Evangelion Good(s) For Ass Wiping, Screening

Saying that Evangelion is good for wiping your ass used to be just a gratuitous oppinion, usually followed by lots of frowning when expressed in public. But now, at last, it's a fact. Thanks to the official Evangelion Underpants Collection: Otoko no Tatakai (A Man's Struggle), fans - or more likely haters - of the Eva franchise can use these goods for wiping the s... sweat off their most intimate body parts, where the sun don't shine.



Ah, that felt good; especially after all the bullshit mecha news earlier. Not that this one's much different, because up next there's even more useless Eva stuff about some iPhone apps, and some Oscar-nominated dude's favorite... whatever.

But to start with something useful, FUNimation updated their films events schedule with info about the upcoming screenings of Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone at various festivals and such around the U.S. On March 28 it will be shown in Washington DC (along with Vexille), on March 29 and again on April 2 in Dallas, betten April 3-9 in Hawaii, and between April 10-19 in Los Angeles. If you need details about the venues, check their events page.

Now, about that Evangelion stuff for the iPhone. The software company Appliya has previously developed a couple of useless Eva-themed applications, and now they're releasing a new set: a calendar for the iPhone and iPod Touch, as well as a puzzle game. Talk about ass-wiping goods.

Finally, Oscar-nominated auteur Wes Anderson (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Darjeeling Limited) named Neon Genesis Evangelion among his top 5 DVD rental picks - via Gwyneth Paltrow's newsletter, go figure (and in turn via ANN).

"This is a Japanese cartoon that is very difficult to describe and might not sound that great if I tried anyway. It is 24 episodes, and we watched them all in less than a week because you start to want to believe it’s real. This could spawn something like Scientology", wrote Wes Anderson.

"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man", to quote another great man.