Animator Toshio Kobayashi (“SNIPES,” Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn effect animation director) has revealed on Twitter on Wednesday that due to the anime studio Manglobe’s “bankruptcy,” his expected income for this month and next month is now gone. He has since deleted the original Twitter post, but his urgent request for work and unemployment notice are still online.
【急募】
お仕事ください。— 鉄棒ぬらぬら師匠´ ³`) ♬*.:* (@FR3AK50FC0CK) September 30, 2015
【速報】
俺氏、無職になる。— 鉄棒ぬらぬら師匠´ ³`) ♬*.:* (@FR3AK50FC0CK) September 30, 2015
@boroborosu 無職です(・∀・)ゞ
— 鉄棒ぬらぬら師匠´ ³`) ♬*.:* (@FR3AK50FC0CK) September 30, 2015
Another animator, Hideto Komori (Hayate the Combat Butler! Heaven Is a Place on Earth director), wondered if he will get paid and expressed his shock when he received a confirmation email. He noted that he cannot connect to an unspecified site and said that he needs to look for different work. (As of Wednesday, Manglobe’s official website is down.) He reported looking into how employees can recover unpaid wages from a bankrupt company, and added he will confirm by phone first thing on Thursday. Writer Shigeru Morita said that an unspecified company apparently did go bankrupt.
どうも本当に倒産したらしい。
— 森田 繁 (@siglic) September 30, 2015
The anime projects Manglobe produced include Samurai Champloo, Ergo Proxy, The World God Only Knows, Deadman Wonderland, Samurai Flamenco, Gangsta., and this November’s Genocidal Organ film.
