Thread:Yuji Otsutsuki/@comment-27002267-20190718092358/@comment-27869316-20190718151336

The most recent reports have confirmed the death toll at 33 now, officially making it the worst massacre in post-war Japan. Absolutely devastating; I've been reading messages upon messages from other animation studios and people involved in the industry, everyone's utterly heatbroken by the whole ordeal.

Some people have come up with a good idea though to help the studio out: rather than a gofundme or other such fundraiser  (apparently a lot of Japanese people are uncomfortable with the idea of getting money for no service/product) KyoAni sell high-res digital wallpapers for roughly $2 on their site. That way the money goes directly to the studio without the hassle of having to put together shipments of physical merch on top of all the other work/stress created by the incident. (please note this isn't meant as an advertisement or anything, I just know that a lot of well-intentioned people who have seen the news about the fire have been looking for ways to help out & there are a lot of fundraisers floating around out there but none of them are official or endorsed, so I thought it might be helpful to mention this alternative for those who may be interested)

-Fox 15:13, July 18, 2019 (UTC)