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Art DepartmentTelevision

Kyoto Animation

Uji, Japan(approximate location)

Contact & details

TypeArt Department · Television
LocationUji, Japan
Statusactive2026 credit i

How their work is rated

Average rating
8.0IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

30 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards

40 wins from 150 nominations across all awards

Box office
$1m

Combined US gross, 3 of 61 titles

Mostly
animation, drama, comedy
Active
1991–2026
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
Best known for
A Silent Voice: The Movie

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 37 of 61 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Their television work

Series
2533 seasons

2002–2026

Television rating
7.9IMDb

Their films average 8.1, so the television rates 0.1 lower.

Networks
  • Tokyo MX10
  • TBS4
  • Chiba TV3
  • KBS Kyoto2
  • Sun TV2
  • TV Aichi2

Across 20 series matched to TMDB, 492 episodes. 1 still returning or in production.

Longest runningSound! Euphonium · 3 seasons

Series identified from OMDb, falling back to the credit type where OMDb had no match. Season counts are each show’s full run, not only the seasons this company was credited on.

Credits24 of 66

37 films · 25 TV titles

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  • 2023 · Film

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  • 2022 · Film

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  • 2021 · Film

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  • 2020 · Film

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  • 2019 · Film

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  • 2018 · TV

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  • 2018 · Film

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  • 2017 · TV

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  • 2017 · Film

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Titles per year61 titles · busiest 2009 with 5

61 titles across 25 years, averaging 2.4 a year. The last five years average 1.8 a year, below their long-run rate. 2 of those 25 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time30 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
579their average 8.0200020102020

Their 2010s work is their strongest, averaging 8.1 across 21 titles. The 11 titles since 2016 average 8.2, holding at their 8.0 overall. 5 of 30 rated titles sit above their 8.0 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Yoshiji Kigami4
  • Naoko Yamada4
  • Taichi Ishidate2
  • Tatsuya Ishihara2
Writers
  • Reiko Yoshida7
  • Ayano Takeda3
  • Keiichi Arawi2
  • Kotoko Ayano2
  • Kana Akatsuki2
Notable cast
  • Yui Ishikawa3
  • Mutsumi Tamura3
  • Tomokazu Sugita3
  • Azusa Tadokoro2
  • Jun Fukuyama2
Genres
  • Animation36 of 38
  • Drama23 of 38
  • Comedy18 of 38
  • Fantasy10 of 38
  • Adventure4 of 38

Names appearing on two or more of Kyoto Animation’s produced titles, across the 38 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with12 companies

Companies that appear alongside Kyoto Animation on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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