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Kaiju Week in Review (March 10-16, 2024)
"It looks as though its Japanese producers, assisted by a stray American—fellow named Terry Morse, who is an alumnus of Hollywood's Poverty Row—made a close study of the old film, "King Kong," then tried to do substantially the same thing with a miniature of a dinosaur made of gum-shoes and about $20 worth of toy buildings and electric trains." —Bosley Crowther, reviewing Godzilla, King of the Monsters! for The New York Times
"The special effects are hardly special, but hey, what do you expect in a Japanese monster movie?" —Tony Kiss, reviewing Godzilla 1985 for the Asheville Citizen-Times
"Sure it's bad filmmaking. Sure it's a guy—actor Tsutomu Kitagawa—clad in a nearly vintage latex Godzilla getup and stomping through Tokyo, knocking down cardboard mini-buildings and upending toy-sized cars with his gnarly feet. But that's the point." —Bob Longino, reviewing Godzilla 2000 for The Palm Beach Post
Godzilla Minus One won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects at the 96th Academy Awards, sending a stunned Takashi Yamazaki (VFX supervisor), Kiyoko Shibuya (VFX director), Masaki Takahashi (3D CG director), and Tatsuji Nojima (VFX artist/compositor) to the Dolby Theatre stage. Said Yamazaki, reading from prepared comments in English, "To someone so far from Hollywood, the possibility of standing on this stage seemed out of reach." I could scarcely believe what I was watching myself, despite having given a presentation for a Wikizilla stream mere hours before on Minus One's very real chances of beating more expensive American contenders. Everything I said about its nomination goes triple for its victory; we'll be talking about this one forever. To those of us who remember when Godzilla was basically a joke in the American consciousness (including my Wikizilla colleague Darthlord1997, who had a speech of his own prepared), it's the ultimate vindication.
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Never one to rest on his laurels, Takashi Yamazaki directed an ad for Ajinomoto about food waste which released this week. It features the unsubtly-named Foodlosslla attacking Tokyo and facing an Ultraman-esque defense team. As with Minus One, the ad's visuals are a clever combination of high-end (a detailed CG monster) and low-end (dropping plastic fruit on top of fleeing extras).
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Last year, the 4Kids Flashback podcast interviewed Mike Pecoriello, producer and writer for the company's renditions of Yu-Gi-Oh! and Ultraman Tiga, and he delivered some major news about the latter. Although only 23 episodes of Tiga aired in the U.S., 4Kids dubbed the whole thing. At the time of the podcast's recording, he thought he made copies of all the episodes, but while that doesn't seem to be the case, he did provide 4Kids Flashback with the series finale. It's a good deal more serious than the episodes which aired, with the quips kept to a minimum. Let the hunt for the rest commence!
SciFi Japan has details on Kaiju Yarrow, a Japanese comedy doubling as a tourism ad for the city of Seki. The premise is very self-aware:
KAIJU YARROW! is set in Seki City, Gifu Prefecture. One day, 30 year old Ichiro Yamada, who works in the tourism department of a government office, is ordered by the mayor to produce a "local film.''
However, Yamada, didn't want to produce the typical "mediocre local movies'' that are everywhere nowadays, so he comes up with the idea of making a "monster movie'', which has been his life-long dream. However, his dreams develops into a major incident involving the city government...!
Will Yamada be able to complete his life goal of making a monster movie??
Junichiro Yagi will direct; YouTuber Gunpee will star. Unknown quantities both when it comes to kaiju, so how this will turn out is anyone's guess.
Tickets for Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire have gone on sale in the U.S.—and as a reminder, the brief GKIDS theatrical release of The End of Evangelion wraps tomorrow.
#godzilla minus one#oscars#ultraman tiga#kaiju yarrow#takashi yamazaki#godzilla x kong the new empire#kaiju week in review#godzilla#kaiju
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Canadian Theatrical News: Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
GKIDS is bringing Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion to Canadian theatres this month. The 1997 film acts as an alternate ending to Hideaki Anno and Gainax’s iconic television series of the same name. This marks the film’s first official theatrical release in North America.
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Hikaru Utada co-stars with Ringo Sheena for the first time on TV, and also performs the "Shin Eva" theme song for the first time
Hikaru Utada will appear as the main guest on the new music program "with MUSIC" that will be broadcast on Nippon Television on April 13th.
"With MUSIC" is a program with Yumiko Udo and Kohei Matsushita serving as MCs that digs deeper into the appeal of artists with the theme of "with." On the first regular broadcast on April 13th, Utada, who will release his first best album "SCIENCE FICTION" on April 10th, will appear, and will sing the theme song of the movie "Shin Evangelion Theatrical Version" in 2021. "One Last Kiss" released in March 2018 will be performed for the first time on TV.
In addition, Utada will sing a collaboration song with Ringo Sheena, Nijikan Dakeno Vacancefeaturing Ringo Sheena'', which was included in the album "Fantôme'' released in 2016. Utada and Sheena both debuted with Toshiba EMI in 1998, but this will be their first time co-starring on TV.
#2024#hikki#Hikaru Utada#Utada Hikaru#Sheena Ringo#Ringo Sheena#SCIENCE FICTION#One Last Kiss#Shiina Ringo
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(remade because I messed up the first one. whoops)
Eva Unit 08 is a pink, three-horded, multi-eyed Evangelion that is piloted by Mari Makinami Illustrious in the New Theatrical Release movies 3.0 and 3.0+1.0. during the climatic final battle, Eva 08 consumes other Evangelion, which then replace the damaged and missing limbs with the parts from the other Evas, becoming what Mari calls Eva-08+09+10+11+12.
https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_Unit-08
Eva Imaginary is a fictional concept that was theorized by Dr Katsuragi (Misato's dad). it appears in front of Gendo and Shinji as a black Lilith, before Gendo tries to use it to cause an additional impact. after realizing that this won't bring Yue back, Gendo realizes that his fear of being a father to Shinji caused him to lose his humanity. Shinji then using the impact to create a new universe where the Evangelions never existed.
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Been meaning to watch Neon Evangelion, any recommendations of where to start??
ok so i just finished it for the first time i was advised by several friends here is what you need to know:
watch the original series on netflix. the netflix version is remastered and includes the director's cuts of the final few episodes. it is a new dub but i like it better than the old dub (yes and as a new fan i know this is controversial). unless you like subs better - in general for all of this i suggest dub, but with english SUBTITLES (not cc unless you need it) on, because sometimes things are translated differently. one thing to note is that the closing credits songs are not the originals because netflix couldn't get the rights, look up all the different versions of fly me to the moon on youtube.
watch the "end of evangelion" movie on netflix. same deal, new dub voice actors, etc. the TLDR here is that this show has three different fucking endings because of running out of budget, fan outrage, etc, and this movie was the creator's FUCK YOU to the fans who didn't like the original ending. it is...extremely jarring but very important. there are a few other movies like death true and death and rebirth but these basically were theatrical releases of pieces of either this movie, or the final few episodes, mashed with recap content, so they're not needed.
watch the 4 rebuild of evangelion movies, the directors cuts, on amazon prime (you don't need to buy them, they're included). the dub here is the original dub VAs so you can get an idea of what those were like, and i suggest the english subtitles (not cc) here too. for additional context, these four movies were made throughout the 2000s and 2010s so the creator (Anno) could build the story as he originally intended, without network or budget or time constraints, and it starts out the same but then changes the ending dramatically. again, the three endings all layer on top of each other, the experience of evangelion is a metatextual one. the films are, in order: Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone, Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance, Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo, Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time.
content warnings: body horror, many MANY references to christianity, suicide, sexual assault and harassment, weird underage shit, abuse of various kinds, depression - this show is VERY VERY dark, but with some very hopeful messages, so please go into it carefully and well prepared, especially if you have traumas yourself.
I would suggest at least SKIMMING these 4 articles (maybe dodge around some spoilers) before watching to get an idea of how the text speaks to itself and the audience. while every piece of media is influenced by the audience, this one especially is a LOT:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/06/27/how-evangelion-opened-my-eyes-my-depression/
it does seem like a lot but unlike a lot of classic anime it really is not that long, it's like 26 episodes plus the four movies so, i finished it in a week lol. once you watch it you can read more about it and see how it influenced (and was influenced by) SO many other things you know, it's a very cool experience!
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Shin Japan Heroes Universe (2022?)
Godzilla has surprisingly kicked off a dream crossover with Ultraman, Neon Genesis Evangelion, and Kamen Rider! Shin Godzilla first came onto the scene several years ago, and it was a surprising take on TOHO's most famous kaiju from the creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion, Hideaki Anno, and series writer Shinji Higuchi. This proved to be one of the most well-received versions of the character ever since, and this surprising reboot of the classic franchise is now branching off into two other massive reboots of classic franchises Ultraman and Kamen Rider. Now it seems like all of that universe building will collide in a cool new project.
With both Shin Ultraman and Shin Kamen Rider now in the works for a release in the future, it seems that Godzilla's Toho, Neon Genesis Evangelion's Studio Khara, Ultraman's Tsuburaya Productions and Kamen Rider's Toei are now launching a project that combines all of Anno and Higuchi's collaborative works that brings together each of the massive Shin universes.
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The four studios have joined their respective "Shin" reboot projects together (with Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0 releasing an updated Shin Evangelion in theaters through Japan last year) for this new project, but unfortunately are holding back the details of it at this time. Beyond the reveal of the collaboration illustration and the special logo, the four companies tease that there will be more details revealed at a later date that will show more of the actual scope of this new project.
In terms of what it could be, it might just be a line of collaborative goods but seeing this illustration here combining all of the projects is already a dream come true. It probably won't manifest as a big theatrical or animated production, but that's also not completely off the table either as the four companies seem to gearing up for something big. Either way, let's hope that it results in more cool art!
Source: Comic Book Dot Com
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Shin Ultraman gets a North American premiere at Fantasia Montreal
Following its enormously successful release in Japan, Fantasia unleashes the highly anticipated SHIN ULTRAMAN. Directed by Shinji Higuchi, famed for the special-effects work on 1990s GAMERA revival and for directing the live-action ATTACK ON TITAN films; and scripted by Hideaki Anno, the genius behind the hit anime NEON GENESIS EVANGELION and EVANGELION: New Theatrical Edition. SHIN ULTRAMAN reunites the pair, who co-produced 2016’s astounding SHIN GODZILLA, to reimagine another essential icon of tokusatsu, Japan’s science-fiction TV and cinema. Debuted in 1966, Tsuburaya Productions’ giant, shiny superhero from space—and the wild array of alien monsters he confronts—have embedded themselves in the nation’s popular culture for generations. With auteur flair, unprecedented visual impact, and genuine affection for the Ultraman franchise, Anno and Higuchi now renew, as only they could, the action-packed cosmic saga of Ultraman, his alter ego Shinji Kaminaga, and his colleagues in the science police force battling endless extraterrestrial threats. North American Premiere
Details about more of their premieres can be found here.
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I like that the Evangelion Rebuilds are called that, and I think it's a much more appropriate name than calling them "New Theatrical Releases". Partially because "New Theatrical Release" is a clunky, dry mouthful, but partially because it implies they're re*makes* that are trying to be faithful to the originals when they're really not. They're not just a shiny new high-budget façade on the same structure, the same story. They completely re-build Evangelion from the ground up, on a new foundation and as a new structure that doesn't try to supersede the previous one.
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I'm super tired so I'm not gonna be able to articulate this well, but the Amazon Prime dub of the final Evangelion movie is absolutely buttfuck insane from a casting perspective.
So Evangelion began in the 90's, and it made it over to America where it was dubbed and released in like 1998 or something. You have names that would live on in infamy - Spike Spencer as Shinji, for one, but also Amanda Winn-Lee voicing Rei and directing the movie dubs for End of Eva and Death & Rebirth, Allison Keith as Misato and Tiffany Grant as Asuka.
I say infamy because Shinji is traditionally seen as a very whiny character, with the general trend seeming to be that Megumi Ogata's original performance is much preferred. Amanda Winn-Lee also added some incredibly unnecessary sound effects to End of Evangelion and contributed to a commentary track that some of the real picky Eva nerds have dubbed the "Commentary of Evil" (which I personally liked). Tiffany Grant and Allison Keith are pretty well liked to my recollection, with points going to Tiffany Grant for being able to speak German; Asuka is part-German, and she speaks in German a fair bit through the show. It's fantastic casting.
You also have Josh Swasey as Gendo Ikari, though that role was actually recast a couple of times. And of particular note are these three characters named Aoba, Maya and Hyuga - they're bridge crew who have an expanded role in End of Evangelion, but who aren't major players in the show. One of them, Aoba's VA Jason C. Lee, is married to Amanda Winn-Lee.
So the show ends in like 1996, with a remastered compilation movie and a theatrical finale to the show releasing in 97 and 98 respectively. Those get dubbed and released around 2002. And that's it, that's a wrap. Everyone moves on.
In 2007, a sort of revival/sequel-ish sort of thing releases. It's the first movie in a quadrilogy of movies that aim to retell Evangelion.
The rights to Evangelion had been acquired by Funimation after the original company went bankrupt. Knowing that Evangelion is a bit of a sacred cow to anime fans, they spring on the cast: Spike Spencer, Tiffany Grant, Allison Keith and John Swasey return as Shinji, Asuka, Misato and Gendo.
A point of contention, however, was the voice of Rei.
Rei is a hugely popular character, both in Japan and in the English-speaking fandom. Amanda Winn-Lee did a great job voicing the character in this sort of creepy, sad, half-whispered falsetto. But in the five years between projects, she'd had a son with Jason C. Hall who was born with Down Syndrome and required a lot of care. She'd retired from voice-acting in order to raise and support her son.
So those other four voice actors became the only VAs to come back for the sequels - still a pretty big get. Brina Palencia took over as Rei and gave it her own spin, and you can tell that everyone has been recast but it's fine. Then the second movie comes out, it's great, dub is fan-fucking-tastic.
The issues start with the third movie. Funimation would spice the scripts up a little bit, throw in some banter or play with the wording to better communicate what was going on - as localisations are wont to do. They produce the 3.0 dub and screen it at a few anime expos in 2014, and... silence. For two years.
The story goes that Studio Khara - the studio making these sequel movies - had guys who were at these showings, and they picked up on laughter and reactions from the audience that didn't really fit in with the mood they were going for. What happened was that Studio Khara felt that the dub wasn't in line with the end product, and they scrapped the entire thing in order to work more closely with Funimation.
The dub definitely loses a bit of its bounce, but everyone's still there. The English dub releases three years after the movie originally launched in Japan.
The second hiccup happens when Evangelion comes to Netflix in 2019.
Khara scraps the ENTIRE cast.
The new dub was... polarising. I don't know how the actual performances were received, but people weren't happy about how much they toned down the gay subtext between Shinji and Kaworu. It was a much clunkier affair, similar to Evangelion 3.33, with the same in-house Khara translator working on the script. I haven't seen it, and I don't doubt that the cast did a good job - I feel like Casey Mongillo is cool y'know. That being said, I'd been hearing Spike Spencer as Shinji since I was 12, so I wasn't interested.
So since 2013, we've had a polarising script that was delayed for years, and we had a poorly received redub for Netflix. And the question looms: what's going to happen to the fourth sequel movie?
Studio Khara personally chose the Netflix cast. They made the decision to scrap the Funimation cast, comprised in part by some of the original English voice cast, and to do it themselves from scratch. That wasn't a popular move. Now you have a movie that's coming down the pipe, release date unknown, that caps off a 10+ year long movie series and ultimately, definitively, brings the Neon Genesis Evangelion series to an end.
So what in the name of fuck is going to happen? The sequel movies haven't been redubbed by the Netflix cast yet. Are they going to do the final movie with the Netflix cast and leave the first three movies untouched? Are they gonna dub over the first three movies in the lead-up to the final one and have the Netflix cast ostensibly become the definitive English voice cast?
Finally, the final movie is announced and details start to drop about the localisation.
Amazon Prime Video is releasing the movie. The voice director for 3.33 and the Netflix dub is doing the final movie.
EVERYONE FROM THE 90'S DUB IS COMING BACK.
Okay, caveat - not everyone. The woman who voiced Ritsuko Akagi retired in 2004, and some of the VAs have died since. They also replace a bunch of the Funimation cast with brand new actors for some reason.
But I'm talking Spike Spencer, Tiffany Grant, Allison Keith and Jason Swasey - those four original voices who'd gone from the original show to this final movie.
I'm talking Amanda Winn-Lee, the original VA for Rei Ayanami, who hadn't voice-acted in years. I'm talking Jason C. Lee as Aoba. Brett Weaver as Toji Suzuhara was just showing off at that point.
They didn't get *everyone*, but you've gotta understand that the people they got back were huge. It's like if they got the original voice of Skeletor to be Skeletor in a revival of Masters of the Universe. It's like if they had a cameo from Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance in Doctor Sleep. And the other cast, like Aoba and fucking Toji, are like pulling a rabbit out of a hat. It fucking owned.
The worst part is that I didn't even realise it was Rei's original voice until the end credits. I just fell into the rhythm of the movie and pogged at the credits, though hearing Aoba for the first time I was like "wait holy shit, did they get him too?!".
I don't support Amazon, but I've gotta say that the dub of that final movie was a Hail Mary. Clunky localiser aside, it was a fantastic movie in general and I really appreciated that Spike and the other long-standing VAs got to finish out the series. Again, these guys had been with the franchise for over 20 years at this point. It was a really good feeling.
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Shin Kamen Rider Finally Gets a U.S. Release Date
Good news! Shin Kamen Rider, Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno’s radical re-imagining of the legendary Japanese superhero series, is finally making its way to American shores. Bad news: you better be available for one day, because that’s all it’s getting.
Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard Nerd Out About Jurassic Park’s Returning Heroes
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Kaiju Week in Review (October 16-22, 2022)
Japan got to hold the conch this week. I feel obligated to lead off with the trailer for the pachinko game P Godzilla vs. Evangelion: G Cell Awakening, although most of us will probably never get a chance to play it. King Ghidorah with an AT Field is pretty wild—but not as wild as that Bandai Spirits statue from the first year of this enduring crossover making the jump to animation.
Toho released a seriously impressive trailer for the Fest Godzilla 3: Gigan's Attack short that will drop on November 3. The city set looks great, there's a shot from inside a miniature building, and even the old Final Wars Godzilla stunt suit seems to have been refurbished since last year's Godzilla vs. Hedorah short.
Godziban released the fifth episode of its fourth season this week, in which the incredibly ripped Kinggoji-kun meets his cousins and competes with Godzilla-kun for Miyarabi's affections. Frankly, every episode that passes without Gigan's mom showing up feels like padding. Also, the English Godzilla channel is dragging its feet on subtitling this season; they might be waiting for it to finish for whatever reason. But they're all done with the first three seasons if you want to catch up.
The merch highlight of the week is a pair of Godzilla trucks from Hot Wheels. The one on the left is based on the HINO heavy construction truck; the one on the right is, fittingly enough, a monster truck. These aren't the first tokusatsu-themed Hot Wheels cars—there was a Charawheels series from 2002-2004 and the Spider-Machine GP-7 from Spider-Man—but they are the first for Godzilla. They're dated for early 2023.
Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle, which opened at Seibu-en last year, is getting an escape game extension called Godzilla the Mission: Escape from the Looming Danger of a Giant Monster. Taking place just before the ride begins, it places players in the roles of new members of the Special Disaster Countermeasures unit and tasks them with leading an evacuation as an unidentified flying object approaches and finding a shelter themselves. Again, not something most of us will be able to experience (it's only available for a limited time to boot), but the key art is neat.
On top of the standard showings scheduled for the U.S. theatrical release of Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time on December 6, 8, and 11, GKIDS will also bring it to IMAX screens on November 30. Tickets go on sale November 2.
The official release date is November 29, but if you preordered Discotek's Legend of Dinosaurs & Monster Birds Blu-ray on Right Stuf, it may have arrived this week. This is the film's first HD release (Toho would never), and considering I've never even seen it in proper SD before, should be a real eye-opener.
#kaiju week in review#godzilla#godzilla vs. evangelion#legend of dinosaurs and monster birds#neon genesis evangelion#godzilla the ride#hot wheels#toys#godziban#fest godzilla 3 gigan's attack#gigan#kaiju#tokusatsu
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Canadian Theatrical News: Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time
Canadian Theatrical News: Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time
GKIDS is bringing the fourth and final entry in the Rebuild of Evangelion film series to Canadian cinemas. The tetralogy, which began in 2007, reimagines Hideaki Anno’s 1995-1996 Neon Genesis Evangelion television series. Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time originally debuted across Japanese theatres in March 2021. The film was released internationally through Amazon Prime the following…
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GKIDS to release Evangelion:3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time In US Theaters For The First Time
GKIDS to release Evangelion:3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time In US Theaters For The First Time #anime #animation #evangelion
GKIDS has announced it will bring the highly anticipated fourth and final installment of the new theatrical “Rebuild” editions of the Evangelion franchise, to theaters nationwide. GKIDS, in partnership with Fathom Events, will hold event screenings of the highly anticipated finale on December 6th, 8th and 11th only.
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why are the things called that?
so to a lot of people who haven't spent hours reading the evageeks wiki, you're probably confused on the weird names for everything, especially with the differences between the original anime series and the rebuilds. I'm gonna attempt to explain everything to the best of my ability, and will also make it clear in all my polls whether I'm talking about something from nge or rebuilds.
so first off, what do I even mean by "nge and rebuilds"
so the anime "Neon Genesis Evangelion", sometimes abbreviated to NGE, was released in October 1995 and aired until march of 96. it consists of 26 episodes and is what is called the original series.
when the show ended, fans were really upset that there wasn't a proper conclusion to the mystery about the angels or seele, and that the last few episodes mainly focused on the mental turmoil of the main characters and them eventually coming to terms with reality and deciding that life is worth living. because of these complaints, the studio and the director of the series hideki anno decided to make a movie with an alternate ending to the series.
released in July of 97, "End of Evangelion" is considered by many fans to be the true ending of the series. the movie is a different episode 25 and 26 where everything sucks and seele invades NERV and tries to kill everyone to cause the third impact, Gendo attempts to start the third impact himself thinking he can reunite with Yui, but ultimately Rei triggers the third impact and gives control to Shinji before he must come to terms with humanity's purpose and find an excuse to live. basically, everyone dies and their souls are merged into one single entity, which means there's no more misunderstanding or confusion or hate in the world. Shinji eventually realizes that this sucks, and that life is about experiencing pain as well and joy, and everyone's souls rejoin their body. the movie then ends with Shinji and Asuka rematerialized on an apocalyptic earth in front of a sea of blood.
End of Evangelion, sometimes abbreviated to eoe, is basically Anno giving a big middle finger to all the fans who didn't like the original ending of the anime.
later, in the mid 2000s, Anno wanted to make a new evangelion story, this time a fully theatrical experience.
in 2007, "Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone" was released, in 2009 "Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance", in 2012 "Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo", and in 2021 "Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon A Time"
all four of these movies together are called the rebuilds, the new theatrical release, NTE, and in the case of 3.0+1.0 specifically "shin eva" (similar to many other remakes of popular Japanese ips being labeled "shin", such as godzilla and kamen rider)
it is heavily implied in the lore and through external media that the third impact in EOE caused the world to reset, and this new universe that was created was the universe of the rebuilds.
the events of 1.0 and 2.0 play out largely the same as the original series, up until the end. when the tenth angel attacks, Rei is killed and Shinji risks everything to try and save her. unintentionally, his eva absorbs the angel and nearly causes the third impact before it's stopped. Shinji then wakes up about 15 years later to find that the world is extremely different, and that most of the people he knows are fighting against NERV. he comes to discover that the world was nearly destroyed, but pockets of civilization still exist. after seeing his boyfriend's head explode and understandably being traumatized, he eventually learns how to love life again by being part of a small farming community. the final movie ends with Shinji confronting his father, making him realize that his attempts to reunite with his dead wife were impossible and living in the past was only hurting himself and everyone around him, and then causes a final impact that remakes the entire world into a new world where the Evangelions never existed, and everyone is chill and also he and Mari are dating. another giant middle finger to the fans, basically saying "get a fucking life, nerds. get a girlfriend. stop living in the past."
hopefully that makes sense as an explanation for naming the anime and movies.
nge and eoe are the original series in the 90s
1.0, 2.0, 3.0, and 3.0+1.0 are the rebuilds from late 2000s to early 2020s
but what about the angels?
so the angels have names in nge but not in the rebuilds. in the rebuilds, they're just given a number. why is that? according to the lore, the dead sea scrolls were discovered by seele and laid out the plans for human instrumentality and gave names to all the angels. in the rebuilds, the dead sea scrolls were never found, and thus the angels in the rebuilds are not given names.
sure, some of the angels from the rebuilds look very similar to the angels from nge. but because a few are completely new, and they're mostly out of order, it's less confusing to just use numbers when talking about the angels from the rebuilds, and names when from nge. sometimes, when I'm talking about the angel's role in both nge AND rebuilds, I will use the name just because it's more convenient. (for example, I might say "bardiel was the angel that attacked and controlled Unit 03, which was piloted by Toji in nge and Asuka in Evangelion 2.0" even though it's called the 9th angel and not bardiel in Evangelion 2.0, it is basically the exact same thing and it's hopefully less confusing that way.
so yeah. names = original series. numbers = rebuilds
if you want me to give a shitty explanation about anything else, let me know. :3
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Metal Build Evangelion 01 2020 & Evangelion 02 2020 - Part 1
First thing first: I had never bought a Metal Build before. Yeah, I know, they are extremely well built, super detailed, super posable, probably one of the last flawless product line Bandai is still producing (SoC anyone?). But let's be honest, Metal Build = Gundam. At least for 95% of the releases, and, shame on me, no, I am not much into Gundam. However, as an Evangelion early aficionado since '90s, I immediately got impressed with the Evangelion Metal Build releases.
Unfortunately (it happens every time, I never learn), I initially lost the chance to preorder these beauties, and you know how the price for Metal Build figures skyrockets as soon as they are sold out from pre-orders. BUT! For one time, god bless the avid Bandai for having the Eva 01 and Eva 02 re-released in a limited edition, in occasion of the theatrical release of the final chapter of the new Evangelion movie series. This time I couldn't miss the chance!
End of the story: I got these two models and yes, they are totally awesome. Aside from the new coating (which I love), the models are pretty the same of the 1st print version. And that's not a minus of course, cause they were awesome in first place. Other differences, aside from the new box art, is the massive (though light, 100% plastic) Longinus Spear that comes with the Eva 01, and the recolor for both the weapon set and the stands (light grey opposite to the darker old version).
Wanna know how they feel once out of the box? Next Post!
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Shin Ultraman Passes 1.5 Million Tickets Sold, Will Post 1st Minute of Film Online
Hideaki Anno's and Shinji Higuchi's Shin Ultraman opened in Japanese theaters two weeks ago and according to an announcement today, has already surpassed 1.5 million tickets sold. In celebration of the milestone, Toho will be releasing the first minute and 17 seconds of the tokusatsu film on its movie YouTube channel tomorrow for 48 hours. Also revealed was a weeklong theatrical engagement for Anno's favorite Ultraman episode in Japanese theaters in June.
Here's where the first 1 minute and 17 seconds of Shin Ultraman will be shown:
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For the "Hideaki Anno Selection" of Ultraman, four episodes from the original series' will be shown in 13 theaters across Japan in 4K. The episodes include those about the alien Zarab, who also appears in Shin Ultraman, as well as stories that center on a fake Ultraman, a much-liked storyline for the Evangelion creator.
RELATED: FEATURE: How Hideaki Anno’s Otaku Passion For Tokusatsu Led Him To Shin Ultraman
Source: Eiga Natalie
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Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.
By: Daryl Harding
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