[EVA] Eva ChronicleS

[Peter Svensson]

>Both the Second Impact DVD Box Sets and the Renewal DVD Box Sets  had the
>'short form edit' for peisode 21-24, yes, but that was not the original TV
>master anyway I think, just has episode 1-20 had never been. :-)

I was really under the impression that the "gimmick" behind the Second 
Impact DVD Box Sets were that they were releases of the show as originally 
aired on TV, short episode previews and the such. If anyone has them and is 
willing to clarify, that'd be wonderful.

>Woah, I think I'm missing the Genesis 0:X thing. I thought that was the 
>name
>of the first game on the SegaSaturn (NGE First Impression) or something 
>like
>that. Can you tell me more about this topic?

>From what I understand, if you sent in proofs of purchase of all the LDs to 
Gainax, you could get a limited edition Genesis 0:X which had the original 
TV versions of 21-24. I'm pretty sure that it was rare and limited, hence 
why you've never heard of or seen it.

Anyone with a copy is free to speak up and talk about it.

>Dunno, the same apply for any other Western country, such as Italy (were I
>live and were I worked myself on Eva), France, etc. The masters for episode
>21-26 we got from ADV were the original TV masters, of very poor quality I
>must add.

Yes, but ADV previously had been under an agreement with Gainax, that they 
couldn't release their episodes until after Gainax did. But for 21-26, they 
went ahead and released them anyways. I'm pretty sure that resulted at least 
the last two episodes being released in North America before they were 
released anywhere else. ADV even advertised them as such. (Sneaky bastards.)

That was partially because they didn't quite have the rights for the revised 
versions of 21-24, and partially because they didn't want to wait for Gainax 
to finish animating and fixing those episodes. I mean, it's not like Gainax 
has a history of not being on time or anything...

>Death(True)^2 is the final edit of Death, and it's also the edit presented
>in the thratrical release 'Revival of Evangelion', which was Death(True)^2 
>+
>Air + Magoro.

But is it the FINAL FINAL edit? Was Death(true)^2 the version that had the 
"This is how Evangerion is supposed to look like" title screen?

>Poor Rebirth. ;-)

It was preserved on LD. I mean, the differences between Rebirth and Air are 
really only for the hardcore fans. Like us. A different audio track, some 
cuts are longer or shorter, some animation was redone, the secret of whose 
soul is in Unit00 was removed, and the ending cuts in earlier.

That being said, it is a pity that Gainax has decided that Rebirth, as the 
work-in-progress preview for Air, is no longer suitable for home video 
release and has such replaced it with Air, cut down to look like Rebirth.

Peter Svensson

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