Japanese man admits starting deadly anime studio fire: reports
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A Japanese man allegedly angry that his ideas had been stolen admitted Tuesday to starting a fire that killed 36 people in an animation studio in 2019, local media said.The blaze that ripped through the studios of Kyoto Animation in July 2019 shocked Japan as well as the huge anime industry and its ...

Article by Raw Story: It reports on the trial of a man who has plead guilty to setting fire to the offices of Kyoto Animation in 2019, which devastated the mostly female-staffed studio and cost the lives of 36 employees.

  • @ALilOff@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12•10 months ago

    I remember the event in 2019 and my heartbroken. Kyoto Animation is one of the best studios there is and what they’ve created were always amazing. The lives lost will be remembered in their work and family.

    The guy who did it claims the reason he did it was he thought that Kyoani was stealing his ideas.

    Currently his legal team is trying to plead insanity.

    • @Lmaydev@programming.dev
      9•10 months ago

      I didn’t think so many people would die and now I think I went too far," said the 45-year-old.

      Seems unlikely they will get away with insanity as this statement implies he knew people may get injured.

      Insanity pleas only work when their mental illness prevented them from understanding it was a crime.

      If depression makes someone so angry they kill they are still culpable.

      If someone had a psychotic break and genuinely believed the building was full of zombies that’s different.