36 white birds for 36 artists who misplaced their lives.
This month marks 5 years for the reason that arson assault on Kyoto Animation, which claimed the lives of 36 staff of the beloved anime studio. The ache of the incident continues to be one thing that’s strongly felt within the hearts of those that misplaced individuals they love and admire, and on July 14, a monument was devoted as a spot of remembrance.
The monument is positioned in Uji, the identical Kyoto Prefecture the place Kyoto Animation is positioned and the assault occurred. Created with enter from Kyoto Animation artists, the three-meter (9.8-foot) tall sculpture is made up of 36 white birds spiraling in direction of the heavens, one for every sufferer who misplaced their life within the tragedy.
The July 14 dedication ceremony was attended by 93 individuals, together with members of the victims’ households. Inscriptions on the monument learn, “Passing goals and fervour from one particular person to the subsequent,” and “Limitless goals, advised by way of animation. In each line drawn, years of cultivated expertise and profound sentiment. From right here in Uji, Kyoto, they unfold out into the world, taking wing towards our uninterrupted future.”
The monument isn’t positioned on the web site the place the assault occurred, because the studio has been demolished, however is as a substitute discovered inside the Tea and Uji Historical past Park (Ocha to Uji no Machi Rekishi Kouen in Japanese), adjoining to Uji Station. Although the park, and monument, are open to the general public, Kyoto Animation has requested that guests chorus from leaving flowers or different choices when visiting to pay their respects, possible out of a want to keep away from disrupting every day life for native residents.
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