The studio was formed in the early 1980s as Daicon Film by university students Hideaki Anno, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Hiroyuki Yamaga, Takami Akai, Toshio Okada, Yasuhiro Takeda and Shinji Higuchi. The Animage Anime Grand Prix has been awarded to Gainax for Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water in 1991, Neon Genesis Evangelion in 19, and The End of Evangelion in 1997.ĭVD cover of North American release of Otaku no Video. Series produced by Gainax are often known for their controversial twist endings. 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 company is headquartered in Koganei, Tokyo. In a discussion at the 2006 Tekkoshocon, Matt Greenfield claimed that Evangelion had grossed over US$2 billion Takeda reiterated in 2002 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. Evangelion has reportedly grossed over 150 billion yen, or approximately US$1.2 billion. ( Japanese: 株式会社ガイナックス, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Gainakkusu) is a Japanese anime studio famous for productions such as Neon Genesis Evangelion, Royal Space Force, Gunbuster, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, Kare Kano, FLCL, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, and Gurren Lagann, which have garnered critical acclaim and commercial success.

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