The little Evangelion 3.33 thread

[teslashark]

Feel free to merge the thread, though I think the existing one is about trailers...

Spoiler

The thing that cannot be "Redone" in the title means 3rd impact. Shinji already destroyed civilization again by overriding his EVA. Another 14 years has passed, Earth has become living hell, as LCL entities created by the impact wanders the earth and humans (mostly army remnants) fight each other. Shinji is cyro frozen. Rei and Kaoru probably is frozen too, as there's a new Rei. Other people all age realistically.

[Overlord Zaru]

What of Asuka and Mari?

[teslashark]

What of Asuka and Mari?

I think Asuka wants to be Shinji's mom. Don't know much about Mari.

[DuelGundam2099]

http://www.mechatalk.net/viewtopic.php? ... 3&start=40

I'm more interested about the 12th angel that got almost zero mention by Evageeks or the 4chan boards.

[teslashark]

http://www.mechatalk.net/viewtopic.php? ... 3&start=40

I'm more interested about the 12th angel that got almost zero mention by Evageeks or the 4chan boards.

I got this info from a guy relaying with his iPhone fraom a cinema in Japan, there should be more info in a few hours.

[teslashark]

Official names for the EVAs:
Red=02', pronounced "02 Dash"
Pink=08
Yellow=09
Purple=13, though possibly pronounced "1 and 3"

[DuelGundam2099]

Makes me wonder why they skipped 07.

[ShadowCell]

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carry on.

[schwarz ritter]

Spoiler

The thing that cannot be "Redone" in the title means 3rd impact. Shinji already destroyed civilization again by overriding his EVA. Another 14 years has passed, Earth has become living hell, as LCL entities created by the impact wanders the earth and humans (mostly army remnants) fight each other. Shinji is cyro frozen. Rei and Kaoru probably is frozen too, as there's a new Rei. Other people all age realistically.

Seems Anno's doing business as usual.

Still, the animation is top-notch, as expected from Gainax.


One thing I'm really hyped, though, is the Evas in space combat. Now that will be sexy to look at haha.

[DuelGundam2099]

The battle with Kokabiel and 02 Gamma and 08 Beta (the names have gotten so stupid) is not that different from the fight between Kushiel and 05.

[J-Lead]

Still, the animation is top-notch, as expected from Gainax.

I thought it was less Gainax and more Studio Khara. I dunno the details, but I know it's not just Gainax.

Spoiler

The whole thing about Asuka and Mari not aging a day because of Eva/LCL/whatever exposure is remarkably stupid. I can take some mild decelerated aging, but do they REALLY have to pander to ephebophiles with such a blatant lack of subtlety? Shinji and Rei have the excuse of having been tang for 14 years, but is an Asuka with the body of... I dunno, a 21 year old really that off-putting? If it's really that much of a problem, can't they just introduce new jailbait for otakus to get off to?

[schwarz ritter]

I thought it was less Gainax and more Studio Khara. I dunno the details, but I know it's not just Gainax.

Oops! You're right, just checked that and its all Studio Khara. According to wiki, Gainax is just collaborating. It doesn't elaborate more on how, but its Studio Khara 100%.

[SlowTurtle]

Spoiler

Fourteen years have passed since Third Impact, yet the Angels continue their attacks against mankind. Shinji Ikari is salvaged from Evangelion Unit-01 and finds that things have changed, but not for the better: the world has been devastated, his former allies from NERV have become hostile toward him, and Rei Ayanami, the girl Shinji risked everything for, is nowhere to be found. As he attempts to adjust to this strange new world, Shinji befriends the enigmatic Kaworu Nagisa. Together in their search for Rei, the pair learns the terrible truths behind the Angels, NERV, and the Evangelions. But a faint glimmer of hope remains for the two boys: a single opportunity to undo the mistakes of the past. Now the remnants of mankind are after them, the Angels race to stop them, and their old friends have declared them public enemy number one. With only Kaworu to support him and all the world against him, Shinji must fight for his one chance for redemption. But that may well mean finishing what he started — the end of the world.

Don't know if this will help but here is some more info.

[schwarz ritter]

Spoiler

Fourteen years have passed since Third Impact, yet the Angels continue their attacks against mankind. Shinji Ikari is salvaged from Evangelion Unit-01 and finds that things have changed, but not for the better: the world has been devastated, his former allies from NERV have become hostile toward him, and Rei Ayanami, the girl Shinji risked everything for, is nowhere to be found. As he attempts to adjust to this strange new world, Shinji befriends the enigmatic Kaworu Nagisa. Together in their search for Rei, the pair learns the terrible truths behind the Angels, NERV, and the Evangelions. But a faint glimmer of hope remains for the two boys: a single opportunity to undo the mistakes of the past. Now the remnants of mankind are after them, the Angels race to stop them, and their old friends have declared them public enemy number one. With only Kaworu to support him and all the world against him, Shinji must fight for his one chance for redemption. But that may well mean finishing what he started — the end of the world.

Don't know if this will help but here is some more info.

So Evangelion has become now TRULY post-Apocalyptic? Well, this is just getting better and better.
I really want to see what they do. I'm expecting the usual crazy shenanigans from Anno and his Gainax influences, even though he's working with Studio Khara. Heck, I'm expecting a cross between EoE and Diebuster ending. Or maybe he'll take the Gurren Lagann route and end it better.
Who knows.

One thing that bothers me a bit, though, is that, from what I just read, it seems that they somewhat scrapped anything they had foretold us during the trailer from the second movie. But again, this is Anno, so you never know

[JulieYBM]

GAINAX is not producing this film, Studio Khara is.

[schwarz ritter]

^Noted and fixed by edition.

Bare with me: its basically a custom of mine to relate anything Evangelion with Gainax :sweatdrop:

[teslashark]

Is In God We Trust or Human Instrumentality Project licensed by Khara? I just heard this movie is something called a "legal spoof", like a doujin with approval.

[Kenji]

There's definitely a "doujin-ish" element to the new Eva movies, from the simplification of Asuka (to a mere tsundere, which I always considered her somewhat above) to catears suddenly being front-and-center, to Shinji x Rei, a grossly expanded Kaworu x Shinji subplot, less subtlety in general, etc.

Spoiler

A lot of it I can buy from time crunch, but then what's the deal with a timeskip and possible complication of the whole scenario? Do we really have adequate time for this? After all, You Can (Not) Advance ran by pretty fast and just barely missed feeling rushed (at the cost of rendering Touji and Kensuke so irrelevant they may as well be called "Shinji's Friend A" and "Shinji's Friend B").

So yeah, I can totally see the whole non-aging conceit being tailor-made for all the would-be Chars in the audience. And to think Evangelion was relatively mainstream, among all the anime that has slowly been getting creepier and creepier, over this decade, driving themselves into increasingly brutal, unforgiving market niches. Hell, it probably still counts as mainstream, even with all these... er... compromises.

Is there a real businessman in all of Japan? I'm really starting to wonder...

Also, there are problems with the conceit. If it's true, then why's Eva-02' still in such a sorry state? Its design just screams a quick-and-dirty repair job until more proper replacement parts can be procured. At the very least, you'd think they could get their hands on some red paint, after all this time...

[teslashark]

There's definitely a "doujin-ish" element to the new Eva movies, from the simplification of Asuka (to a mere tsundere, which I always considered her somewhat above) to catears suddenly being front-and-center, to Shinji x Rei, a grossly expanded Kaworu x Shinji subplot, less subtlety in general, etc.

Spoiler

A lot of it I can buy from time crunch, but then what's the deal with a timeskip and possible complication of the whole scenario? Do we really have adequate time for this? After all, You Can (Not) Advance ran by pretty fast and just barely missed feeling rushed (at the cost of rendering Touji and Kensuke so irrelevant they may as well be called "Shinji's Friend A" and "Shinji's Friend B").

So yeah, I can totally see the whole non-aging conceit being tailor-made for all the would-be Chars in the audience. And to think Evangelion was relatively mainstream, among all the anime that has slowly been getting creepier and creepier, over this decade, driving themselves into increasingly brutal, unforgiving market niches. Hell, it probably still counts as mainstream, even with all these... er... compromises.

Is there a real businessman in all of Japan? I'm really starting to wonder...

Also, there are problems with the conceit. If it's true, then why's Eva-02' still in such a sorry state? Its design just screams a quick-and-dirty repair job until more proper replacement parts can be procured. At the very least, you'd think they could get their hands on some red paint, after all this time...

I'm wondering the same thing with your small print.
Maybe 02's new cyborg-like design is just meant to show how advanced is Wille's technology?

[Gone Astray]

I figured it was an attempt to show how Wille has a different design ethos from Nerv, what with the Beta and Gamma armors. It could also be an attempt to differentiate the movies from the series, since we don't really see the Evas regenerating from catastrophic injuries this time around--the Mark.09 can function just fine without its head, for instance.