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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
|'''[http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t{{=}}350079#post7705763 RPG.net forum thread]'''}}
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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.
On June 7, 2024, [https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-06-07/anime-studio-gainax-files-for-bankruptcy/.211643 Studio Gainax filed for bankruptcy].<ref>"Looks like the final [[Gainax Bounce|Gainax bounce]] was a cheque." —Dave Watson, in correspondence with one of the ATT mods</ref> At the time the bankruptcy was announced, Studio Khara appeared to have the rights to both the Gainax name and the ''Evangelion'' IP.
{{examples|Studio Gainax
* 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.
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* ''[[Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi]]'' (With [[Madhouse]])
* ''[[This Ugly Yet Beautiful World]]''
* ''[[Cutey Honey|Re: Cutie Honey]]'', a re-imagining of of [[Go Nagai
* ''[[He Is My Master]]''
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''
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* ''[[Medaka Box]]''
{{examples|The company
* ''[[.hack]]'' (Franchise Collaboration)
* ''[[Agent Aika]]'' (In-Between Animation)
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* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: The studio was founded by a bunch of young anime fans.
* [[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]]'',
* [[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!"]]}}
* [[Faux Symbolism]]: Obvious in ''Evangelion'', less obvious in ''Nadia''.
* [[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
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