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• Yasuhiro Takemoto, 47 (Director of Lucky Star, Miss Kobayashi’s Maid Dragon, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, Hyouka)
• Futoshi Nishiya, 37 (Character Designer and Chief Animation Director on the Free! franchise, A Silent Voice, Liz and the Blur Bird, Animation Director on The Meloncholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2009), Kanon)
• Yoshiji Kigami, 61 (Mentor of Kyoto Animation, worked as a Storyboarder, Unit Director and Animator on most Kyoto Animation works, Key Animator on Akira, Grave of the Fireflies, Space Adventure Cobra)
• Junichi Uda, 34 (Key Animator on Hyouka and Nichijou - My Ordinary Life)
• Sachie Tsuda, 41 (Finish Animation on Free! -Iwatobi Swim Club-, Pokémon 3: The Movie: Entei – Spell of the Unown, Hyouka)
• Mikiko Watanabe, 35 (Art Director on Amagi Brillant Park, Beyond the Boundry, Background Artist on many Kyoto Animation productions)
• Yuki Omura, 23 (New hire at the studio, no credits yet)
• Yuka Kasama, 22 (New hire at the studio, no credits yet)
• Ami Kuriki, 30 (Key Animator on Liz and the Blue Bird, Violet Evergarden, Myriad Colors Phantom World)
• Keisuke Yokota, 34 (Production Manager over many Kyoto Animation works)

Remember their names and honor their legacy. May they rest in peace.

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