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84-511: From its inception, Gainax worked on stories created in-house, such as Nadia and Evangelion , but also adapted existing manga like Kare Kano , Medaka Box and Mahoromatic . Original series produced by Gainax are often known for their controversial twist endings. The Animage Anime Grand Prix was 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. On May 29, 2024, Gainax filed for bankruptcy with

168-462: A garage kit otaku, and a shut-in who video-records television programs for trade, but has not actually watched anything he's recorded. The interviews also contain fans who engage in a range of illicit or unsavory activities, such as cel thieves, a pornography fan attempting to manufacture glasses to defeat the mosaic censorship common in Japanese porn videos and who is shown masturbating during

252-563: A mosaic and have their voices digitally masked. The mock documentary segments serve as a counterpoint to the anime: while the anime emphasizes the camaraderie, creativity, and dreams of mainstream acceptance of otaku, the mock interviews exaggerate its negative qualities. The subjects run the gamut of the otaku subculture: the interviews cover a cosplayer who now works as a computer programmer and outright denies his cosplay days, even when presented with photographic evidence, but keeps his Char Aznable helmet in his desk drawer, an airsoft otaku,

336-476: A 1987 promotional video for the song "Marionette" by Boøwy and the 2006 Momoko -based "Gainax Girls" fashion dolls created in collaboration with a Japanese fashion doll . Gainax also collaborated with Game Arts in 1992, resulting in the video game Alisia Dragoon . In 2004, Gainax penned Melody of Oblivion for J.C.Staff. Gainax has also produced a number of computer games, including a strip mahjong game featuring Evangelion characters and its most famous,

420-452: A CD, and she accidentally shows him her true self. At school Arima doesn't tell anyone about it, but starts to tease her about her true nature that he stumbled upon. He uses her secret as a weapon to make her do all of his work. He is also not who he looks like. One night he treats her to dinner. The next day Yukino falls asleep in the classroom and is found by Arima when he returns from kendo practice. Yukino struggles to understand why Arima

504-491: A box set in Japan, along with a fourth disc containing an additional 22 tracks, on February 23, 2005. Overall reviews for the series have been positive. The tenth volume of the series was listed as the top selling graphic novel in Japan on October 31, 2000. In The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917 , Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy praised the anime adaptation for its innovative techniques and

588-711: A club of enthusiasts: a female illustrator, an information geek , a martial artist, and a weapons collector. Kubo soon joins them; and when Yoshiko, who hates otaku, abandons him, makes the wish to become the supreme enthusiast, under the name of Otaking . Kubo's quest continues in More Otaku no Video 1985 , set three years later, in which he creates his model kits, opens shops, and builds a factory in China. Later, he loses his fortune when one of his rivals (now married to Yoshiko) takes control of his enterprise; but Kubo and Tanaka, with hard-working artist Misuzu, gradually take over

672-405: A comment that Yukino says, Arima makes a distracting comment of the weather and ends up kissing Yukino on the cheek. He then leaves to go back to work again. After a while, Yukino notices Asaba Hideaki. Since he's friends with Arima, Yukino tries to befriend him, but all Asaba does is be rude to her and walk away. This leads to a lot of fighting between the two of them. Arima also later asks Yukino on

756-442: A crush on her, Yukino rejects him then boasts about it at home. Her observant little sister Kano points out that her rivalry with him comes from admiration, causing her to rethink her own feelings. Before she can figure out if she hates or likes Soichiro, he visits her home and discovers her being herself. He uses the information to blackmail her into doing his student council work. At first Yukino accepts it, coming to realize that he

840-469: A date. While Yukino is walking in the hallways, she bumps into Asaba who tells her that he wants to use Arima as his partner to get girls and ends up making her feel bad. Arima, who knows what Asaba had done, later gets Asaba by the shirt and tells him that he's wrong. While Yukino is getting stood up by Arima, she bumps into Asaba who apologizes to her. He then tells her that he might even like her. Arima then comes sprinting to Yukino and explains to her that it

924-459: A future release on October 8, 2024, all by AnimEigo . The OVA was largely praised by critics. Carl Gustav Horn of J-pop.com praised the anime saying " ONV 's been known to offend fans in America as much as those in Japan. And you know that may be a mark of quality." David Smith at IGN recommended it for fans of the anime Genshiken and said "If you look closely, you can also see some of

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1008-421: A giant robot, converted into a functional spaceship piloted by their old friends. Miraculously rejuvenated, they fly into space in search of "The Planet of Otaku". Part of Otaku no Video was the inclusion of live-action documentary excerpts, titled "A Portrait of an Otaku". In these segments, the documentary crew would interview an anonymous otaku, typically ashamed at being a fan and whose face are censored with

1092-541: A huge debt they had and left Arima alone. He was adopted by his father's older brother and they took good care of him. He felt that he could not open up to them properly because he was always trying hard to keep up a fake face to make sure no one judged him because of his parents. In the end, Yukino and Arima decide to let loose a little and slowly break away from the perfect images they had set up. Arima confesses to Yukino once again. Yukino tries to think of multiple strategies of confessing to Arima, but things don't work out as

1176-592: A large debt with Khara, which had loaned ¥100 million in August 2014, but had yet to receive payment on the loan. In 2017 the suit was ruled on by a judge at the Tokyo District Court which ordered Gainax to pay the full amount in debt owed to Khara. Further, it was reported that Gainax was not expected to appeal the ruling. Gainax president Hiroyuki Yamaga posted a public apology on the Gainax website stating

1260-454: A meeting. By the end of the day, they are boyfriend and girlfriend. The school's Sports Fest has been taking up all of Yukino and Arima's time, making it so that they don't see each other at all for two days. Finally they pass each other while running to do some tasks for the festival. Being stressed out, Arima yells at some guys that were asking them for help. Then, Arima and Yukino go to the roof. It's awkward at first, but they then talk. After

1344-548: A more traditional anime storytelling fashion. It is licensed in the United States by AnimEigo . The DAICON III and IV Opening Animations from the early 1980s are also featured in this OVA. The story begins in Otaku no Video 1982 , where the main character is an everyman character, Ken Kubo, living with his girlfriend Yoshiko and as a member of his college's tennis team , until introduced by his former friend Tanaka to

1428-430: A nightmare about his past. The new semester is underway. A mysterious transfer student, Tonami Takefumi, arrives, and preparations for the culture festival ignite Yukino's competitive spirit. Eyecatch: A fresh breeze, an old friend ( 清風故人 , Seifūkojin ) Explanation and flashback about Sakura Tsubaki and Tonami's childhood bully-victim relationship and how drastically Tonami has changed since that time. Aya writes

1512-413: A reaction to Gainax's perpetually precarious finances and the shaky accounting procedures internally: Sawamura understood our financial situation better than anyone, so when Evangelion took off and the money really started rolling in, he saw it as possibly our one and only opportunity to set something aside for the future. I guess he was vulnerable to temptation at that point, because no one knew how long

1596-439: A screenplay in hopes that Miyazawa and the others will perform it for the cultural festival. Aya successfully catches Miyazawa and Maho and tricks them into reading the screen play she wrote. Tsubaki and Tonami's relationship (or lack thereof) becomes extremely rocky while Tonami and Miyazawa's becomes friendlier. Arima becomes jealous, but Miyazawa dashes his insecurities aside for the moment. Yukino and Maho assume lead parts in

1680-468: Is a façade, an egocentric charade she maintains to win praise. In the privacy of her own home, she is spoiled, stubborn, a slob , and studies relentlessly and obsessively to maintain her grades. On entering high school, she is knocked from her position at the top of the class by Soichiro Arima, a handsome young man whose very existence Yukino considers a threat to the praise on which she thrives, and she vows to destroy him. When Soichiro confesses that he has

1764-431: Is able to explain her feelings. During a family get-together Arima's extended family verbally harasses him (as usual) but his foster father stands up for him and declares that no one should speak ill of his beloved son. In the second half of the episode Yukino and Arima are able to spend some time alone and bring their relationship to a higher level by having sex at Arima's home. This level of closeness causes Arima to have

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1848-439: Is about a girl who fights monsters, robots, and spaceships from early science fiction TV shows and films (including Ultraman , Gundam , Space Runaway Ideon , Space Battleship Yamato , Star Trek , Star Wars , and Godzilla ) until she finally reaches a desert plain and pours a glass of water on a dried-out daikon radish , which immediately resurrects itself, grows into a huge spaceship, and beams her aboard. Though

1932-449: Is also not the perfect student he pretends to be. Tired of being used, Yukino revolts and Soichiro apologizes, and admits he still loves her and just wanted to spend time with her. Yukino realizes she loves him as well, and together they resolve to abandon their fake ways and be true to themselves, though she initially has trouble breaking her lifelong habit of pretend-perfection and her competitive ways. She battles with this newfound love and

2016-504: Is always on his mind. After Arima notices the differences between Yukino and his family he feels insecure and starts to avoid Yukino. Meanwhile, Yukino agonizes over why Arima doesn't want to be around her. Yukino realizes Arima is the only real friend she's ever had. She eventually confronts Arima about avoiding her. At first he's hesitant but in the end tells her. He is an adopted child, his real parents were blackmailers and thieves and they would abuse Arima. One day, they ran away because of

2100-444: Is for you." Otaku no Video Otaku no Video ( おたくのビデオ , Otaku no Bideo , lit. "Otakus' Video") is a 1991 Japanese original video animation (OVA) produced by Gainax . The anime spoofs the life and culture of otaku , individuals with obsessive interests in media, particularly anime and manga , as well as the history of Gainax and its creators. It is noted for its mix of conventional documentary film styles with

2184-496: Is licensed for distribution outside of Japan by Muse Communication and Enoki Films under the title Tales at North Hills High , and sub-licensed for distribution in North America by Nozomi Entertainment who released it as His and Her Circumstances . Yukino Miyazawa is a Japanese high school first-year student who is the envy of classmates for her good grades and immaculate appearance. However, her "perfect" exterior

2268-458: Is mean to Miyazawa but she is quickly caught by Arima who makes her apologize. Arima explains that he only sees Tsubasa as a little sister. She didn't mind until she found out he was with Miyazawa. This only further angers Tsubasa. Her friends come to talk to Miyazawa. The girls in the class wonder how much longer they have to ignore Miyazawa. The girls are continuing to ignore Miyazawa. Arima wants to fix it, but Miyazawa refuses to let him help. She

2352-482: Is on her mind. She then realizes that she is in love with Arima. Everyone has started to notice the changes in her. Yukino has decided she will no longer be doing Arima's work and feels that Arima was just using her. Yukino tells Arima she is finished with him and runs out of the classroom, he chases after her. Arima explains that he just wanted to get to know her and he had no intention of ever telling her secret. The two then become friends. Arima starts to wonder why Yukino

2436-542: Is shown on screen via subtitle (which is based on the Japanese voice-over "translation"). At FanimeCon 2003, Hiroshi Sato, an animator and another Gainax member, mentioned that he had been in one of the interviews in Otaku no Video . In Otaku no Video , the garage kit otaku was given the pseudonym "Sato Hiroshi" for the interview. The OVA consists of two episodes: "1982 Otaku no video" and "1985 More Otaku no Video". The first episode of Otaku no Video had its world premiere at AnimeCon ‘91 on September 1, 1991, where it

2520-570: Is still also feeling the wrath of Tsubasa. Tsubasa's friends have decided to make Yukino their friend. Miyazawa finally confronts Isawa Maho. The other girls in the class start to realize that they were being used by Maho who is incredibly jealous of Yukino. Tsubasa and Miyazawa have a confrontation after Tsubasa rips up a picture in Arima's wallet. They begin to have an understanding of each other. Everything starts to turn around for Miyazawa. People are accepting Miyazawa for who she actually is. The end of

2604-459: Is the most popular girl in school, but in real life she is a spoiled, lazy, stubborn, and unmanageable. She acts so perfect only to be admired, treated special, and pampered. Her only rival is Arima Souichirou, who is even more perfect than her. After a week of obsessing over this, she beats him in a test, but feels bad because she is a hypocrite. The next morning he confesses to her, but she refuses and regrets. That Sunday, Arima comes over to loan her

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2688-542: The Gundam series, Darth Vader , an Alien , a Macross Valkyrie , a Pern dragon , Aslan , a Klingon battle cruiser , Spider-Man , and a pan across a vast array of hundreds of other characters) while surfing through the sky on the sword Stormbringer . The action was all set to the Electric Light Orchestra song " Twilight ", though the group's failure to properly license the song would prevent

2772-692: The Princess Maker series (later adapted as Puchi Puri Yūshi ). It collaborated with Saudi Arabian media content company ARiNAT on a three-minute anime trailer titled "Desert Knight" (Sabaku no Kishi), which debuted at the "ANI:ME" Japanese pop culture festival in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Gainax also created the Mahoromatic Digital Maiden 1–3 PC game series in 1998 which allowed Konami to publish

2856-572: The Evangelion goose would keep laying golden eggs. I don't think he purposely set out with the goal of evading taxes. It was more that our level of accounting knowledge wasn't up to the task of dealing with revenues on such a large scale. In 2004, Gainax marked their 20th anniversary with the production of Diebuster , the sequel to Gunbuster . Gainax had later success with the television anime series Gurren Lagann (2007) and Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (2010). In August 2011, Gainax

2940-427: The "perfect boyfriend" in an effort to protect her from his "ugly" self. The return of both of his parents into his life sends Soichiro into a dark area, but helps him finally break free to truly be himself as Yukino and their friends help him learn to lean on and trust others. The end of the series shows Yukino and Soichiro in their 30s, with their three children, and gives updates on the various friends they made along

3024-480: The 1988 OVA Gunbuster , was a commercial success and put Gainax on a stabler footing to produce works like Nadia and Otaku no Video . During this period, Gainax also produced a number of items such as garage kit and adult video games (a major earner which kept Gainax afloat on occasion, though they were sometimes banned). In 1995, Gainax produced perhaps their best known series, the commercially successful and critically lauded Neon Genesis Evangelion . In

3108-637: The 2013 Tokyo Anime Fair , Gainax announced that they would be producing the film Blue Uru , with Hiroyuki Yamaga as director and screenwriter and Yoshiyuki Sadamoto as character designer. In March 2015, a new studio and museum called Fukushima Gainax was opened in Miharu, Fukushima . In 2016, Gainax was sued by Studio Khara for ¥100 million in unpaid royalties from an agreement that Khara would earn royalties from income received on works and properties that founder Hideaki Anno had worked on. The suit alleged that Gainax delayed on paying royalties and incurred

3192-506: The English suffix -x added because it sounded "good and was international". Gainax's first work as a commercial entity was Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise , released in 1987. Although critically acclaimed, Honneamise had a tepid commercial reaction (Gainax attempted to develop a sequel beginning in March 1992, but was unable to do it due to lack of funds). The next release,

3276-495: The French Gainax site. "For the rest, I trusted them and did not worry about it. When I entrusted the adaptation to other people, I knew that it would not be "my" Kare Kano, even if the adaptation was the purest and the most faithful. So I gave them carte blanche , being careful not to make any comments. And in the end, a lot of people could see my story, … I am very happy about that." Written by Masami Tsuda , Kare Kano

3360-674: The French magazine Magnolia  [ fr ] and the German magazine Daisuki . Kare Kano was adapted as an anime television series produced by Gainax and J.C.Staff . The series was directed by Hideaki Anno . The 26 episodes were broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 1998 to March 1999. The opening theme was "Tenshi no Yubikiri" by Fukuda Mai, and the ending themes were "Yume no Naka e" by Atsuko Enomoto & Chihiro Suzuki for episodes 1–24 and 26 and "Kaze Hiita Yoru" by Yuki Watanabe & Maria Yamamoto for episode 25. Miyazawa Yukino

3444-503: The PS2 game exclusive Mahoromatic in Japan that is lesser known to the public. Kare Kano Kare Kano ( Japanese : 彼氏彼女の事情 , Hepburn : Kareshi Kanojo no Jijō , lit. "His and Her Circumstances") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Tsuda . It was serialized in LaLa from 1995 to 2005 and collected in 21 tankōbon volumes by Hakusensha . It depicts

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3528-592: The Third , Phoenix 2772 , Silent Möbius , Magical Princess Minky Momo , The Super Dimension Fortress Macross , Macross: Do You Remember Love? , Genesis Climber Mospeada , Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise , Gunbuster , and the Daicon III and IV Opening Animations . It is believed that all the subjects in the Portrait of an Otaku segments were Gainax employees or connected to Gainax at

3612-625: The Tokyo District Court, which was publicly announced over one week later on June 7, the same day it ceased operations. The studio was formed in the early 1980s as Daicon Film by university students Hideaki Anno , Yoshiyuki Sadamoto , Hiroyuki Yamaga , Takami Akai , Toshio Okada , Yasuhiro Takeda and Shinji Higuchi . Their first project was an animated short for the 20th Annual Japan National SF Convention , also known as Daicon III , held in 1981 in Osaka, Japan . The short film

3696-431: The anime industry with a 'magical girl' show, "Misty May". At the peak of their ambitions, Ken and Tanaka create Otakuland in 1999: the equivalent of Disneyland for otaku (the story suggests Otakuland to be located in the same city of Urayasu , Chiba Prefecture , as the original Tokyo Disneyland .) Many years later, Ken and Tanaka return to Otakuland in a post-apocalyptic submerged Japan and find its central structure,

3780-476: The company was now undergoing restructuring. In December 2019 Anno claimed no one from Gainax had yet contacted him personally with any kind of apology or explanation. In August 2018, it was announced that Fukushima Gainax had been acquired by Kinoshita Group Holdings on July 26, making it Kinoshita's new subsidiary. Fukushima Gainax changed its studio name to Gaina and relocated to Koganei, Tokyo on August 9. In December 2019, representative director Tomohiro Maki

3864-473: The company's Tokyopop division announced that it had reacquired the license and that it would be serializing the title in their Smile magazine starting in 2002. However, Smile was discontinued in 2002 before the Tokyopop released the first collected volume of the series on January 21, 2003; the final volume was released on January 10, 2007. It was one of the first manga series that Tokyopop released in

3948-422: The day together and share their second kiss. Arima recalls how his life was before he met Miyazawa and how it changed after that. Eyecatch (8): Serene and composed ( 安閑恬静 , Ankantensei ) The girls in class 1A realize that maybe Miyazawa isn't really a model student after all. They start to ignore her. Miyazawa and Shibahime Tsubasa meet each other. She is jealous that Miyazawa has Arima's heart. Tsubasa

4032-413: The early 1990s. The interview with "Shon Hernandez" has been a point of contention with Lea Hernandez, who, in an interview with PULP magazine, noted that the interview was unscripted and that Craig York had been fairly sincere in his thoughts and had felt that Gainax insulted their American members. In the interview, the words spoken by Shon Hernandez in the background are noticeably different from what

4116-829: The end of the evening, she tells her father that she approves of the marriage, and they get married the next day. A recap episode, summarizing the events of episodes 1 through 8. Eyecatch (14): Turns and twists ( 紆余曲折 , Uyokyokusetsu ) The first half is a recap episode, summarizing the events of episodes 9 through 13. The second half is about Asaba visiting Yukino at her home. Yukino finds out that Asaba lives alone due to an estrangement with his parents, particularly because of his inability to get along with his overly strict and formal father who resents his son's casual attitude. Eyecatch (15): Difficulties of all shapes and sizes ( 多事多難 , Tajitanan ) The Miyazawa family visits Miyako's father, who does not get along with his son-in-law, Hiroyuki. When Hiroyuki and Miyako walk through

4200-667: The feelings of being two-faced. As the series progresses, Yukino is able to open her true self to others and earns her first real friends beyond Soichiro. It is eventually revealed that Soichiro was striving to be perfect in order to avoid turning "bad" like the parents who abandoned him. Falling in love with Yukino, he is able to become more true to himself, but he also finds himself becoming increasingly jealous of Yukino's change bringing new friends and new activities into her life, and of her having parts of her life that don't involve him. When Yukino unknowingly hurts him, he becomes even more jealous and afraid, and begins to wear another façade of

4284-486: The first 16 episodes and co-director with Hiroki Sato for later episodes but with his name written in katakana as アンノヒデアキ ( anno hideaki ) possibly as a form of protest. Kare Kano would be the last anime series that Anno would direct for Gainax. According to Michael S. Johnson of Nausicaa.net , Anno objected to the restrictions placed on television anime by TV Tokyo after the Pokémon seizure incident . However this

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4368-477: The girls making the plans for the play. The first half of the episode is made of new material, exploring Yukino's reaction to the emerging insecurities of Arima. The second half recaps the entire story in three parts. Eyecatch (24 1 ⁄ 4 ): Even a fool has influence in the absence of a sage ( 瓦釜雷鳴 , Gafuraimei ) Eyecatch (24 1 ⁄ 2 ): Content with the old ways, never seeking progress ( 故歩自封 , Kohojifū ) This episode deviates from

4452-515: The interview, and a computer gamer obsessed with a character in a hentai computer game (Kimiko from Gunbuster who makes a cameo in Gainax's own hentai game, Cybernetic High School ). Otaku no Video is based on the experiences of Gainax employees which started as a sci-fi and anime fanclub . Staff involved in the OVA include Shinji Higuchi , Takeshi Mori , Kohei Tanaka , Yu Honda, Hidenori Matsubara , and Toshio Okada . Since Otaku no Video

4536-519: The main story, focusing on an anime original tangential story about the younger Miyazawa sisters, Kano in particular. Yukino becomes very friendly with Takefumi and Arima becomes very jealous and possessive of Yukino showing his dark side to Takefumi. Asaba explains to Takefumi that Arima is actually obsessive over his relationship with Yukino and the only reason Arima lets him hang out with her because Arima knows that he'll never touch her. The second half shows Takefumi kissing Sakura and telling her that it

4620-472: The neighborhood they recall their past in an extended flashback. As a child 'Hiro' was a little terror who terrorized Miyako and the other children with his rough play but mellows as he grows older. They are shown meeting occasionally in the following years as she follows him into the same middle school and high school, two years behind. It is Hiro's fondest desire to grow up and support his beloved elderly grandfather, who raised him alone after his parents died, in

4704-443: The night at Yukino's house, saying that with his engagement, her father no longer wants her, just like Arima. Yukino's family allows her to stay the night. Except for Tsubasa, they all play a round of UNO. That evening, Tsubasa's father and his fiancee arrive and explain the situation from his point of view. Yukino's mom tells Tsubasa's father that Tsubasa should stay the night at their house. As she lies awake that night while spending

4788-456: The night at Yukino's, Tsubasa realizes she is being selfish, wanting her father all to herself and in the morning, she accepts the engagement. At a formal dinner, she meets her attractive future step brother, Kazuma, who is the same age as she is, but when he mistakes her for an elementary school student, she loses her temper. A few days later, they meet by accident and spend the afternoon together before going to Kazuma and his mother's apartment. At

4872-457: The office and tell them they need to break up. Miyazawa stands up to the teachers and tells them that they will study, but love is more important than their grades. The teachers call Arima and Miyazawa's parents. In the end, the parents tell the teachers that they have no reason to tell Arima and Miyazawa to break up and trust their decision as they have always been responsible. Arima invites Miyazawa over to his house on make-up exam day. They spend

4956-911: The original Japanese orientation, in which the book is read from right to left, and with the original sound effects left in place. In February 2008, Tokyopop reissued the first three volumes in a single omnibus volume. The series is licensed for regional language releases by Editions Tonkam in France by Grupo Editorial Vid in Mexico, by Glènat España in Spain, by Dynamic Italia in Italy, by Carlsen Comics in Germany, by Panini Comics in Brazil , and by Planet Manga in Portugal. The chapters were also serialized in

5040-426: The overall feel and focus of the series, making it into a "personal case study of relationships." He emphasizes the dialog over the animation using a variety of techniques, including iconic scenes, production sketches, real-life location shots, repeated imagery, and even using animation versions of manga panels or simply printing the lines of the dialog being spoken over static screens. Anno is credited as director for

5124-416: The play written by Aya Sawada. The girls form a drama club where Mr. Kawashima is a supervisor. Meanwhile, Arima becomes increasingly jealous and feels left out as Yukino spends a lot of time with her new friends. We also learn that Yukino's younger sister, Kano, is a big fan of Aya's stories. After a couple of moments focusing on Miyazawa and Arima and then Tsubaki and Tonami, the focus stays on Miyazawa and

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5208-539: The release of Evangelion and July 1997 by paying closely related companies various large fees, ostensibly to pay for animation expenses, but then immediately withdrawing 90% of the sums from the other company's accounts as cash and storing it in safe deposit boxes (leaving 10% as a reward for the other company's assistance). Gainax president Takeshi Sawamura and tax accountant Yoshikatsu Iwasaki were arrested on July 13, 1999, and later jailed for accounting fraud. Yasuhiro Takeda later defended Sawamura's actions as being

5292-472: The romance between "perfect" student Yukino Miyazawa and her academic rival Soichiro Arima, and the relationships of several of their friends. The series is licensed and was published in English in North America by Tokyopop . The chapters from the first seven volumes were adapted into a 26-episode anime television series by Gainax and J.C.Staff . Directed by Hideaki Anno , the episodes were broadcast in Japan on TV Tokyo from October 1998 to March 1999. It

5376-793: The same way that he supported him. When his grandfather dies before he can graduate high school it is Miyako who consoles him and asks if she could be the one he could live for instead. They marry young, right after her graduation, infuriating her father and causing the rivalry between the two of them. After Arima finally returns triumphant from his training and kendo tournament, having won the national championship, Yukino finds it hard to deal with her increased affection for him. Her inability to express her feelings causes her to draw away from him, even running away from him when he confronts her about her distant attitude. Only when Arima loses his composure, corners her, and desperately declares that he will "never let her go" does she realize how much she has hurt him and

5460-405: The semester is finally here. Everyone is figuring out their summer plans. Arima won't be able to spend the summer with Miyazawa because he will be in a kendo tournament. It's the first time they've spent any time apart. Summer starts and Miyazawa is spending time with her new friends. Eyecatch (11): Tender, protective feelings for women ( 憐香惜玉 , Renkōsekigyoku ) Tsubasa insists on staying

5544-454: The short had an ambitious scope, the animation was rough and low-quality. The group made a much bigger splash with the short they produced for the 22nd Annual Japan National SF Convention, Daicon IV , in 1983. Starting with a better animated recap of their original 1981 short, the short then moves to the girl as a grown woman, wearing a bunny suit and fighting an even wider range of science fiction creatures (including various Mobile Suits from

5628-465: The short's official release on DVD (and make the limited laserdisc release of the Daicon shorts very rare and highly sought after items). The Daicon IV short firmly established Daicon Film as a talented new anime studio; albeit small and with only ¥20 million (about US$ 200,000). The studio changed its name to Gainax in 1985, basing the term "Gainax" on an obscure Tottori Prefecture term for "giant", with

5712-450: The time of filming. The first otaku interviewed bore a remarkable resemblance to Toshio Okada , a principal founder in Gainax, in both background and physical appearance. The gaijin otaku, Shon Hernandez, has been confirmed to have been Craig York, who with Shon Howell and Lea Hernandez , whose names were borrowed for the character, were the main staff of General Products USA, an early western branch of Gainax's merchandising enterprise in

5796-433: The use of "surreal 'cartoon' effects." THEM anime reviews gave the anime adaptation a good review calling it "probably the most disarmingly honest shoujo romance ever made." Alexander Harris from Anime News Network called the anime adaptation very character driven, saying "If you love diving into the minds of a character and searching for those juicy naughty bits, and all the while being entertained and educated, then this

5880-581: The wake of Evangelion's success, however, Gainax was audited by the National Tax Agency at the urging of the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau on suspicion of committing tax evasion on the massive profits accruing from various Evangelion properties. It was later revealed that Gainax had concealed ¥1.56 billion worth of income (thereby failing to pay ¥560 million due in corporate taxes ) which it had earned between

5964-399: The way she planned. She later realizes though that it's her stubbornness that is causing the strategies to fail. She then tries to make Arima nervous so she can confess to him. She realizes she is scared to tell Arima how she feels because of her fear of getting hurt by him. In the end, Yukino finally gets the courage to confess. But instead of saying it to Arima, she ends up holding his hand in

6048-430: The way. Kare Kano was Masami Tsuda's first lengthy manga series. Still new to professional manga writing in general, shortly after starting the series she had to put it on hold while she finished working out the framework of the story and where she ultimately wanted it to go. In adapting the first seven volumes into an anime television series, director Hideaki Anno kept the same general scenes and dialogue but modified

6132-404: Was appointed the company's new representative director and a new board of directors was hired on to the company with Yuko Takaishi (Kadokawa Anime Business Department Anime Production Division head), Atsushi Moriyama (King Records Rights Division senior operating officer), and Yoshiki Usa ( Trigger representative director vice president) being the ones chosen to be at the board. In December 2020, it

6216-487: Was arrested on allegations of quasi-forcible indecency on an aspiring voice actress. Maki had been appointed representative director in October, but had been a board director of the company since 2015 and previously served as head of Gainax International, a separate company that trained voice actors and other talents, at the time of the alleged incidents. In February 2020, Groundworks representative director Yasuhiro Kamimura

6300-520: Was first serialized in LaLa between December 22, 1995 and May 10, 2005. The 101 individual chapters, referred to as "Acts", were compiled into 21 tankōbon volumes by Hakusensha . The first volume was released on June 5, 1996, with the final volume released on August 5, 2005. It also had a one-shot published on June 23, 2011. Kare Kano was initially licensed for an English language release by Mixx Entertainment in 2000, but it subsequently lost those rights before publication began. In July 2001,

6384-527: Was his first kiss and doesn't know why he did that. The series ends with Takefumi acknowledging his love towards Sakura and thinking how the future will be. Four CD soundtracks have been released in Japan for the anime series by the StarChild label of Japan's King Records . The first, His and Her Circumstances: Act 1.0 ( 彼氏彼女の事情 ACT 1.0 ) contained 24 tracks, including musical scores by Shirō Sagisu and songs written by Fumiya Fujii and Yōsui Inoue . It

6468-668: Was his mother. Asaba then grabs Arima and tells him to apologize but Yukino stops him. Asaba ends up joining their group. Eyecatch (5): Thorns and then more thorns ( 千荊万棘 , Senkeibankyoku ) Arima and Yukino go on dates like crazy and Yukino can't stop but staring at Arima. Arima then realizes he hasn't changed a bit as he has dated Yukino. One day Arima and Yukino are alone at school and Arima realizes that Yukino smiles like herself only when she's with him and they share their first kiss. Arima's and Miyazawa's grades have dropped. The two of them have been spending time having fun rather than studying. The teachers call Arima and Miyazawa to

6552-571: Was not close to true in Anno's own interview from the Kare Kano Blurays, he talks about how they created one of the first eye catches that told audiences to watch in a brightly lit room away from the TV. A fact he seemed proud of as many started to copy him. In an interview Hiroyuki Yamaga said Gainax found it difficult to work with a series that is based on an original work stating: "Kare Kano

6636-529: Was partially based in the personal life of the original creators of Gainax, who started their careers as otaku during the late seventies and the beginning of the eighties, many anime titles from that period are shown as footage or referenced in the OVA (in costumes, cosplay or other related material). Among them are Gatchaman , Uchuu Senkan Yamato , Urusei Yatsura , Captain Harlock , Mobile Suit Gundam , Dirty Pair , Space Adventure Cobra , Lupin

6720-546: Was released in Japan on December 23, 1998; Geneon released the CD in the US on January 20, 2004. His and Her Circumstances: Act 2.0 ( 彼氏彼女の事情 ACT 2.0 ) , containing an additional 25 tracks, followed in Japan on February 26, 1999 and in the US on November 1, 2005. The third volume, His and Her Circumstances: Act 3.0 ( 彼氏彼女の事情 ACT 3.0 ) , also contained 25 tracks. It was released in Japan on May 28, 1999. The three CDs were released as

6804-625: Was reported that Tomohiro Maki has been sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for committing indecent acts. On June 7, 2024, Gainax announced that it had filed for bankruptcy on May 29 and ceased operations, citing financial mismanagement decisions and substantial debt accumulation (which as of 2020 was over ¥380 million). The Gainax trademark was transferred to Khara , who are assisting Gainax in transferring of all of their remaining intellectual properties to different owners. Gainax had some involvement with K.O. Beast directed by Hiroshi Negishi . It teamed with other groups to create various works, such as

6888-517: Was shown on 16mm with an audience of 9 people. The OVA was a commercial failure , which has in part been attributed to the bubble economy at the time as well as the content of the anime. In Japan the OVA was released on Blu-ray Disc in 2014 by TC Entertainment with a new audio commentary track by staff, as well as the creation of a new master. It was later released with English subtitles on VHS in North America on March 17, 1993, on DVD on April 2, 2002, and on Blu-ray Disc on June 24, 2016, and

6972-491: Was sued by A.D. Vision, which claimed Gainax's refusal to accept an option payment for the perpetual live-action rights to Evangelion was a breach of contract and had resulted in losing an opportunity to produce the film with a major studio. A.D. Vision asked to be awarded the live-action rights to Evangelion and any accruing legal fees . In 2012, Gainax announced it would be producing its first live-action television series, EA's Rock , with director Nobuhiro Yamashita . At

7056-404: Was supposed to be romantic comedy and we wanted to emphasize the comedy and not the romance. The author wanted to emphasize them both and that is where the conflict came to be. We would like to continue to work on it but we have upset the author, so it is very unlikely that there will be a continuation of the series. I am very sorry." However, Tsuda disputed these statements in her own interview on

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