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Neon Genesis Evangelion – Episode 18
We begin on an ominous cold open, as Unit 03 is transported from the remains of the US base to Japan, a grim specter lurking within the clouds.…
Neon Genesis Evangelion – Episode 17
Rather than referring to some psychoanalytical concept or opaque descriptor of the drama to come, Neon Genesis Evangelion’s seventeenth episode is named, quite simply, “Fourth Child.” It is…
A Long Time Ago, In a Galaxy Where There Is Only War – Armored Trooper Votoms Spoiler Review
Sometimes I feel like I don’t crack into enough vintage anime on this blog. Before streaming, before DVR, the industry for basically all things television was a different…
Neon Genesis Evangelion, Record of Lodoss War, Armored Trooper Votoms
AniMarch Madness 2024: Sweet Sixteen, Day 1
The sweet sixteen is set to kick off! Thank you to everyone who voted during our play-in matches and the first two rounds of AniMarch Madness. We’re now…
Fruits Basket, Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Sailor Moon
AniMarch Madness 2024: Round 2, Day 1
Round one is complete and we’re on to round two! Thank you to everyone who voted last week—more than 7,000 votes rolled in from here on the website,…
Neon Genesis Evangelion – Episode 16
After a season and change of cloaking its personal inquiry in the trappings of a more or less traditional, episodic giant robot anime, Neon Genesis Evangelion’s sixteenth episode…
Revisiting Neon Genesis Evangelion
As I watched Neon Genesis Evangelion again, I wondered what more I could say about it. After all, it is perhaps the most analyzed anime. I’ve written about…
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Story Of An Otaku
When I released the two part Evangelion episode back during the summer of 2022, I had intended for it to be one, massively long episode. However, due to…
Animated Life / Otaku Futurism
In doing so, the Animated Life / Otaku Futurism recounts the same creation myth most people have heard a dozen times over already.
Character Analysis: Yui Ikari
Happy holidays to everyone who is celebrating a holiday anywhere. May the season be kind to you. Certain storytelling techniques absolutely fascinate me. One is meta, the use…
The Death and Rebirth of RahXephon
No other series has benefited or suffered as much by comparison to Evangelion as RahXephon, an early Bones mecha series created by some of the most talented storyboarders,…
Episode 288 - Neon Genesis Evangelion
This week, Shaun says screw the birds, he's going to get in the mech himself when he shows Remington 8 episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion. Meanwhile, Remington pimps…
Top 20 English Songs in Anime (Video)
English OPs & EDs in anime have something of a bad reputation, but there are some gems in there that shouldn't go ignored!
Black Lagoon, Neon Genesis Evangelion, When They Cry, Cutey Honey, Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
Neon Genesis Evangelion: ANIMA
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Anima is a semi-sequel to the main series in that it takes place in an alternate timeline where Shinji stopped the attack on NERV HQ…
Shinseiki Evangelion: Comic Tribute (Neon Genesis Evangelion: Comic Tribute)
This is a collection of NGE one shots from a number of mangaka. As one would expect from a collection of one shots, things vary tremendously from one…
Tony Takezaki no Evangelion (Tony Takezaki’s Neon Genesis Evangelion)
This is an officially licensed parody manga. It’s composed of a lot of mini stories, most only a few pages long. As for the comedy, sometimes it lands…
Signalis: Evangelion, Lovecraft And Love
This is a video where i talk about lovecraftian horror video game Signalis and also the sensational anime Neon Genesis Evangelion (more specifically the film The End Of…
Shinseiki Evangelion: Ikari Shinji Ikusei Keikaku (Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Shinji Ikari Raising Project)
This is a really bizarre alternate take on Neon Genesis Evangelion. The manga itself really isn’t bizarre at all, rather it’s incredibly generic. But that itself makes the…
Evangelion: 3.0+1.11 Thrice Upon a Time (Deluxe Edition 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray) Unboxing
The fourth & final Rebuild of Evangelion film is now available on home video, and it’s also in 4K by Anime Limited!
The Power of Two: Shinji and Misato
The cool thing about Neon Genesis Evangelion from a writer’s perspective, and from the perspective of a person like me who takes a writer’s perspective on looking at…
Neon Genesis Evangelion – Gakuen Datenroku (Neon Genesis Evangelion: Campus Apocalypse)
This is a reimagining of the well renowned Neon Genesis Evangelion. However, it isn’t clear at all why this exists. The basic premise seems to be the same…
Neon Genesis Evangelion
This manga is an adaptation of the anime with the same name, but it’s not really a replacement or alternative to watching the anime. It’s much more so…
Oh, So Trope-ical: The Hair Bra
The point of manga and anime is to get eyeballs onto content, whether it’s paid for directly (by buying manga) or indirectly (by ad sales during anime). In…
Fanart Friday: Dancing Pilots
Dance like you want to win! Certainly these are a lot more elegant than our glimpse at dancing in the series, with Asuka and Rei doing it in…
Evangelion Watch Order Guide!
Here is how you can get into Neon Genesis Evangelion! Watch the original series from 90s After, you have to watch the 4 Rebuild films You can also read the manga
Otakon 2023: The Iwao Junko Panel
At Otakon 2023, Iwao Junko (Tomoyo in Cardcaptor Sakura) had a panel focused exclusively on her history and career. This is a summary of the panel, as well…
Shin Kamen Rider (2023) [Tokusatsu Review]
Shin Kamen Rider; or, Tokusatsu: Far From Home Please use your power for the people. Use your power to protect the weak. A year after t...
Get In The RoBUTT
Get One Year Supply of Vitamin D3K2 + 5 Travel Packs FREE with your first purchase of AG1: https://www.drinkag1.com/krispnatz Neon Genesis Evangelion is one of the most well…
Neon Genesis Evangelion Thematic Analysis
Countless bloggers, YouTubers, TV critics, and even students of philosophy and psychology have commented on the profound nature of Neon Genesis Evangelion. It’s been around since the 90s,…
Fanart Friday, Too: Standing by Shinji
One of the things I really disliked about End of Evangelion is Misato’s final scene with Shinji. It’s awkward and weird and perhaps absolutely fitting with the series,…
The Toku Fans Who Create Media
This is certainly something I have been digging at for a while and while at my last con, Zenkaikon 2023. I had an idea of wanting to do…
Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad, Cyborg 009, Cyborg 009, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Viewtiful Joe
Fanart Friday: Just Relax, Asuka
Can I just say that the best Asuka is casual Asuka? Here’s a cute piece of fanart featuring the indomitable Asuka Langley just taking it easy. ★ 【ハジッコネコ】「…
why we're together, but alone
Together, but alone. Is this common feeling a pessimistic creation of mankind? Neon Genesis Evangelion is one of the most popular anime of all time, a 90’s classic from…
115 - Welcome to the NHK vol. 8
The conclusion to the manga like most Japanese slice of life and coming of age drama adds an expected air of ambiguity. But for one, we could not…
Evangelion's Insane "Psychology" Explained
Neon Genesis Evangelion and Sigmund Freud. Two controvertail topics at once, what could go wrong? Neon Genesis Evangelion is one of the most popular anime of all time,…
13 Existential Anime To Contemplate Philosophy With
Whether you are a student of philosophy or just wish to put an entertaining salve on your own existential crisis in progress, then give these wonderful
Kino's Journey, Penguindrum, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Serial Experiments Lain, Texhnolyze
The Antagonist: Gendo Ikari
There’s a special kind of antagonist we can call a monomaniac, right? The person who is focused entirely on one single thing that motivates everything they do. Bizarrely,…
Shallow Dives in Anime: Anniversary Posts
Hey guys Every now and then I like to catalogue my posts and give you an easy place where you can find links to them. I normally do…
Chivalry of a Failed Knight, Neon Genesis Evangelion, The Testament of Sister New Devil
5 Reasons To Watch: Rebuild of Evangelion
Rather than being a strange remake, Rebuild of Evangelion ends up feeling more like an expansion on the original series.
The Insane "Psychology" of Anime
From Evangelion to Akira, Lain to Ghost in the Shell; what do all your favorite 90’s anime have in common? Two “psychologists:” Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. Yes,…
Ghost in the Shell, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Serial Experiments Lain
The Antagonist: The System
“The System,” some kind of deeply hidden procedure or agency, makes a great antagonist. Tell you why in a sec. You see “The System” in a lot of…
Neon Genesis Evangelion, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Revolutionary Girl Utena, WONDER EGG PRIORITY
A Final Response to Evangelion Fans
I didn’t want to talk about this anime again. But it’s one of those series where the fanbase is incredibly exhausting and can’t seem to shut the hell…
Relating to Fictional Characters (and a bocchi the rock video essay i guess)
Memes about people relating to fictional characters have become increasingly prevalent on the internet recently. What does this trend tell us about ourselves and our society, and what…
Fanart Friday: Dance, Asuka
Perhaps taking inspiration from the classic episode of the series, “Dance Like You Want to Win!”, these series of three illustrations portraying Asuka as a dancer seem like…
Character Analysis: Ryuji Takusa
It seems bizarre that one of the anime I write about a lot is Toradora. I mean, compared to Neon Genesis Evangelion or Cowboy Bebop or The Melancholy…
Cowboy Bebop, Neon Genesis Evangelion, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Toradora!
Fanart Friday: I Walk the Lonely Streets of Tokyo-3
Where is everyone? Probably hiding from angel attacks of course. You’d think Rei would be more cautious, too, but she’s not really all there. ★ 【Paindude】「 III 」…
Evangelion, RahXephon, Argento Soma, and Fafner - Aged Anime
Four Related Classic Mecha Anime Neon Genesis Evangelion was the the first of a new generation of mecha anime that started in 1995 and ran u...
Favorite AMVs of 2022 (#20-#11)
20. Congratulations! You Deserve a Prizeeditor: Kanada Jinanime: Neon Genesis Evangelionmusic: Matt Maltese – “You Deserve an Oscar” Kanada Jin’s “And I Run” is …
7 Lovecraftian Horror Anime Filled With Wriggling Cosmic Horror
In most horror anime, the terror often comes from the threat of death to the characters. Terrorized by ghosts, hunted by killers, and splattered into bloody
Devilman, Housing Complex C, Junji Ito Collection, Made in Abyss, Neon Genesis Evangelion