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Fish-and-Evangelion-inspired oxygen enema treatment developed by Japanese researchers
- Master Blaster
May 16, 2021 - Tweet
Luckily, no entry plug is needed.
- Japan
- (anime • enema • Evangelion • intestines • LCL • loaches • oxygen • respiratory illness • science • Tokyo Medical and Dental University)
Evangelion studio receiving threatening fan comments, will report offenders even outside Japan
- Casey Baseel
May 14, 2021
Hate the anime if you want, but Hideaki Anno’s Studio Khara will not tolerate personal attacks, no matter where in the world they come from.
- Japan
- (anime • crime • Evangelion • Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time • movies • Rebuild of Evangelion • Thrice Upon a Time)
Studio Ghibli helped create final Evangelion movie, since no one else had the right machine【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
May 13, 2021
When you want to make anime the old-fashioned way, there’s no better place to go for help than Hayao Miyazaki’s studio.
- Japan
- (anime • cool • Evangelion • Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time • Hayao Miyazaki • Hideaki Anno • Studio Ghibli • Studio Khara • video)
Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno wants to make a live-action Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
- Casey Baseel
Apr 27, 2021
After helping to animate the Hayao Miyazaki classic, veteran Studio Ghibli producer says Anno wants to make it without animation.
- Japan
- (anime • Evangelion • Hayao Miyazaki • Hideaki Anno • Live action • movies • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • Studio Ghibli)
Tokyo woman in trouble with the law after selling high-priced Evangelion bootleg posters
- Casey Baseel
Apr 21, 2021
Fans of the anime baffled by backgrounds for Rei Ayanami posters.
Creator of Gundam says his goal is to crush Demon Slayer and Evangelion
- Casey Baseel
Apr 16, 2021
Age has in no way mellowed out Yoshiyuki Tomino.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • Demon Slayer • Evangelion • Gundam • Kimetsu no Yaiba • Yoshiyuki Tomino)
There’s a special, familial reason Utada Hikaru looks so natural and unguarded in her new video
- Casey Baseel
Mar 31, 2021
Part of the 21-million-view video for Evangelion theme “One Last Kiss” was filmed by a five-year-old.
- Japan
- (cool • Evangelion • J-Pop • moving • music • One Last Kiss • touching • Utada Hikaru • video)
Utada Hikaru explains “why getting over someone is so painful”
- Casey Baseel
Mar 25, 2021
J-pop star reflects on the people she’s had to say goodbye to, and why that can hurt like nothing else.
- Japan
- (Evangelion • J-Pop • music • musicians • relationships • Utada Hikaru)
Evangelion in the kitchen! Fan chef bakes Fourth Angel core pastries with cute crimson cores【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 25, 2021
We can see why Unit-01 would want to eat these.
- Japan
- (bread • cooking • cool • crazy • cute • Evangelion • food • Fourth Angel • melon bread • Melon Pan • Sachiel • sweets)
Edible Evangelion Angel cores now on the menu at Coco’s Japan【Taste Test】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 20, 2021
Special anime meal includes an optional Spear of Longinus to eat it with.
- Japan
- (anime • Coco's • COK • cool • Evangelion • food • restaurants • SNJO • taste test)
All aboard the Rei Ayanami Line! Nagoya train line gets makeover to celebrate final EVA film
- Ingrid Tsai
Mar 19, 2021
Another reminder that anything can and will become Evangelion-ized.
- Japan
- (Aichi • anime • collaboration • Evangelion • limited edition • Maker's Pier • mecha • Nagoya • Neon Genesis Evangelion • Rei Ayanami • Tekuteku Life • train)
Life-size AND posable Rei Ayanami Evangelion figure could be yours for a small fortune【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 16, 2021
It’s not the first full-scale figure of the Eva pilot, but it’s the first one you can pose.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • crazy • Evangelion • figures • life-size figure • otaku • Rei Ayanami)
Evangelion creators issue multilingual warning for pirated copies, preview final film’s third act
- Casey Baseel
Mar 15, 2021
Official videos’ beautiful, unexpected scenes promise a finale worth waiting for.
- Japan
- (anime • Evangelion • Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time • movies • piracy • Rebuild of Evangelion • Thrice Upon a Time • video)
Kimono genius turns obi sash into the head of Evangelion Unit-01【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 14, 2021
Also recreates anime’s Angel aliens and Spear of Longinus.
Official Evangelion rations now on sale at movie theaters across Japan
- Casey Baseel
Mar 13, 2021
The anime about city-destroying robot-versus-alien fights is ready to keep you fed during disasters.
- Japan
- (anime • beef bowls • cool • curry • emergency food • Evangelion • Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time • food • gyudon • instant food • rations)
Gigantic Evangelion Spear of Longinus appears stabbed in the ground at the Tokyo Skytree【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 12, 2021
Anti-Angel weapon installed to celebrate the end of the Eva anime franchise.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • COK • cool • Evangelion • Spear of Longinus • Tokyo Skytree)
“My dad was like Gendo.” How does the final Evangelion movie resolve the series’ true conflict?
- Casey Baseel
Mar 10, 2021
Our Eva fan grew up with a dad like the one Shinji is stuck with, so how does he feel after watching Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time?
- Japan
- (anime • Evangelion • Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time • movies • Parenting • parents • Rebuild of Evangelion • Thrice Upon a Time)
You can now buy a life-size Rei Ayanami figure for $17,500, plus an even more expensive Eva【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 10, 2021
“The cutest Rei Ayanami” and glowing Unit-01 don’t come cheap, but they offer serious impact for truly hard-core Evangelion fans.
- Japan
- (anime • crazy • Evangelion • Evangelion Unit 01 • figures • life-size figure • otaku • Rei Ayanami)
J-pop megastar Utada Hikaru releases new music video directed by Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno
- Casey Baseel
Mar 9, 2021
”One Last Kiss” serves as theme song for Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time.
- Japan
- (anime • Evangelion • Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time • Hideaki Anno • J-Pop • music • One Last Kiss • Utada Hikaru • video)
Final Evangelion movie is finally out, and we’ve seen it! Our Eva fans’ spoiler-free impressions
- Casey Baseel
Mar 9, 2021
Are congratulations in order as creator Hideaki Anno’s masterpiece anime franchise reaches the end of its 26-year journey?
- Japan
- (anime • COK • Evangelion • Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time • Ikuna Kamezawa • movies • Rebuild of Evangelion • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Thrice Upon a Time)
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