Shin Godzilla vs. Evangelion Symphony Concert Event

By The Eva Monkey on Saturday, November 26th, 2016 in Music, News.

Studio khara is sponsoring a Shin Godzilla vs. Evangelion symphony concert event at the Bunkamura Orchard Hall venue in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, March 22 – March 23, 2017.  There will be performances will be at 1PM and 6PM.  Hideaki Anno will be serving as executive director for the event, and composer Shirō Sagisu will be handling […]

Animator Takeshi Honda Confirms Final Evangelion Film is in Production

By The Eva Monkey on Saturday, November 19th, 2016 in Evangelion 3.0+1.0, News, Rebuild of Evangelion.

In July, Hideaki Anno spoke to Oricon Style, where he stated that he was working hard on the final Rebuild film.  It was comforting confirmation that production was moving ahead, however that could mean anything, from pre-production to simply assembling production staff.  At MCM London Comic Con, animator Takeshi Honda was interviewed by UK Anime […]

Tokyo Otaku Mode’s Evangelion x Full Graphic Kimono Project Available for Order

By The Eva Monkey on Saturday, November 19th, 2016 in Evangelion 3.0, Merchandise, News, Rebuild of Evangelion.

Last month I posted about Tokyo Otaku Mode’s Evangelion x Full Graphic kimono project taking votes on six designs featuring scenes from Evangelion 3.0. It looks like the winner ended up being the design focused on various dramatic moments featuring the Eva Units.  The design is now available for prorder, although they refer to the […]

Evangelion & One Hour Photo

By The Eva Monkey on Thursday, November 10th, 2016 in Eva Monkey Videos, Movies, Neon Genesis Evangelion, The End of Evangelion, Video.

As an Evangelion fan, one of the things that I really enjoy is finding connections and threads between Evangelion and other works.  Not just in terms of works that influenced Evangelion, or that Evangelion specifically referenced, but also works that have subsequently been influenced by Evangelion and have made specific references to Evangelion.  It’s fun to […]

Evangelion’s distinctive typography will be sold on CD-ROM in the Evangelion Store.

By The Eva Monkey on Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 in Merchandise, Neon Genesis Evangelion, News, Rebuild of Evangelion.

Neon Genesis Evangelion was striking and bold in a number of different ways.  People often focus on the characters, the use of symbolism, and the action between Evas and Angels, but the show was also very unique in its use of typography.  From episode title cards to display readouts, typography is used heavily in Evangelion. […]