GAINAX (Firm)

Overview

Works:	553 works in 871 publications in 5 languages and 10,196 library holdings
Genres:	Graphic novels Drama Comic books, strips, etc Animated television programs Animated films Science fiction films Science fiction television programs Fantasy films Fiction Young adult works
Roles:	Bibliographic antecedent, Other, Author of screenplay, Producer, Scenarist
Classifications:	PN6790.J33, 741.5952

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about GAINAX (Firm)

The art of Studio Gainax : experimentation, style and innovation at the leading edge of anime by Dani Cavallaro( Book )
Notenki memoirs : studio Gainax and the men who created Evangelion by Yasuhiro Takeda( Book )

Most widely held works by GAINAX (Firm)

Neon genesis evangelion by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto( Book )

17 editions published between 1998 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 370 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Shinji is unwittingly brought into his parents' scientific research at NERV headquarters when he attempts to rescue schoolmate Rei, uncovering secrets about Rei's relationship with NERV

Neon genesis evangelion by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto( Book )

18 editions published between 1995 and 2005 in English and held by 304 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

After being beaten in his first sortie, which he neither understands nor remembers, Shinji moves in with his superior officer, Capt. Kasuragi, and tries to start a "normal" life in school

Neon genesis evangelion by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto( Book )

14 editions published between 1996 and 2004 in English and held by 288 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The front line is everywhere in Shinki's life; in a darkened room ... on a schooltop roof ... across the battlefield. And he shares them all with his fellow pilot, the pale, remote and beautiful Rei Ayanami

Neon genesis Evangelion by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto( Book )

15 editions published between 1999 and 2014 in English and held by 278 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Asuka moves in with Shinji, yet despises him for the offense of not being Misato's old flame, the tall, dark, and handsome Ryoji Kaji. The quiet Rei would seem closer ot Shinji-- but her true attraction is also to someone most inappropriate ..."--Page 4 of cover

Neon genesis Evangelion by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto( Book )

8 editions published between 2004 and 2014 in English and held by 270 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"In 2015, the "Angels" have returned, and Shinji Ikari, a fourteen-year-old child of the new Earth, is forced by his father Gendo--commander of the secret organization NERV--to pilot the monstrous biomechanical weapon called "Evangelion" to match the Angels' fearsome power. As a disembodied Shinji drifts in visions, merged with the esoteric fluids of the Evangelion, his father's long-serving lieutenant, Fuyutsuki, is kidnapped for interrogation by SEELE--in German, the "Soul"--The council of superiors whom NERV has been double-crossing for some time now ..."--Cover page 4

Neon genesis evangelion by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto( Book )

15 editions published between 1997 and 2014 in English and held by 266 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Shinji, a fourteen-year-old boy summoned to Tokyo-3 by his father to be a pilot and then rejected, is perturbed by the arrival of a new Eva pilot, the maddening, red-haired Asuka Langley Soryu

Neon genesis evangelion by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto( Book )

11 editions published between 2001 and 2014 in English and held by 263 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Shinji Ikari refuses to return to pilot the Evangelion, even after the attack of the mighty Angel Zeruel. Kinji may be able to persuade him to come back, but only for his own personal reasons

Neon genesis Evangelion by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto( Book )

10 editions published between 2000 and 2014 in English and held by 250 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Double agent Kaji has revealed to Shinji the terrible knowledge Gendo and his erstwhile secret masters have long possessed-- and awakened Shinji's memory of the price his mother paid to create the Evangelion. Now the next sacrifice demanded for the program is Shinji's best friend ..."--Page 4 of cover

FLCL( Visual )

1 edition published in 2010 in English and held by 188 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Twelve-year-old Naota meets a strange, pink-haired girl named Haruko who claims to be an alien and who involves him in the secret agenda of a mega-corporation. In six episodes

Evangelion : 1.01 you are (not) alone( Visual )

1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 186 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A catastrophe of unparalled scale and magnitude overwhelmed the entire globe, causing half the population of the Earth to perish, leaving behind vivid remnants of devastation at numerous locations around the world. 14 year old Shinji Ikari was called out to Tokyo 3 by his father whom he has not met for a long time. At Tokyo 3, he is driven to the headquarters of the special government agency NERV to meet his father, who immediately orders Shinji to pilot Evangelion Unit One and fight against the Angel which is destroying the city. While Shinji resisted at first, the sight of an injured female pilot - Rei Ayanami is enough to make him decide he would not run away from this challenge and agrees to engage the enemy at hand. With the fate of the world resting on his shoulders, how will the 14 year old boy Shinji fight?

Neon genesis evangelion by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto( Book )

9 editions published between 1995 and 2004 in English and held by 179 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In 2015, Shinji is unknowingly assigned the task of deploying a secret weapon against the entities known as the Angels

Shin seiki Evangelion( Visual )

1 edition published in 2005 in Japanese and held by 177 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The year is 2015. As the remnants of the human race cower in subterranean cities, a deadly war is being waged for what is left of the planet. On one side are the mysterious beings known only as the Angels; on the other, the secret agency NERV with mankind's last hope, the awe-inspiring Evangelions

Neon genesis Evangelion( Visual )

6 editions published between 2002 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 168 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Tras prevenir el Tercer Impacto y lograr la salvación del planeta, NERV se enfrenta a un ataque inesperado. Conscientes de la traición de Gendo, SELEE lanza un ataque masivo sobre Tokyo-3 con el fin de completar el Proyecto de Instumentalidad Humana a cualquier precio. NERV tiene que enfrentarse a su más temible oponente: la propia humanidad

FLCL by GAINAX (Firm)( Book )

4 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 165 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Lonely young Naota is having a hard time dealing with his eccentric family members and advances from his brother's ex-girlfriend, but things only get worse when alien robots begin to emerge from his forehead

Neon genesis evangelion by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto( Book )

5 editions published between 2006 and 2014 in English and held by 156 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

After a disturbing vision leads Rei to sacrifice herself in combat with Armisael, Kaworu takes the opportunity to get closer to his target. Shinji's anger and confusion at Kaworu's advances grow even darker when he learns the secret behind Rei's origin, a secret known only by Dr. Ritsuko Akagi

Neon genesis Evangelion by Fumino Hayashi( Book )

in English and held by 153 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Harried, harassed and harangued--that's Shinji Ikari's life in a nutshell. Still, his days are fairly typical for a Tokyo teenager--he's got a pushy pal in Asuka who rudely rouses him whenever he's running late for school, and he's surrounded by the standard assortment of high school goofballs. In fact, everything's just as you'd expect--until one day when Shinji bumps into a strange girl he's never seen before, and she promptly accuses him of peeking up her skirt! But that's not the worst of it. Strange dreams have been haunting his sleep lately--dreams of a robotic "other" just beyond the horizon

Neon genesis Evangelion by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto( Book )

6 editions published between 2004 and 2011 in English and held by 152 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Follows the adventures of Shinji Ikari, a child of the new Earth who piloted Evangelion, a colossal biomechanical weapon, to battle the fearsome Angels

Neon genesis Evangelion( Visual )

3 editions published between 2002 and 2006 in 3 languages and held by 148 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

At the dawn of the New Millennium, mankind has awakened a threat unlike any faced before, the Angels. The Angels can only be stopped by means of the Evangelions - bio-engineered vessels born from the Angles' own technology. Although forbidden, it is the key to bringing about a startling new genesis for the human race

FLCL by GAINAX (Firm)( Book )

3 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 136 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Bizarre tale of adolescence in a world that includes an eccentric father and grandfather in a city marked by a gigantic hand-iron shaped factory perched on a hill, and an impish, playful alien insinuating herself into the family

Neon Genesis Evangelion by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto( Book )

7 editions published between 2005 and 2014 in English and held by 125 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Once Shinji didn't care about anything; then he found people to fight for - only to learn that he couldn't protect them, or keep those he let into his heart from going away. As mankind tilts on the brink of the Third Impact, human feelings are fault lines; good, for cracking the world open, or bad, to be welded forever shut. Kaworu, the angel of Free Will, now offers Shinji his own two choices - but what if neither is the right one ...?