Yamakan talking about Endless Eight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqy8x-zKuKw
Wait a minute, he said on the Kannagi radio that he was fired, and now he’s saying he left Kyoto animation on his own will. I don’t know what to believe anymore.
Via: 【業界】ﾔﾏｶﾝこと演出家の山本寛氏､海外のｲﾍﾞﾝﾄで｢ｴﾝﾄﾞﾚｽｴｲﾄ｣について制作委員会SOS団を代表して謝罪
July 19th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
That YouTube says he’s the director of the first season of Haruhi when in fact other sources (e.g., ANN) say he’s only a script writer for like four episodes of Haruhi. What?
July 19th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
When asked about being kicked off Lucky Star here at Otakon, he responded that the questioner would have to ask Kyoto Animation about it.
July 19th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
I don’t know what to think about Yamakan anymore.
July 19th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
He was fired from Lucky Star, but he left Kyoto Animation on his own….
Sounds like the norm at many Japanese companies. A disgraced figure removed from the front lines often gets shoved to the side (with little hope of doing anything noteworthy again), so he’s basically forced to quit.
—>”That YouTube says he’s the director of the first season of Haruhi when in fact other sources (e.g., ANN) say he’s only a script writer for like four episodes of Haruhi. What?”
Yamakan was the Production Director. KyoAni is very insular, so certain individuals may be involved in multiple capacities (i.e. a character designer/chief animator on one project might direct episodes and write scripts for another). It’s also the only studio where nearly all the staff are employed by the company and are not contracted freelancers.
At any rate, the company’s treatment of Yamakan is very typical of a group oriented culture.
July 19th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
As sourced from your very site:
http://zepy.momotato.com/2007/07/06/yamamoto-yutaka-leaves-kyoto-animation
Fired from Lucky Star, but left KyoAni on his own free will.
July 19th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
It sure was great how he asked us not to post that to the net at the panel!
At least nobody leaked the other answer.
July 19th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Oh, but someone else will leak the other answer. Trust me.
July 19th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Oh this is sad…..
I’m really hopig the rest of the season redeems itself, both for the lack of the director, and the immense trolling Kadokawa pulled off to put six of the same episodes on Blu-ray. And no, I don’t want another series from KyoAni to compensate for this: haruhi season 1 still remains to be one of my personal favourite anime both for its execution and its treatment of themes of interest.
But this really seems to add fuel to the fire of detractors.It’s such a tragedy. (This feel like a dark moment for Haruhiists)
July 20th, 2009 at 1:21 am
well, i’m a haruhiist and i’m enjoying endless eight
there are too many radical fanboys
July 20th, 2009 at 11:04 am
>Nebs
I was actually referring to what he said on the Kannagi radio show a year later after that post, but yeah, I guess he might have been referring to lucky star in the end since all the important words were censored anyway.
July 21st, 2009 at 12:25 am
Fuck KyoAni.
July 21st, 2009 at 2:30 pm
What as said. :(
July 21st, 2009 at 8:41 pm
I thought he got fired from Kyoani because he refuse about a 6 episodes of Endless Eight.
Then, he directed Kannagi.