GKIDS has unveiled the details for October 21 Blu-ray releases of the award-winning films Evangelion:1.11 You Are (Not) Alone and Evangelion:2.22 You Can (Not) Advance. Each release contains several bonus features, including a 16-page booklet inside Evangelion:1.11, and a 20-page booklet inside Evangelion:2.22. Both films will also be made available on all major digital platforms on September 16. The releases will be distributed by Shout! Studios, a Radial Entertainment company, and are available for pre-order.
Created by Hideaki Anno, the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise is considered one of the most influential animated sagas of all time. Since the 1995 premiere of the original television series, the story of teenager Shinji Ikari has remained a definitive title in animation history, and a global pop culture phenomenon. Following the conclusion of the 1995 show, the project received new life as the Evangelion movie series. The theatrical film series began with Evangelion:1.11 You Are (Not) Alone (2007), followed by Evangelion:2.22 You Can (Not) Advance (2009), Evangelion:3.33 You Can (Not) Redo (2012), and culminating in the finale Evangelion:3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time.
In addition to creating all the Evangelion titles, Anno is responsible for Shin Godzilla, Shin Kamen Rider and Shin Ultraman, and was the key animator on Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.
Evangelion:1.11 You Are (Not) Alone begins the thrilling “Rebuild of Evangelion” film project. Scarred by the Second Impact, the Fourth Angel attacks Tokyo III and humanity’s fate is left in Special Government Agency NERV’s hands. Young Shinji Ikari is forced to pilot EVA-01. He and EVA-00 pilot Rei Ayanami are tasked to fight, but EVA-01 is damaged by the Sixth Angel. Misato Katsuragi draws up a plan to focus all of Japan’s electricity into EVA-01’s positron cannon to defeat the Angel.
Evangelion:2.22 You Can (Not) Advance continues the Rebuild with a bold and unpredictable story: Mari Illustrious-Makinami pilots Provisional Unit-05 to defeat the excavated Third Angel. Asuka Langley-Shikinami and EVA-02 defeat the Seventh Angel. The Eighth Angel appears and attacks NERV HQ. EVA-03 is taken over by the Ninth Angel during testing and Shinji deploys to stop it, but learns Asuka is aboard. Gendoh switches EVA-01’s controls over to the Dummy System and begins fighting EVA-03.
GKIDS previously released the original 26 episode television series Neon Genesis Evangelion, as well as the films Evangelion:Death (True)2 and The End of Evangelion, and Evangelion:3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time.
Evangelion:1.11 You Are (Not) Alone Bonus Features
- Rebuild of EVANGELION: 1.01 (Shiro SAGISU version)
- Rebuild of EVANGELION: 1.01 (Joseph-Maurice Ravel version)
- Angel of Doom Promotional Music Video
- Theatrical Teaser 1
- Theatrical Teaser 2
- Theatrical Teaser 2
- Beautiful World Trailer A
- Beautiful World Trailer B
- Theatrical TV Spot A (15 sec)
- Theatrical TV Spot B (15 sec)
- Theatrical TV Spot A (30 sec)
- Theatrical TV Spot B (30 sec)
- Special Edition DVD TV Spot A (15 sec)
- Special Edition DVD TV Spot B (15 sec)
- Special Edition DVD TV Spot A (30 sec)
- Special Edition DVD TV Spot B (30 sec)
- Standard Edition DVD TV Spot A (30 sec)
- Standard Edition DVD TV Spot B (30 sec)
- Rental DVD TV Spot (15 sec)
- Rental DVD TV Spot (30 sec)
Evangelion:2.22 You Can (Not) Advance Bonus Features
- Rebuild of EVANGELION: 2.02
- Omitted Scene
- C-0188A ~ C-0201
- Omitted Scene
- C-0711 ~ C-0720
- Omitted Scene
- C-0740 ~ C-0745
- Omitted Scene
- C-0821 ~ C-0823
- “I Would Give You Anything” Scene NOGUCHI ver.
- Trailer
- Train Channel Spot
- Trailer for Yahoo! Japan
- Bluray/DVD TV Commercial A (15 sec)
- Bluray/DVD TV Commercial B (15 sec)
- Promotional Reel
- TV Spot A (15 sec)
- TV Spot B (15 sec)
- TV Spot C (15 sec)
- TV Spot D (15 sec)
- TV Spot A (30 sec)
- TV Spot B (30 sec)
- TV Spot (12 sec)
