It was only the other day when I took a quick glance at the news and saw something that I found quite sad. Studio Gainax, arguably one of the most important and venerable studios in the history of the medium of anime, was declaring bankruptcy. However, as I thought about their releases, I realised that I couldn’t name a single thing they’d done in recent years. In fact, the only news concerning them I could recall was a lawsuit which they lost to Studio Khara. Taking all of this into account, I thought I’d take a look at Studio Gainax,… The post The Tragic Fall Of The Once Great Studio Gainax appeared first on Immortallium's Blog.
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