New Evangelion Movies!
 

here
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=9464
wow, talking about celebration!!!
for the 10th year anniversary there will be a new Eva Project consiting of 4 movies, a pequel, mid series, sequel and conclution, how sweet!!!
Let the milking begin!!!!!!!!!:biggrin:
any comments???

Seriousely, as long as Unit 1 goes beserk at least once on something in each of those movies, I am a happy camper.

I'm shitting my pants with excitement.

Eva is still my favorite anime series, and I would love to see how a sequel to EoE would address the... particular issue with the ending.


How are they going to get the same voice actors to sound the same, though? This is quite a project.

This is pretty hot. Considering that I own the entire series, twice, I'm definitely going to buy this.

me too, Mucknuggle a nice addition i would say.
but i never dreamt that eva would have a sequel(and prequel).
i hope that with the new improvements in animation and cg effect it would kick ass!!!

I'm not pleased or surprised. Never watched Evangelion, I doubt I'd like it. But anime has been pretty shitty quality nowadays. Considering this is a mindless milking effort, I don't think anything that Evangelion fans will be satisfied with will come out of this. Come on now, expanding this universe ten years later? I just don't believe that its gonna be worthwhile with the state of the industry now.

Watch for lots of Rei and Asuka pantyshots, a mild sex scene, and lots of crappy fanservice.

Well, now. From that nugget of information, I don't think your opinion regarding the quality of said sequels/prequels is remotely relevant to this discussion then.

i agree with jazzflight.
In a fact, a prequel could pretty much tie many things that were not clear, and events that we all would want to watch, that have relevance in the main series**thinks in the first impact****

Precisely. I'd also like to see the destruction of Tokyo-1 / flooding of a lot of the world / building Tokyo-2 and 3, etc...

We as viewers were kind of thrown into a very limited time period in this "future world," without seeing too much of how it operates. I mean, what physical state is the US or Europe in?

But besides that, it'd be good character development for Yui, Gendo, and Fuyutsuki.

Yeah, basically the effects of the Second Impact, if I remember correctly. This makes me want to hasten my purchase for the Eva Platinum collection for around $80 for the thin pak (anyone can say this is good or not?).
I just found EOE to be downright depressing, despite much of the world becoming a "oneness" entity.

I feel terrible.

Gunbuster's ending was a bit more optimistic though.

Has anyone ever heard the supposed backstory behind Evangelion?

The one about a race of "aliens" colonizing planets across the universe and that the reason why there are Humans and "Angels" on the same planet is because the aliens accidentaly sent 2 kinds of colony ships (the two moons, eggs, whatever you wanna call 'em).

I think there was more too, but I don't remember.

The manga version goes into a lot more details for some of the minor character (and characters in the background) interms of their history, compares to the anime version, so do you think it is possible that they could make the prequal base on that?

This is pretty great, I never say no to more Eva. Even if they manage to botch up the new stories or style somehow, you'll always have the original series. Either was it'll be a lot more interesting to see than the US live-action I think they're still working on.

It would be super halious if they made them based on Re-Take 0-4 ='D

While this completely seems to me as a ploy to milk out more money from the fans... I will gladly submit to it.

What ever happened to that hollywood project that Weta was involved in?

If they make it using the rest of Re-Take, I'd pay money to see it.

Precisely. But then, I would love to see even something like Girlfriend of Steel 2 or Shinji Raising Project animated for that matter.

You know, when someone sent me this link, I rolled my eyes at the news.

But then I had to read the link 4 times afterwards to discover that this isn't regarding the live movie (which is still going?).

I honestly thought that after years of merchandise milking, a torrent of comedy shows and the undying love of fans worldwide that an honest to God new animation of Evangelion would never, ever happen.

Suffice to say, I'm shocked. And of course I am nearly shaking with the prospect of this. Evangelion was and still is the absolute best anime series of all time, but it's more than that; it remains one of the most influential media I have ever witnessed in my life.

BUT, I still need some more information (and some pictures). The wording sort of makes it sound like it will be something new. There might not even be a Shinji, Asuka, Rei or Misato in this version. Gainax isn't one for consistency (Gunbuster 2).

But, I will be waiting just like the rest of you for more news.

Ah.. the girl friend of steel. Actually, I can really see it as a movie. Since a lot of the animated movies for anime series sometimes break from its conventional continuity (See: DBZ and Doraemon). So I wouldn't be surprised if they make it into a movie. Hm, although according to the article, it isn't remake or improvement of the kind, so I am not sure if this particular instance apply or not., however, I would really like to see the girl friend of steel as a movie. even though I had only seem a bunch of screen shot for that….

This could mean a number of things. It could focus on a group of people who witnessed the Angel attacks but weren't directly involved. It could even mean that it takes place thousands(?) of years after the End of Evangelion with a newly re-populated earth.

Or maybe, just maybe, this will be an alternate story taking place after the TV series, since the End was never really labeled as an official ending, but an alternate take.

A sequel that doesn't involve Damn, that would be sweet.

EDIT-00: Actually, what would be much sweeter is starting the series from scratch and make it closer to the manga, which I always found to be better written than the TV series (more backstory on secondary characters, a less whiny Shinji, a less bitchy Asuka, a slightly more evil Kaworu, etc).

EDIT-01: Newtype Scans

EDIT-02: Spoiler-tagged humongous scans



The group shot is likely just made for the magazine, not an actual shot of the new movie. At least I hope that's the case, since the art style is a little cuter than what I remember. If they're going to be serious with this, I want an update to the designs.

How about the debut of Freckles Asuka? :)



EDIT-03:

-toonzone.net

My rage will know no bounds if this is just another milking of the original series with new footage tossed in. I don't want to see a single frame from that show used again. God, Gainax, don't milk it AGAIN. :tpg:

They gave the freckles to Hikari, so it's doubtful.

I rather like the "new" style, but if things get grimly serious like in the original series, the cute style will clash more shockingly :(

I thought that Evangelion the series and the movies were the most pointless portrayals of weak pseudo-philosophy in popular media ever created.

I wanted all of the characters to die in a fire, and more than that I wanted the writers that destroyed what could have been a memorable and entertaining series into a mindless festival of the lowest dredges of human character exploration.

Put simply it was about as worthwhile as the Matrix (ie. not), but it had explosions and form-fitting costumes so no matter how much you badmouth it, teenage boys everywhere are still going to wank over it like Shinji bashing it to Asuka's comatose body which incidentally is a perfect metaphor for the story.

I am totally not pleased with this news for the simple fact I'm going to have to put up with a whole new generation of retarded 13 year olds screaming about how deep and wonderful it is.

Quotet for truth.
Not that Eva hasn't been an enjoyable experience for me back then.
But it certainly wasn't the ANIME OF TRUE ETERNAL ENLIGHTMENT most rabid fanboys/girls seem to make it.
You think Eva is deep and confusing? Go watch Lain. And Paranoia Agent.
Evangelion really seems to Anime what The Matrix is to movies...

I take great pleasure in informing you that you, sir, are part of the god damn problem.

Anti-fanboys are just as obnoxious as the fanboys themselves.

Yeah well until the moment you see me gathering and forming a picket line outside your local parliament and wearing a shirt that says "say no to Eva" you'll always have your doubts about whether I stop random nerds with NERV shirts on the street to punch them.

You're lucky you have a set of Babar customs Sir, as it makes me totally incapable of being far more mean about the fact that I chose to have and express my opinion on this subject.

What the hell is with Babar? It somehow makes me awesome and I don't even know who he is.