Forum - View topicNEWS: Teikoku Databank: 8 Anime Production Companies Closed Between January-September This Year
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mdo7
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Uh, OK. Should we be alarmed by this? Asking for a friend here.
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Glordit
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So, the bigger studios with established IP & big financial backing can pick and choose what they want to do, and the medium to smaller ones who are fighting to get some work under their belts so they can get bigger projects.
As far back as I can remember, Cloud Hearts always had production issues, despite being a subsidiary of Yokohama Animation. |
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-Matthew-
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Sad news indeed.
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Philmister978
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I would assume so. 8 studios closing through bankruptcy or similar cases isn't a good sign for the industry. Though now I'm wondering which other studios shuttered as the article doesn't say which. I know a few studios reorganized or joined up with others (like Bihou did with CoMix Wave Films not that long ago), but hearing that 8 of them shut down for basically the same reason is certainly a concern. |
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Piglet the Grate
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Well, that explains why Whisper Me a Love Song got a crappy and interrupted adaptation (sadly, since the source material deserved better). Is there any type of bonding in the animation industry that picks up the pieces when a party involved goes to the wall, or are productions de facto self insured? |
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Joe Mello
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If there's all this additional money in the anime industry, where is it all going when 8 studios have to close? It's a variant of how Walmart is this big valuable company yet a plurality of its employees need SNAP and other government assistance. |
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Greed1914
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In theory, increased demand and fewer supplier (animators, studios) should mean increased prices for the production with more money coming in. A lot of this stems from the mentality that it's just the way it is since the production culture chewing up talent and not paying well has been a problem forever. Production committees are content to let that continue.
Things like better schedules and project budgets that let studios survive instead of needing this season to pay for the shortfalls last season are going to have to happen. Otherwise, I think people will have to get used to waiting 5 years between seasons of a series as they all have to wait in line while the same few studios do everything. |
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Raktus
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Guess Heavenly Delusion season 2 ain't coming anytime soon then
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BrosefAmelion
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Many of those titles have mid reviews so it's no wonder that'll result in bankruptcy especially for EKACHI EPILKA whom don't seem to know how to do quality work and/or animating interesting works.
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Alan45
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I suspect that many of these small companies suffer from absent or insufficient managerial/accounting employees. The creative type employees are necessary to put out good anime but the business types are necessary for the survival of the company. At a minimum they need to know how much it costs to produce their product so that they can charge enough more to have a profit.
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enurtsol
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Mom 'n Pop shops are living paycheck to paycheck - remember, the anime studios animating your anime, the work-for-hire contracts are made by the lowest bidder
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