[dimmke]

Yes but Evangelion is so massive and popular it'd be enough to sustain a studio. Gainax does not have the rights to NGE though. They only produced the original series back in the 90s.

Hideaki Anno literally setup a brand new studio specifically to do the rebuild films: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khara_(studio)

[PaulHoule]

Doesn’t have the staying power of Gundam which has survived postmodernism by producing spin-off shows about people who build Gundam models. (Gee I gotta build that Haro I have sitting around…)

[fendy3002]

Gundam is usually a recycled stories (teenager ride an ace robot to war) with new toys.

How can Evangelion recycle their stories? Nobody want to see depressed, horny teenager forced to ride a robot so everyone can be turned into orange paste every two years.

[shagie]

Adam Savage did a build on Tested back in the lockdown period...

Adam Savage's First Gundam Build—RX-78-2 Perfect Grade Unleashed! https://youtu.be/xfmD1yYqP6k

There's also another channel that is in the "I wish I had the time / talent / inspiration to do those things..." Two Expensive Models, One Epic Diorama! https://youtu.be/q7vCFKRHloE

The Gundam model build shows up in my YouTube feed occasionally despite me not looking for them.

[Shank]

Eva is pretty sustainable, just not for Gainax. Studio Khara has been selling Eva merchandise and related materials through brands like Radio EVA for a while.

Gainax just kind of doesn’t have any of the IP anymore, for various reasons.

[dimmke]

When I say it could sustain a studio, I just mean revenue from merchandise sales etc... It's such a popular IP there's an entire theme park devoted to it.

I'd say NGE is absolutely more popular than Gundam. I think there's a perfect "target age" to get into NGE, and that age is 13-15 and new generations discover it. Quentin Tarantino once said the same thing about a lot of his old movies.

[gavmor]

Which aspects of postmodernism threaten which aspects of the Gundam franchise? Or are you just alluding to the dominance of digital goods over physical hobbies such as model-building? I'll admit, I don't know where the money comes from. Is it really 80:20 merchandising:media?

[PurpleRamen]

Gundam lives from the model-sales. The anime is just advertisement and justification for a new collection of models.