Kyoto animation studio arsonist sentenced to death in Japan. Court found the man sane. They said he was “not in a state of mental incapacity or limited ability” at the time of the arson. On July 18, 2019, a man started a fire in an anime production studio in the Japanese city of Kyoto. Later, he explained the motive for his action - according to him, he did it because the studio stole the idea of the work from him.