Rebuild of Evangelion Licensed by Funimation?
By The Eva Monkey on Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
Back in late November, Funimation roused suspicions by issuing cease and desists to various fansubbers and hosts of video content from Rebuild of Evangelion. It was good indication at the time that Funimation had licensed, or was in the process of licensing Rebuild. However, it was not conclusive, as it is not uncommon for companies that are merely interested in a particular title to send cease and desists in order to protect their interests.
A month has passed, and someone ingenious has found the following images stored on Funimation’s server:
http://www4.funimation.com/video/images/shows/evangelion.jpg
http://www4.funimation.com/video/images/shows/_thumbs/evangelion.jpg
I think this is fairly good indication that Rebuild has been licensed. However I’m keeping in mind that it’s not official until it’s official. Licenses fall through at the last minute, it’s been known to happen. The question remains, when will the official word drop, and when will we get our grubby hands on a domestic copy? Considering how long it took for Manga to distribute Death and Rebirth and The End of Evangelion, and how long it took for the video versions of 21-24 to make it over, it really is anyone’s guess.