Offical Neon Genesis Evangelion Info/Update Thread

[Academyratio]

The only thing that matters about these reviews are the new profile backdrops

[BigOnAnime]

Originally Posted by Tylerfan

Good to know my prediction of who would review the blu-rays was right

Neil is pretty much the only person reviewing anime releases at this point. Jeffrey Kauffman did most releases a long time ago before making it an uncommon occurrence, then there was the drought of reviews for anime releases.

[The Collector FX]

Not sure I understand the reasoning that the "Video Quality" didn't get full marks when GKids release is better than the JP release, and thus probably the best that money can buy.

But whatever.

[LordCrumb]

Bugger it, pre ordered the Aussie CE release. $NZ185 total. Wife's gonna kill me.

[3Maters]

Is the Ultimate Edition gone forever for every country?

[Sylontack]

Originally Posted by The Collector FX

Not sure I understand the reasoning that the "Video Quality" didn't get full marks when GKids release is better than the JP release, and thus probably the best that money can buy.

But whatever.

Just because it's better doesn't mean it's perfect . Episode 16 for example would be a mark on any release of the restoration. I'm perfectly content with it myself but I'm also not the one writing a technical review of it. It would be dishonest and biased to give a perfect score to something just because it's better than another release.

[The Collector FX]

Originally Posted by Sylontack

Just because it's better doesn't mean it's perfect . Episode 16 for example would be a mark on any release of the restoration. I'm perfectly content with it myself but I'm also not the one writing a technical review of it. It would be dishonest and biased to give a perfect score to something just because it's better than another release.

Episode 16 looks like that on every Blu Ray release of Evangelion. You can't dock the picture quality when the negatives were destroyed.

I didn't say it was perfect either, but since it's better than the JP discs - which I doubted was going to be the case from the from the get-go - is damn impressive and, technically, makes it the best option to watch Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Biased? Maybe. Dishonest? Nawww

[The Collector FX]

Originally Posted by 3Maters

Is the Ultimate Edition gone forever for every country?

Yes. Has been for a while. All The Anime (UK) had a very small and very brief restock from customer returns some weeks ago, but the replenishment only lasted for several hours - if that.

[SpaceDandy]

Originally Posted by 3Maters

Is the Ultimate Edition gone forever for every country?

Readily available in Italy.

[3Maters]

Collector's Edition it is! Going into this blind, can't wait to finally watch this.

[omgitsgodzilla]

Originally Posted by The Collector FX

Episode 16 looks like that on every Blu Ray release of Evangelion. You can't dock the picture quality when the negatives were destroyed.

I didn't say it was perfect either, but since it's better than the JP discs - which I doubted was going to be the case from the from the get-go - is damn impressive and, technically, makes it the best option to watch Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Biased? Maybe. Dishonest? Nawww

I don't think that's how they score these things. It's not a curve where the best release available gets the full 5 and everything else is graded relative to that. It's not GKIDS' fault episode 16 looks worse, but episode 16 does look worse. It is less than a perfect presentation.

It's also fair to dock the remaster for just upscaling the DVD transfer of the 35mm interneg instead of re-scanning it. That still isn't GKIDS' fault, but it absolutely was a completely avoidable misstep on Khara's part. The material presented on these discs, while an improvement over the Japanese edition, inherits a significant flaw that has no good reason to be as severe as it is, which more than justifies knocking a 5 down to 4.5 (assuming it would've been a 5 otherwise).

[Krycek7o2]

Originally Posted by SpaceDandy

Readily available in Italy.

And it's fantastic. I got mine a few days ago.

[Gorgon]

A week ago, I had to pay an extra $45 in Customs and Duties to Fed-EX for my UE.

In all that time, it has gone from the AtA warehouse in England...to the Fed-EX warehouse in England.
Got told today, it won't leave there for another week due to "warehouse issues".

Then it will go to Memphis USA.

Then maybe, with a bit of luck, it will get sent to Canada before New Years but no guarantee.

I'm beginning to loathe this release...

[NLScavenger]

Replacement program for GKIDS release

NEON GENESIS EVANGELION: The Complete Series Replacement Disc Program

Replacement request form for international customers (EDIT Jan 5 2022: Apparently doesn't handle NGE replacements)

Disc 5 contains a bonus feature "THE END OF EVANGELION – Deleted Live Action Scene" that does not have English language subtitles. If you would like a replacement disc with subtitles, please fill out the following information. Please note that the corrected disc can be identified by an "R1" that appears at the end of the selection number printed on the bottom of the disc.

[CuppaKofe]

Originally Posted by NLScavenger

Replacement program for GKIDS release

NEON GENESIS EVANGELION: The Complete Series Replacement Disc Program

Replacement request form for international customers

Figured this was a mistake. Got a confirmation minutes after submitting for my standard edition

Curious if we will need to do the same for our NA Ultimate Edition orders? Considering we are still a month away from those shipping, they might already be including the fixed disc, but I'll submit my order for that just in case.

[The Collector FX]

Originally Posted by SpaceDandy

Readily available in Italy.

Not English friendly. No subs, or dub.

[professorwho]

You do realise that wasn’t part of the question (which was “for every country”), right? Sometimes a smart@$$ reply isn’t needed.

[vnguyen]

Originally Posted by NLScavenger

Replacement program for GKIDS release

NEON GENESIS EVANGELION: The Complete Series Replacement Disc Program

Replacement request form for international customers

Does this affect the Collector’s Edition set, too?

[CommanderNagisa]

Originally Posted by The Collector FX

Yes. Has been for a while. All The Anime (UK) had a very small and very brief restock from customer returns some weeks ago, but the replenishment only lasted for several hours - if that.

All The Anime still occasionally have one pop up every few days, likely from cancelled orders.
(There's one available now as I write this.)

[mysticwaterfall]

Originally Posted by vnguyen

Does this affect the Collector’s Edition set, too?

It affects all editions.