Hideaki Hatta, the longtime president of Kyoto Animation, died on February 16, 2026 at the age of 76. The studio announced ...

Kyoto Animation has announced the death of its President and Chief Executive Officer, Hideaki Hatta, who died at the age of 76.

The Kyoto District Court sentenced Shinji Aoba, the arsonist who set fire to Kyoto Animation Studio 1 and killed 36 people, to death. The judge believed that Aoba was of sound mind when he went ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook In 2019, the anime world was turned on its head after Kyoto Animation came under attack. The ...

As a refresher, the Kyoto Animation arson attack took place on July 18, 2019 when Aoba set fire to Kyoto Animation’s Studio 1 building. This fire killed 36 people and injured 34. This makes it one of ...

A Japanese court on Thursday announced the death sentence for Aoba Shinji, the man who burned down the Kyoto Anime studio in 2019 and killed 36 people. There was little doubt that Aoba, who himself ...