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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49027178
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/18/asia ... index.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 10011.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/0 ... dio-kyoto/
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/17/worl ... tudio.html

Let's have a moment of silence for all the victims. I am sure we will all remember everything they have created. I think this is a really tragic event for the whole anime community. Rest in peace.

I've read somewhere that Sentai Filmworks has put together a collection for the family affected by this.
I also believe that the guy that did this should go down for a very long time and never see the light of day again.

More information:

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20 ... na/003000c
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20 ... na/019000c
https://mainichi.jp/english/graphs/2019 ... /001000g/1
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20 ... et/004000c
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20 ... dm/088000c
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20 ... dm/077000c

"The man suspected of carrying out an arson attack on a prominent animation studio in Kyoto, killing 33 people, has told police that he started the fire because the company stole his novel, investigative sources have told the Mainichi Shimbun."

"Investigators, however, have been unable to confirm the alleged theft, and Kyoto Prefectural Police suspect that the man held a grudge against the company as a result of his one-sided view. "

"Investigative sources said the man suspected of carrying out the attack is aged 41 and is believed to live in an apartment in Saitama's Minuma Ward north of Tokyo. He reportedly had gotten involved in an incident in the past that resulted in him going into a private rehabilitation facility in Saitama Prefecture. He had never worked at Kyoto Animation, and no clear point of connection between him and the animation studio has been found."

Elgood81 wrote:I've read somewhere that sendai has put together a collection for the family affected by this.
I also believe that the guy that did this should go down for a very long time and never see the light of day again.

Do you have a link to the collection?

EDIT: Please, use the direct method instead of the fundraiser, is it goes directly to Kyoto Animation without any middle-men.

Here are the details:
http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/information/?id=3075
https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsi ... 7047607cb2

aw geez

unoduetre wrote:OK, I've found it.

Here is a link to the fundraiser:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-kyoani-heal

More info:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/ ... re-victims
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/ ... ss-1m-mark

I donated, it's impressive that the anime community has come together and in the two days that sentai filmwork's go fund me has been active that it's raised 1.7 million dollars
I doubt kyoani will accept the donations and we'll all get refunds but I'd rather see kyoani get back on their feet and the families for the 33 killed and however many where injured looked after.

Elgood81 wrote:I donated, it's impressive that the anime community has come together and in the two days that sentai filmwork's go fund me has been active that it's raised 1.7 million dollars
I doubt kyoani will accept the donations and we'll all get refunds but I'd rather see kyoani get back on their feet and the families for the 33 killed and however many where injured looked after.

Yes, it's very impressive!

T_T what an awful thing, 33 people, I was shocked when I have heard about it, some people are so horrible...

Very sad when I heard about it on Twitter. I'm glad you can purchase digital things directly from them to support the losses.

Please, use the direct method instead of the fundraiser, as it goes directly to Kyoto Animation without any middle-men (besides banks) profiting from your donations.

Here are the details from the Kyoto Animation official website:
http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/information/?id=3075
https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsi ... 7047607cb2

You go into work, the last thing on your mind is it will be your last day, it is hard to know what to say to be honest.

RIP

All victims have now been identified. The names of some of the victims have been made known to the general public.

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/kyoto-a ... 77944.html


Yasuhiro Takemoto, 47 (director of Lucky Star, Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, Hyouka)
Futoshi Nishiya, 37 (character designer and chief animation director on the Free! franchise, A Silent Voice, Liz and the Blue Bird; animation director on The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2009), Kanon)
Yoshiji Kigami, 61 (mentor of Kyoto Animation; worked as a storyboard artist, unit director and animator on most Kyoto Animation works; key animator on Akira, Grave of the Fireflies, Space Adventure Cobra)
Junichi Uda, 34 (key animator on Hyouka and Nichijou — My Ordinary Life)
Sachie Tsuda, 41 (finish animation on Free! — Iwatobi Swim Club, Pokémon 3: The Movie: Entei — Spell of the Unown, Hyouka)
Mikiko Watanabe, 35 (art director on Amagi Brilliant Park, Beyond the Boundary; background artist on many Kyoto Animation productions)
Yuki Omura, 23 (new hire at the studio, no credits yet)
Yuka Kasama, 22 (new hire at the studio, no credits yet)
Ami Kuriki, 30 (key animator on Liz and the Blue Bird, Violet Evergarden, Myriad Colors Phantom World)
Keisuke Yokota, 34 (production manager over many Kyoto Animation works)

Rest in peace.