Kyoto Animation arson attack
After killing 36 people, defendant still says he thinks that what Kyoto Animation did was wrong.
Balance struck between giving fans and family a place of remembrance and letting life return to normal in Kyoto neighborhood.
Incredibly brief Tsurune meat-shopping scene aired exactly eight months before arson attack.
A year and a half after the attack that killed 36 people, mental health questions are no longer a road block to trial.
Arsonist is shown list of victims’ names at first court hearing, but start of trial is likely still far away.
Nearly a year after the tragic deaths of dozens of anime creators, the man responsible will finally begin facing justice.
“I want them to build a monument. Not in some other place, but in the same place where the studio was.”
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