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, 2009Rebuild of Evangelion 3.0 to be released Summer 2010?
Monday, September 21st, 2009According to a recent Newtype interview, as discussed on tokyo3cn, reposted to the Evangelion ML, and once more reposted here for your delight and consumption, Rebuild of Evangelion 3.0 is due out in the Summer of 2010. This is earlier than expected, as it took nearly two years between 1.0 and 2.0. Apparently, the films have been so successful that they’re not limiting the budget on 3.0, and with the staff from the previous two films, they’ll be adding new staff, maintaining the same level of quality, and pushing the film out much earlier than expected. The only downside is that the directors/supervisors won’t be able to do interviews/press conferences. I’d say that’s a pretty fair trade, wouldn’t you?
Rebuild of Evangelion 2.0 on Mistakes of Youth Blog
Saturday, June 27th, 2009
Wildarmsheero has done a series of blog entries about his outing to see Rebuild of Evangelion 2.0. His Japanese isn’t spectacular, so you won’t be getting tons about the dialogue:
http://blog.mistakesofyouth.com/2009/06/27/evangelion-2-0-prelude-to-terror/
http://blog.mistakesofyouth.com/2009/06/27/evangelion-new-theatrical-version-division/
http://blog.mistakesofyouth.com/2009/06/27/evangelion-2-0-you-can-not-advance-spoilers/
Funimation 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!
Rebuild of Evangelion Figures, including the new character Mari.
Saturday, February 21st, 2009Dengeki PlayStation Online has posted quite a few images from AOU2009 Amusement Expo of Sega’s Rebuild of Evangelion figures due out between June and September. Ordinarily, this wouldn’t be especially noteworthy, but as it turns out, one of the figures on display was a design illustration of the figure for the new character Mari, who we have not gotten many good glimpses of. Check out the post on Dengeki Playstation Online for more images.
Rebuild of Evangelion 2.0: You can (not) advance Release Date
Friday, February 20th, 2009
It’s official, we now have a release date for Rebuild of Evangelion 2.0: You can (not) advance. According to the official Evangelion website, the film will be in Japanese theaters starting June 27th, 2009. When a fansub of that will become available is anyone’s guess. Keep in mind that it took a considerable amount of time for the initial fansub of Rebuild 0.1 to be made available. I wouldn’t be surprised if the fansub of 2.0 doesn’t come around until 1.0 is available on domestic DVD in November.