Japan court sentences man to death for 2019 arson attack at anime studio that killed 36
World | January 25, 2024 14:51 ISTShinji Aoba stormed into Kyoto Animation's No. 1 studio and set it ablaze in 2019, resulting in the deaths of more than half of the 70-person workforce present there. He reportedly sought revenge after thinking that the studio plagiarised novels he submitted in a contest.