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The arsonist who burned beloved anime house Kyoto Animation, killing 36, has been sentenced to death.

It was a polarizing outcome even within the courtroom, according to The Japan Times and live coverage from the Asahi Shimbun.

Here’s a very little something we wrote in 2017 about what made KyoAni special, and The Hollywood Reporter’s devastating but uplifting 2019 feature on the tragedy is still worth a read now.

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