Here's a short summary for the linked article— > The president of Kyoto Animation, Hideaki Hatta, denied the arsonist Shinji Aoba’s claims that the studio stole his novel during an 11th trial hearing for the deadly 2019 arson attack. Hatta stated the company does not steal ideas. While Aoba admitted carrying out the attack, his defense argued he was mentally incompetent. The fire killed 36 people and injured 33 others. After pausing productions, Kyoto Animation resumed work in 2022 with the release of Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid season 2.
> Memorials honoring the victims are planned to be unveiled on the 5th anniversary of the tragic incident in 2024.— Archive.today link to animehunch.com— This comment was generated by a bot. Send comments and complaints via private message.