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The winners of the spring 2022 Medal with Purple Ribbon have been announced! These medals are given out by the Japanese government and are meant for “individuals who have contributed to academic and artistic developments, improvements and accomplishments.” This year both Hideaki Anno and founder …Read more »
AnimeJapan held a presentation on the world of anime business, with Anime Industry Report editorial supervisor Hiromichi Masuda giving the details. According to Masuda, while we still don’t have all the numbers for 2021, we have enough to see that anime movies, TV productions and …Read more »
The Japan Academy Film Prize Association has made some announcements. For starters, Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time snagged the Popularity Award, which was an award that allows actual fans to vote. Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time, BELLE, Jujutsu Kaisen 0, Fortune Favors Lady …Read more »
Anime may not be at the Oscars this year, but we still have the r/anime awards, a.k.a. the Reddit Anime Awards. The winners have been announced, and each category has two possible winners, because official jurors and the public were each able to vote. There …Read more »
It’s still too early to know if any anime are going to be nominated for the Oscars, but the nominees for the Japan Academy Film Prize Association have been revealed, and you better believe anime is getting attention here. BELLE, Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A …Read more »
The movie Gekijō-ban Jujutsu Kaisen 0 hit theaters in Japan on December 24 and has been racking up sales. Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time was the most successful film in the Japanese box office in 2021, and it made 4,934,996,800 yen (approximately $42.6 million) …Read more »
The year isn’t quite over, but a report has come out showing which movies did the best in Japanese theaters during 2021. The report crunches the numbers from the beginning of the year through December 12, and the top spot goes to none other than …Read more »
The movie Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time opened at the top of the Japanese box office in March, eventually fell out of the top ten, then went right back to number one in terms of tickets sold. It was just announced that it’s sold …Read more »
There’s been an increased amount of attention on Hideaki Anno lately with the release of his movie Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time, which just snagged the top of the box office again. And it was just announced that National Art Center, located in Tokyo, …Read more »
There’s a battle scene in the movie Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time that has characters plummeting through the air while also fighting. Trying to figure out how to animate this the most realistically, director Hideaki Anno came up with an idea: have the staff …Read more »
Earlier this month, the Japanese website Daily Shincho published an article claiming that an anonymous person working at Studio Khara confirmed that Hideaki Anno is working on another movie. According to this report, it’s a “new version” or remake of an already existing and very …Read more »
The Fuji-Q Highland amusement park, which is located in Japan close to Mount Fuji, has shut down its Evangelion: World attraction. But it’s not being shut down temporarily because of COVID, the way places like Super Nintendo World are doing. Evangelion: World is gone for …Read more »
Director Mamoru Oshii hasn’t seen Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time, but he gave his thoughts on Evangelion director Hideaki Anno during a recent interview. Oshii thinks Anno is “more of a producer than a director” and that his works “lack a theme.” He also …Read more »
Japan’s weekend box office numbers are in. Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time maintained the number one spot during its second weekend out. From Friday to Sunday 423,398 people bought tickets to see it, bringing in earnings of 679,390,200 yen (about $6,254,432.21). All told, it’s …Read more »
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