A couple of days, a user on our forum made an outlandish claim that he had in his possession a legitimate store-bought version of Rebuild of Evangelion 1.0, published by Funimation. Being the skeptic I am, I laughed at him, and then proceeded to take several days to find time to go to my local urbanite deathtrap Best Buy in order to attempt to verify that Rebuild was in fact released to stores earlier than was previously advertised. The trip was fruitful, and I was able to purchase the DVD for the small sum of $24.95 and another small portion of what remains of my dignity. So despite what you’ve read, the domestic release of Rebuild of Evangelion 1.0 is out before its November 17th release date, and believe me, if I can find it at that particular Best Buy, which has a small, messily stocked anime section, you should be able to find it anywhere. Happy hunting!
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Rebuild of Evangelion 1.0 out on DVD early
Thursday, November 12th, 2009Funimation Releases Dubbed Trailer of Rebuild of Evangelion 1.0
Sunday, June 14th, 2009Funimation has released a trailer for Rebuild of Evangelion 1.0. It has people speaking English in it. It also has stock trailer music that you’ll never hear in Evangelion. If that interests you, you can find it at the following location.
Rebuild of Evangelion 1.0 playing at Seventh Annual National Cherry Blossom Festival Anime Marathon
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009Seventh Annual National Cherry Blossom Festival Anime Marathon
Date(s): Mar 28, 2009 – Mar 28, 2009
Time: 11:00 AM – Marathon finishes
Location: Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art – 1050 Independence Avenue, SWDescription: In celebration of this year’s Cherry Blossom Festival, the Freer, in conjunction with the Japan Information and Cultural Center and Otakorp, Inc., presents a day-long festival of four Japanese Anime films:
Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone
1:30 PM
This sci-fi tale co-directed by Hideaki Anno, Masayuki and Kazuya Tsurumaki is set in a post-apocalyptic Tokyo, where the population defends itself from alien invaders with the help of human/mechanical hybrid battle robots. Its hero, Shinji, is a shy 14-year-old boy mysteriously chosen to save the planet from the aliens for good. Rated PG. (2007, 98 min., Japanese with English subtitles, video)
This won’t be the first time Rebuild of Evangelion 1.0 will screened in the US, but it’s the first time it will be screened in my own backyard, so I’m going to make the effort to make the trip down to DC. Who knows, maybe an Evangelion fans meetup will transpire?
More information can be found at the Cherry Blossom Festival website:
http://nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/events/eng/event_display.php3?event_id=320
See you there!