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Reblogging yet again because I have another update. The English version of this book is now also available as an audiobook from Seven Seas Siren! It’s narrated by Tiffany Grant, the original English dub voice of Asuka. Check it out if you like audiobooks!

For my sixty-fourth Evangelion book review, here is Evangelion ANIMA 3, published by ASCII Media Works. This is the third volume in a series of books that will collect all the chapters of Ikuto Yamashita’s alternate ending to the Evangelion TV series. (I already covered the first volume and second volume in previous reviews, so be sure to check out those posts first!)

This book is not available in English or French, but there are some interesting pictures (the first four pages are in full color, and then the rest of the book’s illustrations are printed in black-and-white). Just keep in mind that Evangelion ANIMA is a light novel, not a manga, so the majority of this book is filled with Japanese text rather than pictures. (EDIT, September 2020: This book is now available in English from Seven Seas Entertainment! Yay! However, once again some of the illustrations are noticeably darker in the English version, which makes the details harder to see. Also, one of the English pages mistakenly says that Crimson A1 is Asuka and Eva-01’s fused form, instead of Asuka and Eva-02’s fused form. Still, it’s great to have an official English release!) Anyway, here’s a piece from one of the full color pages:

The Japanese text in the above image says “Son of Gendo!!”. Yes, the boy with the ponytail (on the upper half of the page) is Shinji, and Rei Quatre is sitting behind him. As for the lower half of that page, the illustration there shows Rei Trois and Kaji. That’s right, Kaji is alive in this story, but he has been brainwashed by Seele. Yikes!

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#Evangelion #Shinji Ikari #Asuka Langley Soryu #Crimson A1 #Rei Ayanami #Rei Quatre #Ryoji Kaji #Mari Illustrious Makinami #Evangelion Unit 01 #book review

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Reblogging yet again because I have another update. The English version of this book is now also available as an audiobook from Seven Seas Siren! It’s narrated by Tiffany Grant, the original English dub voice of Asuka. Check it out if you like audiobooks!

For my 62nd Evangelion book review, here is Evangelion ANIMA 2, published by ASCII Media Works. This is the second volume in a series of books that will collect all the chapters of Ikuto Yamashita’s alternate ending to the Evangelion TV series. (I already covered the first volume in my previous review, so be sure to read that post first!)

This book is not available in English or French, but there are some illustrations to enjoy (the first eight pages are in full color, and then the rest of the book’s pics are in black-and-white). Still, it’s important to note that this is a light novel and not a manga, so the book mostly consists of Japanese text, and only a few of those pages include pictures. In fact, this volume has even fewer images than the previous one, so you may want to take that into consideration if you can’t read Japanese. (EDIT, March 2020: This book is now available in English from Seven Seas Entertainment! Yay! However, once again some of the illustrations are noticeably darker in the English version, which makes the details harder to see.) At any rate, the illustrations that are present still do a nice job of showcasing some of Yamashita’s ideas concerning upgrades and weapons for the Evas, including some of the wacky stuff. What kind of wacky stuff, you ask? Well, for example, a strange incident causes Asuka and Evangelion Unit-02 to merge into one being…

…resulting in an Evangelion nicknamed “Crimson A1” that looks like a giant Asuka wearing Eva armor and high heels! Oh, and did I mention that she can fly? Yeah, wacky. Want to see more? Keep reading for the rest of the book review, plus a few more pictures!

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#Evangelion #Asuka Langley Soryu #Crimson A1 #Evangelion Unit 01 #Evangelion EUROII Heurtebize #book review

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Hello friends! For the holidays, we made a miniature cabin out of candy and chocolate! It looks a bit messy because Eddie had to keep stopping me from trying to eat it while he was adding the icing... oops. Don’t worry, I’ll make it up to Eddie under the mistletoe later. <3

Bye for now, and happy holidays!

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I found another deck of Yuri!!! on Ice playing cards by Great Eastern Entertainment! Wow, I can’t believe my posts about the other two card decks were way back in 2019... where does the time go?

#Yuri on Ice #Yuri Katsuki #Victor Nikiforov #victuri #Yuri Plisetsky #Makkachin #other merchandise

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Reblogging yet again because I have another update. The English version of this book is now also available as an audiobook from Seven Seas Siren! It’s narrated by Tiffany Grant, the original English dub voice of Asuka. Check it out if you like audiobooks!

For my sixty-first Evangelion book review, here is Evangelion ANIMA 1, published by ASCII Media Works. I already explained a bit about Evangelion ANIMA back in my review of Evangelion ANIMA Visual Book, but here’s a quick refresher: It’s a light novel from Ikuto Yamashita (the mecha designer for Evangelion), and it’s an alternate ending to the Evangelion TV series where Instrumentality doesn’t happen, so the characters go through a different adventure with lots of action and fan service. This light novel was published as a series of short installments inside various issues of Dengeki Hobby Magazine, and although a number of the illustrations plus two of the chapters got compiled into Evangelion ANIMA Visual Book, there haven’t been any books dedicated to gathering all of the story’s chapters together… until now. Yes, the Evangelion ANIMA 1 book that I am reviewing today is the first volume in a series that will have all the chapters! Finally!

This book is not available in English or French, but there are some pictures (the first eight pages are in full color, and then the rest of the book’s images are printed in black-and-white). However, please keep in mind that it’s a light novel, not a manga, so the majority of this book consists of pages and pages of Japanese text, and only a few of those pages have illustrations. (EDIT, November 2019: This book is now available in English from Seven Seas Entertainment! Yay! However, some of the illustrations are noticeably darker in the English version, which makes the details harder to see.) Still, the few pics that are provided give an interesting look at how the characters and their Evangelions have changed. For example, Shinji is 17 years old and has a ponytail, and Rei III has a few clones with whom she can mentally connect (including one who has the body of a little girl instead of a teenager!). Here’s the first page of the book, which shows some of the characters:

At the top of the above image, you can see four small portraits. The characters in those portraits are, from left to right: Rei Quatre, Rei Cinq, Rei Six, and Kensuke. And then below that is what appears to be a school photo that includes Toji and Shinji in the upper row, plus Asuka, Rei III (AKA Rei No. Trois), and Hikari in the middle row, and a bunch of unnamed classmates that have their faces partially covered by “Low Priority” labels.

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#Evangelion #Shinji Ikari #Asuka Langley Soryu #Toji Suzuhara #Rei Ayanami #Rei Quatre #Rei Cinq #Rei Six #Kensuke Aida #Hikari Horaki #Evangelion Unit 01 #Evangelion Unit 02 #Evangelion Unit 00 #Mass Production Evangelion #Spear of Longinus #book review

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I got a few more buttons from The Jimporium a while back, but I didn’t get a chance to post them here until today. :)

#The Jimquisition #Boston’s Favorite Son #James Stephanie Sterling #Commander Stephanie Sterling #Commander Sterling #Crabnuts the bear #Conrad Zimmerman #Jonathan Holmes #lgbtq+ #nonbinary #genderqueer #other merchandise

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Hi, I know this isn’t what I usually tend to post, but I thought this was important to share. Long time comic book writer Len Kaminski, most notably the author behind venom: the hunger, is currently without stable housing or income and is looking for a new place to live. The gofundme attached goes into more detail about his situation. I wanted to help spread the word since he’s one of my favourite comic book writers and it’s really fucked up to see that this has happened to him, so if you’re able to, please donate or at least spread the word

#Venom #Symbrock #Veddie #Len Kaminski wrote one of the greatest Symbrock stories #please help if you can #signal boost

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Hello friends! We just finished decorating for the holidays. Eddie knows that fire is bad for me, so instead of real candles he got ones made of pretty beads. Isn’t that thoughtful of him? I’ll have to give him extra kisses under the mistletoe. <3

Bye for now, and happy holidays!

#Venom #Symbrock #Veddie #other merchandise

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I love yurushito! can we see more pics from the yurushito book you recently reviewed (the angel profiles specifically!) thanks!

Hello! I'm glad you love Yurushito. The Angels look so cute in that art style! ^_^

My book reviews are meant to have just a small sampling of pictures, to help people make purchasing decisions. That means I won't be scanning other pics from the book, however you can find more images of the adorable characters on the official Yurushito website.

I hope that helps. Thanks for your message, and have a great day!

#questions and answers #anonymous

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For my seventy-fifth Evangelion book review, here is Evangelion no Yuru~i Nakama Yurushito desu. (It’s Evangelion’s Soft Companion Yurushito.), published by Groundworks. This 96-page paperback is a new book that came out a few weeks ago! It commemorates the 10th anniversary of the Evangelion Store’s mascot and product line known as “Yurushito” (Soft Angel, or Weak Angel). The Yurushito product line features cutesy renditions of the Angels (especially Sachiel), and sometimes other Eva-related stuff as well, such as Evangelion Unit-02 in Beast Mode, the Mass Production Evangelions, Jet Alone, and some of the Seele monoliths. Oh, and in case you’re wondering if Kaworu is included since he’s an Angel, unfortunately there is no cutesy version of Kaworu in this book. I guess it’s because Kaworu is already cute and appears in so many other product lines.

This book is not available in English or French, but there are plenty of full color pictures... and they’re adorable! The dust jacket is also removable, and the alternate cover art hidden underneath is a charming pattern featuring the Yurushito characters, printed all in green (a full color version of the pattern can be found inside the book, near the end). The Evangelion Store also has a limited edition release of this book that includes an acrylic stand, however I didn’t get the limited edition because I don’t have enough room for collecting acrylic stands, heh. Anyway, would you like to see some of the cuteness that can be found in this book? Keep reading for the rest of the book review, plus a few more pictures!

The book starts with a charming intro that shows the Yurushito characters gathering for a group photo, and after that is the Table of Contents. Then the next section is “Yurushito no Nakamatachi” (Yurushito’s Circle of Friends), which has brief profiles for the characters. Here is one of the pages, which shows Zeruel, Sahaquiel, and two Angels from the Evangelion New Theatrical Edition (AKA “Rebuild”):

The Angels look so cute in that art style! By the way, as you might have noticed from the book’s cover and what I’ve talked about so far, this book uses a mixture of characters from the original Evangelion TV series and the New Theatrical Edition. This section of the book tends to use their New Theatrical Edition designations when applicable. For example, in the TV series Zeruel was the 14th Angel, but in the New Theatrical Edition they were the 10th Angel and their name wasn’t mentioned, so in the above image you can see that they’re called “10th” instead of “Zeruel”.

However, some of the Angels are given amusing nicknames instead of numbers. In the above image, the 3rd Angel (the skeletal one that can levitate) is called “Janpu mo dekiru yo”, which means “Can also jump”. As for the 7th Angel (the one that looks like a drinky bird), their nickname is “Igaito taoremasen”, which means “Surprisingly doesn’t fall over”!

Moving on, the next part of the book is devoted to 4-frame comics about the four seasons. For example, one of the winter comics is called “Guruguru” (Wrapping Around), and it shows the Yurushito characters sharing one very, VERY long scarf. I found these comic strips to be mostly cute rather than funny, but that’s not a bad thing. The comics are very soothing and wholesome!

After the comics, there is a memories album featuring photos of Sachiel... more specifically, they’re photos of someone in a Sachiel costume, or sometimes photos of a Sachiel plushie. These photos show Sachiel doing various activities such as attending Evangelion Store events, posing in front of landmarks, and frolicking in nature. Check out this photo of Sachiel posing with a huge Evangelion Unit-01 located in Kyoto:

The next section is about a trip through all 47 prefectures of Japan. It’s full of art depicting Yurushito characters enjoying something famous about each place they visit. For example, the illustration for Kyoto shows Sachiel dressed as a maiko (apprentice geisha), and the image for Chiba shows Sachiel as a peanut. Very cute!

After that is an artwork section full of delightful promotional art, including collaborations. Here’s a piece from one of the pages:

In the scan shown above, the picture at the top is for a Godzilla vs. Yurushito collaboration. It shows the Yurushito characters fighting Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah! As for the picture below that, it shows Rei Ayanami with a Yurushito Sachiel plushie. I love it!

The section after that is “Kyou no Yurushito” (Today’s Yurushito), and it collects some of the Yurushito posts that have been made on Twitter over the years. The pics in this section show the Yurushito characters having all kinds of fun such as eating noodles, and dressing up for Halloween. There’s even a picture of Ramiel, Shamshel, and Sachiel going to the movie theater to see Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time...

Next is a goods archive, which shows photos of various Yurushito merchandise. So many cute things! I wish I had enough room to collect all of them! So far the only Yurushito merchandise I have (besides this book, obviously) is a paperweight of Sachiel posing like Auguste Rodin’s sculpture Le Penseur (The Thinker). Here’s a piece from one of the pages, which includes a photo of the paperweight I’m talking about:

By the way, in the scan shown above, you can see a plushie that looks like a yellow fish, with Sachiel in the fish’s mouth. That fish is actually a shachihoko, a creature from Japanese folklore that is part tiger and part carp. Pretty cool, huh?

The book comes to an end with a cute epilogue called “Mata ne” (See you later), and a couple of appendix pages that you can use to make pochibukuro (a small, decorated envelope for giving New Year’s gifts).

Overall, Evangelion no Yuru~i Nakama Yurushito desu. is a delightful book, full of adorable illustrations. My only complaint is that a number of the pages had multiple pictures crammed together, so the pics had to be very small on those pages. But other than that, I really enjoyed it. If you’re an Evangelion fan who likes cute things, it’s worth checking out! Just keep in mind that the book is focused on the Angels (especially Sachiel), so if you’d rather get a book featuring the Lilin characters or the Evas, you might want to skip this book and go for something else.

Anyway, if this book looks interesting to you, please support the artists by purchasing it if you can! Check if your favorite source for buying Japanese books has it, and if not then ask them if they can order it for you. ^_^

Well, that’s it for my seventy-fifth Evangelion book review. I have plenty more Evangelion books to discuss, so keep checking my blog for new reviews!

#Evangelion #Rei Ayanami #Yurushito #Sachiel #Adam #Lilith #Shamshel #Ramiel #Israfel #Sandalphon #Sahaquiel #Leliel #Zeruel #3rd Angel #7th Angel #Evangelion Unit 01 #Evangelion Unit 02 #Mass Production Evangelion #Jet Alone #book review #Seele #Godzilla #Mothra #King Ghidorah

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I got some more stuff from The Jimporium! This time, I ordered two nifty enamel pins, plus some more buttons. :)

#The Jimquisition #Podquisition #The Spin-off Doctors #Boston’s Favorite Son #James Stephanie Sterling #Laura Kate Dale #LauraKBuzz #Conrad Zimmerman #Jonathan Holmes #lgbtq+ #bisexual #pansexual #other merchandise

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Hello friends! You’re just in time to see the Christmas present I got for my precious host, Eddie. This movie is a romantic comedy, so I’m going to watch it with Eddie under some mistletoe. <3

Anyway, I’d better wrap this gift before Eddie sees it. Bye for now, and happy holidays!

#Venom #Symbrock #Veddie #Eddie Brock #Carnage #Cletus Kasady #Shriek #Frances Barrison #Anne Weying #other merchandise

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Symbiote: Eddie, look! Here’s a new CD of romantic music!

Eddie: Um, are you sure a romantic album would be called “Let There Be Carnage”?

Symbiote: Silly Eddie, it has music about us, so of course it’s romantic! <3

Eddie: Heh, guess I can’t argue with that logic. <3

#Venom #Carnage #Symbrock #Veddie #other merchandise

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This little Venom is a Marvel Kawaii Art Figure by Takara Tomy Arts. Don’t you just love its adorable action pose? To keep the figure upright, it comes with a stand that you can attach to the figure’s back. You have the assemble the stand yourself, but it’s only three pieces, so it doesn’t take long.

Keep reading for more photos, including a “Symbrock” pic with rainbows!

Here’s a view of the figure from the back, so you can see how the stand attaches to it:

Next, it’s time to continue my tradition of doing a “Symbrock” pic with rainbows. Imagine Eddie sharing a nice doughnut with his darling:

To wrap up this post, let’s take a closer look as this little cutie prepares to take a flying leap at the yummy doughnut:

By the way, did you like the pretty building blocks that were used as decorations in the first two photos on this post? If so, be sure to check out my previous post, which is a mini Symbrock story featuring more of those blocks!

Thanks for reading, everyone. Have a great day! :)

#Venom #Symbrock #Veddie #other merchandise

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Eddie: Do you know what this is, darling?

Symbiote: Proof that you never studied color theory?

Eddie: Very funny. No, it’s the entrance to a block castle. I know you get bored when I’m working, so I made some block castles for you to explore.

Symbiote: Not a child, Eddie.

Eddie: I know, love. But block castles can be fun for grownups, too. Give it a chance. Please?

Symbiote: Okay Eddie, I’ll try. For you. <3

Symbiote: Hmm, this isn’t so bad. In fact, these blocks are kind of pretty, like stained glass windows. Wait, I get it now... Eddie was trying to make this look like the church where we got married! Aww, that’s so nice! I wonder what the other block castles are like...

Symbiote: Ooh, this one has a ball pit. Eddie was right, this is fun!

Symbiote: Mmm, this one is even better, because it has a candy pit. Yum yum! Eddie even remembered to take out all the red candies!

Eddie: Okay, I finished my work for the day. Did you have fun?

Symbiote: I sure did! Thanks, Eddie. That was very thoughtful of you!

Eddie: You’re welcome, darling. Maybe next time, we can build a block castle together!

Symbiote: I would love that, Eddie. <3

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There is a gat with venom locking a lollipop that is spidermans head and can't find it. Where might it be

Hello! Thanks for your message. Skottie Young's adorable illustration of Venom licking a Spider-Man lollipop has appeared on several pieces of merchandise (such as this cute pin that I posted about a while back). In your case, it sounds like you're looking for the Bioworld hat. It sometimes appears on eBay, so you can try going there and doing a search for "Venom hat". The eBay listings for that hat are usually rather expensive, though. Unfortunately, I don't know if there's another source that has it at a lower price right now... If anybody else knows, please leave a comment!

Thanks again for your message, and good luck with your search!

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For my seventy-fourth Evangelion book review, here is Shin Evangelion Gekijouban Memorial Album (New Evangelion Theatrical Edition Memorial Album), which is a special item from the Evangelion Store. This 20-page hardcover is a photo album devoted to scenes from the movie Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time. And when I say “photo album”, I really mean it... you know, the kind with thick textured pages that are sticky so you can attach photographs to them, and then the pages are covered with clear sheets to protect the photos? Yeah, that’s what this book is, except the included “photographs” are actually prints of various scenes from the movie, often with bits of dialogue underneath. (The photos are already stuck to the pages for you, so there’s no work involved.) It’s a nifty tribute to the movie!

The cover of the book (shown at the beginning of this review) may seem pretty simple, however the movie title is stamped in gold foil, so it actually looks shiny and pretty if you see it person. My camera couldn’t do it justice. This book is not available in English or French (although there’s one line of French from Mari), but the only text is some dialogue from the movie, so if you’ve already seen the film then you have an idea of what’s being said anyway. The book has two full color “photos” per page, making for a total of forty images. Want to see what some of them look like? Keep reading for the rest of the book review, plus a few more pictures!

To start off, here’s a quick snapshot just to give you an idea of what the inside of the book looks like:

Next, I’ll give you a closer look at some of the images. On the first page of the book, one picture shows Maya, and the second pic shows Evangelion Unit-08 using the Eiffel Tower as a weapon:

Heh, Mari’s line “Excusez-moi, Eiffel!!!” makes me laugh every time. Anyway, let’s move on. Some of the images chosen for this book end up making interesting comparisons or contrasts. For example, this page shows Tentative Name: Rei Ayanami drinking delicious soup, and then it shows Asuka drinking water... according to the movie, water is the only thing that Asuka still consumes:

For a bit of character/story progression, this page starts off with Shinji in despair, and then shows Kensuke offering Shinji a fishing pole so he can try to catch food for the village:

Okay, I’ll show just one more page from the book. Here’s Kaworu and Mari:

I also received a small clear file that has colors representing the four movies of the New Theatrical Edition. I don’t know if this clear file actually comes with the book, or if the Evangelion Store decided to just add it to my package as a thank-you gift of some sort. (Possibly the latter, since it says “Evangelion Store” on the back.) Anyway, check it out:

Overall, Shin Evangelion Gekijouban Memorial Album isn’t particularly earth-shattering in terms of content, however it’s still a lovely souvenir of the Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 movie. The fact that it’s made like a real photo album is pretty fun, so I’m glad that I added it to my collection!

This book is currently sold out, and I don’t know if the Evangelion Store plans on making more copies. So if you really want to get this book but the Evangelion Store ends up not restocking it, you can try checking websites that specialize in selling used Japanese books, such as Mandarake.

Well, that’s it for my seventy-fourth Evangelion book review. I have plenty more Evangelion books to discuss, so keep checking my blog for new reviews!

#Evangelion #Shinji Ikari #Kaworu Nagisa #Asuka Langley Shikinami #Mari Illustrious Makinami #Tentative Name: Rei Ayanami #Maya Ibuki #Kensuke Aida #Evangelion Unit 08 #book review