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leftbehindxp
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Glad to be a part of that number
 Wonder how these pre-order numbers compare to everything else released in Japan, besides what King Records releases.
I really, REALLY want to know what piece of the film strip that I got. Hope it has something with Mari! |
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Megiddo
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Wow, now that is extremely impressive.
I saw the camrip of 2.0 and this one certainly deserves all those pre-orders. It was a fantastic movie. I'm hoping FUNimation jumps on it soon so I can have it on the shelf next to my 1.11 special edition. |
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Apollo-kun
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I just hope that the film's Japanese distributors don't do what they did with "Evangelion 1.0: You Are Not Alone", and option it around to god-knows-how-many film studios, trying in vain to get an American theatrical release. From what I understand, that's what took so long for the first one to be released on DVD here, and even THEN we had to wait a few more months for the really GOOD version to come out on DVD and Blu-Ray. If perchance the Japanese distributors are reading this: I beseech you to just give the license over to Funi and be done with it! We don't want to wait several years this time! |
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Oneeyedjacks
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Well this should help shoot the licensing cost through the roof. At this rate I'd be surprised if Funimation got this.
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JuicyB
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Unless the suits learned from the lessons of 1.1, namely that no mainstream film distributors in Murka want anything to do with Eva. |
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_V_
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Rumor mill has it that the price Studio Khara set for the licensing fee is the most expensive in the history of the R1 North American anime market. We're talking Miyazaki numbers here. Further, because its such a massive success in Japan, and they've already made back - many times over - the cost of production, they have absolutely no reason whatsover to haggle with the North American distributors; its the ridiculously high price they set, take it or leave it, they're not reducing it. God help us all. |
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machetecat
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JuicyB
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Suddenly those dastardly fansubs aren't sounding like such a bad thing, eh comrades?
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animalcalls
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Impressive numbers.
I hope everything gets squared away for the R1 market and we get this in a timely fashion (if at all). Really looking forward to it. |
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Quark
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Hurrah! I contributed to the madness. Paying $70 bucks for one movie was a tough decision, until I remembered that it's freakin' Eva and that it will be much loved.
However, I fully intend to download and watch this movie fansubbed, since my Japanese is a work-in-progress. Also, got my fingers crossed for an Asuka or Misato film strip. |
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jsevakis
Former ANN Editor in Chief
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Either post where you got this from, or don't post it at all. We have enough problems with unsubstantiated rumors filling in for facts here, thank you very much. |
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LunarBluestone
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Oooh, wishing that it gets distributed here
Would they have to re-subtitle it, though, since there is already a subtitled version? When Eva 2.0 was shown at the Honolulu International Film Festival last October, it was subtitled. |
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DrizzlingEnthalpy
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Considering these numbers, I'd be surprised if 2.0 gets a theatrical release at all in the United States. Well, except for maybe one or two film festivals; 1.0 showed subtitled at AFI 2009 and I'm hoping for the same of 2.0 in 2011. It's the Dallas International Film Festival now, of course, but that shouldn't turn Funimation off to the idea.
I can't help but wonder how well 1.0 would have done in theaters if it had had a good advertising campaign. Just putting commercials here and there on Adult Swim may have improved its box office performance considerably. |
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_V_
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Mr. Sevakis you just made a long and well thought out argument on the recent ANNcast about being unable to compromise your sources. Neither can I...but suffice to say, the so-called "ReVolution of Evangelion" sent representatives to both Anime Boston and Sakura-con: http://revolutionofevangelion.org/sakura-con-2010-report-on-evangelion/ http://revolutionofevangelion.org/anime-boston-2010-reva-panel/ (this was a week after I interviewed Tiffany Grant; part of REVA's own "No Cons Left Behind" initative) And our men came by this info at conspicuously the same time as these conventions. |
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Mr. sickVisionz
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A major thing to notice is that its widest release was a whopping 6 movie theaters. There are movies on boxofficemojo that didn't even crack the Top 50 weekend box office that are showing in more theaters than Eva ever did. Alvin and the Chipmunks 2, which came out in 2009, is currently airing in more theaters than Eva ever did. Cowboy Bebop got in 29 theaters. Paprika got 37. Ghost in the Shell 2 got 55. Eva was pretty much sent to die. Almost like like they didn't want people to see it. |
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