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Evangelion at Kotobukiya Booth, Wonder Festival 2010

Ornette — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:33:10 +0000

Day 2 of Tokyo’s Wonder Festival 2010 brings some pictures of the Kotobukiya Booth‘s Evangelion related items. They had the Asuka, Rei, and Mari “Rebuild” statues that were also seen at the Kotobukiya booth at Wonder Festival last year along with a new Asuka statue of her in the “Test” plugsuit. However, probably the most interesting item is a set of Entry Plug Chopsticks that open up on the end to expose a tiny pilot inside. There are Asuka, Shinji, Rei, and Mari versions of these chopsticks. The expected release for these chopsticks are December and will sell for around 1260円.

Poster fpr Evangelion Chopsticks

Close-up of Mari's Chopsticks (on Poster)

Unpainted Chopsticks

Close-up of the Pilot

Some old and new Rebuild Statues

Close-up of Asuka's TEST plugsuit

Source and Pictures: Min Nano Eva Fan. They also have pictures of the Revoltech Booth.

Revoltech Booth at Wonder Festival 2010

Evangelion Figures at Wonder Festival 2010

Ornette — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:57:56 +0000

The 2010 Wonder Festival, an annual event to showcase and sell garage kit models among other things, started in Tokyo today. As to be expected, there were many Evangelion related items, including a rhinestone covered Evangelion Unit-01 head (pictured to the right). Another neat looking item is an Evangelion Unit-01 based on the design from ANIMA:

There’s also Asuka, Rei, and Mari figures, which is to be expected:

Fraulein Mari, Expected release on October 1st

Expected release in October

That's kind of cool

These places have lots of pictures, some nice Summer War figures, and mecha:

Hobby Stock (Rei, Mari, and Asuka figures)
Akiba Hobby Photos, and more (nice Black Rock Shooter figures and some cosplay)
Dengeki Online, some more
Moeyo and Dealer photos (WARNING: some of these may not be safe for work)
More Photos (nice Lupin figures)

Random: Evangelion Themed Lunches

Ornette — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:00:10 +0000

The Great Hotel Hakone, part of Prince Hotels and Resorts, located in the Hakone region of Japan, will start serving a set of lunches (between 11:30am to 1:00pm) with an Evangelion theme for 1,000 円.

There’s the “Lilith Pescatori” (pictured to the right), an “Adam Beef Curry”, and a “Garlic Char-Siu Ramen” (no idea how that’s Evangelion related, maybe the eggs are A-10 headsets?). There will be a limit of 15 dishes per day. Aside from fancy lunches, the hotel has a golf course, tennis courts, hot springs, and all the other stuff you’d expect a nice hotel would have.

Adam Beef Curry

Garlic Char-Siu Ramen

It seems even though the locals in Hakone protest, the tourism industry is still willing to tap into the lucrative marketshare of Evangelion fans. Who can blame them? They also sell Rei Ayanami and Asuka straps for 840円 at the hotel’s gift shop.

Evangelion: Complete 2.0

ZapX — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:26:04 +0000

Evangelion: Complete 2.0 is being released this summer. Early orders will receive a woven bag and a film strip as a bonus. The books have over 650 total pages as well as art and posters by Sadamoto. It will, however, cost you a hefty 12,600円. You can find more details as well as (pre)order the book from here.

Evangelion 2.22 Arrives

Ornette — Tue, 25 May 2010 16:15:46 +0000

I unexpectedly got a knock on my door earlier and it was the mail man, with my copy of the Evangelion 2.22 “First Press” BluRay. I didn’t have much time to play around with the disc, but I managed to get some pictures on my mobile phone.

I ordered mine from CD Japan and was surprised it arrived almost halfway around the world so soon. I’m told that the CD Japan pre-orders gets you a bonus picture. It’s a little larger than postcard size, came inside a protected plastic sleeve and I got one of a close-up of Mari up close to Shinji’s face (shown in picture to the right), as seen in the 2.0 previews at the end of Evangelion 1.0. It’s a nice free gift, but it’s nothing special.

I opened everything up and the packaging is as to be expected. A folding dark blue case houses the black BluRay disc and on the other side, a slot for the accompanying booklet, a flyer, and most importantly, the film strip.

Contents of the 2.22 BluRay box

The film strip comes in a presentation sleeve almost identical to the one that came with the Limited Edition Evangelion 1.01 release. It opens up off-center with the Evangelion logo on the right and the film strip centered on the left.

The Folding BluRay case and the Film Strip

The film strip that I got features a plugsuited Asuka inside her Eva’s entry plug. I guess I couldn’t ask for anything more. Asuka in her plugsuit for 2.0′s film strip. Although I’m sure there are more coveted shots of Asuka from the film (or even ones of Rei) compared to what I got. I’m happy with it nonetheless. It’s hard to get a good picture of it because it needs to be backlit, and to make matters worse, I only have the camera on my mobile phone. Here’s a close-up of the film strip using my laptop’s screen as the backlighting.

Film Strip of Asuka

In case you’re wondering, that scene is from the beginning of the battle with Sahaquiel as the three Evas are running to intercept it.

Update (5/27): There’s a thread on aimix BBS where people are posting the film strips that they got.

Evangelion 2.22 Ships

Ornette — Mon, 24 May 2010 04:09:29 +0000

Although the official release date for Evangelion 2.22, You can (not) advance, was slated at May 26th, some online retailers have shipped pre-orders of the DVD and BluRay. Rips of the DVD have already appeared online and hopefully, we can start seeing some pictures of the film strips soon. There’s a few new scenes so the old camrip subs need to be retimed and the new scenes translated (there were 3 major ones). It won’t be long now.

Evangelion 2.22, Hong Kong R3 release (with English Subtitles)

Ornette — Sat, 22 May 2010 00:37:38 +0000

The R2 Japanese release of Evangelion 2.22, You can (not) advance, will be out in a few days (May 26th). Of course, it’s not going to have English subtitles. For those who want a hard media copy of 2.22 with English subtitles can pre-order a copy of the Hong Kong Region 3 release (BluRay Region A), which will also have a Cantonese audio track as well as Chinese subtitles, distributed by Asia Video with a release date of June 25th.

The packaging looks similar to the Japanese R2 release and there’s also limited edition versions of the DVD and BD available from Yes Asia. The Limited Edition releases of the BD comes with the 2.0 Theatrical Program, the DVD comes with projections (I assume you attach them to a flashlight to project an image), and both the DVD and BD will come with a bag and “secret” gifts. For those looking to import, these will come much cheaper than the Japanese releases setting you back by about $31 USD for the DVD ($37 for Limited Edition DVD) and $40 USD for the BluRay ($45 for Limited Edition BD). The DVD and BD will come with Dolby 6.1 and 2ch Japanese audio.

Neo Vision’s blog on UWants (Chinese)
Yes Asia HK Evangelion 2.22 Links: DVD (Limited Edition), BluRay (Limited Edition).

Its a bucket.

Fazmotron — Fri, 21 May 2010 04:34:43 +0000

That’s right, the Evangelion merchandising department has finally reached the bottom of the barrel, and have decided to sell that too. The “NERV pail” is 30cm (11.8in) in diameter and has a capacity of 20L (5.28gal). Suggested possible uses for the “NERV pail” include a housing for garbage, and with the addition of a few cushions, a simple chair. The “NERV pail” will be released in early August, and will sell for ¥4,980.

EvaStore link (possible spoilers)

Eva Extra-07 in conjunction with Evangelion 2.22

Ornette — Wed, 12 May 2010 20:16:00 +0000

Eva Extra, a free publication from Studio Khara (although 03 was sold in theatres), will have a seventh issue released on May 26th, 2010, which looks to be released in conjunction with the release of Evangelion 2.22 (DVD and BluRay). It will be in A5 format with 24 pages, full color, contains some illustrations by Kazuya Tsurumaki and will be distributed in various stores the Evangelion 2.22 DVD/BD are sold and at Animate.

Evangelion bonus extras in June Newtype

Ornette — Tue, 11 May 2010 04:51:19 +0000

The June 2010 issue of NewType features Mari Illustruous Makinami in her plugsuit on the cover and comes with a set of “Weiß Schwarz” cards and a deck of Evangelion playing cards that feature images from the new films. There’s also an interview with Maaya Sakamoto, Mari’s voice actress, and Kazuya Tsurumaki.

Tsurumaki/Sakamoto Interview

“Weiß Schwarz” is a Japanese trading card game (turn-based dueling) created by Bushiroad, separated by the “Weiß” (White) side and “Schwarz” (Black) side. The White and Black sides are featured by characters popular to males and females (respectively).

A Rei Ayanami Weiß Card

The NewType playing cards are separated by suits. Images of Asuka are on each of the diamond suits, Rei on hearts, Shinji on clubs, and the spades suit cards has images of Mari and Kaworu. (Click on “Read the rest of this entry” to see some pictures)

Diamond and Heart suits

Clubs suit

Spade suit

Evangelion pachislo game coming to PSP and DS

Seele00TextOnly — Sat, 01 May 2010 03:00:39 +0000

The Evangelion pachislo game “Locus of the Soul” will be released for both the PSP and the DS on 6/03/2010.

(pachislo is essentially pachinko with additional slot machine components)

Evangelion 2.22 Packaging

Ornette — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:13:36 +0000

Some images of the new BD/DVD release of Evangelion 2.22, You can (not) advance, have popped up. It looks to be near identical to the first limited edition release of Evangelion 1.01, with a folding disc case that comes with a booklet and filmstrip that all fits into a box. However, unlike the 1.01 Limited Edition release, this will only come with 1 disc. And it will be orange instead of red. “First Press” editions of 2.22 will come with the filmstrip, although there’s no word on exactly how many of those there are on the different retailer websites that one can pre-order 2.22 from. If you haven’t already pre-ordered by now, it may be too late for a film strip, but that’s just a guess.

Image source from CD Japan

Eva Themed Convenience Store in Tokyo-3

Fazmotron — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 03:36:31 +0000

An Evangelion themed Lawson convenience store has opened in Hakone, the site of Tokyo-3, to coincide with the screenings of 2.22. The store is filled with all kinds of Eva merchandise, including food products, snacks, and various other Eva merchandise such as Eva headphones and the Evangelion manga and DVD sets. The store will remain Eva themed up until May 17th, where it will then be returned to its normal form.

Lawson convenience stores are the second biggest chain in Japan, with 7-Eleven being the largest in the country.

Some Hakone residents have been complaining to their city council about the influx of otaku and are trying to get the screening cancelled because of this. There has been no information on whether or not the screenings will in fact be cancelled.

Update: According to the Evangelion blog, the Eva themed Lawson in Hakone is no more, due to the unexpectedly large influx of people.

Evangelion Themed Portable Battery Chargers

ObsessiveMathsFreak — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:13:54 +0000

From the same people who brought you the Evangelion iPhone Battery Case, here comes another gadget that’s sure to get fans char…. —sorry, actually it would be just too corny to say that; let me start over. Studio Khara have again teamed up with X-Pal Power(Energizer) to offer Evangelion themed versions of the XP1000 portable battery charger pack. Unlike the previous offering, which was only of use to iPhone owners, the XP1000 packs operate over USB and can be used to give extra charge to all kinds of devices. The examples given include mobile phones, PSPs and the Nintendo DS. The pack comes in two themes: Model I has a Rebuild style Nerv Hexagon theme; and Model II has Rei, naturally.

Links:

EvaEnergy.jp – XP1000. Official page. Contains information and images of the portable charger pack
EvaEnergy.jp — Official site (Japanese). Contains information on both iPhone case pack and XP1000
Eva Store: XP1000 Battery Charger — Nerv Theme (Japanese)
Eva Store: XP1000 Battery Charger — Rei Theme (Japanese)
Energizer information page about the XP1000 power pack—Has images and example video.

Apparently, the site is already taking preorders and the cases themselves will be available on the 15th of May. The packs are retailing for around 6000 Yen (~$65/€48) on the EvaStore.

New UCC Coffee designs and figures

SailorStarDust — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 02:58:51 +0000

To commemorate the release of Evangelion 2.22 on DVD and BluRay, UCC canned coffee is going to release new coffee designs and a set of figures of Asuka, Rei, and Mari on April 27th.

An Example of the UCC cans and figures are on the website linked to below. Be aware that the images may contain spoilers.

Evangelion Official News Blog