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Kyoto Animation arsonist Shinji Aoba received the death penalty in January 2024, appealed it right after, dropped his appeal on January 27, 2025, and then days later his defense moved to override his withdrawal. Now Japanese paper The Mainichi reports that a source they trust …Read more »
There is another twist in the case of Shinji Aoba, the convicted Kyoto Animation arsonist who was sentenced to the death penalty for murdering 36 people and injuring 32 more. Aoba and his legal team appealed the death sentence after he received it last year, …Read more »
Shinji Aoba, who murdered people at Kyoto Animation in an arson attack, was given the death penalty in 2024, and he and his lawyers appealed the ruling. Aoba admitted that he had committed the crime, but his defense had tried to get him a lesser …Read more »
This season’s sports anime are pouring all their blood, sweat, and tears into aiming for the top. And the girls starring in these series are going for the gold—in some cases literally! Whether it’s a last chance at high school glory, a late start in …Read more »
A new key visual has been unveiled for the Sorairo Utility anime, which is on the way to screens in Japan in January 2025. Check it out below along with some newly-announced staff members. The latest staff to be revealed includes: Color Design: Hitoki Takeda …Read more »
The Kyoto Animation arson took place five years ago, on July 12, 2019. 36 people were killed, and many others were injured. A memorial monument has been publicly unveiled to honor the victims. Rather than set up the monument on the site of the old …Read more »
A new selfie-style visual has debuted for the Sorairo Utility anime, which is now locked in for a January 2025 premiere. While we wait to tee up, you can see Minami Aoba, Haruka Akane and Ayaka Hoshimi snapping a friendly shot of themselves in the …Read more »
Another Weekly Shonen Jump manga has come to an end with the publication of the final chapter for Shadow Eliminators. The manga by Kento Amemiya first launched in the magazine on December 4, 2023, and the final chapter was just published in Japan on April …Read more »
Last week Vampire Dormitory dropped a full promotional video that let us hear part of the opening theme song “Sugar Blood Kiss” being performed by FANTASTICS. Now we have information on the anime’s ending theme song: it’s”Mata Ashita” (translated as “See You Tomorrow”), a song …Read more »
The premiere of the Vampire Dormitory anime is only a few weeks away, on April 7. Ahead of this its first full promotional video has been released. In it you can hear the opening theme song “Sugar Blood Kiss” being performed by FANTASTICS. Looking at …Read more »
A 25-year-old man named Fukuta Kishimoto has confessed in court to threatening voice actress Yui Ishikawa, who might be best known for playing Mikasa Ackerman in Attack on Titan. His arrest happened late last year. Someone had been posting very nasty stuff aimed at Ishikawa …Read more »
Yesterday the Kyoto District Court sentenced Shinji Aoba to death for the 2019 arson at Kyoto Animation that killed 36 people and injured nearly as many. In response, Hideaki Hatta, the president of Kyoto Animation, stated: In accordance with the rules of law, we have …Read more »
The Kyoto District Court decided not to show any leniency on Shinji Aoba, the man who confessed to the 2019 Kyoto Animation arson that killed 36 people and wounded nearly as many. He has been given the death penalty. Aoba’s defense did not try to …Read more »
A ruling in the Kyoto Animation arson case is scheduled to happen tomorrow. Shinji Aoba, the defendant, has confessed to the arson, which killed 36 people and wounded almost as many. The prosecution is arguing for the death penalty, and the defense is trying to …Read more »
Earlier this week, Shonen Jump debuted Shadow Eliminators: a fresh new manga series that combines paranormal conflict with high school “odd couple” antics. In its first chapters, the manga introduces its unlikely heroes and gives us a taste of its haunted world. You can read the first …Read more »
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