Anno and Gainax splitsville?

Yasha · Postby **Yasha** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 4:53 pm

CitizenGeek wrote:Gainax without Hideaki Anno is just not Gainax!

Probably, however I think that nowadays both Anno and Gainax can be fine without mutual cooperation. I mean Gainax has already other directors and Anno can easily turn Khara into his and only his own studio. Despite saying that I want Gainax and Anno to stay together. ^^

CitizenGeek · Postby **CitizenGeek** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 2:04 am

Yasha wrote:Anno can easily turn Khara into his and only his own studio.

Well, if Anno founded Khara with his own money, then I guess he could, but I think it's more probable that he took Gainax's money to set up Khara. If that's the case, then Anno breaking away from Gainax with Khara doesn't seem very likely.

Coded to the Core · Postby **Coded to the Core** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 2:54 am

THE Hal E. Burton 9000 wrote:
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!

It's 100% true , My first language is arabic . So Guys , Like No more Khara Studios .. SHIT Studios . ftw! , And i dont think there's much of online sites where they'd post what shit means in many languages but if you find any please share :P .

Postby **BobBQ** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 7:33 am

Pfft.

"Khara" also means "Look out!" in Mongolian. What about it?

the_seventh_child · Postby **the_seventh_child** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 7:57 am

"Khara" also means joy in Greek.

On topic: Gainax's loss.

CitizenGeek · Postby **CitizenGeek** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 9:59 am

the_seventh_child wrote:"Khara" also means joy in Greek.

My guess is that's the intended meaning. Considering Anno named the original show, partly, in Greek and 'joy' makes more sense than the meaning of the word in other languages.

Postby **Gendo'sPapa** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 3:22 pm

GAINAX can live fine without Anno.

I see GAINAX has gone through 3 periods.

The Anno Period: Birth-2000

Every project was in some way connected to Anno. Most of them he actually directed. He was their signature guy.

The Tsurumaki Stage: 2000-2006

The period when GAINAX'S quality work turned away from TV to short 6 episode OAV's. The two projects by Anno's protoge Kazuya Tsurumaki have been the best things to come out of this era. The other stuff like the maid show I haven;t bothered with. Though Abenobashi was wicked.
Still, Tsurumaki is Anno's protoge and it shows sometimes. Love his work though.

The ?????? Stage: 2007- End of the World

Gurren-Lagann is GAINAX's next best show after Eva and I think it's going to take the company into new arenas. A place where they deliver tightly scripted epic shows that achieve both an emotional and artisitic integrity. Could this be the Hiroyuki Imaishi stage? Who knows.

FOr the record, I think they should do a new BUSTER anime.
1988- Anno does GUNBUSTER
2004- Tsurumaki does DIEBUSTER
2009- Imaishi does TRIBUSTER!!!!!

Defectron · Postby **Defectron** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 3:32 pm

FOr the record, I think they should do a new BUSTER anime.
1988- Anno does GUNBUSTER
2004- Tsurumaki does DIEBUSTER
2009- Imaishi does TRIBUSTER!!!!!

Naw as fun as gunbuster is I think gainax needs to move on to newer things, the way I see it the ages at Gainax should be a little different based on the types of anime they make.

Golden age: Daicon-Evangelion

Silver Age: Ebichu-FLCL

Bronze Age: Abenobashi-Diebuster

Space Age: Gurren Lagann, Rebuild & whatever comes after that

The current age is a little dodgy, but I think Gainax is showing signs of moving in a new direction right now which is why Gurren lagann and Rebuild are seperate from the bronze age gainax stuff.

destroyer · Postby **destroyer** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 4:36 am

gainax is probably production/distribution or something. khara is probably going to be dedicated to anno's personal work and he'll probably work with gainax in a partnership to promote and distribute his stuff because there's no way he could do that stuff by himself.

cat42 · Postby **cat42** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 12:28 pm

Wrong.

From ANN
Animation Production: Studio Khara

Distribution Assistance: Nikkatsu

Distributor:
Khara
The Klockworx Co., Ltd.

Production: Khara

Publicity: Nikkatsu

Otaprince · Postby **Otaprince** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 12:02 pm

THANK you.

Vinyl collection at Discogs · Postby **Ornette** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 12:40 pm

GAINAX does appear in the credits several times, maybe someone who can read Kanji can look at my scans and tell us.

Apathetic Piggy · Postby **Apathetic Piggy** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:10 pm

Ornette wrote:GAINAX does appear in the credits several times, maybe someone who can read Kanji can look at my scans and tell us.

It could be like how they credit Bob Kane in Batman comics. "Batman created by [Bob Kane's signature]." Just a credit to the original rights with Khara (as Seventh said, it's "joy" in Greek) taking credit for Rebuild's revision of the series.

Why did Anno name his company "khara?" Well, maybe it's just a trend that stuff sounds cool in a foreign language. Some people think it's cool when I speak in a foreign language, but I don't see the charm. Then again, I think Russian and German are both interesting languages. The allure of a foreign aspect. While it's normally improbable, I think the handful of admissions that some things were named or done "because it looked/sounded cool" can support that.

Blah, just some idle thoughts. Pay no mind (or half of such if you spared it) to me.

CitizenGeek · Postby **CitizenGeek** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:59 pm

cat42 wrote:Wrong.

From ANN
Animation Production: Studio Khara

Distribution Assistance: Nikkatsu

Distributor:
Khara
The Klockworx Co., Ltd.

Production: Khara

Publicity: Nikkatsu

Still, I'm pretty sure Gainax have some holding over Khara. Mayhap they funded the studio's foundation?

Vinyl collection at Discogs · Postby **Ornette** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 3:35 pm

The Original Concept was credited to Anno.

They may have been a sponsor, it does say "(GAINAX)" in the section where they list sponsors (I think), and one other place where GAINAX is clearly credited with something.

BrikHaus · Postby **BrikHaus** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:44 pm

Ornette wrote:The Original Concept was credited to Anno.

Matt Greenfield should be mad that they didn't credit him instead.

Apathetic Piggy · Postby **Apathetic Piggy** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 11:51 pm

BrikHaus wrote:
Ornette wrote:The Original Concept was credited to Anno.

Matt Greenfield should be mad that they didn't credit him instead.

He probably would be if he wasn't busy looking for more phallic symbols in animated series.

CitizenGeek · Postby **CitizenGeek** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:41 pm

So, when RoE is finished, what will become of Khara?

Apathetic Piggy wrote:He probably would be if he wasn't busy looking for more phallic symbols in animated series.

On a related note, I'm pretty disapointed in myself that I nearly believed Matt Greenfield and Sean McCoys' nonsense about "Eva is all about sex! LOL!" :/

THE Hal E. Burton 9000 · Postby **THE Hal E. Burton 9000** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 2:53 pm

Please don't say that name again.

Apathetic Piggy · Postby **Apathetic Piggy** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 5:57 pm

Hi, quote pyramids are bad, only quote that is relevant to your reply

CitizenGeek wrote:On a related note, I'm pretty disapointed in myself that I nearly believed Matt Greenfield and Sean McCoys' nonsense about "Eva is all about sex! LOL!" :/

"You see, every time Shinji is stabbing and Angel with the progressive knife, it's really a form of penetration. The knife, being a phallic symbol in this case, represents manhood and..."

Greenfield has an unhealthy obsession with phallic objects. Don't listen to him unless you're doing it simply for laughs.

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