Offical Neon Genesis Evangelion Info/Update Thread

[svenge]

Originally Posted by kk1

Really? It's on Amazon with a ASIN# a bootleg wouldn't have that

Wanna bet?

[InuYashaCrusade]

That isn't a bootleg.

http://www.evamonkey.com/limited-edi...liday-special/

It was released in 2008 as a holiday special

[professorwho]

Originally Posted by svenge

Wanna bet?

Hell, my friend bought Death Note on DVD like 6 or 7 years ago from Amazon and got a bootleg. Yeah, bootlegs are for sale on there quite easily.

[InuYashaCrusade]

Originally Posted by professorwho

Hell, my friend bought Death Note on DVD like 6 or 7 years ago from Amazon and got a bootleg. Yeah, bootlegs are for sale on there quite easily.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000P28SV6/

There's one right there. Same as the crap that has flooded eBay recently. They make it obvious by wrapping all of the box sets together and placing a sticker over it, something about being sold only as a set.

[GeoffOliver]

We were actually off topic talking about Leave Her to Heaven and the dubious legality of its Spanish release. ;^_^

As for the Eva holiday release, I cannot believe I walked out of that store with that release, basically for free. Very tempted to flip it because it’s going for $400+ on eBay, but in that case, I have other OOP releases that would go for similar amounts (Darker Than Black Blu-ray set, Halloween BD collection). Why should I make an exception for Eva, even though I’m broke AF? This has things that may not carry over to any future set, like the original versions of eps. 20-24, and the ADV dub and subtitles, plus all the extras.

[svenge]

I wouldn't worry about any future US home video release not having both versions of 21-24, as the precedent's already been set with the Platinum DVDs. There's no reason that King Records wouldn't license them out again like they did 15 years ago.

As for the extras, it's an interesting situation. All the on-disc extras for the Platinum singles (except the clean OP/ED and several episodes worth of the raw AR footage used to time the original JP voice recording sessions) were produced by the ADV Films dub cast/crew, and thus by definition are worthless (and chock-full of inaccuracies to boot). At least the booklets that came with each of the seven Platinum DVD singles were good though, as they were 1:1 ports of their Japanese "Renewal" counterparts (except translated into English, obviously).

If by some miracle some of the original Japanese extras found on the Blu-ray box and "Archives of Evangelion" DVD box (e.g. Genesis 0:0 and Genesis 0:0', and/or the special programs produced to promote Death & Rebirth's theatrical release) were made available for licensing, that would be a completely different story.

[GeoffOliver]

I have a feeling Khara won’t allow both versions to be included, but you never know. The ADV dub is a big mystery. Of course, if Discotek gets the Blu-ray license, you know they would try for both dubs, and I guess it’s possible Khara would be okay with including it since they were okay with FUNi including their original in-house subtitle track for 3.33 in addition to theirs, but I guess you never know. I actually enjoy the voice actor commentaries, etc.

[professorwho]

I’m not a fan of either dub, but it would be nice to have both dubs and the many subtitle translations for preservation’s sake.

[InuYashaCrusade]

Originally Posted by GeoffOliver

I have a feeling Khara won’t allow both versions to be included, but you never know. The ADV dub is a big mystery. Of course, if Discotek gets the Blu-ray license, you know they would try for both dubs, and I guess it’s possible Khara would be okay with including it since they were okay with FUNi including their original in-house subtitle track for 3.33 in addition to theirs, but I guess you never know. I actually enjoy the voice actor commentaries, etc.

Yeah I'd say that they won't want the ADV dub included in future releases. That's why we got the Netflix dub.

[Kyle15]

Originally Posted by GeoffOliver

Just picked this up used at 2nd & Charles. They had it for $34, but I was there to turn in old DVDs, and was able to pay for most of it with store credit, so I really only paid about $3. Did I hit the jackpot or what?

Wow so, that makes two of us! A few days ago I TOO stopped in at 2nd and Charles, and they had this:



How much they wanted:



I've sat on bringin it up here cuz I felt like a bit of a braggart but here we are. lol

And cuz this I do gotta mention, someone offered me

[Show spoiler]$300

and yes I took the offer. Gonna get a new camera I've had my eye on.

[professorwho]

[InuYashaCrusade]

Jealous

[GeoffOliver]

Originally Posted by professorwho

I’m not a fan of either dub, but it would be nice to have both dubs and the many subtitle translations for preservation’s sake.

Yeah both dubs have their pros and cons, but I would like to have both. It’s the same reason I wouldn’t mind owning all of the old Sailor Moon dub (of which the S/SuperS half is among the worst ever IMO, although I can laugh at it now that Viz has redubbed it). It’s a part of the show’s history.

[VaLAndiL]

One thing I don't like about the platinum release (not sure about others) is how they changed the credits text to english in the opening and ending, especially in the ending where they changed the format too, instead of text slowly appearing and fading away, credits scroll up really fast. I know I'm nitpicking about this but I wish they would've left it as the original source.

[VaLAndiL]

Originally Posted by professorwho

Check your PMs.

BTW professorwho, I'd also like to know if it's possible to put the netflix subs (or other english subs) in the japanese BR box.

[BlackDevil]

Originally Posted by svenge

Wanna bet?

Who could forget when "Anime Cartoon Interantional Inc." held the US license for NGE lol

[svenge]

Originally Posted by GeoffOliver

I have a feeling Khara won’t allow both versions to be included, but you never know.

I really don't see that happening, as there's no any indication that the DCs have replaced the original cuts a la George Lucas' "Special Editions" of the Star Wars Trilogy. While the Japanese VHS/LD/DVD releases from 1996-1999 did only have the DCs, even then there were ways to get the original cuts directly from Gainax (i.e. the "Genesis 0:X" mail-in VHS/LD in 1998 or "Second Impact Box" DVDs from 2000). Conversely, the reason that the original ADV Films VHS/DVD releases only had the original cuts is because they licensed the show in sometime in 1996, which was almost two years before the DCs were even created.

It's more reasonable to assume that the only reason that Netflix is only showing the DCs of 21' - 24' is that having both versions in the same playlist would mess with remote-free marathon viewing, as going from Episode 21 to 21' to 22 to 22' etc. would be rather annoying. If they were to choose one version for that reason, they would get far fewer complaints by going with the DCs since they're the ones with additional content.

Originally Posted by BlackDevil

Who could forget when "Anime Cartoon Interantional Inc." held the US license for NGE lol

I'm more surprised that they out-bid the venerable "FX" label. Remember when they were the pinnacle of bootlegs?

[BlackDevil]

Originally Posted by VaLAndiL

BTW professorwho, I'd also like to know if it's possible to put the netflix subs (or other english subs) in the japanese BR box.

My Oppo player allows you to load external subtitles via a USB drive, that's what I plan on doing when my set comes in.

[BlackDevil]

Originally Posted by svenge

I'm more surprised that they out-bid the venerable "FX" label. Remember when they were the pinnacle of bootlegs?

I do, I remember getting a Rurouni Kenshin set before I knew what bootlegs were lol

[VaLAndiL]

Originally Posted by BlackDevil

My Oppo player allows you to load external subtitles via a USB drive, that's what I plan on doing when my set comes in.

Wow! That's a really nice feature, I wonder if other brands have that as well, I'm currently looking for a 4k player and that will surely come handy. I was looking at the sony players but haven't read about that feature.