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Gonzo Anime Studio Returns to Profitability This Year
posted on by Egan Loo
The anime studio Gonzo revealed on Monday that it earned 74 million yen ($900,000) in operating profit or 28 million yen (US$340,000) in ordinary profit during the first half of the fiscal year ending in March 2011. The first half ran from March to September of 2010.
Gonzo's reported net profit did drop from 82 million yen (US$1 million) in the same period last year to 47 million yen (US$570,000). However, Gonzo was only able to report a net profit in that period last year because 339 million yen (US$4.12 million) in debt was forgiven, so the actual profit was greater this year.
In the past year, Gonzo was and Arcadia Saga.
Gonzo told ANN during March's Tokyo International Anime Fair (announced in August that it was recruiting new animation staff .
Gonzo is Blood: The Last Vampire) is involved, although he states that he is only an advisor. Gonzo is also looking to work on a collaborative project with a major Chinese media firm.
Gonzo was established in 1992 when anime producer absorbed Gonzo and adopted the Gonzo name for itself.
Source: animeanime.biz
