kyoto animation

  • The Kyoto Animation Studio Tragedy Was Two Years Ago

    The Kyoto Animation Studio Tragedy Was Two Years Ago

    Yesterday marked two years since the tragic arson attack at Kyoto Animation’s Studio 1 building in the Fushimi area. As Kotaku previously reported, the attack left 36 dead and another 33 injured. On Sunday, Kyoto Animation posted a roughly ten-minute memorial clip on YouTube, which was only viewable that day and could not be embedded.…


  • Kyoto Animation Became More Than Just Anime

    Back in April 2006, as an American living in Osaka, I had only been working here at Kotaku for a few months when a new anime took the internet by storm. At that time, cosplayers at otaku events across Japan were dressing up as the lead character in Kyoto Animation’s latest show, The Melancholy of…