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GAINAX Co., Ltd. (株式会社ガイナックス, Kabushiki-gaisha Gainakkusu) is a Japanese anime studio famous for productions such as Gunbuster, The Wings of Honneamise, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, FLCL, Gurren Lagann and Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, which have gone on to critical acclaim and commercial success, Evangelion has reportedly grossed over 150 billion yen, or approximately 1.2 billion USD. In a discussion at the 2006 Tekkoshocon, Matt Greenfield claimed Evangelion had grossed over 2 billion USD; Takeda 2002 reiterates that "It sold record numbers of laserdiscs in Japan, and the DVD is still selling well today." as well as for their association with award-winning anime director and studio co-founder Hideaki Anno. The company is headquartered in Koganei, Tokyo.
Until Neon Genesis Evangelion, Gainax typically worked on stories created in-house, but the studio has increasingly developed anime adaptations of existing manga like Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou and Mahoromatic.
The Animage Anime Grand Prix has been awarded to Gainax for Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water in 1991, Neon Genesis Evangelion in 1995 and 1996, and The End of Evangelion in 1997.
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, 1h25Directed by Hideaki Anno
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Horror, Animation, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yūko Miyamura, Kotono Mitsuishi, Junko Iwao, Fumihiko Tachiki
Shinji Ikari, the teenage pilot of a giant Evangelion cyborg, is distraught over the death of his friend Kaworu Nagisa. He visits fellow pilot Asuka Langley Soryu in a hospital and masturbates to her comatose body.
, 1h42Directed by Tensai Okamura, Hideaki Anno, Seiji Mizushima
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Action, Animation, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Political films, Dystopian films
Actors Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yūko Miyamura, Kotono Mitsuishi, Tomokazu Seki, Kōichi Yamadera
See Neon Genesis Evangelion The first part, Death, is a 70-minute long edit of the first 24 episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion in the form of a clip show, with additional footage not seen in the original broadcast. (The footage would later be integrated into the Japanese Laserdisc and the American and European Platinum Collection releases of the series, as "Director's Cut" versions of episodes 21-24)
, 1h59Genres Drama, Science fiction, Animation
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Patricia Ja Lee, Bin Shimada, Kazuyuki Sogabe, Michael Forest, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Masahiro Anzai
On an alternate Earth, an industrial civilization is flourishing amid an impending war between two bordering nations: the Kingdom of Honneamise and "The Republic".