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Last December Tomohiro Maki, the president of Gainax, was arrested following accusations of sexual harassment and assault against someone contracted to one of his companies as a voice actress. According to Anime News Network, the Tokyo District Court has found him guilty and sentenced him …Read more »
There was a time during which anime studio Gainax was really on top, producing classics ranging from Gunbuster to Neon Genesis Evangelion and Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Now the company’s current president, Tomohiro Maki, has been arrested on alleged “semi-forced” indecent assault charges against a woman in her late teens. …Read more »
You may recall when Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno's current anime production house, Studio Khara, sued his former studio Gainax last year. The suit came about as a result of unpaid royalties and other fees related to a substantial loan, and a Tokyo District Court ended …Read more »
Gainax's new Kobe branch, Gainax West, has something cooking in the Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt department. What started with a mysterious "coming soon" tweet featuring Panty and Stocking's familiar silhouettes was soon followed with the promise of more information on December 16. The original …Read more »
Gainax’s FLCL only spans six episodes, but to fans it’s the equivalent of hundreds of epic episodes like those of Naruto or Bleach. It’s a coming of age tale without being preachy. It’s vulgar, yet refined in other aspects. Most of all, it’s fun. But …Read more »
Gainax, the anime studio behind such projects as Wings of Honneamise , Neon Genesis Evangelion and Gurren Lagann , has opened an anime museum in rural Miharu, Fukushima Prefecture. Fukushima is recovering from 2011’s triple earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. Gainax president Yoshinori Asao, originally …Read more »
Over the weekend Sentai Filmworks announced a nice little license rescue, with the addition of Gainax's Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water . The sci-fi TV anime is set to be released "soon" through select digital outlets, with a blingual DVD and Blu-ray release to …Read more »
Medaka Box follows the misadventures of the Hakoniwa Academy Student Council, ruled with a power-loaded fist by first-year student and fresh elect Medaka Kurokami. The premise is pretty straightforward: folks pop problems in the suggestion box, and Medaka and her council work to resolve the …Read more »
The next anime from Gainax ( Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann , Neon Genesis Evangelion ) is an adaptation of the Shonen Jump manga of the same name, written and illustrated by Nisio Isin and Akira Akatsuki, respectively. The ongoing manga involves the suggestion box of …Read more »
The California-based FanimeCon, which takes place May 27-30 at the San Jose Convention Center, has already announced a slew of big names to their Guests of Honor lineup. The latest addition is master animator Fumio Iida, also known as SUEZEN. Iida's portfolio is pretty loaded, …Read more »
It's been hinted at in various ways since around the time the lovingly titled Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt was announced, and now the next Gainax project has been officially confirmed. Bibliotheca Mystica de Dantalian (Dantalian no Shoka) is a light novel series written by …Read more »
Yep, you read the headline correctly. With a title like that, there can't be much within left to the imagination, right? Regardless of how transparent the name makes this show appear right out the gate, there is slight reason for hope. Panty & Stocking with …Read more »
Shinji Higuchi, the co-director of Shin Godzilla and the director of Shin Ultraman, is helming Bullet Train Explosion, a remake of a 1975 Japanese classic, for Netflix. The film is set for 2025. The original 1975 film is about a bullet train that will explode …Read more »
In 1991, Gainax—the studio known for Gunbuster, Evangelion, and Gurren Lagann (to name a few)—debuted the two-part OVA Otaku no Video. Equal parts parody, mockumentary, and love letter to fandom, this series follows two fanboys as they strive to transcend otakudom to become “Otakings.” And now, AnimEigo is …Read more »
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