History CreatorBreakdown / Anime

* A couple of years before ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', its author Tite Kubo had another series titled ''ZombiePowder'', which only lasted four volumes. The series was canceled because of its low popularity, but a nervous breakdown the author had also influenced in the decision. Kubo himself acknowledged it, in a veiled manner, in the flaps on the last volume published. A number of fans seem to believe this is the reason why ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' is the way it is. ''ZombiePowder'' was far darker, had western themes (and guns), a smaller cast and people died. ''Bleach'', on the other hand, has Japanese themes, a massive cast and the [[MemeticMutation fan meme]] [[DeathIsCheap "Nobody dies in ''Bleach''"]] (which has been subverted lately, to a degree). On the other hand, ''Bleach'' is also notable for its frequent [[Angst]].

* A couple of years before ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', its author Tite Kubo had another series titled ''ZombiePowder'', which only lasted four volumes. The series was canceled because of its low popularity, but a nervous breakdown the author had also influenced in the decision. Kubo himself acknowledged it, in a veiled manner, in the flaps on the last volume published. A number of fans seem to believe this is the reason why ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' is the way it is. ''ZombiePowder'' was far darker, had western themes (and guns), a smaller cast and people died. ''Bleach'', on the other hand, has Japanese themes, a massive cast and the [[MemeticMutation fan meme]] [[DeathIsCheap "Nobody dies in ''Bleach''"]] (which has been subverted lately, to a degree).

* The most famous instance of this in anime is Hideaki Anno and ''NeonGenesisEvangelion''. The latter half of that show and the subsequent movies are a testament to his depression and conflict with the otaku lifestyle at the time; in the end, all of that eventually merged with Gainax's serious financial difficulties to create the infamous, dark and {{Mind Screw}}ing last two episodes.

* CatSoup, a very bizarre and ultimately depressing short anime movie, was created after the creator's wife died. The DownerEnding, in which [[spoiler:even though the protagonist, Nyanko, has saved his sister from death, his family disappears one by one until everything is gone, leaving only a black screen.]] The entire thing is about the inevitability of death. In the end, the director could not prevent his wife's suicide, and Nyako could not prevent his own family's end.

* CatSoup, a very bizarre and ultimately depressing short anime movie, was created after the creator's wife died. The DownerEnding, in which [[spoiler:even though the protagonist has saved his sister from death, his family disappears one by one until everything is gone, leaving only a black screen.]] This represents his depression over his wife and how he was ultimately unable to save her from the clutches of death.

* A FanSub example: the final two episodes of LIME Anime's subtitles of ''[[IchigoOneHundredPercent Ichigo 100%]]'' begin with detrimental messages from the subber: "We reccommend you stop watching now! Please watch something else!" on Episode 11, and "Why did you download this? It sucks!" on Episode 12.

* The other (in)famous example is YoshiyukiTomino. Reportedly, the famed director struggled with depression for decades, and this was expressed by the high body count of many of the series he directed, such as ''SpaceRunawayIdeon,'' ''AuraBattlerDunbine,'' ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]],'' and ''[[Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam Victory Gundam]].'' Not surprisingly, this earned Tomino the nickname "KillEmAll". In his defense; however, he likes to do what he can to insure that his series will not have a sequel. After his battle with depression his work lightened considerably with his work like ''OvermanKingGainer'' having almost no deaths while ''Anime/TurnAGundam'' had a positive message unlike the cynicism of ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]]''.

* A couple of years before ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', its author Tite Kubo had another series titled ''ZombiePowder'', which only lasted four volumes. The series was canceled because of its low popularity, but a nervous breakdown the author had also influenced in the decision. Kubo himself acknowledged it, in a veiled manner, in the flaps on the last volume published. A number of fans seem to believe this is the reason why ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' is the way it is. ''ZombiePowder'' was far darker, had western themes (and guns), a smaller cast and people died. While ''Bleach'' is all Japanese theme, a massive cast and [[DeathIsCheap "Nobody dies in ''Bleach''"]] (which has been subverted lately, to a degree).

* In-universe example in ''Manga/{{Bakuman}}''. Ryu Shizuka, author of "True Human" (a manga about the conflict between the "true humans" and the normal "old" humans), kills off all the human males and focuses the story around the young women serving the "true humans" around the time he starts going to cabaret clubs and socializing with the hostesses. His editor takes him to a tea date with Aoki and her assistants, along with Hiramaru and his editor, which turns out to be quite awkward due to Shizuka's poor social skills and gloomy demeanor. Shizuka realizes that the hostesses were only paying attention to him for money, and plans on writing about their false love in "True Human"

* In 2006, {{Nitroplus}}' Gen Urobuchi confessed in his afterword to the first volume of ''[[Literature/FateZero Fate/zero]]'' to a loss in the ability to write heartwarming stories and a "tragedy syndrome" which compels him to make things tragic for the characters he conceived. Such tendencies showed up in spades in ''[[Literature/FateZero Fate/zero]]'', which was a much darker prequel of ''[[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Fate/stay night]]'', and then, in 2011, ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. [[spoiler:Judging by the BittersweetEnding of that anime though, he appears to have gotten better]].
* When playwright and Manga/DetectiveConan script writer HisashiNozawa committed suicide in summer 2004, fans also wonder if Nozawa already had a breakdown when he penned the series' NonSerialMovie ''Phantom of Baker Street'' about 2 years prior. This is fuelled by the fact that there has been a constant suspicion that the local WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds OneSceneWonder was Nozawa's AuthorAvatar--and, well, this movie StartsWithASuicide...
* In 1972, Go Nagai released 2 manga around the same time: {{Devilman}} and {{Mazinger Z}}. The former was something that he considered to be his greatest work, while the later's popularity heavily overshadowed it at the time. Toward the end of Devilman, his depression got the better of him and left the series with an ending that would put Anno to shame. Amusingly, the series became much more popular after it's run finished.

* More of a fanwork example, but the {{doujinshi}} Doujinshi/{{Takotsuboya K-ON Trilogy}} involves Azusa being unable to find success as a musician, Mio being extremely jealous at Yui for her success, and Ritsu resigning herself to a low level job because she believes she lacks talent. All of these can apply to the creator, TK, who tried for decades to become a published mangaka, but never could.

* A FanSub example: in the beginning of the final episode of LIME Anime's subtitles of ''[[IchigoOneHundredPercent Ichigo 100%]]'', there's a subtitle that says, "Why did you download this? It sucks!"

* A FanSub example: in the beginning of Episode 12 of LIME Anime's subtitles of ''[[IchigoOneHundredPercent Ichigo 100%]]'', there's a subtitle that says, "Why did you download this? It sucks!"

* In 1972, Go Nagai released 2 manga around the same time: {{Devilman}} and {{Mazinger Z}}. The former was something that he considered to be his greatest work, while the later's popularity heavily overshadowed it at the time. Toward the end of Devilman, his depression got the better of him and left the series with an ending that would put Anno to shame. Amusingly, the series became much more popular after it's run finished.

* When playwright and DetectiveConan script writer HisashiNozawa committed suicide in summer 2004, fans also wonder if Nozawa already had a breakdown when he penned the series' NonSerialMovie ''Phantom of Baker Street'' about 2 years prior. This is fuelled by the fact that there has been a constant suspicion that the local WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds OneSceneWonder was Nozawa's AuthorAvatar--and, well, this movie StartsWithASuicide...

* Apparently, one of the reasons why the ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Gundam SEED]]'' movie is in DevelopmentHell is the ''very'' serious cancer (which was unspecified) that affects Chiaki Morosawa, head script writer and wife to director Mitsuo Fukuda along with Voice Actor Existence Limbo which had damaged [[NaomiShindo Naomi Shindo's]] relationship with the Gundam Franchise.

* In 2007, Aoyama Gosho, creator of ''Manga/DetectiveConan'', divorced singer/voice actress MinamiTakayama. For a while immediately after the divorce, most of the prominent female characters in that series became massively incompetent and [[IdiotBall criminally stupid]].
** When playwright HisashiNozawa committed suicide in summer 2004, fans also wonder if Nozawa already had a breakdown when he penned the series' NonSerialMovie ''Phantom of Baker Street'' about 2 years prior. This is fuelled by the fact that there has been a constant suspicion that the local WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds OneSceneWonder was Nozawa's AuthorAvatar--and, well, this movie StartsWithASuicide...
* In 1972, Go Nagai released 2 manga around the same time: Devilman and Mazinger Z. The former was something that he considered to be his greatest work, while the later's popularity heavily overshadowed it at the time. Toward the end of Devilman, his depression got the better of him and left the series with an ending that would put Anno to shame. Amusingly, the series became much more popular after it's run finished.

** When playwright HisashiNozawa committed suicide in summer 2004, fans also wonder if Nozawa already had a breakdown when he penned the series' NonSerialMovie ''Phantom of Baker Street'' about 2 years prior. This is fuelled by the fact that there has been a constant suspicion that the local WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds OneSceneWonder was Nozawa's AuthorAvatar--and, well, this movie StartsWithASuicide...

* In 2006, {{Nitroplus}}' Gen Urobuchi confessed in his afterword to the first volume of ''[[Literature/FateZero Fate/zero]]'' to a loss in the ability to write heartwarming stories and a "tragedy syndrome" which compels him to make things tragic for the characters he conceived. Such tendencies showed up in spades in ''[[Literature/FateZero Fate/zero]]'', which was a much darker prequel of ''[[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Fate/stay night]]'', and in the recently-finished ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. [[spoiler:Judging by the BittersweetEnding of that anime though, he appears to have gotten better]].

* In 2007, Aoyama Gosho, creator of ''DetectiveConan'', divorced singer/voice actress MinamiTakayama. For a while immediately after the divorce, most of the prominent female characters in that series became massively incompetent and [[IdiotBall criminally stupid]].

* In-universe example in {{Bakuman}}. Ryu Shizuka, author of "True Human" (a manga about the conflict between the "true humans" and the normal "old" humans), kills off all the human males and focuses the story around the young women serving the "true humans" around the time he starts going to cabaret clubs and socializing with the hostesses. His editor takes him to a tea date with Aoki and her assistants, along with Hiramaru and his editor, which turns out to be quite awkward due to Shizuka's poor social skills and gloomy demeanor. Shizuka realizes that the hostesses were only paying attention to him for money, and plans on writing about their false love in "True Human"

* ''OnePiece'' fandom has speculated that [[spoiler: the [[TheReveal business with Portgas D. Rouge, Ace, and Roger]]]] was at least partially a product of EiichiroOda's anxiety over his wife Chiaki Inaba's pregnancy and himself becoming a father.

** When playwright HisashiNozawa committed suicide in summer 2004, fans also wonder if Nozawa already had a breakdown when he penned the series' NonSerialMovie ''Phantom of Baker Street'' about 2 years prior. This is fuelled by the fact that there has been a constant suspicion that the local WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds OneSceneWonder was Nozawa's AuthorAvatar--and, well, this movie StartsWithASuicide...

*** It must be noted that despite the [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel disturbing imagery]], the movie has a [[RousseauWasRight VERY idealistic]] message to it; it just gets a little lost in all the MindScrew. Clearly, therapy was already beginning to help.

* A couple of years before ''{{Bleach}}'', its author Tite Kubo had another series titled ''ZombiePowder'', which only lasted four volumes. The series was canceled because of its low popularity, but a nervous breakdown the author had also influenced in the decision. Kubo himself acknowledged it, in a veiled manner, in the flaps on the last volume published. A number of fans seem to believe this is the reason why ''{{Bleach}}'' is the way it is. ''ZombiePowder'' was far darker, had western themes (and guns), a smaller cast and people died. While ''Bleach'' is all Japanese theme, a massive cast and [[DeathIsCheap "Nobody dies in ''Bleach''"]] (which has been subverted lately, to a degree).

* Apparently, one of the reasons why the ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Gundam SEED]]'' movie is in DevelopmentHell is the ''very'' serious cancer (which was unspecified) that affects Chiaki Morosawa, head script writer and wife to director Mitsuo Fukuda along with Voice Actor Existence Limbo which had permanently damaged [[NaomiShindo Naomi Shindo's]] relationship with the Gundam Franchise.

*** The visit to the sealife preserve alone was enough to create some distance from the original series. Where the first series was largely dominated by the fatalism of Seele and Gendo, the desire to preserve and the hopes of one day using it to repopulate the seas shows more human spirit in ten minutes than we saw in most of the original.

*** The visit to the sealife preserve alone was enough to create some distance from the original series. Where the first series was largely dominated by the fatalism of Seele and Gendo, the existence of the preserve and the hopes of one day using it to repopulate the seas shows more human spirit in ten minutes than we saw in most of the original.

** When playwright HisashiNozawa committed suicide in summer 2004, fans also wonder if Nozawa already had a breakdown when he penned the series' NonSerialMovie ''Phantom of Baker Street'' about 2 years prior. This is fuelled by the fact that there has been a constant suspicion that the local WoobieDestroyOfWorlds OneSceneWonder was Nozawa's AuthorAvatar--and, well, this movie StartsWithASuicide...

* OsamuTezuka's, in the wake of personal betrayal, having his manga altered in serialization and anime adaptations, and health problems. His stories always had a certain 'edge', but you can see him subverting and deconstructing the ever living life out of some of his previously innocent [[StarSystem characters and archetypes.]] The most blatant product of this is ''Alabaster''.

* Apparently, one of the reasons why the ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Gundam SEED]]'' movie is in DevelopmentHell is the ''very'' serious cancer (which was unspecified) that affects Chiaki Morosawa, head script writer and wife to director Mitsuo Fukuda along with VoiceActorExistenceLimbo which had permanently damaged [[NaomiShindo Naomi Shindo's]] relationship with the Gundam Franchise.

* A particularly ugly and recent, messy example for Kentarou Yabuki, the creator of ''BlackCat'' and illustrator for ''Manga/ToLoveRu''. The cancellation of the latter manga was abrupt due to his recent divorce. It's not exactly easy to continue writing a story of the sweet and lovely GirlNextDoor when [[AuthorAppeal the woman she's based on]] has just had an extremely ugly breakup with you.

* In 2006, {{Nitroplus}}' Gen Urobuchi confessed in his afterword to the first volume of ''[[FateZero Fate/zero]]'' to a loss in the ability to write heartwarming stories and a "tragedy syndrome" which compels him to make things tragic for the characters he conceived. Such tendencies showed up in spades in ''[[FateZero Fate/zero]]'', which was a much darker prequel of ''[[FateStayNight Fate/stay night]]'', and in the recently-finished ''PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. [[spoiler:Judging by the BittersweetEnding of that anime though, he appears to have gotten better]].

* InUniverse example: Yoshino of ''{{Clannad}}''. [[spoiler:Meeting a group of kids in a hospital that are fans of his music made him question his singing for his own sake, preventing him from writing new songs. Then, when the biggest of said fans committed a huge crime, he blamed himself and let that bitterness crawl into his work. It eventually led to a downward spiral where he left the music scene a broken man]].