[EVA] They mean, the first part will arrive in spring 2008 ^_^

[M]

> "- It will be a remake, however, it is not a re-creation but a "new  
> work".
> ------
> ANN's article though says it won't be a remake.

Bad translation.

"The story timeline is the same as the 1995 TV series. However, the  
contents are completely different.  It will be neither a remake nor a  
re-creation, but a new work."


> If anything, hopefully it will kill the Live Action project, or at  
> the very least improve it.--

The content and composition (3 + 1 movies) sound like the planned  
Live Action, so <speculation> either it is being used as a testbed/ 
stepping stone for the Live Action, or Gainax figured that they were  
not going to get US$100 million and decided not to let the rewriting,  
scripting and other planning work go to waste. </speculation>

"M"