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

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago

Studio Trigger has been their spiritual successor for a while now anyway.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

they haven't made anything good in a while anyway. what have they been doing all this time?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Accumulating debts and loaning money to their executives, according to the article.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

A wise investment

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

It all returns to nothing, it all comes Tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

tbh I thought gainax was already dead due to some embezzlement thing

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

The embezzlement thing or tax evasion thing? The tax thing was because of one guy running with that money and is why the last two episodes of Eva are the way they are.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Wow what?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

The studio has lost their top talent director Anno and Hiroyoki long time ago and hasn't been making shows recently, so it's not too surprising

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Wait...again? Did they go bankrupt years ago?