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 movie Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time has done very well in Japan, but that doesn’t mean everyone likes it. While some people might criticize the movie, apparently others have gone beyond that and have been sending threatening messages to Studio Khara. We don’t …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 »
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 »
A 45-year-old woman in Tokyo recently landed in some hot water after selling a suspiciously expensive bootleg Evangelion poster. The officer worker by day managed to sell one of the bootlegs for ¥7,900 (about $76) to a 60-year-old man at a flea market, and now …Read more »
Yoshiyuki Tomino has set himself up in the history books as the creator of the iconic franchise Mobile Suit Gundam. But the 79-year-old is not ready to retire yet! He was recently on the Japanese TV show Hayashi Osamu no Ima Deshо! Kоza where he …Read more »
Couple quick items related to Evangelion 3.0+1.0 and its ongoing success. One: the film has now surpassed 7 billion yen at the box office, making it far and away the most successful Eva film (financially, anyway). At present, 7 billion yen is about $64 million. For …Read more »
Evangelion is currently having a moment, and now veteran voice actress Megumi Ogata is getting ready for another of her own. The 55-year-old voice of characters ranging from Shinji in Evangelion to Kuwabara in Yu Yu Hakusho, Sailor Uranus in Sailor Moon, and beyond is …Read more »
Considering everything that’s happened with it since, it certainly feels like it’s been longer than a month since Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time hit theaters in Japan. While it just launched on March 8, the final film has already become the highest-grossing film in …Read more »
This year, Japan’s industry event AnimeJapan went fully digital. The weekend was full of live appearances and announcements for shows past, present, and future. It’s an opportunity for studios to roll out big news, and that’s exactly what we got. It would take forever to …Read more »
In honor of the new Evangelion movie, the Aonami Line has become the Ayanami Line and has received a temporary Rei Ayanami theme. The train debuted this look on March 13, and it will last until May 31. There will also be special merchandise people …Read more »
If you have about $16,713.70 burning a hole in your pocket, you can buy a life-sized Rei Ayanami figure. But if you have 1,980,000 yen (about $18,163.63) you can get a model of Rei that’s not only life-sized but moveable. This Rei is coming from …Read more »
Imagine a world in which the romantic comedy exploits of Rent-a-Girlfriend crossed over with the existential mecha saga of Neon Genesis Evangelion. While that may never actually come to be, Rent-a-Girlfriend manga author Reiji Miyajima has us dreaming thanks to an illustration he posted on …Read more »
When an anime character shows up wearing an eye patch, you know things are about to get serious. Because in anime, it’s not always just a way to cover an injured eye, or a clever way to give yourself dark vision. These accessories often hide …Read more »
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