Adding more woes to Japan’s anime industry, one of the prolific anime companies is expected to get delisted from Tokyo Stock Exchange as of July 30, 2009. The news did not suggest a possible receivership could surface from this anytime soon, but rather the company’s trying to hang on tight in this difficult market conditions of the industry. Financial records show total liabilities exceeded total assets for the fiscal year ending March 2008. Though it doesn’t say how much is the difference but from the sounds of things, things have not been improved since their last performance back in March 2008. They were given another chance to turn things around, but it didn’t happen that way. Which also means in the future, all of their anime project works would be poised to closure or ceased including the mecha anime works they did recently; Full Metal Panic and Transformers Cybertron.
This is most disturbing news indeed. And who knows how long can this recession bite before it claims another victim in the anime industry. Gonzo is the subsidiary company of GDH, and GDH also take interests in another sister company of Gonzo that focuses on online gaming services called Gonzo Ronso.
Source: AnimeNewsNetwork.com
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