Get caught up with the Evangelion manga
By The Eva Monkey on Tuesday, November 13th, 2012
One of the biggest weaknesses Yoshiyuki Sadamoto’s Evangelion manga has is its sporadic progress over a long length of time. The series has had 13 volumes in about 18 years. Keeping an ongoing series of that age in print can be a difficult task for a publisher. Many of the old volumes, especially volume 9, are scarce and can be very difficult for fans to obtain. I had previously reported that Viz Manga had added the Evangelion Manga to its online viewer, however it abruptly ended after it had only published the stages up through volume 3.
We had heard that they would be reissuing the manga in omnibus form, with about 3 volumes per book. I was very pleased to hear they were doing this, especially with the recent release of volume 13. According to Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and RightStuf, the first 3-in-1 release was today, however you can never be so sure of these things. To my frustration, I could neither find it at my local Barnes & Noble (which claimed to have it in stock), nor find anyone who has it, let alone a finalized product shot.
In the process of attempting to verify it’s existence, I ended up on Viz Manga’s website, where I noticed that their digital Evangelion manga offering had received a fairly major update. Rather than individual stages, they now have the manga available as complete volumes, and even better, they have the entire run available for digital purchase. So if you’re inclined, you can now get the Evangelion manga on an iOS or Android device, as well as on the Kindle Fire. For those of you who prefer paperback editions, the first 3-in-1/omnibus release should be available for purchase.