Kyoto Animation will have a memorial video honoring the 2019 victims

In 2023, the attack against Kyoto Animation , which took the lives of several people in 2019, turns four years old. So, to honor the lives that were lost in the fire, the studio will make a memorial video on July 18th.

Kyoto Animation will have a memorial video honoring the 2019 victims

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Kyoto Animation will host a 10 minute memorial for the fourth anniversary of July 18th, to honor the members of KyoAni lost four years ago
the memorial will be streamed on Youtube and available worldwide on July 18th at 10:30 JST https://t.co/9m6jUTbfal https://t.co/oHw1dklRTh pic.twitter.com/LjatJ78IDY
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Kyoto Animation has revealed new details about the fourth anniversary memorial for its employees, who died on the day of the fire. According to the announcement, the studio will publish the memorial on its official YouTube channel, just as it was last year. The video will be broadcast on Tuesday, from 10:30 to 10:40 in the morning, with a moment of silence at 10:35.

Originally, the studio planned to hold an in-person memorial just among its staff, but they opted to do it online. The statement says the team still mourns the deaths of their colleagues, but they were able to move forward with the animations thanks to the support of fans. In addition, they also ask people not to visit the area around the old studio out of consideration for those involved.

On July 18, 2019, a man named Shinji Aoba set fire to the Kyoto Animation building with 40 liters of gasoline. Thus, the fire killed 36 people and injured 34, including the arsonist himself. The accused claimed that he set fire to the place because the studio plagiarized one of his novels, but police investigations say that this is all fabrication. Ultimately, he will receive his verdict in January 2024.

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Source: CBR

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