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....

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.

>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 jo...

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 Rebu...

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 produ...

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.

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 Rebu...

I assumed the recap stuff was related to Takami Akai leaving. I doubt it, unless Gainax is working *really* close to their deadlines this early in the show-- episode 4 didn't air until April 22, and Akai didn't resign until April 27-- that's only a few weeks ago. Surely production of ep...

Gendo'sPapa wrote:First off the bad- I'm a bit worried Imaishi pulled an Anno and overspent on the budget

Not so much "pulled an Anno" as "business as usual at Gainax"-- look at Melody of Oblivion-- there were early eps with just as little animation.

Zkh wrote:I kind of like the animation in my shows to stay consistent.

not sure if you're joking, but if not, do you realize you're on an Eva forum :)

Now if I could only have my wish of a different Mahoromatic ending, all would be right with the world. Before the magic gainax fairy grants that wish, I want a sequal to Melody of Oblivion and a better ending for Abenobashi. I dunno, tell that fairy to show us Anno's original Kare Kano ending :...

Apparently episode 4 was storyboarded and directed by Osamu Kobayashi Strangely, though, this style didn't resemble any other Kobayashi anime I've seen, either (Beck, Paradise Kiss)-- I actually hope they brign in more experimental directors and fool around a bit agreed-- in my idea...

some sadamoto convention sketches

NAveryW wrote:Grood theory, but didn't Gainax make Mahoromatic and Puchi Puri Yushi before Abenobashi?

The three were all part of Yamaga's big restructuring of Gainax, so the productions were roughly concurrent:

http://www.anime-tourist.com/article.php?sid=298

Abenobashi was the last esperimental anime made before the era of Gainax commercial anime officially began. If you watch the ending of Abenobashi, its clear what it means. Sasshi who was essentially Yamagas self insert character decided life would be easier if he remained a kid and stayed in the fa...

BrikHaus81 wrote:Was it as awesome as Inazuma Kick? Or Double Inazuma Kick? Yeah, didn't think so.

YES

"Observe my skillful fingers"

lol

i actually find the Leeron bits hilarious, unlike, say, the gay guy in Abenobashi.

WHO DO YOU THINK I AM KICK!!!!

CANNONBALL OF THE RIGHTEOUS MAN'S SOUL!!!

MoO is a fascinating work but the problem is that it gets so far from literal that extracting any one or even solid interpretation becomes impossible.

As for you questions, I dunno.

Reichu wrote:

Otaprince wrote:the Eva Monkey forum seems to attract a lot of people who focus solely on Eva to the exclusion of all other anime, film, and life in general

Yeah? Like who?

hey well *you* actually have a pretty good excuse