By The Eva Monkey on Tuesday, March 25th, 2014 in Manga, Neon Genesis Evangelion (manga).
Gainax has released the first stage of Yoshiyuki Sadamoto’s Evangelion manga to the ComicWalker platform in full color. Also, they’ve released a substantial portion of the first stage for free through their online viewer. Details are sparse, so it’s uncertain as to whether they plan on doing more than just the first stage, but it […]
By The Eva Monkey on Tuesday, March 11th, 2014 in Japan.
In an effort to encourage tourism and capitalize on its ties to Evangelion, the town of Hakone will soon be issuing Evangelion-themed license plates to residents. You may know that in Evangelion, Tokyo-3 is located where Hakone used to be. I’m reminded of something one of my friends said of their first trip to Japan. […]
By The Eva Monkey on Monday, March 10th, 2014 in Reviews.
As a boy, Jiro dreamed of flying, however due to his near-sightedness, he would never be a pilot. He resolved that if he couldn’t fly planes, he would design them instead. Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises tells the fictionalized story of Jiro Horikoshi, who designed a number of Japanese fighter planes during World War II. […]
By The Eva Monkey on Wednesday, March 5th, 2014 in Merchandise.
In the past I’ve complained about some of the unnecessary Evangelion merchandise that has been made in relation to Evangelion. I’ve joked that they scraped the barrel and then sold that too. But, every so often, they get it right and make something that hardcore nerds actually want. In collaboration with Evangelion character designer and […]
By The Eva Monkey on Friday, February 14th, 2014 in Audio, Fandom, Music.
I really enjoy seeing fan-produced concept and tribute music dedicated to Evangelion. It’s interesting to see how people take a (predominantly) visual medium like animation and break it apart and reinterpret it through an aural medium like music. In this case, we have an ambient concept album called “A Human Work” by Kyle Edwards. Through […]
By The Eva Monkey on Thursday, February 13th, 2014 in Fandom, Video.
Brendan Steere, a filmmaker in New York, recently released a short pilot for a live action Evangelion webseries called Evangelion University. The show strips the Evas, Angels, and general sci-fi elements out, and re-imagines it as a 90s-era college dramedy. If someone were to pitch you that concept, you would probably be pessimistic like I […]