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Kyoto Animation Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社京都アニメーション, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Kyōto Animēshon), often abbreviated 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 ...
In 2002, Hideaki Hatta, president of Kyoto Animation, sent a letter to a fansub group requesting the stop of illegal distribution of the anime OAV Munto. The fansub group complied and the distribution stopped. This was the first legal action via a cease-and-desist letter against the fansubbing of an anime title not available outside Japan. [27]
Shoko Ikeda, a native of Kyoto Prefecture, [2] was born on 18 June 1975. [3] Inspired by the anime OVA Gunbuster to pursue a career as an animator, [2] she was educated at the Yoyogi Animation Academy [] Osaka campus' Department of Animation, [4] and she joined Kyoto Animation in 1996. [2]
Yasuhiro Takemoto (Japanese: 武本 康弘, Hepburn: Takemoto Yasuhiro, April 5, 1972 – July 18, 2019) was a Japanese animator and television and film director.He worked at Kyoto Animation for almost his entire animation career after joining the company in 1996 until his death in 2019.
Free! is a Japanese anime television series produced by Kyoto Animation and Animation Do. The series is loosely based on the light novel, High Speed! (Japanese: ハイ☆スピード!, Hepburn: Hai Supīdo!), written by Kōji Ōji, which received an honorable mention in the second Kyoto Animation Award contest in 2011 and was published in July ...
Munto (stylized as MUNTO) is a two-episode original video animation (OVA) project by Kyoto Animation, first released in 2003 titled Munto followed by a 2005 sequel Munto: Beyond the Walls of Time. An animated television series entitled Sora o Miageru Shōjo no Hitomi ni Utsuru Sekai based on the OVAs was produced by Kyoto Animation and directed ...
After graduating from a vocational college in Osaka, he began to work at Kyoto Animation. His first work as a key animator was Inuyasha in 2003 (which was contracted from Sunrise Inc ). In 2006, he took on his first ever animation director role in the 10th episode of 2006 edition of Haruhi Suzumiya , and also took on the role of chief animation ...
Production of the short came after the announcement that Kyoto Animation would be producing a Tonari no 801-chan television series. [6] However, less than two weeks later, the series was canceled without explanation by its broadcaster, TBS. [7] Yamamoto wrote that the short was a chance to "avenge myself" on his blog. [5]