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Originally Posted by darkchibi07
Ya know, it's quite amusing how SHAFT's reputation came about ever since Shinbo went on board. Before then, they were your third-rate animation studio and occasionally doing co-productions with Gainax.
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Yes Shinbo is Shaft and Shaft is Shinbo. The only other studio i can think of who is so defined by a single person is Studio Ghibli with Hayao Miyazaki. Them and Mamoru Hosoda, and Makoto Shinkai are the only current Anime Directors names I can usually remember. 2 of those are iconic Mecha creators, and the other 3 are involved in high profile films, so Shinbo is a really odd one out.
Shaft didn't produce anything of note before Shinbo came along, though they colloborated with Gainax on a few things, and obviously did a lot in behind the scenes work. Then they kinda exploded producing loads of titles after 2005 or so.
It's an interesting question what kind of role Shinbo plays within Shaft.