Opening events held in Fukushima town ahead of anime museum launch

Opening events held in Fukushima town ahead of anime museum launch

Guests cut the ribbon during an opening ceremony on March 28, 2015, for the "Spring Cultural Festival," a series of opening events to celebrate the April 1 launch of animation production company Fukushima Gainax's "Museum of Fantasy and Art - Fukushima Sakura Yugakusha" in the town of Miharu, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. ==Kyodo

Gainax to open anime studio in Fukushima Pref.

Gainax to open anime studio in Fukushima Pref.

The building of former Sakura junior high school where Japanese anime company Gainax Co. will open its studio and museum in April 2015 is seen in the town of Miharu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Jan. 19, 2015. The company announced the same day that it has established new subsidiary Fukushima Gainax. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Animation production studio to be set up in Fukushima town

Animation production studio to be set up in Fukushima town

Yoshinori Suzuki (2nd from L), mayor of Miharu, Fukushima Prefecture, and Yoshinori Asao (R), president of Gainax Co., join others in showing a letter of agreement on Jan. 19, 2015, to establish the animation production studio's outpost in the northeastern Japan town. Gainax, based in Tokyo, is known for popular TV animation works such as "Neon Genesis Evangelion." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Fukushima Gainax to produce PR anime for Date City

Fukushima Gainax to produce PR anime for Date City

Date Mayor Shoji Nishida (C) and Yoshinori Asao (2nd from R), president of Fukushima Gainax, join hands in Date, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 19, 2015, at a press conference to announce that the firm will produce an animation to promote tourism in the northeastern Japanese city. The film will trace the life of warlord Date Masamune (1567-1636), the 17th head of the Date clan that has its roots in the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo