Offical Neon Genesis Evangelion Info/Update Thread

[Hydra Spectre]

Originally Posted by ps3bd_owner

I read this on Amazon and it left me wondering, is this seriously true?



They already locked out per regions, but now by countries? Didn't know Blu-ray was more restrictive than DVDs were.

If I were GKIDS, I would just be creative and add an option for watching the English dubs with Japanese subtitles. When reverse importation happens, I would only allow viewers in Japan to watch in the English dub with Japanese subtitles, telling them to get the Japanese box set if they want to watch it in Japanese.

Reverse importation will only be for Japanese audiences who want to watch the English dub. This actually happens with some Studio Ghibli films and International Editions of Square Enix games until DLC and multi-audio made International Edition re-releases obsolete unless they are doing remasters for newer consoles.

Also, if I had counterarguments for "16mm in 4K would not look good", I present to you the 4K restorations of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Evil Dead. As well as some modern 16mm films in 4K like mother! and First Man (mostly in 16mm with some 35mm scenes of varying film types and one IMAX 70mm sequence). Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer was shot in 16mm and its 4K restoration is amazing even if it still doesn't have a 4K UHD release yet.

[Herry Dunston]

If only mother! and First Man had 4K DI in their UHD releases.

[Taikero]

Originally Posted by Herry Dunston

If only mother! and First Man had 4K DI in their UHD releases.

I watched mother! on a tablet, and it was one of the most stressful movies I've watched in my life. I can't imagine watching it in 4K on a big screen with surround sound. Uggh.

[The Collector FX]

Originally Posted by Taikero

I watched mother! on a tablet, and it was one of the most stressful movies I've watched in my life. I can't imagine watching it in 4K on a big screen with surround sound. Uggh.

God what an awful excuse for a movie... "Mother!" is what happens when producers don't reign in Darren Aronofsky and his batshit writing/directing.

Probably Kyle15's favorite movie.

[Blu-RayNut]

Will this be worth getting?

[Naiera]

[Tylerfan]

Screw it, this is now an MF DOOM thread. Bow down to the illest villain.

[Girls With Guns]

Originally Posted by Blu-RayNut

Will this be worth getting?

No, it's why even though I bought the $300 Ultimate Edition, I decided it would be shit so I then bought the original Platinum series and End of Evengelion DVDs, for about the same price...

[Blu-RayNut]

Originally Posted by Girls With Guns

No, it's why even though I bought the $300 Ultimate Edition, I decided it would be shit so I then bought the original Platinum series and End of Evengelion DVDs, for about the same price...

That's a real shame. Would have been a great addition to my collection.

[Girls With Guns]

Oh! hey, I was only joking, it was a tongue-in-cheek post - the new releases should be fairly decent, its just that everyone is whining so badly because the Fly Me to the Moon ED and episode tracks were removed from the series due to the insane licensing costs to re-use them. Also, the original ADV dub discs are only included in the Collector's and Ultimate releases; the standard release only has the Netflix dub discs. Other than that, you should be good to go - I'm really looking forward to getting my copy of the Ultimate Edition. I just wanted to pickup the original Platinum DVD release for completion's sake.

[kevers7290]

Originally Posted by Girls With Guns

Oh! hey, I was only joking, it was a tongue-in-cheek post - the new releases should be fairly decent, its just that everyone is whining so badly because the Fly Me to the Moon ED and episode tracks were removed from the series due to the insane licensing costs to re-use them. Also, the original ADV dub discs are only included in the Collector's and Ultimate releases; the standard release only has the Netflix dub discs. Other than that, you should be good to go - I'm really looking forward to getting my copy of the Ultimate Edition. I just wanted to pickup the original Platinum DVD release for completion's sake.

Shhh...don't criticize people for whining about that! I did and someone here accused me of "censoring" them.

[Blu-RayNut]

Originally Posted by Girls With Guns

Oh! hey, I was only joking, it was a tongue-in-cheek post - the new releases should be fairly decent, its just that everyone is whining so badly because the Fly Me to the Moon ED and episode tracks were removed from the series due to the insane licensing costs to re-use them. Also, the original ADV dub discs are only included in the Collector's and Ultimate releases; the standard release only has the Netflix dub discs. Other than that, you should be good to go - I'm really looking forward to getting my copy of the Ultimate Edition. I just wanted to pickup the original Platinum DVD release for completion's sake.

Oh! OK. Tongue in cheek is not something I always recognise when written.

I might get either the Collectors or Ultimate edition then. Its a shame about the song, but I guess if I really wanna hear it, I'll just add it to my music collection.

[BigOnAnime]

A reminder, it's not just an ending song, it's also used as an insert song in select episodes.

Originally Posted by AnimeAjay

Losing "Fly Me To The Moon" on Netflix Evangelion is bad enough when it's just the ED, but the instrumental renditions being hacked out of iconic scenes really hurts. Loud crickets aren't really a suitable replacement :/
[Video in linked tweet]

https://twitter.com/AnimeAjay/status...72109315485696

[Herry Dunston]

Boy, it really HAS been a while with that scene, as I don't remember the scene with that song being played.

Incidentally, I just watched Squid Game where it had two instances of playing "Fly Me to the Moon". On Netflix, of all places. And I feel the tiny flame of fury again.

[Xtempo]

So which would be the best place to get the Collector's Edition? I was thinking going Gkids but never shopped with them before. I finally order something in the coming weeks as I will have my money I saved for 5 years in storage unit that has been forgotten about off and on.

[kevers7290]

Originally Posted by Xtempo

So which would be the best place to get the Collector's Edition? I was thinking going Gkids but never shopped with them before. I finally order something in the coming weeks as I will have my money I saved for 5 years in storage unit that has been forgotten about off and on.

If you are having financial trouble and are unable to buy this, PM me. I have the "standard version" pre-ordered in addition to the Ultimate and I don't actually need two copies. I'd hate for you to miss out on this.

[Girls With Guns]

Originally Posted by BigOnAnime

A reminder, it's not just an ending song, it's also used as an insert song in select episodes.https://twitter.com/AnimeAjay/status...72109315485696

Which is why I stated the "ED and episode tracks" were removed.

[Krycek7o2]

Hey, svenge,

I have a very curious question. So, the JPN Blu-ray Box has the 2.0 LPCM option. Is this the laserdisc audio, broadcast or simply a fold-down of the renewal 5.1? The same for the films, are the the 2.0 options the original audio mixes? I'm sure the new international boxsets will have edited versions of the 2.0, but it's the 2015 BD set I'm wondering about.

Lately, I've been on a kick of listening to original sound mixes for anime and movies.

[Xtempo]

Originally Posted by kevers7290

If you are having financial trouble and are unable to buy this, PM me. I have the "standard version" pre-ordered in addition to the Ultimate and I don't actually need two copies. I'd hate for you to miss out on this.

Thanks but I'll be fine once I get everything out of storage including my money I was forced to save in an unusual way.

[svenge]

Originally Posted by Krycek7o2

Hey, svenge,

I have a very curious question. So, the JPN Blu-ray Box has the 2.0 LPCM option. Is this the laserdisc audio, broadcast or simply a fold-down of the renewal 5.1? The same for the films, are the the 2.0 options the original audio mixes? I'm sure the new international boxsets will have edited versions of the 2.0, but it's the 2015 BD set I'm wondering about.

To be honest, I don't know for 100% certain. I'm sure the data already exists somewhere (albeit likely only in Japanese text on some blog) and unfortunately my current BD setup (i.e. my computer's BD-RE drive plus 2-watt USB stereo speakers) isn't exactly good enough to do any kind of proper empirical comparisons without knowing in advance exactly what to look for. Of course if someone could provide me timestamps of scenes in which additional sound effects and/or background dialogue new to the "Renewal" 5.1 mix are present, I'd be more than happy to cross-check all the corresponding Japanese home video releases I have on hand.

That said, based off of the booklet from the Platinum singles and this circa-2015 Newtype Magazine article translation regarding the Eva TV Blu-ray set, I would infer that that the audio mixes were kept the same in terms of content between the Renewal DVDs and the Blu-ray releases in that the 5.1 audio mix had added background sounds/dialogue that weren't present on the 2.0 audio mix in either the "Renewal" DVDs or any prior releases.

As for the four Rebuild films, I would assume that their respective 2.0 tracks are fold-downs of the original surround sound mixes but I have no data sources definitively indicating as such. Of course it's a much bigger deal to take old stereo mixes from 1995-96 and remap them to 5.1 audio, so obviously that process would be much better documented in general as compared to the creation of an auxiliary stereo mix that isn't even reflective of the work's original theatrical presentation.