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Gundam 00 Assistant Director Masaki Kitamura Charged for Massacre Threat
posted on by Ko Ransom
42-year-old anime technical director arrested in August for allegedly writing "I will commit a massacre" on the city's website. According to the police, the suspect denied the charges, saying, "I'm completely innocent."
The suspect is accused of going to Osaka's inquiry page on the Internet and writing, "I will commit a massacre in Otaroad [in Osaka's Nipponbashi area] next Sunday. I will ram into pedestrian paradise, and after stabbing indiscriminately with a knife, I will commit suicide" on July 29 at about 9:45 p.m. "Pedestrian paradise" is the traditional practice of otaku shopping counterpart to Tokyo's Akihabara.
Kitamura was an assistant director on both seasons of Wolf's Rain, and other series.
Source: Nikkan Sports
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