the most interesting thing about the new Eva may not actually be the new Eva-- it's that Anno is building a brand new studio that, judging by the Rebuild trailer, can make Miyazaki or Studio IG-level animation. So basically he's setting up shop for himself outside of Gainax, even though Rebuild is some kind of joint-venture in terms of the property.

This is just a hunch, but I suspect that Anno wants to get in on the Miyazaki/Oshii/Satoshi Kon racket: big-budget anime films that attract an international audience. I can't see Anno going back to the limitations of TV anime after something like Rebuild.

That really would be the most exciting news here: that Anno will start making BIG new anime films after Rebuild. It makes sense: he's building his own studio starting with the project guaranteed to secure production dollars and rake in box office loot. I wonder if Anno and Gainax are splitsville for good, and if so, how many Gainax veterans (Tsurumaki, Imaishi, etc) will jump ship to Khara for good.

Thoughts?

Not really.

We figure Anno made Khara because GAINAX by itself doesn't have the full resources that he needs put into Rebuild, as GAINAX's directly busy with shows like Gurren Lagann. Rebuild will still very much be a GAINAX work.

this is a classic case of sounding sure when no one has any idea-- how do you know??

Rebuild is getting done one way or another-- why didn't Anno do it under the aegis of Gainax? The only explanation to me seems that he wants independence from Gainax for the first time in his career.

Or they can't animate an epic and demanding TV series AND an epic and demanding movie at the same time.

Well, as said before, GAINAX doesn't have all the resources it needs to produce a film like Rebuild. Most of its animators are probably busy with Gurren Lagann, so Anno started a new studio to hire more animators and other anime-making paraphernalia. He's probably getting funding from GAINAX to make the movies, but just doesn't have other stuff he needs to produce it there.

I'd like to point out your guilty of the exact same thing. How do you know that he's doing this because he finally wants to break away from GAINAX?

I heard that from somewhere; somewhere on EMF I believe, and I agree, because it seems logical. Anno isn't doing this in a whole separate GAINAX free studio, because Rebuild's very much supported by GAINAX, has it's own website, merchandise, etc. To me, it seems logical to assume that he made a separate animation studio within GAINAX because of how busy GAINAX is with other things, case and point, Gurren Lagann.

WHY he created Khara is speculation-- I guess it's because he wants to be the boss, you guess that ot's because Gainax is busy with other anime. One, both or neither could be true.

The fact is that Khara has been created and it's producing Rebuild. Gainax is (i believe) not producing the show or at most co-producing it-- last time I checked (which was a while ago, granted) there is almost no Rebuild info on Gainax's site.

SO, Khara is being assembled as a studio with animators, computers, facilities, and if the Rebuild films do well, a track record of hit movies. Does anyone think that after Rebuild, Anno will fire Khara's animators, sell the computers and move back to Gainax?[/b]

Otaprince wrote:The fact is that Khara has been created and it's producing Rebuild. Gainax is (i believe) not producing the show or at most co-producing it-- last time I checked (which was a while ago, granted) there is almost no Rebuild info on Gainax's site.

GAINAX made a website for Rebuild. They're still very much producing the show.

Otaprince wrote:SO, Khara is being assembled as a studio with animators, computers, facilities, and if the Rebuild films do well, a track record of hit movies. Does anyone think that after Rebuild, Anno will fire Khara's animators, sell the computers and move back to Gainax?

Uh, wow. Your misunderstanding's kind of amusing. There will be no moving back so to speak. Khara is a copyright of GAINAX. Anno assembled a team of animators called Khara for ____________ reason, most likely for the specific purpose to make the Eva movies. I'd imagine that the Khara studio will be working on some GAINAX works, however.

Trigger's Elysium wrote:

Otaprince wrote:The fact is that Khara has been created and it's producing Rebuild. Gainax is (i believe) not producing the show or at most co-producing it-- last time I checked (which was a while ago, granted) there is almost no Rebuild info on Gainax's site.

GAINAX made a website for Rebuild. They're still very much producing the show.

Otaprince wrote:SO, Khara is being assembled as a studio with animators, computers, facilities, and if the Rebuild films do well, a track record of hit movies. Does anyone think that after Rebuild, Anno will fire Khara's animators, sell the computers and move back to Gainax?

Uh, wow. Your misunderstanding's kind of amusing. There will be no moving back so to speak. Khara is a copyright of GAINAX. Anno assembled a team of animators called Khara for ____________ reason, most likely for the specific purpose to make the Eva movies. I'd imagine that the Khara studio will be working on some GAINAX works, however.

I posted this to spark some discussion and looks like it has. Again, you may want to refrain from being so sure of yourself without proof. It's not amusing-- it's annoying-- and this discussion is supposed to be fun.

First of all, "Khara" is a studio name and can't be copyrighted-- it is a trademark. Does Gainax own Khara, either the name or the studio? If so, please post a link supporting that. I believe I read in Newtype or somewhere about Khara's new offices.

Khara made a website for Rebuild. Is there one on Gainax.co.jp?

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-08-07/new-hideaki-anno-project-in-the-works

http://www.evangelion.co.jp/

>On August 1, Evangelion director Hideaki Anno's official website was >updated with job listings for key animators and production staff at a >studio called Khara.

>Meanwhile, Gainax's Evangelion site has added Khara to its copyright >line.

This means that the copyright in Rebuild is owned jointly by Gainax and Khara. So they are co-producers of the work.

>http://www.evangelion.co.jp/

Again, look at the bottom and the copyright is shared by Gainax and Khara.

Khara is an independent studio. It is not owned by Gainax.

slight amendment: it may be owned by Gainax (as a wholly-owned subsidiary or Gainax may have invested in it), but these links don't tell us. In any case, Khara is an independent entity. It is not part of Gainax.

Yeah, alright. It's still a GAINAX subsidary and GAINAX is not completely unrelated to RoE, though Khara's going all the animation work themselves, though. And all I saw at the bottom of the page was GAINAX, though I wouldn't be able to recognize Khara cause I can't read moon runes.

Trigger's Elysium wrote:Yeah, alright. It's still a GAINAX subsidary and GAINAX is not completely unrelated to RoE, though Khara's going all the animation work themselves, though. And all I saw at the bottom of the page was GAINAX, though I wouldn't be able to recognize Khara cause I can't read moon runes.

ha man there is NO REASON to think it's a Gainax subsidiary! it may be-- but there is no reason to think it is!! (Those two kana on the left of Gainax on the eva site spell "Khara.") As far as we know, Khara is its own, independent studio.

So back to the discussion, do you think it's possible that Anno wants to create his own Ghibli-like studio, with himself as Miyazaki? Pure speculation, of course.

Otaprince wrote:So back to the discussion, do you think it's possible that Anno wants to create his own Ghibli-like studio, with himself as Miyazaki? Pure speculation, of course.

Probably not, GAINAX is probably one of Anno's major projects in his life. He's been a major player in that studio since it was founded, and has directed the studio's arguably finest works.

From Anno's Rebuild statement:

"I have set up a production company and studio, and it is in this new setting that we will start again. Without looking back, without admiration for the circumstances, we aim to walk towards the future."

My thoughts, he established Khara to demonstrate that this will be a new Eva, as previous GAINAX releases were basicly just sprucing up the material yet again.

Khara actually means SHIT in arabic , lulz :P

Coded to the Core wrote:Khara actually means SHIT in arabic , lulz :P

Is that really true or was that a joke? :? If really true, I want the SAUCE, beotch!

Otaprince wrote:From Anno's Rebuild statement:

"I have set up a production company and studio, and it is in this new setting that we will start again. Without looking back, without admiration for the circumstances, we aim to walk towards the future."

He only said that in relation to RoE, so for all you know, the studio could just have made with the sole purpose of producing these movies.

My thoughts: I think Studio Khara will continue to exist after RoE is finished, and we will see big budget Miyazaki/Oshii/Kon style movies from Anno - but I think Khara will still operate under Gainax. That is, Khara will belong to Gainax. That's what I hope happens, anyway! Gainax without Hideaki Anno is just not Gainax!