{"id":36229,"date":"2021-11-10T02:30:44","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T07:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=36229"},"modified":"2021-11-10T11:52:17","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T16:52:17","slug":"neon-genesis-evangelion-the-complete-series-blu-ray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/10\/neon-genesis-evangelion-the-complete-series-blu-ray\/","title":{"rendered":"Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Complete Series [Blu-Ray]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Hideaki Anno\u2019s \u201cNeon Genesis Evangelion\u201d is one of the most iconic and influential anime series ever created. While it hasn\u2019t endured a long shelf life like, say, \u201cOne Piece,\u201d its elements can be found in much of pop culture. Particularly, it can be found in Western pop culture from children\u2019s animated series to right up to cinema. While I\u2019ve never been big on this kind of anime before, sitting through \u201cNeon Genesis Evangelion\u201d was a unique and entertaining experience.<\/p>\n

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The series follows a group of Children Test Pilots of EVA, Mechas designed to defend Earth from \u201cthe Angels,\u201d a nearly indestructible extra-terrestrial race whose motivations for destruction are unknown and seemingly inexplicable.\u00a0\u00a0As these Children are pushed and prodded by their \u201cGovernment Minders,\u201d the various Politicians and Scientists whose motives are shadowy.\u00a0\u00a0As this group of Children grows in number and skill the toll is taken on them.\u00a0\u00a0Slowly they along with the people that hurt and protect the Children begin to realize there is something larger and more complex going on.<\/p>\n

\u201cNeon Genesis Evangelion\u201d hasn\u2019t aged a bit since its initial run in 1995, with all twenty six episodes of the show flowing seamlessly together beautifully. Even if you\u2019re not much of an anime fan, the series garners rich drama and unique characters that we can root for. There are also some very menacing villains, all of whom have so much more going on with them than what they initially seem at first glance. The series perfectly establishes the Angels as threats that Earth is simply unprepared to fight, and the welfare of civilization is sadly pushed on to children. With the reboot now showing streaming, it\u2019s a benefit to see the original article.<\/p>\n

Hell, new fans might just end up enjoying the original so much more. It\u2019s easy to see why a series like this is being given such buzz and rabid reaction, now that it\u2019s officially on Blu-Ray in both massive Deluxe<\/strong><\/a> and Standard Editions<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The five disc release includes most extras in Japanese with English subtitles and comes with the pair of films that continue the saga. Included are EVANGELION: DEATH (TRUE)2, and THE END OF EVANGELION, all in their complete, uncut form. The exhaustive extras includes Title-free Opening,\u00a0 without any of the Burned in Titles.\u00a0 No English Subtitle Option. There\u2019s the 30 Second Next Episode Previews included on 20 of the 26 episodes, there are TV Commercials from the Japanese VHS Release, including 4 ads promoting both VHS and LASERDISCS in Japan during its original run. There is the TV Commercial promoting the Soundtrack release in Japan during its original run, the TV Commercial promoting the video game adaptation of the series, The TV Commercials for different Anime\/Manga Magazines that had Evangelion content, and there are also TV Premiere Promos for the the premiere of the Anime series in Japan.<\/p>\n

There are Five Audition Tapes for the various Japanese Actors; Megumi Hayashibara (Rei), Yuko Miyamura (Asuka), Kotono Mitsuishi (Misato), Yuiko Yamaguchi (Ritsuko), and Fumihiko Tachiki (Gendoh). Genesis 0:0 IN THE BEGINNING is an archival recap program produced for Japanese TV.\u00a0 It\u2019s Essentiallyea clip show, it\u2019s designed to give an audience all the details of the characters, EVAs, the Angels, the characters and much more.\u00a0 The show includes some commentary from the creators about their intent and development of all aspects of the show. Image Board Collections is an image gallery of the various characters and development of the design work that can be paused but not navigated through.<\/p>\n

There is the Japanese Blu-ray Box Commercial, an impressive Ad from Japan promoting the Blu-ray release of the show. There is also the Music Video: The Cruel Angel\u2019s Thesis, the song from the opening credit sequence. Also included are eleven episodes exploring the episodes in animatic form which should be wonderful treats for fans of animation, anime, and the art of creating an animated series, altogether. Included are Episode:9 Both of You, Dance Like You Want to Win!, Episode:15 Those Women long for the touch of others\u2019 lips, and thus invited their kisses, Episode:18 AMBIVALENCE, Episode:19 INTROJECTION, Episode:20 WEAVING A STORY 2: oral stage, Episode:21 He was aware that he was still a child, Episode:22 Don\u2019t Be, Episode:23 Rei III, Epsiode:24 The Beginning of the End, or \u201cKnockin\u2019 on Heaven\u2019s Door\u201d, Episode:25: Do you love me?, Episode:26 Take care of yourself. Genesis 0:0\u2019 The Light from Darkness is a short featurette that first aired on Japanese Television in 1997 to promote the upcoming movie, and goes through all of the particulars of a recap first with characters, technology that makes up the Evangelion series.<\/p>\n

In the second half of this special, the various Japanese Cast members discuss their characters, a Music Video, ads for the home video release, the premiere of the movie, and finally a look at the movie that was in production at the time. There is the eleven minutes Deleted Live Action Scene presented in Japanese but without subtitles. There\u2019s also the Making of the Live Action Scene, a short documentary, which offers a look at the technical aspects of the footage. There\u2019s the Theatrical Teaser filled with the live-action footage that was eventually cut from the film, The Theatrical Trailer with just the Titles Announcing the Film, Two fifteen second TV Spots, The Final Scene Alternate Take, a different version of the ending scene that plays out very similar but a different bit of dialog at the end, there\u2019s the Full Song for Musunde Hiraite; the song plays over a black screen with Japanese subtitles.<\/p>\n

Finally there\u2019s the partial animatic episode for Episode:25\u2019 Love is destructive. This also includes only music and vfx. Last but certainly not least, there are the slew of music videos including Soul\u2019s Refrain, Thanatos \u2013 If I can Be Yours, Armageddon, and Memories of Heaven.<\/p>\n

Also Available on Digital Download to Own.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hideaki Anno\u2019s \u201cNeon Genesis Evangelion\u201d is one of the most iconic and influential anime series ever created. While it hasn\u2019t endured a long shelf life like, say, \u201cOne Piece,\u201d its elements can be found in much of pop culture. Particularly, it can be found in Western pop culture from children\u2019s animated series to right up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,17],"tags":[58,71,99,100,104,349,367,703,794,865,906,1087],"class_list":["post-36229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collectors-den","category-tv-tomb","tag-action","tag-adventure","tag-animation","tag-anime","tag-apocalypse","tag-fantasy","tag-foreign","tag-mystery","tag-post-apocalypse","tag-robots","tag-science-fiction","tag-thriller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36229"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36235,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36229\/revisions\/36235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}