Its been a super long time since Ive seen the show but I thought Kawrou makes some mention of what is actually in the basement of nerv to shinji in episode 24. I could be way off though.Lilith being the second angel is only established within the Rebuild films IIRC. In the show it's just meant to be an inference that you can interpret in whatever way you want.
That's technically not Netflix putting that out. That's Disney.Incorrect. They have some shows on DVD/BR
https://www.amazon.com/Daredevil-Complete-First-Season-Blu-ray/dp/B01M1XQ8F1
The Target-exclusive Stranger Things box sets seem to be solely published by Netflix.That's technically not Netflix putting that out. That's Disney.
Point is Netflix is not themselves a physical media publisher.
But they won't stop others from publishing, even shows that are "Netflix exclusive". Just like Castlevania I mentioned.
Eva would still need to find a physical publisher.
This video is in the OP, they're clearly using the HD remastered source:Any confirmation yet one whether this is the HD remaster? The clips they posted look pretty crumby.
Seems to be. Though with Target handling distribution (and manufacturing?) it doesn't seem like Netflix actually has the manufacturing + supply chain you'd expect from a real publisher.The Target-exclusive Stranger Things box sets seem to be solely published by Netflix.
I can't see why Netflix would want to get involved in that mess at all. They'd have to pay another hefty licensee for the rights to release it on home media, then pay for the manufacture/warehousing/distribution - doesn't seem like it would mesh with their business model.Netflix sometimes distributes their original content on disc right? Is there ANY hope they could be the ones to finally distribute the Eva bluray in the states?
Hard to say if they've been stupid or just extremely arrogant. When you have a property as potent as Evangelion (that's still generating money on a regular basis) you can just sit and wait for someone to pay your ridiculous license fee.The Japanese rights holders have been very stupid with this license, at least until now.
Probably cost too much for any distributor to care. The US I'm taking about. I think it's come out in other regions.What exactly was the deal with the Bluray version never coming over? Were the rights just up in the air?
I'd certainly like to do some sort of episode by episode analysis when it releases on netflixI hope that the release of the series on Netflix will help to realign the discussion surrounding the show, which I believe has gotten really off-track in recent years.
There's been lots of discussion of the series over the decades but the further we get away from the airing of the series the further discourse has moved from actually examining the series as a TV show. As this thread demonstrates, a great deal of the discourse has turned towards the meta-elements of the series such as: the director's state of mind, or the Christian imagery, or the fan response to the ending - none of which is an actual engagement and discussion of the series on its own merits. I'd be far more interested to hear how people feel about the direction, or the pacing, or the way the characters develop - things that are now common parts of discussing and dissecting a TV show.
It would be great if people can come to this series with a fresh perspective, unburdened by all the baggage that's built up over the years, so that they can just talk about the show itself. I'd strongly recommend that anyone who hasn't watched the show before and wants to, to do the same. Don't fall down the rabbit hole of endless meta-discussion, just check out the show and see how you feel about it - that's all.
Same club as the Dawn of the Dead 1978 rights holder..... grrrr....Hard to say if they've been stupid or just extremely arrogant. When you have a property as potent as Evangelion (that's still generating money on a regular basis) you can just sit and wait for someone to pay your ridiculous license fee.
An excuse to post some original production material I have, damn I love evangelion.
Studio Khara won all the rights to Evangelion from Gainax, didn't they? It could be they're being really tight-fisted with the rights due to how it was handled in the '90s.Hard to say if they've been stupid or just extremely arrogant. When you have a property as potent as Evangelion (that's still generating money on a regular basis) you can just sit and wait for someone to pay your ridiculous license fee.
Probably cost too much for any distributor to care. The US I'm taking about. I think it's come out in other regions.
Aniplex only releases shows that they own/produce as far as I know.I'm sort of surprised Aniplex didn't snatch it up and then release it for incredibly high prices like they've done for other shows, but maybe they couldn't get it either.
Funimation did get the Rebuild films so I always expected they'd get the full series. I wouldn't be surprised if they had tried before.
I don't believe it's quite that simple? What I do know is that Gainax has to pay royalities to Studio Khara for any works that Hideki Anno originally worked on at Gainax. I assume it's a complex relationship?Studio Khara won all the rights to Evangelion from Gainax, didn't they? It could be they're being really tight-fisted with the rights due to how it was handled in the '90s.
Gainax is a pretty "unique" company. One that's unrecognisable now from what it was in its prime. Looking at their website, they don't have any page for EVA, just a mention, and they don't have any merch for it either.I don't believe it's quite that simple? What I do know is that Gainax has to pay royalities to Studio Khara for any works that Hideki Anno originally worked on at Gainax. I assume it's a complex relationship?
An excuse to post some original production material I have, damn I love evangelion.
I don't think so. YTV, Teletoon, and Space were wildly grabbing all the TV rights they could at the time, but I don't remember it being one of them. (Related below, I don't think ADV gave out TV rights for anything.) Personally, I rented them from a comic shop the next town over.K, maybe the old cannucks here can answer this: Did we actually get this series on TV at some point, or was it all home video? Because I'm drawing a blank on how I would have watched this show when I was a young kid.
So it's a Harmony Gold situation.My understanding is that the complication with the original Eva TV series licensing in the US is that ADV (who originally licensed and released it) went bankrupt and turned into basically a shell company clinging onto the Eva license for dear life and trying to get a Hollywood adaptation made, eventually trying to sue Gainax themselves for the sake of securing the rights. Maybe they finally gave up the ghost.
The idea of a spear with the power to slay a god is as old as storytelling. Irish mythology has about half a dozen of them!It is not just a 'normal spear' of a Roman soldier though. It is the mythical Spear of Destiny, which possessed supernatural powers. Constantin the Great, Martel and Hitler possessed it and used it to rise to power! (Well not really of course... but the thing is like the Holy Grail, so it is not that weird it was used in Eva)
The idea of a spear with the power to slay a god is as old as storytelling. Irish mythology has about half a dozen of them!
Evangelion simply took the mythical concept and added some extra sci-fi (that is, the spear actually being).a failsafe device designed to shut down a wayward terraforming system
"Damn I like that feline cat."
I was of the impression the rights holders were always willing to talk to people about licensing the original series and films, but their asking price has prevented any deals being done since ADV and Manga last released it on DVD.This still makes me hopeful for a bluray release from some publisher, because it means the rights holders are talking to people to get the content out there, and with Eva on Netflix creating additional buzz, I could imagine seeing a disc on store shelves a year from now.
Pretty sure the Evangelion's Tree of Life scrolls up the screen after that image, before the title comes on.I believe that image is an artistic representation of the tree of life from jewish tradition.
It's just an image of a Seraph - most probably representing Lucifer - since it has twelve wings, same as Unit 01 later in the intro.Funny how that's the 2nd angel which never shows up in the series.
Wonder whatever happened to it.
Funny how that's the 2nd angel which never shows up in the series.
Wonder whatever happened to it.
Indeed.
Y'all better get your [cross]es together!
An excuse to post some original production material I have, damn I love evangelion.
(arguably) fixed that for you. ;)EVA is actually not that complex. What trips people up is that they think it's a mecha show.
It seems like Netflix will be re-dubbing the series and as of now the original voice cast have not been approached for it
Really hope Netflix brings them back.
I have never seen this; I have always wanted to watch this; if they had to cancel Daredevil for this, fine by me.
Total Neon virgin here. What am I in for?
Also, Netflix, please get Robotech and my life will be complete.
It's...maybe best to go in blind. It's a trip, Anno is an auteur, and it's influence is hard to overstate.
Nice. I have stayed away from spoilers for years because I knew one day I get around to watching it.
It seems like Netflix will be re-dubbing the series and as of now the original voice cast have not been approached for it
Really hope Netflix brings them back.
lolAlso I blame my phone's autocorrect for that it's/its confusion.