https://automaton-media.com/en/news/kadokawa-reports-sharp-decline-in-publishing-anime-business-falls-into-deficit-due-to-a-lack-of-popular-sequels/ AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo. Sun, 15 Feb 2026 06:09:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/kadokawa-reports-sharp-decline-in-publishing-anime-business-falls-into-deficit-due-to-a-lack-of-popular-sequels/#comment-7549 Sun, 15 Feb 2026 06:09:29 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=56689#comment-7549 Oshi no ko is a good anime. But not many other anime have been good recently. A lot have been boring and samey.

]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/kadokawa-reports-sharp-decline-in-publishing-anime-business-falls-into-deficit-due-to-a-lack-of-popular-sequels/#comment-7546 Sun, 15 Feb 2026 02:43:39 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=56689#comment-7546 All they need to do is stop publishing hot garbage, then people wouldn’t be so deterred by the thought of trying to get into a new anime or manga just to be greeted by an interesting introduction, followed by a very aggressive splash of dogshit in the face as most series decline and devolve into trash because they keep forcing dumb editors to oversee the authors. Editors are the death of good stories.

]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/kadokawa-reports-sharp-decline-in-publishing-anime-business-falls-into-deficit-due-to-a-lack-of-popular-sequels/#comment-7540 Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:02:44 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=56689#comment-7540 There is a lot of good anime waiting for a sequel that will probably never happen unfortunately. They choose not to make them shows so they only have themselves to blame for having a profit lose for their anime division.

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