GAINAX

Gainax is the animation company responsible for creating and producing Gurren Lagann.

History
Gainax was founded as Daicon films by college students Hideaki Anno, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Takami Akai and Shinji Higuchi in the early 1980s. Their debut film; called Daicon Opening Animation 3, was a project for the 1983 science fiction animation festival. They started filming parody films soon after before changing their name to Gainax in 1985. Some of their most notable works include Neon Genesis Evangelion, Panty & Stocking & FLCL.