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Gainax, the studio behind the Evangelion series, goes bankrupt amidst unmanageable debt (automaton-media.com)

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How the mighty have fallen

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I’m not too surprised. The last show of theirs I heard about was a generic magical girl show, except it was sponsored by some car company so their broomsticks had tail lights and blinkers on the back.

The legacy of Evangelion is in Studio Khara ran by Hideaki Anno, and the legacy of Gainax has been in Studio Trigger since 2013 when Kill La Kill came out.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

I heard that he purchased the Gainax trademark so now he and the original creator (who he is friends with) own FLCL