This is probably the only good thread I ever posted, and there's some new Eva news, so bump.





The first new Evangelion film, Evangelion 1: You Are (Not) Alone, launches September 1st in Japan. The promotional material indicates that it ends rougly in concordance with episode six of the series, or slightly less than a fourth of the way through the original storyline. Apparently (like the manga) Kaworu will appear earlier in the storyline and the chronology of some events will probably be affected. A new character (just one?) will be introduced in the second film. The followup film premieres in 2008 and apparently 3 and 4 are now scheduled to premiere concurrently (which pretty much means it will just be about a 2 and a half to 3-hour single production with an intermission).

The trailer is an almost shot-for-shot recreation of the scenes in question with some pretty nifty CGI effects (although if the Evas are full CGI I will probably be annoyed for a while). I'm always up for re-prettifying one of my favorite TV series ever, but I don't see how they're going to make this such a radically different production as to justify the budget for four feature films.

Also, the Utada Hikaru theme song is nowhere near as catchy as Cruel Angel Thesis, but she does a solid cover of Fly Me To The Moon.

Rebuild of Evangelion wiki
Trailer (YouTube version)
Trailer (downloadable version)