Gonzo Kicked From The Tokyo Stock Exchange

As much as they tried to dodge it, with all their ruthless restructuring schemes, the high-ups from Gonzo ultimately failed to steer the company back into profitabilily fast enough. And so, having missed the March 31 deadline for improving its finances, the anime studio is now facing an imminent delisting from the Tokyo Stock Exchange.



Gonzo has until this July 30 to speculate its final stock tips'n'tricks, before being kicked out of the so-called "Mothers market" - which "is intended for high-growth and emerging stocks", as ANN explains. Thus begins what some die-hard gamers may know as the "Interplay syndrome": if things don't improve real soon for Gonzo, it's exponentially downhill from here on...

For now, the studio can go about its loli business, even after being delisted. And let's not forget that Gonzo was recently confirmed to be animating Strike Witches 2 for a 2010 release, so the future still looks bright - and loli - enough.