Tiffany Grant, Mike McFarland and Matt Greenfield on Anime Snack Time

By The Eva Monkey on Thursday, June 16th, 2011 in Neon Genesis Evangelion, Podcasts, Rebuild of Evangelion.

Tiffany Grant, Mike McFarland and Matt Greenfield were guests recently on Madman Entertainment’s podcast “Anime Snack Time”.  They talked about a variety of Evangelion-related topics, including the original television series and the new “Rebuild” films.  They also discussed some of what goes into localization, including translation and dubbing. For some reason, Madman’s podcast page doesn’t […]

Eva Monkey at Otakon 2011

By The Eva Monkey on Friday, June 3rd, 2011 in Conventions, Eva Monkey, Fandom.

Mark your calendars and get ready,  because I’ll be at Otakon again this year, bringing my own particular blend of fun and excitement in the form of my new Evangelion panel, “Evangelion, WTF?”.  Here’s the description: Evangelion, WTF? (18+) Fandom works in very interesting ways. Given enough time, it tends to spawn various oddities without […]

Seventeen More Times, an Evangelion-inspired concept album

By The Eva Monkey on Wednesday, May 25th, 2011 in Audio, Fandom, Music.

It seems like more and more cool music is coming out of members of Eva Geeks these days.  First Rachel Macwhirter, then Dr. Shoggoth, and now Michael Mancuso (aka Esselfortium), who has released an entire Evangelion-inspired concept album called Seventeen More Times.  This is the description of the album Esselfortium provided: “Seventeen More Times is […]

Happy Rapture Day Everybody!

By The Eva Monkey on Saturday, May 21st, 2011 in The End of Evangelion.

So apparently today is the rapture.  And if you are not familiar there has been talk about the end of the world, also known as the second coming of Christ, and the Last Judgment.  There’s this guy named Harold Camping, who is a self-published Christian author and radio personality who has spent way too much […]

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 […]

Evangelion 1.01 Packaging Printer Proof for auction on eBay for Japan Relief

By The Eva Monkey on Saturday, May 14th, 2011 in Evangelion 1.0, Rebuild of Evangelion.

Hardcore Evangelion collectors and/or generous Evangelion fans might be interested to know that Funimation is currently auctioning off a number of items on eBay for Japan relief.  Amongst the items is a packaging printer proof of the sleeve for the Evangelion 1.01 DVD.  As of right now, the auction is currently at about $100 and […]

“Neon Genesis” by DJ S3RL

By The Eva Monkey on Thursday, May 5th, 2011 in Audio, Fandom, Music.

If you like Happy Hardcore/Hardcore, or what some may refer to lovingly as “candy raver music”, you should check out DJ S3RL.  He’s a musical artist from Brisbane Australia, who not only makes his own tracks, but also samples from things in popular culture, including anime.  He has one such track called “Neon Genesis” which […]

Evangelion 3.0 release date in June issue of Newtype?

By The Eva Monkey on Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011 in Evangelion 3.0, Rebuild of Evangelion.

Now, I don’t want to get anyone excited prematurely, but the June issue of Newtype is going on sale in Japan a week from today, and it has been said to have a prominent feature for Studio Khara.  And now, thanks to this commercial for the issue with voice over by Kotono Mitsuishi (Misato Katsuragi), […]

Subliminal advertising in The End of Evangelion?

By The Eva Monkey on Sunday, May 1st, 2011 in Merchandise, The End of Evangelion.

After the tree of life descends into a huge gaping vagina on Rei/Lilith’s forehead in The End of Evangelion, we’re treated to a minute-long sequence of single frame stills from the Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series that are scratched, painted on, distorted, and layered over top of one another in interesting ways.  All told, it’s […]

Yuko Miyamura, Tiffany Grant, and Matt Greenfield at Supanova 2011

By The Eva Monkey on Saturday, April 30th, 2011 in Conventions.

Yuko Miyamura, Tiffany Grant, and Matt Greenfield will once again be appearing at the Supanova Pop Culture Expo courtesy of Madman Entertainment.  Yuko Miyamura and Tiffany Grant, as you know, are the voice of Asuka in Japanese and English, respectively.  Matt Greenfield was the senior ADR Director for the Neon Genesis Evangelion television series, as […]