Just in time for the new year, the official website of the Rebuild of Evangelion project has been updated with the International title of the third (of four) Evangelion movie.
Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo is supposed to open in Japanese theaters in Fall 2012 followed by the final movie in 2013. A first teaser was released back in August.
[via Evangelion Blog]

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Named Evangelion: Q (Quickening), the third Rebuild of Evangelion film will open in Japanese theaters in Fall 2012. Looks like Asuka is back again!

[via @muhootsaver_7]

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Sorry, but this is another contest that is only open for readers living in Germany…
Es gibt mal wieder was feines abzustauben im Affenheimtheater!
Universum Anime hat mir freundlicherweise jeweils zwei Exemplare der deutschen Blu-ray Disc Veröffentlichungen der Neon Genesis Evangelion Neuinterpretationen Evangelion 1.11: You Are (Not) Alone und Evangelion 2.22: You Can (Not) Advance zur Verfügung gestellt.
Um eine der netten Blauscheiben (besonders 2.22 braucht sich nicht vor den internationalen Veröffentlichungen zu verstecken) zu gewinnen, braucht ihr einfach bis Dienstag Mitternacht (21.09.2010 23:59 Serverzeit) hier einen Kommentar hinterlassen, in dem ihr kurz erläutert wer euer liebster EVA Pilot bzw. Pilotin ist. Bei kritischen Details bitte Spoilertags benutzen, Danke!
Schreibt bitte auch dazu ob als Gewinn die Blu-ray Disc von Evangelion 1.11 oder 2.22 bei euch im Briefkasten landen soll. Viel Glück!

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After various rumors and indication, FUNimation today finally announced that they indeed have acquired the US rights for Mamoru Hosoda und Satoko Okuderas Summer Wars and the second part of the Rebuild of Evangelion saga, Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance. Both films will be released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in 2011 while Summer Wars will also get a theatrical release in 2010.
Speaking of Summer Wars, Taiwanese distributor Mighty will release the award winning anime as a nice looking Blu-ray Disc special edition with a bonus DVD, a film strip and English subtitles on September 10th.

[via @muhootsaver & AnimeOnDVD Forum]

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Just a quick update on the highly anticipated Hong Kong Blu-ray Disc release of Evangelion 2.22: You Can (Not) Advance.
The English subtitles are separated from the Chinese ones and are, according to AnimeOnDVD Forum user DiGiKerot, the same as in the international theatrical screenings. However, it looks like Asia Video had to translate the new 2.22 scenes (about three minutes) themselves and the results are supposed to be “pretty Engrishy (and occasionally not very accurate)“.
The disc (25GB) is locked to Region A (Asian Blu-ray Guide User Phillip), so it won’t play on umodified European (or Australian) Blu-ray Disc players.
After some delays, Universum Anime will release Evangelion 2.22 in Germany on September 17th, but I guess this won’t help most of you who are reading this version of the site…
During the Anime Expo, FUNimation stated (see panel transcript) that they haven’t acquired the US rights and since Manga Entertainment UK probably depends on FUNimation for such a big release, the choice of English friendly releases will stay slim for some time now.

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About a week before the Japanese Blu-ray Disc release of Evangelion 2.22: You Can (Not) Advance hits the shelves, Asia Video announces a little present for us Japanese-impaired Evangelion fans. According to YesAsia.com, the Hong Kong based distributor will release the film on Blu-ray Disc and DVD with English subtitles in two editions on June 25th. Next to the standard edition (DVD) which looks a lot like the Japanese release, there will also be a limited Edition (DVD) with some goodies…an Evangelion shopping bag and something Google just can’t translate.

The Blu-ray Disc editions will include the original Japanese 2.0 and 6.1 track and the Cantonese dub in 2.0, the used audio codec isn’t mentioned. Traditional Chinese subtitles are also listed, let’s hope Asia Video won’t make the same mistake as Panasia Films with their 20th Century Boys Blu-ray Disc releases. All editions are listed as Region A/Region 3.

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King Records announced some details for their upcoming (May 26th) Japanese DVD and Blu-ray Disc release of Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance on their TAF2010 booth.
Just like with the first part of the Rebuild of Evangelion series, Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone, Gainax will include several adjustments/improvements and new scenes to upgrade the theatrical 2.0 version to the 2.22 home video version. Thanks to some more scenes featuring hot-headed Asuka and EVA Unit 03, the run time will grow from 108 minutes to 111 minutes and 49 seconds.
Other than the usual bonus material (AR script and promotion material like teasers, trailers and TV spots), the limited first press editions of the DVD and Blu-ray Disc will include a deluxe booklet and a film strip, but no English subtitles.
While Evangelion 2.0 is supposed to be released in Germany on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on July 16th, FUNimation hasn’t announced anything regarding their plans to bring it to the US yet.
Watch the bootlegged TAF 2010 promo video after the jump…

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