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''"[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|All of that,]] [[Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt|at once]]."''
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▲{{quote|''"['[[Studio Gainax|Gainaxxy]]'?] I never know what people mean when they say that. It started out to mean [[Gainaxing|big, bouncy breasts]], then became [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|existentialist angst]], then became [[FLCL|hyper-kinetic psycho-sexual slapstick]]. What's it mean now?"''<br />
▲''"[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|All of that,]] [[Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt|at once]]."''|'''[http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=350079#post7705763 Forum thread]'''}}
▲Studio Gainax, also known just as Gainax, is one of the better-known [[Anime]] studios, having created such series as ''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]'' (''Fushigi no Umi no Nadia''), ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', ''[[FLCL]]'', ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' and causing the creation of such terms as [[Gainaxing]] and the [[Gainax Ending]].
Gainax is known for impressive visuals, gripping storylines, confusing plot points, and running out of money before the series is finished. This last tendency has been a particular problem in the past; the last episodes of Gainax series tend to be [[Off-Model|lower in quality]] and take a lot of shortcuts. The last two episodes of ''Evangelion'' were produced when the studio had been cut off by the main sponsor, and mostly [[Stock Footage|reused clips from previous episodes]] with different dialogue. Still shots are frequent as well. The final episode of ''Top o Nerae!'' (also known as ''Gunbuster'') is due to the black and white presentation often thrown into this bin, a common misconception as the black and white animation was actually more expensive. Thankfully, they seemed to have learned their lesson by ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' (see below).
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As a small note, they have a good relationship with [[Production I.G]], who did quite a lot of work on ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|End of Evangelion]]'' and ''[[FLCL]]''. The director of ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'', ''[[Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt|Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt]]'', and one episode of ''[[FLCL]]'' also worked with [[Production I.G]] on ''[[Dead Leaves]]''.
But Gainax's time in the sun was about to come to an end. In 2006, [[Hideaki Anno]] founded [[Studio Khara]] and left Gainax not long after. In 2011, Hiroyuki Imaishi and Masahiko Ōtsuka left and founded [[Studio Trigger]]. There's also [[Gaina]], which eventually became independent from the studio, taking rights to some series with them. Khara brought the rights to ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''. All of this leads to a studio which was quickly shutting down operations and on the verge of collapse.
In the early 2010s, they switched to doing shonen anime with smaller budgets and routine animation (like ''[[Medaka Box]]''), rather than the expressive style they were known for. In the mid 2010s, the studio even abandoned those smaller projects and stopped producing series. Hideaki Anno stated that Gainax has failed to pay back royalties ''and'' a loan from Khara, and later wrote a public letter expressing his disappointment with his former co-workers. By the 2020s, it's clear that Gainax is no longer what they used to be, with the studio operating out of an apartment.
=== Studio Gainax has created the following: ===▼
* Two original animated introductory films for [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQjruwkyOaU ''Daicon III''] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-840keiiFDE ''Daicon IV''], two iterations of a major [[Science Fiction]] convention in Japan. These were their first creations, before they had really formed the studio.
* ''[[Aikoku Sentai Dai-Nippon]]'', a parody of the ''[[Super Sentai]]'' series. The first of several [[Toku|tokusatsu]] parodies made by them in the '80s. At this point, they weren't called Gainax yet, but Daicon Film.
* ''Kaiketsu Noutenki'', a parody of ''[[Kaiketsu Zubat]]'', made in 1982.
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* ''[[Oruchuban Ebichu]]''
* ''[[Mahoromatic]]''
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* ''[[This Ugly Yet Beautiful World]]''
* ''[[Cutey Honey|Re: Cutie Honey]]'', a re-imagining of of [[Go Nagai|Go Nagai's]] classic magical girl series.
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* ''[[Shikabane Hime]]'', a.k.a. ''Corpse Princess''
* ''[[Hanamaru Kindergarten]]''
* ''[[Panty & Stocking with
** Allegedly created when the crew headed to a spa for a get together and got drunk while telling stories to each other. They found the ideas hilarious and used that for the show.
* ''[[Houkago no Pleiades]]''
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* ''[[Medaka Box]]''
* ''[[.hack]]'' (Franchise Collaboration)
* ''[[Agent Aika]]'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''[[Akira]]'' (Animation Cooperation)
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* ''[[The Animatrix]]'' (In-Betweens in "''Second Renaissance''" and "''Beyond''")
* ''[[Avenger]]'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''[[The Big O]]'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''[[Black Lagoon]]'' (Key Animation - Second Season)
* ''[[The Borrower Arrietty]]'' (Animation Assistance)
* ''[[Dead Leaves]]'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''[[Eden of the East]]'' (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
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* ''[[Trinity Blood]]'' (Animation)
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* [[Author Appeal]]: In relationship to [[Japan Takes Over the World]], no studio (besides [[TMS Entertainment]] and [[Studio Ghibli]]) has ever done it with more boldness.
* [[Animation Bump]]: Most (if not all) of their series exhibit this.
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* [[Asskicking Pose]]: The [[Badass Arm-Fold]]. Technically only used in [[Gunbuster|two]] [[Gurren Lagann|series]] and a [[Diebuster|continuation]], it's done memorably enough to be known as the [[Fan Nickname|Gainax Stance]] in Japan.
* [[Decon Recon Switch]]: A meta example: they made ''[[Gunbuster]]'', ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', and ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' (in that order).
* [[Gainax Ending]]: Do we have to say any more? Due to Gainax's poor budgeting, they often run out of money before finishing a series, and resort to either [[Post Modernism]] phliosophy, [[Angst]], or [[Clip Show]]s. ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' uses all three.
* [[Fan Service]]: Tons and tons of it.
{{quote|[[Evangelion Abridged|"It's Gainax! Fanservice adds to our character development!"]]}}
* [[Limited Animation]]: [[Up to Eleven|Taken to extremes]] in the last two episodes of ''Evangelion''.
* [[Off-Model]]: Episode four of ''[[Gurren Lagann]]'' changed [[Art Shift|its entire art style]], The fans were pissed off to say the least.
* [[Post Modernism]]: A staple of nearly all of their works.
* [[Shout-Out]]: To the brim, being a studio of [[Promoted Fanboy|promoted fanboys]]. Recent works are also filled with [[Mythology Gag|self-references]].
* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]
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