[EVA] DVD bitrates and "Holiday Edition" extras?

[R_J_N]

The animatics extras do not use the re-mastered video which Platinum does. 
Not sure if the animatics in the Renewal R2 do.

The R1 animatics can be found on the standard case platinum release (& any 
budget releases of those discs, which had less episodes per disc than the 
thin case releases. Number of discs per set should give away which has the 
"original" platinum discs. More discs = original , less = lite. Amazon/ebay 
are your friends :)
RJN

also try http://www.mania.com/neon-genesis-evangelion_series_10163.html


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Well I was thinking it over RJN, and really in terms of visual quality, if I 
was obsessing over that I'd go with Renewal, or just wait a few years until 
the inevitable Blu Ray re-release.


Logically, therefore, I should focus more on what particular English bonus 
materials I'd like to hang onto; are those animatics in the "Holiday 
Edition" exclusive to that release, or can they be found elsewhere? I was 
just confused to hear that some reviewers didn't like the bitrate on those.


Its encouraging that ANNcast said that the Renewal remaster was actually 
*in* hi-definition, which means they'll be easier to transfer to Blu Ray --  
that is, compared to a complete, from the ground up remastering.

Frankly I'm more concerned about finally getting a good remastering of End 
of Eva, because that had movie-quality animation.

I personally never lauded the original series for its "animation quality" --  
in the sense of fluid motion, it was always kind of skippy and shoestring 
budget (i.e. Shinji's magic hands in episode 9 ), so I'm probably just 
over-thinking this.

I do pause to wonder at what the inevitable Blu-Ray release will be like; I 
mean the experience of it. "Yet another DVD re-release" kind of lost its 
impact over time, but pretty much every fan of the show will dip again to 
buy it on a completely new format. That'll be quite a lot of buzz.



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I found some of the VA commentaries..ahem..entertaining. But why use Allison 
Keith=Misato commentating on an Asuka-centyric episode, rather that "Those 
Women Longed For.." which was Misato's special episode. Or the earlier giant 
robot episode that demonstrated her personal bravery. You get the point(?)

Extras with the Greenfield & McCoy discussions. I watched one, & that was 
enough.

Holiday Edition uses the Test Type 00 cover. Unfortunately the "Holiday 
Edition" band is part of ADV's print, so spoiling. BTW have you considered 
the thin cased Platinum set in a tin? I think that was the penultimate 
release.
RJN



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<snip>
I thought the commentaries from the voicer cast were entertaining. The 
booklets packed in are nice as well. And - while of minimal relative value - 
the packaging is very pretty. (I still need to pick up the last volume from 
that set, though. Should probably hustle on that...) My impression is that 
the 'holiday edition' is just a physical repackage of the thick-packed 
version's disks, minus the booklets and larger-format packaging elements. 
But I haven't directly compared the two releases first-hand. It's also been 
a couple of years since I've watched them.

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