Dear Newtype, I am disappoint.

By The Eva Monkey on Sunday, May 15th, 2011 in Evangelion 3.0, Rebuild of Evangelion.

It seems our excitement over the June issue of Newtype and it’s Studio Khara feature was a bit premature.  LIwarriorTKD, a user on Eva Geeks who is currently living in Kyoto, got his hands on the new issue and has been translating and posting little bits of information for us, as well as some photos […]

"Let’s Die Together"

By The Eva Monkey on Wednesday, June 27th, 2007 in Japan, Neon Genesis Evangelion.

I was poking around the internet last night, entering into Google various terms like evangelion, article, interview, and hideaki anno. And usually, given enough time between Google searches, something interesting is bound to show up. Last night was no exception, as I came across an article about anonymous group suicide in Japan entitled “Let’s Die […]

Rebuild Update

By The Eva Monkey on Monday, April 23rd, 2007 in Rebuild of Evangelion.

The following was posted on Anime News Network in February. Considering that, this isn’t exactly new news. But if you haven’t read it, you really ought to, it spells out Anno’s desires for Rebuild of Evangelion, and seems to echo what he expressed prior to Evangelion’s original airing in Japan. It seems hopeful and promising […]

All I want for my birthday…

By The Eva Monkey on Saturday, February 11th, 2006 in Merchandise.

…is a Hideaki Anno action figure. Behold! You can have your very own Hideaki Anno to pose and admire in all his articulated glory. This figure depicts the renowned director as Ultraman from Daicon Film’s 1983 production “The Return of Ultraman“. Never before has plastic been able to capture such amazingness as with this glorious […]

Anno Hideaki Newtype 20th Annivesary Interview

By The Eva Monkey on Sunday, June 12th, 2005 in Uncategorized.

Newtype: What’s evolved in the world of animation these 20 last years? Anno Hideaki: The first time I encountered Newtype, I was working for Gainax on the pilot film for Wings of Honneamise. I had the occasion to read it in the studio. In the beginning, I had a hard time determining the principal subject […]

Cutie Honey is my latest “guilty pleasure”

By The Eva Monkey on Thursday, December 2nd, 2004 in Mildly Evangelion.

As you may know, after Evangelion Hideaki Anno got into the habit of jumping back and forth between animation and live action film making. After The End of Evangelion, he went on to make Love and Pop, his first and possibly most distinctive live action work. He returned to animation to make His and Her […]

I feel like I’ve been in a coma….

By The Eva Monkey on Monday, July 19th, 2004 in Fandom, Merchandise, Reviews.

Two weeks skipped. I feel like Sadamoto… I’ve probably been spending the time I would ordinarily spend working on the site by reading stuff in the forums. And as great as they’ve been doing, I think I’m going to spend a bit less time posting, and more time working on the site. I’ve been neglecting […]

Guardians of Order, Cutie Honey, Ask John, and Neo Pokemon Evangelion

By The Eva Monkey on Monday, March 22nd, 2004 in Eva Monkey, Mildly Evangelion, Site Updates.

Evangelion/Gainax News Guardians of Order Inc. will, in association with ADV, be releasing two Evangelion RPG guides this fall. They will detail the series and the director’s cuts. If they will detail the movies is unclear. They will contain numerous color images, as well as character and episode guides, rule mechanics, roleplaying sheets, and more. […]