As a Kyoto Animation employee for three decades, the artist is obviously working through an immense amount of grief.
But while Kyoto Animation’s Fushimi studio is out of commission, the company does have a second studio elsewhere in Kyoto, which is still operating.
When the arsonist entered the building, the artist was on the second floor of the three-story building, drawing background art.
But he says he was always able to keep going because of the supportive workplace atmosphere of Kyoto Animation and the respect he felt for the company’s employees.