It took Kyoto Animation Co. almost 40 years to establish itself as one of the leading animation production studios in the country.
Within a matter of minutes Thursday, dozens of the company¡¯s employees and much of the materials for its current projects were lost when its Kyoto studio was consumed by flames following an arson attack.
At around 10:35 a.m. on Thursday, a suspect who has been identified by police as Shinji Aoba allegedly stormed into the studio¡¯s main building and set it on fire.
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