Let try something....Different: A look at Studio Gainax.

Name: Studio Gainax 

Founded: 1980

Now for anyone that has watched anime for a few years, the chances are very high you have seen a Studio Gainax anime. It not because of the volume of shows they put out but more the quality, hype, and uniqueness to thier Titles that make this statement true. Compared to other industry giants such as Production I.G., Madhouse studio, and Sunrise which have a 30-40 series range, Gainax just this year hit 20 series.

In the beginning, Gainax was originally called Daicon Films, and started by making a animated short for a conventions. The short had a young girl fighting several iconic characters, such as godzilla, gundams, and the space battleship yamato. The short did not make a big splash, and was poorly animated, but it showed a scope most people were not used to. In 1983, two years later, Gainax made another short for the convention, this time cleaning up the animation and raising the quality. It followed the same girl but known she was a woman, it also increased the scope by pitting her against icons like, Darth Vader, Aslan, Spiderman, Voltran, a Klingon Warship, Xenomorphs, and several others. This short made a splash, and caught the eyes of many passing by, giving much needed attention to the new animation studio.

In 1985 Daicon Films changed its name to Studio Gainax, taking the Tottori word for giant and adding a "X" to the name. Their first commercial entity, Royal Space Force: The wings of Honneamise, didn't do well commercially but received many positive reviews. The next year, 1988, Gainax released a 6 episode series called Gunbuster. The series proved to be a commercial success, and put the company on a more solid platform to create more series, still the company had not done anything that brought it to the top.

On October 4th, 1995 everything changed for Studio Gainax, as they set out to release what would later be one of the most acclaimed series of all time.

Neon Genesis Evangelion, or EVA for short, Became a figurehead for anime in the 90's. With its moving soundtrack, dark Mecha deconstruction, social and cultural topics, and Story it was a huge commercial success. The series not only succeeded in japan but was well received over sea's and in foreign markets. The show sparked debates, and the final two episodes left a highly polarized crowd, many claiming it was "too deep" while others took the series with stride. Even if you avoided anime in the 90's if you like sci-fi you saw or at least heard of this series.

With this the studio had placed its name in anime and geek culture, but this was a bittersweet event, as Studio Gainax was audited for tax evasion. 

Gainax proceded to make several smaller caliber series up into the late 90's, then in the year 2000 they dusted off the box of creative magic they used for EVA, and spawned FLCL. Showing how much fun Anime could be just to watch, they had again made a series that was a commercial and critic success. Studio Gainax continued doing co-production projects with several other companys on titles like Cowboy Bebop the movie and This ugly yet beautiful world. In 2004, to Celebrate their 20th anniversary, released a sequel to Gunbuster titled Diebuster.

Then on April 1st 2007, Gainax made a series to beat all of their prior series, a series that would be seen in pop culture world wide, a series that would have its hands in politics, a series that would be an inspiration to series long after. This series would be labeled by many as the pinnacle of Gainax, and be a measure of what exactly "Scope" meant. That series is Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.

Gurren Lagann Pushed the limits on many Cliches for it action genre, having intense transformation scenes, and over the top action at times. It broke several rules as well, such as killing of a main character early on, only to have that character be the driving force behind almost everyone else's character evolution. Gurren Lagann also set the standard for scope, increasing in scale every episode, until they came to a point where they characters were actually throwing full galaxies as weapons. At one point the Gurren mech has been seen as a construct, created by the green lantern. The series is also quoted and included in many other series. A british radio station once asked fans to make a redesign the british flag, the winner was a design with peices of the Gurren lagann logo. 

In 2010 Studio Gainax made yet another successful series, aimed at western audiences, that series being Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt. In 2011 a large portion of Studio gainax left to make Studio Trigger, taking key members from the teams that worked on FLCL, Gurren Lagann, and Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt. This aside Gainax precedes to make new series, but has yet to make another critically acclaimed series since the split. 

Despite the split, it can be said that Studio Gainax has made some of the most influential and Different series seen, in their short run as a company so far. We hope to see more great works come from them, and until then we as fans will continue to watch their previous series. 

your's is the company that will pierce the heavens 

B-b-b-Baka, The -Dere Diaries: Tsundere

-Dere: Tsundere

Alias: The Cold Shoulder, The Bitch

Quotes: "Its not like i-i-i-i did it for you! Baka(Idiot)!",
 (some one references the Tsundere being nice)  "I don't remember saying/doing that(blush)"


Definition: A Tsundere is a character that comes off as hostile or rude, initially towards the main interest, but slowly warms up to said interest.

Why do people like it: I can't speak for everyone, but one of the reasons people like the Tsundere is because everyone knows one. Everyone knows one "Bitch"(pardon my french, but i never said this was family freindly), that eventually softens up. Also from a third person point of view it can be seen as the "playing hard to get" character.

Why is she so cold?: This right here is why the Tsundere is one of the stronger characters when it comes to story building. A (good) Tsundere isn't cold for no reason, she has had some kind of past issue that gives her trust issues, or is highly proficient in something causing her to look down at others.

Examples:

Hitagi Senjougahara- Monogatari series: Senjougahara is an amazing character, drifting perfectly in the Tsundere type. Having been attacked by a old Japanese spirit known as, The weight crab, she gives the weight of all her problems at home to it. In this process she end up losing her actual weight, keeping the same frame but weighing no more than a slice of bread. She lives years (about 2/3) with this problem, and her parents try picking up specialist to help. Eventually a cult absorbs her mother, and mom allows the cult to try and help, but the leader just attempts something inappropriate. After Senjougahara strikes the man, injuring him, her mother tends to the man leaving Senjougahra in confused and lonely state. Her father upset about this divorces the mother and takes Senjougahara. Because of her curse, shes unable to make contact with anyone, else they find out, leaving her with out friends for these years as well. Until she comes across the main character Araragi, who is actually able to help her lose the curse, gaining her back her physical weight and her emotional weight. She slowly begins to warm up to Araragi from that point forward, to the point where they are now in a relationship.

Vegeta Breigh: After coming to earth to find a powerful opponent Vegeta is met with Goku, after several defeats and a romance with a human Women, Vegeta joins forces with Goku.  Eventually Starting a (Non-Romantic) Tsundere with Goku and others. This is an example of Someone initially hating, even being hostile towards the interest and becoming Allies if not friends later. This is a perfect scene to show you what I mean. A Non-romantic Tsundere relationship can be described as a Bromance.

The Payoff: Otherwise known as the turning point, the one thing that makes all the Cold shoulders, threats, rude comments, and attempts on the interest' life worth it? The Blush! The moment a tsundere blushes, not an embarrassed blush, not drunken red faced blush, but the "My heart just skipped a beat" Blush. When that moment occurs, you the viewer, know things are changing.

The Problem: Tsunderes are generally Strong characters, emotionally and physically, not ever really showing weakness or faltering under pressure. When they begin entering the "Dere" portion of their cycle they usually become weaker and almost dependent on the interest pushing them from the role they had before. A prime example is Asuna from Sword Art Online, she plays the first half of the series as a leader and a strong contender, but after she enters the "Dere" mode she literally becomes a damsel in distress.

Not all Tsunderes have this fate, but its more common than it should be. This has been a page from the -Dere Dairies, I hope you enjoyed, to finish things off here are some of those Tsundere blushes and moments.