The Kyoto District Court handed down a guilty verdict to Aoba on January 25, 2024. The defense representing Aoba filed an appeal to the ruling the following day.

The death sentence for Aoba Shinji over the fatal arson attack on Kyoto Animation's studio has been finalized.Aoba set ...

Logo for Kyoto Animation, the studio behind many popular anime that is recovering from an arsonists fire Shinji Aoba is ... was of such a scale that 36 people lost their lives, and 34 individuals ...

Monday, January 27, 2025 saw the Osaka High Court officially announce that Shinji Aoba, the Kyoto Animation arson suspect, has withdrawn the appeal to his previous death sentence.

A fire at an animation studio in Kyoto appears to have been an act of arson. 33 people were killed and 35 others wounded, and the shock is being felt around the world. The fire broke out shortly ...

KYOTO--Prosecutors on Dec. 7 demanded the death sentence for Shinji Aoba, the defendant in an arson attack that killed 36 people at a Kyoto Animation Co. studio in 2019, citing his motive and the ...

Shinji Aoba, the convicted mass murderer sentenced to death for setting a fire at a Kyoto Animation Co. studio that killed 36 people, has withdrawn his appeal, The Asahi Shimbun learned on Jan.

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