On August 2, the Kyoto Prefectural Police released 10 names of the victims names with the approval of the deceased families, among those names were Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid director Yasuhiro Takemoto, legendary animator Yoshiji Kigami, and chief animation director on the Free! franchise, Futoshi Nishiya, among many more.
On August 27, Kyoto Prefectural Police have released the names/ages of the other 25 victims to the public.
It’s been over a month since the horrible arson attack on beloved anime studio, Kyoto Animation, that occurred on July 18.