• ReelAnime 2010 screening details

• Madman Blog Announcement
• ReelAnime Website

The Fantasia Festival is North America’s largest film festival which plays genre films from all over the world. Fantasia Film Festival 2010 will last from July 8th to July 28th and include films such as “Gintama: The Movie”, Mamoru Oshii’s 2009 short film “Je t’aime”, Katayama’s “King of Thorn” and “Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection” among the list of over 100 films to be screened during the 22 day span.

• Evangelion 2.0 Film page.
• Ticket Info

Spoilers in the rest of this post!

The first big addition involves a discussion between Shinji, Toji, and Kensuke when Kaji arrives to Japan. The second addition involves the 3 pilots (Asuka, Shinji, and Rei) at a synchro test, which is where Asuka says her new line (mentioned awhile back in Eva Extra 06) “What a shame!”. The blog states that Asuka’s line is “so splendidly nonchalant that you feel cheated”.

Little additions include the following (several of which are in the 2.22 promotional video):

*Eva-01 jumping over a bridge and takes a bunch of water with her during the 8th Angel catching scene.
*Eva-03 being air-lifted.
*Eva-02 back-flipping during the 10th Angel battle.
*The 10th Angel attacking a building.

According to the blog, the supplement cuts are a welcome addition to the film and are meant for the fans.

Also worth noting according to the blog is the arrangement of “Please Give Me Wings” (the Noguchi version, “I Would Give You Anything”) has a similar clap-along feeling to “Komm, Susser Tod” from EoE (and also has a similar tone of returning to nothing as a result of 3rd Impact).

EDIT:

Detailed information has been given from the Min na no Eva Fan blog.

First off, it mentions the June issue of Newtype has an Interview with Maaya Sakamoto (Mari) and Tsurumaki.

The new cuts according to the blog are as follows:

*Eva-02 is shown transported after its first-battle.
*Kaji arrives in Japan, seemingly at a train station. Shinji and the boys meet him there.
*Misato has free time, sitting at headquarters. The activation test is when she receives Asuka’s “What a shame!”.
*Aida-kun is called out in the classroom.
*In the Eva 2.22 PV and Eva-Extra 06, Eva-03 is shown being transported. It passes through a thundercloud.
*Eva-03′s entry plug is shown being collected after the battle.
*The Eva 2.22 PV showed Mari backflipping in Eva-02. The 10th Angel’s attack is increased from there on.

What’s bizarre is nothing was mentioned about the 3 pilots synch test on the Mina no Eva blog, which also seems to imply Asuka’s new line is during the talk with Misato instead of the synchro test… I suppose we’ll just have to wait until the film is out to see how things really are.

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.

• Sankaku Complex post about the store, including numerous pictures of the store and the products being sold. (Warning, some images may be NSFW)
• EvaGeeks forum discussion on possible cancellation of screenings.
• More pictures of Eva merchandise. (Japanese)

• BFI Southbank Cinemas Contact
• BFI Southbank’s Anime Weekend schedule and tickets

(Warning: This post may have spoilers!)

“I Would Give You Anything” is an English adaption of the song Tsubasa o Kudasai (Please give Me Wings). (“I Would Give You Anything” can be heard in place of Tsubasa o Kudasai as one of the extra features of the 2.22 DVD/Blu-Ray Disc).

Links:

Registration dates and more information.

Min Nano Eva Fan Blog.

Evangelion Urgent News Blog.

Official Evangelion Blog.

• Eva 2.0 page at IFI

Update (2/26): Andrew Partridge has confirmed that the movie will be shown with Japanese audio with English subtitles, and will be the 35mm festival film print that was used at Glasgow Film Festival screening.

The festival is also screening Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone on the same day, so you can watch both films back to back! Apparently both films are being shown subtitled, which probably means you’ll also get to hear the Japanese voice cast (Don’t quote me on this!).

Links:

• Eva 2.0 at Glasgow film festival
• Eva 1.0 at Glasgow film festival
• Jonathan Clements blog entry

The first film will be introduced by BBFC examiner Emily Fussell, and there will be a short masterclass on anime certification between the two films.

• WFAC Evangelion 2.0 page
• Directions to The Gig Theatre
• ANN link

Original Source: Gordonator

Information:

http://www.dynit.it/ultimissime_dettaglio.asp?idnws=499 Italian only

http://lucca09.luccacomicsandgames.com/

Click on “Read More” to see a listing of all the theatres involved in this giveaway.

There are 5 or more tickets for each of these theatres available:

Forum member Riotgear found the thread about Reel Anime ’09 at the Madman forums. In particular Slykura, Madman staff, says this: Just to confirm. Yes it’s on hold. There are some silly reasons for it that I can’t delve into but we are hopeful in bringing it back in 2010!. So it looks like Reel Anime won’t be running for 2009 but should be back in 2010.

Thanks to Brendan Jamieson for the info.

• Music Box Theatre
• Century Centre Cinema