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KyoAni’s Present And Future: Naoko Yamada and Haruka Fujita Interview

KyoAni’s Present And Future: Naoko Yamada and Haruka Fujita Interview

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It’s time to examine Kyoto Animation’s present and future with an interview featuring their current creative leader and the up-and-coming star who looks up to her! Naoko Yamada and Haruka Fujita speak frankly about their beginning at KyoAni, what’s it like for people who aren’t good at communicating verbally to direct anime (a job that’s all about conveying information to staff and viewers!), the role of music in anime, and more.

The KyoAni School: Decades Of Commitment To Training Anime’s Next Generations

The KyoAni School: Decades Of Commitment To Training Anime’s Next Generations

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While many fans of Kyoto Animation have heard about the KyoAni School, it’s very few who realize their initiative to train new generations of anime creators has been in place for longer than the studio has actually been creating their own titles. This is the story of a well-known but never fully appreciated aspect of KyoAni’s unique strategy—essential to their success in the past, and even more so in the future.

Kyoto Animation Series Directors Roundtable: Tatsuya Ishihara, Yasuhiro Takemoto, Naoko Yamada, Eisaku Kawanami

Kyoto Animation Series Directors Roundtable: Tatsuya Ishihara, Yasuhiro Takemoto, Naoko Yamada, Eisaku Kawanami

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One year after the devastating arson attack on Kyoto Animation, we’ve decided to share a series of articles shedding light on what makes them such a unique existence in the anime industry. For starters, here’s a roundtable talk from 2017 featuring many of their series directors, where they have lighthearted yet in-depth discussions about their creative methods and mindset, but especially about the attitude they feel you need to be a proper anime project leader.

Kyoto Animation’s History In Communicating With Fans: The Anibaka Staff Blog

Kyoto Animation’s History In Communicating With Fans: The Anibaka Staff Blog

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As part of the healing process and necessary restructuring after the devastating arson attack, Kyoto Animation’s staff blog paused operations after 19 years of daily writing about the employees’ work and personal life. Regardless of what they do with it in the future, we owe a look at their fascinating history in reaching out to fans directly.

The Kindhearted Anime Only Kyoto Animation Could Make: Baja’s Studio

The Kindhearted Anime Only Kyoto Animation Could Make: Baja’s Studio

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5 weeks after the tragedy that shook not just Kyoto Animation but the entire anime industry, we are, like many other fans out there, still trying to recover. The healing will be slow, but we can’t allow ourselves to stay down forever. And that’s why we turned our gaze towards Baja’s Studio: a delightful little work that draws from decades of the studio’s unique culture. Even more so than their other works, this is the anime that only KyoAni’s kind…

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