The Kyoto Animation arson attack (Japanese: 京都アニメーション放火殺人事件 , Hepburn: Kyōto Animēshon hōka satsujin jik , Kyoto Animation arson murder incidt) occurred at Kyoto Animation's Studio 1 building in the Fushimi ward of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, on the morning of 18 July 2019. The arson killed 36 people, injured an additional 34 (including the suspect), and destroyed most of the materials and computers in Studio 1. It is one of the deadliest massacres in Japan since the d of World War II, the deadliest building fire in Japan since the 2001 Myojo 56 building fire, and the first massacre ever to have occurred at a studio associated with an tertainmt company, and the animation industry.
The suspect, who did not work for the studio, tered the front door carrying about 40 litres (8.8 imp gal; 11 US gal) of gasoline, th doused the area and several employees before igniting it. After setting himself on fire while lighting the fuel, the suspect attempted to flee, but was apprehded by police about 100 metres (330 ft) from the building. Witnesses stated they heard him accusing the studio of plagiarism. After awaiting his recovery from life-threating burns for more than t months, the police arrested 42-year-old Shinji Aoba on suspicion of murder and other offses on 27 May 2020,
In addition to condolces and messages of support from national and international leaders, fans and businesses raised over ¥3.3 billion (US$30.27 million) in Japan and over US$2.3 million internationally to help the studio and its employees recover. A special measure was passed by the National Diet to allow for donations to the studio to be tax-exempt.
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As a result of the incidt, some works and collaborations by the studio were delayed, and several evts were suspded or cancelled.
Kyoto Animation is one of Japan's most acclaimed anime studios, known for titles such as The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, K-On! and Clannad.
It has several differt locations in Kyoto: Studio 1 (in Fushimi ward); Studio 2 (the head office), and Studio 5. Their merchandise developmt division is in Uji, one train station away from Studio 1. The building was used mainly by the animation production staff, and was constructed in 2007.
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Company presidt Hideaki Hatta said they did not know if the threats were related to the incidt, as they were st anonymously,
But he had informed police and lawyers of them. After the National Police Agcy were informed of these threats in October 2018, they temporarily patrolled the head office at the time.
The perpetrator bought the gasoline 10 km (6.2 mi) away from the building, and it was believed that he walked to the building with the gasoline being carried on a platform trolley.
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The perpetrator is reported to have be shouting Die! (Japanese: 死ね! , Hepburn: Shine! ) as he carried out the attack. He also poured gasoline over some individuals before setting them alight—setting himself on fire in the process—causing them to run out into the street in flames.
As the fire grew by the trance, staff members were trapped inside the building. Twty bodies were found on the stairs from the third floor to the roof, evidtly indicating that the victims were attempting to escape.
Tomoaki Nishino, associate professor at Disaster Prevtion Research Institute of Kyoto University, estimated that the second and third floors were almost filled with smoke within 30 seconds of the explosion.
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The perpetrator fled the sce but was chased by two Kyoto Animation employees and soon collapsed on the street, where he was apprehded by police.
It was considered suicidal terrorism by one criminology professor at Rissho University, as the attack was reportedly intded to be a suicide mission by the suspect.
Autopsy results released on 22 July 2019 revealed that a majority of victims had succumbed to burns (rather than carbon monoxide poisoning) due to the quick-spreading fire.
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It was reported that two-thirds of the victims (at least 20) were wom, as the studio was known for hiring female animators.
The presidt of Kyoto Animation asked the media through the police not to release the names of the victims out of respect for their families, stating that releasing their names does nothing to serve the public good.
On 25 July, Kyoto police said they had idtified all 34 victims and had started to return the bodies of the victims to their relatives.
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Some of the families released their own findings early to the media regarding the status of their loved ones. The family of color designer Naomi Ishida confirmed her death on 24 July.
On 2 August, Kyoto police released the names of t victims (including the people already mtioned) whose funerals had finished and relatives' consts obtained, and it was confirmed on the same day that animation directors Yoshiji Kigami and Futoshi Nishiya were among the dead.
It was initially reported that 36 people were injured, but this figure dropped to 34 after two people later died at the hospital.
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By 18 September it was reported that all thirty-four (34) people injured in the attack were no longer in life-threating condition. Some still remained in the intsive care unit (ICU) with severe burns.
Those who were reported safe include animation director Naoko Yamada, who directed K-On!, A Silt Voice and Liz and the Blue Bird.
He was also reported to have visited several places of interest related to Sound! Euphonium around the city in days prior to the attack.
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Immediately following the attack, Aoba fled the sce after being chased by employees of the studio but was apprehded by the Kyoto Prefectural Police near Rokujizō Station of Keihan Electric Railway, about 100 metres (330 ft) from the studio;
In spite of this, Hatta had initially stated that there is no record of anyone submitting work to their annual writing contest under Aoba's name.
Subsequtly, Kyoto Animation revealed that they had received a draft novel from Aoba; however, it did not pass the first-stage assessmt and was forgott, and its contts were confirmed to have no similarities to any of their published works.
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It was later revealed that Aoba believed that a sce about buying discounted meat in the fifth episode of Tsurune was similar to one in the novel he submitted.
Due to serious burns sustained during the incidt, Aoba was transferred to a university hospital in Osaka for further treatmt, where he received necessary skin graft surgery.
Aoba regained speech on 18 September and began rehabilitation by 8 October, being able to sit up on a wheelchair and hold short conversations. The police obtained a warrant for his arrest, but were required to await confirmation from doctors that Aoba could withstand confinemt.
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He recovered from most of his injuries and acknowledged responsibility for the attack. He expressed feelings of remorse and gratitude towards the hospital staff, who he said treated him better than anyone had ever done in his life.
On the other hand, he told police that he lit the fire because Kyoto Animation had stol his novel, and that he expected to get the death palty.
Most of Aoba's burned skin was replaced with experimtal artificial skin as the victims were prioritized to receive donor human skin first.
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On 27 May 2020, Aoba was judged to have sufficitly recovered from his burn injuries, and he was formally arrested on suspicion of murder and other charges.
Aoba had a prior criminal history and was known to suffer from mtal illness. In 2012, he robbed a convice store with a knife in Ibaraki Prefecture and was subsequtly jailed for three-and-a-half years.
It is speculated that Aoba's mtal illness may reduce his maximum palty for the attack from a death stce to life imprisonmt.
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On 12 May 2023, the Kyoto District Court announced that Aoba will stand trial on 5 September 2023 and that a verdict would be announced on 25 January 2024.
As of October 2019, while the number of Kyoto Animation employees decreased from 176 to 137, 27 of the surviving 33 victims returned to work with several having decided to take extded breaks to cope with the stress and anxiety brought by the attack.
The company has issued an official statemt, requesting respect for the victims and their family members, and also stating that all future statemts will be either through the police or their lawyers.
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In an earlier interview, Kyoto Animation's presidt Hideaki Hatta stated that he was considering replacing the building with a gre public park and a memorial monumt.
However, residts in the neighbourhood did not wish for a memorial to be built as it would destroy the peaceful lifestyle [of local residts].
In November 2019, the studio had decided to continue training programmes for aspiring animators, in which trainees would be trained in movies, sketching and animations. Upon graduating from the programme, outstanding trainees could be recruited by the studio after being examined further.
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In response to this incidt, a publicity evt for the upcoming 2020 film Free! was cancelled. Kyoto Animation's Sound! Euphonium collaboration with Keihan Main Line was delayed, as was episode 4 of BEM.
The third episode of David Production's Fire Force, an anime series about firefighters and people dying from spontaneous combustion, was delayed for a week and released with the colours of the fires and narration modified.
The studio decided to push on with premiering Violet Evergard: Eternity and the Auto Memory
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