In addition, a crowdfunding campaign organized by U.S.-based anime distributor Sentai Filmworks has raised an amount equivalent to around 255 million yen, a combined effort from Yahoo! and the Japan Animation Creators Association approximately 33 million yen, and reward card company T Point Japan some 11 million yen.
Meanwhile, Kyoto Animation CEO Hideaki Hatta is resolute that the company “will not go quietly into the night.”
Two weeks have passed since an arson attack on Kyoto Animation’s Fushimi anime studio which killed 35 employees who were in the building and injured 33.
However, even this incredible generosity will not make Kyoto Animation’s recovery an easy one.