Forum - View topicNEWS: Anime Production Firm Office Ao Filed for Bankruptcy
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Big Hed
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From the looks of things in the encyclopedia, most of AO's work was on in-between animation. Not exactly comforting to see another studio file so quickly after TAC, but at least in both instances neither seems to have done any major work recently. Seems like a case of the fat being trimmed to me.
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KAtchan15
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Oh my...another one. This is really upsetting.
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jlaking
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Actually AO's filing was 20 days before TAC's. |
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Big Hed
Posts: 1607 Location: Melbourne, Australia |
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Oops, neglected to check the dates.
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Paploo
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I recall Justin mentioning in different ANNCasts that a number of Japanese animation companies were heading towards closing. Sad to see that coming true. Even if a company does focus on inbetweening, that's still problematic considering how many studios you'll see in a show's credits- most anime seem to be the result of one or two studios doing the preproduction work and several working together to get the actual production [inbetweeninging, colouring, editing, distributing etc] done.
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Gasero
 Posts: 939 Location: USA |
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I was hoping this wouldn't be a trend, but it seems like it could be becoming one if this keeps up. The sad part is that they filed before TAC and its just not becoming known afterward.
Hopefully animation studios in Japan will be more inclined to focus on quality over quantity real soon. A couple years have gone by without any new anime keeping my interest. |
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Muppe
Posts: 23 Location: Norway |
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Personally I think they will focus even more on shows that sell enough to keep them up and running, playing it safe with shows that atleast the otaku crowd will pick up. So Look forward to even more fanservice and moe shows, |
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Tyrenol
Posts: 398 Location: Northern California |
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I'm at the crossroad between agreeing with you and saying "And Nothing Of Value Had Been Lost." But it goes back to one of my earlier arguments: None of this would've happened if people actually spent their money on actual MARKET RESEARCH, finding out what people want overall (and especially finding out what people outside of Asia want overall) as oppose to making money off the pessimism and "escapaholism" of NEETs and hikkikomori-tachi; then hoping it would last. 
I thought Grenadier was a good show, so of course it's sad to see companies with that much potential go. |
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walw6pK4Alo
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This is hardly the first time that the anime industry has seen so many studios closing. |
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ArsenicSteel
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I guess you are not even talking about AO at all since their catalog is not really reflective of your supposed problems. Good luck with the bolded part. If people outside of Japan want something specifically that anime does not offer then those people best go after their domestic producers of animation. |
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Gasero
Posts: 939 Location: USA |
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Sure, but it might be the first time the economy doesn't allow a healthy recovery from it. Times have changed greatly. |
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agila61
 Posts: 3213 Location: NE Ohio |
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Studios relying primarily on work outsourced from lead production studios are exactly where we'd expect a shake-out to hit first, as the lead production studios have less need to outsource if their total output drops. And of course, inbetween animation is normally where key animators come from, so evidence that there is less work for inbetween animators in Japan is hardly comforting. |
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Big Hed
Posts: 1607 Location: Melbourne, Australia |
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Precisely what I meant. And while I agree that the loss of work is not a good thing, as I think was said in the TAC thread, this may simply be a result of competition reacting to the realities of consumer demand. Something's got to give, and better it be an in-between studio than something larger. |
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agila61
Posts: 3213 Location: NE Ohio |
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Better in the sense that a later industry collapse from a lack of people able to do the core work is better than a quick industry collapse from financial crisis in the biggest studios? Yes, but a choice between long term chronic decline and immediate collapse is not a happy one. |
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matrixdude
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It sucks that more in-between anime firms are going out of business, but maybe it'll help reduce the amount of anime made every season. Who really needs more moe every season? Given the choice between a long term decline and an immediate collapse I'd say the collapse is a better one because it gets rid of all the old companies that are well established and just churn out whatever is in fad, like moe or generic shonen fantasy. That, and it allows for a faster recovery.
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