Hideaki Anno Stars in Honda Civic Commercial

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 […]

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 […]

I will be presenting at Otakon 2017!

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 […]