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Expect My Mom
Nov 18, 2013

by Smythe
A message from KyoAni CEO, Hideaki Hatta, addressed to everyone in the world
http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/information/?id=3080

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Fangz
Jul 5, 2007

Oh I see! This must be the Bad Opinion Zone!

Spiritus Nox posted:

Hard to say how much of it will still be usable for future projects - character designs meant to be overseen by anyone who's passed away might need to be redone, for instance, or stuff that was designed to be used in context with other material that wasn't scanned before the fire - but at the very least that's a huge relief for animation history.

IIRC (from Shirobako...) this is a big deal because an animation studio's archives are an important resource as references for training new animators.

Spiritus Nox
Sep 2, 2011

Fangz posted:

IIRC (from Shirobako...) this is a big deal because an animation studio's archives are an important resource as references for training new animators.

Oh yeah, I hadn't even thought of that angle. God, that's immense.

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

Kyoto police have released the names of 10 victims.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-08-02/kyoto-police-release-names-of-10-victims-who-died-in-kyoto-animation-fire/.149629

Unfortunately, Yasuhiro Takemoto is one of them.

Darth Walrus
Feb 13, 2012

Waffleman_ posted:

Kyoto police have released the names of 10 victims.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-08-02/kyoto-police-release-names-of-10-victims-who-died-in-kyoto-animation-fire/.149629

Unfortunately, Yasuhiro Takemoto is one of them.

Other casualties include Futoshi Nishiya (character designer and chief animation director of Free, also did character design for Hyouka, Nichijou, A Silent Voice, and Liz and the Blue Bird), Yoshiji Kigami (director of Baja no Studio, key animator on Grave of the Fireflies and Akira) and Ami Kuriki (key animator for basically every recent KyoAni production).

Spiritus Nox
Sep 2, 2011

https://twitter.com/Yuyucow/status/1157358174539845632

A good thread that offers some context on what the loss means for the studio's future.

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-09-18/34-injured-kyoto-animation-victims-no-longer-in-life-threatening-condition/.151243

The 34 that were injured are now officially no longer in life-threatening condition.

I. M. Gei
Jun 26, 2005

CHIEFS

BITCH



Do we have a full list of the dead yet? Surely they’ve all had funerals by now.

MonsterEnvy
Feb 4, 2012

Shocked I tell you

That's good that they were saved.

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

Yeah, they're still being treated and having a rough time, but they'll survive.

Fabricated
Apr 9, 2007

Living the Dream

I. M. Gei posted:

Do we have a full list of the dead yet? Surely they’ve all had funerals by now.
Supposedly the full list of those who died will be shown at the end of the Violet Evergarden movie? The press leaked the names of all the dead a short while back.

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

Not a full list I don't think, they'll just be crediting even extremely minor roles they usually don't credit, both those who died and those who either weren't there or survived.

Beato Believer
May 23, 2009

I believe in Beato.
Even when she's driving.
At night.
In a snowstorm.
Kyoto Animation will use none of its arson donations for business recovery, all of it for victims -- source

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Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

One of the people still in the hospital has passed, bringing the total to 36.

https://www.sankei.com/affairs/news/191005/afr1910050006-n1.html

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