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Felt like the quality of the animation alone warrented a post for those who didn't know that the Blu-ray for the latest Evangelion film is now out! As a 2d/3d blend it still really blows me away, hell, its so good even Eva haters should give it a look see just fo the eyecandy - That being said, it is the 2nd of 4 films so if you were truelly interested in the trailer then checking out the first is going to be required... as the story is well, yea. [ame]
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Are they just a concise version of the series? Are they remakes?
Trailer looks ace.
Was wondering this myself. I had been lead to believe Eva was finished a long time ago.
Kick-ass animation though. I tend to forget about the amazing quality of animators in Japan.
Do they do the characters and props in 3d and then comp it over a 2d background? Is lots of anime done in 3d these days? I'm looking forward to watching another Ghibli movie this weekend.
Unofficially, it's a sequel.
Personally, I found the second film to be really disappointing, too much action not enough angst. Unlike many, I'm one of the guys who liked Eva for its over-the-roof drama. It doesn't really matter to me whether it had any meaning or not, but I did like that depressing atmosphere they managed to create. IMO, End of Evangelion still remains the highest point in the franchise; mainly because it was a middle finger to the fans, but also because it had some really crazy imagery.
Then again, there are two more films to go and I really really doubt it's going to end happily. Silently I'm hoping for an even bigger mindfuck than EoE; the internet would be set on fire.
Its a mixture Playdo - I'd hazzard a guess and say most of the time the Evas/vehicles/background people/somebuildings are done in 3d while the static backdrops/fluids/rubble/explosions are all 2d.
I doubt the ending for these 4 films will be anymore conclusive as theyve actually introduced more elements than the first time through and hell, they have less time to rap it up. I thought the End of Evangelion made a fair bit of sense on the surface, in that it was the removal of the ego and turning them all into LCL, but fuck speculating more looking at pretty things.
I'm with you on that tea, i really enjoyed the angst in the series and the mood it sets - the episode when Shinji goes camping and spends ages on the train going back and forth was nicely done, the mood etc in the fields with all the mist while his friend plays with toy guns. And when his friends see how much he struggles while piloting an Eva and begin to understand why he does it begrudgingly - to the extent the dude with the kansai dialect wants to be hit to set the record straight. I could do this for ages
End of Eva was awesome and very disturbing. I hope this new movie follows in those footsteps. And I agree, the depressing and weird/disturbing atmosphere is what makes Eva, Eva. Without it....well....then it would be just like any other anime that involves giant fighting robots. :P
Robots in evangelion, hah.
Looks very much like a remake, the production values seem higher. Great story though, quite epic, been a long time since i watched it last.
thanks for the heads up i'll def. have to give this a look.
TGZ, check out the links below but be aware of spoilers.
Evangelion 1.0
Evangelion 2.0
So the first one was released in the US so its at a buy-able price, but the second one WTF? $40 + shipping from japan, yeahhhh i think i'll wait until its released over here, and buy the two for $40 with free shipping.
Usually what's bad as anime would be bad as anything else, and what's good as anime would also be good as anything else. Though I really do hate a lot of the "Anime-Style" shit people do on deviantart and such websites.
As a more on topic thing, I have yet to watch any evangelion, but have heard its good from multiple sources.