and Air were originally licensed by ADV Films but the licenses were transferred to Funimation in 2008;{{cite web|url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-07-04/funimation-picks-up-over-30-former-ad-vision-titles|title=Funimation Picks Up Over 30 Former AD Vision Titles|publisher=Anime News Network|date=July 4, 2008|access-date=July 7, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080707034228/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-07-04/funimation-picks-up-over-30-former-ad-vision-titles| archive-date= 7 July 2008 | url-status= live}} whilist Bandai Entertainment previously distributed KyoAni titles such as The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Lucky Star, K-On! and Nichijou. However, Bandai Entertainment closed in 2013, and three of the four of its titles were transferred to Funimation while K-On! was moved to Sentai Filmworks where it dubbed the second season and a movie.{{cite web|title=Bandai Entertainment to Discontinue Home Video, Manga, Novel Sales|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-08-31/bandai-entertainment-to-discontinue-home-video-manga-novel-sales|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=August 31, 2012}}
In Australia, where Crunchyroll Store Australia (previously known as Madman Anime) is based, they licensed a handful of KyoAni titles such as Clannad, Hyouka and Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions.
Notes
{{notelist}}
References
{{Reflist}}
=Bibliography=
{{refbegin}}
- {{Cite book |last=Cavallaro |first=Dani |title=Kyoto Animation: A Critical Study and Filmography |publisher=McFarland |year=2012 |place=Jefferson, N.C. |isbn=978-0-7864-7068-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qzwFLizqVMMC}}
{{refend}}
Further reading
- {{cite web |last1=Creamer |first1=Nick |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2015-12-02/what-makes-kyoto-animation-so-special/.95559 |title=What Makes Kyoto Animation So Special? |publisher=Anime News Network |date=December 2, 2015 |access-date=December 2, 2015}}
External links
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- {{Official website|http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/en}}
- {{Official website|https://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp}} {{In lang|ja}}
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