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{{quote|''"['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?"''
''"[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|All of that,]] [[Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt|at once]]."''
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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.
{{examples|Studio Gainax has created the following:}}
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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!"]]}}
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