When Elon Musk isn't showering himself with all the money he has as the richest man known to man, he's making the popular "Stonks" meme a reality by literally raising the stock of video game company Bandai Namco with a single Twitter post from The Idolmaster. At this point, Musk simply rejects all known economic theory and replaces it with his own interests, of which anime culture is only one of many.
This Elon Musk tweet of an Idolmaster character is being cited for lifting shares in Bandai Namco today
— Gearoid Reidy (@GearoidReidy) January 13, 2021
h/t @shoko_oda https://t.co/diJaAbrxzv pic.twitter.com/yzNm7r0jhi
No, this is no joke. Even Bloomberg Japan's editor-in-chief, Gearoid Reidy, is citing Elon Musk's Twitter posting as the reason behind the rise in the value of Bandai Namco's shares on the Japanese stock market today. Bandai Namco shares have risen steadily throughout 2020 as video games (and anime companies) remained the only reliable industries in times of global pandemic, but experienced declines during the vacation period in late December.
Elon Musk's Twitter posting has caused stocks to rally to just 9,400 yen per share. While this is lower than Bandai Namco's peak in early December 2020, set at 9,600 yen per share, this amount is even higher than what Bandai Namco has seen in the company's history since Bandai and Namco merged in 2005.
Clearly, Elon Musk has a great appreciation for the girls of The Idolmaster franchise, with the publication on Twitter of an image of Sachiko Koshimizu from The Idolmaster: Cinderella Girls, known as the "pure idol" among fans.
Source: Official Twitter Account
