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 ...

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 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.

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

Tokyo (CNN) — 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 ...

A Japanese man has reportedly been sentenced to death after being found guilty of killing 36 people in a fire in 2019. Shinji Aoba is accused of setting fire to Kyoto Animation Studio No. 1 ...

Kyoto Animation, known as KyoAni, makes popular television shows and also publishes anime books. It is understood that around 70 workers were in the studio at the time of the fire. Stay informed.

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.

Kyoto Animation, better known as KyoAni, was founded in 1981 as an animation and comic book production studio, and its hits include “Lucky Star” of 2008, “K-On!” in 2011 and “Haruhi ...

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

Residents told reporters that they heard an explosion in the studio and then saw the fire. A man working nearby told NHK he was in his office when an explosion went off at around 10.30am.