They lost almost every single one of their directors as a result of the arson attack...

They lost almost every single one of their directors as a result of the arson attack. We're watching the implosion of the remaining member of the old holy trio of anime (Shaft, Madhouse, KyoAni).

Directors:
Yamada (K-On, Silent Voice) - turned freelancer in 2020.
Ishidate (VEG, Kyoukai no Kanata) - quit anime altogether in 2021.
Takemoto (Haruhi, Hyouka) - killed in the arson.
Fujita (VEG Gaiden) - turned freelancer in 2021.

Moreover they lost a bunch of key staff as a result of the arson as well.

(character designer) Nishiya (K-On, Silent Voice) - killed in the arson.
(character designer & chief animation director) Takase (VEG) - quit anime altogether in 2021.
(art director) Watanabe (VEG) - killed in the arson.
(character designer) Ikeda (Haruhi, Hibike) - killed in the arson.
(color designer) Ishida (Silent Voice, Haruhi) - killed in the arson.

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Their directors were the problem. Hopefully they use the opportunity to improve so their animators don't go to waste.

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Never heard of them

Shaft will absorb their energy and reemerge twice as strong.

Going the way of Gainax... RIP

And nothing of value was lost.

Gainax went under due to mismanagement though

Probably doesn't help that animation studios have shitty pay.

Maybe now they'll make things that aren't boring as all hell.

come back naoko... come back and do another season of k-on... its been too long...

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some of the stuff in the OP is new, like Haruka Fujita becoming a freelancer and Taichi Ishidate quitting

shit's FUBAR

Huh? Nothing happened to Shaft though.

They have projects coming up, in addition to the stuff they've put out since Monogatari ended.

ara ara

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When are we going to realize that forced institutionalization was a good thing?

>SHAFTsuckers
>holy trio
lol

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Where's the source for that?

There were people that left Shaft. I'm not sure to what extent they were affected though. Bishounen Tanteidan's visuals were good. We'll have to see how the new Madoka movie turns out to be sure.

>old holy trio
Fucking wrong, bitch. It's CHADoei, TMS and Sunrise, dumbfuck 2000sfag.

>ara ara
I don't know what you think that means.

pick any industry insider site, really
fujita key animated the OP of akebi-chan this season and ishidate just quit, there's nothing else to say here

Kyoto Animation? What a horrible name for a studio, it reminds me of that tragedy.
Very true.

a bunch of shaft's staff left for davidpro a while ago

Ishidate hasn't quit the studio, but he's taken a step back from directing to more of a managerial and mentor role. And the studio isn't short on directors, they have many episode directors waiting in the wings for a promotion.

>ishidate just quit
I thought he was moved to a teaching position for their school.

Shaft's staff leaves every few years and every few years Shinbou and his old buddies train up more youngsters and pop out masterpieces. The problem is that Shinbou and oldfags like Umetsu are getting on in years and may not have a rebuild left in them.

nah, he's gone

Square Enix Tower Next!

>Ishidate (VEG, Kyoukai no Kanata) - quit anime altogether in 2021.

This is the first I heard Taichi Ishidate quitting

look user, even the slowpokes at sakugabooru are saying he quit

Didn't they all left after having to work on 24 episodes of Fire Force?

Well, directing anime isn't worth your life I'd say.

>And nothing of value was lost.

Just like your post

>Probably doesn't help that animation studios have shitty pay.

KyoAni is infamous for giving way better working environment and pay. It's one of the reason why they sparingly do anime TV series because they want to make that one show really stand out.

>implosion
Did you see Maid Dragon S2? It looked like nothing changed at all at the studio.