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09-22-2006, 11:03 AM

Interesting news: It appears that GAINAX is planning to release 4 new Evangelion movies, the first one in summer 2007. At first I thought it was only a rumor, but having seen this article, it appears to the truth:

http://community.hirameki-int.com/mo...php?blog_id=69

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GAINAX is going to remake WHAT!?

The latest issue of Newtype (sold in Japan on the tenth of every month) was sold ahead of time in a few stores, and some of the readers who ought it have leaked news onto the internet that has anime fans in an uproar.
According to them, the anime "Neon Genesis Evangelion" -- a social phenomenon when it was broadcast, and still a legend ten years later -- will be remade as a series of four movies.

At this point, all we know is the following:

-There are going to be four "New Evangelion Movies" - a beginning, a middle, an end, and an epilogue. The first part is scheduled for release in the summer of 2007.

-The general director will be Hideaki Anno, and the director will be Kazuya Tsurumaki. Character design will be done by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, and Ikuto Yama****a will be in charge of mecha design.
The animation will be done by Color Studio (a studio recently created within Gainax by Hideaki Anno, exclusively to make the new Evangelion movies.)

According to an interview with the producer, Mr. Ootsuki, the movies will follow roughly the same timeline as the television series, but the story will be completely different. The movies will be "a new work - neither a remake nor a correction." Unlike another recent anime-turned-movie remake, "Mobile Suit Z Gundam: A New Translation," there will be a large amount of new material. Supposedly, even viewers who have not seen the show will be able to enjoy the movies, which will be more accessible than their predecessor, but still not unchallenging. However, the deliberate use of obscure and difficult words that characterized the television series will be absent in the movies. Mr. Anno, reflecting on the original series, said only "Eva is fascinating," and then had to hold back tears. The creators of the
Evagelion movies realize that they are in a sense rebelling against the current anime world, and are prepared to draw the curtain on the age of anime that began with the original Eva.

This year marks the tenth anniversary of "Neon Genesis Evangelion," and Gainax and other companies have been releasing a fresh flood of
Evangelion-related goods. Still, this latest announcement is sure to
overshadow everything else out there, and legions of anxious fans are
waiting to hear more.