In a press conference on January 17, Kyoto Governor Takatoshi Nishiwaki explained that a committee has been set up to distribute the money effectively between all the victims and their families from the donation bank account set up by Kyoto Animation that closed on December 27.
In the months after the tragedy, over 3.34 billion yen (US$30.4 million) was donated to Kyoto Animation for the victims, Yahoo News reported on January 17, recounting the final total.
It’s been over 6 months since Kyoto Animation was attacked by an arsonist, killing 36 and injuring 33 employees of the well-loved anime studio.