Alright, I came across this one the day before yesterday, but I didn’t trust my ability to translate business Japanese (*shudders*), so I left it to ANN this time around. Gonzo’s parent company GDH is apparently in some trouble with investors: currently its debts surpass the value of its assets, and they have one year to turn things around or face de-listing from the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
What might this mean for western anime fans? It might not have much of an effect at all on the consumers, although one would guess that Gonzo may push harder for money from the foreign markets (could mean a set price for those download sub episodes instead of a mandatory donation of at least $0.01?). In the meantime though, if you want to be very generous with those donation downloads– it might not hurt.
Tags: gonzo, JP-industry
July 2nd, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Some people actually think this is a good thing.
Me? I dunno. Maybe they’ll turn around. Maybe they have learnt a lesson. Maybe they had to fall so that we all could learn a lesson about hubris.
I dunno. I could interpret the current problem in so many ways.
July 13th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
[...] remember reading somewhere that Gonzo was going some financial troubles but I didn’t think it was this serious, it must [...]
July 13th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
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