It's not unheard of. If you've ever played Nier: Replicant/Gestalt or Nier: Automata, Yoko Taro has infamously produced manga, novelizations, and honest-to-god stage plays that all contain canonical information to the universe in which these games take place. Evangelion has never gone that route in ...

That is my understanding from the announcement tweet! However, it is possible some of the pages may be taken up with the staff comments, or that some pages may be split between them. There isn't very much information to go on, so all we know for sure is that some portion of the remaining pages will ...

They actually dropped two. You linked the Side A; here's the Side B.

The videos are titled, "This is out of the blue, but we're going to explain all the things happening from 06/12 (and talk about other stuff)."

I guess that makes it Tier 1 canon in the NTE-verse, since he was directly involved in its creation and production. (Whatever it ends up being, that is!) I'm not going to speculate as to what its contents may be, but I do wonder if it'll contain a flashback in order to get around the "120 minut...

Some fans believe that the OA episodes better lead into episodes 25 and 26, whereas the DC episodes better lead into episodes 25' and 26' (also known as the film The End of Evangelion.) Personally, I'd recommend watching the DC episodes no matter what. I don't think there's anything in the OA versio...

Close. It's a short, 16-page manga called Evangelion: 3.0 (-120min.), which seems to hint at taking place two hours before the beginning of Q.

The manga is titled Evangelion 3.0 (-120min.), which could be implying it takes place a mere two hours before the beginning of the film. It's a short amount of time, but who knows what they'll manage to cram in? And they could always employ a page of flashbacks and exposition if they really need to ...

Rest assured, I'll go see the thing in theaters and get the new book so I can provide answers. By the way, some information about the new EVA-EXTRA-EXTRA booklet that didn't get translated here: ⋅  It's going to be the same dimensions as the previous booklet. ⋅  The manga Evangel...

Ohoho! I've downloaded the video and will supply it upon request, should it suddenly become invisible. Looks like my memory was quite good when I posted my personal analysis and explanation of this scene a while back for people who hadn't watched it! Relevant portion: Looooots of Asuka clones, getti...

The religious interpretation of the line is not definitive. I don't remember OG Shikinami entering Asuka's body: she pulls Asuka out of her DSS Choker, which gets left behind in the plug. Interestingly enough, Asuka's eye also seems to be regenerated in the few seconds between when she gets pulled o...

And we later see the Mark.09 with Unit 02' crawling all over it, which would suggest relative standardization between those units. And as it happens, Unit 02 picks up and carries Shinji in 2.0. Perhaps this really was just an animation goof.

It looks like interviews with Hayashibara and Miyamura were released for free two days ago and yesterday, respectively.

Hayashibara interview here and Miyamura interview here.

Auburn hair, blue eyes, and a hint of blush. (And I'm a sucker for the texturing on that plugsuit.)

Khara isn't obligated to keep the original cast around, full stop. Even Japanese VAs aren't subject to never getting swapped out-- sure, it's rare, but it happens. I wouldn't throw the blame for "throwing the fans under the bus" at Khara's feet, but rather at the feet of those who were app...

I like option 2, people don't use the word 'foppery' enough.

(Also, if you end up going for option one, 'ofuro' is typically understood to be a private bath in one's residence. Public bathhouses are more commonly referred to as sentō. Either meaning would be humorous!)

Asuka has a scene where she tells Rei that "the pilots, just like the evas were engineered like this & this" - & she doesn't just say, like, you and me, but appears to be talking of eva pilots in general. That's an interpretation, but context allows a "you and me" interp...

I'm not sure if Shinji does get more leeway from the community, for all the reasons mentioned above. Hell, he's the butt of every "get in the robot" joke in the book. I can see how people might be less inclined to like Asuka in the beginning for her abrasive traits, particularly if they're...

Stepping in to translate this segment, because there are some pretty critical errors in that translation. It's actually quite an interesting exchange. 1001-1014: Ritsuko: "He seems to be mentally stable. So, Captain Katsuragi, what will we do with temporary name Ikari Shinji? Planning to never ...

It was a wild time on these forums right after Q came out, that's for sure. "Mixed" is a perfectly apt way to describe how people felt about it. At least now you won't have to wait eight years to view the conclusion, unlike those of us who were able to catch Q closer to when it came out. Y...

The films have almost the same runtime as the series, only shorter by a couple of hours. There's plenty that could stand to be resolved with a fifth movie, probably most notably the fourteen-year timeskip, but I'm going to put a potentially unpopular opinion out there: the most significant change to...