Studio Ghibli [temporarily] shuts down production department

[Boutros]

http://someoneone.blog116.fc2.com/blog-entry-8987.html

That link is all in Japanese but it was announced during a meeting with shareholders.

 

Their recent movie flopped at the Box Office:

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/07/22-1/studio-ghiblis-latest-film-marnie-earns-less-than-half-of-arrietty-in-1st-weekend

The future of the studio strongly depended from the performance of that movie.