Gainax

Japanese animation studio located in Koganei, Tokyo, Japan. Formed as a group by Hideaki Anno, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Hiroyuki Yamaga, Toshio Okada, Yasuhiro Takeda, and Shinji Higuchi as Daicon Film to make animated shorts for the sci-fi convention Daicon III in Osaka 1981. Established as Gainax in 1985.