Manga Announces Details on Eva Death & Rebirth DVD

Manga Entertainment has officially confirmed that the long delayed Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth will premier in America on dubbed and subtitled VHS and bilingual DVD on July 30th. Manga’s most technically advanced DVD to date will be a double-sided DVD with:

Special audio commentary by dubbing Director and voice of Rei Ayanami, Amanda Winn Lee other voice commentary by Taliesin Jaffe & Jason C. Lee; an exclusive “Mokuji Interactive” feature (Mokuji = “Contents”). Once activated, this feature will allow the viewer to select from an on-screen, chapter specific index of Eva-related terms, character descriptions, and other valuable information while viewing the film; in-depth index of characters, angels, Evas & terms; a photo gallery; Japanese trailers; letterboxed presentation; English 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound; a preview of End of Evangelion.

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death is an orchestrated retelling of episodes 1 through 24 of the original groundbreaking Neon Genesis Evangelion saga. Supplemented with startling new animated sequences, Death offers a unique insight into the personal worlds of the characters as conceived of by the series’ director Hideki Anno.

In Rebirth, the second half of the film, we see an alternate vision of episode 25 of the original series. Seele, the secret international organization behind the development of both the Evangelion project and the Human Complementation project, is concerned about the way the projects’ director, Ikari Gendo, is proceeding. Convinced that Gendo is implementing his own plans, they set out to wrest control of the projects and capture Eva Unit-01. Using the nine production model Evangelions under their command, and a force of conventional troops, Seele undertakes a full-scale invasion of Central Dogma – the operation control center beneath Tokyo-3.

All key roles in the English language version of Death and Rebirth are reprised by the original voice-actors from the Neon Genesis Evangelion series!