Studio Kyoto Animation diserang. 33 orang tewas dan puluhan lainnya luka-luka. Semua berkas kertas dan digital di dalamnya musnah. Melihat banyaknya jumlah korban dan pentingnya studio ini dalam budaya animasi Jepang, tidak heran kasus ini mendapat perhatian dunia.

Didapat dari Twitter, banyak tokoh dunia turut hadir mengucapkan belasungkawa atas tragedi Kyoto Animation. Beberapa di antaranya adalah Tim Cook (CEO Apple Inc), Shinzo Abe (Perdana Menteri Jepang), juga Justin Trudeau (Perdana Menteri Kanada).

Belgia, negara yang juga kental akan budaya komik dan animasinya, juga turut memberikan ucapan duka atas tragedi ini. Terlihat beberapa karakter komik Belgia, seperti Tintin dan Smurf, menundukkan kepalanya sebagai tanda duka.

Belasungkawa dari Dalam dan Luar Negeri

Studio animasi pesaing pun tidak sungkan mengekspresikan kesedihannya. Toei Animation, Nickelodeon Animation, dan Sunrise juga menulis twit terkait hal ini.

We would like to extend our sincere condolences to the injured staff and to those in mourning. In addition, we pray for the quick recovery of those who are still in treatment.Victims, their families, and their relatives…while the circumstances of the situation are still not clear, the only thing we can do right now is express our love for Kyoto Animation. So, we thought we should share a statement that we will support you forever.

Thank you for all of your great work. We love and will continue to love Kyoto Animation. #PrayForKyoani”

Sunrise, studio animasi.

Tokoh-tokoh tersohor dalam industri anime juga turut mengucapkan belasungkawa atas tragedi Kyoto Animation ini.

For all of those who died in the fire at Kyoto Animation, we wish that you go in peace and we want to issue are sincere condolences to those who are grieving. Also, we are sincerely praying for the quick recovery of everyone who was injured. We will support all of your efforts as a fellow animation production company”

Makoto Shinkai, sutradara anime.

How much anime did the people who passed away make while putting in an untold enormous amount of steady hours? How much did they enrich the time of tens of thousands and hundreds of millions of people, and how much did they increase the total amount of human happiness? Why did these people have to have such a painful and heart-breaking end?”

Aki Toyosaki, pengisi suara Yui Hirasawa (K-ON!)

Tatsuki, sutradara Kemono Friends

Donasi Masih Dibuka

Sentai Filmworks juga membuka donasi untuk Anda yang ingin Kyoto Animation bangkit dari keterpurukan. Saat artikel ini ditulis, jumlah donasi telah melampaui $1.661.640, atau sekitar Rp 23,15 miliar.

Sumber: Soranews24