Search Results for: Evangelion
This year, Megumi Hayashibara, the voice actress and singer behind some of anime’s most iconic roles (and theme songs), celebrates both her 50th birthday and her over 30 years in the business. Hayashibara, who debuted in 1986 on the series Maison Ikkoku , has starred …Read more »
The anime world is full of tropes, but this is one of our favorites: the female perpetrator of ultra-violence. Simultaneously frightening and attractive, this character type (variations on which are referred to in Japanese as tsundere, yangire and yandere) probably made its way into the …Read more »
This new line of stamps is making me wish I sent more letters. Japan Post, the Japanese equivalent of the USPS, has announced a line of Super Mario-themed stamps sure to make recipients jump for joy. The stamps, which go on sale June 28, feature …Read more »
“The more expensive the car, the more fun it is to blow it up.” This statement by Kenichi Sonoda at this month’s Sakura-Con in Seattle boils down both the Riding Bean and Gunsmith Cats creator’s style and enduring popularity into a single statement. It’s safe …Read more »
You wa shock. There’s nothing more shocking in fiction than the death of a beloved character, and the history of anime and manga is full of deaths used to great narrative effect. But what are the medium’s all-time most shocking deaths? That’s the question ranking …Read more »
Universal Studios Japan is giving anime fans visiting yet another reason to skip Tokyo and head straight down to Osaka. The theme park, which already has rides based on Attack on Titan , Evangelion and more has now announced a 4D attraction based on the …Read more »
As you may have heard, 2017 is kind of a big deal for the history of anime. The first piece of animation made in Japan was produced in 1917, making this whole Japanese animation thing a century old. What better time, thought the folks behind …Read more »
Between licensing loads of anime, supposedly producing some of their own and the whole live-action Death Note thing, Netflix clearly has its eye on the otaku market. But while Death Note is known and loved around the world, their next manga adaptation is based on …Read more »
Will animators be the next professionals to lose their jobs to computers? Perhaps, says Keisuke Iwada, president of AT-X, a Japanese satellite and cable TV network devoted to anime. Iwada recently gave a presentation at Digital Hollywood University in Akihabara, Tokyo, in which he claimed …Read more »
You’ve come a long way, young man. If anime fans were feeling particularly dadlike, that’s what they might say to these characters, who they chose for ranking site Goo’s list of anime and manga characters who “showed the most growth into adulthood.” Which boyz went …Read more »
For Japanese film fans, the annual top 10 list by movie magazine Kinema Junpo is a big deal. The twice-monthly magazine, which started publication in 1919, is one of country’s most respected, and their top 10 list is arguably more prestigious than Japan’s version of …Read more »
In Japan, the second Monday of January is Coming of Age Day, when everyone who’s turned 20 over the previous celebrates coming into adulthood. The occasion has inspired a wave of nostalgia on Twitter in Japan, as anime fans celebrate the anime that also turn …Read more »
As an anime fan, living in Japan doesn’t have the same import it used to. Sure, the omake – the events, the posters, the feeling of being in the country that makes the stuff you’re into – that’s all there. But as a pure consumer …Read more »
It’s been 10 years since Hideaki Anno, creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion , co-director of Shin Godzilla and all-around otaku genius, left Gainax and founded his own studio, Khara. To celebrate its 10th, Khara has pulled out all the stops for a massive exhibition in …Read more »
Interested in getting a behind-the-scenes look at the original FLCL ? This may be the ebook for you. Japanese company Onebilling Inc. is centering the latest in its series of E-Sakuga ebooks on the popular 2000-2001 OVA, which is getting a sequel next year. The …Read more »
Matt Schley
Sean O'Mara
![Hideaki Anno’s Studio Khara Celebrates Its 10th With Huge Exhibition [Photo Report]](https://otakuusamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/kharaexhibition-202x202.jpg)
![Hideaki Anno’s Studio Khara Celebrates Its 10th With Huge Exhibition [Photo Report]](https://otakuusamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/kharaexhibition.jpg)
