EVANGELION
Gretchen Felker-Martin Jul 28, 2021. 3 minute read
‘Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time’ Review: A Bang and a Whimper
The Rebuild of Evangelion movies, which together constitute a subsequent and/or parallel timeline to the original series and End of Evangelion, finally culminate in the appropriately convoluted and gratifyingly peaceful Thrice Upon a Time. Where 2012’s You Can (Not) Redo broke from its constant blistering action only to spend short…
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Eddie Vargas Feb 20, 2020. 5 minute read
How Hideaki Anno’s Live-Action Films Take On Trauma and Power
Although the 59-year-old Japanese director Hideaki Anno — creator of the iconic Neon Genesis Evangelion — boasts a filmography spanning nearly four decades, much of the discourse surrounding his work largely focuses solely on the Evangelion series as a direct reflection of Anno’s own mental health journey. Filled with giant robots,…
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Vrai Kaiser Sep 30, 2019. 2 minute read
What Sony’s Relaunch of Funimation Streaming Means for Anime Fans
Last week, Sony announced its formation of a new joint venture combining several of its anime streaming businesses including Funimation, Wakamin, and Madman Anime Group under the Funimation name. What that means for the moment is that Funimation’s biggest license of the Fall anime season, Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front:…
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Eric Thurm Aug 19, 2019. 5 minute read
Evangelion’s Long Shots Hold Its Audience Hostage
For a show about angst-ridden, volatile teenagers piloting enormous cyborgs through a series of cataclysmic battles, Neon Genesis Evangelion is remarkably calm. Sure, the series occasionally erupts into a massive, city-leveling fight. And sure, one of the characters (probably Asuka) might yell at someone, exploding in a fit of pique. But…
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Kara Dennison Jul 8, 2019. 4 minute read
Love Evangelion? Imagine Going to School with Its Creator
It’s 2019, and Neon Genesis Evangelion is hot again. A whole new generation of fans is discovering the philosophical mecha-but-technically-not-mecha anime that inspired some, irked others, and confused basically everyone. It came from the mind of acclaimed anime director Hideaki Anno at the end of a four-year battle with depression,…
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