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{{Infobox company
| name = GAINAX Co., Ltd.<br>株式会社ガイナックス
| logo = [[File:Gainax logo.svg|220px]]
| type = [[Animation studio]]
| genre= Various
| foundation = {{start date and age|1984|12|24}}
| founder = [[Hideaki Anno]]<br>[[Yoshiyuki Sadamoto]]<br>[[Hiroyuki Yamaga]]<br>[[Takami Akai]]<br>[[Toshio Okada]]<br>[[Yasuhiro Takeda]]<br>[[Shinji Higuchi]]
| location_city = [[Mitaka, Tokyo]]
| location_country = [[Japan]]
| locations =
| key_people = [[Hiroyuki Yamaga]] (President)
| industry = [[Animation]] ([[Anime]])
| products = ''[[Gunbuster]]''<br>''[[Diebuster]]''<br>''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''<br>''[[Gurren Lagann]]''<br>''[[This Ugly Yet Beautiful World]]''<br>''[[FLCL]]''<br>''[[Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi]]''<br>''[[Petite Princess Yucie]]''<br>''[[Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt]]''
| equity=
| num_employees =
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| homepage = [http://www.gainax.co.jp/wp/ www.gainax.co.jp]
| intl = yes
}}
[[Image:Otaku-no-Video-DVDcover.jpg|thumb|right|DVD cover of North American release of ''[[Otaku no Video]]''.]]

{{nihongo|'''GAINAX Co., Ltd.'''|株式会社ガイナックス|Kabushiki-gaisha Gainakkusu}} is a [[Japan]]ese [[anime]] studio famous for productions such as ''[[Gunbuster]]'', ''[[The Wings of Honneamise]]'', ''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]'', ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV)|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', ''[[Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi]]'', ''[[FLCL]]'', ''[[Gurren Lagann]]'' and ''[[Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt]]'', which have gone on to critical acclaim<ref>"Considered one of the top 10 films of 1987 by Japanese film critics, The Wings of Honneamise is..." [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/3.04/anime_pr.html "Heads Up, Mickey: Anime may be Japan's first really big cultural export"], Issue 3.04 - Apr 1995, ''[[Wired Magazine]]''</ref><ref>The studio's works have garnered them [[Animage]]'s coveted Anime Grand Prix award over ten times since 1990.</ref> and commercial success, ''Evangelion'' has reportedly grossed over 150 billion [[yen]], or approximately 1.2 billion USD.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2007/02/12/02.html|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070214063924/http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2007/02/12/02.html|title=スポニチ Sponichi Annex ニュース 芸能|author=|archivedate=14 February 2007|work=sponichi.co.jp|accessdate=7 May 2015|deadurl=yes}}</ref> In a discussion at the 2006 [[Tekkoshocon]], [[Matt Greenfield]] claimed ''Evangelion'' had grossed over 2 billion USD;<ref>{{cite speech
 |title=Evangelion - 10 years of Death and Re:Birth
 |first=Matt
 |last=Greenfield
 |author-link=Matt Greenfield
 |event=[[Tekkoshocon]] 2006
 |location=Pittsbugh, Pennsylvania
 |date=April 2, 2006
 |url= <!-- http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4303537030524950783 -->
 |accessdate=
}}</ref> Takeda 2002 reiterates that "It sold record numbers of [[laserdisc]]s 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|Koganei]], [[Tokyo]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Gainax Internet Section |url=http://www.gainax.co.jp/company/profile.html |title=GAINAX NET｜会社案内｜会社概要 |publisher=Gainax.co.jp |accessdate=2015-04-30}}</ref>

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]]''. Series produced by Gainax are often known for their controversial twist endings.

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.

==History==

===Beginnings===
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]]. Their first project was [[Daicon III and IV Opening Animations|an animated short]] for the 20th Annual [[Japan National SF Convention]], also known as Daicon III, held in 1981 in [[Osaka, Japan]]. The short film is about a girl who fights monsters, robots, and spaceships from early science fiction TV shows and films (including ''[[Ultraman]]'', ''[[Gundam]]'', ''[[Space Runaway Ideon]]'', ''[[Space Battleship Yamato]]'', ''[[Star Trek]]'', ''[[Star Wars]]'', and ''[[Godzilla]]'') until she finally reaches a desert plain and pours a glass of water on a dried-out [[daikon|daikon radish]], which immediately resurrects itself, grows into a huge spaceship, and beams her aboard. Though the short had an ambitious scope, the animation was rough and low-quality.

The group made a much bigger splash with the short they produced for the 22nd Annual Japan National SF Convention, [[Daicon IV]], in 1983. Starting with a better animated recap of their original 1981 short, the short then moves to the girl as a grown woman, wearing a [[Playboy bunny|bunny suit]] and fighting an even wider range of science fiction creatures (including various [[Mobile Suits]] from the [[Gundam]] series, [[Darth Vader]], an [[Alien (film)|Alien]], a ''[[The Super Dimension Fortress Macross|Macross]]'' [[VF-1 Valkyrie|Valkyrie]], a [[Pern]] [[Dragons (Pern)|dragon]], [[Aslan]], a [[Klingon]] [[battle cruiser]], [[Spider-Man]], and a pan across a vast array of hundreds of other characters) while surfing through the sky on the sword [[Stormbringer]]. The action was all set to the [[Electric Light Orchestra]] song "[[Twilight (Electric Light Orchestra song)|Twilight]]", though the group's failure to properly license the song would prevent the short's official release on DVD (and make the limited [[laserdisc]] release of the Daicon shorts very rare and highly sought after items).

The Daicon IV short firmly established Daicon Film as a talented new anime studio (albeit small and with only 20 million yen or about US$200,000).<ref name="ASAHI EVENING NEWS 1998">''[[Asahi Shimbun]]''/ASAHI EVENING NEWS. November 13, 1998. "JAPAN- Animator hit for tax evasion" Pg. News.</ref> The studio changed its name to Gainax in 1985, basing the term "Gainax" on an obscure [[Tottori Prefecture]]<ref>Takami Akai is from Tottori and suggested it.</ref> term for "giant", with the English suffix ''-x'' added because it sounded "good and was international".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gainax.fr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=388&Itemid=416 |title=Bienvenue sur le site internet de Sekai Project |publisher=Gainax.fr |accessdate=2015-04-30}}</ref>

Gainax's first work as a commercial entity was ''[[Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise]]'', released in 1987. ''Honneamise'' was (and still is) critically acclaimed and a classic anime movie; however, it had a tepid commercial reaction (Gainax did attempt to develop a sequel later in March 1992, before abandoning it for lack of funds).

The next release, the 1988 [[OVA]] ''[[Gunbuster]]'', was a commercial success<ref>" "The first commercial success of the fan-turned-pro studio Gainax, "Gunbuster" ("Aim for the Top!") was the first anime OVA (original video animation) made by and for the "otaku generation" — a series for those who love anime. Not tied to any pre-existing manga or toy campaign, "Gunbuster" was a declaration that anime could be made for its own sake."  Business Wire. October 24, 2006 Tuesday 1:00 PM GMT "Image Entertainment and Bandai Visual USA to Release Classic Anime Series ''Gunbuster''"<!-- It's a press release. So sue me; if I find a better reference, I'll use it. --></ref> and put Gainax on a stabler footing to produce works like ''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water|Nadia]]'' and ''[[Otaku no Video]]''. During this period, Gainax also produced a number of items such as [[garage kits|garage kit]] and adult video games (a major earner which kept Gainax afloat on occasion, though they were sometimes banned).<ref>''Electronic Brain Academy Scenario 1'' (released November 1990) was banned in July 1992 in [[Miyazaki Prefecture]], the first to be so banned in Japan; Gainax sued, charging the ban was unconstitutional, but lost. See Japan Economic Newswire JANUARY 24, 1994, MONDAY. "Court backs ban on sale, lease of porno computer game". By Miyazaki, Jan. 24 Kyodo</ref>

===''Evangelion''===
[[File:Studio GAINAX.jpg|thumb|Gainax's offices in [[Koganei, Tokyo|Koganei]], [[Tokyo]], circa 2004. The studio since moved to a modest two-story premise, also in Koganei, before moving again to another premise.]]
[[File:GainaxHQLQC.jpg|thumb|Current Gainax headquarters in [[Koganei, Tokyo|Koganei]], [[Tokyo]].]]
In 1995, Gainax produced perhaps their best known series, the commercially successful and critically lauded ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''. In the wake of ''Evangelion<nowiki>'s</nowiki>'' success, however, Gainax was [[Financial audit|audited]] by the [[National Tax Agency]] at the urging of the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau on suspicion of committing [[tax evasion]] on the massive profits accruing from various ''Evangelion'' properties. It was later revealed that Gainax had concealed 1.56 billion yen worth of income (thereby failing to pay 560 million yen due in [[corporate tax]]es) which it had earned between the release of ''Evangelion'' and July 1997 by paying closely related companies various large fees, ostensibly to pay for animation expenses, but then immediately withdraw 90% of the sums from the other company's accounts as cash and store it in [[safe deposit box]]es (leaving 10% as a reward for the other company's assistance).<ref name="ASAHI EVENING NEWS 1998"/>

Gainax president [[Takeshi Sawamura]] and tax [[accountant]] Yoshikatsu Iwasaki were arrested on July 13, 1999 and later jailed for accounting fraud.<ref name="ann1999">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsservice.com/archives/july99.htm|title=Anime News Service - July 1999 Anime News: President Of Gainax Arrested|date=1999-07-13|publisher=[[Yomiuri Shimbun]]|accessdate=2006-10-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/1998-11-12/gainax-company-president-admit-tax-evasion |title=Gainax, company president admit tax evasion - News |publisher=Animenewsnetwork.com |date=1998-11-12 |accessdate=2015-04-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsservice.com/archives/july99.htm |title=July 1999 Anime News |publisher=Animenewsservice.com |accessdate=2015-04-30}}</ref> [[Yasuhiro Takeda]] later defended Sawamura's actions as being a reaction to Gainax's perpetually precarious finances and the shaky accounting procedures internally:
<blockquote>"Sawamura understood our financial situation better than anyone, so when ''Evangelion'' took off and the money really started rolling in, he saw it as possibly our one and only opportunity to set something aside for the future. I guess he was vulnerable to temptation at that point, because no one knew how long the ''Evangelion'' goose would keep laying golden eggs. I don't think he purposely set out with the goal of evading taxes. It was more that our level of accounting knowledge wasn't up to the task of dealing with revenues on such a large scale."<ref>pg 170, Takeda 2002</ref></blockquote>

===2000s===
In 2004, Gainax marked their 20th anniversary with the production of ''[[Diebuster]]'', the sequel to ''[[Gunbuster]]''. Gainax's most recent successes on television have been the popular anime series ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' (2007) and ''[[Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt]]'' (2010).

In August 2011, Gainax was sued by A.D. Vision, who claimed Gainax's refusal to accept an [[Option (filmmaking)|option]] payment for the perpetual live-action rights to ''Evangelion'' was a breach of contract and had resulted in losing an opportunity to produce the film with a major studio.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2011/08/12/ad-vision-inc-sues-gainax-co-ltd-over-live-action-evangelion-movie-agreement|title=A.D. Vision, Inc. sues Gainax Co., Ltd. over live-action Evangelion movie agreement|publisher=Crunchyroll|date=August 12, 2011|accessdate=August 13, 2011}}</ref> A.D. Vision has asked to be awarded the live-action rights to ''Evangelion'' and any accruing [[English rule (attorney's fees)|legal fees]].

In 2012, Gainax announced it would be producing its first live-action television series, [[EA's Rock]], with director [[Nobuhiro Yamashita]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-02-23/gainax-nobuhiro-yamashita-create-live-action-tv-show-ea-rock|title=Gainax, Nobuhiro Yamashita Create Live-Action TV Show EA's Rock|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=February 23, 2012|accessdate=February 27, 2012}}</ref>

At the 2013 [[Tokyo Anime Fair]], Gainax announced that they would be making once-dead ''Blue Uru'' film with [[Hiroyuki Yamaga]] as the director and screenwriter and [[Yoshiyuki Sadamoto]] as the character designer.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gainax Makes Blue Uru Film with Honneamise Yamaga, Sadamoto|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-03-20/gainax-makes-blue-uru-film-with-honneamise-yamaga-sadamoto|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=21 March 2013}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===TV series===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Year(s) !! Director(s) !! Co-production companies
|-
|''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]''
|1990–1991
|[[Hideaki Anno]]
|[[Group TAC]], [[Sei Young Animation Co., Ltd.|Sei Young]]
|-
|''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (anime)|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''
|1995–1996
|Hideaki Anno
|[[Tatsunoko]]
|-
|''[[His and Her Circumstances]]''
|1998–1999
|Hideaki Anno<br>[[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]
|[[J.C.Staff]]
|-
|''Modern Love's Silliness''
|1999
|[[Issei Kume]]
|Animation production by Group TAC
|-
|''[[Oruchuban Ebichu]]''
|1999
|[[Makoto Moriwaki]]
|Animation production by Group TAC
|-
|''[[Mahoromatic]]''
|2001–2003, 2009
|[[Hiroyuki Yamaga]]
|[[Shaft (company)|Shaft]]
|-
|''[[Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi]]''
|2002
|Hiroyuki Yamaga
|[[Madhouse (company)|Madhouse]]
|-
|''[[Petite Princess Yucie]]''
|2002–2003
|Masahiko Otsuka
|[[Anime International Company|AIC]]
|-
|''[[Melody of Oblivion]]''
|2004
|Hiroshi Nishikiori
|Animation production by J.C.Staff
|-
|''[[This Ugly Yet Beautiful World]]''
|2004
|Shouji Saeki
|Shaft
|-
|''[[He Is My Master]]''
|2005
|Shouji Saeki
|Shaft
|-
|''[[Gurren Lagann]]''
|2007
|[[Hiroyuki Imaishi]]
|
|-
|''[[Corpse Princess]]''
|2008
|[[Masahiko Murata]]
|[[Feel (studio)|Feel]]
|-
|''[[Hanamaru Kindergarten]]''
|2010
|[[Seiji Mizushima]]
|
|-
|''[[Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt]]''
|2010
|Hiroyuki Imaishi
|
|-
|''[[The Mystic Archives of Dantalian]]''
|2011
|Yutaka Uemura
|
|-
|''[[Medaka Box]]''
|2012
|Shouji Saeki
|
|-
|''[[Medaka Box Abnormal]]''
|2012
|Shouji Saeki
|
|-
| ''[[Stella Women’s Academy, High School Division Class C³]]''
| 2013
| Masayoshi Kawajiri
|
|-
| ''[[Magica Wars]]''
| 2014
| Ayano Ohnoki
|
|-
|''[[Wish Upon the Pleiades]]''
| 2015
| Shouji Saeki
| [[Subaru]]
|}

===Films===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Year(s) !! Director(s) !! Co-production companies !! Notes
|-
|''[[Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise]]''
|1987
|Hiroyuki Yamaga
|
|
|-
|''[[Evangelion: Death and Rebirth]]''
|1997
|Hideaki Anno<br>Masayuki<br>Kazuya Tsurumaki
|[[Production I.G]]
|
|-
|''[[The End of Evangelion]]''
|1997
|Hideaki Anno<br>Kazuya Tsurumaki
|Production I.G
|
|-
|''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth#Versions|Revival of Evangelion]]''
|1999
|Hideaki Anno
|Production I.G
|
|-
|''[[Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door]]''
|2001
|[[Shinichirō Watanabe]]
|
|Gainax credited as outside animation team
|-
|''[[Cutie Honey (film)|Cutie Honey]]''
|2004
|Hideaki Anno
|
|Opening animation
|-
|''[[Gunbuster]] vs. [[Diebuster]]''
|2006
|Hideaki Anno<br>Kazuya Tsurumaki
|
|
|-
|''[[Rebuild of Evangelion]]''<br>(Four-part movie series)
|2007–present
|Hideaki Anno<br>Kazuya Tsurumaki
|
|Produced by Anno's [[Khara (studio)|Studio Khara]].<br>Gainax collaborated in the project.
|-
|''[[Gurren Lagann#Anime films|Gekijōban Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''<br>(Two-part movie series)
|2008–2009
|Hiroyuki Imaishi
|
|
|}

===OVAs and ONAs===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Year(s) !! Director !! Co-production companies !! Notes
|-
|''The Chocolate Panic Picture Show''
|1985
|Fujiwara Kumai
|
|
|-
|''[[Appleseed (OVA)|Appleseed]]''<br>
|1988
|[[Kazuyoshi Katayama]]
|[[Bandai Visual]]
|
|-
|''[[Gunbuster]]''
|1988–1989
|[[Hideaki Anno]]
|
|
|-
|''Beat Shot''
|1989
|Takashi Akimoto
|
|
|-
|''[[Circuit no Ohkami 2 Modena no Tsurugi]]''
|1990
|Yoshihide Kuriyama
|
|
|-
|''[[Honō no Tenkōsei]]''
|1991
|Katsuhiko Nishijima
|
|
|-
|''[[Money Wars]]''
|1991
|Yusaku Saotome
|
|
|-
|''[[Otaku no Video]]''
|1991
|[[Takeshi Mori (director)|Takeshi Mori]]
|
|
|-
|''[[K.O. Beast]]''
|1992-1993
|Hiroshi Negishi
|Project B4, [[Animate Film]]
|
|-
|''[[Casshan: Robot Hunter]]''
|1993
|Hiroyuki Fukushima
|[[Tatsunoko Productions]]
|Episode 4 only
|-
|''[[Debutante Detective Corps]]''
|1996
|[[Akiyuki Shinbo]]
|[[Studio 4°C]]/FAI
|
|-
|''[[FLCL]]''
|2000
|[[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]
|Production I.G
|
|-
|''Anime Tenchou''
|2002
|Hiroyuki Imaishi
|
|
|-
| ''[[Submarine 707R]]''
| 2003
|Shoichi Masuo<br/>Hideaki Anno
|[[Group TAC]], [[Ashi Productions]]
|
|-
|''[[Re: Cutie Honey]]''
|2004
|Hideaki Anno
|[[Toei Animation]]
|
|-
|''[[Diebuster]]''
|2004
|[[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]
|
|
|-
|''[[Wish Upon the Pleiades]]''
|2011
|Shouji Saeki
|
|
|-
|''Bridge for Future'' <ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2015-10-04/gainax-fukushima-studio-makes-anime-commercial-series-for-bank/.93638</ref><ref>http://www.tohobank.co.jp/gainax_cm/index.html</ref>
|2015-2016
|
|[[Toho Bank]]
|
|}

===Daicon tokusatsu fan films===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Year !! Synopsis
|-
|{{nihongo|''Patriotic Squadron Dai-Nippon''|愛国戦隊大日本|Aikoku Sentai Dai-Nippon}}
|1982
|Parody of the popular [[Super Sentai]] shows (mostly from footages in [[Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan]]) and the [[Russo-Japanese War]], with the members of the title team (Ai[[Kamikaze]], Ai[[Harakiri]], Ai[[Sukiyaki]], Ai[[Geisha]], and Ai[[Tenpura]]) fighting the evil plan of the Red Bear Empire (led by "Death [[Kremlin]]") to brainwash the children of Japan by replacing the pages of their textbooks with red paper in this "episode."
|-
|{{nihongo|''[[Kaiketsu Noutenki|Swift Hero Noutenki]]''|快傑のーてんき|Kaiketsu Nōtenki}}
|1982
|Parody of [[Shotaro Ishinomori]]'s ''[[Kaiketsu Zubat]]''
|-
|{{nihongo|''Return of Ultraman''|帰ってきたウルトラマン|Kaettekita Urutoraman}}
|1983
|Parody of a [[Return of Ultraman|title of the same name]], with New Ultraman/Ultraman Jack replaced with a giant [[Hideaki Anno]] in a vinyl Ultraman trick-or-treat outfit and glasses.<ref>Takeda 2002.</ref>
|-
|{{nihongo|''[[Kaiketsu Noutenki|Kaiketsu Nōtenki 2 - Pure Love in Minato City]]''|快傑の-てんき2 純愛港町篇|Kaiketsu Nōtenki 2 - Junai Minato-cho Hen}}
|1984
|Parody of [[Shotaro Ishinomori]]'s ''[[Kaiketsu Zubat]]'', in which the titular hero faces off against Mecha Noutenki, a mechanical clone of himself.
|-
|{{nihongo|''[[Kaiketsu Noutenki|Kaiketsu Nōtenki in USA]]''|快傑の-てんき in USA}}
|1984
|Parody of [[Shotaro Ishinomori]]'s ''[[Kaiketsu Zubat]]'', in which the titular hero sightsees in [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], [[California]] (while in costume)
|-
|{{nihongo|''[[Yamata no Orochi no Gyakushū|The Eight-Headed Giant Serpent Strikes Back]]''|八岐之大蛇の逆襲|Yamata no Orochi no Gyakushū}}
|1985
|A 72-minute sendup of [[kaiju|daikaiju]] (giant monster) movies and the most heavily promoted of the Daicon tokusatsu short films.<ref name="Takeda 2002"/>
|-
|{{nihongo|''[[Kaiketsu Noutenki|Roleplaying Nōtenki in Seoul]]''|ロールプレイングの-てんき in ソウル}}
|1988
|Role-playing parody of [[Shotaro Ishinomori]]'s ''[[Kaiketsu Zubat]]'', in which the titular hero sightsees in [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], [[California]] (while in costume)
|}

==Other works==
Gainax has also teamed with other groups to create various works, such as a 1987 promotional video for the song "Marionette" by [[Boøwy]]<ref name="Takeda 2002">Takeda 2002</ref> and the 2006 [[Momoko Doll|Momoko]]-based "Gainax Girls" fashion dolls created in collaboration with a Japanese [[fashion doll]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.momokodoll.com/collaboration/gainax/index.php|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20061220111859/http://www.momokodoll.com/collaboration/gainax/index.php|title=momokoDOLL.com|author=|archivedate=20 December 2006|deadurl=yes|work=momokodoll.com|accessdate=7 May 2015}}</ref> Gainax also collaborated with [[Game Arts]] in 1992, resulting in the video game ''[[Alisia Dragoon]]''.

Gainax has also produced a number of computer games, including a strip [[mahjong]] game featuring ''Evangelion'' characters<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00008HYDL?redirect=true |title=警告：アダルトコンテンツ |publisher=Amazon.co.jp |accessdate=2015-04-30}}</ref> and its most famous, the ''[[Princess Maker]]'' series (later adapted as ''[[Petite Princess Yucie|Puchi Puri Yūshi]]'').

==Relationship to fan community==
Since Gainax originated as a group of fans, it has maintained ties to the general [[otaku]] community, allowing [[dōjinshi]] of its work, fan-made [[action figure]]s,<ref>"The creation of a sexy Rei is in fact legal because anime production studio Gainax Co. approves fan-made production under certain conditions. Normally, anime copyright owners do not grant individuals approval to use their characters. But Gainax permits fans to make and sell up to 200 action figures a year per project. Gainax receives some 50 applications every year for fan production. The company believes permitting these products 'helps to prevent undesirable alterations and to maintain the characters' popularity', an official at the company's rights planning department said." ''[[The Nikkei Weekly]]'' (Japan) December 17, 2007 Monday, "Hostile responses not enough in battles with infringers"</ref> promoting series like ''Evangelion'' at private festivals, and so on.

The term "Gainaxing" has been coined by fans to describe exaggerated bouncing of a female character's breasts.

==See also==
{{Portal|Tokyo|Companies|Anime and Manga}}
* [[Gonzo (company)|Gonzo]] - studio created by ex-Gainax staff
* [[Khara (studio)|Khara]] - studio created by Gainax's co-founder
* [[Trigger (company)|Trigger]] - studio created by ex-Gainax staff
{{clear}}

==References==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==Further reading==
* Hernandez, Lea. "The Curse of Urusei Yatsura", interview by ''PULP magazine'', vol. 5, no. 8 (August 2001): 24–29. ISSN 1096-0228.
* Howell, Shon. "The Fabulous Dog and Pony Show: An Interview with Shon Howell". By Ben Dunn. ''Mangazine'', vol. 2, no. 23 (May 1993): 11–18.  Shon Howell was the second vice president of Gainax in charge of United States operations (General Products) after Lea Hernandez (the first) quit.
* Howell, Shon. "The Fabulous Dog and Pony Show". ''Mangazine'', vol. 2, nos. 24 (June 1993), 25 (July 1993), 27 (September 1993), 30 (December 1993), 31 (January 1994), 32 (February 1994).  A column further detailing Shon Howell's experiences with Gainax.
* Leonard, Andrew. [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/3.04/anime_pr.html "Heads Up, Mickey"].  ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'', issue 3.04, April 1995.  An article on anime, focusing on the history of Gainax.
* {{cite book |last= Takeda |first=Yasuhiro |authorlink=Yasuhiro Takeda |title=The Notenki Memoirs: Studio Gainax and the Men Who Created Evangelion |year=2002|publisher=ADV Manga |location= Houston |pages= |isbn=1-4139-0234-0 }} <!-- Takeda 2002 -->

==External links==
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* {{jp icon}} [http://www.gainax.co.jp/ GAINAX NET] — Gainax's official Web site
** [http://www.gainax.co.jp/anime/daicon/ Gainax's Official Daicon Films Website] — Info on their classic tokusatsu & anime shorts (DVDs available there).
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{{Animation industry in Japan}}

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[[Category:Video game companies of Japan]]
[[Category:Tokusatsu]]
[[Category:Gainax|*]]
[[Category:Japanese animation studios]]
[[Category:Animation studios in Tokyo]]
[[Category:Companies established in 1984]]