Khara (studio)

khara, Inc.
株式会社カラー

Type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Japanese animation
Founded	May 2006
Founder	Hideaki Anno
Headquarters	Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Hideaki Anno
Divisions	Studio Khara Digital-bu
Website	www.khara.co.jp

Khara, Inc. (株式会社カラー, Kabushiki gaisha Karā, stylized as khara, Inc.) is a Japanese animation studio best known for its work on the Rebuild of Evangelion film tetralogy. Studio khara (スタジオカラー, Sutajio Karā) is the primary animation production studio. It was founded by Hideaki Anno in May 2006, and was shown publicly on 1 August when recruitment notices were posted on his website; Anno remains its president. It has built up appropriate infrastructure. The name khara comes from the Greek word χαρα, meaning joy.

Anno left Gainax and transitioned to 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. We realize that we are creating something that will be better than the last series."

Key contributors brought back to work on the new project include assistant director Kazuya Tsurumaki, character designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, story board artist Shinji Higuchi and composer Shirō Sagisu.

Works

Films

• Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (September 1, 2007) – animation production
• Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (July 19, 2008) – animation cooperation
• Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (June 27, 2009) – animation production
• Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: A Wakening of the Trailblazer (September 18, 2010) - monitor graphics
• Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. Solid State Society 3D (March 26, 2011) - digital coloring
• From up on Poppy Hill (July 16, 2011) - animation cooperation
• Kantoku Shikkaku (September 3, 2011) - production
• Kyoshinhei Tokyo ni Arawaru (July 10, 2012) - production company
• Wolf Children (July 21, 2012) - in-between animation
• Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (November 17, 2012) – animation production
• The Wind Rises (July 20, 2013) - animation cooperation
• Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Rebellion (October 26, 2013) - animation cooperation
• Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 (TBA) – animation production

Television

• Gurren Lagann (April 1-September 30, 2007) - in-between animation
• Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto (October 3, 2010 – April 4, 2011) - storyboards
• Tamayura - Hitotose (October 3-December 19, 2011) - in-between animation
• Persona 4: The Animation (October 6, 2011 – March 29, 2012) - in-between animation
• Black Rock Shooter (February 2–23, 2012) - in-between animation
• Zetman (April 2-June 25, 2012) - in-between animation
• Flowers of Evil (April 5-June 29, 2013) - in-between animation
• Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet (April 7-June 30, 2013) - in-between animation

Others

• Petit Eva: Evangelion@School (May 26, 2007 – September 26, 2009) (manga)
• Neon Genesis Evangelion: Campus Apocalypse (October 2007-December 2009) - original work (manga)
• Halo Legends (February 16, 2010) - CG production (OVA)
• Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san. (February 22, 2010) - in-between animation cooperation (OVA)
• Upotte!! (April 8-June 9, 2012) - in-between animation (ONA)
• Japan Animator Expo (November 7, 2014 -) - Production (ONA series)

External links

• Official website (Japanese)
• Khara at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Khara Corporation at the Internet Movie Database