In the world of custom mechanical keyboards, there exists a mythical, platonic ideal: the "endgame." The endgame keyboard is the one that is the final culmination of your knowledge, skills, and possibly your credit limit. The Angry Miao AFA 2 might just be that keyboard, if you're into the popular "Alice" split layout (as seen on the Keychron Q8) and ridiculously excessive design. But it's the aesthetic choices, based on popular franchises like The Legend of Zelda and Neon Genesis Evangelion, that push this super-pricey board over the top. The AFA 2 (spotted by The Verge) starts with a "floating" frame design, CNC machined from a huge chunk of aluminum and allegedly inspired by the VF-19 fighter/mech from Macross (AKA Robotech).

For being one of the most iconic and influential anime series of all time, Neon Genesis Evangelion is also one of the most confusing; as of the franchise's most recent film, released on Amazon Prime earlier this month, the series has officially ended four times. But the new--and truly final--movie, Evangelion: 3.0 1.0 Thrice Upon a Time, delivers a real capstone to the series, as well as a new argument for how to watch the series as a whole. In case you're totally unfamiliar with the series, the gist is as such: Three teenagers, Shinji Ikari (Megumi Ogata), Asuka Langley Shikinami (Yūko Miyamura), and Rei Ayanami (Megumi Hayashibara), serve as the pilots of giant robots known as Evangelions. Though their initial function was to fight against mysterious beings known as Angels, they know serve as pawns between the organization NERV, led by Shinji's father Gendo (Fumihiko Tachiki), who seeks to cause a mass extinction in order to reunite with his late wife, and WILLE, a group of former NERV employees who are now NERV's only opponents. The Rebuild of Evangelion tetralogy, of which Thrice Upon a Time is the last, serves as a sort of re-telling of the events of the original TV series.

Elon Musk's latest Twitter revelation has anime fans around the world buzzing with excitement. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO tweeted that it's'time to create a mecha,' in a nod to the killer humanoid robots made popular by science fiction and a slew of anime series, including Neon Genesis Evangelion, Code Geass, and Gundam. The seemingly unprompted statement came not long after Musk revealed his appreciation for the wildly successful movie, Your Name, which became the highest grossing anime film of all time after it was released in 2016. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO tweeted this week that it's'time to create a mecha,' in a nod to the killer humanoid robots made popular by science fiction and a slew of anime series, including Neon Genesis Evangelion (right), Code Geass, and Gundam Don't start building a doomsday bunker just yet, though; as with many of the eccentric CEO's previous Twitter claims, the latest statement should be taken with a grain of salt. In a refreshing change from his recent headline-grabbing outbursts, Musk sparked a positive conversation about anime on Twitter earlier this week after sharing the trailer for the 2016 anime Your Name, noting that he loves the movie.