Search Results for: Evangelion
For the last ten years, Studio Ghibli (who really need no introduction, but just in case: Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro ) have been holding exhibitions at Tokyo’s Museum of Contemporary Art. This year, the studio invited famed anime director Hideaki Anno ( …Read more »
Let's go ahead and get the obvious out of the way: Sakuran is a completely gorgeous manga from beginning to end. The art of Moyoco Anno— Sugar Sugar Rune , Happy Mania , wife of director Hideaki Anno ( Evangelion )—has its own flow and …Read more »
Hello, Everyone!! This is otaku and trend watcher Yunmao Ayakawa! I have a question for you: Are you Meganekko (glasses-wearing girls)? Me? Yes, I am a Meganekko! I wear glasses often as a fashion accessory for many of my costumes, which you can see when …Read more »
The latter half of 2012 is getting pretty packed as far as anime film releases go in Japan. In fall we have Puella Magi Madoka Magica , Tiger & Bunny , 009 RE:Cyborg , and Evangelion 3.0 , but it doesn't stop there, because winter …Read more »
Medaka Box follows the misadventures of the Hakoniwa Academy Student Council, ruled with a power-loaded fist by first-year student and fresh elect Medaka Kurokami. The premise is pretty straightforward: folks pop problems in the suggestion box, and Medaka and her council work to resolve the …Read more »
The next anime from Gainax ( Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann , Neon Genesis Evangelion ) is an adaptation of the Shonen Jump manga of the same name, written and illustrated by Nisio Isin and Akira Akatsuki, respectively. The ongoing manga involves the suggestion box of …Read more »
Dark, brooding and brutally violent, Kentaro Miura's Berserk would at first glance seem like the poster child for all of what made anime and manga infamous in the late 80s and 90s. However, that would be to neglect the genuinely complex storyline and layered characters …Read more »
What better way to celebrate the upcoming release of the Berserk Golden Age Arc I: Egg of the Supreme Ruler film in Japan than a burger 'n fries-loaded promotion? Fast food chain Lotteria is doing just that with an original clear file featuring Guts and …Read more »
Let’s get one thing out of the way: I frankly don’t know much about K-On! and have minimal emotional attachment to the antics of the five members making up the Hokago Tea Time. I can already foresee some furious fan, clattering away at their keyboard …Read more »
Like an abandoned kitten in a cardboard box, the DVD sat unopened for thirteen years on various retail shelves until it was finally relegated to the five-dollar rack in a little booth at the Oldsmar Flea Market. And then I saw it standing there, neglected …Read more »
A clock strikes thirteen. A black-bellied spider envelops a room in streamers of red silk. An anti-corporate revolutionary is tortured to death, her flesh transmuted to gold through some perverse hyper-science. The barrier between human reality and dimensions unknown wears thin, and a pallid young …Read more »
Allow me to make this abundantly clear: everything you will ever read about Birth is a lie. The ad copy on the back of the DVD case mentions a ruined world, a war between the planet Aqualoid and “an invading army of mechanical monsters”, and …Read more »
Well after having finished Velveteen & Mandala , the English-language debut of mangaka Jiro Matsumoto ( Freesia ), I can't shake the memories of Makoto Aida's Mutant Hanako . Maybe it's some strange trigger caused by Matsumoto's sketchy-detailed art style, though the two aren't really …Read more »
The California-based FanimeCon, which takes place May 27-30 at the San Jose Convention Center, has already announced a slew of big names to their Guests of Honor lineup. The latest addition is master animator Fumio Iida, also known as SUEZEN. Iida's portfolio is pretty loaded, …Read more »
At a press conference for Kadokawa Pictures' 2011-2012 lineup, Kadokawa Shoten President Shinichiro Inoue made an announcement regarding a new film that brings together a heavy-hitting team of anime creators. The film, Momo e no Tegami ( A Letter to Momo ), is the joint …Read more »
Matt Schley
Joseph Luster
Yunmao Ayakawa
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Fernando Ramos
Paul Thomas Chapman
