Table of Contents

PREFACE

1. A Brief History of Studio Gainax

2. Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise

3. Gunbuster

4. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water

5. Otaku no Video

6. Neon Genesis Evangelion I

7. Neon Genesis Evangelion II

8. His and Her Circumstances

9. FLCL

10. Mahoromatic—Automatic Maiden

11. Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi

12. This Ugly Yet Beautiful World

13. The Diebuster Saga

14. The Anime Magic of Studio Gainax

FILMOGRAPHY

APPENDIX

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX OF TERMS