Western anime industry in danger?

In a recent interview posted on Mecha Anime HQ, Bandai’s Jerry Chu announced his companies (US) acquisition of Gundam SEED: Destiny.

The interview also touches on the precarious state of the US anime industry; commenting that after booming over recent years, the US has been flooded with too many anime releases to the point where “… many companies run a risk of collapse if they continue to release at breakneck speed”.

This is of particular interest when stopping to consider that the UK anime industry is currently going through a similar state of ‘release schedule growth’. You have to wonder, will the British market eventually suffer from the same problems of over-crowded anime shelves?