This is the well-known Kyoto Animation studio. ( KyoAni, 京都アニメーション )<p>Edit : The casualties seem to climb up to 24.<p><a href="https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20190718/k10011997421000.html?utm_int=news_contents_news-main_001" rel="nofollow">https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20190718/k10011997421000.ht...</a> ( Japanese. )<p>This is quite unprecedented.<p>Edit 2 : Prime Minister Abe offering condolences.<p><a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/AbeShinzo/status/1151748479531667457?p=v" rel="nofollow">https://mobile.twitter.com/AbeShinzo/status/1151748479531667...</a> ( Japanese. )<p>Life is hard enough in the anime industry these days as it is ( as several stories posted here have mentioned recently ), even in top notch studios like KyoAni.
NHK reports the head of the studio has said they had received death threats.<p><a href="https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20190718/k10011997571000.html?utm_int=news_contents_news-main_002" rel="nofollow">https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20190718/k10011997571000.ht...</a> ( Japanese. )
Here's the perspective of (not casual) anime fans on the whole thing, if anyone cares.<p><a href="https://www.sankakucomplex.com/2019/07/18/kyoto-animation-studio-blaze-kills-multiple/" rel="nofollow">https://www.sankakucomplex.com/2019/07/18/kyoto-animation-st...</a>