3.0 to hit North American theaters in January 2014

[FreakyFilmFan4ever]

Nerdily interjects - Uh, it was actually the double combo of 'Gremlins' & 'Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom' that caused Steven Spielberg & Amblin to talk the MPAA into instigating a rating between PG & R & not Raiders of the Lost Arc.

Nerdily shuffles back into the darkness.

Nerdily counters that Spielberg calls of of his Indiana Jones movies "Raiders Films."

Nerdily awkward silence...

[Reichu]

Reichu interjects, IT'S TOPIC TIME.

[weeminator24]

As of today Rightstuf is listing the DVD and Blu-Ray for pre-order for February the 18...

[tomrule123]

As of today Rightstuf is listing the DVD and Blu-Ray for pre-order for February the 18...

You weren't kidding. Pre-orders are up:
http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/catalogmgr/QNVG-xgCyOON2DOICr/browse/item/100570/4/0/0

Anyway, glad to see that Funi still presents their films on the big screen. Those interested: take advantage (and of course, see the first 2 films. No seriously, you should. Fans would sometimes bring people that never saw the previous sequels. It happens.)

I wish they weren't doing it at all. I really just want them to cut to the chase and release a domestic copy.

Oh, be patient, you.

[gatotsu911]

There are those who like to think EOE would have gotten an NC-17 based on the hospital scene and Asuka's death, but they're forgetting that The Squid and the Whale had a scene where a boy Shinji's age jacks off in a library and smears his cum on books, and that got an R.

Hell, when it comes to gore, EOE isn't THAT gorey when compared to Akira or Elfed Lied.

Yeah, EOE would have been a solid R, no question.

The MPAA is super unpredictable when it comes to films that aren't either familiar in genre/content or major studio fare. Perfect Blue had to have several scenes cut from its US theatrical release (mostly the stabbing and mock-rape scenes, I think) in order to receive an R rating. With a few notable exceptions (mostly in the context of gross-out comedies), onscreen depiction of semen, animated or not, is liable to set their Public Decency Meters haywire, consistency be damned.

For more information on exactly how wack the MPAA is see the documentary This Film is Not Yet Rated

Also I have no idea why people talk about Akira like it was the most violent anime ever, it's violent alright but even compared to EoE it's practically tame.

[FreakyFilmFan4ever]

Also I have no idea why people talk about Akira like it was the most violent anime ever, it's violent alright but even compared to EoE it's practically tame.

Akira was everyone's first love when it came out in the late 80's, that's why. (Heck, it was my first love and I didn't even see it until the year 2007.)

[ElMariachi]

Also I have no idea why people talk about Akira like it was the most violent anime ever, it's violent alright but even compared to EoE it's practically tame.

It's because of THAT scene, the one where Testuo has a superpower meltdown. His main superpower is regeneration.
It's as horrendous as you imagine.

[TheFriskyIan]

You weren't kidding. Pre-orders are up:
http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/catalogmgr/QNVG-xgCyOON2DOICr/browse/item/100570/4/0/0

"Neon Genesis Evangelion 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo Hyb"

God damn it I really hate it when they do that.

[Guy Nacks]

For more information on exactly how wack the MPAA is see the documentary This Film is Not Yet Rated

Also I have no idea why people talk about Akira like it was the most violent anime ever, it's violent alright but even compared to EoE it's practically tame.

I've seen that doc.

As for the violence, at least in EOE you aren't seeing human guts and intestines spilling out multiple times throughout the film. And yeah, the transformation scene.....

[gatotsu911]

It's because of THAT scene, the one where Testuo has a superpower meltdown. His main superpower is regeneration.
It's as horrendous as you imagine.

That's more grotesque than outright violent, and that's an area in which EoE can match (or exceed) it easily.

Also, what? Tetsuo's superpower isn't regeneration. If it was, he would've done something about that arm rather than just replacing it with scrap metal.

[FreakyFilmFan4ever]

AKIRA had a lot of stylization to its violence. One dude at the beginning is sprayed with bullets, and blood flies freely everywhere. The gore and just plain grossness of Tetsuo's transformation sequence was also very much stylized.

But I also thing that Asuka's final fight scene in EoE tops anything like that in sheer number.I guess one can cam an argument that, because there more of it in that one scene of EoE than in AKIRA as a whole, that one might become more desensitized to it more quickly than they would in AKIRA. Regardless, Asuka's lines "I'll kill you, I'll kill you, I'll kill you," (followed much later by "How disgusting,") are much more emotionally damning than Tetsuo's final line "I am Tetsuo," giving EoE's violent blood bath one final memorable blow.

[gatotsu911]

Well Akira isn't quite so much of an emotionally driven film to begin with. It's all visceral and cerebral, but emotional, not so much. "I am Tetsuo" spoken into a silent 2001-esque incoming void of cosmic creation followed by the main theme kicking in and fade to black is a hella cool ending.

btw Americans Akira is on TV December 7, mark your calenders

[Sailor Star Dust]

Er, topic?

[ApolloIVtv]

Topic?

EVA 3.0 COMING TO THEATERS NEAR ALL YOU BITCHES YE HAAA HEAD EXPLOSIONS AND YAOI BUNCHES UP THE ASSSMNCA.KJERHGE/.

There, happy?

[UrsusArctos]

Topic?

EVA 3.0 COMING TO THEATERS NEAR ALL YOU BITCHES YE HAAA HEAD EXPLOSIONS AND YAOI BUNCHES UP THE ASSSMNCA.KJERHGE/.

There, happy?

Don't act like a jackass. Thread temporarily locked.

[FreakyFilmFan4ever]

Funmation's official Evangelion Facebook page (separate from Funi's FB page, for some reason) also linked to the RightStuf listing, stating that the release date was Feb. 18th. But it also stated that the date was subject to change.

Take that however you will.

[LegionWrex]

Wanna see Evangelion 3.0 in your city, but afraid it won't come?

Have no fear! You can demand it today at http://eventful.com/performers/evangelion-30-you-can-not-redo-/P0-001-014193913-6.

All you have to do is choose your city, type in your email, and bam! You've just demanded the film!

I demanded it come to Windsor, Canada. I mean, we got the DW 50th Anniversary AND we are getting the final Madoka Magica movie, so why not Evangelion?

[Nuclear Lunchbox]

I'm demanding that film in L.A. I'll really be surprised if it doesn't show up in Little Tokyo. ;)

[Ornette]

https://www.evageeks.org/2013/12/evangelion-3-0-theatre-listing-announced/

[LegionWrex]

It's all American...

Why do people hate Canada?!?!?