You may not know his name, but if you’ve watched Armor Hunter Merowlink, Evangelion, or Gurren Lagann then you’ve seen his work.
Tag: daicon film
Goodbye, Daicon Film: When Gainax Made Appleseed
In 1988, Gainax staff produced a three minute live-action promotional video to help market the Appleseed OVA. In 2024, Zimmerit made a video about it.
Daicon III’s 40th Anniversary
The convention that changed anime kicked off on August 22, 1981.
10 Years of General Products
The shop that Daicon III built spent ten years selling garage kits, posters, t-shirts, and doujinshi to the otaku generation.
By His Signature You’ll Know Him: Early Illustrations by Hideaki Anno
Decades of accolades for directing genre-warping projects like Aim for the Top! Gunbuster, Neon Genesis Evangelion, and Shin Godzilla have obscured an important fact — Hideaki Anno really knew how to draw.