But what led to this sad conclusion for Gainax?
Its no secret that Studio Gainax has been plagued with financial issues since its conception.
Financial issues are going to be recurrent in much of Gainaxs later years.
The crime took place during his tenure as the representative director of Gainax International.
In a report by Crunchyroll,Maki was eventually sentenced to 2.5 years in prison in 2020.
Effectively, Gainax had become a dead company as they entered the final years of the 2010s.