J.League team Tokyo Verdy commented on the Kyoto Animation arson attack which occurred on 18 July.

Verdy had previously done a collaboration with the animation studio for the TV series “Amagi Brilliant Park” back in 2015.

On the club’s website, it wrote, “Upon learning of this unimaginable incident, we are at a loss for words on the tragedy that has befallen the company we collaborated with on a new initiative between football and anime. We pray for the souls of the departed in the calamity. And we hope for the recovery for those who have suffered.”

Other than “Amagi Brilliant Park”, Kyoto Animation has produced hit TV series like “The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya” and “K-On!”, as well as the movie “A Silent Voice”. The incident is the worst post-war arson case in Japan, with 33 deaths.

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Source: Yahoo

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