UPDATE: Just yesterday (25 Jan 2024) he was sentenced to death for his horrific crime. I hope this sentence gives some closure to the victims' families ❤
"A Japanese court on Thursday sentenced a 45-year-old man to death for setting fire to the renowned Kyoto Animation studio in 2019, which left 36 people dead in the country’s worst mass killing in almost 20 years, according to public broadcaster NHK. The defendant, Shinji Aoba, was charged with murder and arson after telling police his work had been plagiarized and that he used gasoline to set fire to the studio. He was found guilty by the Kyoto District Court on Thursday(Thursday,January 25th,2024)." He's so going to be hung high for what he had done. And to pay homage to the Mortal Kombat franchise,and with all due respect,to that damned Mister Shinji Aoba,I say,and I quote!,... *"TO THE NETHERREALM WITH YOU!!!!!!!"*
*It's official!* He's been sentenced to *_death._* In Japan, those who are sentenced to death are not informed of their date of execution until *the morning of it.*
35 victims identified: Yasuhiro Takemoto, 47 (director of anime tv series Lucky Star, Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, Hyouka, Full Metal Panic, Amagi Brilliant Park) Futoshi Nishiya, 37 (character designer and chief animation director on the Free! franchise, A Silent Voice, Liz and the Blue Bird; animation director on The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2009), Kanon) Yoshiji Kigami, 61 (mentor of Kyoto Animation; worked as a storyboard artist, unit director and animator on most Kyoto Animation works; key animator on Akira, Grave of the Fireflies, Space Adventure Cobra) Junichi Uda, 34 (key animator on Hyouka and Nichijou - My Ordinary Life) Sachie Tsuda, 41 (finish animation on Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club, Pokémon 3: The Movie: Entei - Spell of the Unown, Hyouka) Mikiko Watanabe, 35 (art director on Amagi Brilliant Park, Beyond the Boundary; background artist on many Kyoto Animation productions) Yuki Omura, 23 (new hire at the studio, no credits yet) Yuka Kasama, 22 (new hire at the studio, no credits yet) Ami Kuriki, 30 (key animator on Liz and the Blue Bird, Violet Evergarden, Myriad Colors Phantom World) Keisuke Yokota, 34 (production manager over many Kyoto Animation works) Shoko Terawaki, 44, -animation director (Sound! Euphonium, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya), Naomi Ishida 49. color director (A Silent Voice, Liz and the Blue Bird) Nami Iwasaki, 31 Atsushi Ishida, 31 Norie Oto, 26 Megumu Ono, 21 Yumi Kaneo, 22 Seiya Kawaguchi, 27 Sumire Kusano, 32 Aya Sato, 43 Kota Sato, 28 Sana Suzuki, 30 Hiroyuki Takahashi, 48 Miho Takechi, 25 Tomoka Tokimori, 22 Maiko Nishikawa, 29 Takahisa Fujita, 27 Kana Matsuura, 24 Tatsunari Maruko, 31 Atsushi Miyaji, 32 Yuko Myoken, 29 Shiho Morisaki, 27 Sayaka Watanabe, 27 Kojiro Matsumoto, 25 Chitose Murayama, 49 The 36th fatality died in October 2019, being hospitalized for 4 months after the arson attack.
The anime industry suffered a lot from the loss of these people. Especially the more experience people from such amazing studio that should have been able to pass down their expertise on the next generation.
Oh, I did watch Pokémon the Movie: Entei - Spell of the Unknown as a kid in 2001 at the cinema- RIP to the guy who finished its animation and to everyone else. It was one of the better Pokémon movies and was the final one out of three that I watched at the cinema as a kid. I'm 34 in a month, I was 11 in 2001.
You missed so many. - Nami Iwasaki, 31: Chief animation director and character designer for Beyond the Boundary and Violet Evergarden. - Atsushi Ishida, 31: Animation director for Free! and Sound! Euphonium. - Norie Oto, 26: Key animator for A Silent Voice and Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid. - Megumu Ono, 21: In-between animator for Nichijou and Lucky Star. - Yumi Kaneo, 22: Color designer for K-On! and Clannad. - Seiya Kawaguchi, 27: 3D director for The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya. - Sumire Kusano, 32: Scriptwriter for Hyouka and Tamako Market. - Aya Sato, 43: Producer for Violet Evergarden and A Silent Voice. - Kota Sato, 28: Art director for Beyond the Boundary and Amagi Brilliant Park. - Sana Suzuki, 30: Sound director for Sound! Euphonium and Free! - Hiroyuki Takahashi, 48: Chief director for Nichijou and Lucky Star. - Miho Takechi, 25: Key animator for K-On! and Clannad. - Tomoka Tokimori, 22: In-between animator for Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid and Hyouka. - Maiko Nishikawa, 29: Character designer and chief animation director for Amagi Brilliant Park and Tamako Market. - Takahisa Fujita, 27: Animation director for The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya. - Kana Matsuura, 24: Color designer for A Silent Voice and Violet Evergarden. - Tatsunari Maruko, 31: 3D director for Free! and Sound! Euphonium. - Atsushi Miyaji, 32: Scriptwriter for The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. - Yuko Myoken, 29: Art director for Hyouka and Violet Evergarden. - Shiho Morisaki, 27: Key animator for Beyond the Boundary and Amagi Brilliant Park. - Sayaka Watanabe, 27: Sound director for A Silent Voice and Violet Evergarden. - Kojiro Matsumoto, 25: In-between animator for The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.
Not long ago this man, now recovered from the burns, asked the doctor responsible for his treatment, why he (the doctor) took such good care of a murderer, according to himself, a man who deserved to die. The doctor’s response: “you couldn’t die, you needed to live to pay for your crimes”
@@raaaes328you and people who share your views are the reason America and Europe are soft on crime. Geez grow a pair. Dude is literally despicable and the doctor did take care of him. So I don’t know what the hell you’re saying
As the ones who made “A Silent Voice”. One of the very, and I mean very, few movies that got me to feel again. I am not someone who cries. That might be taken the wrong way so let me explain. I am the type of person who bottles everything up. I most of the time cannot get my true emotions to show and when I feel like I need to cry, I cannot. During Covid. I kind of shut myself off from any social things as I was not a text or caller. I really only talked to people in person at the time. I was going insane, day passing by day. I didn’t know what season it was. Just mindlessly going day by day, waiting for something to change. I came across this movie on a video talking about the ‘big three’ movies of anime. A silent voice, your name, and weathering with you. And I decided to give A Silent Voice a watch. This was before my family knew I watched anime(closet weeb). But at those pivotal moments I just started crying. I had to go to my room so no one would question me. But this movie hit me so hard in a time I was so numb that it changed me. Restrictions around this time just started to lax up. And this movie kinda shocked me back into reality. That movie that they beautifully animated is the most impactful pieces of artwork I have ever had the pleasure of experiencing. It brings me great sadness that those people who have helped me and so many others experience so much, die from an event so terrible. That movie alone has probably changed countless lives. And maybe even saved just as much. I hope that the message they sent out to the world reaches more people
to be fair, there is probably a good 90% chance that they plagiarized his story. i mean who else could think of a scene about expired meat. but of course his actions are unjustifiable. he never went into agreement with the animation studio that his story wouldnt be plagiarized
@@doccan3848 "who else could think of a scene about expired meat" literally anyone who has bought discounted meat before. It is a very commonly used theme.
I've subscribed Truly Criminal for about 2 years and am surprised you guys covered this case. I'm from Japan and it's totally heartbreaking for the victims who lost their precious futures with one stupid guy's senseless crime. I believe he will be given the death penalty. The trial will begin this September and the verdict will be brought next January.
The building owner had the fire exits chain locked and Kyoto's local city fire chief had not checked this.... All those people died in the staircase leading to the roof exit. ....so who's to blame really?
@@adambane1719 What's your source for this info? Nearest I can find (two independent sources) is the exits were NOT locked but weren't easy to open, and the speed of the fire meant everything happened too quickly for escape - 10 to 15 seconds for fire to reach the top floor. The main ground floor exits were already blocked by fire, so that wasn't an option for anyone.
The fact that it’s been almost 4 years since this happened and Aoba _STILL_ hasn’t gone to trial is an agonizing dose of reality as to just how slowly the justice system proceeds in our world. It’s reported that the trial _might_ happen sometime between Sept-Dec of this year, but I’m not entirely convinced it will (I suspect the defense will order another psych evaluation to determine Aoba’s competency-despite the fact he’s already undergone two-in an attempt to delay the trial yet again). I hope that justice gets served though. *Edit: the Kyoto District Court announced in May that Aoba’s trial begins on September 5th, 2023, & a verdict will be announced on January 25, 2024. I’ll be honest, I think that date’s gonna be delayed again (plus the verdict date has me even _more_ skeptical of that), but all we can do is wait & hope that the trial does in fact happen soon. **2nd Edit: The trial began on September 5th, and to my surprise, Aoba pled guilty to all the charges and openly admitted to starting the fire. According to reports, Aoba claims he now knows he “went too far” (yeah no fucking shit??) and that he “didn’t think so many people would die.” Personally, I think that’s a sorry excuse for slaughtering three dozen people by burning, but the defense is still sticking to their argument that Aoba was mentally ill at the time & therefore not criminally responsible. While I can kind of see why they’d go down that avenue, that doesn’t excuse the fact that 36 people are never coming back & that he ripped apart so many peoples’ lives for _ABSOLUTELY NOTHING._ Regardless, more updates to come as the trial progresses, or if it goes straight to sentencing.
Very true, and I agree. There is a silver lining though, that the country acted swiftly to amend/establish laws, making it harder for the same crime to happen again. THAT says something.
I agree! We should go back to the days when justice was taken into the hands of uneducated reactionaries! Educated societies have something called a constitution. Look it up.
that is crazy! In Canada the Supreme Court ruled on deadlines that you could be held in remand for before being tried. Excellent decision that doesn’t leave the process to drag on.
I remember when I heard about this in 2019. I cried. I was horrified. These animators make some of the best anime in the industry and it shows in their work just how passionate they are about their story telling, so much blood, work, sweat and tears, gone. Because someone who is so self centered to truly believe that he only thinks original thoughts is one of the biggest wasteful losses of life I've ever seen. RIP to the victims. EDIT: My bad. Was writing while listening and got emotional hearing about the incident again, ended up typing the wrong year.
I read that the Aoba has finally been sentenced to death (Japan still has the death penalty) this year, and that it took so long 'cos he had severe burn injuries himself. However, a dedicated doctor made sure Aoba healed enough to stand trial. Initially, he was given less than a 10% survival rate. The doctor claimed that for the victims, he could not allow Aoba to escape justice for his crimes by dying. Talk about dedication!
Awww! You are so nice, so cute, you have such a big big heart, probably need to see a doctor for that big heart! so rare these days, I love you so much, can you be my best friend?!! Let us meet in a secluded area, preferably wooded, after dark, tell no one you are coming to meet me, and I guarantee you will be safe and no one will jump you nor assault you or take your car if u have one or anything like that! Okay? I love u and want to learn about how you feel such empathy to the lost world! Be safe my best friend! Bye for now
@@domoetker3967 Because such a nice person they are, they feel for the lost world and the hurt and the vulned like people, they are not sociopaths like us!
I remember how distraught the anime community was when this happened. Kyoani has made some of the most impactful stories out there. They have made me laugh so hard my stomach ached. They made me cry tears of sorrow and joy. They even changed my view of the world for the better. It's such a senseless tragedy, it's hard not to feel hatred and rage towards the one who did this. I think it is more important to remember the victims though, and be sure to preserve the work they poured their time and love into. In that way, they will live forever.
The fact it happened to kyoto animation was a real shocker as the animation industry in Japan is full of bad business practices like crunch and poor working conditions. However kyoto animation was a studio with some of the best business practices in the industry where animators could expand their talents.
It is good to see you cover cases from Asia. There are many bizzare cases here that deserve more attention. This was a terrible tragedy. All the amazing talent snuffed out by an unstable delusional narcissist.
@@paulheap1982 If you look at other comments this person is making he's making excuses for the person that started the fire. Who knows, maybe he's a relative and probably agreed with him buring the building. Gotta watch those people like him.
@@Raytheman581which is crazy bc as many ppl as there are in the world…he can’t have seriously thought he’d had a 💯 original story…just an act of pure evil.
@@paulheap1982if I recall the psychiatrist evaluation he was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and depersonalised identity disorder but not with narcissistic tendencies.
this still breaks me when i hear it. not only is it a tragedy, but being a fan of kyoto animation, it was VERY hard to wrap my brain around it when it happened. their legacy will live on in their work but they were all fairly young, which makes it even harder. my heart breaks for their families
This broke my heart and made me tear up. RIP to the people who lost their lives in such an horrendous way and my thoughts and deepest condolences go to their families 😥
I cried so bad when I heard the news of this... those poor people and their families. I cried over Violet Evergarden, Haruhi, K-On and so many more of their work and I always looked forward to their new works... this was a company I always heard amazing things about and thought "if I ever move to Japan I want work there, even if it's just as a janitor." Because it seemed like such a welcoming place...
I've done a similar thing a few times--buying meat that's discounted because it's close to its sell-by date. I bet most people are familiar with the concept, even if they don't do this.
@@onewayturtles or any character in a show or movie has font to a store to buy meat. But he is so mentally unwell that that was the film that set him off.
Kyoto Animation was like the Special Forces in the Animation Industry. They were very selective of their projects and had high quality in their anime techniques. Paraphrasing Izumi Konata from Lucky 🌟 Star when they visited the front of the studio
Every time I watch one of your videos I’m impressed with how well they are produced. I don’t understand why you don’t have a million followers by now. Keep up the great work ladies.
I'm amazed why they haven't reached a million too. The videos are always amazing and reach into most cases that other channels do not 🙌🏾❤Love your work 🇿🇦🇿🇦
I believe that's partly because they are not click baity. Like they produce videos with so much respect and professionalism so it wouldn't usually get recommended. But yes, they truly deserve more followers
This made me cry. So many poor innocent lives were taken while they were just trying to live their lives and get home from work to their loved ones like they did every other day. Mothers, Fathers, Daughters, Sons. Heartbreaking.
the fact that someone with a well-documented history of psychotic aggression and violent outbursts wasn't formally and permanently institutionalized long before he had the chance to hurt other people is a failure on multiple fronts from a societal standpoint. this man was a ticking time bomb but no one wanted to deal with him, and now 30+ people are dead.
Kyoani makes some of my favorite anime, and when I heard that this happened, a rush of sadness and anger came. My heart still goes out to the victims' families.
Such a horrible, sad story. That studio really was special, animators are treated very badly in Japan and these people treated their artists with love and respect. So many young lives lost. Once again, untreated mental illness winds up in tragedy. Someone this violently unstable and delusional should have been institutionalized. How many times did he have to go berserk? I'm also sad that this didn't change the lack of fire standards for small businesses, not a single sprinkler in a three story wooden building, smh. RIP to all the victims.
I feel bad for all the people affected by this. Whether it is them losing a family member, friend, and even co-worker. I've also seen some comments stating that this man hasn't been arrested yet? I have seen some shows this studio made, and every time I watch a KyoAni show it's really great to see how great the animation is! I really hope that horrible idiot gets some help, but I guess it's already too late for that. Rip to all the victims of this awful situation.
I live in Japan (not a Japanese) and I am so shocked that the building was OK according to the law. There was only one staircase and no sprinklers installed. I understand the fire was expanding very quickly, but I think less deaths and injuries would have occured if there was a back staircase and sprinklers installed. Same accident happened about two years ago in Osaka, where a crazy person set a staircase on fire in a bulding where was no second staircase to escape.
It's not Saturday until I hear your beautiful voice! A terrible tragedy and I hope the survivors find some measure of peace. Thanks for the amazing content!
never expected you guys to cover this case and it really made me remember back in high school crying about this in class. kyoto animation and their works mean so much to me so to hear so many people behind those beautiful animes lost their lives so horribly was terrible. you putting clannad, my favorite work by the studio, at the end really made me tear up too, really great video coverage
What a sad story. Thank you again, TC, for doing such a thorough job and showing so much respect for the victims and their loved ones in your reporting.
Alarm bells ringing for this lunatic for many months regarding his behaviour! Those poor people dying like this, because of his aggression and violence! Bless them
Yeah, it seemed like people WERE reporting his unprovoked attacks to the police... was anything done, at all? Seems like a major failure, if they'd interrupted his pattern, there's a good chance he wouldn't have just kept ramping the violence up
@@monicatomlinson5060 and in the aftermath of this failure of the system, rather than even examine how and why the system failed, they instead choose for a little useless political theater, making it slightly harder to buy gasoline, specifically for people without vehicles.
I remember hearing about this when it happened. What a senseless and vindictive act. It’s horrific to think someone would be ok hurting so many innocent people.
Oh, this was so tragic. As an anime fan, everytime I watch a KyoAni show this horrible event pops into my head. If anyone is interested in seeing KyoAni's beautiful animation I would definitely recommend Nichijou (absurdist comedy), Tsurune (beautiful coming of age story) , Hyouka (very cute romance/ mystery) and A Silent Voice (a feature length movie about overcoming your prejudices and growing into a better person). There's many more, and all of KyoAni's productions are so well done, so you can't really go wrong, but those are some that I'd recommend to non anime fans as standouts. ✌️
@@itsgonnabeokay9341 it's a great show, but I didn't forget. I just personally wouldn't recommend it to a non / new anime fan. It's a bit too heavy to be a general recommendation I think... Idk, if someone had seen a few different genres I would recommend, highly! ✌️
I highly recommend you guys watch Clannad and Clannad After Story.... one of my favorite KyoAni works to this day. It's absolutely heartbreaking what happened. R.I.P 😭🙏🕊🍡💗🩷
@@Bgarcia-1097 Not that those are the only good KyoAni shows, just what I thought would be good stand alone, fairly short and succinct shows that are friendly to new audiences. ✌️
anime is such an awesome art form ..I started with death note and never looked back ...to loose so many of those talented people is heartbreaking and I literally hate to think of their last moments rip
It is heartbreaking. If only there were hundreds of other anime studios that all make the same stories... It's either cutesy underage girls wearing short skirts, throwing up peace signs, with sparkles in their eyes... or the reluctant hero that starts out weak, feeble, and ignorant but quickly grows to become a master of martial arts, with strength and ability that can't be matched... Both of which are made to appeal to old, creepy men that were losers in their younger years.
@adambane1719 like all movies are not the same not all anime is the same ......some of it is very clever and art is in the eye of the beholder......thanks for correcting my spelling .I am dyslexic and loose and lose are 2 of my hardest words to use correctly
Instead of skin grafting that demon they should have wiped salt and poured vinegar on his wounds every half hour all day long of every week of every month.
What great coverage, I would never have heard of this. May I say, The couple who owned that studio sound like beautiful people trying to make a great work and creative work environment, they genuinely cared for their staff. This is so sad.
The way you tell your stories is truly amazing. You make me care for all victims so when I hear these crimes I have such sadness for all who have perished and their families. Thank you for doing what you do and how you do it, your heart is so kind.
@@candice_ecidnac I always care about the victims, but until I hear the stories, I haven’t even heard of them. It just gives a more personal experience by listening to her tell these stories. Your comment is very strange.
Just recently, Shinji Aoba's trial was held. This guy is pretending to be crazy and hoping for a reduced sentence. It's ridiculous, but Japanese judges can be fooled by such low-level lies. That's why all criminals deliberately pretend to be mentally ill. I want people from overseas to completely deny this guy.
I remember this. I was just reading my Facebook feed way back in 2019 when a group of Japanese friends of mine suddenly started posting RIP KyoAni. At first I thought this was a joke but I realized this was such a horrible tragedy the moment I saw the news on the internet of the famous anime studio KyoAni burning down LIVE as the news was covering it! I felt sad about the people who died here because these were brilliant people who made such good animes from K-ON all the way to the emotional Violet Evergarden. Yes, I was such a big anime fan even to this day... RIP to all the people who died in that studio
I'm an overseas fan of Kyo ani's anime. When the news first broke out in 2019, I didn't know how huge the fire was until a few days later. I was so sad to hear that a lot of people (significant to the anime I have watched) were victims to the arson. I remember the anime community grieving that time, and even a memorial background in the rhythm game Osu! was put up. They got back up on their feet surprisingly quick, and was still able to release the shows planned in 2019. Truly an unfortunate event where an identified deranged person was not reprimanded early enough.
I was so impressed with the business practices of the studio, hiring women and paying full time wages, etc. Then it was revealed that there were no fire alarms or even a sprinkler system! Many lives could have been saved if those two things had been implemented. What a terrifying way to die! This man had attacked so many people and his terrorizing was reported over and over to police, yet NOTHING was done. He received NO mental health care, so his insanity fermented until he reached his tipping point. This horrific crime did not have to happen, because it could have been avoided, if law enforcement had intervened.
Exactly, the fire law in Japan is unbelieveable and even more if you think that most of the buildings are made of wood and plaster. I live in Japan and our family lives in a concrete apartment bulding. I would never ever live in a wooden house. Our apartment bulding has two staircases, fire extinguishers in front of every flat and smoke detectors. Still I feel this is not enough but better than most of buildings here in JP. There are just too many fires every day.
Just horrific. I would hate to be burned to death or even be burned to such a degree and live through the pain. I wonder why small businesses weren't required to have sprinklers, but I would think fire extinguishers would simply be the decision of the owner of the company, whether to have them or not. Too bad they gave that POS treatment in the hospital for his injuries for a year, although I know they couldn't deny him of that. Also wonder why, if the DP is in fact an option, he wouldn't more likely be facing that, rather than a life sentence. Anyhow, thanks for the upload, ladies. Stay safe & have a good one! And almost forgot to mention, hats off to those two employees who ran after him and got ahold of him till police arrived.
For some reason, I dreamt about this after hearing it from the news. I am not in any way too invested in anime so it was weird for me too. I woke up sweating and crying silently. My heart felt heavy. I can't imagine the extent of the effect of this tragedy on the families and the fandom. I hope healing comes easy to everyone connected and affected.
Your writing for this episode is outstanding! I've seen a couple of documentaries about this case, but I learned so much more about the people - owners & employees - thanks to Alice & Mia. Thank you both so much. 💜
I remember when this happened. The art studio I was helping my friend with painted a collage of all of our favorite works done by Kyoto Animation and sold it at an auction. The piece included characters from Free, Dragon Maid, Nichijou, and even their far more obscure but major footprint in video game and animation history, the FIRST Super Mario movie from back in 1986, “Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach!” The film was filled with shameless sponsors to make up for the budget (cause it was 80s Nintendo lol) and even the precursor to the Mario 64 Bowser fight and even a concept for a greedy Luigi that would lay the ground work for Wario. I won’t spoil the movie’s twist but it’s wild. But when we eventually sold the piece and prepared to send the money to the studio, they actually refused the money. It was very humbling. In fact, ALOT of people voluntarily offered to send them money to support them and the victims but it just became too much for them that they started to decline the offers. They were and still are filled of wonderful animators and artists and I still hope to this day that they are doing well in spite of all that happened ♥️
Truly criminal hello sweetheart! I hope that your dad's all good as we haven't seen his channel around SC and so many of us miss him so much!!!. Please take care 🙏🙏🙏
Hey! Haha thank you but our dad has never had a YT channel (we have seen that socially criminal channel before but it isn’t linked to us! 😊) our dad can just about work the UA-cam app bless him haha
I got into watching anime because of their work Clannad waaay back in 2008. The quality and passion tthey had for animation can be seen in all of their works. I remember hearing about this news and I was just so angry. I don't even personally know of their employees or working establishment but to also hear the delusional man committed arson because of something that can be talked about... It was just an act of evil. I can't believe a lot of innocent and talented artists/employees died.
Just today I saw a video talking about someone threatening Bandai arson over their shipping. Disgusting. Lives are precious. Not worth hurting over fantasies.
It's heartbreaking and horrific to know that 36 talented animators' lives were lost because of one man's psychotic delusion about his novel being plagiarized, then committing arson, attempting to destroy the anime studio, which he did. And badly burning himself in the process. He should never be paroled as long as he lives. However, the staff's contributions to anime in movies and TV series lives on. RIP to the innocent victims, and may you never be forgotten for trying to bring joy to people's lives. 😭😢😿😿💔💔🙏🙏🌈🌈
This doesn't take away from the man's guilt, but Shinji Aoba clearly had unchecked mental health issues, and the stigma around mental illness is still rife in Japan. It's good they put limitations on buying large quantities of gasoline, but I can't help but wonder if this tragedy could have been prevented if Aoba had received some care or at the very least been more closely monitored.
I remember seeing this blow up on twitter/x when it happened. I was devastated to hear about it, yet a month after it seemed to fade from memory. Thank you for covering this story. I wanted to know what the outcome was
This was over a scene depicting buying meat on sale past the sell date? So tragic, it's so common even here in the US to do that. Delusional ego on that level is frightening.
Words cannot describe how infuriated I was at the time this happened. I still am. There was only anger, pure rage, I could not feel sadness when someone was behind this tragedy. I'm not even sure if this comment can be worded well, this is the type of rare incidents I'd consider personal to me. KyoAni was and still is my favorite anime studio.
I was gonna enter that Kyoani contest back in 2019. I even emailed Kyoani a few times and they actually replied back to me. I hope the person I talked to didn't die in the fire.
How often is it that you hear of a tragedy across the country or across the world, and while you feel sympathy for the victims and their families, you'll still be disconnected from it because you don't personally know any of the victims. This was different. I didn't personally know the victims of the attack, but I knew them through their work, so it *did* become personal to me. About the closest I would have come to this before was when my brother-in-law had worked at a company at the top of the World Trade Center, but had left that job in the summer of 2001. I just had to think of all his co workers who died then.
I was horrified when I heard about this on the news in 2019. The Kyoto animation studios makes the best anime animations ever and it’s really heartbreaking that this had to happen because of one mentally disturbed man’s delusions. He claimed that the studio “stole” his novel, but when they looked into it, they found that his novel did not have any similarities to any of their works. Kyoto animation studios will be forever changed and the 34 people who died in this horrific arson attack will never be forgotten. 🙏😔😢😭
The 1995 Sarin gas attacks had less causalities (thankfully, due to incompetency by the perpetrators) , but way more injured by exposure. This attack might have been the highest death count by a single person for a couple of decades.
Death sentence, COURT ANNOUNCED THE VERDICT HE SENTENCED TO DEATH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rest in peace 🌺🙏🏻🕉 😢to the heros who produced dreams love and animes that changed the life of millions and inspired millions ❤
I got into Anime late in high school with Death Note (given from a friend, he had it all downloaded) but then I went on to discover Kyoto Animation and they were easily my favourite studio hands down, especially once I found their adaptations of Key's visual novels (Kanon, Air and Clannad) I've just realised the last time I watched any Anime was around the time this tragedy happened. I was devastated by it and couldn't bring myself to keep watching (I would often rewatch KyoAni series whilst looking for the next thing to come even remotely close to what they could achieve) RIP to all the people taken unnecessarily during this horrific attack, hope the families are doing better and have been able to start healing since this all happened 😞
The fire law in Japan is a joke. Bad joke which costs too many lives. There are many tall buldings with no second staircase. If there is a fire, it is over for all people trapped inside.
I remember when I found out about this. My mother (who isn't into anime too much) knew how bad this was by the fact I broke down crying in front of the family. It's hard to watch this, but I feel like this needs to be seen, and the victims talent needs to be remembered.
A crime like this is always going to be an atrocity. But something like this being comitted against a company that seems genuinely fairly ethical (as these things go), a good place to work, and which made quality media that people genuinely love? Its unbearably awful.
I was living in Japan when this happened and the shock that literally anyone I talked to was also experiencing was intense. Like I’d put it up there with Abe’s assassination.
Wait a minute. The only change that was made to policy was to make it so that you basically had to pass a background check for buying large quantities of gasoline? Are you kidding me?! They went after exactly the wrong thing. How about instead of putting some kind of restriction on the amount of gas you can purchase to something like oh I don’t know making it mandatory for buildings like that to have proper fire, suppression systems, like fire, sprinklers, and extinguishers? As a former firefighter, I can tell you right now that a building like studio one would likely never be cleared to be used as a place of business without extensive internal remodeling. Also over 30+ people killed, and he’s only getting life in prison? In the US he would’ve gotten the death penalty.
@@knife-wieldingspidergod5059 my father used to work as a fire marshal over the years and one of his duties was to look over blueprints of building projects, and examine where the fire suppression systems were to go, and you know where the fire exits were, and all that. Now, unfortunately, this event took place long after he passed away, but I can tell you right now that my father is probably rolling in his grave right now, because of the rather poor design of the building. No, yes, regulations in other countries are obviously different, but just seems like a common sense thing. And again, going after the gasoline thing is probably you like I already mentioned exactly the wrong thing to do. This probably doesn’t equal out, but I think of it as being kind of like where you have a shooting event somewhere lake say in the United States. And instead of going after things that could actually fix the problem. Like, maybe giving schools better security, and enforcing stricter regulations when it comes to harassment and bullying , the policymakers go after exactly the wrong thing, which is in the case of events like the various school shootings, and they go after the firearm. Almost like the firearm had a conscious decision for what it was being used for when of course, in reality it didn’t. But that’s a completely different canna worms. Regardless, the fact of the matter is, is that a mentally disturbed individual took the lives of a large number of individuals who literally had nothing to do with him. And, of course, the rather poor design of the building itself.
UPDATE: Just yesterday (25 Jan 2024) he was sentenced to death for his horrific crime. I hope this sentence gives some closure to the victims' families ❤
"A Japanese court on Thursday sentenced a 45-year-old man to death for setting fire to the renowned Kyoto Animation studio in 2019, which left 36 people dead in the country’s worst mass killing in almost 20 years, according to public broadcaster NHK. The defendant, Shinji Aoba, was charged with murder and arson after telling police his work had been plagiarized and that he used gasoline to set fire to the studio. He was found guilty by the Kyoto District Court on Thursday(Thursday,January 25th,2024)." He's so going to be hung high
for what he had done. And to pay homage to the Mortal Kombat franchise,and with all due respect,to that
damned Mister Shinji Aoba,I say,and I quote!,... *"TO THE NETHERREALM WITH YOU!!!!!!!"*
@@MyNameIsRICHARD-2kXxhis death still won’t bring back those who are innocent so is it really a victory?
Richtig! 👌
@@Whysoserious2-2-2what else can be done? Justice is the least they can do
@@Delgas01Well said 👏🏻
*It's official!* He's been sentenced to *_death._*
In Japan, those who are sentenced to death are not informed of their date of execution until *the morning of it.*
Justice has been served for the victims of Kyoto Animation.
GG
Serves him right hahaa
My goodness, imagine that horror the next day would be your last
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35 victims identified:
Yasuhiro Takemoto, 47 (director of anime tv series Lucky Star, Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, Hyouka, Full Metal Panic, Amagi Brilliant Park)
Futoshi Nishiya, 37 (character designer and chief animation director on the Free! franchise, A Silent Voice, Liz and the Blue Bird; animation director on The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2009), Kanon)
Yoshiji Kigami, 61 (mentor of Kyoto Animation; worked as a storyboard artist, unit director and animator on most Kyoto Animation works; key animator on Akira, Grave of the Fireflies, Space Adventure Cobra)
Junichi Uda, 34 (key animator on Hyouka and Nichijou - My Ordinary Life)
Sachie Tsuda, 41 (finish animation on Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club, Pokémon 3: The Movie: Entei - Spell of the Unown, Hyouka)
Mikiko Watanabe, 35 (art director on Amagi Brilliant Park, Beyond the Boundary; background artist on many Kyoto Animation productions)
Yuki Omura, 23 (new hire at the studio, no credits yet)
Yuka Kasama, 22 (new hire at the studio, no credits yet)
Ami Kuriki, 30 (key animator on Liz and the Blue Bird, Violet Evergarden, Myriad Colors Phantom World)
Keisuke Yokota, 34 (production manager over many Kyoto Animation works)
Shoko Terawaki, 44, -animation director (Sound! Euphonium, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya),
Naomi Ishida 49. color director (A Silent Voice, Liz and the Blue Bird)
Nami Iwasaki, 31
Atsushi Ishida, 31
Norie Oto, 26
Megumu Ono, 21
Yumi Kaneo, 22
Seiya Kawaguchi, 27
Sumire Kusano, 32
Aya Sato, 43
Kota Sato, 28
Sana Suzuki, 30
Hiroyuki Takahashi, 48
Miho Takechi, 25
Tomoka Tokimori, 22
Maiko Nishikawa, 29
Takahisa Fujita, 27
Kana Matsuura, 24
Tatsunari Maruko, 31
Atsushi Miyaji, 32
Yuko Myoken, 29
Shiho Morisaki, 27
Sayaka Watanabe, 27
Kojiro Matsumoto, 25
Chitose Murayama, 49
The 36th fatality died in October 2019, being hospitalized for 4 months after the arson attack.
The anime industry suffered a lot from the loss of these people. Especially the more experience people from such amazing studio that should have been able to pass down their expertise on the next generation.
Sucks man.
Oh, I did watch Pokémon the Movie: Entei - Spell of the Unknown as a kid in 2001 at the cinema- RIP to the guy who finished its animation and to everyone else. It was one of the better Pokémon movies and was the final one out of three that I watched at the cinema as a kid. I'm 34 in a month, I was 11 in 2001.
You missed so many.
- Nami Iwasaki, 31: Chief animation director and character designer for Beyond the Boundary and Violet Evergarden.
- Atsushi Ishida, 31: Animation director for Free! and Sound! Euphonium.
- Norie Oto, 26: Key animator for A Silent Voice and Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid.
- Megumu Ono, 21: In-between animator for Nichijou and Lucky Star.
- Yumi Kaneo, 22: Color designer for K-On! and Clannad.
- Seiya Kawaguchi, 27: 3D director for The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya.
- Sumire Kusano, 32: Scriptwriter for Hyouka and Tamako Market.
- Aya Sato, 43: Producer for Violet Evergarden and A Silent Voice.
- Kota Sato, 28: Art director for Beyond the Boundary and Amagi Brilliant Park.
- Sana Suzuki, 30: Sound director for Sound! Euphonium and Free!
- Hiroyuki Takahashi, 48: Chief director for Nichijou and Lucky Star.
- Miho Takechi, 25: Key animator for K-On! and Clannad.
- Tomoka Tokimori, 22: In-between animator for Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid and Hyouka.
- Maiko Nishikawa, 29: Character designer and chief animation director for Amagi Brilliant Park and Tamako Market.
- Takahisa Fujita, 27: Animation director for The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya.
- Kana Matsuura, 24: Color designer for A Silent Voice and Violet Evergarden.
- Tatsunari Maruko, 31: 3D director for Free! and Sound! Euphonium.
- Atsushi Miyaji, 32: Scriptwriter for The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.
- Yuko Myoken, 29: Art director for Hyouka and Violet Evergarden.
- Shiho Morisaki, 27: Key animator for Beyond the Boundary and Amagi Brilliant Park.
- Sayaka Watanabe, 27: Sound director for A Silent Voice and Violet Evergarden.
- Kojiro Matsumoto, 25: In-between animator for The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.
@@HerrMustermann Thank you. Any help with the victims' credits with the studio is very welcomed. So much talent lost.
1:17 Slight mistake here, it’s the largest attack on Japanese soil since the Tokyo Subway Incident of 1995. Never forget what Aum Shinrikyo did.
Now o gotta look this up
@@Bedtimestoryesthat dude was a sick mfer. Plently of documentaries on him.
Not long ago this man, now recovered from the burns, asked the doctor responsible for his treatment, why he (the doctor) took such good care of a murderer, according to himself, a man who deserved to die. The doctor’s response: “you couldn’t die, you needed to live to pay for your crimes”
Wow..
He is not recovered, he still in bad shape and he can barely walk.
That's an evil doctor. A doctor is supposed to care for his patients in order for them to recover not to make them "pay for their crimes".
@@raaaes328you and people who share your views are the reason America and Europe are soft on crime. Geez grow a pair. Dude is literally despicable and the doctor did take care of him. So I don’t know what the hell you’re saying
@@raaaes328 Well, the arsonist has just been sentenced to death a few days ago so, guess the doctor succedded
As someone who is a fan of this animation studio, I remember how devastating it all was. They did not deserve this 😔
The man has is being sentenced now.
As the ones who made “A Silent Voice”. One of the very, and I mean very, few movies that got me to feel again. I am not someone who cries. That might be taken the wrong way so let me explain. I am the type of person who bottles everything up. I most of the time cannot get my true emotions to show and when I feel like I need to cry, I cannot. During Covid. I kind of shut myself off from any social things as I was not a text or caller. I really only talked to people in person at the time. I was going insane, day passing by day. I didn’t know what season it was. Just mindlessly going day by day, waiting for something to change. I came across this movie on a video talking about the ‘big three’ movies of anime. A silent voice, your name, and weathering with you. And I decided to give A Silent Voice a watch. This was before my family knew I watched anime(closet weeb). But at those pivotal moments I just started crying. I had to go to my room so no one would question me. But this movie hit me so hard in a time I was so numb that it changed me. Restrictions around this time just started to lax up. And this movie kinda shocked me back into reality. That movie that they beautifully animated is the most impactful pieces of artwork I have ever had the pleasure of experiencing. It brings me great sadness that those people who have helped me and so many others experience so much, die from an event so terrible. That movie alone has probably changed countless lives. And maybe even saved just as much. I hope that the message they sent out to the world reaches more people
to be fair, there is probably a good 90% chance that they plagiarized his story. i mean who else could think of a scene about expired meat. but of course his actions are unjustifiable. he never went into agreement with the animation studio that his story wouldnt be plagiarized
@@doccan3848 "who else could think of a scene about expired meat" literally anyone who has bought discounted meat before. It is a very commonly used theme.
@@rachaelposton6050 i have pooped in my pants, but i will never think of making such storyline.
I've subscribed Truly Criminal for about 2 years and am surprised you guys covered this case. I'm from Japan and it's totally heartbreaking for the victims who lost their precious futures with one stupid guy's senseless crime. I believe he will be given the death penalty. The trial will begin this September and the verdict will be brought next January.
The building owner had the fire exits chain locked and Kyoto's local city fire chief had not checked this....
All those people died in the staircase leading to the roof exit. ....so who's to blame really?
@@adambane1719 the mass murderer is to blame really
@adambane1719 this comment has got to be in youtubes top 10 of the dumbest ones ever
@@adambane1719 What's your source for this info? Nearest I can find (two independent sources) is the exits were NOT locked but weren't easy to open, and the speed of the fire meant everything happened too quickly for escape - 10 to 15 seconds for fire to reach the top floor. The main ground floor exits were already blocked by fire, so that wasn't an option for anyone.
And then come serial killer from japan still can make money about eating people ...That most scumbag person on Earth issei Segawa
The fact that it’s been almost 4 years since this happened and Aoba _STILL_ hasn’t gone to trial is an agonizing dose of reality as to just how slowly the justice system proceeds in our world. It’s reported that the trial _might_ happen sometime between Sept-Dec of this year, but I’m not entirely convinced it will (I suspect the defense will order another psych evaluation to determine Aoba’s competency-despite the fact he’s already undergone two-in an attempt to delay the trial yet again). I hope that justice gets served though.
*Edit: the Kyoto District Court announced in May that Aoba’s trial begins on September 5th, 2023, & a verdict will be announced on January 25, 2024. I’ll be honest, I think that date’s gonna be delayed again (plus the verdict date has me even _more_ skeptical of that), but all we can do is wait & hope that the trial does in fact happen soon.
**2nd Edit: The trial began on September 5th, and to my surprise, Aoba pled guilty to all the charges and openly admitted to starting the fire. According to reports, Aoba claims he now knows he “went too far” (yeah no fucking shit??) and that he “didn’t think so many people would die.” Personally, I think that’s a sorry excuse for slaughtering three dozen people by burning, but the defense is still sticking to their argument that Aoba was mentally ill at the time & therefore not criminally responsible. While I can kind of see why they’d go down that avenue, that doesn’t excuse the fact that 36 people are never coming back & that he ripped apart so many peoples’ lives for _ABSOLUTELY NOTHING._ Regardless, more updates to come as the trial progresses, or if it goes straight to sentencing.
Where is he now?
Very true, and I agree. There is a silver lining though, that the country acted swiftly to amend/establish laws, making it harder for the same crime to happen again. THAT says something.
I agree! We should go back to the days when justice was taken into the hands of uneducated reactionaries! Educated societies have something called a constitution. Look it up.
that is crazy! In Canada the Supreme Court ruled on deadlines that you could be held in remand for before being tried. Excellent decision that doesn’t leave the process to drag on.
He has been suffering every day. Believe me, those burns he suffered and every skin graft is painfull
I remember when I heard about this in 2019. I cried. I was horrified. These animators make some of the best anime in the industry and it shows in their work just how passionate they are about their story telling, so much blood, work, sweat and tears, gone. Because someone who is so self centered to truly believe that he only thinks original thoughts is one of the biggest wasteful losses of life I've ever seen. RIP to the victims.
EDIT: My bad. Was writing while listening and got emotional hearing about the incident again, ended up typing the wrong year.
Think you mean 2019.
@@loveforeignaccents IKR. The second word in the description states the year. Maybe this is just a troll. 😆
@@Enig_MataNo, it's called a simple mistake.
It's 2019 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, glad you finally edited!!
I read that the Aoba has finally been sentenced to death (Japan still has the death penalty) this year, and that it took so long 'cos he had severe burn injuries himself.
However, a dedicated doctor made sure Aoba healed enough to stand trial. Initially, he was given less than a 10% survival rate.
The doctor claimed that for the victims, he could not allow Aoba to escape justice for his crimes by dying. Talk about dedication!
This was so awful. Those poor people! What a terrifying way to go. My deepest sympathy to their families & friends & the city of Kyoto.
The one company who actually paid their workers a livable wage, which is called communism in America, is absolutely devastating.
why?
Awww! You are so nice, so cute, you have such a big big heart, probably need to see a doctor for that big heart! so rare these days, I love you so much, can you be my best friend?!! Let us meet in a secluded area, preferably wooded, after dark, tell no one you are coming to meet me, and I guarantee you will be safe and no one will jump you nor assault you or take your car if u have one or anything like that! Okay? I love u and want to learn about how you feel such empathy to the lost world! Be safe my best friend! Bye for now
@@domoetker3967 Because such a nice person they are, they feel for the lost world and the hurt and the vulned like people, they are not sociopaths like us!
@@Yasser.Osman.A.Z.I will meet you there ! Lets see what you got creep !
this is so tragic. kyo ani seemed like it would have been such a lovely, idyllic place to work and this monster had to come along and destroy that.
I remember how distraught the anime community was when this happened. Kyoani has made some of the most impactful stories out there. They have made me laugh so hard my stomach ached. They made me cry tears of sorrow and joy. They even changed my view of the world for the better. It's such a senseless tragedy, it's hard not to feel hatred and rage towards the one who did this. I think it is more important to remember the victims though, and be sure to preserve the work they poured their time and love into. In that way, they will live forever.
The fact it happened to kyoto animation was a real shocker as the animation industry in Japan is full of bad business practices like crunch and poor working conditions. However kyoto animation was a studio with some of the best business practices in the industry where animators could expand their talents.
It is good to see you cover cases from Asia. There are many bizzare cases here that deserve more attention. This was a terrible tragedy. All the amazing talent snuffed out by an unstable delusional narcissist.
Not a narcissist
@@adambane1719care to share why?
@@paulheap1982 If you look at other comments this person is making he's making excuses for the person that started the fire. Who knows, maybe he's a relative and probably agreed with him buring the building. Gotta watch those people like him.
@@Raytheman581which is crazy bc as many ppl as there are in the world…he can’t have seriously thought he’d had a 💯 original story…just an act of pure evil.
@@paulheap1982if I recall the psychiatrist evaluation he was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and depersonalised identity disorder but not with narcissistic tendencies.
this still breaks me when i hear it. not only is it a tragedy, but being a fan of kyoto animation, it was VERY hard to wrap my brain around it when it happened. their legacy will live on in their work but they were all fairly young, which makes it even harder. my heart breaks for their families
This broke my heart and made me tear up. RIP to the people who lost their lives in such an horrendous way and my thoughts and deepest condolences go to their families 😥
I cried so bad when I heard the news of this... those poor people and their families. I cried over Violet Evergarden, Haruhi, K-On and so many more of their work and I always looked forward to their new works... this was a company I always heard amazing things about and thought "if I ever move to Japan I want work there, even if it's just as a janitor." Because it seemed like such a welcoming place...
The scene that he claimed that they stole is so generic, it could fit into anything, especially slice of life anime, which Kyoani created many.
I've done a similar thing a few times--buying meat that's discounted because it's close to its sell-by date. I bet most people are familiar with the concept, even if they don't do this.
@@onewayturtles or any character in a show or movie has font to a store to buy meat. But he is so mentally unwell that that was the film that set him off.
@@KaeMcSpaddenThere was even a whole anime dedicated to that concept.
This is your best one yet. So compassionate and human. May the souls of the victims rest in peace.
Amen to that 🙏🏾😢
Kyoto Animation was like the Special Forces in the Animation Industry. They were very selective of their projects and had high quality in their anime techniques. Paraphrasing Izumi Konata from Lucky 🌟 Star when they visited the front of the studio
Every time I watch one of your videos I’m impressed with how well they are produced. I don’t understand why you don’t have a million followers by now. Keep up the great work ladies.
I'm amazed why they haven't reached a million too. The videos are always amazing and reach into most cases that other channels do not
🙌🏾❤Love your work 🇿🇦🇿🇦
Nothing about this atrocity? Just wanted liked
I believe that's partly because they are not click baity. Like they produce videos with so much respect and professionalism so it wouldn't usually get recommended. But yes, they truly deserve more followers
@@jr7845 huh?
True,and others who act on the scenes have upto a million plus subscription
This made me cry. So many poor innocent lives were taken while they were just trying to live their lives and get home from work to their loved ones like they did every other day. Mothers, Fathers, Daughters, Sons. Heartbreaking.
the fact that someone with a well-documented history of psychotic aggression and violent outbursts wasn't formally and permanently institutionalized long before he had the chance to hurt other people is a failure on multiple fronts from a societal standpoint. this man was a ticking time bomb but no one wanted to deal with him, and now 30+ people are dead.
Kyoani makes some of my favorite anime, and when I heard that this happened, a rush of sadness and anger came. My heart still goes out to the victims' families.
Such a horrible, sad story. That studio really was special, animators are treated very badly in Japan and these people treated their artists with love and respect. So many young lives lost. Once again, untreated mental illness winds up in tragedy. Someone this violently unstable and delusional should have been institutionalized. How many times did he have to go berserk? I'm also sad that this didn't change the lack of fire standards for small businesses, not a single sprinkler in a three story wooden building, smh. RIP to all the victims.
I feel bad for all the people affected by this. Whether it is them losing a family member, friend, and even co-worker. I've also seen some comments stating that this man hasn't been arrested yet? I have seen some shows this studio made, and every time I watch a KyoAni show it's really great to see how great the animation is! I really hope that horrible idiot gets some help, but I guess it's already too late for that. Rip to all the victims of this awful situation.
I live in Japan (not a Japanese) and I am so shocked that the building was OK according to the law. There was only one staircase and no sprinklers installed. I understand the fire was expanding very quickly, but I think less deaths and injuries would have occured if there was a back staircase and sprinklers installed. Same accident happened about two years ago in Osaka, where a crazy person set a staircase on fire in a bulding where was no second staircase to escape.
It's not Saturday until I hear your beautiful voice! A terrible tragedy and I hope the survivors find some measure of peace. Thanks for the amazing content!
never expected you guys to cover this case and it really made me remember back in high school crying about this in class. kyoto animation and their works mean so much to me so to hear so many people behind those beautiful animes lost their lives so horribly was terrible. you putting clannad, my favorite work by the studio, at the end really made me tear up too, really great video coverage
I remember this, we were getting ready to leave Japan after living there for years. So many innocent lives lost… 😢
What a sad story. Thank you again, TC, for doing such a thorough job and showing so much respect for the victims and their loved ones in your reporting.
TC, really !! You couldnt even be BOTHERED to type out their name properly !?
@@adambane1719what a moron.
Alarm bells ringing for this lunatic for many months regarding his behaviour! Those poor people dying like this, because of his aggression and violence! Bless them
Yeah, it seemed like people WERE reporting his unprovoked attacks to the police... was anything done, at all? Seems like a major failure, if they'd interrupted his pattern, there's a good chance he wouldn't have just kept ramping the violence up
@@FUNKY_BUTTLOVIN totally agree. He seemed to get away with alot, leading to this
@@monicatomlinson5060 and in the aftermath of this failure of the system, rather than even examine how and why the system failed, they instead choose for a little useless political theater, making it slightly harder to buy gasoline, specifically for people without vehicles.
I remember hearing about this when it happened. What a senseless and vindictive act. It’s horrific to think someone would be ok hurting so many innocent people.
Oh, this was so tragic. As an anime fan, everytime I watch a KyoAni show this horrible event pops into my head.
If anyone is interested in seeing KyoAni's beautiful animation I would definitely recommend Nichijou (absurdist comedy), Tsurune (beautiful coming of age story) , Hyouka (very cute romance/ mystery) and A Silent Voice (a feature length movie about overcoming your prejudices and growing into a better person). There's many more, and all of KyoAni's productions are so well done, so you can't really go wrong, but those are some that I'd recommend to non anime fans as standouts. ✌️
a silent voice is one of the best movies i have ever seen, just amazing
You forgot Violet Evergarden. I will always remember episode 10 and the movies. They were so beautiful and emotional and had such a strong massage...
@@itsgonnabeokay9341 it's a great show, but I didn't forget. I just personally wouldn't recommend it to a non / new anime fan. It's a bit too heavy to be a general recommendation I think... Idk, if someone had seen a few different genres I would recommend, highly! ✌️
I highly recommend you guys watch Clannad and Clannad After Story.... one of my favorite KyoAni works to this day. It's absolutely heartbreaking what happened. R.I.P 😭🙏🕊🍡💗🩷
@@Bgarcia-1097 Not that those are the only good KyoAni shows, just what I thought would be good stand alone, fairly short and succinct shows that are friendly to new audiences. ✌️
anime is such an awesome art form ..I started with death note and never looked back ...to loose so many of those talented people is heartbreaking and I literally hate to think of their last moments rip
It is heartbreaking. If only there were hundreds of other anime studios that all make the same stories... It's either cutesy underage girls wearing short skirts, throwing up peace signs, with sparkles in their eyes... or the reluctant hero that starts out weak, feeble, and ignorant but quickly grows to become a master of martial arts, with strength and ability that can't be matched... Both of which are made to appeal to old, creepy men that were losers in their younger years.
@@slicedbread5692 u dont know real anime
*lose
Anime is a decrepid low base negative form. Its certainly not "art"
@adambane1719 like all movies are not the same not all anime is the same ......some of it is very clever and art is in the eye of the beholder......thanks for correcting my spelling .I am dyslexic and loose and lose are 2 of my hardest words to use correctly
@@adambane1719*decrepit.
5 Year Later and still never be forgotten RIP Kyoto Animation❤
Always thankful to see Truly Criminal pop up in my notifications ✌️
Instead of skin grafting that demon they should have wiped salt and poured vinegar on his wounds every half hour all day long of every week of every month.
What great coverage, I would never have heard of this. May I say, The couple who owned that studio sound like beautiful people trying to make a great work and creative work environment, they genuinely cared for their staff. This is so sad.
Watching how this unfolded, reminds me of why fire codes are so strict in the US.
Another amazing and highly informative video. Such a sad story i was crying at the end when the man talked about his son and his memories of his mum.
Great production and editing as always. Awesome work!!
The way you tell your stories is truly amazing. You make me care for all victims so when I hear these crimes I have such sadness for all who have perished and their families. Thank you for doing what you do and how you do it, your heart is so kind.
Why wouldn't you care about the victims? You have to have a story told a certain way in order to give a damn about people who lost their lives? Yikes
@@candice_ecidnac
I always care about the victims, but until I hear the stories, I haven’t even heard of them. It just gives a more personal experience by listening to her tell these stories.
Your comment is very strange.
@@candice_ecidnacyou’re just being a weirdo about it
Just recently, Shinji Aoba's trial was held.
This guy is pretending to be crazy and hoping for a reduced sentence.
It's ridiculous, but Japanese judges can be fooled by such low-level lies. That's why all criminals deliberately pretend to be mentally ill.
I want people from overseas to completely deny this guy.
He wasn’t acquitted or given life in January of this year they gave him the death penalty
i love japanese anime im 44 this month and grew up with astro boy 1980s spirited away is one of my fave movies also lots of others love from australia
I don't often cry when watching these videos, but this got me. Such a heartbreaking story. My heart goes out to all the victims and their families ❤
This made me cry. What a horrendous and senseless crime😢
I never heard about this case😢. Very sad rip to the 36 persons who lost their lives
I remember this. I was just reading my Facebook feed way back in 2019 when a group of Japanese friends of mine suddenly started posting RIP KyoAni. At first I thought this was a joke but I realized this was such a horrible tragedy the moment I saw the news on the internet of the famous anime studio KyoAni burning down LIVE as the news was covering it! I felt sad about the people who died here because these were brilliant people who made such good animes from K-ON all the way to the emotional Violet Evergarden. Yes, I was such a big anime fan even to this day... RIP to all the people who died in that studio
I'm an overseas fan of Kyo ani's anime. When the news first broke out in 2019, I didn't know how huge the fire was until a few days later. I was so sad to hear that a lot of people (significant to the anime I have watched) were victims to the arson. I remember the anime community grieving that time, and even a memorial background in the rhythm game Osu! was put up. They got back up on their feet surprisingly quick, and was still able to release the shows planned in 2019. Truly an unfortunate event where an identified deranged person was not reprimanded early enough.
This is so sad! I wonder if this sparked any changes in mental health care in Japan?
I was so impressed with the business practices of the studio, hiring women and paying full time wages, etc. Then it was revealed that there were no fire alarms or even a sprinkler system! Many lives could have been saved if those two things had been implemented. What a terrifying way to die!
This man had attacked so many people and his terrorizing was reported over and over to police, yet NOTHING was done. He received NO mental health care, so his insanity fermented until he reached his tipping point. This horrific crime did not have to happen, because it could have been avoided, if law enforcement had intervened.
Exactly, the fire law in Japan is unbelieveable and even more if you think that most of the buildings are made of wood and plaster. I live in Japan and our family lives in a concrete apartment bulding. I would never ever live in a wooden house. Our apartment bulding has two staircases, fire extinguishers in front of every flat and smoke detectors. Still I feel this is not enough but better than most of buildings here in JP. There are just too many fires every day.
Just horrific. I would hate to be burned to death or even be burned to such a degree and live through the pain. I wonder why small businesses weren't required to have sprinklers, but I would think fire extinguishers would simply be the decision of the owner of the company, whether to have them or not. Too bad they gave that POS treatment in the hospital for his injuries for a year, although I know they couldn't deny him of that. Also wonder why, if the DP is in fact an option, he wouldn't more likely be facing that, rather than a life sentence.
Anyhow, thanks for the upload, ladies. Stay safe & have a good one!
And almost forgot to mention, hats off to those two employees who ran after him and got ahold of him till police arrived.
Sending deepest condolences to all the families of the victims. They didn't deserve this. Got no words. This video left me in tears. 😢😢😢😢😢
Perfect timing for new content. Thanks for all you do
For some reason, I dreamt about this after hearing it from the news. I am not in any way too invested in anime so it was weird for me too. I woke up sweating and crying silently. My heart felt heavy. I can't imagine the extent of the effect of this tragedy on the families and the fandom. I hope healing comes easy to everyone connected and affected.
Your writing for this episode is outstanding! I've seen a couple of documentaries about this case, but I learned so much more about the people - owners & employees - thanks to Alice & Mia. Thank you both so much. 💜
I just want to express my respect for your great work, narration, content and your unique style of storytelling❤❤❤
I remember when this happened. The art studio I was helping my friend with painted a collage of all of our favorite works done by Kyoto Animation and sold it at an auction. The piece included characters from Free, Dragon Maid, Nichijou, and even their far more obscure but major footprint in video game and animation history, the FIRST Super Mario movie from back in 1986, “Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach!”
The film was filled with shameless sponsors to make up for the budget (cause it was 80s Nintendo lol) and even the precursor to the Mario 64 Bowser fight and even a concept for a greedy Luigi that would lay the ground work for Wario. I won’t spoil the movie’s twist but it’s wild.
But when we eventually sold the piece and prepared to send the money to the studio, they actually refused the money. It was very humbling. In fact, ALOT of people voluntarily offered to send them money to support them and the victims but it just became too much for them that they started to decline the offers.
They were and still are filled of wonderful animators and artists and I still hope to this day that they are doing well in spite of all that happened ♥️
I'm reading this because I want to animate and draw really good
I love this channel always a good listen when I go for walks or chilling with a cup of tea
Truly criminal hello sweetheart! I hope that your dad's all good as we haven't seen his channel around SC and so many of us miss him so much!!!. Please take care 🙏🙏🙏
What? Their dad has a channel? What's the name of it?
@@loveforeignaccents it was called socially criminal,but the channel has gone! So sorry to say!!!
Hey! Haha thank you but our dad has never had a YT channel (we have seen that socially criminal channel before but it isn’t linked to us! 😊) our dad can just about work the UA-cam app bless him haha
@@TrulyCriminal opppsss so sorry but I thought that you were related 😔
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I got into watching anime because of their work Clannad waaay back in 2008. The quality and passion tthey had for animation can be seen in all of their works. I remember hearing about this news and I was just so angry. I don't even personally know of their employees or working establishment but to also hear the delusional man committed arson because of something that can be talked about... It was just an act of evil. I can't believe a lot of innocent and talented artists/employees died.
Is that you in your PFP? The drawing is cool
This shook me to my core…
Just today I saw a video talking about someone threatening Bandai arson over their shipping. Disgusting. Lives are precious. Not worth hurting over fantasies.
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The trial is due to start September 2023 and verdict expected January 2024
Has it started ?
So was it true? He killed all these people over one scene in the anime........
He has now been sentenced to death as of Sunday, 28th January,2024
@@crystallinewolf1038sadly yes
It's heartbreaking and horrific to know that 36 talented animators' lives were lost because of one man's psychotic delusion about his novel being plagiarized, then committing arson, attempting to destroy the anime studio, which he did. And badly burning himself in the process. He should never be paroled as long as he lives.
However, the staff's contributions to anime in movies and TV series lives on. RIP to the innocent victims, and may you never be forgotten for trying to bring joy to people's lives.
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I find this female narrators voice very pleasing to my ears
Ikr she tells it so well
This doesn't take away from the man's guilt, but Shinji Aoba clearly had unchecked mental health issues, and the stigma around mental illness is still rife in Japan. It's good they put limitations on buying large quantities of gasoline, but I can't help but wonder if this tragedy could have been prevented if Aoba had received some care or at the very least been more closely monitored.
You cant monitor anime weirdos
I remember seeing this blow up on twitter/x when it happened. I was devastated to hear about it, yet a month after it seemed to fade from memory. Thank you for covering this story. I wanted to know what the outcome was
This was over a scene depicting buying meat on sale past the sell date? So tragic, it's so common even here in the US to do that. Delusional ego on that level is frightening.
Words cannot describe how infuriated I was at the time this happened. I still am. There was only anger, pure rage, I could not feel sadness when someone was behind this tragedy. I'm not even sure if this comment can be worded well, this is the type of rare incidents I'd consider personal to me. KyoAni was and still is my favorite anime studio.
I was gonna enter that Kyoani contest back in 2019. I even emailed Kyoani a few times and they actually replied back to me. I hope the person I talked to didn't die in the fire.
Jeez, this is so horrific 😢 seemed like a actual good place to be at
I've listened to this story on other channels, but your channel is the first to talk about how most of the employees were female. That's so sad.
This channel is just plain awesome. Love the content!! Not to mention that representation (the voice), very nice. Every week... ❤
I love your voice in reporting these terrible crimes. Thank you. Best Glyn
What an absolute tragedy, my heart hurts, my god 😢
How often is it that you hear of a tragedy across the country or across the world, and while you feel sympathy for the victims and their families, you'll still be disconnected from it because you don't personally know any of the victims. This was different. I didn't personally know the victims of the attack, but I knew them through their work, so it *did* become personal to me.
About the closest I would have come to this before was when my brother-in-law had worked at a company at the top of the World Trade Center, but had left that job in the summer of 2001. I just had to think of all his co workers who died then.
This was a sad day for anime fans. These people didn't deserve to die
I was horrified when I heard about this on the news in 2019. The Kyoto animation studios makes the best anime animations ever and it’s really heartbreaking that this had to happen because of one mentally disturbed man’s delusions. He claimed that the studio “stole” his novel, but when they looked into it, they found that his novel did not have any similarities to any of their works. Kyoto animation studios will be forever changed and the 34 people who died in this horrific arson attack will never be forgotten. 🙏😔😢😭
Correction, I’d say third biggest attack in Japan since WWll you can’t forget the Gas attacks on the subway line in 1995.
The 1995 Sarin gas attacks had less causalities (thankfully, due to incompetency by the perpetrators) , but way more injured by exposure. This attack might have been the highest death count by a single person for a couple of decades.
Death sentence, COURT ANNOUNCED THE VERDICT
HE SENTENCED TO DEATH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rest in peace 🌺🙏🏻🕉 😢to the heros who produced dreams love and animes that changed the life of millions and inspired millions ❤
I’m 12 minutes into this. It really has touched me how much this ceo cared about his employees
I got into Anime late in high school with Death Note (given from a friend, he had it all downloaded) but then I went on to discover Kyoto Animation and they were easily my favourite studio hands down, especially once I found their adaptations of Key's visual novels (Kanon, Air and Clannad)
I've just realised the last time I watched any Anime was around the time this tragedy happened. I was devastated by it and couldn't bring myself to keep watching (I would often rewatch KyoAni series whilst looking for the next thing to come even remotely close to what they could achieve)
RIP to all the people taken unnecessarily during this horrific attack, hope the families are doing better and have been able to start healing since this all happened 😞
The hero buying marked down meat is just a struggle trope, it's also in the first season of Cobra Kai and probably in other fiction too.
Wow. No sprinklers and nothing?? That's infuriating, what a terrible place to work...
The fire law in Japan is a joke. Bad joke which costs too many lives. There are many tall buldings with no second staircase. If there is a fire, it is over for all people trapped inside.
I wonder if he still got to speak to the manager?
Messed up
@@jamesvancam Nah what's messed up is doing all of this and still not getting to speak to the manger. Just imagine
@@thedarknessshallprevail9085 I'm imagining it
i work in health and safety. why was there no sprinklers in the building? and no fire prevention in the structure? fire stopping doors for example?
As far as I know they pose greater risk of damages during earthquakes also nobody was expecting such a fire.
I remember when I found out about this. My mother (who isn't into anime too much) knew how bad this was by the fact I broke down crying in front of the family.
It's hard to watch this, but I feel like this needs to be seen, and the victims talent needs to be remembered.
Q bonito hicistes este reportaje, gracias.
A crime like this is always going to be an atrocity.
But something like this being comitted against a company that seems genuinely fairly ethical (as these things go), a good place to work, and which made quality media that people genuinely love?
Its unbearably awful.
I was living in Japan when this happened and the shock that literally anyone I talked to was also experiencing was intense. Like I’d put it up there with Abe’s assassination.
I have no regard for the excuses. What he did was unconscionable. He never should have been allowed out on his own. He was a ticking time bomb.
Oh my..... I cried watching this one. It's just so senseless and cruel 😔
Jesus, how have I never heard of this?
exactly what I was thinking
Wait a minute. The only change that was made to policy was to make it so that you basically had to pass a background check for buying large quantities of gasoline? Are you kidding me?!
They went after exactly the wrong thing. How about instead of putting some kind of restriction on the amount of gas you can purchase to something like oh I don’t know making it mandatory for buildings like that to have proper fire, suppression systems, like fire, sprinklers, and extinguishers?
As a former firefighter, I can tell you right now that a building like studio one would likely never be cleared to be used as a place of business without extensive internal remodeling.
Also over 30+ people killed, and he’s only getting life in prison? In the US he would’ve gotten the death penalty.
Bad building codes is what I thought too as I look at that building, no fire exits. The building was building like a box.
@@knife-wieldingspidergod5059 my father used to work as a fire marshal over the years and one of his duties was to look over blueprints of building projects, and examine where the fire suppression systems were to go, and you know where the fire exits were, and all that. Now, unfortunately, this event took place long after he passed away, but I can tell you right now that my father is probably rolling in his grave right now, because of the rather poor design of the building.
No, yes, regulations in other countries are obviously different, but just seems like a common sense thing.
And again, going after the gasoline thing is probably you like I already mentioned exactly the wrong thing to do.
This probably doesn’t equal out, but I think of it as being kind of like where you have a shooting event somewhere lake say in the United States. And instead of going after things that could actually fix the problem. Like, maybe giving schools better security, and enforcing stricter regulations when it comes to harassment and bullying , the policymakers go after exactly the wrong thing, which is in the case of events like the various school shootings, and they go after the firearm. Almost like the firearm had a conscious decision for what it was being used for when of course, in reality it didn’t.
But that’s a completely different canna worms. Regardless, the fact of the matter is, is that a mentally disturbed individual took the lives of a large number of individuals who literally had nothing to do with him. And, of course, the rather poor design of the building itself.
Too the condolences to the families of Kyoto Animation, I’m really loss members of hardworking, with Condolences to families in support for them
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