<story><title>Gainax, known for &apos;Evangelion&apos; anime production, goes bankrupt</title><url>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/06/08/evangelion-anime-production-company-bankrupt/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>looperhacks</author><text>Let&amp;#x27;s face it, Gainax was only an empty shell of its former glory. Most of the &amp;quot;important&amp;quot; people left for Khara and Trigger and Gainax has done nothing of importance for more than ten years or so?&lt;p&gt;Also, financial troubles is probably the most Gainax thing possible</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>creamyhorror</author><text>Alongside their general mismanagement under their President Yamaga[1] e.g. giving their management unsecured loans of company funds[2], they&amp;#x27;ve been doing random crap like tomato farming.[3] They wouldn&amp;#x27;t have lasted so long without Hideaki Anno&amp;#x27;s (&lt;i&gt;Eva&lt;/i&gt;) support for old times&amp;#x27; sake.[1] They&amp;#x27;ve been a deadbeat since 2012; it&amp;#x27;s just been a long downhill road to the inevitable end.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;evankaiser.medium.com&amp;#x2F;hideaki-anno-on-gainax-tainting-the-evangelion-brand-ba16f30161b5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;evankaiser.medium.com&amp;#x2F;hideaki-anno-on-gainax-taintin...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] (Japanese only) &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.oricon.co.jp&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;2330666&amp;#x2F;photo&amp;#x2F;1&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.oricon.co.jp&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;2330666&amp;#x2F;photo&amp;#x2F;1&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[3] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.animenewsnetwork.com&amp;#x2F;interest&amp;#x2F;2016-04-12&amp;#x2F;gainax-expands-into-the-world-of-tomato-farming&amp;#x2F;.100982&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.animenewsnetwork.com&amp;#x2F;interest&amp;#x2F;2016-04-12&amp;#x2F;gainax-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Gainax, known for &apos;Evangelion&apos; anime production, goes bankrupt</title><url>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/06/08/evangelion-anime-production-company-bankrupt/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>looperhacks</author><text>Let&amp;#x27;s face it, Gainax was only an empty shell of its former glory. Most of the &amp;quot;important&amp;quot; people left for Khara and Trigger and Gainax has done nothing of importance for more than ten years or so?&lt;p&gt;Also, financial troubles is probably the most Gainax thing possible</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>PaulHoule</author><text>&lt;i&gt;Evangelion&lt;/i&gt; is almost 30 years old.  The fact that they can&amp;#x27;t name a newer hit anime for them is the problem.  I don&amp;#x27;t know about the economics but from a creative standpoint the anime industry seems quite healthy having recently produced a lot of great shows like &lt;i&gt;Sousou no Frieren&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Oshi no Ko&lt;/i&gt;, and &lt;i&gt;Konosuba Season 3&lt;/i&gt; in the last year or so.</text></comment>