A day after an arsonist attacked a studio belonging to anime production company Kyoto Animation, 17 people, including the arsonist, remain hospitalized.
The arsonist’s words suggest that he feels a novel he wrote was unfairly used, or had its elements copied, by Kyoto Animation.
However, on the day the attack took place, Kyoto Animation was planning to receive visitors (whether promotional media crews or potential clients has not been specified), and the security card system had been disabled to allow those coming for the meetings to enter the premises with less hassle.
The studio did have security measures in place, though, in that employees had so scan a special ID card at the building’s entrance.