TOKYO - A suspected arson attack on a Japanese animation studio in which 30 people are believed to have been killed and scores injured will be a major blow to the nation's famed animation industry, a film commentator said.
But the studio has an outsized impact on Japan's noted animation industry that outstrips a list of the works it has produced, said Tokyo-based film commentator Yuichi Maeda. "It has a huge presence in animation here. To have this many people die at once will be a huge blow to the Japanese animation industry."