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Horrible news today that has rocked the anime fandom. Kyoto Animation was the victim of a senseless arson attack that leaves 33 dead in one of the worst fires in Japan’s history. The attacker claimed that KyoAni “stole” something of his, and “retaliated” by lighting the famed animation studio on fire.
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京都アニメーションの事件で、お亡くなりになられた方々のご家族に心よりお悔やみ申し上げます。また、負傷された方々にお見舞い申し上げます。
丁寧に日本語で言ってくれてありがとうございます。
Domer may I ask why?
nigga your name is Cabreon Munoz, stop acting
@Philly Grea maybe.
I feel so disgusted and disappointed in our society, to think 33 innocent people passed due to the idiocy of some lunatic seeking revenge is utterly bullshit. They didn’t deserve that, their families didn’t deserve to lose the loving people who created OUR CHILDHOOD, we didn’t either the rest of the world didn’t need this to be a thing, I can’t express my sorrow and the feelings I feel for the family and the whole of Japan. As for now I wish everyone condolences, rest assured that it will get better and the everyone will support you through these times.
…I’m sorry Japan, the Families, the victims, the world sends condolences.
<3
from time to time i see some of your videos as they pop on recomendation (i also love geeky sparkles voice), i thank you for covering this news with the due respect and solemnity it deserves, we can even notice on your voice that you are really shocked and concerned for this.
again, thanks telling us about this in an empathic way
I really hate one of the comment from my country they said that “seriously why need to be sad they just lost PC,drawings and bla vla bla” I translate it from Indonesia into english and when I saw that comment I quickly watch on what happen and watch this video it explain a lot and I’m really sorry to heard about this..for 33 people who’ve died I hope you rest in peace in the afterlife..and were so sorry ccuz of some of our brother and sister kept saying rude thing to this 33 people.
reason u dont hear anything from japan because most cases arnt reported chinese mafia #8 didnt like the way a guy looked at him and he shot him in the face
“God only cries for the living
‘Cause it’s the living that are left to carry on
And all the angels up in Heaven
They’re not grieving because they’re gone
There’s a smile on their faces
‘Cause they’re in a better place
God only cries for the living
‘Cause it’s the living that are so far from home”
-Diamond Rio, God Only Cries
I wish to personally sing this song to the families who lost their loved ones in Kyoto Animation.
My deepest, sincerest prayers to the victims of the KyoAni tragedy.
I believe this is the biggest mass killing in Japan since the 50s
And then people make about gender
In Germany at area Frankfurt we had an serial arsonist who targeted left wing sustainable housing projects from Fall 2018 to June 2019. There were some serious damages, some unsuccessful attempts and fortunately no burn victims. The culprit was caught in the end by some the housing activists and the police was didn’t do anything! After that I heard from some of the activists that this hateful insane man didn’t belong to any right wing extremist group and only chose these sustainable homes as his targets because he just didn’t like them and blame them for his shitty problems! To think that sth similar would also happen to Kyoto Animation 🙁
I have heard the Fire escape to the roof was lock/obstructed. Lives could have been saved if this was not the case. Which is tragic.
my thoughts to animators who trap in the fire. RIP also whoever stole his idea is the biggest crime and murderer.
it is indeed a tragedy about what happened to Kyoto animation as a classic Otaku myself anime has been apart of my life
from sailor moon to cowboy bebop to name a few my prayers go out to them and their loved ones I admire people like them
very sorry for the people( i love their anime(( sorry my eng i from russia. F
This fucknut just murdered 33 people to get off to some flames. Some crazy bastards in this world.
One of the founders, the VP Hatta Yoko, quit Mushi Production (Tezuka Osamu’s studio) when she got married and moved away with her husband Hatta Hideaki, the president of KyoAni. When she moved, she had her husband help her, along with neighbourhood housewives, to create KyoAni. Not only do they pay regular salaries for their animators instead of pay – per – frame system, they give their employees a lot of benefits, including maternity leave, which is mainly also because they don’t hire contract freelancers. They also have their own animation school and so they train their own in – house talents. Between them and ufotable, they’re pretty much breaking the mold.
Thank you for that.
Even if I do not think this should happen to anyone else, I still can’t comprehend why of all the anime studios this had happened to KyoAni, one of the most honest and wholesome studios ever.
I think what I find more disgusting is how MSM sites are writing articles specifically highlighting that more women were killed than men. Who died shouldn’t matter, the fact that people did die should.
Somebody took “die in a fire” to the next level, real life. This is messed up. 33 people without even using a gun. Why? For drawing shit and making people’s lives a little happier? o _O
41 now…who was that fuck? I just have one question. Everyday in this world everything you see and hear is negative all the time and then this today I woke up to see 33 people died in this fire plus the great minds with those lives. Is it really worth living in these times? Is life worth what you told it really is? I just hate waking up in this nightmare.
He should be sentenced to make all the animation work for the 34 people dead for the rest of his life with no break and obviously no payment.
Anime studio employees work very hard to the point of sickness for our entertainment. No one deserved to die upon one contentious man’s fury.
My thoughts and prayers are with them too… let that dick burn in hell.
This attack goes against the one thing Japan is known for & that’s peace.
It changed into 34 person dead. one person died in the hospital
May they all rest in peace.
I hope that those anime studios have second emergency exit if something like this happens again if they don’t have it they should implement that.
I hope The Gofundme gets a lot of traction, keeps going for a while gaining a lot of money for the sake of those left alive. I sincerely hope that they will accept the gesture.
Also I’m expecting some public message from gathering of fans. Idk what, but with the studio’s worldwide impact to the lives of millions of people I think some would put some form of tribute into the world
Can’t even imagine the scale of the loss from this. Thinking of 33 families simply wrecked from this (not even counting the injured that a lot). With the vast list of titles produced by the studio can’t begin to grasp how many ppl had a positive impact from them. How much more positive influence & the net gain to the good in the world could have come from those ppl but… Now it won’t cause these wonderful creative ppl are gone.
These were ppl that put out work that inspired other, kept them going or actually saved from a dark point in their life &.. Now their gone…
A crime like this should not have happened. The real blame lies in Japanese society itself which has no psychiatric help for its countless people suffering mental illness. Paying no attention to the psychological needs of its citizens where and when it’s needed meant that this tragedy was inevitable. I believe that Japanese society is slowly but steadily walking to its doom.
Only ONE exit. No exterior stairs. No sprinklers. DEAD TRAP.
出口は1つだけ。外階段はありません。スプリンクラーはありません。デッドトラップ。
The arson just said 「パクりやがった」 means “(They) ripped off/stole (something).” The point is he didn’t mention they stole from who.
All this over ‘bari saku’, huh? I bet the arsonist shove train models up his ass 7 times a day.
I can’t stop thinking and empathising for the victims these last few days because of this jackass’ selfishness. I’m trying to feel better by ridiculing him.
Rip may your souls rest in peace
this is worse than that yuka takaoka incident
yeah truly a sick fuck
A friend of mine from Japan told me that that studio ALSO had a NURSERY for any animators who were parents… At the time he mentioned this he said that there was no word on the children, but I’m hoping that means they evacuated all the children well enough- but it doesn’t change the fact that theres a good chance some of those children lost their parents.
33 people with great minds and imaginations died for doing what they love the most..and for that man who made that fire…
U deserve to suffer and suffer ti’ll u wish that you where never born.
Were was security???
33 up again
The building’s fire code checked out for the standards. The spiral staircase acted as a chimney and the building had no sprinklers. I really hope they change fire safety standards so this doesn’t happen again.
Why would someone do such a thing? No matter what the studio does they not deserved that form of hate.
I hope they sentence the Godless fucker to death by lethal injection. Those animators didn’t deserve that.
Like, I hate to ask, but if the guy torched the front entrance, wouldn’t there be a fire exit, and other exits around the place? Are the building codes regarding fire exits in japan more lax? What happened was still horrible, and my best wishes go out to the victim’s families, but wouldn’t there be other ways out? I’m just confused.
Dude made sure it would not be easy to escape. I don’t think any building in existence accounts for nutjobs burning the whole studio in an arson attack
If you think this is funny, look up the Triangle Shirtwaist fire in New York.
Why cant you make jokes now, is it after 2 years okey to make jokes where 33 people burnt to death?
Of course its really horrible and sad but many people also laughing about 9/11 for example.
David produktion should have released the third episode from fire force on thursday
latum
Besides if you think its bad to make jokes about that, than maybe you dont like black humour
What i understand, which person like black
Besides
Our hearts go out to the fine people at Kyoto Animation studio.
I saw the 9/11 attack in New York City
So a bunch of man hating feminist died, so what.
Honestly this is fucking tragic. Kyoani has a really good track record of animation and also is very progressive and friendlier in its work environment compared to most animation studios, making this tragedy even more devestating than it already was. I really hope they get back on their feet because if they fall because of this, it’ll be a damn shame. Prayers to the people who lost loved ones in the arson.
I cannot believe this actually happened. I feel so sorry for the employees that got caught in this disaster, especially the 33 people that died in it. My condolences to the victims and their families. Let’s hope the injured ones will recover from this, as well as the studio itself.
I think there must have been some Amine haters waiting for the right time to take down a studio that makes a few anime. I believe there may have been some anime that actually exists but aire for a short time. I know that some anime were filled with violence. I theorized like what happened with 4Kids censoring anime is that the studio wanted to tone down the violence in those anime shows. I hope that studio recovers. I can imagine some people seeing their favorite anime cancelled because of what happened that the studio. That is what happened to “Hamtaro” when it was removed from Cartoon Network back in 2003. I hope everyone will remember those 33 people killed.
they produce one of my all time favorite anime. tragedie that happen so suddenly and killing so many innocent im really down right now sadden all my condolence to them and japan.
Such a sad, and senseless act. I hope the jackass who did this is brought to justice, and the 33 lives loss rest in peace. #prayforKyotoAnimation
I find the number of deaths very suprising. I could have never thought a fire in a three storey building could kill so many. Ofcourse, I don’t know the details but I have the hunch that the company has possibly neglected the importance of easy access to escape routes.
I wish that in the future animation companies – make that all japanese companies regardless of industry – will take into heart what happened and take measures to create safer working places in order to avoid such atrocities.
Don’t misunderstand me, I do think that the arsonist is the main culprit here, but we shouldn’t forget other factors which are at play either. To me it is the most tragic that most of the deaths happened on the third floor where the time frame in which to escape safely should have been the largest. (I believe that Kyoto Animation treated its employees relatively well, but this doesn’t necessarily mean they took their safety into account well enough.)
The guy barricaded the emergency exits and set the building on fire from all sides. If what I managed to dig up is correct.
Japan already has a population crisis without their own citizens turning essentially Muslim on what numbers they have.
This is ridiculous and just further feeds the downfall of their nation.
The anime industry is lessened by this. Condolences to the surviving members of the studio, and all the victims families. I fully expect all my anime to be late for the rest of the week
OMG how terrible!! 😢 Hope he gets whats coming to him 🤬
ps- you two need to get on the Alt-Tech Social media ASAP -> GAB, Minds, Bitchute before you get removed for not playing the SJW NPC game 🙂
My those 33 people rest in peace. This is great tragedy for everyone who love Anime! I only feel sandess. I hope this “monster” get sentenced for life. Killing innocent people that came every day and work to make us happy!!. What the fuck happening with this crazy world.
There’s some people like MR. Obvious who actually seem to celebrate it because they didn’t like the male to female work ratio and because of the animations.
He actually even makes comments like the copy/paste bellow
“> makes yuri shit”
“> gets burned for yuri shit”
– MR. Obvious
He also actively deleted comments
That is terrible, I am so sorry for the survivors and the families of the death. Too bad Japan I think does not execute criminals because the criminal deserves it.
A clue on who is behind the attack.
I want to know the types of cartoons they made, and not even a video with a manga character knows! You don’t even care about what they do, and you called the cartoons “whatever animation they make”. This channel is as brain-dead as mainstream media.
I think of all the stories that will now never be told. One crazy man stole lives and stories.
Kyoani had gave me a lot of great experience in my life .
and now the time give back them .
I posted my thought to on my channel but I’m just in a sea of comments.
some sick fuck
The question is “What did they stole from the attacker ?”
It was some dumb phrase he decided they stole from him. Seems to me the guy was bat shit insane, but hopefully we will know for sure in the following days.
I hope that asshole died😤 but this is too sad since I’m an anime fan😭May those victim died in peace
This is truly sad news. I totally recommend you watch Violet Evergarden, its one of their latest works. KyoAni is one of the most wholesome studios out there that goes as far as training potential new animators. They did not deserve this. They always had passion and helped so many people cope and gave so many people entertainment. If you watch Violet Evergaden, EVERY FRAME of it was a piece of art. The emotions, the OST. They give so much love to their series. Clannad for me was a thermonuclear ride of a roller coaster. I pray for their full recovery and may those injured make it through and those who died be at peace.
Naoko Yamada is Alice yaaszzz
As an animation lover, got wind of this tragic news and if other places are talking about kickvic well put that aside for now. As i gave’em a heads up to this instead, well done Clownfish TV you’re one of the first, looking into this tragic news!
Who knew Moe anime could be so dangerous.
What’s most perplexing about this tragedy is that of all the studios to be targeted, it’s the one known for cutesy, down-to-earth moeblob cartoons. Basically pure, innocent, slice-of-life shows. And at least one of their viewers was a psychopath that was THIS unhinged, he decided all the animators(whom by the way, are in no way involved with the creative writing process) needed to die because some high school trumpet girl wasn’t faithfully depicted from her source material. Or that the writers ripped off some really gay pun the perp came up with, I still don’t have all the facts yet, but somehow I doubt the truth will make this tragedy any less senseless, or the perp any less wormy and pathetic.
I hear Japan still hangs criminals that earned the death penalty. I’m sure they’ll pick a nice noose just for you, buddy. I’m also glad his identity hasn’t been revealed yet, I hope it stays that way. He does NOT deserve to leave this world knowing he became infamous, he should die in deserved obscurity.
While I don’t like the animation studio I can’t express how unjustified the guy was in killing people
This is horrifying!
Even if that guy maybe had something taken away it doesn’t give him an excuse to kill people!
All the people working there do very hard work planning and drawing and some even do overwork just so they can get paid enough!
So many died for nothing, but for a man’s craving for attention!
No smoke inhalation and fire are way worse than jump and splat that’s why they jumped.
@solaroid55 I was referring to his 9/11 reference but yeah 3rd and 4th storie is well worth the risk.
Jump from the second and third floor is very survivable.
My prayers for KyoAni.
May those motherfuckers burn in Hell.
damn it wtf! condolences to the families of victims and survivors may fully recover physically and mentally from this event but this pisses me off more than anything. I wouldn’t go off on people making off-color jokes about it though since I’m used to that kind of stuff but still this is both quite depressing and infuriating.
After seeing this video….sadness and rage are mixed within me and time, not healing alone, will naturally save me but I will not forget this and this tragedy just reinforces me to cherish and protect Japanese animation in all its forms because everyone of them has a story to tell. As for anyone, who DARES say that THIS tragedy as unimportant and “just an everyday tragedy that could happen in my backyard” attitude especially here in the United States of “trump”eting ourselves to UNearned greatness….remember that “towers and schools” with SUCH tragedies are just the same as an “everyday tragedy that could happen in my backyard”…just don’t take anything to YOUR heart because it WAS NOT IN YOUR BACKYARD, period.
How ironic. Radical leftists company gets burned by a radical leftist fan because their lesbian character turned straight. Sorry to say it but get woke go broke. This is what happens when you allow radical ideas to flourish. You weep what you sow and you built a yuri loving fan to go mental because he didn’t get his lesbians. I repeat a FEMINIST COMPANY TURNED A LESBIAN STRAIGHT AND THEIR LOYAL FAN WENT NUTS ABOUT IT.
First of all making jokes of a tragedy like this is not a freaking joke!! Second I am deeply sad that this happened to those 33 people and to the arsonist this is no excuse to take it out on people that had nothing to do with his situation not that he’s paying the price with third degree burns and Japanese law well not be merciful if he lives.
Well said Nathaniel Lee!
What I heard on 4chan the studio was rewiring the canon from the manga and adding new character what they made the core part of the story. also turning lesbians character into straight whos dating there new character and turning a straight character and turning them into a gay character. what was changing the core story from the manga.
What is going on in Japan? First the yandere stabbings, then the pop idol getting attacked and now this? I hope it’s all just a coincidence because I’m starting to worry about what’s going on over there.
One of the dirt bags cracking jokes, is a Maoist, and used this to criticize Japanese capitalism. Truth be told, it’s because that person is an SJW and wants to influence and control Manga and anime.
They were receiving death threats so why didn’t they put any security???
Death threats on the internet are like rain in the autumn. If you haven’t gotten some you probably don’t use it much.
Rest in peace
RIP to the 33 people that lost their lives
People on Twitter are making jokes about this shame on them!!
This isn’t funny innocent people died
I hope the families of the 33 people will be helped and taken care of
People like this don’t deserve a chance. you dont kill people just because they plagiarized you. you take them to court. may he never see the light of day and may he choke slowly when the noose come for him
this literally happened because they didn’t make a character a lesbian.
This is heartbreaking, what a terrible attack. And f#king garbage people joking about this, yeah pull your heart, head and soul out of your ass.
Someone said here in the comment’s section that this is like the “9/11” of Japan. I agree with that. Because 9/11 Tragedy was a MASSIVE RITUAL that the Ruling Elite planned to hurt the Heart/Earth or the Hearts of the People because it gives so much Energy to them. It’s like food or drug to them. In occult or secret terms 9 refers to the Heart same with the Chakras and 11 refers to the Duality or Conflict and now they’ve done it again. The “33 People” was a HINT or CLUE that they are the behind of it. And because Anime really helps to enlighten the mind and it’s a warning to the other anime studios out there that this will happen to them too if they’ve put some “Hints” on their works.
What the sick fuck is wrong with people? Stay strong KyoAni! I hope the guy gets his punishment.
I hope Kyoani can rise again after this bad day. I always waiting Kyoani new Anime for then………..
Look up mr obvious he made a video on this and all he did was make fun of the studio and not caring about the dead employees because there feminists
I’m not a big anime watcher and I don’t think I’ve ever watched a show from this studio, but it’s terrible, terrible news. 🙁
I’m curious if this means the end to this company? I know in the West animation is different, we mostly use Toon Boom and it makes animating faster, but 33 people is more than in my workplace. And Lighthouse Studios in Irleand, from what I know, is about 100 people. 🙁
I just looked at the anime list.
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME. WHAT THE HELL WAS THIS SHITWAD DOING. (now dont take it that I’m only focused on the shows and movies) THERE ARE MANY SERIES THEY MADE THAT MANY WERE ANTICIPATING A SECOND OR THIRD SEASON DRAGONMAID FOR ONE. NOW WE MAY NEVER GET TO SEE ANY OF THESE. 😤
REST IN PEACE IN THE AFTERLIFE MAY YOU DRINK AND FULLFILL YOUR LOST LIFE IN HUMBLE COMPANY
I’m still surprised that the perp is still alive. I wouldn’t have bothered saving that asshat.
Well they need to give him a proper hanging, can’t let him miss that.
Horrible. Just horrible.
I don’t know what else to say.
The survivors will be in my thoughts and I hope they get the best care in their recovery.
killed by yuri obsesionist man crazy fvkr
This is very sad news to hear first thing in the morning. I wish the families of the victims all the strenght in the world to make it through these hard times.
And may the survivors recover soon from their injuries.
F
That’s so tragic! 😔
I pray for those who died to find peace and for those who are injured to get well and to gain strength to overcome this trauma. Also… I might sound mean, but this is more on the concern side… are there no fire exits in that building?! Hello?!
The bastard who did this barricaded them if what I read is true. Such a senseless and barbaric act, I hope this guy hangs for what he did.
Rest in piece to those poor 33 people that didn’t make it in time
I will kill the man who destroyed anime studio in japanese and. I will hunt him down
There are a lot of rumor theories. Theory 1 is that the prep’s waifu turned out straigth with a boyfriend character and not a virgin lesbian. Theory 2 is that he was an insane train fan and “his trains” were defaced with anime girl advertisement for their shows. Theory 3 is that the guy made a meme that the studio referenced and thus stole.
It is all insane.
If he’s insane it’s possible he’s an anime-kin, they’re basically the anime character equivalent of furries in that they believe they were an anime character in a past life. I remember the author of Please Save My Earth said the most unnerving thing was people who would come up to her and tell her they were a character from her story. I mean I guess it’s a compliment, your characters are so relatable that people actually internalize their experiences, but it’s also unnerving. Like how will those people react if you get “their” life story wrong?
My heart is aching right now
Sadly; there is a possibility something of his was was stolen or at least cloned like how we see some anime being almost direct copycats of others if not just similar like in the case of Asterisk War and another I forgot the name of. There have been cases of a company, company agent, or fellow co-worker taking credit for something presented to them by somebody else seeking to have their story produced. It’s been a long term issue that has happened for several years. It’s one of the reason’s why we may see a series have a short run or suddenly end after a long period. One case for example, according to some articles, is 4Kids (as it was known at the time) had attempted to claim full copyright over the Chaotic series and the game which inspired it only to wind up with rights to the tv series while the game’s creator retained rights to the game. Don’t even get me started on Harmony Gold.. What bugs me most is that there were reports prior to this of the mans neighbors calling the police on him after hearing him screaming and yelling and making threats and yet all they pretty much did was warn him instead of taking him into custody or having him committed.
Kyoto Animation forever <3 May those fallen rest in peace
It’s so awful! Those poor people! There are no words to describe how despicable this is.
💔💔💔💔.. why kill innocent people
Rest In Peace animator and director 😔😭
the main lesson is emergency exits need to be made safer and easier to use. being trapped in a building for the whole time you’re trying to exit is fairly dangerous.
on a more weeaboo-ish note: i think fireforce might not air this week. its supposed to air in 14-16 hours. but it doesnt seem tactful, i hope TV schedulers give victims time to grieve. maybe I’m being overly sensitive because it does air very late at night.
One of the staff died because he’s trying to protect his work 😢
I’m bothered by the deaths, but as far as the animation studio itself getting torched? Eh, I haven’t seen anything good come out the company.
The psycho shouldn’t have resorted to this, regardless.
My pray to the families who lost love one! This is just senseless! smh!!!
Surprised you didn’t mention the GFM:
You can help KyoAni by purchasing their digital arts on their website
Yes I saw it on Twitter crazy it was just fire at 1st, very sad
This is just heartbreaking.😢 May God rest their soul in heaven. And hope the PM of Japan arrange funds for the families affected by the incident.
Anime is cringe, can’t stand anime or weebs, I feel bad for the people who got injured but I can’t stand the hyperness of modern anime, it makes me cringe
I guess the guy doesn’t support weaboos
Man, It’s less more than 20 victims, not over 30
Not to add to this already horrific event, but has there been any identification or mention of the 11 deceased found on the second floor? Apparently KyoAni had an in house Nursery on the second floor as part of their family friendly policies. There may have been young children and infants in the building :_(
solaroid55 I hope I’m wrong too. But as the horrible and predatory NYT and CNN stories inadvertently point out KyoAni was known for hiring women and 20 of the 33 killed were women. KyoAni was actively seeking an alternative “family and family life friendly workplace” to the more traditional high pressure long hours crunch time producers, who mainly were only able to attract and employ men. Part of that was apparently an in house Nursery/Day Care for sub school age kids, to help newer Mom’s return to work.
Well shit, I sure hope you are not right. The whole thing breaks my heart as is. If these people also lost their children, this would turn into a worse nightmare than I thought possible.
Was there no like security or front gate or something? He just walked in the front door>
alot my all time favorites came from this studio. not to mention the years of well known characters have been borne from this place. call me crazy but id be down to see a slow execution of the sick bastard that did this.
😭😭😭
And Who was the arsonist?
I have something funny to say…
I’m going to say the…
People who make jokes about tragedies like this are sick in the head.
Those tools needs to take a drug test, seriously.
Heard about this in the am.. was in a bit of a shock about the sheer numbers. The perp is a monster, does not deserve consideration as a human.
I find it truly disgusting that some people are cheering this on, on twitter.
RIP for 33 victims of this senseless tragedy.
Japan is no wonder land. It’s the same as any city accept they cover the negative with smiles very well.
As someone who studied animation, my heart breaks for this is a field that is about giving their hearts and soul to make the world a little better. RIP my friends
I’m crying, you can’t really replace talented artits these days…. This is truly a tragedy.
ok which 1 of u pieces of shit dis liked the video
My heart breaks as i hear this sad news. Oo Lord The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful, The Most Forgiving. To all those good souls who fell, may You forgives their sins and grants them a second chance. I beg you from the deepest of my heart. May You give peace to the grieving hearts. Surely You are The All Knowing. Surely You are The Most Just.
RIP. 🙁
Those people were just innocent employees working on their craft and making a living. It really is shocking and disheartening that they couldn’t escape this. Condolences to their love ones.
In the USA if a moron ran in and poured liquid he would have gotten his ass kicked but they probably politely asked him to stop while be burned the place down.
The f*cker hu did that maybe has a bad blood on the studio. Stupid bastard id like to see him been blow up too. Or burned alive!!!
A fact for everyone that thinks the criminal should not die:
He poured gasoline in emergency exit, set fire after gasoline was volatilized and waited for those who escaped with knives.
I say a lynch mob. Let every KyoAni fan and family members have a stab at the guy.
The breaking wheel would be very befitting for this insane bastard. How can anybody hurt people who create such fine art like this? I love their work and I am furious as hell right now.
RIP
So sad to hear that someone would purposely do something like this and kill so many in such a why. Fires are one of the worst ways to die. Now is not the time for jokes or worry about new seasons. People just died a horrible death and deserve some respect. I can’t believe some people these days. May they rest in peace and pray for their family and friends during this difficult time.
My condolences to the victims families in this madness my heart goes out to them and honestly we need to United more now then ever
#HelpKyoAniHeal
There are tons of anime fans out there; however there are some haters who hate anime for some reason like the United Nation for example. It was supposed to be banned because of “child pronography support” nonsense. Are they the ones that started this? Out of all the buildings in Kyoto, why this one and only this one? Rest in peace to all the workers that lost their lives there and I pray they get justice
What’s most aggravating about this is how easily most of these people could have escaped if the windows weren’t plastic and the door to the roof hadn’t been locked. The building had no sprinklers or fire escapes. It’s just as senseless as the arsonist setting the fire in the first place.
There are even some people who are happy that a studio was burnt to the ground and the people who died. THAT really ticks me off! On Twitter
Should NEVER make a joke when something like this sort of tragedy occurs.
Very tragic news, definitely something you don’t hear often happening in japan. the world-wide anime community extends their deepest condolences to the families affected by this terrible and gutless act.
I feel sorry for these people who died in this tragedy. And it’s something so rare for Japan.
Am I awful because the first thing that instantly came to my mind was that some American SJW had done this?
> Am I awful because the first thing that instantly came to my mind was that some American SJW had done this?
Yes.
Some people out there want more AAA titles not based on tits and gore. Some hacks think xeroxing a story and shuffling cosmetic features is meaningful. There’s no reason for you to dehumanize these two groups under an umbrella term meant to make them subhuman in your mind.
That you’d imagine these already imaginary people in your mind as mass murdering assholes shows you’re in very deep. Deprogramming cultists is tough, but maybe some day you could consider being angry at someone with all the power in the world, instead of some lady with a youtube channel and a nose piercing?
#LETSSAVEKYOTOANIMETION
My condolences.
Once this attack is identified and questioned for his motive. Drag his singed ass out to some deserted place, put a bullet between his eyes and dump him in a landfill.
this is so tragic 🙁
This was straight up terrorism.
#Preyforkyoani
How is it that the building doesn’t have a back entrance, fire escape and sprinkler system to help with fire control? That sucks that so many people died the way they did
@solaroid55 then all that means is this bastard knew exactly what he was going to do. This isn’t a arsenic problem. This is blatant murder. Why is he being treated as crazy? He’s a freaking murderer
The guy blocked off the emergency exit and left those people to roast. I am at a loss of such barbarism.
Damn. Arson. I had only heard about a fire but not the possible cause. R.I.P. to those lost.
So mad this happened. Some of the most talented animators in the world work there. Its a huge loss for the industry.
*Are voice actor is Okey????*
Senseless crime. I hope the people still alive pull together and come out stronger than ever. Find strength in those around you and those close to you in times of need.
hopefully kyoto animation won’t be forced to be shut down. because from what i heard there are only 70 people working there and like half of them died ;(
There’s been a lot of misinformation. Studio 1 is the building that has been burned down. They still have the head office, Studio 2, Tokyo Office and DO building. It’s true that they lost a lot of their work since Studio 1 was where a majority of their main line production took place, but this isn’t the end for KyoAni.
With but the shortest court case, no ceremony, nor protestation, the man responsible should be psychologically studied, then humanely expelled from this world as soon as possible.
I don’t think anyone really wants this miscreant around anymore. I loved Kyoto Animation…
I hope you don’t monetize this video. That’s YouTubers common decency for tragedy like this.
That arsonist is a terrorist (that he may be not connected to Islamic state)
Anytime you see the #33 connected to a tragic event in the mainstream then you should question what really happened…Or why it happened…
John Lennon making fun of Heaven took offence of it they shot him
えらぃこっちゃ
Wrrrrrrrrrrrry the arsonist deserves muda muda mudaaaaaaa.
this is way worse than now Notre Dame burning lost lot of talented rtist
At least at Notre dame nobody died. This is horrible.
Mid aged men in Japan have high chance of depression problems. No wife single for life no friends. Starting to lose the meaning of life. These people need help mentally straight up.
KYOANI! 😭😭😭
Rip kyoani. 33 people is a lot of loss of skilled workers to replace, Not saying anything about the back building + equipments.
Frieza: sets a studio building on fire.
Frieza: I set that building on fire with your human friends inside.😈
Goku: your talking about kynoani studio… don’t you dare talk about kynoani!AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH🤩😭😫😡
Goku: this is ultra instinct omen… YOU’LL PAY FOR THIS!!!!!!!!
RIP to those poor souls 😔 and hopefully that monster who did this spends the rest of his life in jail.
These workers worked so hard to death to make ends meet only to be killed by some crazy dude. What is wrong with people these days? I don’t like how the anime industry is nowadays but that doesn’t mean someone should harm the ones who worked to the bones to make a living and the shows you watch. Putting blame on others when it is not their problem is a coward’s way out.
I personally haven’t seen any of their anime entirely, but based on several clips I’ve seen on YouTube, they have a really heartfelt vibe to them. They seem to be a staple in the world of anime as well. It’s just a goddamn shame someone had to go and destroy everything. Absolutely horrible. My condolences to everyone who were lost and only wish their families the best.
33 the number of freemasonry? i do find it highly suspicious that out of all the animation studios this studio the only studio that actually pays their employees a fair salary was targeted? theres more to this don’t take it for face value
Absolutely terrible. So many talented people lost.
As far as I know, Japan is one of the countries that hasn’t abolished the death sentence as a possible punishment for murder.
I rarely endorce it, but I hope that man hangs for this.
Unlike america is not easy to get a death sentence in Japan. So people getting it, really deserve it. And for this reason not many people complain about it.
33 people die but he survives? does japan even have mandatory laws on fire suppression for buildings?
They dont have that much terrorism in Japan, but when it strikes its always weird in addition to the horror of it. Really? An argument over intellectual property?!
Hopefully they will get Isekai’d.
Dont do drugs kids.
$970,000, donated to help the victims in only 16 hours
Average donation amount was $32.67
Weebs are a pretty cool fandom
@brash candiboot You’re thinking of the Smash Bros tournament community. I started taking showers ever since I stopped playing that game
@brash candiboot Don’t be an ass, please.
When people hurt creators of things, the fans of the creation will band together.
Said the weeb bitch, take a fucking shower
Praying for those families.
Considering the magnitude of the disaster, it is likely that KyoAni won’t be able to resume work on most of their project and probably have to close down. According to what I can find, they have 130 employees as of 2010. While I don’t know how many employees it currently have, with 33 dead and 35 injured, I reckon that would amount to at least 10% to 20% of their total employees plus all the resources, equipment and material from their current project lost.
If anything, they would need some time to recover from this. Fingers crossed, I hope they survive if only to keep the memory of the deceased alive.
Best of luck KyoAni and may those who are no longer with us today rest in peace.
I am pissed off at this news.
I pray for the families and people who were affected. This studio means the world to me. It is one of the reasons why I wanna do anime/animation.
I hope the guy who did this get’s what he deserves. And I hope to god this doesn’t mean Kyoto Animation will shut down…
i’m not japanese, i don’t know some of the workers/ animators/artists there, but as an anime fan since 2010…. right when i saw the article, i felt like i just died.
i froze.
i felt like, a family member had died.
…my condolences to their friends, family and to them..
If I ever meet the fucker that did this I’ll stab him in the throat
May those 33 people rest in peace
Hyouka, one of my favorite animes
Thank You, Kyoani, for your amazing animes
Must be one of the most tragic attack in Japan since 20 March 95 (the Aum Cult gas attack, it is like 9/11 for Japan), my thought goes to the victim, dead and injured. I live beside France, where, 4 years ago, 5 carricaturist got killed, I thought I’ll never heard of something like this again, guess I was wrong. I hope KyoAni will find a way to get through this.
Even Japan is not immune to the crazies anymore
It never really was. Crazy fans stalk, harass and attempt to kill idols all the time. It’s fucked up.
Very sad that this happened. My thoughts and prayers go out to the families involved in this tragedy.
33 ??!!!!! Wtf !!!!!!!!!
I bet it was one of those former employees of a rival studio! I blame Dragonball for this!
You’re not fucking funny.
This is too much. I don’t have words.
Heard about this on the news while at work. All they had though was that a man started a fire at the studio, so I’ve been wondering if it was a disgruntled employee or a random loon. From this, it sounds like the latter.
My prayers go out to all who have been murdered. This is truly a tragedy.
Did anyone survived from the fire?
Requiescet in pace
I’m suppose to be traveling to Kyoto, Japan in April, to stay for a month before flying back to Israel for work. but after what happened with the terror attack, I don’t know if I should go.
Kyoto Animation Produced some Good Animated Show’s which featured beautiful Visuals & Background Scenes…
I was so pissed when I heard the news, I really liked KyoAni, they created some of my favorites like Beyond The Boundary and A Silent Voice.
Oh crap, people died?! Last I heard, there were injuries, but no unconfirmed deaths.
Geez, now I’m pissed.
Oh no! May the 33 people Rest In Peace. My condolences to Kyoto Animation and to the families of the lost ones.
Look at the bright side of this, at least we won’t have another series of “Free” anytime soon.
Anyway, an autistic train geek (a foamer) started this because of Kyoto Animation using a song for a train in a TV cartoon that they made since he didn’t want the people who seen “Sound! Euphonium” ‘dirtying up the trains’, according to a manifesto he released.
I take it that he knew that ‘otaku’ were about to ruin the only hobby he had (train spotting). Anime studios have some fault on them for promoting the life of a salary worker as the “only life worth living” and trade workers as “failures”, too.
Cultists have a huge strength in Japan for the very fact that most of the Japanese have no purpose outside of working jobs they hate to put food in their gobs, because “damn the people finding purpose in their very existence” and NEETs are shamed for being “useless”.
You have people with little purpose outside of a life-maintaining job and a hobby, then when they lose the hobby, you see them snap like the foaming train geek did here.
You’d expect something like this in America to happen in the potpourri of a state that is Florida.
Wow. You’re a fucking douchebag and you are NOT fucking funny.
One man with flammable liquid did that much damage?
He blocked the emergency exit if I heard right.
@ᵗʰᵉNight★Star That’s a total death trap. I’m wondering if the fire regulations are less strict than what we have in North America or that the Studio was piled to the brim with paper and other flammable things.
He set a fire, and the fire ravaged through the building. There were no fire exits, and most of the people were probably killed by smoke inhalation while attempting to flee through the entrance.
Shit dude
*sigh*
Why can’t we have nice things?!
Aspie Gamer because Mental sickness exists.
Send the arsonist to a small island and let him eke out a living for the rest of his life with basic living conditions.
Nah dude, he burned 33 people, he should burn 33 times before being fed to the dogs.
They were my favorite storytellers on this planet the past few decades.
I hope they all recover stronger from this. At least for the memory of those who died for the artistic craft of anime
I thought 33 were injured and not killed. I feel so bad for there families.
Kyoani made some of my favorite shows and movies of all time. I’ve felt sick all day. Knowing the people who brought me so much joy are just gone in so vile an act is just hard to believe. Sentai Filmworks has set up a GoFundMe for the victims and families. Please give what you can. It’s the least their fans can do.😢
Kinda wish you didn’t monetise this
He didn’t. He said he didn’t. And there were not supposed to be any ads.
Man this is unheard of in japan to have this happened it’s usually really peaceful and not as big of a crime rate like other countries but I guess really bad people pop up once in awhile
This is horrifying. My thoughts and prayers to the families. This person deserves a very very very special place in hell.
This year is just shit right now…
Is there a crowd found to help the victims and their families? I get there is one for the company, but I want to support the company and the people whom work for the studio.
I heard the guy that went after the perp was on fire with skin peeling off, still chased him and there are bloody foot trails on the pavement.
None of those things are actually true.
This is horrible. Please rest in peace.
I prayers to their family.
Last time I heard about something this bad in Japan was in the 80’s with that cult that used mustard gas in the subways.
Probably an obsessed otaku who didn’t like what the studio did
Yes an No.
“He was a train fan, and he invented a term “bari saku”, which roughly means “enjoy & take pictures of the scenery” in japanese. KyoAni has one of the characters in Hibike Euphonium called the “Baritone-Saxophone solo girl” which earned her the nick name “bari saxo” that actually sounds like “bari saku” in japanese. There’re more details but thats roughly the main points. Basically really fucking stupid stuff”
This is what the internet detectives have dug out for now, no confirmation yet.
such a tragedy my prayers for the families
The KyoAni employee that chased down the arsonist is a hero. Put his own life in danger while ensuring the police could locate the perp.
Hope the asshole who did that suffers for each and every one of the people he killed.
Fire is a horrible way to go. I’ve seen their work and loved so much of what they did. To think that those people died in such a manner. That those hands that drew and wrote those stories met such an end. This really strikes at me, actually.
Thats awful news! I’m so sorry.
i think in office space the idea was to burn the building with nobody in it.
just to have some catharsis by destroying the awful place
@ᵗʰᵉNight★Star why? you cockbreath?
because i don’t think the office space joke was about murdering everyone?
i still don’t. i don’t think mike judge usually makes jokes about murder. if you have ever watched king of the hill or silicon valley.
your little head understand? ok? good.
Wow, you’re an asshole.
Do we know who this bastard/degenerate/subhuman/heathen/arsonist is?
I have never been this mad in my fucking life!
Unlike 9/11 this isn’t faked.
wtf are you saying?
Shut the fuck up.
RIP
Shocking that this happened in Japan. I’m not saying there is zero crime there but I would feel safer walking around any part of Japan then most of Chicago after midnight.
33 people from arson? Hard to imagine that happening in an office building. I could see an apartment building at night but seems weird. Damn.
They created so kuch of my favorite animes. Im do sad that they might not continue. So sad that these people died. Who created my favorite animes.
Only time will tell.
Many cherry blossoms & condolences to the families of the lost & injured. One can’t fathom depth of a tragic situation when there’s no way out. Finite is day to day. 😭 🍒🌺🌸🌷
Wonder who is culpri one could think an angry japanese or maybe a japanese that work with other studio and hated that other studio. Or what it ws an SJW.
Oh fuck off with your garbage politicizing of this.
This is a terrible tragedy. My heart goes out to family, friends, and fans.
The other studio which inspired my life choices in life next to studio Ghibli. I’m so sorry for them and my heart grieves for the lost. That mans going to have no mercy I’m sure in japan for what he’s one, I can take some solace in that. All my hope and thoughts go to the families, may they find strength in the friends and community around them which I’m sure has their support.
Evil people will always find a way to harm others. Unbelievable what someone will do over a perceived slight. Truly sad.
Donated
Damn… wasn’t expecting this. I’ll be praying for them.
🙁
Wish I could help. Sucks when shit like this happens. Condolences to all affected.
If you want this crime solved, then do as they do in Europe… cherchez la femme!
Most arsonists are not this skilled at mass-murder, suggesting that he knew how to make it difficult for his victims how to escape — this is the work of a professional. Moreover, this is also a studio known producing titles that routinely intrude upon feminist narratives, and in one case which Funimation’s staff previously attempted to alter dialogue in an attempt to “reclaim from the patriarchy”.
Take one mentally unstable person who wants to “prove his manhood”, then add one scheming operative to whisper something into his ear, and then something like this could easily happen. Somebody wanted them out of business and that somebody started getting desperate.
Super sad!
Im sad too. Best hearts and Kisses for these people and family. The extended family need support. Im crying. But Ill get over it and move on. I want to support them as much as I can.
33 people dead: Kyoto Animation Office Arson led by Reptilian Entity, Illuminati
spacetravelinalabama.com/2019/07/18/33-people-dead-kyoto-animation-office-arson-led-by-reptilian-entity-illuminati/
death penalty！！！！ execute this mother fucker killer right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope the servers can forgive and get over it as quickly as possible.
Anti-weeb gang
Why even dislike a video like this? Do some people really cling to thier hate that hard? Pathetic. R.I.P. to those lost and may thier families find peace.
This is really sad news to hear… my heart and condolences to the victims and their families. KyotoAni created such amazing animes and my favorites like Violet Evergarden and Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Me and my girlfriend were even planning to watch A Silent Voice tonight on Netflix this is going to hurt her when she finds out.
I saw on Twitter that Crunchyroll is going to put out a link for everyone to help aid the victims, keep an eye out for that.
I wish them all a good recovery from this tragedy. ❤
Edit: Also found out Sentai Filmworks created a GoFundMe to help Kyoto Animations recover from this
Anime studios do need more recognition tbh
I hope 33 ppl Rest In Peace 🙏🏻🙏🏻😢 I’m super sad here in Cambodia
This is very sad to hear. Praying for the families of the 33 victims.
This really hurts because my first animes were mostly made by them
Like miss kobayashis dragon maid, k on, beyond the boundary, chuunibyou and a silent voice.
seeing the people who worked on things I love die like that is awful..
its saddening 🙁
and really shocking. Japan is country with very low crime rate, so seeing thing like that is truly shocking.
Jesus Christ.
I am pissed at the arson.
I am sad for the victims and their families.
And for anyone who is making a any kind of a joke about this… you disappoint me.
Holy hell, according to some reports a lot of series directors passed away.
Jesus Christ, Buddha, what the hell happened?
Condolences to the fallen, RIP.
@SlashingHades I believe Tatsuya Ishihara and Taichi Ishidate are safe. Yasuhiro Takemoto is still said to be missing officially, though some sources say his death has been confirmed.
@Flapperdoodle 45 Same, these poor people didn’t deserve what happened to them.
@SlashingHades I sure hope so.
I also hope japan could find a way to fix the damages.
@alfa8fake2 Hopefully more people are safe.
No clue, that’s the rumors going around, things are still confusing.
My heart dropped when I saw the title. That’s horrible. Those people didn’t deserve it. My condolences to the families that lost someone.
The anime community is already getting enough flak already. I’m glad the person who did this is arrested, but it will never be enough to undo what he did.
I pray for the Japanese folk and bounce back this. I wish for the best for them. I’ll see about buying something from their shop to show my support.
it’s only 3 story building, why so many death?
how many were inside?
there are so many windows, you can jump from 2nd floor windows and survive.
@SlashingHades almost half of them died? that’s even more unbelievable.
There were apparently 70 people working in the studio at the time of the fire.
This is just sick. Such a waste or human life. Hard working people just trying to make it through life and then this. Horrible. 😔 Imagine hanging out a window, fresh air and freedom almost in reach…but still doomed. Urgh.
otaku who live in small japanese appartments in japan, are some of the weirdest nerds around, not surprised some otaku lunatic eventually snapped
33
May the 33 R.I.P. Praying for their families and friends.
I feel bad about liking a video like this….. But….
In a game I play I saw people joke about it as well. I was Horrified that some people can be so insensitive toward other peoples losses to make crude jokes about something as horrific as being burned to death.
(Apparently, not sure) The reason why he did it was because the girl he fell in love with in “hibike euphonium” was a non virgin and he ranted about it in 5ch . He then decided to go to the anime production and brought 40 gallons of gas and committed arson.
Did they do a ntr scene and someone got pissed?
My heart goes out to the survivors and victims’ families. It’s horrible when stuff like this happens.
Story broke on my NHK World app late night. RIP the poor souls who lost their lives over this possible beta male gone amuck. Assuming he’s still alive, he will hang for this. Thank God Japan still has capital punishment, & is not afraid to use it.
WTF is wrong with us humans?
No, Office Space is not suddenly less funny. This false equivalency crap is everything that’s wrong with entertainment today.
That was a really bad attempt at gallows humor. I know you gotta cope somehow, but c’mon man. Be better than that.
God be with all those affected
And may The Arsonist be brought to justice
People can be so insensitive. This is a horrible attack on innocent people who didn’t deserve for their lives to end this way.
Well shit…
lol
I can’t believe his claim considering KyoAni typically adapts things more then makes their own thing
I bet is a Yanqui or European NPC that started the fire because anime and manga are not NPC.
@Flapperdoodle 45
Let’s just say I wouldn’t be surprised if it turns out that way.
Each time I read something that is or could be NPC related makes me wish that the Vikings and Native Americans had better relationships . The hemisphere demographics would be different but we wouldn’t have to suffer the racists with a guilty conscience that form the bulk of NPCs nowadays.
Idk about that.
F. & RIP…
Wow talks about kyoto fire. Then asks for subscription end of video what the fuck
This just reminds me how awful we can be to one another. 🙁
An Act of Terrorism. Pure and simple.
The murderer MUST be hangered like Tsutomu Miyazaki. Poor people, they are the creators of beautiful content like Violet Evergarden.
God, this makes my heart hurt.
What the hell, man? What the actual hell? 🙁
Saddest thing to hear
The talent and skill just gone because of one person’s grudge. Tragic
My k-on ooof
I am sharing my condolences to Kyoto Animation and to the families who is one of the 33 victims.
Such amazingly talented people who created incredible animated works. Thank you. May you rest in peace.
It is such a pointless loss of these brilliant people. I love their work, this is just heartbreaking. May the people in the hospital get better soon.
Wow. This is the *last* kind of news I ever thought I’d hear, let alone about an animation studio. Sad and shocking. I’ve been watching animations from this studio since Munto and Air in the early 2000’s.
To be killed just for wanting to draw; to do what you love. I’m so angry right now.
Jason Rigby tf did I just read? It’s covered because it’s Japan and violence like this is rare over there, certain articles don’t even mention the feminist part, get your head out of your butt dude, you’re so deluded, this channel is against pc culture changing things too. When this 1st broke no one even mentioned it was mostly women working there, that came later.
@Jason Rigby if you really wanna go after men hating feminist why don’t you go after the SJW’s and PC culture.
@Jason Rigby The loss of life is never justified. Man hating feminist or not, what that person did was wrong.
@brano13177 Yeah, what I thought too. This guy is nothing but a women hating incel. He can’t do shit in life, and therefore he blames others. Sad little manchild.
@Tendou S But it as raised the subject of women hating of men. There is a ton of man shaming in anime, drawn by women. The feminist agenda is indeed Japan all over, because they refer to the west. They need to stop normalizing shaming and abuse of men. This event was only highlighted as it is, is because women died. If it was all men, it wouldn’t even have a couple of lines said in the news. Even Thor is to be replaced by a women, James Bond replaced by a woman, Captain Marvels hatred of men, and the list goes on and into Japanese anime, produced by women. Its highlighted the hatred of men. Women think they are so special, no matter how abusive they are towards men, they get a pussy pass. But men in general, the vast number of men, have treat women though all history with total respect, but now even thoughs men are being shamed, just for being born male. And these women in the anime industry promote this disgust. Women need to start respecting the vast numbers of good men out there and stop shaming them and stop putting them side by side with the very small number of the worst men or more hatred of women will happen, including the death of them.
I think this is horrible, Not just for Anime fans and the coworkers of these people but also for their communities and more importantly their families.
What a sad day that they have to be buried instead of getting to go home and back to work to make fantastic art for all of us to enjoy. Saying things in words on the
internet is dumb, What good will it do to say stuff here? The best thing we can do is go support them on the gofundme.
RIP, I am so sad hearing about this. I’d really thought no one was seriously hurt from the first reports.
It was bad enough that they die from over work in the industry and now this happens I’m sad I’m really sad.
Very sad day in anime. 😔
For anyone who lives in, or has lived in Japan, it is a relatively safe country, but things like this do happen. The Japanese are very reserved about expressing themselves and their grievances, because their society discourages any behavior that upsets their societal order. Whatever his reasons were, somewhere along the way the arsonist quite possibly became an outcast to society. From what we know so far, he didn’t kill these people for fun, he did it because he believed it was the only way he would get retribution for a percieved crime committed against him.
I offer my condolences to the families and relatives of the 33 souls lost. But, i believe it is also important that authorities discover why the arsonist committed such an atrocity. The families of the victims deserve some closure.
I wanted to donate, but couldn’t, since they only take credit card and I don’t have one.
Those people were the characters we loved 😭
Why do I have the premotion that some political groups are going to use this tragedy to boost their narrative?
My condolences to the affected families.
@LogicalPoint
Jizzus… what a load of crap…
@Lord Varamyr New York Times put out an article about how men are violent and the real victims of the fire are women. How Kyoani was a feminist studio (which it was in a way as it did practice discrimination in hiring.) and was a inspiration, that men destroyed it because of the patriarchy.
Not really, no group so far has really used it for their narrative.
There were a couple people early on talking about incel terrorism, if that’s what you’re talking about.
I am at a loss for words, many of these talented artists made some of my favorite anime shows and movies. No one deserves to die like this, especially innocent people who are just doing their job as animators.
This was a horrible event caused by one mentally unstable evil man. But… had this murderer used a Gun… the U.S. Left Leaning Media would be talking about this and the need for more gun control non-stop on every major channel.
this really has nothing to do with the event at all but okay
Just remember that capital punishment is legal in Japan.
In this instant, it should be.
When I saw the news there were 40 injured and only one poor soul who died. So sorry to know there were so many victims. God rest their souls
I was shocked I haven’t heard of a big tragedy coming out of Japan since the march 11 quake and tsunami so it’s been awhile this is completely out of nowhere
O my god this has terrible month so many people dying. 33 people working for an animation studio and one of the most beloved YouTube’s took his own life. Sad face
Checked out their titles, seems like a very harmless humdrum collection, slice of life for the most part. Hard to imagine why someone would do it.
Wow, fuck off.
That insane bastard should rot in prison then in hell for his crimes he’s a monster
My condolences to the lost and their families, make the bastard who did this commit sepoku.
I hope they throw the book at the guy who did this and give him the death penalty.
Know in how strict the Japanese government they will. Especially if its 33 people
These folks didn’t know how to get out of a burning building? :/ Fire exits? Stairs? Fire escapes, I see plenty on this building!!!!
@Clownfish TV The man’s jeans were burned at the knees. He was in the building to set the fire. Fire Escapes are right next to the windows. Unless he boarded them up…which I don’t see in the image, that rumor has lost credibility in my opinion. Another thing that gets me is why isn’t there a basic fire sprinkler system in this building?
I heard a rumor that the arsonist nailed the exits shut? Can’t confirm though.
Condolences to KyoAni, and the families of the victims
I wouldn’t be surprised if it was S.J.W related.
Social engineering causes mental illness.
I hope to God or whomever that this is not a politically influenced action and will not be repeated in a short span of time. If something like this does happen again shortly after, then there is something foul brewing here. Let us all hope this will be the only tragedy for an anime studio, where even small fires could be potentially dangerous.
@ShadowWolfRising Fair enough, but you never know…
No, this guy was just crazy and had a vendetta.
No politics in this case given what I’ve read.
My heart goes out to the 33 people who died in the fire and their families! I pray that they will be able to find peace in this time of hardship!
I LOVED the art they produced.
I’m sorry for their families.
Man that’s sad. I hope they can recover and hope the 33 innocent Rest In Peace.
I saw the news on Discord
I was so sad and confused
The sadness grows in me
Now I feel my life becomes hollow
TERRORISTS WIN
Such a disgrace this happened. 😔
ごしゅうしょうさまでした
I have no words. This is devastating to see and hear.
Heard it this morning on non related news in Brazil and I couldn’t believe this was real. Wow, this is really sad.
My deepest condolences for Kyoto Animation and the survivors of this tragedy’s victims. May THE ONE ABOVE
US ALL BE WITH THEM.
This may seem in bad taste. But may the 33 that died be isekaied to the world of their dreams and may the murderer be condemned to the depths of Nazarick from Overlord for eternity.
I need to give guy a life sentence .
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33 i thought it only was 13 my god how did this happen
Violet Evergarden the movie, u can kiss that goodbye!
My condolences to the friends and families. This is horribly tragic.
F for the employees
I am sad V___V
Terrible. Prayers for them and their families. : (
I shouldn’t have dropped my new mixtape there
Support the GoFundMe set up by Sentai Filmworks:
I’m going with obsessed fan.
Mental illness is everywhere
Something that i just realized is that this is the second time that a building was set on fire this year because back in april the noter dame was on fire but it is going to be rebuilt let’s hope that it goes through but seriously f*ck 2019
I’m glad Naoko Yamada is fine, but it’s horrible that any of this happened at all
I was looking up information on where some of the directors were. Good thing she got out fine (I really like K-on). Hopefully the others come out unscathed as well.
This is very sad and crazy, I can’t believe this happened, I hope their souls get rest and that the families feel okay even in this tragedy
How long before those SJW ghouls blame Vic Mignogna?
TIME AND PLACE. This is neither. Have respect.
@Josh Chiang oh they will make it about leftism. rest assured.
“kyoto animation attack proof that toxic masculinity is a huge problem”
expect to read that headline tomorrow morning
And I doubt they’re that evil, not even they would do it. I hope.
Oliver ClothesOff as much as I despise Monica rial as the despicable person she is now is not a good time…
Thank you for covering this I heard about this at 1 AM last night. This is horrible news. So many lives lost.
Sure, it’s possible that they had a similar idea.. it’s even remotely possible they actually stole the idea, but I’d guess neither is true; this guy was obviously nuts, that’s not how normal people react to plagiarism.. for all we know the voices in his head told him they’d stolen his soul.
Apparently it was for the stupidest reason. Some obsessed train enthusiast that was angry that KyoAni depicted train-watching spots that were private and secluded, which he enjoyed. Apparently just by showing a real life place he liked to go, he was angry that people were going to start flocking to his train-watching spots because it was in an anime, so he went to set the building on fire in retaliation.
Oh no, that’s terrible!
About the “stealing my idea” thing he said. He might’ve pitched an idea and the anime company used it. That exact thing happened in Sonic. A company pitched some game ideas to Sega, and one of them was a racing game on hoverboards, and Sega took their pitch and made the exact same game without them. When the company went to their lawyers, their lawyers said they had signed a contract that Sega owns all of their pitches to the company, and there was nothing they could do. Maybe something similar happened here?
Still no excuse, also unlikely
A truly awful crime. Must be so many families devastated. Hope they get awift justice.
How could this happen and why would anyone be this insane to do something like this?
I wanna see this man’s face.
@ᵗʰᵉNight★Star all the more reason why I wanna see his face I want to see some one just finish this asshole because this guy is a wack job and shouldn’t live among us.
so sad
Such sad news. What is wrong with people these days? This attack shows it’s not about the tool used, it’s about the person that commits the act. If someone wants to hurt people, they will find a way. Our society has a problem.
From Australia, My heart goes to all those affected by this event.
No place is 100% safe and it’s impossible to prepare for all situations. It’s the world we live in unfortunately. My heart goes out to the ones that died and their families. Gone, but not forgotten.
Every journalist is playing bingo with the death count right now, 13-24-33
no, they’re not.
There’s some JApanese stuff regarding confirmed death by a doctor, and someone found dead.
They distinct the 2.
Total deaths is still 33
But there might be split between a legally confirmed dead, or someone with no vital signs found by the rescue team.
13 was the first large number of the legally confirmed dead
24 was after they added more legally confirmed deaths from the 2nd floor.
I hope this channel is fucking next, I bet I’d it was Disney it wouldn’t be a tragedy, bitch ass weebs!
What sort of evil does it take to attack KyoAni? People who have done nothing but bring beauty and joy to others.
That must be some resentful loser who wasted his life and now cannot stand the fact that other people managed to create something beautiful. This was one of my favorite studios, it is the saddest thing in a long while.
Its rumored that the director of Dragon Maid maybe one of the deceased victims . Which could lead to the cancellation of planned second season . I’m always bummed out when i hear that personalities i am into have died . But this news left me in tears because this studio gave me so many wonderful memories .
@Alan Spencer I read Tatsuya Ishihara and Naoko Yamada have both survived. from an article posted 5 hours ago . But Yasuhiro Takemoto was considered to be missing . Its tragic for all who died and got hurt . Some may have survived but burnt their hands so bad they have to quit .
@Flapperdoodle 45 i doubt the author was there…
But what about the Author of Dragon Maid…?
The director name is yasuhiro takemoto?…i saw earlier someone posted a pic of him and a list of anime he worked on and in the same caption saying he was confirmed to be one of the many who passed away….
And yeah i feel the same way about dragon maid season 2….these people didn’t deserve to die like this.
The people who made the epic Violet Evergarden? Ah man. This is sad news.
FUCK SJW’s!!
This was a political attack, disguised as a random crazy guy.
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Sorry I lost my words.
If you have some money to give, don’t forget to help out with the gofundme to help the animation studio. It’s in the description of the video. You can also buy their merch online. #HelpKyoAniHeal
This is a sad event. You did a good job on covering it Kneon.
MK ULTRA!
That asshole I hope he get hanged for this 🤬😡 we lost one best animation studio
I saw the title of the video and the first thing I thought of was the Yakuza somebody had a gambling debt they are the Japanese Mafia after all but then after watching it’s just some Jealous Guy who held a grudge I mean neither outcome is good but at least the Yakuza made more sense than a jealous guy this is really disappointing I hope their families are doing okay
the yakuza are more decent than that.
would probably make your death quick if you ask nicely.
The most people murdered post world war in japan
This is not just an otaku issue but god damn it this hurts so much as one
One of my friend did some research on 2chan (the arsonist made alot of posts before the attack)
A. The guy REALLLY love trains
B. He was spreading the term “Bari Saku” Which is バリバリ観光してサクッと撮りましょう Which roughly translates to “”Let’s enjoy the scenery and take photos.”
I guess the term describe activities of train-fans? They love to take photos.
C. KyoAni’s anime, Hibike Euphonium had a collab with keihan station (Painted their characters on the train)
D. One of the characters in Hibike Euphonium was the “Baritone-Saxophone solo girl”
E. It earned her the nick name “Bari-Saxo” which sounds alot like “Bari-Saku” in Japanese. It’s taking the spotlight of his “Bari Saku” acronym
F. He thought KyoAni wasn’t taking his dearly beloved trains seriously
(This is mostly speculations from reading the guy’s mad ramblings on 2chan(?))
I feel like torturing him by saying, “I coined the term ‘bari saku’! HaHahahha! It’s mine!” to him over and over while he’s recovering from his burn pains. That will drive him nuts, I bet.
I want him to suffer the physical and verbal burns for the rest of his long, long life. I don’t want the death sentence on him, in other words.
that’s dumb
@Bryan For such degenerates we in Europe used to practice the breaking wheel. Damn I am so mad and heartbroken about this.
>2chan
are you talking about Futaba or do you mean 2channel?
Bryan I might be barbarious to wish that maybe he should’ve burn multifull times for pain and agony to feel the the same pain the victims that have suffered …..but yeah…I have to move on and pray for all the families and friends that have lost love ones on this tragedy and offer a sincere support I could give by donation and buying stuffs from Kyoani. God bless to everyone
Did they steal something? That’s a crazy reaction to have randomly.
@Vibranium Shield I didn’t say so. I raised the question because in the article the man responsible for the arson claims the company stole something from him. Rather than writing him off as a monster and moving on, I’m inquiring as to the possible motivation behind his actions. Did they steal something, or did he simply perceive this? Either way it drove him to an emotional breaking point where he felt justified in his actions.
Simply saying something is a tragedy and how senseless it is, is pointless.
As if victims always have fault…
I was watching @RekietaLaw stream when the chat went crazy. I was shocked to find out KyoAni was burned down because of a lunatic. They’re a great studio who worked on bringing some of the best anime out there. My condolences to all of the families of the victims.
Whenever something like this happens Its always Horrible Tragedy, Doesn’t matter where it is.
One less weeb factory
This is terrible. Kyoto Animation spread so much joy and pleasure to the whole world over the years.
@Neil Brown
Have they spread despair to you, stolen your IPs or something?
I can’t say they spread any joy or pleasure for me.
@zzz43452 Okay, that is just a troll!
@Jorge Zaldivar
They competed with Disney.
@Jorge Zaldivar probably nothing, this was done by insane person that wanted people to suffer
They got the jerk. Right now he’s in the hospital. Yes, for those who are wondering, Japan does have a death penalty – and this moron will likely end up at the end of a rope – yes that’s how they do it.
Who would do such a sick thing
There is No Defense of Garbage that would make Jokes about People being Murdered…
Comedy is a healthy coping mechanism, retard.
I hope you realize people joke about tragedy as a coping mechanism too. Not all do it out of spite. Note I do not engage in this out of a similar dislike for most types of dark humor (especially so soon after a tragedy). I’m just saying.
Trolls will be trolls, unfortunately 🙁
Man, that’d be pretty traumatic for those that survived, especially those that propably saw some dead bodies of their coworkers on the spot. Same goes to other incidents that involves fire and loss of people which I’ve experienced too as well. Just tragic
Dragon Maid is my favourite tho,is why my pfp is Kanna
@brash candiboot You know it’s possible to find a character cute in a non-sexual way. I know, big shocker.
@brash candiboot is the same guy that was celebrating when thatstarwarsgirls sister died. Truly scum.
May these moe dragons unleash the fires of vengeance on the bastard responsible for this horrific event.
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There are some truly sick, twisted people in the world, that just want to see it burn. The guy who did this is clearly a psychopath, and a complete nihilist.
I hope the 33 people are in a better place. This is just heartbreaking.😢 and for the person who caused this to happen…there’s a special place in hell for you.
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why japan why?
If you wanna directly donate please buy a downloadable image from their website
This is a more reliable way to donate than the GoFundme page and more of the donation money will transfer to kyoani due to there not being a customs tax.
I dont mean to sound disrespectful when I say this but this kind of reminds me of the Plane Crash that killed a vast majority of a Team that was developing a Twisted Metal Game. I don’t really know why. All I can say is rest these poor victims souls, bless their work and lives and what they did for others alongside what they themselves achieved.
If Violet Evergarden isn’t going to continue, guees who’s going to Japan?
Because no one, not even a scum, should deserve such a thing like this. Except the arsonist ofc.
Damn…I like that anime. the one with the theater script writer/father, who lose his daughter always gets me.
@PrO fIT what about the animators?
The VE DIRECTOR IS Alived!
Was it Japanese or American arsenic that did it? Why would he do it?
@ᵗʰᵉNight★Star what is a train fan and I thought he said they stole his idea
It was a Japanese train fan that was angry about how they were depicting train watching spots.
Seriously. That’s not a joke. It was really for that stupid of a reason.
I’m saying this unironically:
this is so sad😰
This is tragic.
Why murder a team that’s made millions of people around laugh with their art?
I can only hope he doesn’t get off with an insanity pleading.
japan has a 99 percent conviction rate. he is not getting away. they still enact hangings and their death dates are never told to the person who is being executed. it could be tomorrow ornit could be in ten years. they will never know and forever live in fear.
Because life is cruel.
This is horrifying.
My prayers & support go to the people recovering from the fire, to the families and friends mourning the loss of their loved ones, and pray that no more lives are taken by this disaster.
RIP to the 33
Woke up to a nightmare. I seen the smoke rising and was in momentary disbelief. This is what hate leads to. This is the price people pay for it!
This feels like that Dimebag Darrell incident where he was killed by a boot camp reject expecting us to believe someone stole the shooter’s idea.
It’s a shame that even happened, same with this. The guy who killed Dimebag thought he was friends with the members of Pantera and he blamed Dimebag for the breakup. That guy was crazy.
arsonist’s like those who harm idols during their ‘meet the public’ sessions. mental. and probably fig some characters the company produced were his or had endings that weren’t to his liking.
may special punishments be metted to guys like these.
Supposedly it was over trains
Dysnomia of ruin actually the man screamed “you stole my work took my work” than set the place on fire
I’m actually wondering the same. Maybe he had an obsession with a certain girl character, and she got a boyfriend on screen or had some other ending that “took her away”.
Times for jokes are not here or this time. I could see this here in the United States. I had seen theft that was legitimate but most cases not so much. It does not justify the arson or death of 33 people.
I’m an anime fan and I’m very heartbroken to hear this very terrible news of Kyoto Animation 😢😢😢💔💔💔💔
I first heard this from Digibro’s video. At that time the confirmed fatalities were still at 10 people. RIP for the victims.
6:27 how can you think that the fester you die is more ok… dying without air is no joke Kneon and is not fast.
Horrible! Thoughts and prayers go out to the family and loved ones of this tragedy.
From cursory examination on various websites in the know.. the stolen item was the virginity of his anime waifu.
Apparently the arsonist supposedly posted on 5ch ranting about his waifu having her virginity stolen and how he was going to burn down the artists using 40 liters of gasoline he bought.
@clownfishtv please encourage the fans to out their money to buy kyoani merch directly in their kyoani store .
Kyoani is a company who don’t take any donations and please respect them by buying the merch and not to donate
And you would know….how?
Says who?
May they rest in peace… How horrible.
Following it the whole day,I can’t believe this
no it’s not possible because all of their projects were adaptation from other companies or from their own novel publishing line which all the authors were sign up after winning a competition.
What 5 ahole can dislike a video like this from anyone
I was wondering that myself. Like, OK, you don’t like our channel. But seriously?!
We was cracking jokes at my grandfather’s funeral, but it is all in the style of joke.
It makes the people look bad when they’re more focused on a series not going on when people lost their lives like that. 😭😭😭😭😭
When I 1st heard the news early this morning by my mom, I honestly thought the guy was burning the studio that does Pokemon due to how much backlash Pokemon’s been getting, but after I saw it was Kyoto and their anime catalog, it hurt me as an anime fan.
Wth’s wrong with this world?! Wth goes and sets a animation studio on fire?!
This breaks my heart 😭😢
On a good note, the gofundme is currently at $838,900, over 100% of its goal ($750k) with over 25.5k people already.
raynaldo arlen k.eman They’re not gonna let $1.7 million go down the drain because of pride.
@Dragoner Productions
No, but hopefully they’ll either repair the old studio or get a new one if they take the cash.
That money won’t be much help, can’t replace certain talents so certain projects are going to be cancelled because of this.
@raynaldo arlen k.eman That’s bullshit. They’d better take my money. At the very least Sentai should distribute it to the victims’ families if the company won’t take it.
Please promote the official GoFundMe Sentai Filmworks is doing? That’d be a huge help from a large channel like you guys:
Decapitation strike if there was ever one.
To hear Yungson sing at the ‘Meditation at the Grafton Peace Pagoda’ just do a YouTube search. This event was a funeral after 9/11.
What the fuck is wrong with people?
This news gives me such a heavy heavy heart.
My heart goes to the families of the victims of the tragedy.
Today is a sad day.
Its only sad cuz it didnthappen to funimation.
It might be hearsay, but he went on a rant about his Waifu in Sound! Euphonium was declared to not be a virgin, and this all happened on 5ch.
From my research, this is the breakdown:
The arsonist fell in love with his favorite female character at Hibike! Euphonium. She turns out to be non-virgin (meaning she had a sex with other boy or girl). He rant on 5ch board all day. He decided to set Kyoani, the anime production produced the anime, on fire. He bought 40 liters of gasoline and committed arson.
Kyoto Animation damage assessment.
All the animation material and equipment, servers, voice work and talent is OK since they were located in the Uji city building. Their library is also there including all the hand drawn original stuff.
The attack was at KyoAni’s historical building, now called the Head Office. were they had all their business meetings and their organization meetings. That’s why so many directors died.
If you have ever watched anime or even care about art, I implore you to donate to their GoFundMe. We need to show how much good the anime community can do!
That would explain why he was talking about “something being stolen” from him.
Wow. It sounds like this man was wrestling with some serious inner demons. Based on documentaries I’ve watched, mental illness is a touchy subject so people in Japan will silently suffer instead of seek help. My prayers go out to the families of those who died and to the arsonist who hopefully will get the help he needs.
40 liters? Jesus fuckung Christ.
From what I can dig up, this seems to be legit. The details in his supposed posts are accurate to eye witness descriptions.
😔
so far 5 sacks of human garbage have down voted this how many more will? how much of a sick putrid life do they live to down vote this.
Look at it this way. Maybe 5 people just disliked this because they don’t approve of the tragedy happening and they’re sad. That’s what I choose to believe.
This is messed up. I can understand someone wanting to get back at a company if it did wrong by them, but starting a fire and causing death is going way too far.
😢😢😢
My prayers go out to the families of the victims may the bastard who started the fire face justice
This dude was insane, and i can’t defend it and i hope that he will get what he deserved.
It just annoys me that from what we with friends gathered, someone was “clever” enough to cheap on security in that day. It was day of some important meeting, with practicaly entire KyoAni being there and there was *ZERO* security. No working cameras, no guards, nothing. One person, one middle-aged man that would get few bucks for walking around the building and just *EXISTING* would fucking save 33 lives.
Pouring gasoline all around the building and nailing all emergency exits is not 3 seconds job, one person would easly figure out what’s happening and have just enough time to call police and evacuate everyone.
That guy will get to the jail, maybe will be that one-per-thousands cases where Japanese court system will whip out the death sentence. But people that allowed for shit to happens, people that did not made *MINIMUM* of preparation for having huge meeting of most of their workers should be fired and put in front of the court along with him.
@Kigiru Drewko Dude, these people make mostly very easy going animation, and with the crime rate in Japan it is no wonder they had little security. This is very tragic and I am mad as hell, but it is not something that anybody could’ve anticipated.
Stuff like what happened here is not normal in Japan. They don’t think so much about security because it’s already pretty safe there. No one would have ever expected something like this to happen. But after this I’m sure studios will be more carefull and hire security. But please don’t blame them for what happened. It’s not their fault, it’s this crazy dudes fault.
@Kaimax_61 It’s not victim blaming, it’s blaming people that were way above victims.
Victims are 33 people dead and more hospitalized. I blame people that puts them into one fucking room in one fucking building with nobody to watch them. Especialy that mind you, these 70 or so people were almost all their goddamn staff.
Come on, you can’t be that stupid to say to me that this is fine and normal.
Victim Blaming always helps right?
Evil does exist but it sounds as though there’s an amount of mental health issues here as well as no normal person in there right mind decides to get up one day and go and burn thirty three people to death, The only comfort is that the ‘person’ has been arrested and knowing the Japanese institutional fear of fire he will never see the outside of a prison again.
Going after the wrong people as usual.
Very tragic news from Japan. Our hearts break. I have watched anime for the last 50 years and this really upsets me. A suicidal lunatic! How terrible.
The fucker came prepared. He was ready to stab people if the fire and smoke didn’t do the trick.
At least they got the guy. He’ll be made to account for each of those lives he stole.
@Eno While hunting monsters, one must see to it that he himself does not become one in the process, yeah? Or.. somethin’ along those lines. But I cant lie.. As I am a believer in an eye for an eye, and I do wish this murderer as much suffering and humanly possible, but I do see what your saying.
@ᵗʰᵉNight★Star I don’t support the murderer’s actions in any way but saying violent stuff like that kind of mirrors the words and actions of the culprit.
ᵗʰᵉNight★Star agreed
I say, string him up and stick a dagger into his body once for every person he killed. So that’s 33. Let’s stick 33 daggers into his screaming body and see if he feels any remorse as he bleeds out onto the ground.
There is no punishment sufficient to balance the scales of justice in a case like this.
Oh, they have assaults in Japan all right!
Guns just aren’t conveniently available so they stab people with what’s convenient. There have been some horrific stabbings and incidents at schools.
And then there were the gas attacks in the Tokyo subway system years back.
You hear more about the high-stress work environments, high suicide rates, and burning out.
They like discussing mental health issues even less in Japan than the West but I think they’re coming around and realizing something’s broken in Japanese society.
I don’t know the arsonist’s motive to do this but he could get the death penalty under circumstances if they don’t find the guy mentally insane. He knew enough of what he was doing to start the fire so they might make an example of him. He’s not ever going to leave jail, regardless.
the thing broken in Japanese society is the same thing broken in society across the west, the same thing that is the reason why birthrates in western countries are so low they will be exinct within the century (if trends continue) just ask women around the world in all of these countries why they aren’t having children (what do they all have in common), ask them in iran a fucking muslim country that has below replacement birthrates why they are choosing not to have children. its not mental health so much as it is that western society and societies that choose to copy it took out key components that make society function sustainably.
Remember you can also help by purchasing downloadable images at the kyoanishop, i bought one and printed it out as a poster it costs 210 yen for 1 image in different resolutions.
@Michael Bishop you just need a mastercard or visa or american express or discover i think. i’ll link you a guide someone made on twitter
use the translate option of your browser to make the process a bit easier.
I only had trouble on the credit card part when it says date you have to put month and year of expire date.
Average Teenager How, exactly? Especially for people without a Japanese credit card
I hope justice is delivered swiftly. This is a terrible thing to occur, especially for people who were just there doing their job.
We don’t know the exact number of deaths.
We do, actually. The death toll was counted by the Kyoto police and the final number is at 33.
Those poor people.
I’m so sorry that have happened to them for the 33 people who have died may they rest in peace :'(
1:12 come on Kneon, japan is full of crazy inhuman stuff that we dont hear about but we as outsider also chose to snort pixie dust and think/believe that Japan is the pinnacle of human society. but this is terrible event.
He was most likely mentally ill and psychotic l
I gotta say for a fraction of a second the joke actually went through my head, “not getting a second season of bla”. But then it hit me that 33 people fucking died (many of which were desperately trying to reach the roof, running for their lives), as well as what 36 injured? Not a good time for fucking around.
I heard about this too, Kneon, and I gotta say, it’s just a tragedy that this had to happen, especially since it also is a blow to the Japanese animation industry with this incident. I hope Kyoto Animation will be able to recover from such a tragic experience, and that those injured get a speedy recovery.
I pray for a golden goose born from this tragedy . I hope a right person can lead kyoani to a better future by following the lost legacy
A gofundme was made for them by someone else and it funded over 750k dollars in less than 12 hours, just to show how respected they are as an animation studio.
The worst part is that i saw a reddit comment confirming who died in the accident, and there were so many directors managing the main running show of the studio,
@Jarrett IceEarthGuard it because Japanese companys like to have HONOUR in their funding for some reason no one knows why but japan needs our respect.
@Nerv ClaX It is by Sentai Filmworks. Should be safe to donate. (But then again I saw someone said that Kyoami may not accept it, but I don’t know if that is true or not. )
Be careful of scammers.
It wasn’t an accident. It was intentional. It was arson and murder.
Something like this did happen in the US. In fact, it was only a week ago when that moron attempted to fire bomb an ICE facility
Ah lunatic kills people for essentially no reason.
God, this is so sad. RIP this poor people.
This is tragic all around I hope the anime studio Kyoto animation Can rebound and from The news article that I read is that it was a satellite studio and not the main animation studio.
It is not the studio were most work were being done but it is their HQ where most of the top level decision making are held.. That is akin to say that it is the directors’ studio.. such a painful loss..
Some of the victims were directors.
Horrible tragedy, I don’t understand how that person could have the liberty to go to the building without being stoped by security, if there was security on the building, thats something that should be mentioned.
It’s the 9/11 of the anime comunity.
KyoAni was the most wholesome studio out there! …. It IS the most wholesome studio! Stay strog, KyoAni!
well said!
I wouldn’t say most wholesome or even use the word wholesome to describe Kyoto anime studio.
@Neil Brown Wholesome yuri. Which isn’t really yuri anyway.
@Tastefully Nerdy They have a branch in Osaka.
@Rhael Battlesmith Which is dumb because… What- Did he think he wrote Haruhi any of the Key VNs? Amagi? _Hyoka_ ? Because other than those, KyoAni has been consistently only adapting novels that won their awards, with Violet Evergarden winning their first grand prize.
Everyone should donate for this fund for the victims, it’s setup by Sentai Filmworks –>
And if you can buy something made by Kyoani, they need this more than any time before.
It pains me to think of the horror those innocent people went through because of one inhumane vile bastard, the loss of life, the traumatic experience for those who survived, the loss of talent, the loss of art and assets, it’s indeed a tragedy, my wishes for a speedy recovery for those injured and my condolences for the victims who died.
This is one of the few cases where capital punishment is warranted, that bastard was convicted in a armed robbery before, his excuses don’t matter, let’s not waste time trying to find why he did this horrific crime.
Hang him…
Just fucking hang him…
RIP
May the people that have been hurt and killed be blessed by God
pray for kyoanī
Noooooo😭😭😭😭
This is just horrible. Why would anyone do this?
Apparently it was some nutbag train enthusiast on 2chan that was ranting about KyoAni not respecting trains because of something to do with Symphonia or something, so he set the building on fire because they didn’t accurately depict something related to his hobbies. He sounds like a sick freak. Mentally unsound.
I’m interested to know exactly what show or idea the arsonist believes was stolen from him. Specifically, if he actually did once pitch the idea to the studio or is a complete loon.
Regardless of if he is correct about Kyoto ‘stealing his idea’ this man still deserves life, if not straight death.
They do death by hanging in Japan. This excuse of a human being will get just that.
Amano Jesus. That’s even worse then I thought. Here I thought the guy came up with an anime, or character, or story concept that just happened to be similar to something the studio put out.
But this guy at best came up with a fan-term.
That would be like if MLP used the term bronies and the guy who coined the term torched Hasbro.
What a sad and pathetic soul
shadowspider9 WHAT that’s why?!
So basically, he’s a child who threw a rant but instead of a rant he threw fire.
Whether his ideas were intentionally stolen or not, that’s no excuse for what this rabid animal did. I hope the families involved get justice and some sense of ease.
What’s more sad is that those victims did not steal anything
Oh my god
This is why you never take a sonic oc
1. That has nothing to do with this. 2. You’re not fucking funny. 3. Fuck you.
Off the top of my head, I can think of millions of people who “deserved” to die more so than creators of heartwarming stories and visuals.
. Why?
F
Was this arson? It sounds more like a suicide attack.
yes it’s suspected to be arson, there’s a 41 yo man that is the suspect
Yes. 🙁
>LRT: since KyoAni is a private company and not owned by the state, accepting donations without any regulation will lead to a lot of PITA paperwork for taxes etc (they might get troubles for it). So wait for Kyoani instead of throwing money at them (?) blindly.
Famous last words; you die! My new hero, hahahaha! I will remember you. The true hero of this story.
holy fuck, this is terrible.
Sad
Honestly anyone who jokes about this kinda of tragic event are just sick in the head my condolences to the victims and the families of those that lost someone
I can tell in your voice that this thing shook you. Kyoani produced some good content and you could tell that a lot of love went into their works. So to see so many creative voices gone is a tremendous loss to anime and Japanese creativity.
Buy their merchandise directly in their shop. Pray for what they lost . Also sorry to say this but please don’t donate to them it only break their heart
This is why you need to be armed at all times. Be the guardian, not the victim.
@TheDiggi You’re just as brickish and wallish, only your arguments don’t add up. You just point the finger, make a fallacious statement, and sling insults. Besides, there’s no point in you replying anyway, on account of you not adding anything constructive to the conversation.
@MerlosTheMad and just to be clear, leave the dead people out of your agenda pushing, go do that elsewhere, there are mourning people and families.
so from now on, I wont even bother to reply to you, it is like talking to a brick wall that wont take others opinions into thought, so have a good night or day sir.
@MerlosTheMad how am I playing the victim? please do explain this, I did not put myself with the dead legends, I just told you to fuck right off and rather repair your own country (which you glossed over in your reply, go figutre)
and come to my rescue with what? I know martial arts, I plan to take a pistol lisence for hunting one day, but that does not mean I am some helpless damslel in distress right now, we do not need guns, because we have one of the best healthcare systems in the world, with some of the best prisons in the world thanks to our focus on rehabilitation instead of punishment, and with that one of the lowest crime rates and murder rates in the world, also the lowest of returning convicts to jail, one terror attack in the nations history.
but hey, as an american, you can not think that other countires are better, sure, you are the beacon of freedom and justice
@TheDiggi The only disrespect I see is your own, and I’m not using this to push an agenda, all I said was that folks should always be armed and be a guardian of others, not a victim. You go on playing the victim all you want though. One day someone’ll come to your rescue and you’ll gain a new perspective.
@MerlosTheMad so I see you just wanna use the death of 33 people to push your own agenda.
you are free to do so as this is a public platform, but theese people have not even beed dead for one day, why do you choose to use corpses instead of trying to find actualy reasons.
just leave it the fuck alone and take your heavy dissrespect away.
perhaps try to fix your broken as fuck system in the Us befire you decide others should be the hellhole america is too.
have you forgotten that there is a huge school shooting problem in the US, where almost half the politicians do not even think it is real, and would rather blame anime and video games inetad of a flawed prison/school system with a compleete fucking lack of mental health education and evaluation, where will your gun help you if the system neglects you, because most americans are under the poverty line and one state cant even drink their fucking tap water.
but no, the most important thing is that you say this would never have ahppendt if they had guns, but hey, again, guess what, guess the murder rate in the US by guns, stats show that every day 310 ameircan citizens are shot, fix that shit instead of coming here and taking a hot steaming crap on the graves of theese people.
Great job, thanks for the respect…
Someone really, and I mean REALLY, did not like anime.
*F*
I seriously hope for your sake that you’re just a stupid kid and eventually grow up…
What happened wasn’t a joke.
Oh god. How did the building’s sprinklers not stopped that?
@MerlosTheMad Plus, if the fire rages, it was most likely they died because the building was billowing with black smoke. Smoke inhalation is possibly what killed most of them, if not all of the 33. They didn’t have fire escapes, so the only way out was to run THROUGH the source of it to escape the building, and i’m guessing the hallways were filled with smoke that suffocated them.
@Orga777 Damn… :c
Gasoline fires are very, very hard to put out.
The arsonist spread gasoline all over. Sprinkers aren’t gonna do too much to stop that.
Offensive dank meme are coming for this
This is not the time for that 😑
sigh RIP what are we doing as a species we have gone insane
Captain Marvel basically inspired people to be like that
“We” wrangle in the damn crazies and stop caring about their support group trying to shame and control us.
It’s sad, so many lights no longer glow anymore. I hope they Rest In Peace ✌️ ☮️ 🌸🌼🌻🌺🥀🌹🌷💐🍀☘️🌾🌿🌱🍃😰😥🍁🍂🎋🎍🍄🌴🌲🎄 I hope they shine brighter in the next life, than in this one.💎
Some men just want to watch the world burn.
Those men are guaranteed a one-way ticket to Hell.
@Coretta Hattereaux Well, there are tickets to planes out of San Francisco. That’s basically hell.
CartoonFan1994 are there two-way tickets to hell? 🤔
Plenty of fire down there.
Some men want to watch cinnamon bun animators burn. They go to super hell.
This is absolutely sickening!
I hope the guy who did this gets the death penalty! 🤬
My thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the victims. 🙏
This is tragic
The suspect did all that because his oc was apparently stolen by kyoani lol
AvengerII lmao
Yeah
Can YOU PLEASE not be a dick for at least 5 seconds?
33 people DIED because of one sick person.
please change the thumbnail that is really cringe and insensitive
Who gives a fuck? Its just a photo.
@KasuxCrystal112💐 really what ??? this is a sad event using an joke anime face as reaction thumb nail is stupid
TELEKINETICxBOLT really REALLY!!😒😡😡
People were joking about this. That’s horrible 33 people lost their lives. May they Rest In Peace
InfernoDelta failure to be somber in response to news stories isn’t horrible. It’s natural to lighten the mood and laugh in the face of death. Maybe 33 people who would rather be remembered with jokes and laughter than depression and tears. Don’t be sad.
@Emilia Diaz Troll alert on that crap! That is trolls trying to piss people off during a tough and sad situation. Ignore the morons
@loredelamor There is also people saying that they deserved because they had mostly female workers… Like wtf
They arent affected by it thats why they can easily joke about it. But once their families are involve tho. You wont see them laughing anymore.
It’s horrifying. This shouldn’t happen at all, but it did and it happened to KyoAni of all studios. It’s a beacon. KyoAni’s what a lot of people in animation look up to. Fantastic work environment, great pay for the animators. ( )
There have been 2 ways to donate (from what I’ve seen proposed on Twitter):
Sentai Filmworks made a GoFundMe: It’s currently around $820k right now
I’ve also seen people who are a bit skeptical, and if you are you can always purchase some merch from KyoAni’s website. It goes directly to the workers, studio, etc.
Praying for KyoAni and friends.
RIP
Is there an ID on the suspect?
Rest in peace…. This is horrific.
Does Japan have the death penalty?
Yeah. He will get Capital punishment.
Piece of shit knowingly killed inocent people by fire which is THEE WORST way to die.
why there ads on this video
There weren’t supposed to be…?
From what I collect, the arsonist is a Kyotoite hikkikomori jerk, fond of watching trains passing by. He started to hold grudge on Kyoani for ruining the sightseeing, following the establishment of their base of operation. Also sperged out about loathing the Baritone Sax of Hibike Euphonium. Most retarded reason ever to commit mass murdering. And I am the one talking, a guy resolutely hostile to direction industry took in regard to moe pandering…
If not wrong, he is still hospitalized, before the police can further interrogate him around the circumstances of the arson.
Rip to all those who died. 😢🙏
@Domer ?
what the fresh HELL is WRONG with people!!! what was the reasoning (or lack of) for this to occur?! I feel so bad for the ones who had to suffer this. not just the ones who died, but the ones who have to live with the trauma and aftermath of this. may justice be served to the fullest degree
@Zero :re that way he saying , he must be a failed mangaka from a rejected company m but I won’t ask further for a terrorist. Monster is a monster once it’s commit true murder they no longer human to me.
Go to kyoani store and buy their merchandise just so they feel better
I’ve heard people say the reason was from getting upset character in euphonium and others saying Kyoto animation plagiarized him.
word round the campfire is the firebug was pissed because the studio allegedly stole his story or character or some shit, take that with a grain of salt
So far the most probable cause was a train otaku that got mad about some train song in an anime.
My heart goes out to the victims and the victim’s families of this arson attack. These talented individuals made some of my favourite anime, like Violet Evergarden and Full Metal Panic, including the film adaption of A Silent Voice. I wish the survivors a speedy recovery and the perpetrator prosecuted to the full extent of the law. R.I.P
If it was me I’d send the suspect to Esdeath, killing them is to quick
TheAutistWhisperer lets hope for the best that the workers need a rest to get close with others and mourn for the other who loss their lives.
They also made Lucky Star, K-ON, & Dragon Maid I believe.
@Matthew Gaudet I’ve only listed the ones I’ve seen, but Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya has been on my radar, I will check it out sometime.
Rest in peace.
I’ll be honest, I didn’t know about KyoAni until I read an article and realized that these guys are pretty much OGs in the anime industry. They worked on stuff like Evangelion and even some Ghibli films. I’m not even a big fan of anime (I usually stick to stuff like shounen), but I truly hope that the people died rest in peace and the many that were injured have a safe recovery.
Well if you only watch shounen than am not surprise that you never heard of KyoAni they usually just make anime with cute girls .
Same here I watch a lot of there anime tho.
One of the founders, Hatta Yoko worked at Mushi Pro (Tezuka Osamu’s anime studio), stopped working there since she moved away when she got married. Then with her husband and the neighbourhood housewives, they created KyoAni.
@Neil Brown yeah, they’re only the most influential anime ever, nothing important or anything.
From Puerto Rico my deepest prayers to this studio, i still can’t belive this happen at a anime studio out of all places 🙁
Lord Metallium Yo tambien bro, PR
Im also from Puerto Rico.
Same here.
I’m from Puerto Rico too and hopes those Kyoto employees are in a better place.
It’s really tragic. I have no words really.
I bet the cause was either a cheating woman or the studio killing off his waifu. Sucks.
Edit: They/she stole his happiness maybe? Simple theft makes no sense.
According to posts made, supposedly, by the arsonist on 5ch before the arson, the arsonist was upset his anime waifu wasn’t a virgin.
So who burned it down anyway? Was it a rival Studio or something? Maybe someone just really hated their anime.
@CPMdonnor how old are you kid?
That Charlie Manson/ Helter Skelter story is highly questionable.
@CPMdonnor bruh, stop with that dumb shit
Maybe it was an SJW their that suicidal with going WOKE
That’s terrible. Thoughts and prayers to the people and their families.
@A L It’s never the time nor place to be religious. Get a life.
@james Why don’t you do the same thing? Priests are infamous for screwing minors.
@John Harrington it is just the usual godless asshole, unfortunately there are many more like this
@james how abut the catholic church and pedo preists and the cover up that went all the way up to the vadican come at me god boy you suck ass and will burn in hell I know cause thats where I am see you real soon HAHAHAHAHAHA
Yeah that would be a bit harsh right after the incident occured. I wish the best for those families that are going through this right now.
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How are there people who are willing to do something like this,
My condolences to the victims families
It’s Obsessive Compulsive insanity. Something about this guy reminds me an awful lot of our old friend Alex “DMCA the Internet” Mauer. The person who did this is unquestionably psychotic. The best that we can piece together so far is he was some rando who had a grudge, real or imagined, that KyoAni may have stolen or copied a story from him.
probably madness, its hard to deal with insane people
When butthurt goes beyond the level of rationality…
You have no idea how many people wanna burn and kill shit 😂 it’s just that few are unable to control their killing urges
how do people do anything? although i don’t like what he did there might be some trigger that did it and same with everything else bad that happens. we often forget that we’re a part of this world and we can’t be anyone unless we have everything else…. and that means if something goes wrong in the world then that will start a chain reaction and this will happen… point is the world isn’t good or bad it’s neutral and i feel bad for all the families and friends and the victims that this happened.
I heard some talks about it last night and it was still rumors just then. Really messed up that it happened and I pray the family’s find some peace for who is lost.
That was not a tragedy. That was an intentional murder case
@metalraptor Insanity is only admissible as a plea case if it can be proven the man has no concept of right and wrong. A very difficult case to make, even among all the shut-ins of Japan.
@Monado6 Shoko tried that and failed. Hopefully this man will be hung too.
@yiwei wu Better yet roast him and feed him to stray dogs.
@yiwei wu Guy needs to get minecrafted like Shoko Asahara
@yiwei wu he dead, this not western keeping insane people alive. Dangerous insane one.
My god…..my god…..
f! this is not how i wanted this day to go…RIP
I would love to know why he did it and what escalated him to do it? ( either feuds with people in the company, bullying, somebody sleeping with his wife)
Several theories have been thrown out; issues of copying a LN/Doujin, a train otaku angry that anime is “revealing” once secluded and quiet train spots, etc.
Omg 😨😨😨 This is horrible and painful for the families in the Anime Studio in Japan. Gomen Nasai to the Families and friends of the ppl that lost their lives. 😢😢😢😢😢
Rest In Peace to all the people that died. My heart goes out to the people who lost loved ones in this fire.
This whole thing is disgusting. I can’t fucking stand it.
My condolences.
😞
Who would do such a thing?
A complete nutjob.
May those poor 33 people rest in peace and may the jerk that started the fire gets the maximum life without parole
He’s gonna get executed for sure.
@legionary anti-illuminati He’s not Angelo lol
@TurboCMinusMinus Brah you’re just being as awfull as the criminal himself with that mindset.
@Der Kaiser Tanya So you’re saying he deserves instant release after what he’s done? That’s way to good for him.
@Harakiri Hakebeil Bruh com on don’t be a whiny bitch and pretend like your life is sooo hard and you have to fear for life every day.