Aoba allegedly bought 40 liters of gasoline in two canisters and used a cart to transport the gasoline to Kyoto Animation’s Studio 1 building.
The Kyoto District Court started the main trial for the arson murder case on September 5.
According to the prosecutors, Aoba wrongly believed that Kyoto Animation had plagiarized a novel he submitted in a contest to the company.
On July 18, 2019, a devastating fire broke out at Kyoto Animation’s Studio 1 building.
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