Fanart Friday: Growing Up Evangelion
As these cute illustrations show, it’s no easy being a teenager—this even without piloting a giant mecha and trying to save the Earth. ★ 【ちょじ】 「 碇は渡さへんで〜 // アスカと! // アスカと // 常々思っている 」
Tag: Neon Genesis Evangelion
Fanart Friday, Too: Meta Misato
Wait wait wait…did NERV merchandise the Evas? ★ 【びーこ】 「 👕 」
Fanart Friday, Too: Evangelion’s Neverending Escalators
There’s an analogy here for both Shinji and Rei…what do you think it is? ★ 【Doeun】 「 Silence 」
Rei Ayanami and the Imago Dei
People are more than numbers. This was part of my pedagogical philosophy when I was a high school history teacher (now many moons ago). Despite dealing with events long past and the frequent discussions of the numbers of people involved in those events, I hoped to help my students understand that they were studying the… Read More Rei Ayanami and the Imago Dei
Fanart Friday, Too: Happy 30th Anniversary, Evangelion!
The first episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion aired 30 years ago tomorrow—October 4, 1995. Love it (like me!), hate it, or be indifferent to it, it’s almost impossible to overestimate the impact the franchise has had on anime. Happy anniversary, Evangelion! ★ 【中西 達哉】 「 エヴァンゲリオン30周年おめでとう🎉 」
Fanart Friday, Too: Looking for Shinji
I learned something today: Misato’s car is a Renault Alpine A310—an actual vehicle and not one made up for the Evangelion series. It’s looking in pretty good shape in this lovely painting below (at least much better than it will later in the series). She must have just purchased it. Promotion? Or maybe this is… Read More Fanart Friday, Too: Looking for Shinji
Fanart Friday: Shinji Ikari and the “Robot”
Oh my! Check out the scale of Unit-01 in this incredible illustration—as well as the symbolism in Shinji looking over his shoulder at it. Stunning! ★ 【shie】 「 shinji & unit-01 」
