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Whisper Me a Love Song Studio Cloud Hearts' Domain Name Expires

ANN has confirmed that the domain name of animation studio Cloud Hearts has expired, with the website now inaccessible. ANN cannot when the domain name expired, but Japanese news website IT Media News noted that it was inaccessible since at least Wednesday.

Cloud Hearts is notable for most recently animating and producing the television delay of its ninth and 10th episode in June earlier in the anime's run due to "production issues."

Further, the anime's Blu-ray Disc release in Japan is delayed by four months due to "production circumstances." The anime's first Blu-ray Disc volume, originally slated for September 13, is now scheduled for January 31 next year. The second volume is delayed from October 11 to February 28. The third volume is delayed from November 8 to March 28. The fourth volume is delayed from December 13 to April 30.

Yokohama Animation Lab, the parent company of Cloud Hearts, still mentioned Cloud Hearts as a partner in productions in the "Other Business" section of its official website as of April 30 earlier this year, but had the Cloud Hearts' name and logo removed from the site just one day later on May 1. As of press time, the Cloud Hearts name and logo remains removed on Yokohama Animation Lab's website.

Cloud Hearts originated as a The New Gate. In all of these productions, Yokohama Animation Lab is either co-credited for animation production, or else credited for animation production supervision.

Sources: IT Media News (松浦立樹), Cloud Hearts website, Wayback Machine by the Internet Archive