This is admittedly a late post after the news dropped, but GKIDS has obtained the rights to
Neon Genesis Evangelion and its movies
Death(true)² and
End of Evangelion in North America and is releasing it on Blu-ray for the first time! There are three versions of this release: the Standard Edition (pictured above), the Collector's Edition (pictured below), and the Ultimate Edition which is only limited to 5,000 copies and is now sold out. More information can be found on
the GKIDS website. I have preordered the Collector's Edition as it contains the old ADV English dub in addition to the new one. Once it arrives, I'll review it.
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| The snazzy Collector's Edition. Source is the same as above image. |
I had discussed
the bootleg Blu-rays previously, and after hearing what will be contained in the official release, I've decided to keep them. First of all, "Fly Me to the Moon" is intact, the ending theme that unfortunately will not be present in the rerelease. It also contains the original versions of episodes 21 to 24,
Death(true), and then some. In short, I want to preserve some of the original material from the franchise.
