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A Japanese man has been sentenced to death for an arson attack at a Kyoto animation studio in 2019 which killed 36 people and injured dozens more.
The incident, one of Japan’s deadliest in recent decades, killed mostly young artists and shocked the anime world.
Shinji Aoba, 45, pleaded guilty to the attack but his lawyers had sought a lighter sentence on grounds of “mental incompetence”.
Judges rejected this however, ruling that Aoba knew what he was doing.
“I have determined that the defendant was not mentally insane or weak at the time of the crime,” Chief Judge Masuda said on Thursday at Kyoto District Court.
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Japanese stans are next level crazy. Like the stories of idols being murdered and shit by crazed stalkers, I don’t get what breeds this level of extreme response to media.
The incels in western society are just as unhinged and bizarre imo. I’m not sure how prevalent they are in Europe, but they’re very much a problem here in the US and Canada.
In Japan a lot of idols aren’t allowed to be seen as being in relationships… it’s really fucking skeevy.
In Japan a lot of idols aren’t allowed to be seen as being in relationships
Not just Japan, is all Asia. One member of a female korean group said something to the effect of the fans want them sexy and unavaliable.
Biased local/national sensationalist news and far-right culture… mostly.
Shortening that to “Anime Fire” in the title was an awful choice by the BBC.
I think they just forgot to capitalize the A. Whoops.
In all seriousness, they could’ve just said “studio fire”.
To be fair, BBC is also an awful choice of shortening in time of the adult internet ;)
Though the BBWs are pretty fond of getting their news there.
From the article:
Aoba himself suffered burns to over 90% of his body in the fire,
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Those convicted typically remain on death row for years, or even decades. The death penalty is conducted by hanging.
That’s going to be an agonizing wait for the hangman.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A Japanese man has been sentenced to death for an arson attack at a Kyoto animation studio in 2019 which killed 36 people and injured dozens more.
Shinji Aoba, 45, pleaded guilty to the attack but his lawyers had sought a lighter sentence on grounds of “mental incompetence”.
“I have determined that the defendant was not mentally insane or weak at the time of the crime,” Chief Judge Masuda said on Thursday at Kyoto District Court.
In July 2019, he burst into the studio during a work day, splashing petrol on the ground floor and setting it alight while repeatedly shouting “Drop dead”.
Families of the victims were seen in the court room, with many visibly emotional as the judge read out the details of Aoba’s crime, NHK reported.
The KyoAni studio in Kyoto is a beloved institution, known for producing films and graphic novels that are well-regarded by fans as well as critics - including K-On!
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They usually do hangings, right?
I hate anime as much as the next person that hates anime…. But that’s a bit unreasonable.
… there is no person next to you, is there? :P
There is. And they hate anime as much as I do.
Oh, then your og post checks out.
the death sentence is a mercy. shame.
Huh, I swear I was always told that America was the only modern Democratic country to still use the death sentence. It’s a “fact” that people bring up whenever there is a high-profile death-row case, like right now.
Anything happens anywhere in the world.
The US: “Oh, this is about me!”
To be fair, it’s quite generous to call a political system based on a 1700s document “modern”…
That’s a peculiar statement, considering the U.S. is essentially the most recent major nation (and one of very few) to be formed and grown, about as far from the intense pressures of previously established cultural or governmental influences (both from within, or from surrounding territories) as you can get, without leaving the planet.
…If that’s not considered relatively modern when compared to the rest of the world, what is?
That’s a particular statement, considering the US has the oldest democratic constitution in the world.
In terms of countries it absolutely is
The only modern *Western country
To be honest, I am genuinely surprised Japan has a death penalty.
That was the point of my comment as well.
