Speculation: 3.0 is unlikely to be released this year.

[shinji_ryoji_89]

^Yeah, but if you rely on visuals to tell a story, good luck getting people interested in the actual movie.

Wow, then I guess radio shows are the best storytelling medium.
(What I mean to say is that if a film is telling its story through visuals only then bravo, because its truly using the film medium. I think that what you mean to say is that a movie shouldn't just be pretty pictures without any substance whatsover. But film is a visual medium, of course it has to use visuals to tell its story)

[chaosakita]

I didn't think not having 3.0 released this year would be so bad, but then I realized we are in the middle of February.

At least it's good to know they are still working on it.

[SpacemanSchmuck]

I still have my fingers crossed for a release this year, and then my fingers crossed on the other hand for a back-to-back release with 4.0. It's possible... but of course I am sure many would say foolish to hope.

And it would probably be more psychologically healthy to just forget about it and focus on something else until 3.0 is actually out... but I don't seem capable of it. Although I could possibly distract myself for a couple of hours by finally watching Love & Pop and Shiki-Jitsu... I just can't seem to get 3.0 out of my mind!

For my money's worth, I bet the delay has largely been Anno deciding how the last half of the tetralogy will go. I have a sneaking suspicion that he doesn't believe in doing the same thing twice, and that he is driven to always top his previous work. I think a clear arc can be seen from Daicon IV to Gunbuster to Evangelion to EoE to Rebuild 1 and then Rebuild 2, in this sense....

No, he's not interested in retreading old ground. His goal is to blow our minds the same way NGE blew our minds the first time, and then each subsequent work always managed to do it again.

I have faith in Anno-sama. I do have my own personal hopes and fears for what will unfold in the next two films... of course. But I am certain that he will show us something surpassing what we have imagined. Such was my experience each time seeing a new Evangelion work. I can recognize a pattern when I see one, haha.

[FreakyFilmFan4ever]

I understand they need their time to produce a good movie, but does it have to take this long?
It's not like they are using any groundbreaking new technology which might cause delays.
One might think if they just focused on making 3.0 they'd be able to move it along faster.

Well, like I said in this post, it probably has more to do with spending time writing a good script than figuring out how the buttons on a computer work.

I may be harsh in judgement, but after being disappointed in 2.0-2.22,
I want to know wether Rebuild really is for me or if I can just write it off and focus on the original.

That's an issue with many uncompleted sagas like this. Just remember back to the time the audience was disappointed after seeing Empire Strikes Back for the first time in 1980 because they had to spend 3 or 4 years waiting for the next movie wondering if Han Solo was going to be okay, how Luke would handle the knowledge of his father, and whether or not Luke and Leia would fall in love now that Han's kinda stuck.

Now that the Star Wars saga is finished, most people see Empire as the best of the Star Wars films and are quite alright with Luke and Leia not falling in love with each other. Your opinion on an installment of a saga can really change depending on how the rest of the films go.

[A.T. Fish]

The agony of waiting for a release date is nothing compared to the one of waiting for a subbed dvd release after the movie has already been out for months. Just calm down people, the time to freak out will come.

[Electric Sachiel]

The agony of waiting for a release date is nothing compared to the one of waiting for a subbed dvd release after the movie has already been out for months. Just calm down people, the time to freak out will come.

LOL. Well said. Well said. I've been thinking the exact same thing in my head. Why on earth are you people already pulling hair out over 3.0's eventual release when we are unlikely to see it anytime soon since its a Japanese release?

Again when 3.0 comes out, we'll probably have to wait at least 6 months after that to view more material through a cam-rip etc. And still more time after that to view a legit import copy and eventually an english dub done by Funimation.

Keep your pants on everybody. This will be a long wait. Maybe a 2-3 year wait from today to the day that the english dub comes over here.

[Warren Peace]

It still baffles me that we don't even know what form the next installment(s) will take. Everyone seems to take it as a given that the next "two" parts will in fact be a single movie divided at the 45-minute mark, but that's not based on anything. If they're really preparing two proper, 90-minute+ films to be released a few months apart, the wait is understandable. In fact, I hope that is the case.

[Xard]

It still baffles me that we don't even know what form the next installment(s) will take. Everyone seems to take it as a given that the next "two" parts will in fact be a single movie divided at the 45-minute mark, but that's not based on anything. If they're really preparing two proper, 90-minute+ films to be released a few months apart, the wait is understandable. In fact, I hope that is the case.

all explanation you need is that Anno has no idea what he is doing and can't decide on the scenario

[Twin Drive Sigma Aquarion]

Why the hell can't Gainax just give a title? Seriously, just announce what the title of 3.0 is and accompany it with a picture from the trailer at the end of 2.0, we'll feed off of that until summer!

[Clover]

Why the hell can't Gainax just give a title? Seriously, just announce what the title of 3.0 is and accompany it with a picture from the trailer at the end of 2.0, we'll feed off of that until summer!

You can (not) have watermelon without the bbQ

[Reichu]

Trailers for the movie will come out as soon as the Wiki is completely up to date. I made arrangements with the A-Man himself.

[Shogo-Kun]

You can (not) have watermelon without the bbQ

I F**KIN' LOL'ED!!!!!! HAHAAHAHAHAHAA!!!

[Xard]

Honestly, Anno should just let Enokido write the whole thing and focus on directing. 3.0 would be out in no time and probably much better than previous installments

(now I love Rebuild so far so don't think I'm dissing previous entries here)

[Tabby-chan]

I don't think it makes sense for 3.0 (and a very possible 3.33) and Final to be released as one.

While 3.0 is expected to be animated like everything else (with the exception of (SPOILER) that one scene from EoE), Final is (expected) to be a live-action film, and, given the circumstance, will be INCREDIBLY more expensive to make (which will, as we all know, result in a 10-year haitus of the series and will make the manga look fast by comparison. (Is there a Vol.13 in order, BTW?))

Remember, GAiNAX only included about four or five minutes of live-action in End of Evangelion. This was probably for a reason for this: GAiNAX only had enough budget for that amount of time (except for the EoE commercial, which was also live-action), and so, it stands to reason that a WHOLE [EFF!!]ING MOVIE would be about as expensive to record as it was for Justin Beiber to become popular (which has worked).

It doesn't help that Anno-sama suffers from fear of children. God (AKA GAiNAX) knows what will happen if a single particular flesh-Shinji has problems with the director and animator, and Anno-sama flips out because the Shinji he practically created is telling him, oh, I don't know, some twenty years later, that he doesn't approve of the super-form-fitting suit (remember that our new "Shin-chan" is still a real person with actual dignity; much unlike the Shinji we're all used to) and asks to at least wear some pants that don't reveal his (non-existant) man-meat.

Indeed, a Final would only be able to have one verion, and probably no deleted scenes and the whole movie will be half-crapped, but, we'll all love it, and ask for more, but GAiNAX will pull the plug, and decide to work on something that they actually think counts as constructive (e.g.; Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt, or something like that), and decide against continuing the EVA-project until the fans here at this wounderful forum/wiki/news place convince them to make ANOTHER spin-off.

BTW, is it true that an Angelic Days anime has been made? I know that a manga has been released (love it, but the art... Oh well, it's not bad. Just different. GREATLY), but is it true that an anime was released recently? Heck, let's move this to a new forum...

[CORE]

That live action stuff was alternative perspective/life and was shot in hours not year's!. If 3.0 opens in a alternative perspective/life like many locals have always thought i think the likely hood of them doing live action again is much lower.

Also i wouldn't think they have the rights to any sort of live action that depicts any hallmarks of Evangelion.. Im not sure they could even film people cosplaying now as that AVG crowd or Perhaps some big Hollywood studio own the rights these days.

[Warren Peace]

Honestly, Anno should just let Enokido write the whole thing and focus on directing. 3.0 would be out in no time and probably much better than previous installments

(now I love Rebuild so far so don't think I'm dissing previous entries here)

What? Why? If Anno didn't control the direction of the story, Rebuild really would be "fan fiction".

If Anno was as lazy/incompetent/insane as people inexplicably want him to be, he wouldn't be capable of holding a pencil, much less accomplishing what he has. A few more weeks without news and the rumor will be that he's too busy molesting children to finish it.

[Gendo'sPapa]

Might I ask which ass was all this "Live Action" pulled out of?

[Reichu]

GAiNAX will (...) decide to work on something that they actually think counts as constructive

This is the very reason why Anno had to leave Gainax and create his own studio to make the new Eva movies...

[Warren Peace]

I find the fact that Anno was able to do that very interesting. Does he own the copyright to Eva (or at least, the right to take it to a different company)? There was talk a few months back about him being so fed up with Gainax that he was prepared to cut them off from Eva completely. Whether that's true or not, stuff like that doesn't happen in the states. Popular franchises stay where they were created or they aren't made at all.

Might I ask which ass was all this "Live Action" pulled out of?

Somebody's just trying to be funny...

[Xard]

What? Why? If Anno didn't control the direction of the story, Rebuild really would be "fan fiction".

Writer is very much submissive to the director in anime production system.

If Anno was as lazy/incompetent/insane as people inexplicably want him to be, he wouldn't be capable of holding a pencil, much less accomplishing what he has.

Well, Anno IS lazy :P

A few more weeks without news and the rumor will be that he's too busy molesting children to finish it.

I think you mean he's marathoning Ultraman.