Gainax Company, Limited (stylized as GAINAX; 株式会社ガイナックス, Kabushiki-geisha Gainakkusu) was the Japanese anime studio that produced the first season of Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt. They were famous for productions such as Gunbuster, The Wings of Honnêamise, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, Neon Genesis Evangelion, FLCL, and Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, which have gone on to critical acclaim and commercial success, as well as for their association with award-winning anime director and studio co-founder Hideaki Anno. The company is headquartered in Koganei, Tokyo.
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 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.
In 2023, it was announced that Gainax transferred their rights of Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt to Trigger. On June 7, 2024, Gainax announced that they declared bankruptcy and ceased operations.[1]
List of works[]
Television series[]
- Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990)
- Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995)
- Kare Kano (1998)
- Modern Love's Silliness (1999)
- Oruchuban Ebichu (1999)
- Mahoromatic (2001)
- Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi (2002)
- Petite Princess Yucie (2002)
- This Ugly yet Beautiful World (2004)
- He Is My Master (2005)
- Gurren Lagann (2007)
- Corpse Princess (2008)
- Hanamaru Kindergarten (2010)
- Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (2010)
- The Mystic Archives of Dantalian (2011)
- Medaka Box / Medaka Box Abnormal (2012)
- Stella Women’s Academy, High School Division Class C³ (2013)
- Magica Wars (2014)
- Wish Upon the Pleaides (2015)
Films[]
- Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise (1987)
- Nadia: The Movie (1991)
- Evangelion: Death and Rebirth (1997)
- The End of Evangelion (1997)
- Revival of Evangelion (1999)
- Cutie Honey (2004)
- Gunbuster vs. Diebuster (2006)
- Gekijōban Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (2008-2009)