Anima Estudios, Mexico’s largest animation studio has reportedly shut down after years of financial instability.

Ánima Estudios, one of the largest and most consequential animation companies ever established in Mexico, has reportedly closed after nearly 24 years in business.

Mexican news outlet TV Azteca Laguna reported that the studio’s offices had been emptied and that dozens of artists were left facing an uncertain employment situation. Ánima has not released an official statement about the closure, but its website has gone offline, and several of its social media accounts have been deactivated.

The apparent shutdown follows months of public allegations by current and former employees about unpaid salaries, dismissals, and irregularities in benefits and severance. According to Mexican outlet La Crónica de Hoy, workers said in April that some wages had gone unpaid for as long as five months, and we can confirm that we started receiving anonymous and off-the-record emails in the spring. More than 60 employees were reportedly dismissed, with some claiming they had been removed from Mexico’s social security system without warning or had not received the compensation they were owed.