Asuka, by Free Parking!

By The Eva Monkey on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012 in Fandom, Music.

The more digging I do, the more Evangelion-inspired music I discover.  This time around, it’s an album called “Asuka” by Free Parking!, an alternative rock band from Pennsylvania.  They describe their influences as “Weezer, Thrice, Radiohead (just Brendan), Blur, The Fratellis, Say Anything, Vampire Weekend” and more.  I can definitely hear some influence from Weezer […]

Carl Horn speaks on ANNCast

By The Eva Monkey on Friday, February 3rd, 2012 in Podcasts.

Carl Horn was a guest this week on Anime News Network’s podcast, ANNCast, speaking to Zac and Justin about the early days of anime and manga fandom in the United States.  You may know Carl for having worked on not one, not two, but three Evangelion manga titles.  He has been an editor on both […]

Tiffany Grant, Mike McFarland and Matt Greenfield on Anime Snack Time

By The Eva Monkey on Thursday, June 16th, 2011 in Neon Genesis Evangelion, Podcasts, Rebuild of Evangelion.

Tiffany Grant, Mike McFarland and Matt Greenfield were guests recently on Madman Entertainment’s podcast “Anime Snack Time”.  They talked about a variety of Evangelion-related topics, including the original television series and the new “Rebuild” films.  They also discussed some of what goes into localization, including translation and dubbing. For some reason, Madman’s podcast page doesn’t […]

Seventeen More Times, an Evangelion-inspired concept album

By The Eva Monkey on Wednesday, May 25th, 2011 in Audio, Fandom, Music.

It seems like more and more cool music is coming out of members of Eva Geeks these days.  First Rachel Macwhirter, then Dr. Shoggoth, and now Michael Mancuso (aka Esselfortium), who has released an entire Evangelion-inspired concept album called Seventeen More Times.  This is the description of the album Esselfortium provided: “Seventeen More Times is […]

“Neon Genesis” by DJ S3RL

By The Eva Monkey on Thursday, May 5th, 2011 in Audio, Fandom, Music.

If you like Happy Hardcore/Hardcore, or what some may refer to lovingly as “candy raver music”, you should check out DJ S3RL.  He’s a musical artist from Brisbane Australia, who not only makes his own tracks, but also samples from things in popular culture, including anime.  He has one such track called “Neon Genesis” which […]

The Musical Stylings of Dr. Shoggoth

By The Eva Monkey on Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 in Fandom, Music.

I do this panel at conventions… sometimes it’s called “The Evangelion Omake Box”, and sometimes it’s called “Evangelion, WTF?”.  And essentially what it is is an emceed clip show featuring a bunch of ridiculous bullshit from Evangelion and it’s fandom.  Amidst the video files and audio clips, there’s this video, by an Eva Geeks user […]

With Me Now, an original Evangelion song by Rachel Macwhirter

By The Eva Monkey on Sunday, March 27th, 2011 in Fandom, Music.

Rachel Macwhirter, who I’ve posted about before, has released another original Evangelion song, entitled “With Me Now”.  Unlike “A Thousand Angels”, which was kind of general, this song focuses on the second child, Asuka.  It starts off kind of loose and builds up over the course of the song, adding in strings, percussion, and flute.  […]

Yuko Miyamura and Tiffany Grant discuss playing Asuka on SBS Podcasts

By The Eva Monkey on Saturday, February 5th, 2011 in Podcasts.

There’s not really a whole lot say about this.  The podcast itself is rather short, edited down to under six minutes.  It features interviews with Yuko Miyamura and Tiffany Grant, and focuses prominently on their portrayal of Asuka in Japanese and English, respectively.  They talk about their backgrounds and some of their other roles as […]

Matt Greenfield discusses Live Action Evangelion on SBS Podcasts

By The Eva Monkey on Thursday, February 3rd, 2011 in Live Action Evangelion, Podcasts.

It’s been awhile since live action Evangelion popped up on the radar.  Part of me was hoping that the demise of ADV Films meant that the project was more or less finished, but Matt Greenfield indicates that the project is still moving forward.  It’s nice to know at least one new detail… that the script […]

ANNCast “NERVous Breakdown” with Carl Horn and Aaron Clark

By The Eva Monkey on Thursday, November 25th, 2010 in Podcasts.

For your Thanksgiving listening pleasure, might I consider taking a listen to this week’s installment of Anime News Network’s podcast entitled “NERVous Breakdown“.  Carl Horn, Dark Horse manga editor, long time Evangelion manga editor, and all around cool guy discusses with me and host Zac Bertschy a number of different topics including our take on […]