Japanese man arrested for threatening Neon Genesis Evangelion film studio

According to Japanese media reports today (October 17), 35-year-old unemployed Japanese man Noriaki Inukai was arrested by Japanese police on suspicion of threatening the "Neon Genesis Evangelion" film studio Khara.

According to the Japanese police announcement, the suspect, Noriaki Inukai, repeatedly spread threats to Khara Studios on the Internet from his home computer between July 7 and 18 this year, including "Go to hell" and "It's better not to be like Kyoto Animation", and claimed that his family holds the copyright of "Neon Genesis Evangelion". As the Kyoto Animation arson incident happened on July 18, Khara reported the case to the police, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department arrested Noriaki Inukai on charges of obstruction of business and coercion.

It is reported that Inukai Noriaki has been posting slanderous remarks about Khara on the Internet for several years. Inukai Noriaki said that Khara never responded to the emails he sent, so he felt angry.

Khara is a company founded in 2006 by Hideaki Anno, the director of the "Neon Genesis Evangelion" series, after he left GAINAX. In 2007, it launched the "Neon Genesis Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo" series. The latest theatrical version of the series, "Neon Genesis Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo" is scheduled to be released in Japan in June 2020.