90 PER CENT BURNS
Firefighters told reporters at the time that the incident was “unprecedented” and that rescuing people and extinguishing the fire was “extremely difficult”.
More than 90 per cent of Aoba’s skin was burned and a doctor who treated him told the Yomiuri newspaper this week that he required 12 operations.
Aoba regained consciousness weeks later and was said to have sobbed with relief after undergoing a procedure that restored his ability to speak.
The charges against him were made after a psychiatric evaluation, and prosecutors told the court the arson attack was “committed out of misplaced resentment.”
Aoba had a “delusion” that the studio stole his ideas, they said, something denied by Kyoto Animation.
The court is scheduled to deliver its verdict on Jan 25 next year.
Kyoto Animation, known by its fans as KyoAni, is well known domestically and abroad for its role in producing popular TV anime series including The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and K-On!.
Kyoto Animation president Hideaki Hatta said that he was “heartbroken for the employees who lost their lives and people who were close to them”, according to NHK.
Source: CNA
