In 2019, Hiroshi Yamamoto announced a new original animation project, Magical Girls. In order to produce a PV of the work, Yamamoto also launched a crowdfunding. Two and a half years have passed since the project was announced, and Hiroshi Yamamoto has also disclosed the progress of the production of the work. Simply put, it's just that I haven't started doing it yet.
Yamamoto said that after learning from the last big failure, this time the production adopted the method of the production committee. In order to find investors, all contacts have been used and a lot of producers have been found. Although a number of companies were found willing to contribute, none of them were willing to be the main investors and responsible for the animation production.
In addition, Hiroshi Yamamoto did not forget to express his views on the animation industry today. He said that when revising the script of the work, he became more and more deeply aware of the importance of the work in the present. Even if it wasn't magical girls, if there were no similar works in the near future, Japanese animation would really be over.
For this yamamoto hiroshi's words, many Japanese netizens complained that before analyzing whether the industry should be finished, it is better to analyze why no one gives you money. No company is willing to take responsibility for producing a work, and obviously no one wants to credit Yamamoto. Only when the heat will be paid attention to the director, or early recognition of reality to retreat.