Idea Channel on Evangelion, the Death of the Author, and the Overthinking of Pop Culture

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 […]

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 […]