tokyo japanese prosecutors on wednesday charged a man with murder over the 2019 arson attack on kyoto animation that killed 36 people local media said the countrys deadliest violent crime in decadesshinji aoba 42 was detained in the aftermath of the july attack but has been hospitalised since then with severe burns sustained in the incident and reportedly only regained consciousness in augustthere were no immediate details on the full extent of the charges against aoba who was only formally placed under arrest in maythe kyoto prosecutors office did not immediately respond to requests for confirmationmore than 30 people were also injured in the attack in which aoba is accused of breaking into the studios building spreading gasoline around the ground floor and setting it alightaoba has reportedly confessed to the arson and is said to have shouted drop dead before starting the firethere have been claims that he accused the studio of stealing his work which kyoto animation has denied doingmany of those killed in the blaze were young including a 21yearold womanparents of some of the victims told local media in may when aoba was charged that they were still suffering the devastating loss of their loved onesi think about her very often shinichi tsuda whose daughter sachie was killed in the fire told nhki think about her at the time of the incident wondering how painful it would have been for herthe attack sent shockwaves through the anime industry and its fans in japan and around the worldthese are people who carry the japanese animation industry on their shoulders kyoto animations president hideaki hatta told reporters at the timeits heartbreaking japanese jewels were lost