Harajuku, a neighborhood in Tokyo known as the fashion capital of the world, will be the site of a permanent Evangelion Store that will open this Fall. Not much information is given about the store, but the announcement says there will be unique items for sale and it will be a place where special events will be held.
The August issue of Young Ace magazine contains a “Clear File” for Asuka, similar to the Rei Clear File that was included in the March issue, and looks to have news that a new stage will be in the September issue, due on sale on August 4th.
On Friday, August 26, NTV will broadcast a TV version of Evangelion 2.0, You can (not) advance, at 9pm. There was a TV broadcast of Evangelion 1.0 a while after its debut in theatres that didn’t have anything noticeably different from the 1.01 DVD release except for the preview. Like the 1.01 announcement, we’re given no indication of what changes the TV version will have in store for 2.0 and there was a short mention to make sure to watch “until the end”, but there may not be anything different at all. Nevertheless, I’m sure by August 26 we’ll see various rips of Evangelion 2.0 TV Edition. Here’s to hoping we at least get an updated preview.
The Supanova Pop Culture Expo in Sydney this weekend was apparently a record breaker, with pre-sales for the Saturday reaching over 20,000.
Supanova specializes in science fiction, Anime and manga, as well as several other things such as wrestling, with live wrestling performances appearing throughout both days. This year featured a number of special guests, but the ones we are most interested in are Yuko Miyamura, Tiffany Grant and Matt Greenfield. I attended on the Sunday, where Miyamura gave a panel and Q&A session with her translator early in the day, and Tiffany and Matt hosted a separate Q&A shortly after midday. Read the rest of this entry »
Coinciding with Madman’s Australian DVD and Blu-ray release of Evangelion 2.22: You Can (not) Advance, Madman have released a podcast interview with Tiffany Grant, Mike McFarland and Matt Greenfield who are in the country for the upcoming Supanova Pop Culture Expo. The three talk about their experiences with Evangelion, the new movies, and the dubbing process in the U.S.
Anime News Network has stated that a new Evangelion game for the PSP is in the works.
Sound Impact Cover.
Evangelion: Sound Impact, a music-rhythm based game, will be released in Japan on September 29th and come in three different packages. The video game will feature music from the Rebuild of Evangelion (New Movie Edition) film teratology, remixed by Silent Hill composer Akira Yamaoka. The game is being produced by Goichi “Suda51” Suda, director of Killer7 and No More Heroes.
Nothing new in the Evangelion front since the discovery that Evangelion: 3.0/Q may be further behind schedule than most anticipated as well as Hideaki Anno telling fans to “please be patient”. So there’s going to be a short update about our friends over at GAINAX.
Their new upcoming show this July Bibliotheca Mystica de Dantalian (ダンタリアンの書架) released a promotional video, giving us a first look at the series.
The premise revolves around Hugh Anthony Disward, who finds a library in the mansion he has inherited, and a girl Dalian who has access to the prohibited books of the demons. It is directed by Yutaka Uemura, who has previously worked with Mahoromatic and Gurren Lagann, and is expected to be 13 episodes. This fantasy title contrasts pretty heavily with GAINAX’s previous show, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt. Here’s hoping for some upcoming news about Evangelion.
Not much in the line of news here, but a nice collection of pictures. Most of this stuff can be seen over at the Radio EVA website, but the Revelations/ store in the Harajuku district of Tokyo (a large shopping district often referred to as the fashion capital of the world) has put up a blog to show pictures of the store. You can also buy stuff from their website.
A lot of the merchandise seem like typical Radio EVA stuff: bags, shoes, clothing that look fairly normal but have Evangelion related imagery embedded somewhere in them. Other stuff is more blatant. The “Revelations/” store in Harajuku does collaborative work with studios and artists, in an attempt to fuse everyday clothes with subcultures, in this case, Evangelion.
A play on "The Beatles"
No Eva Store would be complete without a life-sized Rei Ayanami
Good news for all you Kaworu fan boys and girls out there, Kotobukiya is adding to their 1/6 scale Pilot+Eva series with a Kaworu, the first male pilot to appear. Kaworu is wearing his redesigned Rebuild plugsuit, and sits atop a stone bust of the Mark 6 Evangelion, which appears in Evangelion 2.0: You Can (not) Advance.
The series so far has included Rei atop Unit-00, Asuka atop Unit-02, and Mari wearing her pink plugsuit atop Beast mode Unit-02. There has also been a 1/6 scale Misato released, but it is unclear whether or not this figure is included in the same series.
The Kaworu figure is set for release in October this year, and will retail for approximately ¥6,800.
The Anime Boston schedule has a screening for Evangelion 2.22, You Can (Not) Advance, on Saturday, April 23rd at 12:15pm in the Hynes Convention Center, Video 210 HD Room. The screening will be followed by a panel with guests of honor and English cast Spike Spencer (Shinji Ikari), Brina Palencia (Rei Ayanami), Trina Nishimura (Mari Makinami Illustrious), and J. Michael Tatum (Ryoji Kaji) at 3:00pm in room #302/304 and an autograph session in room #308 starting at 4:30pm. There will also be many other Evangelion related panels including a couple hosted by The Eva Monkey. For more info about Anime Boston, the events and panels, and directions, check out their website.
