You’ve seen the Neon Genesis Evangelion racing car. You’ve seen the Evangelion race queens. And now, you will see the Eva road racing motorcycle.
Grab your sword of omens, we need sight beyond sight! Yes, the ThunderCats are planning a return, with the Cartoon Network commissioning an anime series from the same studio that did The Animatrix. [HollywoodReporter via SFX]
Lisa Katayama of TokyoMango has a story in this week’s NYT Magazine about otaku in Japan who are in love with anime pillowcases. Yes, they are “dating” body pillows with cartoon prepubescent girls on them. What’s going on in Japan?
We knew this day would come. Japan builds one giant robot and, like a first taste of heroin, the country follows a destructive path of building opulent robo statues until there’s a 18 metre robot for every man, woman and child.
I think a “wow” is in order with the Scope Dog R/C mech. Plucked from the 80′s anime series VOTOMS this 1/24 scale Scope Dog Turbo Custom can do it all.
Fans of that 70s-era anime Space Battleship Yamato (or Star Blazers, if you saw it in the U.S.), here’s an amazing LEGO replica of the cruiser by Vincent Cheung. [Brickshelf via Akihabara News]
