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 »
Megumi Ogata, the voice actor for Shinji Ikari in Neon Genesis Evangelion, has been having problems with a herniated disk. She’s had herniated disks in the past, typically as a result of working too hard, but this time around was much worse than before. She …Read more »
At a certain point it seemed as if Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 would never come out, but here we are with another release date following the previous delays. If this one sticks, the long-awaited fourth and final Rebuild of Evangelion film will strike Japanese theaters on March …Read more »
We may not have a new release date for Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time yet, but thanks to a rating from the Japanese Film Classification and Rating Organization, AKA EIRIN, we now know how long it’s going to be. Amazingly, the runtime puts the …Read more »
Neko Oikawa says that it took her approximately two hours to write the Evangelion song “Zankoku na Tenshi no Thesis” (“A Cruel Angel’s Thesis”), and she has earned more than 600 million yen (about $5,690,550.00) from royalties. But she recently revealed that after her husband …Read more »
So… for some reason this is a thing, and it’s awesome. Yoko Takahashi, the singer of Evangelion’s “A Cruel Angel’s Thesis,” has rerecorded the song, replacing all the lyrics with cat sounds. The things you get up to when you’re locked up at home for …Read more »
Electronic billboards at the Nishitetsu Fukuoka Station, Fukuoka city subway and the Tenjin station have been airing COVID messages with writing and font that looks as if it came from Evangelion. Tenjin Site, which gives information on the area, shared a tweet of the electronic …Read more »
Yep, it’s happened again. Evangelion 3.0+1.0 is once again delayed. How long ’til we can see it? Right now, we have no idea. So what do we do? In the meantime, we’ve grabbed a few goodies to keep you occupied. Try other offerings from Gainax, see …Read more »
The Japanese convenience chain store Lawson has teamed up with Evangelion for special ATMs that were meant to coincide with the movie Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time coming out in theaters. The movie’s debut has been held up because of COVID, but Lawson is …Read more »
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