Shin Eva's Indefinite Delay Support Group

[Ray]

Evangelion 2022.

Also a nice even significant number to reopen the Olympics as well.

[Stan]

Some days I just feel humanity will announce that Covid cannot be contained (which isn't untrue so far) and this quarantine'd life is the new normal - meaning movie theaters will need to be replaced with some method of digital pay per view that cannot be pirated. Which won't happen overnight. Personlly I'm doubtful this film comes out in 2021 unless they take a revenue loss and release it digitally.

[BusterMachine4]

Some days I just feel humanity will announce that Covid cannot be contained (which isn't untrue so far) and this quarantine'd life is the new normal - meaning movie theaters will need to be replaced with some method of digital pay per view that cannot be pirated. Which won't happen overnight. Personlly I'm doubtful this film comes out in 2021 unless they take a revenue loss and release it digitally.

Hey, I doubt that. The vaccine is still being distributed, just because COVID can't be contained overnight doesn't mean it's impossible. I'd say the second half of the year should be much more normal than the first.

Either way, I doubt that they'll wait for COVID to completely subside before releasing the movie. The virus didn't stop Demon Slayer, the only reason Eva is being postponed is because COVID numbers got too large.

[UrsusArctos]

BusterMachine4 pretty much said it. Remember, this delay happened after they completed the movie, so it's pretty much ready to go. The states of emergency in the different Japanese prefectures are now scheduled to end between March 7 - 10, so the movie may release as early as March 8 (a month from now) to perhaps March 15. Unless there's a disastrous spike in cases and a further extension of the emergency periods, I don't think we have very long to wait.

[kuribo-04]

I'm sure we'll defeat Covid with the vaccines. It looks grim but there have been deadlier pandemics in the past. And here we were living normal lives last year. It'll come back.

I also think the film is coming real soon. Not the best decision. Obviously I'll be glad seeing the film ASAP, but...yeah.

I wonder what marketing will be like. I doubt more trailers are coming, but definitely TV spots.

Also I gotta be honest, with all the delays and stuff, even with trailers, it becomimg harder to believe there is an actual film. It's sad. I think actually watching the film will be pretty surreal.
Will I be able to emotionally handle it?

[bogdanblue]

As others have said, things have started to improve. The number of cases has been trending downwards for a couple of weeks now, plus with the arrival of vaccines and the end of winter things can only get better.

Also some prefectures such as Osaka may end the state of emergency as soon as next week. For Tokyo there needs to be 500 new cases a day for one week for the state of emergency to be lifted, right now the number of cases is at around 600.

I really believe that the state of emergency will be over at the start of March and we can expect the movie to be released in April.

[GhostlyOcam]

Not really related to Shin Eva, but Godzilla vs. Kong is coming to Japanese theaters on May, meaning Toho is probably quite confident for the next three months.

Hopefully they've set a VERY DEFINITIVE ABSOLUTELY FINAL date too for Eva and waiting for the right time to announce it.

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[Warren Peace]

I hope the theatrical release is inside a month from the announcement. Don't gamble with even two or three months after. They probably wish they had dropped it on short notice in December.

[hui43210]

For what it's worth, the Japanese government is openly talking about lifting the state of emergency earlier than expected. Not sure how to feel about that. I don't think Toho is going to release the movie as soon as it's over. They're going to want whatever date they pick to stick this time. Ending the emergency prematurely doesn't necessarily get us the movie faster. Or at least that's my thinking.

[GhostlyOcam]

If we're to believe the staffs' words about the delay earlier last month, Khara were aware and anxious about the chances that the film won't make it to the late January release and sadly they were right. This tweet from December really hits different now. (It says "Shin Eva, please come out tomorrow", despite what GT might tell you)

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I also have this idea of announcing the new date exactly 9 days away from release so they can continue the countdown from where it stopped. At this point people won't believe >30 days countdown anymore so I think that would be a nice PR move to ensure the audience that it's coming out REAL soon and gain back the trust.

[kuribo-04]

What a mess...
Japan is better off than Germany, but still, I always insist the lockdown here should go on. Lifting prematurely just undoes all the sacrifice made.

And yes, like Hui said this might make the release more difficult.

Also, obviously Anno and folks are among the privileged in this situation. Guys are sure to make lots of money, whike others unfortunately are having tremendous financial issues. But I cann't help but identify with khara folks and feel really sorry for them. That this final film just had to coincide with this (probably some financial consequences too).

Though who knows, the film might be precisely what we need during such tough times and there's no better moment for it.

[EscapismIsBad]

^^^
Let's stay positive all the way through the wait!
The movie hasn't been released in the previous release date because it isn't his time, we will surely know when the time will come, that's how the world works fortunately.

[kuribo-04]

Well, today was a bad day for me. Things keep spiraling out of control.

I hope when the film comes I'm in a place at least good enough to actually enjoy watching anything.

[JoelcrNeto]

I already accepted the postponements this a long time ago, so I'm fine, and I don't feel anxious about it (and I have problems with anxiety, I'm surprised at myself).

[kuribo-04]

I already accepted the postponements this a long time ago, so I'm fine, and I don't feel anxious about it (and I have problems with anxiety, I'm surprised at myself).

I need that power.

[JoelcrNeto]

^
That "power" you acquire with life experience. One day you'll have it, for sure.

[BusterMachine4]

^
That "power" you acquire with life experience. One day you'll have it, for sure.

You're only one year older than Kuribo...

But seriously, I don't think age is a factor. I think it has more to do with how long you've been waiting. I'm 16, I only discovered the series last summer, and I'm completely fine with the delays. Kuribo is 24, saw 3.0 when it was released, and he's been having a hard time accepting the delays. It's just that people tend to get frustrated when they've been waiting for a long time.

[JoelcrNeto]

I know, some experiences can be gained earlier by some and later by others. This varies from the turbulence that you went through during your life.
Edit: I said that based on me, it doesn't apply to everyone.

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https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210208_03/
This news says “the Japanese government is considering whether to end the state of emergency amid the coronavirus pandemic in some areas before March 7”. I thought was entire Japan.

[kuribo-04]

Yeah I think having watched it so long ago is really a factor lol. Like some years ago it still felt like 3.0 was a film I had watched for the first time a while ago. Now it's starting to feel like that happened in another life lol.

Gotta be strong.

[Chroma]

Now it's starting to feel like that happened in another life lol.

Q came out the year I was graduating high school, and at this point I've graduated college twice and gotten a real job. It really does feel like it was a lifetime ago.

But on the bright side, we know that Thrice is done, regardless of the fact that it hasn't released yet. That's gotta count for something, right? I'm sure we'll see it sooner, rather than later, and now we don't have to worry about whether it was being worked on the way, even a year ago, we might've doubted.

Stay strong, kuribo