2004 Updates

12-27-04

• GAINAX memoir to be published in US!! Noutenki Memoir: the Men who made Evangelion, by Yasuhiro Takeda (2002, 1470 Yen) will be translated and released by ADV in May 2005! Takeda has been a producer at Gainax off and on over the years, and originally starred in the low-budget Daicon Film, Kaiketsu no Tenki. Info on Kaiketsu no Tenki with tons of images of Takeda looking silly here:

12-22-04

12-05-04

• Greetings, Gainax fans. There won't be an update for the next two weeks cause finals are officially upon me. I'll still be posting in the forum, though. BTW, anyone who wants the Otaku no Video OST for Christmas should start hanging around the forum :) Teaser Track.

• Anno Hideaki and his wife, manga artist Mayoco Anno, just did a cameo in Koi no Mon, a new Japanese film centering on the love lives of Japanese otaku! Koi no Mon official site with trailer.

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• Gainax Pages is now the number two Google hit for "Gainax," second only to the official Japanese site itself! Go Gainax Pages!

11-27-04

11-19-04

TWO MONTHS OF GAINAX PAGES! i can't believe it's been two months already, but I'm making steady progress.

Route 20 was an aborted Gainax film after Honneamise, later adapted to a short manga by Sadamoto-- check it out.

11-17-04

Just saw Re: Cutie Honey episode 3 (of 3). Wow- a classic piece of Gainax animation. Directed by Hideaki Anno and Masayuki, the "visual water artist" of Evangelion, so there's tons of water. Also, Gainax references out the wazoo, as the above image shows... will post soon with a longer review.

I'm thinking about starting a "references" page of annotations to Re: Cutie Honey. If you noticed anything yourself, leave a comment.

11-16-04

Added Wings of Honneamise. Expect more old Gainax in the coming weeks-- I've just ordered the complete box sets of Nadia, which you can get right now for an unbelievable $24 each at Deep Discount DVD (use the coupon "NYTIMES" which is valid until 11/20). You can also get the Eva Platinum volumes for $14.

In other news, Gainax Pages is finally on the first page of Google hits for "Gainax"-- tatakae!

11-5-04

the first report is in from Anipages on Re: Cutie Honey episode 3, an episode directed by Masayuki. Masayuki is a longtime Gainax guy who did the subdued ED of the Evangelion show, which featured Rei floating underwater. Masayuki later served as "visual water artist" on End of Evangelion, according to the Red Cross Book, and it really shows in EoE (think Eva-02 lifting up the ship, and then the beach scene at the ending).

11-3-04

20-minute Evangelion drama track. This drama track was included on the CD Evangelion: Addition. It features all the original Eva cast spoofing some of the show and making fanservice jokes. Funny, but for Eva completists only.

Tadashi Hiramatsu Interview - complete translation by Anipages!! Hiramatsu worked as an animation director on FLCL, character designer on Kare Kano and Re: Cutie Honey, and storyboarded/directed the ED animation of Re: Cutie Honey.

10-27-04

In other news, Gainax Pages has been live for about a month. Not a bad start, if i may say so. In the coming months, I'm hoping to fill in some more of the blanks, especially some of the older Gainax works, as well as continuing coverage of Gainax's new shows.

10-22-04

Added Kono Minikuku. Not Gainax's best anime, but...

10-16-04

Added Kare Kano. Also, you should check out a Gainax fan video here.

10-4-04
Added some initial (SPOILER-FREE) thoughts on the first episode of Gunbuster 2. Added a video rip of Gunbuster 2's ED theme and an old Gunbuster classic to Downloads. Also threw up a small page on Mahoromatic.

10-1-04
Big update. Added the 2004 live action film Cutie Honey-- it's my best addition yes, so be sure to check it out. Also added Neon Genesis Evangelion to anime.

9-30-04
Am starting to improve the site's graphics and such. Any suggestions?

9-26-04
Added Girlfriend of Steel, the video game. and some Forum additions.

9-24-04
Added FLCL.

9-22-04
Added Bushilord, although there's not much to report yet.

9-21-04
Expanded the forum into topics and added Gunbuster 2.

9-20-04
Added a phpBB Forum, which will expand with the site.

9-19-2004
Added pages for Re: Cutie Honey, Girlfriend of Steel 2nd, Downloads.

I'll probably be adding sections in order of what shows have the least information online-- Evangelion will probably be last, cause there's already a thousand great pages for Eva. Meanwhile, there's a serious dearth of pages on newer shows like Melody of Oblivion and Re: Cutie Honey and older works like Otaku no Video and Daicon.

9-18-2004
Welcome to the beta version of Gainax Pages. I hope to make some rapid changes and additions over the coming weeks and months. It's an exciting time for Gainax right now: we have the return of Anno Hideaki to anime with Re: Cutie Honey, the return of Tsurumaki and the FLCL gang with Gunbuster 2, and a continuing series, Melody of Oblivion, which is (finally!) a worthy successor to Gainax's tradition of experimental anime.