Satou Kazuma Posted July 18, 2019 Posted July 18, 2019 https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/ 7 Quote
Gina Szanboti Posted July 18, 2019 Posted July 18, 2019 Well, along with the lives lost (at least 13) and the injured (nearly 40), that building and most of its contents are destroyed or ruined. There's no smooth recovery from that. 2 Quote
Daos Posted July 18, 2019 Posted July 18, 2019 Oh god it was Kyoto animation! One of the best studios! THIS MAN MUST SUFFER! Quote
PokeNirvash Posted July 18, 2019 Posted July 18, 2019 Easily the biggest mass tragedy to happen to the anime industry since the Tohoku earthquake/tsunami wiped out a good portion of Studio Bridge. Rest in peace to the deceased, and may the police catch the guy who did it eventually. 1 Quote
Gina Szanboti Posted July 18, 2019 Posted July 18, 2019 They caught him at the scene. Only ID on him so far is he's 41, no motive yet. He's one of the injured. I think there's still about 30 people unaccounted for. Hopefully they were all taking an early lunch. 2 1 Quote
Chapinator_X Posted July 18, 2019 Posted July 18, 2019 (edited) This is devastating and appalling. Hopefully, the 23 who were confirmed deceased can rest peacefully and the recovery process isn’t arduous for those who made it out of the KyoAni building. Edited July 18, 2019 by imchapp.in 2 Quote
Jman Posted July 18, 2019 Posted July 18, 2019 This was the worth of someone mentally disturbed. Never worked for the company, but had a grudge for some stupid, petty reason. Quote
The1gairon Posted July 18, 2019 Posted July 18, 2019 Sentai Filmworks started up a gofundme campaign to help them. https://www.gofundme.com/help-kyoani-heal Quote
Satou Kazuma Posted July 18, 2019 Author Posted July 18, 2019 There's no confirmation that he has mental illness. So stop speculating that. https://www.npr.org/2019/07/18/742981029/japanese-anime-studio-hit-with-suspected-arson-killing-at-least-16 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49027178 https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/07/18/asia/kyoto-animation-fire-intl-hnk/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2Fasia Also there seems to be a discrepancy between news site as to how many are dead. Quote
Gina Szanboti Posted July 18, 2019 Posted July 18, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Hachiman said: Also there seems to be a discrepancy between news site as to how many are dead. Not surprising, since they update at different times and it took 5 hours to put out the fire, so police were still finding bodies (which in Japan can't be officially called "dead" until a doctor says so). Looks like 33 is the final toll (12 men, 20 women, and 1 unknown ::shudder::), unless some of the more severely injured die, which could easily happen, though I hope not. I have to say I'm dreading finding out who was lost. Edited July 18, 2019 by Gina Szanboti Quote
Satou Kazuma Posted July 18, 2019 Author Posted July 18, 2019 Donated 5 to the cause. Looks like they're going to hit the goal by tonight. Quote
Daos Posted July 18, 2019 Posted July 18, 2019 4 hours ago, Hachiman said: There's no confirmation that he has mental illness. So stop speculating that. Well unless he has some history of being abused for years by the company and his coworkers I think it's safe to say he was mentally ill. Quote
Satou Kazuma Posted July 18, 2019 Author Posted July 18, 2019 (edited) He's not a disgruntled former employee. The articles stated that he's not associated with the company. And until official reports comes out, it's not mental illness. https://www.apnews.com/b10907eaf37945889d9ee4339df92aaa At least read before assuming such things. Edited July 18, 2019 by Hachiman Quote
Daos Posted July 18, 2019 Posted July 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Hachiman said: He's not a disgruntled former employee. The articles stated that he's not associated with the company. And until official reports comes out, it's not mental illness. https://www.apnews.com/b10907eaf37945889d9ee4339df92aaa At least read before assuming such things. The only thing I'm assuming is that he's mentally ill. There's pretty much two options. He had a longstanding relationship with the company or someone in the company and it was not a positive relationship. He's nuts. Given that they ruled out option 1, I'm gonna go with option 2. Quote
stilgar Posted July 18, 2019 Posted July 18, 2019 Or you could not and wait for a report saying whether he is or not. Quote
Daos Posted July 18, 2019 Posted July 18, 2019 13 minutes ago, stilgar said: Or you could not and wait for a report saying whether he is or not. Nah I'll go with the safe bet here. Thanks though. Quote
The1gairon Posted July 18, 2019 Posted July 18, 2019 Updates: Sentai's gofundme fundraiser is now a third over its intended goal, reaching over one million dollars in under a day! Some rumors about the guy's intention were made clear. He is a train otaku and KyoAni happened to hold an event at a station that attracted a ton of tourists. Another rumor says he was obsessed with a girl from Hibiki! Euphonium only to discover that she was not a virgin, then ranted on 4chan for a full day before setting the studio on fire. Some on Twitter are worried that Fire Force, an anime about firefighters, will be affected out of association. 1 Quote
Phillies Posted July 18, 2019 Posted July 18, 2019 (edited) RIP Edited July 18, 2019 by Phillies Quote
Satou Kazuma Posted July 18, 2019 Author Posted July 18, 2019 since all the mainstream news sites and most of the Japanese sources have dried up on information for the time being. i've resorted to Reddit for coverage that i couldn't find anywhere else. 1 1 Quote
The1gairon Posted July 19, 2019 Posted July 19, 2019 Wow thanks that's the most informative source i read yet. Quote
StarPanda Posted July 19, 2019 Posted July 19, 2019 RIP to all those people and condolences to their families. Love Kyoto animation man. Its gonna be hard and while for them to recover 1 1 Quote
Satou Kazuma Posted July 19, 2019 Author Posted July 19, 2019 The majority of the victims were women, saw it in one of the news piece I was googling. Quote
3ngag3 Posted July 19, 2019 Posted July 19, 2019 Episode 3 of Fire Force has been delayed indefinitely which is completely understandable given the subject matter. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-19/fire-force-anime-cancels-airing-streaming-of-3rd-episode/.149134 1 Quote
Jman Posted July 19, 2019 Posted July 19, 2019 2 hours ago, 3ngag3 said: Episode 3 of Fire Force has been delayed indefinitely which is completely understandable given the subject matter. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-19/fire-force-anime-cancels-airing-streaming-of-3rd-episode/.149134 Yeah, as much as I enjoy the show, too freaking soon. Hopefully it can return in a week or two once folks have had the chance to properly grieve. Quote
The1gairon Posted July 19, 2019 Posted July 19, 2019 6 hours ago, 3ngag3 said: Episode 3 of Fire Force has been delayed indefinitely which is completely understandable given the subject matter. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-19/fire-force-anime-cancels-airing-streaming-of-3rd-episode/.149134 Whelp. Quote
The1gairon Posted July 19, 2019 Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) The suspect has been named. https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/19/asia/kyoto-animation-fire-investigation-intl-hnk/index.html?utm_content=2019-07-19T08%3A31%3A06&utm_medium=social&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_term=link&fbclid=IwAR2sfPbgAoJVWp5YwFIPc3wTdrtCkbnUYwi1f6IkkCkqxXoliWgZ0fSNgoI 41-year-old Shinji Aoba has a history of mental health issues and is currently sedated in the hospital so a formal interview cannot yet be held to get more details. The director of such anime as K-On, Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, and others, is dead. Edited July 19, 2019 by elfie Quote
Satou Kazuma Posted July 19, 2019 Author Posted July 19, 2019 27 minutes ago, elfie said: The suspect has been named. https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/19/asia/kyoto-animation-fire-investigation-intl-hnk/index.html?utm_content=2019-07-19T08%3A31%3A06&utm_medium=social&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_term=link&fbclid=IwAR2sfPbgAoJVWp5YwFIPc3wTdrtCkbnUYwi1f6IkkCkqxXoliWgZ0fSNgoI 41-year-old Shinji Aoba has a history of mental health issues and is currently sedated in the hospital so a formal interview cannot yet be held to get more details. The director of such anime as K-On, Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, and others, is dead. Gonna need official source of said death. Otherwise it's just rumors. Quote
The1gairon Posted July 19, 2019 Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) https://soranews24.com/2019/07/19/kyoto-animation-security-system-was-shut-down-on-day-of-arson-attack-that-killed-33/?fbclid=IwAR2UXzlUf2shgYNe1wAPXVP7fRvYPLcR7cb6lkyfUo8bCKYE3lPjGCSJEbc Their security system happened to be shut down on the day of the attack. They did have one in place, like ID entry, but that day they were expecting news coverage to come and the system was intentionally shut down to eliminate hassle. There was only one fire exit on the first floor where roughly 1/10 of the people were occupying at the time, and the arsonist set fire to the stairway. That, on top of the roof door being permanently locked, transformed the building into an oven. So yeah, he brought people unrelated to KyoAni into this! There's no certainty as to whether or not he knew they would shut off the security system days prior or if he was just lucky. Edited July 19, 2019 by elfie Quote
The1gairon Posted July 19, 2019 Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) Likewise, the scheduled trailors for the upcoming Free! Season 4 have been delayed. A collaboration with a subway company for another Hibiki! Euphonium event has been plain canceled. Edited July 19, 2019 by elfie Quote
Satou Kazuma Posted July 19, 2019 Author Posted July 19, 2019 As I understand, all these info has already been covered in the Reddit mega thread. Yasuhiro Takemoto's status is unconfirmed, so please don't believe that. Also, the rooftop door was closed but not locked. Quote
PokeNirvash Posted July 19, 2019 Posted July 19, 2019 7 hours ago, elfie said: The director of such anime as K-On, Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, and others, is dead. ...That "news" was confirmed a mistranslation hours ago. Takemoto's fate's still up in the air at this point. Quote
Satou Kazuma Posted July 19, 2019 Author Posted July 19, 2019 All their past original work materials went up in flames both paper and digital. 1 Quote
helpme Posted July 19, 2019 Posted July 19, 2019 https://soranews24.com/2019/07/18/death-toll-in-anime-studio-arson-attack-climbs-to-33-movie-production-cancelled/ Looks like canceling series is going to be huge this year 1 Quote
Satou Kazuma Posted July 19, 2019 Author Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) 39 minutes ago, helpme said: https://soranews24.com/2019/07/18/death-toll-in-anime-studio-arson-attack-climbs-to-33-movie-production-cancelled/ Looks like canceling series is going to be huge this year Nothing is getting cancelled. The event itself (new trailer) is getting cancelled, not the movie or the series. https://kotaku.com/after-attack-kyoto-animation-cancels-release-of-new-an-1836477994 - read the comments. Edited July 19, 2019 by Hachiman 2 Quote
helpme Posted July 20, 2019 Posted July 20, 2019 43 minutes ago, Hachiman said: Nothing is getting cancelled. The event itself (new trailer) is getting cancelled, not the movie or the series. https://kotaku.com/after-attack-kyoto-animation-cancels-release-of-new-an-1836477994 - read the comments. Better update https://www.thedailybeast.com/at-a-great-japanese-anime-studio-a-crazed-arsonist-just-killed-33-people?ref=wrap&fbclid=IwAR3y8pNROBbsBeB0JKE_YitHWfcaH6d0wrx7NRvsxkthDnA2fwPrdhGc-AA Quote
Satou Kazuma Posted July 20, 2019 Author Posted July 20, 2019 DB is late to the story. All these other news sources I've read already touched on this. While it did include a few new interviews, it's basically more or less the same perspective but with a DB spin to it. Quote
Satou Kazuma Posted July 20, 2019 Author Posted July 20, 2019 NHK has a list of ages who are currently missing courtesy of the local police. Mega thread is constantly updating. Quote
AnimationFan14 Posted July 20, 2019 Posted July 20, 2019 This is a horrible tragedy that has happened. My heart truly goes out to the family & friends of those deceased, and all those on the long road of recovery. 1 Quote
The1gairon Posted July 20, 2019 Posted July 20, 2019 You know, I think Toonami should air a KyoAni show. It would be great support for them. ... even though most of their anime aren't action shows. Quote
PokeNirvash Posted July 20, 2019 Posted July 20, 2019 I've been saying they should air Haruhi for years. But given its age, I think something more recent and somewhat actiony like Beyond the Boundary would be a better fit. 1 Quote
The1gairon Posted July 20, 2019 Posted July 20, 2019 1 hour ago, PokeNirvash said: I've been saying they should air Haruhi for years. But given its age, I think something more recent and somewhat actiony like Beyond the Boundary would be a better fit. Haruhi doesn't exactly have a ton of action. It DOES have action, but it's rare. And I could NOT follow Beyond the Boundary! Not to mention how we gotta deal with Episode 6 ... 1 Quote
Daos Posted July 20, 2019 Posted July 20, 2019 2 hours ago, PokeNirvash said: I've been saying they should air Haruhi for years. But given its age, I think something more recent and somewhat actiony like Beyond the Boundary would be a better fit. Yes but when it does have action it gets it right =P 1 Quote
Phillies Posted July 20, 2019 Posted July 20, 2019 so potentially some of the people who died had worked on Huruhi? Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.