Naruto and Bleach almost didn't feature it, they were going to cancel them in their prime

Michiyuki Honma, president of Studio Pierrot, revealed in an interview that at some point there were thoughts about canceling the anime of naruto and bleach. Yes, two of the most successful animated adaptations were in danger of ending prematurely.

But it wasn't because of a lack of audience or anything like that but actually because nature intervened. The reason was the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Japan in March 2011 and caused many casualties.

How did it affect these series? According to Honma 'Once the Great East Japan Earthquake happened, I felt a great sense of crisis'.

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To the above, he added 'at the time, we were producing more than four projects a week, including Naruto Shippuden and Bleach'.

The president of Studio Pierrot highlighted 'but soon, the productions fell into disarray, as several stations stopped making regular broadcasts'.

Michiyuki Honma revealed 'our income ended up becoming unstable. This continued for two months and we could hardly pay our workers' salaries.'.

Honma confessed that the situation was so tight that 'we found ourselves in a situation where we had no choice but to dissolve the company'.

That's how bad things were in the studio. bleach and naruto. But fortunately they received some support from other companies.

While television stations managed to recover from the disaster, the anime studio behind naruto and bleach received assistance from other production companies.

Michiyuki Honma stated 'We were supported by our allies, and the bank provided us with a loan. In addition, there were other incomes outside of production.'.

The earthquake was of such magnitude that its economic consequences almost destroyed Studio Pierrot, but it pulled through.

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