The man accused of setting fire to a Japanese animation studio on Thursday, killing 33 people and injuring dozens, reportedly had a grudge against the company who he believed had "stolen novels ...

More than two dozen people have died in a massive fire at an animation production studio in Kyoto, Japan, which investigators are treating as arson.

Yesterday morning the much-loved Japanese animation studio Kyoto Animation was set on fire, killing 33 people and devastating the lives of loved-ones and anime fans the world over.

Overview of an animation company building which caught fire in Kyoto on July 18, 2019. At least 12 are feared dead and many more injured. JIJI PRESS/Getty ...

A deadly fire engulfed the Kyoto Animation studio in a suspected arson attack that killed at least 33 people and injured another 36, Kyoto fire department official Kazuhiro Hayashi told the ...

Tokyo -- Police were investigating Friday the gutted animation studio building in Kyoto where a man raging about theft set a fire that killed 33 people, crushing the hearts of comic fans in Japan ...

Kyoto Animation is known for employing more women than most of its competitors do, and that was reflected in the toll from the apparent arson on Thursday.

Investigators identified the suspect as 41-year-old Shinji Aoba, while anime fans expressed horror at the loss of life.

Smoke billows from a Kyoto Animation building in Kyoto, western Japan, Thursday, July 18, 2019. The fire broke out in the three-story building in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto, after a suspect ...

Kyoto Animation fire: At least 33 dead in arson attack by man yelling ‘you die’ Suspect doused building with 70 workers inside in unidentified liquid before setting it alight, officials say ...

Overview of an animation company building which caught fire in Kyoto, Japan, July 18, 2019. Getty The incident occurred around 10:35 a.m. local time, at Kyoto Animation's No. 1 studio.