image: Sunrise / Kotaku / Roy Rochlin (Getty Images) Keiko Nobumoto, the celebrated author behind it Cowboy bebop, Tokyo godparents, and Macross Plus, died on December 1 after a battle with esophageal cancer. The news of her death has been confirmed by other anime writers Dai Sato on Facebook. A private memorial service was held ...
I haven’t counted the amount of anymore Neon Genesis Evangelion Cosplay I’ve posted on this site for the past 10 years but pretty much everything has been centered around the anime’s characters, especially Rei and Asuka. His enormous’ Mechs are a bit trickier. A fact that didn’t stop Maolo a bit with this Eva-01 cosplay, ...
image: Undercover First introduced in March, Undercovers’ new line of Evangelion-inspired outfits are for sale now. Or should I say became for sale until they sell out almost immediately, so we either have to pay apocalyptic resale prices or, more sensibly, just look at pictures of them on the internet. The range includes a ton ...
In the present day, Gundam models are better than boring old ties. picture: Tokyoboy070I / Twitter Tokyo residents and Twitter users Tokyoboy0701 gave his father a Master Grade 3.0 RX-78-2 Gundam model kit. Last June, he tweeted a photo of said packaged and unfinished model and wrote, “I’m giving this for Father’s Day.” Months later, ...
Olympic triathletes do a lap around “Unicorn Gandum”photo: CAMERON SPENCER (Getty Images) The Olympic Triathlons’ bicycle division makes a nice lap around the giant Gundam statue in Odaiba’s DiverCity Tokyo Plaza, which means that commentators occasionally have to try to describe the matter. I can’t speak for other nations’ commentators, but the poor guy who ...
Yasuke is a great show about a black samurai and it’s one of my favorite things to do right now.picture:: Netflix I’m watching the first episode of Yasuke‘Netflix’ new fantastic animated show about the life of a black samurai made me cry. I remembered what it felt like to be a 16 year old girl ...
picture:: Kougei / sunrise Like Gundam? Do you have a lot of money? Does a Japanese jewelry company have a product for you? Actually several. Here is a trio of all-gold Gundam statues, with the larger one costing a fair amount of money – and the smaller one also costs a lot of money. picture:: ...
photo:: YOSHIKAZU TSUNO / AFP via Getty Images ((Getty Images) Yoshiyuki Tomino is an anime legend. In the 79 years oldYou might think he’s checked out, retired and settled down. You would be wrong. As reported 2chIn a recent interview on Japanese television, Tomino talked about what keeps him going. He mentioned how giant robot ...
photo:: TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA / AFP via Getty Images ((Getty Images) Hideaki Anno, the creator of Evangelionis an anime symbol. He says he’s done with the show. But with his fame and popularity came haters that took him to a very dark place. At one point, twisted online comments made Anno contemplate dying by suicide. In ...
Screenshot:: CBC news To mark the publication of Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 three timesThe Aonami Railway Line in Nagoya has been renamed the Ayanami Line. The Nagoya Rinkai Rapid Transit line will be packaged in Rei (and Eva Unit-00) by May 31st. There will also be original Ayanami Line Merch as well as a large ...
