The suspected arsonist behind the deadly Kyoto Animation attack has been sentenced to a death penalty. The anime studio has produced numerous beloved projects.

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TOKYO – A Japanese man sentenced to death for an arson attack that killed 36 people at an anime studio has dropped his appeal and accepted the court’s penalty, a lawyer and local media said on ...

Logo for Kyoto Animation, the studio behind many popular anime that is recovering from an arsonists fire Shinji Aoba is the culprit responsible for the Kyoto Animation Arson, now 46 years old.

Shinji Aoba is seen in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward in this May 27, 2020, file photo. (Mainichi/Tatsuya Fujii) OSAKA -- A death-row inmate's legal team has asked the Osaka High Court to nullify the ...

The legal team of Shinji Aoba, who was convicted in the arson fire that killed 36 people and wounded 32 others at Kyoto Animation, asked the Osaka High Court to nullify Aoba's withdrawal of his ...

The Osaka High Court announced that Shinji Aoba, the suspect of the arson murder case that killed 36 people and wounded 32 others at Kyoto Animation, has withdrawn the appeal to his death sentence ...

These projects mark a return to form for a studio that faced unimaginable tragedy with the 2019 arson attack, which claimed ...

TOKYO: A Japanese man sentenced to death for an arson attack that killed 36 people at an anime studio has dropped his appeal and accepted the court's penalty, a lawyer and local media said Tuesday ...

(Mainichi/Takeshi Nishimura) OSAKA (Kyodo) -- A man charged with the 2019 fatal arson attack on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio has dropped his appeal to overturn his death sentence, a Japanese high ...

Monday, January 27, 2025 saw the Osaka High Court officially announce that Shinji Aoba, the Kyoto Animation arson suspect, has withdrawn the appeal to his previous death sentence. This confirms ...