An attack by Aoba in July 2019 at a studio run by the animation powerhouse caused the deaths of 36 people and injured 32 others.

Shinji Aoba withdraws death sentence appeal in Kyoto Animation Arson case. Tragic arson attack resulted in 36 deaths and multiple injuries, including Aoba. Kyoto Animation Studio produced iconic works like K-On!, promising more in the future.

Thirty-six people died when he broke into a studio building and set it on fire. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The death sentence for Aoba Shinji over the fatal arson attack on Kyoto Animation's studio has been finalized.Aoba set

One of the most touching tributes to the victims lost in the Kyoto Animation incident is a statue in Japan’s Kyoto Prefecture. Staning ten feet tall, the statue itself consists of thirty-six birds to represent those lost in the arson attack. The plaque for the memorial reads as such,

The perpetrator of the Kyoto Animation arson attack has withdrawn his appeal for the verdict sentencing him to death.

Shinji Aoba, who murdered people at Kyoto Animation in an arson attack, was given the death penalty in 2024, and he appealed the ruling.

The Osaka High Court announced that Shinji Aoba, the suspect of the arson murder case that killed 36 people and wounded 32 others at Kyoto Animation, has withdrawn the appeal to his death sentence on Monday.

The suspected arsonist behind the deadly Kyoto Animation attack has been sentenced to a death penalty. The anime studio has produced numerous beloved projects.

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TOKYO: A Japanese man sentenced to death for an arson attack that killed 36 people at an anime studio has dropped his appeal and accepted the court's penalty, a lawyer and local media said Tuesday (Jan 28).