'It's unbearable that those who have led Japan's animation industry were hurt and lost their lives,' Hatta said.Ī witness who saw the suspect being approached by police told Japanese networks that the man admitted spreading gasoline and setting a fire with a lighter. In China, Kyoto Animation's Doraemon and Crayon Shin-chan series are well known. He said the gutted building was 'the core of the company', which has produced several well-known television anime series including The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and K-ON! Kyoto Animation's president, Hideaki Hatta, told reporters 'there have been emails with death threats', without giving further details. The blaze started in the three-story building in Japan's ancient capital after the suspect sprayed an unidentified liquid accelerant, Kyoto prefectural police and fire officials said.Īn aerial view shows firefighters battling the fires at a three-story studio of Kyoto Animation Co in Kyoto, western Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo July 18, 2019.

The fire department said it began receiving calls about the fire around 10:35 am. 'It's so dreadful that I'm lost for words,' he wrote. Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took to Twitter to express his horror. Most were workers at Kyoto Animation, known for megahit stories featuring high school girls, with places featured in the stories even becoming 'pilgrimage sites' for fans. They are investigating the man, 41, who is not a company employee, on suspicion of arson, police said. Kyoto police said the suspect was injured and taken to a hospital. The suspect was injured and is in a hospital. The outcome makes the case the deadliest fire since a 2001 fire that killed 44 in Tokyo's Kabukicho entertainment district. Japanese media reports said the suspect may have set the fire at the front door, forcing people to try to find other exits and slowing their escape. Two of the dead were found on the first floor, 11 on the second and 20 on the third floor. Hayashi says firefighters found the largest number of victims on the top floor of the three-story building, including some who had collapsed on the stairs leading to the roof. Kyoto fire department official Kazuhiro Hayashi says 36 others have been injured, 10 of them critically. TOKYO－A Japanese fire official says the death toll from the Kyoto Animation studio fire is now 33 and nobody else is believed to be still missing. An aerial view shows firefighters battling fires at the site where a man started a fire after spraying a liquid at a three-story studio of Kyoto Animation Co in Kyoto, western Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo, July 18, 2019.

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