The arson attack in a revered Kyoto animation studio killed 36 people and injured dozens more.

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.

  • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    “Modern” doesn’t mean “something I like”, it means it was created recently. So yes, it really is modern.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      No, it means that it functions in modern ways. The US constitution is the oldest one in the world still in use and US politics and culture are both heavily influenced by bronze age myths aka Abrahamic religion.

      “Modern” doesn’t mean “something I like”

      That’s probably the most ridiculous strawman I’ve seen in 2024, well done!