As a result of the attack, police in Japan are becoming more vigilant with each death threat directed at other companies (especially [[Khara (studio)|Khara]],<ref name="ann_20191016_kharathreat"/> [[Square Enix]],<ref name="siliconera_20190809_squareenixthreat"/> [[Animate (retailer)|Animate]],<ref name="japantoday_20191215_animatethreat"/> and ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]'' developer company [[Key (company)|Key]],<ref name="soranews_20190908_keythreat"/> all of which alluded to the incident and also received similar Kyoto Animation-referenced death threats), were able to identify the source of the threats, and arrested anyone who sent the threats before any further attacks transpire at these companies.
=== Memorial ===
-A tribute video was published, one year after the attack, on July 18, 2020.<ref>{{Cite tweet|user=kyoani|number=1416563657064861700|script-title=ja:【現地追悼のご辞退について】|access-date=2021-07-18}}</ref> The company had considered holding a memorial ceremony, but in light of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Japan]], decided against it.<ref name="kyoani_official_site">{{Cite web|last=Co.,Ltd|first=Kyoto Animation|title=Kyoto Animation Website|url=http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/en/|access-date=2021-07-18|website=Kyoto Animation Website|language=en}}</ref> Similarly, at 10:30 am JST on July 18th, 2021, Kyoto Animation's YouTube channel streamed a 13-minute video to "provide a place for everyone to share their thoughts and feelings".<ref>{{Citation|script-title=ja:株式会社京都アニメーション 二年目の追悼式|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5TWmn7ems0|language=ja|access-date=2021-07-18}}</ref> In the video were messages and tributes from the studio, from staff members, and from the families of some of the deceased. The company requested that fans not visit the former site of Studio 1 on the anniversary of the incident to respect the wishes of local residents.<ref name="kyoani_official_site"/>
+A tribute video was published, one year after the attack, on July 18, 2020.<ref name="twitter_20210718_memvid"/> The company had considered holding a memorial ceremony, but in light of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Japan]], decided against it.<ref name="kyoani_20210702_nomemvisit"/> Similarly, at 10:30 am JST on July 18th, 2021, Kyoto Animation's YouTube channel streamed a 13-minute video to "provide a place for everyone to share their thoughts and feelings".<ref name="youtube_20210718_livestream"/> In the video were messages and tributes from the studio, from staff members, and from the families of some of the deceased. The company requested that fans not visit the former site of Studio 1 on the anniversary of the incident to respect the wishes of local residents.<ref name="kyoani_20210702_nomemvisit"/>
==Reactions==
[[File:Kyoto animation arson attack 2 20190721.jpg|right|thumb|260px|The entrance to the studio after the arson attack. Bouquets and beverages are placed in memorial.]]
|title = Japan to Change Gasoline Sales Rules in Wake of Kyoto Animation Fire
|work = [[Anime News Network]]
|date = 27 October 2019
- |access-date = 27 October 2019
+ |access-date = 27 October 2019
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|archive-date = 18 December 2019
|url-status = live
|website = Anime News Network
|date = 16 October 2019
|language = en
- |access-date = 2021-01-05
+ |access-date = 5 January 2021
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191016173223/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-16/man-arrested-for-threatening-evangelion-studio-khara-on-twitter/.152303
|archive-date = 16 October 2019
|url-status = live
<ref name="asahi_20201216_murderchargefiled">{{Cite web
|title = Multiple murder charges filed over 2019 arson attack on Kyoani
|url = http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14024516
- |access-date = 2020-12-16
+ |access-date = 16 December 2020
|website = [[Asahi Shimbun]]
|date = 16 December 2020
|language = en
<ref name="bbc_20190718_arson">{{cite news
|date = 18 July 2019
|title = Kyoto Animation fire: Arson attack at Japan anime studio kills 33<!--title current as of 20190718T135348Z-->
- |work = BBC News
+ |work = [[BBC News]]
|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49027178
|access-date = 18 July 2019
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190718084137/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49027178
|url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-49042992
|title = Kyoto Animation fire: Police name suspect after studio blaze
|author = <!-- no byline -->
- |work = [[BBC]]
+ |work = [[BBC News]]
|date = 19 July 2019
|access-date = 19 July 2019
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190719135545/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-49042992
|title = Kyoto Animation fire: Suspect 'spotted in area' days before
|author = <!--no byline-->
|date = 20 July 2019
- |work = [[BBC]] News
+ |work = [[BBC News]]
|access-date = 20 July 2019
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190720134442/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49055468
|archive-date = 20 July 2019
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|title = Man charged over deadly Kyoto animation studio fire
|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52813523
- |access-date = 27 May 2020
+ |access-date = 27 May 2020
|agency = [[BBC News]]
|date = 27 May 2020
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200611140620/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52813523
|last = Price
|date = 18 July 2019
|access-date = 19 July 2019
- |magazine = [[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]
+ |magazine = [[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190719170637/https://www.complex.com/life/2019/07/confirmed-dead-arson-attack-japanese-anime-studio-kyoto-animation
|archive-date = 19 July 2019
|url-status = live
|url = https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/kyoto-animation-studio-arson-fire-suspect-reportedly-had-grudge-1.4515205?cache=yes%3FclipId%3D104069%3FautoPlay%3Dtrue
|website = CTV News
|publisher = CTV
- |access-date = 30 December 2019
+ |access-date = 30 December 2019
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|archive-date = 30 December 2019
|url-status = live
<ref name="hr_20190724_arson">{{cite news
|title = Kyoto Animation Arson Attack: Veteran Animator of 'Akira' and Ghibli Feared Dead
|url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kyoto-animation-arson-attack-yoshiji-kigami-veteran-akira-ghibli-feared-dead-1226885
- |access-date = 2 September 2019
+ |access-date = 2 September 2019
|work = [[The Hollywood Reporter]]
|date = 24 July 2019
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190726180840/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kyoto-animation-arson-attack-yoshiji-kigami-veteran-akira-ghibli-feared-dead-1226885
|title = X Japan front man Yoshiki donates ¥10 million to Kyoto Animation arson recovery fund
|newspaper = Japan Today
|date = 2 August 2019
- |access-date = 3 August 2019
+ |access-date = 3 August 2019
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190803024439/https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/x-japan-front-man-yoshiki-donates-%C2%A510-million-to-kyoto-animation-arson-recovery-fund
|archive-date = 3 August 2019
|url-status = live
|date = 31 July 2019
|newspaper = [[The Japan Times]]
|access-date = 31 July 2019
- |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20190731071553/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/07/31/national/crime-legal/kyoto-animation-admits-record-receiving-draft-novel-arson-suspect/
+ |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190731071553/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/07/31/national/crime-legal/kyoto-animation-admits-record-receiving-draft-novel-arson-suspect/
|archive-date = 31 July 2019
|url-status = live
}}</ref>
|language = ja
|work = [[Kobe Shimbun]]
|date = 24 July 2019
- |access-date = 24 July 2019
+ |access-date = 24 July 2019
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190725044905/https://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/sougou/201907/0012546431.shtml
|archive-date = 25 July 2019
|url-status = live
|url-status = live
}}</ref>
+<ref name="kyoani_20210702_nomemvisit">{{Cite web
+ |last = Co.,Ltd
+ |first = Kyoto Animation
+ |title = Regarding the decline of the memorial visit on July 18
+ |url = http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/en/
+ |access-date = 18 July 2021
+ |website = Kyoto Animation Website
+ |language = en
+ |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210702080723/http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/en/information/028/
+ |archive-date = 2 July 2021
+ |url-status = live
+}}</ref>
+
<ref name="kyodo_20190718_crowdfund">{{cite news
|url = https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/07/6782b9bc8af6-anime-fans-launch-crowdfunding-drive-after-suspected-arson-at-kyoto-studio.html
|title = Anime fans shocked by arson attack at famous Kyoto studio
|language = ja
|work = [[Mainichi Shimbun]]
|date = 24 July 2019
- |access-date = 24 July 2019
+ |access-date = 24 July 2019
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190725045031/https://mainichi.jp/articles/20190724/k00/00m/040/353000c
|archive-date = 25 July 2019
|url-status = dead
|work = NHK News
|language = ja
|date = 20 July 2019
- |access-date = 22 July 2019
+ |access-date = 22 July 2019
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190723010904/http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20190720/k10012000301000.html
|archive-date = 23 July 2019
|url-status = dead
<ref name="nhk_20190723_door">{{cite web
|url = https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20190723/k10012005391000.html
|script-title = ja:"京アニ" 代理人弁護士 第1スタジオの防犯対策を説明
- |access-date = 25 August 2019
+ |access-date = 25 August 2019
|date = 23 July 2019
|website = NHK ニュース
|publisher = 日本放送協会
|title = Suspect in KyoAni arson attack able to converse
|url = https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200118_14/
|website = [[NHK|NHK World]]
- |access-date = 31 January 2020
+ |access-date = 31 January 2020
|date = 18 January 2020
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200131044135/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200118_14/
|archive-date = 31 January 2020
|title = Suspect in deadly arson attack on Kyoto Animation studio arrested
|newspaper = Nikkei Shimbun
|publisher = Nikkei Inc.
- |access-date = 27 May 2020
+ |access-date = 27 May 2020
}}</ref>
<ref name="nippon_20190725_victimid">{{cite web
|last2 = Nussey
|work = [[Reuters]]
|date = 21 July 2019
- |access-date = 22 July 2019
+ |access-date = 22 July 2019
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190722054915/https://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFKCN1UH08E
|archive-date = 22 July 2019
|url-status = dead
|first = Kevin
|work = [[Reuters]]
|date = 27 December 2019
- |access-date = 8 March 2020
+ |access-date = 8 March 2020
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191228203330/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kyoto-animation-fire-money-idUSKBN1YV0MR
|archive-date = 28 December 2019
|url-status = live
|first4 = Richard
|title = Man arrested over deadly 2019 arson at Japan's Kyoto Animation
|url = https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-fire-arrests/man-arrested-over-deadly-2019-arson-at-japans-kyoto-animation-idUSKBN23303U
- |access-date = 27 May 2020
- |work = [[Reuters]]
+ |access-date = 27 May 2020
+ |work = [[Reuters]]
|date = 27 May 2020
}}</ref>
}}</ref>
<ref name="siliconera_20190809_squareenixthreat">{{Cite web
- |date = 2019-08-09
+ |date = 9 August 2019
|title = 40-Year-Old Man Arrested For Threatening Square Enix With 'A Repeat Of Kyoto Animation'
|url = https://www.siliconera.com/40-year-old-man-arrested-for-threatening-square-enix-with-a-repeat-of-kyoto-animation/
- |access-date = 2021-01-05
+ |access-date = 5 January 2021
|website = Siliconera
|language = en-US
|author = SATO
<ref name="soranews_20190908_keythreat">{{Cite web
|last = Baseel
|first = Casey
- |date = 2019-09-07
+ |date = 7 September 2019
|title = Man arrested for arson threats to Kyoto Animation-related video game company
|url = https://soranews24.com/2019/09/08/man-arrested-for-arson-threats-to-kyoto-animation-related-video-game-company/
- |access-date = 2021-01-05
+ |access-date = 5 January 2021
|website = SoraNews24 -Japan News-
|language = en-US
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200517053422/https://soranews24.com/2019/09/08/man-arrested-for-arson-threats-to-kyoto-animation-related-video-game-company/
|title = More than 20 feared dead in suspected arson attack at Kyoto Animation
|author = Tokyo Reporter Staff
|date = 18 July 2019
- |access-date = 18 July 2019
+ |access-date = 18 July 2019
|work = Tokyo Reporter
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190718124137/https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/more-than-20-feared-dead-suspected-arson-attack-at-kyoto-animation/
|archive-date = 18 July 2019
|access-date = 18 September 2019
}}</ref>
+<ref name="twitter_20210718_memvid">{{Cite tweet
+ |user = kyoani
+ |number = 1416563657064861700
+ |script-title = ja:【現地追悼のご辞退について】
+ |access-date = 18 July 2021
+}}</ref>
+
<ref name="un_20190719_condolence">{{cite web
|url = https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/07/1042841
|title = UN stands in solidarity with Japan following deadly arson attack at leading animation studio in Kyoto
}}</ref>
<ref name="variety_20190803_yasuhiro">{{cite web
- |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/asia/kyoto-animation-kyoani-dead-yasuhiro-takemoto-futoshi-nishiya-1203290721/
+ |url = https://variety.com/2019/film/asia/kyoto-animation-kyoani-dead-yasuhiro-takemoto-futoshi-nishiya-1203290721/
|title = Directors Yasuhiro Takemoto, Futoshi Nishiya Among Kyoto Animation Dead
|first = Mark
|last = Schilling
|url-status = live
}}</ref>
+<ref name="youtube_20210718_livestream">{{Citation
+ |script-title = ja:株式会社京都アニメーション 二年目の追悼式
+ |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5TWmn7ems0
+ |language = ja
+ |access-date = 18 July 2021
+ |url-status = dead
+}}</ref>
+
}}
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