1 agos 2019 año - The Impacts of Kyoto Animation Fire

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On the next day of the fire, thousands of people visited Fushimi Ward, where Kyoto Animation Studio 1 was located, to mourn for the victims and pray for the future of Kyoto Animation. Surprisingly, one television station found the ex-employee of KyoAni - Yamamoto Yutaka among all the visitors, who once claimed that he would take revenge against KyoAni for firing him. However, in the video, Yamamoto was grieving with his hands clasped, and his head bowed down. His reaction to this attack precisely reflected people’s anguish and sadness toward the loss of KyoAni and the entire Japanese anime industry. Kyoto Animation’s employees decreased by 39 after the attack. Patriarchs like Yasuhiro Takemone, Yoshiji Kigami, and Futoshi Nishiya all passed away during the fire. These people not only had significant contributions to Kyoto Animation but were also the vanguards of the Japanese anime industry, whose talents reformed the Japanese animation. Despite the loss of human resources, all the original drawings were destroyed as well. Many upcoming movies had to postpone, for instance, the Japanese theatrical screening dates of Violet Evergarden Movie were extended. Its premiere was originally scheduled for 10 January 2020 and was delayed to 24 April 2020, but it was delayed again because of the Covid-19 pandemic, which worsened the situation. Although Kyoto Animation has received 30 million dollar’s donation, it could barely cover the cost of supporting victims’ families and the recovery expenses.

This arson attack also has significant effects on the Japanese anime industry as Kyoto Animation’s work culture being the gold standard for Japanese Animation. Despite the Japanese Animation industry breaking records year after year in terms of profit, the animators themselves are treated as subhuman by majority of the companies. Most of the animators live below the poverty line; their average yearly income is only 1.1 million Yen, which is shockingly low compares to the profit the animes make. The majority of the profit goes to the capitalists’ pockets, yet the animators who are the most responsible for the success get nothing. However, Kyoto Animation was one of the few anti-status quo studios who treated their employees very well. They allowed their workers to realize their potential as animators and work on their life’s passion, so they get to pursue the things that they love and have studied, which is very rare for Japanese graduates since they usually do not get the chance to work on the fields they majored in. On the other hand, many people gave up the thoughts of entering the animation industry because of the intensity of this attack. Both Kyoto Animation Studio and Japan’s animation industry suffered great losses from this fire and will take years to recover from it.

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