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![33 Confirmed Dead After Fire At Kyoto Animation, Suspected Arsonist In Custody [Updated]](https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--ON7p33M2--/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_180,pg_1,q_80,w_320/ab9zrdhny0gjssk8kpdv.png)
![Free!, Kyoto Animation’s popular swimming anime series, was supposed to get new info tomorrow about its upcoming Free! feature film. Those announcements have been canceled. [Update July 18 - 5:06 am: An earlier version of this story stated that the movie itself had been canceled. That is incorrect. We regret the error.]](https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--UjHn_jBC--/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_180,pg_1,q_80,w_320/unxjrqgtzqofcskii5vs.png)