Tag: Gainax

Writing last week's post about Gainax's sad but expected bankruptcy got me thinking about the early days of the influential ...

As some anime fans grow older, they may decide to get married and/or procreate. But once those little bundles of ...

The news broke over the weekend that Gainax, the iconic anime studio behind beloved titles like Neon Genesis Evangelion, had ...

One thing I've learned: no one can trash an anime fan quite like another anime fan. One word that sums ...

The Anarchy sisters are making an unexpected return! Studio Trigger, co-founded by Hiroyuki Imaishi, the creator of Panty & Stocking ...

Today anime fans say goodbye to Ryuichi Sakamoto, who lost his battle with cancer last week at 71 years old. ...

Japan is buzzing because finally, after two years, the country is poised to open up to tourism from the outside ...

Now that you've seen the 15 best isekai anime according to the My Anime List rating system, it's time to ...

Evangelion Tomohiro Maki, president of animation production company Gainax, was arrested on charges of obscenity. He's accused of "semi-compulsory obscenity" ...

We've all been there: we invest a huge amount of  time into an anime series, only to have a terrible ...

Examining the Important of Anime Memes I continue to enjoy the current anime season, working through various series to see ...

Anime Expo starts in a week, and J-List is celebrating early with a huge 300-points-per-$20 sale. Here's how it works: ...

2016 is finally winding down, with everyone in Japan rushing to get everything they need done before the new year ...

In addition to a certain new series about traditional Japanese candy, there's another show that's getting a lot of attention ...

We hope you're enjoying the all-new J-List website. Just a reminder: certain products like magazine and snack subscriptions, iTunes cards ...

The current anime season is winding down, and as usual I'm scrambling to finish the shows I've been following before ...

One of the more unique and interesting shows to arrive during the current anime season has been Shiro Bako, about ...

I recently went to see the Tom Cruise film Edge of Tomorrow, which is basically Groundhog Day meets Saving Private ...

I wrote last week about the general work situation in Japan, which has an impressively low unemployment rate of just ...

One of the more interesting aspects of animation as a medium is the "world building" that creators can do, since ...

Every once in a while Japan does something that makes you stop and say, "wait, what?" Like when they advertised ...

It's fun to examine some of broader categories of anime that exist. There are harem anime like Infinite Stratos and ...

If you want to make an anime drinking game, there are plenty of classic situations you can start with. Like, ...

The other day I watched Pacific Rim, a movie I'd not managed to catch in theaters due to my convention ...