Japan's Kyoto District court on Thursday sentenced a man to death after he was found guilty of murder in the 2019 arson of an animation studio that killed dozens and injured others.

The suspect in a 2019 arson attack at an animation studio in Japan went on trial Tuesday, pleading guilty to the murder of 36 people. Shinji Aoba, 45, is charged with multiple counts of murder ...

Aoba set Kyoto Animation’s No. 1 studio on fire in July 2019. Along with killing 36 people, the attack left more than 30 other people badly burned or injured, per the outlet.

A man prays for the victims after placing flowers outside the Kyoto Animation Studio building consumed in an arson attack, Friday, July 19, 2019, in Kyoto, Japan. A man screaming "You die!" burst ...

Aoba stormed into Kyoto Animation’s No. 1 studio July 18, 2019 and set it on fire. Many of the victims were believed to have died of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Lawyers argued that Shinji Aoba was mentally unstable when he set fire in 2019 to a Kyoto animation studio, killing 36 and injuring 32.

Mourners have gathered at the site of Kyoto Animation in western Japan to remember victims of an arson attack on the studio ...

A firefighter is seen through the window of the Kyoto Animation Studio building consumed in an arson attack, Friday, July 19, 2019, in Kyoto, Japan. A man screaming "You die!" burst into the animation ...

Sept. 5 (UPI) -- A Japanese man facing the death penalty in a 2019 arson at the renowned Kyoto Animation studio confessed Tuesday to setting the blaze that killed 36, saying, "I now think that I ...

KYOTO, Japan — More than 30 people died and dozens of others were injured in a suspected arson attack at a Japanese animation studio in Kyoto on Thursday morning, according to multiple reports.

The fire is the worst in Japan since a 2019 fire in Kyoto killed 36 people and injured another 34 at an animation studio. Authorities are treating the fire as suspected arson.

Japan Animation Studio Fire A firefighter is seen through the window of the Kyoto Animation Studio building consumed in an arson attack, Friday, July 19, 2019, in Kyoto, Japan.