Link! Like! Love Live! Developer Odd Number Files for Bankruptcy
The bankruptcy follows the end of Link! Like! Love Live! service and years of heavy losses tied to the game's high operating costs.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Tokyo Shoko Research reported that game developer Odd Number and two related companies filed for bankruptcy in the Tokyo District Court on August 5. Odd Number had 10,320,780,000 yen in liabilities as of December 2024. The company is best known for developing Link! Like! Love Live!, which ended service on June 30.
Odd Number, the developer behind the Link! Like! Love Live! smartphone game, filed for bankruptcy in the Tokyo District Court on August 5, according to credit research company Tokyo Shoko Research. The company carried 10,320,780,000 yen in liabilities as of December 2024, and two related companies are under investigation.
The game, which launched in April 2023 and ended service on June 30, drove Odd Number to a 5,605,290,000 yen loss by December 2023. Business partners secured a provisional attachment on the company's headquarters from December 2025 to March 2026.
The Love Live! Hasu no Sora Jogakuin School Idol Club project continues. A 3D anime film opened in Japan on May 8, and a television anime series is set to premiere in January 2027.
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- Anime News Network News Link! Like! Love Live! Game Developer Odd Number Files for Bankruptcy