KyoaniChannel

KyoaniChannel is the official YouTube Channel of Japanese animation studio Kyoto Animation (株式会社京都アニメーション/ Kabushiki-gaisha Kyōto Animēshon).
==History==
Kyoto Animation was co-founded in 1981, by married couple Hideaki and Yoko Yatta. Hideaki was the president, and Yoko was the vice president. Formerly a limited company, it became a corporation in 1999. Its first animation project was Shiawasette Naani, based on the light novels written by Ryuuhou Ookawa. 
This was followed by a KyoAni original, Munto, its sequel, and then followed by The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzimaya. Some of their most popular works include The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006), Clannad (2007), Lucky Star (2007), K-On! (2009), Free! (2013), Sound! Euphonium (2015), A Silent Voice (2016), and Violet Evergarden (2018).
Since 2009, Kyoto Animation has hosted the annual Kyoto Animation Awards in three categories: original novels, manga, and scenarios. The company also trains its workers on its job, encourages them to focus on the quality of the frames over production quotas and salaries them monthly.
==Content==
The channel uploads advertisements, bloopers, vlogs of the staff and several other videos that are related to their animations and projects. This also includes behind the scenes animation processeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sSW5QRAG9Y and musicians creating soundtrackshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy8LKfJAG3Y. Some of the content they upload is exlcusive to BluRay and DVD.
==Arson attack==
In July 2019, Shinji Aoba lit a fire while 70 people were in the building, which killed 36 people and severely damaged most of the company's material. He confessed to the crime later, claiming he was motivated by the studio allegedly "ripping off" his own novels and rejecting his submitted work. Aoba was indicted in December of 2020 and his sentence is awaiting, though his mental illness diagnosis may downplay the severeity of his punishment.
It was considered one of Japan's most deadliest massacres post WW2, however fans and businesses raised over ¥3.3 billion in Japan and over US$2.3 million internationally to help the studio and its employees heal. As a result of the incident, some works and collaborations by the studio were put on hold, and several upcoming events were cancelled or suspended.
==Trivia==
*The company's logo originates from the kanji kyō (京), the first character of Kyoto (京都).
*They released official instructions on how to recreate Violet Evergrarden's iconic hairstylehttps://twitter.com/Violet_Letter/status/1456594645622738949/photo/1
==References==
Category:Anime YouTubers
Category:Animation YouTubers
Category:Vlogging YouTubers
Category:Animation YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2011