Studio Khara

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Studio Khara is a Japanese anime studio most well known for its work on the Rebuild of Evangelion tetralogy of films in conjunction with Gainax; Khara apparently is the primary animator of the film and has built up appropriate infrastructure and has offices in West Shinjuku. It was founded by Hideaki Anno in 2006 and was first mentioned on 1 August when recruitment notices were posted on Anno's website. Studio Khara is also credited along with Gainax as the source of the plotline for the Angelic Days manga.

While Anno was one of the founding members of Gainax, he seems to be leaving it and heading Khara; as part of his public statements on the Rebuild films, he wrote:

"For this purpose, we are not returning to our roots at Gainax. I have set up a production company and studio, and it is in this new setting that we will start again. Without looking back, without admiration for the circumstances, we aim to walk towards the future. Thankfully, we have gathered staff from the old series, new staff, and many other fantastic staff to work on this series."^[1]