Kyoto Animation hit by arson attack that kills 26

[WindKnight]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-49027178

So... Yeah. Horrible news, and it looks like more are in a critical condition in hospital, and there are others as yet unaccounted for. It's unclear why the attack was carried out, though the perpetrator seemed 'angry' at the studio.

Edit: corrected spelling error in topic title

 

[Batou667]

Bad news to be sure. Disgruntled former employee?

 

[RaikuFA]

33 now. And now I?m starting to see people celebrating the arson. I fucking hate people.

 

[CaitSeith]

My condolences to the victims.

Side-topic question:

1. Isn't the studio name Kyoto Animation (not Kroto)?

2. What is the studio best known for?

 

[CrazyGirl17]

...Jesus Christ, what the fuck is wrong with people?!?!

My condolences to the families...

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

Apparently the nutter was ranting about them plagiarizing his works. Also the director of Clannad and Lucky Star is missing and may be one of the dead. This is a huge blow to the studio which may not recover and will definitely never be the same.

 

[WindKnight]

R.I.P, hope the fucker who did this goes away for a long time(forever, that is).

My condolences to the victims.

Side-topic question:

1. Isn't the studio name Kyoto Animation (not Kroto)?

2. What is the studio best known for?

K-On!, Haruhi, Clannad and lucky star. Off the top of my head.

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

R.I.P, hope the fucker who did this goes away for a long time(forever, that is).

My condolences to the victims.

Side-topic question:

1. Isn't the studio name Kyoto Animation (not Kroto)?

2. What is the studio best known for?

K-On!, Haruhi, Clannad and lucky star. Off the top of my head.

Japan still hangs people, he's prolly getting the death penalty.

 

[09philj]

R.I.P, hope the fucker who did this goes away for a long time(forever, that is).

My condolences to the victims.

Side-topic question:

1. Isn't the studio name Kyoto Animation (not Kroto)?

2. What is the studio best known for?

K-On!, Haruhi, Clannad and lucky star. Off the top of my head.

Japan still hangs people, he's prolly getting the death penalty.

This is the worst mass killing in post-war Japanese history, even Sir Bob Massingbird couldn't get him out of this one.

 

[Silentpony_v1legacy]

Christ. Not that there's any justification, but why did this guy do that? What possible reason? Ex-employee maybe?

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

Christ. Not that there's any justification, but why did this guy do that? What possible reason? Ex-employee maybe?

Not an employee, all I have heard so far is that he was ranting about them plagiarizing him.

 

[Leg End]

R.I.P, hope the fucker who did this goes away for a long time(forever, that is).

Oh no. He's guaranteed to be getting the short drop and a sudden stop. He's a dead man, whether it's at the end of a rope, or he succumbs to his burns and smoke inhalation.

Bad news to be sure. Disgruntled former employee?

Christ. Not that there's any justification, but why did this guy do that? What possible reason? Ex-employee maybe?

EDIT: Complete and total retraction from what I previously posted, but I can't strike through the whole thing. Word is it wasn't that specific guy, and it was simply someone who claims they stole shit from him, but what is still a mystery. Still a bastard, and still likely to succumb to his wounds.

 

[CaitSeith]

It seems Sentai Filmworks set up a gofundme campaign to help Kyoto Animation.

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

Their goal was 750K, but they have already collected more than 950K.

 

[Marik2]

otakus are scary

 

[CrazyGirl17]

otakus are scary

This is a good example of why we should do something about rabid fans. Exactly what, I'm not sure. The best I got is giving them those anti barking collars for dogs...

33 now. And now I?m starting to see people celebrating the arson. I fucking hate people.

...Make that rabid fans and trolls. I'm with you, I hate people...

 

[Godzillarich(aka tf2godz)]

The Worst loss of life in Japan since World War II. 33 people gone because this fucker he felt he was plagiarized. I hope he enjoys hell

 

[stroopwafel]

Jesus Christ. This is the angriest someone must have ever gotten over a cartoon.

 

[bluegate]

The Worst loss of life in Japan since World War II. 33 people gone because this fucker he felt he was plagiarized. I hope he enjoys hell

Not really?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amagasaki_derailment

That is just one example, or is there some other weird arbitrary metric you're using but aren't sharing in your post?

 

[McElroy]

He wanted those people to burn. I'm all for burning the 2D but you should leave the 3Ds alone.

 

[Godzillarich(aka tf2godz)]

The Worst loss of life in Japan since World War II. 33 people gone because this fucker he felt he was plagiarized. I hope he enjoys hell

Not really?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amagasaki_derailment

That is just one example, or is there some other weird arbitrary metric you're using but aren't sharing in your post?

I was talking about straight up murder not accidents or natural disasters. Sorry for the confusion