Evangelion ReDeath on YouTube
By The Eva Monkey on Sunday, December 7th, 2008
Having been part of the test camp for Studio Sokodei‘s DVD remastering process, I was expecting to see their parodies served up as a direct download, or via bittorrent or a peer to peer method of file sharing. I was surprised to see that Andrew Hosking instead chose to serve up the parodies on YouTube. I think this comes as a pleasant surprise, considering how large the site has become, and it is nice to know that they’re available, on demand, to anyone who wants to see them. So in that respect, their work is more available now than it has ever been. And that’s a good thing. While I do agree with Andrew, that the best (and most preferable) way of experiencing the parodies is at a convention screening with hundreds of others, I must acknowledge that not everyone has that freedom, and it is time to open up to new viewers. This is of particular interest to Eva fans, because their (perhaps) best known work is Evangelion ReDeath.
I’m going to go out on a limb and assume that not everyone out there is familiar with Evangelion ReDeath, so let’s get up to speed. Evangelion ReDeath is a fan parody, using re-edited footage and original voice work. The plot surrounds Gendo Ikari attempting to use the song 1999 by Prince to disrupt the space-time continuum in order to become… the uber pimp. Beyond that, not too much is drastically different. The characters are not too far removed from the series, and the humor isn’t too heavily ingrained in Evangelion, so even casual fans can enjoy, even if they’re not into Evangelion. It’s a bit over a half hour, so it’s not a huge time investment. Regardless of whether you’ve seen it or not, be sure to give Studio Sokodei a visit, and check out their other works as well.