If Evangelion is an infinite money-making merchandising machine, then popular characters Rei Ayanami and Asuka Langley are its endlessly profitable power generators, never giving up, never stopping, always giving more and more in unlikely and surprising ways. And hey, now they have their own clothing …Read more »
About a year ago, we reported on the somewhat baffling collaboration between Evangelion 3.0 and… Schick razors? Yes, we all recoiled in horror at the sight of Shinji’s dad with a beaming smile and no facial hair, but now there’s a new threat in 2014: …Read more »
Puzzle & Dragons . You may have heard of it. Little game for your phone, combines the color match puzzling of Bejeweled with the monster collecting of Pokemon, reportedly the highest grossing app in the world on iOS and Android, making something like 3 million …Read more »
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was in France on May 5 for a meeting with French President Francois Hollande, where the two leaders agreed on the importance of further diplomacy with Russia and a swift resolution to the crisis in Ukraine. And then Abe went …Read more »
For fans of 90s anime in particular, the name Starchild is instantly recognizable. The anime arm of giant record label King Records, Starchild was involved with the financing and music production of a string of hits in the 90s, including Evangelion , Nadesico , and …Read more »
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto's Neon Genesis Evangelion manga may have ended last June, but the series is getting a spin-off manga in April. As announced in the April issue of Kadokawa's Young Ace magazine, writer Yūshi Kawata and artist Yukito ( Don Quixote -Ureigao no Kishi: Sono …Read more »
Publisher GungHo Online Entertainment's mobile game Puzzle & Dragons has collaborated with Neon Genesis Evangelion before, but the next pairing between the two is actually coming to the west. Puzzle & Dragons will be mixing in special Evangelion -themed dungeons and more in an upcoming …Read more »
Even if it didn’t include directing Sword of the Stranger , Hanasaku Iroha , and Blast of Tempest , Masahiro Ando’s resume would be still be pretty darn impressive. Starting his career as a key animator, Ando’s action sequences in films like Jin-Roh , Cowboy …Read more »
As the cover of the latest issue of Otaku USA magazine boldly illustrates, the talk of the town this time around is none other than Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo . Even more so than the previous two Rebuild films, Eva 3.0 is already …Read more »
Who's ready to watch the third Evangelion Rebuild flick in English? The dub for Evangelion 3.33: You Can (Not) Redo was screened back at New York Comic-Con, but if you haven't seen it, you can get another taste in a trailer Manga UK recently posted. …Read more »
The third Neon Genesis Evangelion rebuild film, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo will be making its way to theater screens in the United States and Canada thanks to ELEVEN ARTS and FUNimation. Screenings are currently set to kick off in the regions in 2014. …Read more »
Ratings for Toonami's March airing of Evangelion 1.11 were good, with 959,000 tuning in when it aired, but the August 31 airing of its sequel, Evangelion 2.22 , did even better. The second Rebuild film pulled in 1.097 million viewers on Saturday. Those who stuck …Read more »
It's Geek Week on YouTube, and the PBS Idea Channel is getting in on the fun by posing the question, "Does it matter what Evangelion 's creator says?" As the video's description reads: Hideaki Anno says Neon Genesis Evangelion is meaningless. For #GeekWeek we ask …Read more »
Though he's worked for years in visual novels with Nitroplus, Gen Urobuchi has very suddenly risen to mega-star status in the anime business after writing major hit Madoka Magica . At Otakon last year, Butch said he'd do a few more projects in anime and …Read more »
Toonami saw some great results with the March airing of Evangelion 1.11 , which managed to pull in 959,000 viewers. Naturally, Toonami was very happy with this, and they said as much in response to a Tumblr question, adding, "It was a solid showing that …Read more »
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