Hikaru Utada just reminded the world why they’re a J-pop legend. On the second weekend of the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival Utada made a surprise appearance during avant-garde producer Arca’s set at the Gobi Stage—and absolutely stole the show. But that’s to …Read more »
The anime movie Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time was advertised as the end of the Evangelion franchise, and its poster even said, “Bye-bye, all of EVANGELION.” Then in March 2022, creator Hideaki Anno was asked during a Twitter interview, “Mr. Anno, are you truly …Read more »
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time hit Japanese theaters one year ago yesterday, and on the anniversary creator Hideaki Anno answered fans’ questions on Twitter. One fan wondered, “Mr. Anno, if someone actually commanded you to pilot Evangelion Unit-01, would you?” To which Mr. Anno …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 »
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 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 »
Aw, that’s sweet. The main voice cast of Evangelion 3.0+1.0, which is now available worldwide, left messages for their fans on Twitter the other day, and they’ve been translated into inglés for us. The messages come from Megumi Ogata (Shinji), Megumi Hayashibara (Rei), Yuko Miyamura …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 »
The movie Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time opened at first place in the Japanese box office when it premiered on the weekend of March 8, then fell out of the top ten two weekends ago. However, this past weekend it shot back up to …Read more »
The movie Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time hasn’t reached the United States yet, but over in Japan a scene with Rei as a rice farmer has already become so popular there’s a new Rei figurine for it. This video will show you how rice …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 »
The movie Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time was done by Hideaki Anno at Studio Khara, but it turns out Studio Ghibli had some involvement. There’s a scene in the movie that they wanted to make by drawings characters by hand and then taking pictures …Read more »
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