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 »
Normally opening a movie on a Monday is not a good business move. But opening on a Monday did not hurt Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time at all. In fact, IMAX broke records for best opening day in Japan. So far the movie has …Read more »
As a celebration for the completion of Evangelion, company F:Nex is coming out with large models of Rei Ayanami and an Evangelion. The Rei is just under five feet three inches tall and is supposed to be “the cutest Rei Ayanami.” The Evangelion is about …Read more »
Despite the fact that the final Evangelion anime film opened on a Monday, it still managed to pull in some impressive numbers. With 23.8% more revenue and 21.7% more tickets sold than 2012’s Evangelion 3.0, Hideaki Anno’s long-awaited Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time now …Read more »
The long-awaited Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time was recently hit with a new opening date of March 8 in Japan. As long as the ongoing State of Emergencies cooperate, that’s still going to happen, but if you’re not in Japan you don’t have to …Read more »
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