Finally, Evangelion Blu-rays You Can Actually Buy

The announcement of the Neon Genesis Evangelion: Ultimate Edition Blu-ray set a few weeks in the past was a little bit of a combined blessing. It was fantastic to lastly have Hideaki Anno’s seminal TV collection come to HD, and the extras it got here loaded with managed to justify its $275 pre-order price ticket. But it was additionally restricted to five,000 units, which had been snapped up nearly immediately. Happily, extra Evangelion is on the best way—and it received’t break your financial institution, both.

GKids is releasing three extra editions of Neon Genesis Evangelion to the plenty. First of all, the 26-episode collection and two authentic 1997 films—Evangelion: Death (True)²and The End of Evangelion—will likely be out there for digital obtain on November 2, at an unknown value level. But it’ll definitely be lower than the Standard Edition, which comes with 5 bodily discs containing the present, the flicks, and 5 hours of extras consisting of commercials, music movies, and extra. It’ll run you $60, however many retailers are providing pre-orders at less than $50.

Like the digital version, the Standard Edition will solely have the brand new, improved English dub and subtitle tracks made for the collection’ Netflix launch in 2019. If you need to additionally hear the basic English voice work and subtitles created by ADV for Evangelion’s authentic English language debut, you’ll must improve to the Collector’s Edition, which incorporates each, for the TV collection in addition to the flicks. It additionally comprises eight artwork playing cards depicting art work from the Japanese Blu-ray launch of the collection, in addition to a 40-page, abridged model of the large artwork ebook that comes with the Ultimate Edition. The value level for the Collector’s Edition is $220, however once more, you’ll be able to pre-order it for $175 at Shout Factory or Right Stuf. Both of those units will arrive on November 9.

Besides the aforementioned large artwork ebook, the one stuff you received’t have the ability to get your fingers on are the NERV lanyard and a tiny paperweight of the angel Sachiel, together with artwork playing cards impressed by the collection’ Japanese laserdisc. Rather than kill your self and your checking account making an attempt to trace down that Ultimate Edition, let me guarantee you yow will discover less expensive and far more enjoyable Evangelion tchotchkes throughout the web, and extra artbooks than you’ll be able to shake the Spear of Longinus at.

If you don’t know Evangelion however have an interest to study extra, please let me direct you to James Whitbrook’s marvelous information to the collection and its staggering significance within the anime trade, as a result of making an attempt to briefly sum up this collection is a disservice to the present and people who need to know extra. But I’ll point out that every one 4 new Evangelion films, which “rebuild” the unique collection, are at present out there to stream on Amazon Prime.

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