[EVA] Death movie versions

[Brendan Jamieson]

> Actually, I think that's incorrect.  IIRC, the
> original VHS & LD movie box has Rebirth, but so does
> the original DVD release of the movies and so also
> does the Second Impact Box.  I think it's only the
> Renewal release which doesn't contain Rebirth.

This is correct. The LD/VHS boxset has Evangelion: Death & Rebirth
(true)^2 and The End of Evangelion (Cinema Edition).

Incidentally, I recall George Chen making a comment that when The End
of Evangelion was re-released a few years (?) later in some theaters
(not Revival, iirc, just EoE) it had the label "Definitive Version" -
which leads me to:
 
> On that note, I point out that the Renewal version of
> EoE appears more to be Air (ep 25) and Magokoro wo,
> Kimi ni (ep 26) as appeared in LD volume 7 (together
> with TV episodes 25 and 26) rather than the theatrical
> version "End of Evangelion" as appeared in the LD
> movie box.  For example, when Air ends, the spiralling
> credits appear.

Wait - the theatrical version of EoE *had* spiraling credits, the
video version has the scrolling credits (veritcal). Does the Renewal
version? The most tell-tale sign of the Cinema Version VS. the Home
Video Version is if Asuka says her "No." during the strangulation
scene, or if it's written on screen. Cinema = spoken. Video = written.

-brendan