{"rewrite":{"id":"r_8a0d641fc70f0740848d86fb","clusterId":"c_bbe2ea4b667fdd034ba7f9a7","slug":"link-like-love-live-developer-odd-number-files-for-bankruptcy","model":"deepseek-v4-flash:free","headline":"Link! Like! Love Live! Developer Odd Number Files for Bankruptcy","summary":"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.","whyItMatters":"The bankruptcy follows the end of Link! Like! Love Live! service and years of heavy losses tied to the game's high operating costs.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eOdd 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.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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\u0026#39;s headquarters from December 2025 to March 2026.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Odd Number's bankruptcy follows Link! Like! Love Live!'s end of service by about a month. The timing suggests the game's closure removed the company's main revenue source.","twitterPost":"Odd Number filed for bankruptcy weeks after Link! Like! Love Live! ended service. The game's shutdown likely removed its primary income.","threadsPost":"Odd Number's bankruptcy comes roughly a month after Link! Like! Love Live! ended service. With the game gone, the developer lost its main revenue stream. The liabilities, over 10 billion yen, show the scale of the financial hole.","newsletterBlurb":"Odd Number, the developer of Link! Like! Love Live!, has filed for bankruptcy with 10.32 billion yen in liabilities. The game ended service in June. The Hasu no Sora project continues with a TV anime planned for January 2027.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-08-14/link-like-love-live-game-developer-odd-number-files-for-bankruptcy/.240564\",\"title\":\"Link! Like! Love Live! Game Developer Odd Number Files for Bankruptcy\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4564,"outputTokens":608,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1786704854,"createdAt":"2026-08-14T10:47:32.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-14T10:51:46.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-14T10:47:32.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_bbe2ea4b667fdd034ba7f9a7","canonicalTitle":"News\nLink! Like! Love Live! Game Developer Odd Number Files for Bankruptcy","representativeArticleId":"a_1cec5c81d0332c008de217b9","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Link! Like! Love Live!\"],\"studios\":[\"Odd Number\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"business\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-08-14T09:07:21.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-08-14T09:07:21.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-14T10:51:51.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-08-14/link-like-love-live-game-developer-odd-number-files-for-bankruptcy/.240564","title":"News\nLink! Like! Love Live! Game Developer Odd Number Files for Bankruptcy"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Link! Like! Love Live!"],"studios":["Odd Number"],"people":[],"type":"business","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}