[EVA] Eva ChronicleS

[Peter Svensson]

>You are totally correct when you say that also Episode 1-20 has been edited
>for the original home video release. Neverless, the original 'tv version'
>never made in any home video form, nor in Japan nor in the west.

I was under the impression that the Second Impact DVD Box Sets had the 
original TV version of the series. Was I mistaken?

>Please also
>remember that EoE materials also were included in this SERIES homevideo
>release as the two episode they are (Air and Magokoro) with a slight edited
>and different cut in comparison with the theather movie cut. I mean, not
>only the ending is different.

That's correct. The credit sequences were changed, and a next episode 
preview was created for Episode 26' which is pretty much the ancestor of the 
KareKano ending credits. Episode 26' also had the alternate scene where 
Asuka doesn't speak but just has her words illustrated.

>2) 'short form' for Ep21-24 was NOT published, hence those episode were
>actually 'ereased' from the series continuity and canon.

Except in Genesis 0:X, which was available if you bought all the previous 
LDs or VHS.

>You can spot the difference for the TV original version
>have the furigana for the episode titles, of course. :-)

And check the next episode preview length. It is interesting to note that 
episodes 21-26 were released by ADV before they were released by 
Gainax/Starchild/Whoever-else-was-involved. This apparently made Gainax 
quite angry.

And as long as we're discussing the various permutations of the series, I 
suppose we should talk about Death.

The original edit for Death was never released on homevideo. However, a 
filmbook of it was released, which to my knowledge might be the only record 
of the original version of Death. Unless storyboards exist somewhere.

Then, when Death was to be aired on WOWOW, and it got edited into 
Death(true). This was the version used for the earliest fansubs, and thus is 
still preserved to some extent.

Death(true^2) was the variation that got released on home video. I am not 
sure if they have altered Death since then, but I wouldn't doubt it.

Peter Svensson

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