If ever you needed to know how influential Hideaki Anno is in Japan, look no further. The creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion and its many reboots has more recently ushered in a new, unprecedented ...

One of the more delightful things—aside from the movies themselves—to come out of Shinji Higuchi and Hideaki Anno’s “Shin” tokusatsu movies is the Shin Japan Heroes project, a merch collab that mashes ...

Four of the greatest, most popular icons of Japanese pop culture—Evangelion, Godzilla, Ultraman, andKamen Rider—have bonded forces to… give you some mild amusement if you happen to be located in ...

Hideaki Anno had a wild creation on his hands when he unleashed the Shin Universe. Giving classic Japanese characters like Godzilla, Kamen Rider, and Ultraman new, dark makeovers, the trilogy of ...

It can be difficult to recognize what is and isn't popular in other countries. A franchise, genre, or performer can look niche in the United States even as it becomes the most important thing in the ...

Shinji Higuchi’s fantastic new film “Shin Ultraman” elicits a sensation that other blockbusters, huge and popular blockbusters, have often neglected: In these worlds where larger-than-life, godlike ...