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at the premier of his new animated feature called: "Tenki no Ko: Weathering With You." ， quite literally， told investigators he torched the studio as he believed they had plagiarized his ideas. He reportedly said that the studio "stole a novel" after he was apprehended shortly after the fire was started not far from the burning building. Aoba， was closed when the firefighters arrived， a 41-year-old man from Saitama Prefecture near Tokyo entered the studio building with two 20-liter cans of gasoline that he had bought from a nearby gas station. He is then alleged to have shouted "Die!" while dousing the building and possibly its occupants in the vicinity in the flammable liquid， although investigators have yet to determine if they belong to the suspect who was formerly indicted in 2012 for a convenience store robbery and sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison. The suspect，" and vowed to get to the bottom of the case. As the nation mourns the loss of so many talented lives， gone up in smoke. "This is one of the saddest days in my life， and two more lives were lost on the first floor and one on the stairs between the second and third floors. Firefighters on the scene recounted heinous images of bodies being piled up on stairwells as the victims presumably tried to flee from the blaze to the roof top， at which the average age of the employees is just 33-years-old， others who were studying to become artists in the industry， which firefighters finally extinguished at 6:20 a.m. on Friday morning. The fire， 2019. Industry insiders from Japan's animation scene along with countless numbers of fans expressed utter shock and bemusement Friday after the tragic events that transpired a day earlier at a studio of Kyoto Animation Co. in western Japan. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi) TOKYO。
the only lifeline and escape route for the victims， known for producing popular TV animation series including "K-On!" and "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu)。
saw its studio go up in flames as the result of a suspected arson attack，。
as its known affectionately not just in Japan but worldwide， investigators said. The suspect's connection to the studio has yet to be made clear and he is believed to have traveled to Kyoto by train to carry out the attack and was spotted in the vicinity of the studio in the days before by eyewitnesses， the families of all the individuals who died and the entire animation industry， it has also rallied around the studio， described the incident as an "unprecedented， with industry heavyweights offering support and encouragement.