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| 12 | [[http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/ Kyoto Animation]] is the anime studio responsible for ''Anime/{{Munto}}'', ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'' (''Fumoffu'' and ''The Second Raid''), ''Literature/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), their [[SceneryPorn almost disturbingly realistic backgrounds]] (which are very often [[RealPlaceBackground based on real locations]]), their generous use of little touches to spice up the character animation, and their fondness for using the ''bloom'' and ''flare'' effects for its visuals. |
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| 14 | Since the success of ''K-On!'', the studio has become known for a distinctive style of character art used across different series. If you compare Yui (from ''Manga/KOn''), Chitanda (from ''Literature/{{Hyouka}}''), Tamako (from ''Anime/TamakoMarket'') and Mirai (from ''Literature/BeyondTheBoundary''), you can see that they each have subtle differences, enough to mark them as separate shows, but share similar large eyes delinated by thick lines, rounded faces, child-like proportions and soft colours. There have been exceptions like ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}'' and ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'', which instead used the original mangas' more simple, geometric styles. |
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| 16 | In 2007, the firing of Yutaka Yamamoto, also known as Yamakan, led to lots of people resigning after ''Lucky Star'''s original run and creating another studio called [[Anime/BlackRockShooter Or]][[Anime/{{Fractale}} det]]. But that's another story. |
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| 18 | From 2010 until 2014, the studio shifted focus from adapting works from outside sources (not completely -- they still did ''Hyouka'' within this time period), to producing works from their own in-house publishing house. They have an annual writer's competition to see which author gets their work published, but rarely giving grand prizes in any categories, with ''Literature/VioletEvergarden'' being the sole exception thus far -- indeed the ones usually getting adapted into anime (see ''Literature/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'', ''Literature/BeyondTheBoundary'', and ''Literature/MyriadColorsPhantomWorld'') are actually ''the honorable mentions''. The shows from this period onward tend to be hit-and-miss as a result, as far as sales success go. |
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| 20 | After nearly five years of in-house work, [=KyoAni=] returned to adapting outside series, with Shouji Gato's ''Literature/AmagiBrilliantPark'', and ''Literature/SoundEuphonium'' by Ayano Takeda, the latter of which got a second season airing at the end of 2016. |
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| 22 | 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. |
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| 24 | On July 18, 2019, in one of the worst post-[[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII World War II]] mass murder incidents in Japan and single greatest tragedy within its animation industry's history, a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Animation_arson_attack 41-year-old man set fire to Kyoto Animation Studio 1]], murdering 36 people and injuring 33 others; the perpetrator was later apprehended by police. |
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| 26 | While only ten victims were initially named due to respect toward the victim's families, a heated dispute with law enforcement over the social impact of the attack resulted in the names of all the victims being abruptly disclosed on August 27, 2019. |
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| 28 | In addition to an outpouring of ongoing condolences and messages of support from the world and national leaders, fans and businesses have [[https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/08/17/national/one-month-arson-attack-support-kyoto-animation-home-overseas-still-spreading/#.XVuI8yRRWEc raised over US$26.8 million]] to help the studio and its victims recover. Creator/SentaiFilmworks, who distributes much of [=KyoAni=]'s output in North America, set up a [[https://www.gofundme.com/help-kyoani-heal GoFundMe page]] to help victims and their families. The drive cracked $1 million in under a day and $2 million in under a week. |
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| 30 | 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, a series of 2 minute shorts of little vignettes from ''Dragon Maid'' was also shown, all created by newly groomed talent at the studio. |
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| 32 | ---- |
| 33 | !!Works produced by Kyoto Animation: |
| 34 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 35 | |
| 36 | [[folder:Anime series]] |
| 37 | [[index]] |
| 38 | * ''Anime/ShiawasetteNaani'' (1991, with Gakken) |
| 39 | * ''Anime/KiddyGrade'' (2002, with {{Creator/GONZO}}) |
| 40 | * ''Anime/NurseWitchKomugi'' (2002-2004, with Creator/TatsunokoProduction) |
| 41 | * ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'' (2003) |
| 42 | * ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}'' (2005) |
| 43 | * ''Literature/FullMetalPanic: The Second Raid'' (2005) |
| 44 | * ''[[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' (2006) |
| 45 | * ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}'' (2006-2007) |
| 46 | * ''Manga/LuckyStar'' (2007) |
| 47 | * ''VisualNovel/{{CLANNAD}}'' (2007-2008) |
| 48 | * ''CLANNAD ~After Story~'' (2008-2009) |
| 49 | * ''[[Anime/{{Munto}} Munto: Sora o Miageru Shoujo no Hitomi ni Utsuru Sekai]]'' (2009) |
| 50 | * ''[[Manga/HaruhiChan The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya]]'' (2009) |
| 51 | * ''Manga/KOn'' (2009) |
| 52 | * ''[[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]] Season 2'' (2009) |
| 53 | * ''Manga/KOn!'' (2010) |
| 54 | * ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}'' (2011) |
| 55 | * ''Literature/{{Hyouka}}'' (2012) |
| 56 | * ''Literature/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'' (2012) |
| 57 | * ''Anime/TamakoMarket'' (2013) |
| 58 | * ''Anime/{{Free}}'' (2013) |
| 59 | * ''Literature/BeyondTheBoundary'' (2013) |
| 60 | * ''Literature/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions -Heartthrob-'' (2014) |
| 61 | * ''Anime/{{Free}} Eternal Summer'' (2014) |
| 62 | * ''Literature/AmagiBrilliantPark'' (2014) |
| 63 | * ''Literature/SoundEuphonium'' (2015) |
| 64 | * ''Literature/MyriadColorsPhantomWorld'' (2016) |
| 65 | * ''Literature/SoundEuphonium 2'' (2016) |
| 66 | * ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' (2017) |
| 67 | * ''Literature/VioletEvergarden'' (2018) |
| 68 | * ''Anime/{{Free}} Dive to the Future'' (2018) |
| 69 | * ''Literature/{{Tsurune}}'' (2018-2019) |
| 70 | * ''[[Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid MiniDragon]]'' (2021) (a series of 2-minute ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' vignettes) |
| 71 | * ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid S'' (2021) |
| 72 | * ''Literature/{{Tsurune}}: Linking Shot'' (2023) |
| 73 | * ''Literature/SoundEuphonium'' 3 (2024) |
| 74 | * ''20 Seiki Denki Mokuroku'' ([[DevelopmentHell Unknown]]) |
| 75 | [[/folder]] |
| 76 | |
| 77 | [[folder:Feature-length anime movies]] |
| 78 | * ''Munto: Tenjoubito to Akutobito Saigo no Tatakai'' (April 18, 2009) |
| 79 | * ''The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya'' (February 6, 2010) |
| 80 | * ''K-On!'' (December 3, 2011) |
| 81 | * ''Takanashi Rikka ・ Kai: ~Gekijouban Literature/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions~'' (September 14, 2013) [[note]]Recap of the first season from Rikka's point of view[[/note]] |
| 82 | * ''Tamako Love Story'' (April 26, 2014) |
| 83 | * ''Beyond the Boundary I'll be Here'' |
| 84 | ** ''Beyond the Boundary I'll be Here - Kako-hen'' (March 14, 2015) [[note]]Recap of the TV series[[/note]] |
| 85 | ** ''Beyond the Boundary I'll be Here - Mirai-hen'' (April 25, 2015) |
| 86 | * ''Anime/HighSpeedFreeStartingDays'' (December 5, 2015) |
| 87 | * ''Gekijouban Hibike! Euphonium'' (April 23, 2016) [[note]]Recap of the first season[[/note]] |
| 88 | * ''Anime/ASilentVoice'' (September 17, 2016) |
| 89 | * ''Free! Timeless Medley'' |
| 90 | ** ''Free! Timeless Medley - Kizuna'' (April 22, 2017) [[note]]Recap of the second season, focusing on Haru[[/note]] |
| 91 | ** ''Free! Timeless Medley - Yakusoku'' (July 1, 2017) [[note]]Recap of the second season, focusing on Rin[[/note]] |
| 92 | * ''Gekijō-ban Hibike! Euphonium: Todoketai Melody'' (September 30, 2017) [[note]]Recap of the second season[[/note]] |
| 93 | * ''Free! Take your Marks'' (October 28, 2017) |
| 94 | * ''Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!: Take On Me'' (January 6, 2018) |
| 95 | * ''Anime/LizAndTheBlueBird'' (April 21, 2018) |
| 96 | * ''Hibike! Euphonium: Chikai no Finale'' (April 19, 2019) |
| 97 | * ''Free! Road to the World - the Dream'' (July 5, 2019) [[note]]Recap of the third season[[/note]] |
| 98 | * ''Violet Evergarden Side Story: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll'' (September 6, 2019) |
| 99 | * ''Violet Evergarden the Movie'' (September 18, 2020) |
| 100 | * ''Free! The Final Stroke'' (September 17, 2021-April 22, 2022) |
| 101 | * ''Gekijōban Tsurune: Hajimari no Issha'' (August 19, 2022) [[note]]Recap of the first season[[/note]] |
| 102 | [[/index]] |
| 103 | [[/folder]] |
| 104 | |
| 105 | [[folder:Involvement in other productions]] |
| 106 | * In the [[TheEighties 1980s]], some of Kyoto's earliest work was animating airports and jumbo jets taking off and landing. As such, any airport / passenger jet seen in an 80s anime was probably done by [=KyoAni=]. |
| 107 | * ''Anime/TurnAGundam'' (In-Between Animation; Backgrounds) |
| 108 | ** ''[[Franchise/GundamExpandedUniverse Mobile Suit Gundam 0079: Zeonic Front]]'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 109 | ** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam'' (Backgrounds) |
| 110 | ** ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam: A New Translation'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 111 | * ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' (Animation Cooperation) |
| 112 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' (Animation Cooperation with TMS, uncredited)[[labelnote:List]]Five escapes -- "Clown Balloon", "Popcorn", "Plane out of Mount Rushmore", "Plane Out of The Studio", "Elevator" and one return -- "Trampoline"[[/labelnote]] |
| 113 | * ''Anime/BrainPowerd'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 114 | * ''Manga/CaseClosed'' (Finish & In-Between Animation) |
| 115 | * ''Anime/CodeGeass'' (In-Between Animation, ''R2'' season) |
| 116 | * ''Manga/CrayonShinChan'' (Key, Finish & In-Between Animation and color design for the series and seven movies. Also the only series they still do sub-contract work for) |
| 117 | * ''Literature/DirtyPair'' (Finish Animation for the series. Key, Finish & In-Between Animation and Color Check for the [=OVAs=]) |
| 118 | * ''[[Anime/MagicalPrincessMinkyMomo Fairy Princess Minky Momo: La ronde in my dream]]'' (Production Assistance) |
| 119 | * ''Anime/FuturePoliceUrashiman'' (Finish Animation) |
| 120 | * ''VideoGame/GateKeepers'' (Key & In-Between Animation; Production Cooperation) |
| 121 | * ''Anime/GenesisClimberMospeada'' (Finish Animation) |
| 122 | * ''Anime/GhostStories'' (Finish & In-Between Animation) |
| 123 | * ''Anime/{{Hamtaro}} [[http://www.tms-e.com/english/search/index.php?pdt_no=290 Adventures in Ham Ham Land]]'' ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uivV7ywU29A Key Animation]]) |
| 124 | * ''Manga/InuYasha'' (Key & Finish Animation; Animation; Backgrounds; Production, with Creator/{{Sunrise}}) |
| 125 | * ''Manga/KaitouSaintTail'' (Animation; Ink & Paint) |
| 126 | * ''Anime/KOBeast'' (Production of episodes 5 and 6 for Animate Film and Creator/Visual80) |
| 127 | * ''Anime/LittleNemoAdventuresInSlumberland'' (Ink & Paint through Yoko Hatta) |
| 128 | * ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'' (Animation) |
| 129 | * ''Anime/FancyLala'' (Key & In-Between Animation; Backgrounds; Animation Co-Production, six episodes[[labelnote:List]]"Lala's Debut in Harajuku", "Lala's a Rival?", "The CD Release Campaign Disaster!", "The Dream Will Never End", "Lala is a Cupid!", "My Sister’s Boyfriend"[[/labelnote]]) |
| 130 | * ''Anime/MagicalEmiTheMagicStar'' (Finish Animation) |
| 131 | * ''Anime/MetalArmorDragonar'' (Finish Animation) |
| 132 | * ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' (Backgrounds) |
| 133 | * ''Anime/OnlyYesterday'' (finish animation) |
| 134 | * ''Franchise/{{Patlabor}}'' (Key & In-Between Animation and Paint for the series; Finish Animation for the OVA) |
| 135 | * ''Anime/PersiaTheMagicFairy'' (Finish Animation) |
| 136 | * ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' (Finish & In-Between Animation) |
| 137 | * ''WesternAnimation/PoohsGrandAdventure'' (Additional services for Creator/WaltDisneyAnimationJapan) |
| 138 | * ''Anime/SaberMarionetteR'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 139 | * ''Anime/SuperDimensionCavalrySouthernCross'' (Finish Animation) |
| 140 | * ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' (Finish Animation) |
| 141 | ** ''Anime/MacrossDoYouRememberLove'' (Finish & Clean-Up Animation) |
| 142 | * ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' (In-Between Animation for the series) |
| 143 | * ''Anime/TenchiUniverse'' (Animation Co-Production, five episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"No Need for Worries!", "No Need for a Genius!", "Time and Space Adventures: Part 3", "No Need for a Ghost!", "No Need for Karma!"[[/labelnote]] |
| 144 | * ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' (Cooperation with TMS, uncredited)[[labelnote:List]]"The Buster Bunny Bunch" (parts of it; with Creator/NakamuraProductions), "What Makes Toons Tick" (minor Key & In-Between Animation for the first piece of bridging material)[[/labelnote]] |
| 145 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventuresHowISpentMyVacation'' (Ink & Paint through Yoko Hatta) |
| 146 | * ''VisualNovel/ToHeart'' (Finish Animation) |
| 147 | * ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' (Cel Painting, series) |
| 148 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheWuzzles'' (Cooperation with TMS, uncredited)[[labelnote:List]]"Bulls of a Feather"[[/labelnote]] |
| 149 | * ''[[Anime/RedPhotonZillion Zillion]]'' (Finish & In-Between Animation; Production Cooperation) |
| 150 | * Artwork for a small handful of video games, including ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTournamentFighters'' and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fay6O_wogTs Jikkyo Oshaberi]] VideoGame/{{Parodius}}''. |
| 151 | [[/folder]] |
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| 153 | |
| 154 | For a more extensive overview of their work see [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/company.php?id=235 their entry on ANN]] |
| 155 | |
| 156 | !!Tropes usually associated with Creator/KyotoAnimation productions: |
| 157 | * 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 Website/{{Crunchyroll}}'s Anime Awards show. |
| 158 | * 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. |
| 159 | * CompanyCrossReferences: 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. |
| 160 | ** ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' has a couple of shout outs to ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'' and ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}''. |
| 161 | ** ''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 Creator/WendeeLee). 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 CosplayCafe 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!"]] Similarly, Kagami's favourite series happens to be ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'', leading to {{Shout Out}}s in that direction as well. There are also some shout outs to anime produced by Creator/{{Sunrise}}, which is [=KyoAni=]'s parent company; Tsukasa's favourite series is ''Manga/SgtFrog'', which gets its fair share of references, and Konata is a fan of ''Anime/CodeGeass''. And of course, when the girls go on a field trip to Kyoto, Konata wants to visit the [=KyoAni=] studio itself. These inside references are anime-only, and are not found anywhere in the manga on which it is based. |
| 162 | ** 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]]. |
| 163 | ** ''VisualNovel/{{CLANNAD}}'' had at least two in the first episode - a desaturated opening, à la ''Haruhi'', and a subverted version of a POVCam 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]]. |
| 164 | ** They brought this back in ''Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!: Take On Me''; the movie has multiple references to other [=KyoAni=] works: |
| 165 | *** The bridge where Kumiko ran from ''Literature/SoundEuphonium'' makes an appearance. |
| 166 | *** The shopping district from ''Anime/TamakoMarket'' and the restaurant from ''The Disappearance of Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' also appear. |
| 167 | *** Ernesto Host, the restaurant from ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'', is featured. |
| 168 | *** A crane machine features plushies of [[Anime/{{Free}} Iwatobi-chan]], [[Literature/MyriadColorsPhantomWorld Ruru]], [[Literature/BeyondTheBoundary Yakiimo (Mitsuki's pet)]], and [[Anime/TamakoMarket Dera]]. |
| 169 | * FalseCameraEffects: Their anime series tend to utilize heavy use of blur, focus, chromatic aberration and bokeh. This is particularly noticeable in ''Literature/SoundEuphonium'', especially its pilot episode. |
| 170 | * HighSchool: With [[Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid two]] [[Literature/VioletEvergarden exceptions]], every single one of their works either takes place in a high school or stars a high school student. |
| 171 | * RealPlaceBackground: Most of their anime series use real locations in Japan as reference for backgrounds. They're [[SceneryPorn so detailed and accurate to real life]] that fans have managed to track down the exact locations and angles of the places on which the backgrounds of individual scenes in their series were based. |
| 172 | * SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Leans heavily towards idealism. Many of their works place special value on the aspects of friendship and growing up for example, and their works overall prefer [[{{HappyEnding}} happier endings.]] |
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