The fire began with an explosion at around 10:31 a.m. After the National Police Agency were informed of these threats in October 2018, they temporarily patrolled the head office at the time. Company president Hideaki Hatta said they did not know if the threats were related to the incident, as they were sent anonymously, but he had informed police and lawyers of them. In the year leading up to the attack, Kyoto Animation had received over 200 death threats. The building was used mainly by the animation production staff, and was constructed in 2007. Their merchandise development division is in Uji, one train station away from Studio 1. It has several different locations in Kyoto: Studio 1 (in Fushimi ward) Studio 2 (the head office), and Studio 5. Kyoto Animation is one of Japan's most acclaimed anime studios, known for titles such as The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, K-On! and Clannad. Studio 1 prior to the arson attack, May 2015 As a result of the incident, some works and collaborations by the studio were delayed, and several events were suspended or cancelled. A special measure was passed by the National Diet to allow for donations to the studio to be tax-exempt. In addition to condolences and messages of support from national and international leaders, fans and businesses raised over ¥3.3 billion ( US$30.27 million) in Japan and over US$2.3 million internationally to help the studio and its employees recover. After awaiting his recovery from life-threatening burns for more than ten months, the police arrested 42-year-old Shinji Aoba on suspicion of murder and other offenses on, and he was formally indicted on 16 December 2020. Witnesses stated they heard him accusing the studio of plagiarism. After setting himself on fire while lighting the fuel, the suspect attempted to flee, but was apprehended by police about 100 metres (330 ft) from the building. The suspect, who did not work for the studio, entered the front door carrying about 40 litres (8.8 imp gal 11 US gal) of gasoline and doused the area and several employees before igniting it. It is one of the deadliest massacres in Japan since the end of World War II, the deadliest building fire in Japan since the 2001 Myojo 56 building fire, and the first massacre ever to have occurred at a studio associated with an entertainment company, and the animation industry. The arson killed thirty-six (36) people, injured an additional thirty-four (34) (including the suspect), and destroyed most of the materials and computers in Studio 1. The Kyoto Animation arson attack ( Japanese: 京都アニメーション放火殺人事件, Hepburn: Kyōto Animēshon hōka satsujin jiken, "Kyoto Animation arson murder case") occurred at Kyoto Animation's Studio 1 building in the Fushimi ward of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, on the morning of 18 July 2019.
Revenge supposedly tied to plagiarism mental illness
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