Ghost_MH Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Story here: https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/18/20698910/kyoto-animation-arson-attack-deaths-injuries-suspect Of all the animation studios to attack, someone attacks one of the few studios that actually treats its animators like human beings? This is completely senseless. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 I have seen some people saying it was a Train Otaku who was mad at the studio for ripping off a song about trains or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Jesus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Updated to 33 people killed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Fuck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 WTF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Shitty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ort Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 They don't do off-site backups? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 This is insane. The studio is basically done for. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49042992 According to this, Japan has no regulations for requiring sprinklers or indoor fire hydrants. The steps to the roof is a spiral staircase, which acted as a chimney and was where most of the victims were found dead. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 I didn't watch much KyoAni anime, but I know how good they are at what they do. All of this just absolutely sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted July 19, 2019 Author Share Posted July 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Greatoneshere said: I didn't watch much KyoAni anime, but I know how good they are at what they do. All of this just absolutely sucks. A Silent Voice is so good and it's available on Netflix. This all really sucks. They were one of the good animation studios. They gave fair wages, didn't run their animators into the ground, and actually gave women a chance to succeed. I would seriously hate to see them disappear, but who knows how they'd come back from this. They'd need enough money to rebuild and take on new projects, while retaining people who might just look for work elsewhere. At the same time, the survivors must be going through something awful. Everything sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStar189 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Holy shit what a horrible story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted July 31, 2019 Author Share Posted July 31, 2019 Looks like we have something of a twisted motive. https://soranews24.com/2019/07/31/kyoto-animation-confirms-it-received-novel-from-writer-with-same-name-address-as-arson-suspect/amp/ Sounds like the arsonist submitted a novel for a contest KyoAni was holding and lost in the first round of judging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 12 hours ago, Ghost_MH said: Looks like we have something of a twisted motive. https://soranews24.com/2019/07/31/kyoto-animation-confirms-it-received-novel-from-writer-with-same-name-address-as-arson-suspect/amp/ Sounds like the arsonist submitted a novel for a contest KyoAni was holding and lost in the first round of judging. Jesus Christ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStar189 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 41 years old too. I was expecting someone younger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Man sentenced to death for Kyoto Animation attack | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News WWW3.NHK.OR.JP A Japanese court has sentenced a man to death for the arson attack that killed 36 employees at a famous animation studio in Kyoto. The number of deaths is the largest on record in a criminal trial in the country in more than three decades. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoberChef Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 FOUR YEARS!? JFC, when are we going to finally get to Starship Troopers levels of judicial justice and have the POS found guilty & publicly executed (IMHO, by immolation no less) while available on all channels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 I didn’t realize Japan had a death penalty. Weirdly enough I thought they were more “civilized” than that and it was an area where America was fairly alone in the modern industrialized world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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