CATDOLL: Hideaki Anno sues GAINAX for the return of 100 million yen in debt

Recently, Japanese animation production company GAINAX announced that its signature animation "Stocking with Garterbelt" will have new developments, which has made anime fans very excited. But then there was trouble. A former employee of GAINAX, the famous animation director Hideaki Anno, officially sued GAINAX and demanded that the 100 million yen owed to him be paid off.

Anno sued GAINAX this time because according to the agreement between GAINAX and Khara, GAINAX needs to pay Khara a certain amount of licensing fees when launching peripheral products of Anno Hideaki's animation works, but GAINAX has always owed this money, so Anno, as the president and legal representative of Khara, directly sued GAINAX. At present, GAINAX told the media that the matter is under judicial review and therefore will not comment.

The situation of GAINAX has been quite miserable recently. With the departure of Anno Hideaki and Imaishi Hiroyuki, the company has not released any impressive works, and the revenue is not good. So they planned to use "Stocking with Garterbelt" to revive the company, but they did not expect Anno Hideaki to send a "big gift" at this time. It seems that GAINAX will have a harder time in the future.