Neon Genesis Evangelion Blu-ray BOX

KIXA-90501

Neon Genesis Evangelion - Blu-ray BOX

Disc Format: 10x BD-50, Regions ABC.

Discs 1-5: TV Series (Remastered)

- All 26 TV episodes + four "Director's Cut" episodes (21'-24')

- Uses 15-sec next-episode previews at end of each episode (except for 21'-24').

- Episode 16 is a SD-derived upscale due to original film being lost.

- 1080p 4:3 AVC video, LPCM 5.1 & 2.0 audio tracks.

- Bonus features: 30-sec next-episode previews for Episodes 2-21, AR scripts.

Disc 6: Death and Rebirth (HD Master)

- First time original theatrical version of "Death" released on home video

- 1080p 16:9 AVC video, LPCM 2.0 audio track

- Bonus features: Teaser, trailer, TV spots, AR script

Disc 7: The End of Evangelion (HD Master)

- 1080p 16:9 AVC video, LPCM 5.1 & 2.0 audio tracks

- Movie bonus features: Trailer, TV spots, AR script, full-size recording of "Musunde Hiraite" track from 26': Magokoro wo, kimi ni.

- Additional bonus features:

-- 22 audio tracks from TV series in 5.1 audio (originally from Renewal DVD Vol. 08)

-- Cast audition audio from Megumi Hayashibara (Rei), Yuko Miyamura (Asuka), Kotono Mitsuishi (Misato), Yuriko Yamaguchi (Ritsuko), and Fumihiko Tachiki (Gendo)

-- Trailer for "Love & Pop" (Hideaki Anno's 1998 live-action film)

Disc 8: Revival of Evangelion (Death[True]² / Air / Magokoro wo, Kimi ni) (HD Master)

- 1080p 16:9 AVC video, LPCM 5.1 & 2.0 audio tracks

- Bonus feature: AR script.

Disc 9: Additional bonus features disc

- Episode 25': Air ("Video Format" version from Genesis 0:13 LD/VHS release)

- Episode 26': Magokoro wo, kimi ni ("Video Format" version from Genesis 0:14 LD/VHS release)

- Clean OP/ED

- Image boards from planning stages (from Genesis 0:1 LD/VHS release)

- Evangelion 0:0 In The Beginning (Promotional video for TV series)

- Evangelion 0:0' The Light From the Darkness (Promotional video for Death & Rebirth)

- Alternate audio take of ending scene from 26': Magokoro wo, kimi ni

- Live-action scenes cut from 26'

- Making of 26' live-action scenes

- TV spot collection (15 & 30 second TV series premiere, Newtype 3/1996, Shonen Ace 4/1996, The End of Evangelion versions A & B)

- Full-size OP (from 01 Test Type DVD)

- Full-size ED (from 01 Test Type DVD)

- Contents of "Neon Genesis Evangelion: Music DVD" (Tamashii no Refrain, Thanatos, Armageddon, Memories of Heaven)

- Neon Genesis Evangelion Blu-ray BOX PR video

Note: The first pressing used the wrong episode title cards for the "Video Format" version of Episodes 25' and 26' and subsequently King Records announced a replacement program for this disc. This issue does not apply to any pressings of the later "Standard Edition" box set.

Disc 10: AR rush video disc

- Episode 9: Moment and Heart Together

- Episode 15: Lies and Silence

- Episode 18: The Selection of Life

- Episode 19: A Man's Battle

- Episode 20: Form of the Mind, Form of the Man

- Episode 21: Nerv is Born (first time on home video)

- Episode 22: At Least, Be Human (first time on home video)

- Episode 23: Tears

- Episode 24: The Final Messanger

- Episode 25: The World Ending (first time on home video)

- Episode 26: The Beast That Shouted "Love" at the Heart of the World (first time on home video)