The future of your favorite isekai trembles due to the sale of Kadokawa

When people in suits and ties mess with your favorite series, things almost always change for the worse. This Thursday, within the anime industry, the financial firm Oasis Management purchased a massive stake in Kadokawa to demand immediate changes. Basically, a group of millionaires from Hong Kong dropped a huge amount of money to take ownership of a piece of the company and start giving orders on how to do business.

The owner of your favorite isekai has a new boss

To give you an idea of the scale of this move, these investors spent nearly 40 billion yen in one fell swoop. With that money, they bought almost 9 percent of the entire Japanese company. Kadokawa is an absolute giant; they own countless light novels, manga, and are responsible for producing almost every famous isekai you see each season. The problem isn't that they invested money, but the intentions they have hidden up their sleeves.

Millionaires want more money

Official reports revealed that this Hong Kong firm is known for being super aggressive. They don't buy parts of a company just to sit back and watch it grow; they walk into the offices, demand meetings with creators, and push to change the rules. Their sole objective is to squeeze the company to the max to generate more profits quickly, without caring much about the artistic side of things.

How does this affect us otakus?

Although they haven't announced which changes they will demand yet, the community is already super worried. When bosses only care about quick cash, the quality of the series usually suffers greatly. This millionaire pressure could lead to three major disasters for fans:

• Goodbye to unique stories: They will only greenlight super generic anime or safe sequels that they know will sell millions in merchandise.
• Worse animation: They could force studios to release episodes much faster to collect checks sooner, ruining the quality of the drawings.
• Mass layoffs: If the current Japanese bosses fail to earn all the money the new owners are asking for, they could start firing creative staff.

Seeing that these new foreign owners only care about quick profits, do you think the quality of Kadokawa's anime will get worse, or will they simply cancel the series that don't sell enough figures?