Both companies are run by Hideaki Hatta and are run jointly as one. Originally established as the studio's Osaka office, it was incorporated as a limited company in 2000, then a corporation in 2010. ( 株式会社アニメーションドゥウ, Kabushiki-gaisha Animēshon Dū), was established in 2000 to assist production at Kyoto Animation. Animation Do Īn affiliate company, Animation Do Co., Ltd. In April 2020, the company announced that it would put its work on hiatus for one month due to the COVID-19 pandemic, later extending the period to the end of May. The company has received praise for the positive treatment of its staff, and was honored by Women in Animation with its Diversity Award in 2020 for its efforts in creating a gender-balanced workforce and encouraging women to enter the industry. These practices have been cited as encouraging employees to focus on frame quality rather than production quotas. Unlike most animation studios, the company's employees are salaried rather than freelance workers, and are trained in-house. Kyoto Animation has become recognized for its high production values and "sensitivity to the wonders and quandaries of ordinary life". In 2014, the novel Violet Evergarden became the first and only work so far to win a grand prize in any of the three categories. Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions, Free!, Beyond the Boundary and Myriad Colors Phantom World were based on novels that received an honorable mention in this competition. Some winning submissions are published under the company's KA Esuma Bunko imprint, and have a chance of being later adapted as anime. Since 2009, Kyoto Animation has hosted the annual Kyoto Animation Awards in three categories: original novels, manga, and scenarios. The company's logo originates from the kanji kyō ( 京), the first character of Kyoto ( 京都). Yoko Hatta, who serves as the company's vice president, had worked as a painter at Mushi Production until she moved to Kyoto after marrying her husband, who serves as president. Kyoto Animation was co-founded in 1985 by married couple Yoko and Hideaki Hatta it became a limited company in 1985 and a corporation in 1999. Kyoto Animation's first studio in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan, prior to the 2019 arson attack
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