Gainax establishes new company in Kobe; Prof. Takeda KCGI becomes president
(headquartered in Mitaka City, Tokyo), an animation planning and production company founded by Professor Yasuhiro Takeda of the Kyoto College of The Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics (KCGI), who served as Director and General Manager of the Production Division, has decided to establish a new company, GAINAX WEST, which will serve as its production base in the Kansai region, at Kobe Anime Street, a facility located in a redevelopment building in Nagata Ward, Kobe City, following the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.Professor Takeda will be the president of the new company.Accor