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Welcome to Otapedia! an Otaku encyclopedia which compiles topics, themes and terms of Japanese Otaku culture from the classics to the newest anime, manga, games series and more!
On each page of the Otapedia database is an archive of information that provides the terms, definitions and explanations of anime, manga, games, official goods, cosplay etc that are loved by Otaku fans all around the world.
Otapedia can be used as a dictionary to find the background, story, history, characters and various terms related to certain works. In addition, Otapedia is an open service in which we gather user feedback to improve the database. It is an encyclopedia service that we create together with you, the fans. Also, original content has been published in Otapedia as a starting point, by our members who are passionate about anime, manga and games. Content will definitely increase! So please make sure to keep an eye out this space!
In addition, Otapedia will strive to bring up-to-date news and details on the latest anime series released every season. With more than 50 new series released per season, there is an abundance of information. So this service is a guide for anime fans to find exactly what interests you! and leads you to the latest anime that matches your interests and tastes the most!
Enjoy the latest anime series and enjoy Otaku Life!
There are a countless number of anime, manga and game series produced in Japan yearly. Therefore our aim at Otapedia is to organize the terms and definitions etc of the latest works and make information and a wide variety of content readily available to Otaku fans. Check out the categories and series titles and get your hands on in-depth knowledge on the latest and trending series!

Final Fantasy VIII (8) is the eighth installment in the flagship Final Fantasy series produced by Square (Later to become Square Enix) for the Sony PlayStation console. It was released in 1997. The game inspired a remaster that was released in 2019 for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

Final Fantasy VII (7) is the seventh title in the flagship series Final Fantasy, an RPG style game produced by Square (Later to become Square Enix) and released in 1997, the first title to be released on the Sony PlayStation console. The game was produced by series veterans Hiron...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

Final Fantasy VI (6) (distributed as FF3 in North America) was the sixth game of the flagship Final Fantasy series, released in 1994 on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and produced by Square (Later to become Square Enix). It was the first game of the series to be produced...

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Final Fantasy V (5) is the fifth instalment of the flagship series Final Fantasy, released in 1992 on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super Famicom). The game was later released on multiple platforms including iOS, PlayStation, Gameboy Advance, and others. It was produce...

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Final Fantasy IV (4) (released as Final Fantasy II in North America) is the fourth installment of the flagship Final Fantasy series. It was released by Square (Later to become Square Enix) in 1991 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and has subsequently been released on t...

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Final Fantasy III (3), released by Square (Later to become Square Enix) in 1990, is the third title of the flagship Final Fantasy series made for the Family Computer (Nintendo Entertainment System). The game was directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, the music scored by Nobuo Uematsu wi...

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Final Fantasy II (2) is the second installment of the flagship Final Fantasy series. The fantasy RPG game was originally produced by Square (Later to become Square Enix) and released in 1988 for use on the Nintendo Entertainment Series exclusively in the Japanese market. The game...

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Final Fantasy I (1) is a role playing game produced and developed for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Square (Later to become Square Enix) It was released on the Japanese market in 1987 and is the first title in the Final Fantasy series. Final Fantasy 1 was released in North...

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The Final Fantasy Timeline acts as a historical overview and chronological releases of the Final Fantasy franchise, a Japanese fantasy and science-fiction based video game franchise originally created by Hironobu Sakaguchi. The franchise is owned and developed by Square Enix and ...

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On June 27th, 2020, the long anticipated fourth movie in the Evangelion Franchise film tetralogy Rebuild of Evangelion 3.0+1.0 will hit Japanese theaters. The film, not only holding the closing of the tetralogy, also comes with a completely different ending than that of the serie...

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Evageeks is an encyclopedia of Evangelion related topics, much like it’s father site, Wikipedia. Here, users can find a plethora of information about anything Evangelion related, with easy to use navigation and clear sections on the homepage making it simple to use while still gi...

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In 2017, the first Live Action TV drama for the Final Fantasy series was released in Japan titled ‘Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light’ It was an eight-episode mini drama series with a story that focused on a father and son rekindling their relationship through the game of the online...

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When Evangelion fans are looking to completely immerse themselves in to the Evangelion world and want to surround themselves with Evangelion goods, many visit the official Evangelion stores. These official stores are located all around Japan. The main store is based in Ikebukuro ...

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Since the Dragon Ball series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama has become one of the most popular works in the world, some fans write and share some fan-made stories where they let their imagination run free when regarding a specific work. These works are not made for pro...

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The [Neon Genesis Evangelion] (/otapedia/anime/neon_genesis_evangelion/) 500-series bullet train made its debut in November 2015 and made its last trip in May 2018. The train was a themed rendition of the popular 500-series bullet train. It’s Evangelion theming was prevalent thro...

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The Evangelion Bar named ‘Evangelion Sakaba’ is an Evangelion themed bar restaurant that is open for limited periods of time as a campaign. This campaign is in collaboration with the official Evangelion goods store in Tokyo called ‘EVANGELION STORE TOKYO-01’.

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Godzilla vs. Evangelion: The Real 4-D is an amusement park attraction that created the world’s first collaboration between two major Japanese production franchises, Godzilla and Evangelion. This Godzilla vs Evangelion ride is an interactive 4D attraction released only at the Univ...

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On October 12 2018, the Evangelion franchise teamed up with the world famous shoe brand New Balance and released a limited edition line of Evangelion ‘Fresh Foam Cruz’ design sneakers. The line consisted of 3 different designs, each based on characters and places significant to t...

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From the time that the Evangelion anime series aired on Japanese television in 1995 up until the newest Evangelion movie Evangelion Rebuild 3.0+1.0 in 2020 more than two decades have passed. Within this time Evangelion fans have been able to enjoy their favorite anime series at h...

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Like with many popular anime series, Neon Genesis Evangelion released its original soundtrack composed by Shiro Sagisu on CD. As more entries into the series were released, like The End of Evangelion or the Rebuild series, more CD releases would follow. Various other compilation ...

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The Evangelion franchise has a wide range of novelty merchandise available on the market. From interior design goods such as wallpaper, door mats, cushions to handheld daily goods such as pocket watches, mugs and iphone cases. Here are a variety of different Evangelion novelty me...

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The rise in the popularity of Neon Genesis Evangelion led to an incredible amount of merchandise and other goods being produced and sold all throughout Japan. Of course, this included figures and DVD sets like any other popular series, but the merchandise market Evangelion took a...

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Neon Genesis Evangelion is a Japanese anime TV series first aired in 1995 which received worldwide recognition and fame. The Evangelion Unit mecha robots mainly designed by Ikuto Yamashita became classic figures in the anime mecha scene. Also, the main characters designed by Yosh...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

The Dragon Ball franchise has made a huge earning off merchandise, including (but not limited to) action figures, official cosplay pieces and costumes of the series’ most notable characters, Goku and Dragon Ball toys, the series’ collectable card game, and hundreds of hoodies, t-...

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The Evangelion franchise has a wide range of merchandise. From fully detailed action figures to cute character toys. Here are a variety of different Evangelion toys that would be popular for all ages and fans.

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Revoltech is a line of Japanese action figures that utilizes a special ‘Revolver Joint’ in the frame. This unique joint enables an action figure to have a wide range of motion and stability. Providing the action figure owner the ability to create a variety of dynamic poses. Revol...

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Like with other popular mecha series, Evangelion has merchandise that closely resemble “Gunpla” from the Gundam series. These models look like a standard character figure when completed, but they require an intense amount of assembly and, in some cases, painting and decal applica...

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Neon Genesis Evangelion was one of the most popular mecha robot anime series of the 1990s. The human-like Evangelion Units became iconic robots in a time flooded with robot-based animes. To celebrate the release of the Evangelion movies that followed the TV anime series, Ikuto Ya...

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The Evangelion franchise has grossed more than ¥150 billion by 2007 in the Japanese and global markets just with merchandise and goods. Fans of the Evangelion series have been blessed with a variety of merchandise, from Evangelion model kits to character action figures. In additi...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

Petit Eva: Evangelion@School is a super cute deformed parody-style manga based on the Evangelion anime series. The manga was illustrated by Ryusuke Hamamoto and Maki Ozora and first published by Kadokawa Shoten in Shonen Ace. Petit Eva consisted of 3 volumes and ran from May 26, ...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days is a Japanese manga created by Fumino Hayashi based on the original Evangelion anime and is a spin-off of the video game Neon Genesis Evangelion: Girlfriend of Steel 2nd. Serialization of the Manga is by Kadokawa Shoten in Monthly Asuka from ...

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Manga means comics or graphic novels in Japanese and is universally understood in any country to people who are avid fans of Japanese animation. It refers to the various graphic novels and comics developed in the 19th century in Japan, with most comics incorporating one of 3 syst...

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Final Fantasy OSTs (original soundtracks) refer to a collection of original music that is composed for each game in the Final Fantasy franchise, a role-playing game series developed and produced by Square Enix. Until 2001, Nobuo Uematsu was almost entirely responsible for the com...

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“Fly Me to the Moon” is a song that was originally written by Bart Howard in 1954 and was selected to be the ending theme for the popular anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. One particular noteworthy trait of this ending theme is that each episode used a different variation of ...

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“A Cruel Angel’s Thesis” is a J-Pop song that was used as the opening theme for the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion. Together with the anime series, this opening theme become an iconic song within the anime and otaku community in the 90’s and is still popular today.

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Evangelion: Jo is a 3D Mecha-style action game that was produced by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It was originally released for PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable on June 4th, 2009 and sold at a suggested retail price of 6,090 yen. It shares the Japanese title of the first Reb...

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Puchi Eva: Evangelion @ Game is a video game that is based on the spin-off 4-koma manga, Petit Eva: Evangelion @ School written by Maki Ozora. Another similar manga was created by Ryusuke Hamamoto. Much like the manga it is based on, many of the characters from the original serie...

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Evangelion: Battle Orchestra is a fighting game that was developed by the game studio Broccoli based on the Evangelion anime series. The game was originally released for the PlayStation 2 on June 28th, 2007. It would later be adapted and released again on the PlayStation Portable...

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Detective Evangelion is a PS2 video game that was developed by game studio Broccoli and released exclusively in Japan on January 18th, 2007. Three versions of the game were released: a standard version (sold for 7,140 yen), a premium edition (sold for 8,190 yen), and a “premium b...

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Secret of Evangelion is a video game that was developed by Cyber Front and released for PlayStation 2 in December 2006, then later ported to PlayStation Portable and Windows on June 28th, 2007. The PSP version of the game also had a limited edition release that sold for a suggest...

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Neon Genesis Evangelion: Girlfriend of Steel 2 (Iron Maiden the 2nd) is a video game released in 2003, the sequel to the first of the series, Girlfriend of Steel/Iron Maiden. Developed by GAINAX and published by Broccoli. A similar visual novel style of gameplay, and despite bein...

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Neon Genesis Evangelion: Shinji Ikari Raising Project is a dating and raising type game based on the Evangelion anime series produced by GAINAX for the PC in 2004. A manga with the same name based on the game was released in 2005. The plot of the game is set as the expansion of t...

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Neon Genesis Evangelion 2 is a single player role-playing game with elements of a dating and raising sim for the PlayStation 2 console based on the Evangelion TV anime series. Developed by Alfa System and published by Bandai in 2003. The game allows users to experience the Evange...

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Neon Genesis Evangelion 64 is a video game released in 1999 only in Japan for the Nintendo 64 console created by Bandai. The game is a single player action game based on the Evangelion TV anime series and the animated film The End of Evangelion. The game plays through the story t...

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Neon Genesis Evangelion: Girlfriend of Steel is a video game created by GAINAX following the Neon Genesis Evangelion timeline also known to Evangelion fans as ‘Iron Maiden’. The original game was released officially only in Japan for Windows PC in 1997. It was also released on Se...

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Neon Genesis Evangelion: 2nd Impression is a video game based on the Neon Genesis Evangelion series. This game is a sequel to Neon Genesis Evangelion: 1st Impression and was developed for the Sega Saturn and released on March 7th, 1997. Like its predecessor, the game mainly uses ...

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Neon Genesis Evangelion 1st Impression is the first Evangelion video game ever released. It was originally developed for the Sega Saturn and launched on March 1st, 1996, but was later remade into an interactive DVD in 2004.

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Since the release of Neon Genesis Evangelion, numerous video games based on the series have been developed and released on many different platforms including the Sega Saturn, Nintendo 64 PS2, PSP, Windows PC, and more. Similarly, the genre of these games can range anywhere from c...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021