khara inc. (株式会社カラー) is a Japanese anime production company most well known for its work on the Rebuild of Evangelion tetralogy of films in conjunction with Gainax; Studio Khara (スタジオカラー) is the primary animation production studio for the films. It was founded by Hideaki Anno in May, 2006, and was first mentioned publicly on 1 August when recruitment notices were posted on Anno's website; Anno remains its president. It has built up appropriate infrastructure and has offices in West Shinjuku.
The name khara comes from the Greek word χαρα, meaning joy.