Kyoto Animation studio: Destruction is a terrible loss for both humanity and art | CNN

The word “animate” comes from “anima,” meaning soul, and by all accounts Kyoto Animation Studio (KyoAni) possessed plenty of soul. Its destruction Thursday, in a suspected arson attack that left 33 people dead in the country’s worst mass killing in almost 20 years, is a terrible loss for both humanity and art. KyoAni has been a major force in spreading anime both inside and eventually outside Japa