Well said! As someone who has waited the full 9 or so years, it's a very strange feeling having actually seen the movie now. It kind of feels like when I left the theater after watching Star Wars Episode III in one of those midnight premiere screenings. Is this it? Is Star Wars over? Boy, was I wro...

I don't think Japanese casual moviegoers are THAT clueless going into Shin without knowing there are three preceding films. Plus, Khara did a very good job raising further awareness of Rebuild series in the months leading up to Shin with the Johakyu re-releases on theaters in December and then the ...

But I also feel that what the current status of media consumption shows very well is that the majority of stuff most people watch really is simply entertainment, but they watch it so much, so overwhelmingly, while leaving little time for far better works that could at least be interesting and serve...

Interestingly enough, when I first watched Eva in the late 1990s/early 2000s I was very much an Asuka fan - no creepiness there, the characters were about my age. As I got older though, Rei became more and more fascinating as a character in my eyes. As a matter of fact, I wish Anno would have leaned...

I am an adult in my thirties who's part of the "had-to-import-a-VHS-from-HK-to-watch-EOE" generation and yet I still watch anime at least a couple of times a year - I am mostly a manga reader. I fail to see how most Japanese animation is more objectionable than half of the stuff "grow...