Kyoto Animation
Japanese animation studio
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| 2025 | Planned release of 'Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: A Lonely Dragon Wants to Be Loved', continuing the second season of the series. |
| 2025 | Kyoto Animation is set to release City the Animation, an adaptation of a manga by Keiichi Arawi, to be directed by Taichi Ishidate. |
| January 28 2025 | Aoba's death sentence was finalized after he withdrew his appeal to the Kyoto District Court's ruling. |
| 2024 | Kyoto Animation planned to release Sound! Euphonium 3, a sequel to Sound! Euphonium 2. |
| January 2024 | Shinji Aoba, the 41-year-old suspect of the 2019 Kyoto Animation arson attack, was sentenced to death. |
| January 25 2024 | Sentenced to death by the court. |
| 2023 | Kyoto Animation produced 'Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest', a side story to the Sound! Euphonium series, directed by Tatsuya Ishihara |
| 2023 | Kyoto Animation released Tsurune: The Linking Shot, a sequel to the original Tsurune series. |
| December 7 2023 | Prosecutors announced they would seek the death penalty for Aoba. |
| September 5 2023 | Pleaded guilty to the charges during his trial. |
| September 5 2023 | Shinji Aoba pleaded guilty to the charges related to the Kyoto Animation arson attack. |
| May 12 2023 | Kyoto District Court announced Aoba would stand trial in September 2023 with a verdict expected in January 2024. |
| 2022 | Released 'Tsurune: The Movie – The First Shot', a compilation of the first season of Tsurune with new scenes. |
| 2021 | Began production of 'Free! The Final Stroke', a two-part series concluding the Free! franchise. |
| 2021 | Kyoto Animation released Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S, a sequel to the original Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, directed by Tatsuya Ishihara and Yasuhiro Takemoto. |
| July 18 2021 | Kyoto Animation streamed a 13-minute memorial video on their YouTube channel at 10:30 am JST, featuring messages and tributes from the studio, staff members, and families of the deceased, while requesting fans not to visit the site of the former Studio 1. |
| 2020 | Women in Animation honored Kyoto Animation with its Diversity Award for creating a gender-balanced workforce and encouraging women to enter the animation industry. |
| 2020 | Kyoto Animation released 'Baja no Studio: Baja no Mita Umi', a sequel to their earlier Baja no Studio, directed by Yoshiji Kigami |
| 2020 | Kyoto Animation released 'Violet Evergarden: The Movie', continuing the Violet Evergarden series. |
| December 16 2020 | Indicted on murder and other charges. |
| December 16 2020 | Shinji Aoba was formally indicted for the Kyoto Animation arson attack. |
| September 16 2020 | Kyoto Animation absorbed Animation Do, including all rights and associated properties, as announced in the National Printing Bureau's Kanpō publication. |
| July 18 2020 | Kyoto Animation published a tribute video one year after the arson attack, commemorating the victims and sharing memories from the studio staff and families. |
| May 27 2020 | After recovering from life-threatening burns, 42-year-old Shinji Aoba was arrested by police on suspicion of murder and other offenses related to the Kyoto Animation arson attack. |
| April 2020 | Kyoto Animation announced a work hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which was later extended to the end of May. |
| April 28 2020 | The demolition process of the building damaged in the arson attack was completed, marking a significant step in the aftermath of the tragic incident. |
| April 24 2020 | Rescheduled premiere date for the Violet Evergarden film, which was again postponed. |
| February 28 2020 | Announced cancellation of the Animation x Paralympic episode originally scheduled for August 2019, citing inability to complete it in time for the 2020 Paralympics. |
| February 1 2020 | Regulations were formally revised to make mandatory sales records for gasoline purchases in refillable containers, formalizing the July 2019 voluntary measure. |
| January 10 2020 | Originally planned premiere date for the Violet Evergarden film, which was subsequently delayed. |
| 2019 | Kyoto Animation suspended the 11th Kyoto Animation Awards due to ongoing recovery efforts from the arson attack. |
| 2019 | Kyoto Animation produced three films: 'Sound! Euphonium: The Movie – Our Promise: A Brand New Day', 'Free! -Road to the World- Dream', and 'Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll'. |
| November 2019 | Kyoto Animation decided to continue its training programmes for aspiring animators, maintaining hope and resilience after the arson attack by continuing to nurture new talent in animation. |
| November 14 2019 | Aoba was moved to a hospital in Kyoto for final rehabilitation and began to acknowledge responsibility for the attack. |
| October 4 2019 | One woman died from septic shock, bringing the final death toll to 36. |
| September 18 2019 | Aoba regained speech and began rehabilitation, able to sit in a wheelchair and hold short conversations. |
| September 18 2019 | All 34 people injured in the attack were reported to no longer be in life-threatening condition, though some remained in the ICU with severe burns. |
| September 5 2019 | Injuries from the arson attack were reported as no longer life-threatening, but he remained in the ICU on a ventilator. |
| September 5 2019 | Aoba's injuries were no longer considered life-threatening, but he remained in ICU on a ventilator. |
| August 2019 | An episode for Animation x Paralympic, originally scheduled to air in August 2019, was eventually cancelled. |
| August 2019 | A publicity event for the upcoming 2020 film Free! was cancelled in response to the arson attack. |
| August 27 2019 | Remaining 25 victims were officially revealed to the public. |
| August 3 2019 | Kyoto Animation premiered Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll at AnimagiC convention in Germany, maintaining their original scheduling despite the recent arson attack. |
| July 29 2019 | Kyoto Animation reported successfully recovering some digitized original drawings from a server that survived the fire. |
| July 27 2019 | First post-fire death occurred, bringing the total number of deceased to 35. |
| July 26 2019 | Animator, scriptwriter, and director Yasuhiro Takemoto was confirmed dead through DNA testing. |
| July 25 2019 | The Fire and Disaster Management Agency and National Police Agency issued a notice requiring gas stations to maintain detailed sales records for gasoline purchases in refillable containers, in response to the Kyoto Animation arson attack. |
| July 25 2019 | Kyoto police identified all 34 initial victims and began returning bodies to their relatives. |
| July 24 2019 | Family of color designer Naomi Ishida confirmed her death from the arson attack. |
| July 18 2019 | Aoba committed arson at Kyoto Animation studio, killing multiple people and sustaining severe burns. |
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