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title: The Horrifying Kyoto Animation Massacre
description: "In 2019, a man set fire to Kyoto Animation's Studio 1, killing 36 people and wounding 33 more in Japan's deadliest mass killing since World War II. This is the complete story of the attack, the trial, and the victims."
url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-horrifying-kyoto-animation-massacre.md
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datePublished: 2026-07-01
dateModified: 2026-07-01
author:
  - name: Dana Ortiz
    url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/author/dana-ortiz
publisher: Casual Criminalist
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summaryUrl: https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-horrifying-kyoto-animation-massacre.md.summary.md
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In 2019, a man set fire to Kyoto Animation's Studio 1, killing 36 people and wounding 33 more in Japan's deadliest mass killing since World War II. This is the complete story of the attack, the trial, and the victims.
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