History Creator / KyotoAnimation

* ''[[Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid MiniDragon'' (2021) (a series of 2-minute ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' vignettes)

** ''VisualNovel/{{CLANNAD}}'' had at least two in the first episode - a desaturated opening, à la ''Haruhi'', and a subverted version of a DatingSimShot like the ones ''Kanon'' was filled with. Mai's sword and Sayuri's magical wand (along with their ribbons) make a brief appearance as theater props, and Sayuri's giant purple anteater makes a star appearance in a crane game. The second season has what could only be Akiko's infamous "special jam". Sanae's bread simply tastes bad and is hard to eat. Akiko's ultimate jam blurs your senses. Put them together, and you get knocked out Miyazawa gang members. A WMD indeed, even in the hands of Nagisa. Sayuri's anteater can be seen in the Furukawa household after [[spoiler:Ushio lives with Sanae and Akio]].

[[http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/ Kyoto Animation]] is the anime studio responsible for ''Anime/{{Munto}}'', ''Lightnovel/FullMetalPanic'' (''Fumoffu'' and ''The Second Raid''), ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'', ''Manga/LuckyStar'', ''Manga/KOn'' and adaptations of three Creator/KeyVisualArts visual novels: ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}'', ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}'', and ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'' (although they were also separately adapted by Creator/ToeiAnimation). Held to high regard for their usually good animation quality (the animation tends to be more fluid, on-par with Western-made cartoons, not to mention mouth flaps often being more articulate rather than being stuck in one position), as well as [[SceneryPorn almost disturbingly realistic backgrounds]] (which are very often [[RealPlaceBackground based on real locations]]) and the generous use of little touches to spice up the character animation, as a result it has a fondness for using the ''bloom'' and ''flare'' effects for its visuals.

[[http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/ Kyoto Animation]] is the anime studio responsible for ''Anime/{{Munto}}'', ''Lightnovel/FullMetalPanic'' (''Fumoffu'' and ''The Second Raid''), ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'', ''Manga/LuckyStar'', ''Manga/KOn'' and adaptations of three Creator/KeyVisualArts visual novels: ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}'', ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}'', and ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'' (although they were also separately adapted by Creator/ToeiAnimation). Held to high regard for their usually good animation quality (the animation tends to be more fluid, on-par with Western-made cartoons, not to mention mouth flaps often being more articulate rather than being stuck in one position), as well as [[SceneryPorn almost disturbingly realistic backgrounds]] and the generous use of little touches to spice up the character animation, as a result it has a fondness for using the ''bloom'' and ''flare'' effects for its visuals.

* ''Manga/KOn'' (2009)

* ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' (2006) (2009)

%% See Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease and Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment for reference.

* ''[[Anime/SaberMarionetteJ Saber Marionette R]]'' (In-Between Animation)

* RealPlaceBackground: Most of their anime series use real locations in Japan as reference for backgrounds. They're [[SceneryPorn so accurate to real life]] that fans have managed to track down the location and angle of the place on which the background of individual scenes in their series were based.

* FalseCameraEffects: Kyoto Animation's recent offerings have utilized heavy use of blur, focus, chromatic aberration and bokeh. This is particularly noticeable in ''Literature/SoundEuphonium'', especially its pilot episode.

%%NOTE: In light of the arson attacks, please do not trope the events and/or any people that were involved in it. See Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease and Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment for reference.

[[quoteright:250:[[Manga/LuckyStar https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cit_lucky_star_posing_in_front_of_kyoani.jpg]]]]
[[caption-width-right:250:[[center:[[CelebrityParadox Wait, what?]]]]]]

* AnimationBump: [=KyoAni's=] biggest draw is how detailed their animation is, always going an extra mile with all of their shows. Even a supposed simple SliceOfLife show like ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' goes hard enough on its action scenes to get nominated for "Best Fight Scene" in Creator/{{Crunchyroll}}'s Anime Awards show.

* BaitAtiondSwitchLesbians: Kyoto Animation has become rather infamous for introducing massive amounts of {{subtext}} between female characters, only to let it go unanswered and open-ended. While there is debate whether this mere negligence or a conscious choice to not dissuade male shipping, this practice still garnered the studio a bad reputation among the {{yuri}} fandom.

* AnimationBump: [=KyoAni's=] biggest draw is how detailed their animation is, always going an extra mile with all of their shows. Even a supposed simple SliceOfLfe show like ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' goes hard enough on its action scenes to get nominated for "Best Fight Scene" in Creator/{{Crunchyroll}}'s Anime Awards show.

For a more extensive overview of their work see [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/company.php?id=235 their entry on ANN]].

* BaitAndSwitchLesbians: Kyoto Animation has become rather infamous for introducing massive amounts of {{subtext}} between female characters, only to let it go unanswered and open-ended. While there is debate whether this mere negligence or a conscious choice to not dissuade male shipping, this practice still garnered the studio a bad reputation among the {{yuri}} fandom.

* During their pre-inhouse period, the studio was notable for their tendency to do {{Shout Out}}s and [[CastingGag casting gags]] to their own series. This tendency died off after ''K-On'''s adaptation.
** ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' has a couple of shout outs to ''Lightnovel/FullMetalPanic'' and ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}''.
** ''Manga/LuckyStar'' has innumerable {{Shout Out}}s to ''Haruhi'', being the favorite show of the OtakuSurrogate Konata... [[ActorAllusion who is voiced by Aya Hirano, Haruhi's voice actress (as well as in the English dub, where Konata and Haruhi are both voiced by Wendee Lee]]. Konata uses the ''Haruhi'' songs "Hare Hare Yukai" and later "Koi no Mikuru Densetsu" as ringtones, has a big collection of ''Haruhi'' merchandise, [[CosplayOtakuGirl cosplays as Haruhi]] at the cafe where she works, and much, much more. After all, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cit_lucky_star_advertisement.jpg "This is advertisement for us, so it's better!"]] These inside references are anime-only, and are not found anywhere in the manga on which it is based.Similarly, Kagami's favourite series happens to be ''Lightnovel/FullMetalPanic'', leading to {{Shout Out}}s in that direction as well. (Oddly enough, Tsukasa's favourite series is ''Manga/SgtFrog'', which also has its fair share of {{Shout Out}}s, despite being a Creator/{{Sunrise}} show. In the same vein, Konata is a fan of ''Anime/CodeGeass'', also produced by Sunrise, and they manage a few {{Shout Out}}s for it too.) Not surprising at all, since Kyoani is affiliated with Sunrise, so it's a ShoutOut to their parent company. And of course, as pictured, when the girls go on a field trip to Kyoto... well, where does Konata want to visit?
** An interesting example: in ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}'': Nayuki, Ayu, and Makoto from ''Kanon'' show up with the original voice actors, much like Kyon and Yuki do in ''Lucky Star''... only this was ''before'' Kyoani ever animated ''Kanon''. This makes it more of a shout out to the fact that they were both created by [[Creator/KeyVisualArts Key/Visual Art's]].
** ''VisualNovel/{{CLANNAD}}'' had at least two in the first episode - a desaturated opening, à la ''Haruhi'', and a subverted version of a DatingSimShot like the ones ''Kanon'' was filled with. Mai's sword and Sayuri's magical wand (along with their ribbons) make a brief appearance as theater props, and Sayuri's giant purple anteater makes a star appearance in a crane game. The second season has what could only be Akiko's infamous "special jam". Sanae's bread simply tastes bad and is hard to eat. Akiko's ultimate jam blurs your senses. Put them together, and you get knocked out Miyazawa gang members. A WMD indeed, even in the hands of Nagisa. Sayuri's anteater can be seen in the Furukawa household after [[spoiler:Ushio lives with Sanae and Akio]].
** Kyoto Animation has a tendency to animate shows with [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] male leads, like [[VisualNovel/{{Air}} Yukito]], [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Kyon]], [[VisualNovel/{{Kanon}} Yuuichi]], [[VisualNovel/{{Clannad}} Tomoya]], [[Literature/{{Hyouka}} Houtarou]], to an extent, [[Anime/{{Free}} Haruka]], and [[LightNovel/BeyondTheBoundary Akihito]].

Two years after the incident, Kyoto Animation made a triumphant return to TV anime in 2021, with a second season of ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' in July 2021. In addition in April, 2021, a series of 2 minute shorts of little vignettes from Dragon Maid was also shown, all created by newly groomed talent at the studio.

** ''Manga/LuckyStar'' has innumerable {{Shout Out}}s to ''Haruhi'', being the favorite show of the OtakuSurrogate Konata... [[ActorAllusion who is voiced by Aya Hirano, Haruhi's voice actress (as well as in the English dub, where Konata and Haruhi are both voiced by Wendee Lee]]. Konata uses a ''Hare Hare Yukai'' and later ''Koi no Mikuru Densetsu'' ringtone, has a big collection of ''Haruhi'' merchandise, [[CosplayOtakuGirl cosplays as Haruhi]] at the cafe where she works, and much, much more. After all, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cit_lucky_star_advertisement.jpg "This is advertisement for us, so it's better!"]] These inside references are anime-only, and are not found anywhere in the manga on which it is based.Similarly, Kagami's favourite series happens to be ''Lightnovel/FullMetalPanic'', leading to {{Shout Out}}s in that direction as well. (Oddly enough, Tsukasa's favourite series is ''Manga/SgtFrog'', which also has its fair share of {{Shout Out}}s, despite being a Creator/{{Sunrise}} show. In the same vein, Konata is a fan of ''Anime/CodeGeass'', also produced by Sunrise, and they manage a few {{Shout Out}}s for it too.) Not surprising at all, since Kyoani is affiliated with Sunrise, so it's a ShoutOut to their parent company. And of course, as pictured, when the girls go on a field trip to Kyoto... well, where does Konata want to visit?

* Untitled ''Free!'' film (2021)

In the wake of ''K-On!'', the studio also became known for the distinctness of character designs it used across different series. Indeed, you can put Yui (from ''Manga/KOn''), Chitanda (from ''Literature/{{Hyouka}}''), Tamako (from ''Anime/TamakoMarket''), and Mirai (from ''LightNovel/BeyondTheBoundary'') in one place, and you wouldn't know they were from different shows. Certain exceptions from this were ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}'' and ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'', which instead used the original mangas' more simplistic styles.

[[/index]]

* ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' (Finish & In-Between Animation)

Two years after the incident, Kyoto Animation made a triumphant return to TV anime in 2021, with a second season of ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' in July 2021. In addition in April, 2031, a series of 2 minute shorts of little vignettes from Dragon Maid was also shown, all created by newly groomed talent at the studio.

Despite what their name might suggest, they aren't based in UsefulNotes/{{Kyoto}}, but in Uji, a different town in Kyoto Prefecture. They also have units in Osaka (Animation Do, responsible for the smash hit ''Anime/{{Free}}'') & in South Korea (Creator/StudioBlue, formally known as [=AniVillage=]). They are especially noted for keeping all their staff of salary and in-house, along with a relaxed production schedule[[note]]they close the studio every night at 6 pm, not allowing animators to work later than that[[/note]], making them one of the best places to work in the entire anime industry.

Two years after the incident, Kyoto Aninatiiin made a triumphant return to TV anime in 2021, with a second season of ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' in July 2021. In addition in April, 2031, a series of 2 minute shorts of little vignettes from Dragon Maid was also shown, all created by newly groomed talent at the studio.

Despite what their name might suggest, they aren't based in UsefulNotes/{{Kyoto}}, but in Uji, a different town in Kyoto Prefecture. They also have units in Osaka (Animation Do, responsible for the smash hit ''Anime/{{Free}}'') & in South Korea (Creator/StudioBlue, formally known as [=AniVillage=]).

* ''Anime/CrayonShinChan'' (Key, Finish & In-Between Animation and color design for the series and seven movies. Also one of the few series they still do sub-contract work for)