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Legendary Anime Studio Behind Neon Genesis Evangelion Files for Bankruptcy
7.6.2024
It’s not every day that you wake up to find a company with a legacy like anime studio Gainax is shutting its doors. The prolific studio behind works like FLCL, Gurren Lagann, and the legendary Neon Genesis Evangelion has been struggling financially for several years. On June 7, the company...
The Scott Pilgrim Anime Backlash, Explained
22.11.2023
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, the new animated series based on Bryan Lee O’Malley’s graphic novels, is out on Netflix. The eight-episode series reunites the voice cast of the 2010 live-action movie Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and is a hilarious blend of the series’ quick wit and well-measured...
The 11 Best Final Fantasy Spin-Offs, Ranked
28.6.2023
We recently ranked the mainline single-player Final Fantasy games, and noted just how much the series changed and experimented with its formula along the way. The series’ propensity for reinvention is why people are so divided on what even defines a Final Fantasy game.Read more
Hideaki Anno Told Evangelion Voice Actor Secrets She'll Take To Her Grave
30.6.2021
Thought we know everything about Evangelion? We don’t, it seems! During a recent press conference for the Blu-ray release of Evangelion 3.333, voice actor Maaya Sakamoto said that creator Hideaki Anno told her secrets, about the character she plays, Mari Illustrious Makinami.Read more
Evangelion Teams Up With Japanese Sake Maker To Recreate Misato's Apartment
6.6.2021
If you’ve seen Evangelion, then you’ve watched Misato Katsuragi drink at home. Her beer of choice? Ebisu. Her sake? Dassai.Read more
Hideaki Anno Is Not Remaking A Famous Anime, Says Studio
17.5.2021
Recently, an article on a Japanese news site claimed that Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno was doing “a new version” of an anime that “everyone knows” in Japan. The article added that the original iconic anime was directed by someone else, and the information claimed to be from a studio staffer....
How Studio Ghibli Helped With The Latest Evangelion Film
13.5.2021
Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno has a history that goes way back with Studio Ghibli—before it was even founded. One of the first big jobs he got in the industry was working on Hayao Miyazaki’s 1984 classic Nausicaä. Read more
Hideaki Anno Is Directing Shin Kamen Rider
3.4.2021
In 2023, a new Kamen Rider film will be released. Called Shin Kamen Rider, it will be the latest reimagining of one of Japan’s most iconic heroes. Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno will be at the helm.Read more
Online Hate Took Evangelion Creator Hideaki Anno To A Dark Place
23.3.2021
Hideaki Anno, the creator of Evangelion, is an anime icon. He says he’s done with the series. But with its fame and popularity came haters, who took him to a very dark place.Read more
Pirate The New Evangelion Film And Risk Prison, Studio Points Out
15.3.2021
It often seems inevitable. Whenever a big movie is released, there are individuals ready to pirate the film. Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time is no exception.Read more
Watch The Full Video For Hikaru Utada's New Evangelion Theme
8.3.2021
Hikaru Utada has sung all the themes for the Rebuild of Evangelion film series. She returns for Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time, which hits theaters today in Japan.Read more
New Evangelion Statue Going Up In Japan For A Limited Time
8.3.2021
With Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time, the fourth and final film in the Rebuild of Evangelion tetralogy, heading to theaters in Japan, a new Unit-01 statue is going up in Ibaraki Prefecture.Read more
Once Again, Hikaru Utada Is Singing The Rebuild of Evangelion Theme
9.12.2020
Next January, the fourth and final film in the Rebuild of Evangelion series will hit Japanese movie theaters. And of course, Hikaru Utada will once again sing the theme. Read more