Evangelion 3.0 A Hit, 1 Million Viewers in just 4 Days

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The latest Rebuild of Evangelion movie has exceeded expectation, even with lower than expected reviews from viewers. As of today, 4 days after the initial airing (17th of November 2012), a total of 1 Million viewers have watched the movies in cinema, raking in around 1.5 Billion yen in sales.

With such a strong showing it might no be long that it will grace the cinemas of other countries as well

http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/confidence/2018946/full/

Anime Festival Asia – Watanabe Shinichiro and Kamiyama Kenji Panel

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If you guys missed the recent Anime Festival Asia, and despaired the thought that you can’t watch the Day 1 Watanabe Shinichiro Panel and Day 2 Kamiyama Kenji Panel, we have recorded it for your viewing pleasure!

Anime Titles Reimagined as Malay Movies

Sometimes, the simplest things can be the funniest, and indeed, this is funny. We found these posters of Malay movie adaptation of popular Japanese animes on facebook, and we must say, we are actually looking forward to watching some, if not all of them for real

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Kamiyama Kenji’s RE: Cyborg009

During Anime Festival Asia 2012, I was invited by the organiser as well as Production IG for a preview screening of Kamiyama Kenji’s latest full length animation film, RE: Cyborg009. If you felt that the title is familiar, this is because it’s a remake of an old Ishinomori Shotaro’s (of Kamen Rider fame) manga title. Done in full CG with the help of Studio Sanzigen, did Kamiyama-san did justice to this title with this adaptation? Read on then.

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