This may be the film Hideaki Anno was born to make. Make no mistake: though Godzilla Resurgence , the first Japanese Godzilla film in 12 years, was technically directed by both Neon Genesis Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno and Attack on Titan helmer and special effects …Read more »
Folks who dreamed of seeing the worlds of Neon Genesis Evangelion and Godzilla combine have definitely been having fun with all the promotion building up to today's Japanese theatrical release of Shin Godzilla , AKA Godzilla Resurgence . One of the latest offers a horrifying …Read more »
Summer in Japan. If you’ve seen enough anime, you know what’s up: festivals, fireworks, yukata and the relentless sound of cicadas. But when summer rolls around, what anime series do Japanese fans feel like watching? Anime Anime decided to poll its readers to answer just …Read more »
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo was released way back in 2012, and there's still one more Rebuild movie— Evangelion 3.0+1.0 , AKA Evangelion: Final —to go in the series. However, with series mastermind Hideaki Anno as busy as can be, currently with the upcoming …Read more »
(Almost) too sexy for TV. That’s this week’s theme over at ranking site Goo, where they’ve asked their readers to vote on a list of anime heroines who just skirt the limits of what’s acceptable on broadcast television. Who made the cut by wearing the …Read more »
...really? It’s a big news week in Japan, with word that Emperor Akihito may abdicate the throne to his son (becoming the first emperor to do so since 1817). That would end the so-called Heisei era, which began in 1989 with the death of Akihito’s …Read more »
“I think I may have been born just to meet you, Shinji Ikari.” This line, spoken by Kaworu Nagisa in episode 24 of Neon Genesis Evangelion , set off decades of speculation, slash fiction and general swooning. Now it’s even inspired a matching set of …Read more »
Let’s go for a ride. From giant robots to airborne gliders to 3D maneuver gear, from the beginning, the world of anime and manga has featured a wide and amazing array of rideable machines. Polling site Charapedia recently asked its readers what anime machines they’d …Read more »
One of the best things about Neon Genesis Evangelion 's Hideaki Anno directing the new Godzilla Resurgence / Shin Godzilla movie with Shinji Higuchi is the crossover promotion campaign. As we've seen in some previous art, they're fully leaning in on the Evangelion x Godzilla …Read more »
Nothin’ like a good fight scene. The history of anime is replete with ‘em, and narrowing the anime series with the best battle sequences down to just 20 is no easy task. But what’s what pollsters Charapedia asked their readers to do this week, and …Read more »
Gainax is a familiar name, perhaps even a hallowed one. In the otaku realm, it’s a household name, in fact. It’s the studio that spawned such greats as Neon Genesis Evangelion and FLCL ; its name became synonymous with over-the-top animation, cerebral giant robot sagas, …Read more »
Best-selling J-pop singer/songwriter Utada Hikaru is set to return to the Japanese music scene after a five-year hiatus. Utada, whose last album, This is the One , was released in 2009, is one of Japan’s best-selling artists. Born and raised in the U.S., Utada’s debuted …Read more »
The editors and contributors at Otaku USA magazine picked their brains for a while to come up with the shows, movies, and OVAs they consider to be among the greatest. The result of all that work is available in the form of The Very Best …Read more »
Before Panty & Stocking with Garter Belt pushed the boundaries of good taste, before Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann redefined struggle on a cosmic scale, even before Neon Genesis Evangelion rewrote the rules of the mecha subgenre, a studio of fans-turned-animators known as Gainax made waves …Read more »
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