Person: Hatta Youko
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Hatta Youko (maiden name Sugiyama) is the founder of Kyoto Animation.
She began her career as a cel painter at Mushi Production in 1965 with the introduction of her older brother, director Sugiyama Taku. After that, she quit the animation industry and moved to Kyoto Prefecture where she met Hatta Hideaki, an accountant. The two of them married in 1975 and raised three children.
Later, at the behest of several housewives in her neighbourhood, she opened an animation training program where she taught people how to paint cels. That training program would soon evolve into a private business called "Kyoto Animation Studio" when she once again contacted her brother in search of painting jobs and was introduced to Kusube Daikichirou, Sugiyama's colleague from Toei Douga and the then-president of Shin-Ei Animation. KyoAni's close relationship with Shin-Ei persists to this day and the company's name can often be seen in the credits of Crayon Shin-chan.
On July 12, 1985 Kyoto Animation became a limited company with Hideaki Hatta assuming the role of president. Youko is currently the executive director and head of the planning and production department at Kyoto Animation, while her husband is the executive producer.
She began her career as a cel painter at Mushi Production in 1965 with the introduction of her older brother, director Sugiyama Taku. After that, she quit the animation industry and moved to Kyoto Prefecture where she met Hatta Hideaki, an accountant. The two of them married in 1975 and raised three children.
Later, at the behest of several housewives in her neighbourhood, she opened an animation training program where she taught people how to paint cels. That training program would soon evolve into a private business called "Kyoto Animation Studio" when she once again contacted her brother in search of painting jobs and was introduced to Kusube Daikichirou, Sugiyama's colleague from Toei Douga and the then-president of Shin-Ei Animation. KyoAni's close relationship with Shin-Ei persists to this day and the company's name can often be seen in the credits of Crayon Shin-chan.
On July 12, 1985 Kyoto Animation became a limited company with Hideaki Hatta assuming the role of president. Youko is currently the executive director and head of the planning and production department at Kyoto Animation, while her husband is the executive producer.
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