By The Eva Monkey on Thursday, November 30th, 2017 in Merchandise, News.
From November of 2014 through October of 2015, Hideaki Anno’s Studio khara partnered with Niconico’s parent company Dwango to produce Japan Animator Expo, an anthology series intended to provide exposure to animation talent in Japan. During the series, several Evangelion shorts were produced, and several more made brief homages to Evangelion. These shorts were however […]
By The Eva Monkey on Monday, October 16th, 2017 in Merchandise, News.
It was announced that Kadokawa will be releasing Evangelion ANIMA in book form on November 30th in Japan, to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the series. Both volumes, Evangelion ANIMA 1 and Evangelion ANIMA 2, will be released the same day. Evangelion ANIMA was a serialized light novel by series mecha designer Ikuto Yamashita that […]
By The Eva Monkey on Wednesday, October 4th, 2017 in Eva Monkey, Evangelion 3.0+1.0, Fandom, Rebuild of Evangelion.
A little bit over fifteen years ago, I started an ambitious little fan site called Eva Monkey that you may be familiar with. Through much of my college experience, I spent far too many late nights tinkering with code and generally trying to build the “ultimate” Evangelion fan site, neglecting my studies in the process. The […]
By The Eva Monkey on Saturday, September 9th, 2017 in Japan, Merchandise, News.
Takara Tomy, who produces Transformers toys in Japan, is releasing an Evangelion Shinkansen Transformer, referred to as a “Shinkalion”. The Shinkalion transforms from the 500 Type Eva Shinkansen into a robot, with one locomotive serving as a shield, and also wields a Spear of Longinus. For added measure, the Shinkalion can also combine with the […]
By The Eva Monkey on Friday, September 1st, 2017 in Evangelion 1.0, Evangelion 3.0+1.0, Rebuild of Evangelion.
Evangelion: 1.0 was released to theaters in Japan on September 1st, 2007, which means that ten years have passed, and to the frustrations of many fans, the series of films is still incomplete.
By The Eva Monkey on Friday, September 1st, 2017 in Japan, Mildly Evangelion, Video.
Hideaki Anno stars in a newly released commercial for the Civic, Honda’s flagship sedan line. Anno appears and provides voice over for the commercial, as does the Tokyo-based Japanese rock band ONE OK ROCK. This is not the first time that Anno has appeared in a commercial, let alone a car commercial. Sometime back around […]
By The Eva Monkey on Saturday, August 26th, 2017 in Neon Genesis Evangelion, The End of Evangelion, Video.
PBS’s Idea Channel is coming to a close after five years of diving deep into and sharing ideas about pop culture on YouTube. One of their final few videos, on the overthinking of popular culture, is a topic that has always been a concern of mine. Quite often I find myself, as an Evangelion fan, concerned about society’s […]
By The Eva Monkey on Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017 in Eva Monkey.
I started Eva Monkey over fifteen years ago. And to be perfectly honest, it seems like ages ago at this point. The very earliest incarnation of Eva Monkey, if you could call it that, was on a personal Tripod page I built at the end of 2001. It was a section called “Evangelion Dissected”, and I cringe […]
By The Eva Monkey on Thursday, August 3rd, 2017 in Conventions, Eva Monkey Videos, Video.
Hi everyone, I just wanted to give a quick update because next week is Otakon. This year is a special one, not only is it the first time that Otakon is being held in Washington DC, but it’s also the first time that I will be a featured presenter. So needless to say, I’m a […]
By The Eva Monkey on Tuesday, July 25th, 2017 in AMVs, Conventions, Eva Monkey Videos, Fandom, Music, Video.
Chester Bennington, famous as the lead vocalist of Linkin Park, was found dead in his home on the morning of July 20th, 2017. His suicide came only a few months after Chris Cornell, who Bennington was close friends with, also committed suicide. Had Cornell survived, July 20th would have been his 53rd birthday. On the […]