Evangelion 1.11 Blu-ray Massively Remastered
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: May 27, 2009 04:22 JST
- Tags: Blu-ray, Comparison, Evangelion, Marketing, Remakes
In preparation for the release of the new Evangelion movie, the umpteenth remastered version of the franchise has been released, and the increase in quality is being hailed by fans as a real leap forward.
The remaster (or perhaps remake) of the last Eva film, Evangelion 1.01 You Are (Not) Alone, is entitled Rebuild of Evangelion: 1.11 You Are Not Alone Digital Master Version.
A comparison between the two versions highlights the differences (remastered placed first):
The latest remastering techniques are said to have been employed to aid in this impressive increase in visual quality, and this is not all: there are also said to 99 revised scenes, and 36 additional ones. The soundtrack has also been upgraded to the latest standard, now coming in Dolby TrueHD 6.1.
Evangelion 1.11 is available now in both Blu-ray and DVD versions.
The next film is not far off either:
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It would perhaps be more accurate if the screenshots were taken at the same brightness level. There is a definite improvement however, but the brightness enhances it more.
SHIT! 1.25 GB of a a single BDrip cap. Thank god exist Winrar for split files xD
Heh, I read that as "Blurry Massively Remastered." The irony that a format with high definition in its name gets beaten by a format one letter away from being called blurry.
On topic, this looks awesome. It's been years since I last watched Evangelion.
High quality... *drools+nosebleeds* GAWD!
ICame™
ya know. i've bought so many different versions of the series that it only makes sense that i would end up purchasing multiple copies of the movie.
im STILL not getting this one. I'm still waiting for NGE 1.200x 5D Super-Def Platinum Subsistence Chipotle Zero Carb Plasma Gamma Quincentennial Remaster's Anniversary Edition.
It still makes me laugh that people call it better quality, I call it making it a bit brighter...
+1
I just can see some chroma and gamma displacement. Not a massive remaster.
I've noticed this is a lot of remakes/remasters
The thing I find silly about it, they do it with some scenes that are supposed to be dark for effect, thus ruining it
Yeah, somehow in the cinema I thought it was awesome that you could almost only see the moving green glow-in-the-dark elements of Unit 01's armor during the fight against Sachiel.
I mean, both the sachiel fight and operation yashima are night scenes. I always thought they did it on purpose, if they wanted to make people see every detail they could have just addded in some searching-spotlights with their computer-software, probably a matter of minutes. But they did not so that they could later release a version in which everything is brighter without any light source added and then have fans buy both and discuss which one was better...
Mr. vice President, get me a blue STAT!
This is sweet. I would get this if:
A: I had the patience to order it (assuming it has subs)
B: Had a BlueRay Player (cause if your going to watch something remastered you do in the highest quality)
C: Money for the above 2.
As such Other Stuff>This for the time being. Still - I'll be hoping and looking for a torrent If I get time.
Hey, you just made me wonder whether the DVD version is also going to get the contrast fixes.
Should have been like this from the start.
The DVD version didn't really have any problems bar contrast issues as seem in the screen comparisons.
Still, how they can call this a "remastering" when the original was released less than 2 years ago is a joke.
Perhaps they should call it; "Evangelion 1.99, You Will [Not] Be Mliked Again...
Holy cow. Do want now! That looks just so awesome.
I admit that I never seen the Evangelion Franchise before... it seems pretty good as far as changes goes...
I always like it when a new version comes out, however, I also despise the fact that (at times) those new changes are nothing more than a few minutes of (so called) added footage... like a person walking an extra few feet.
(WAIT!) I am NOT say this is the case here...
It seems that they added allot of (extras) within this/the BR DvD, so in my book that makes it EPIC (already)...but, I will make a comparison, as I read the back covers to see what those extras actually entail...
Personally ~ I love longer uncut versions...of animé and films.
I do not mind purchasing a newer version, as long as the extras are worth it...
To get an idea on what Evangelion is about.... I am currently DLing ~ Evangelion 1.10 ~ to take a look at it...
Since I am curious...
Any more suggestions I should know about ... let me know...
Thanks ~
Dear Japan,
Stop pulling a George Lucas, and make new stuff instead of releasing 50 billion versions of the same old stuff.
Love,
me
Dear Anonymous,
Sorry, did you say something? We couldn't hear you over the sound of all the money we've made off people buying 50 billion versions of the same old stuff for the past decade.
- Gainax
Sorry, did you say something Gainax? We couldn't hear you over the sound of all the different kinds of Rei and Asuka figures we produced and sold for big moneyz.
-various figure corporations
I see no other changes apart from lighter images.
http://i40.tinypic.com/33e3ddf.jpg
Huh. Compared to the box design from early April, it looks like they toned down the rainbows. Maybe they heard me joking about it. :|
Wow. Somebody discovered how to turn the brightness up.
And in the third comparison, I prefer the darker image.
SO we will be seeing Rei is life like rendering?
DO WANT!!!!!!
fuck this is epic O___O
must have a copy XD
Can't wait for FUNi release, esp. if they release a BluRay version as well.
it seriously pissed me off how terrible the dvd quality was. this new blu-ray looks nice.
I can't even afford to *pirate* the blu-ray discs, much less buy the retail lol
Meh...
I fapped to this
Ive seen the 1st movie 10x already and im still psyched about watching it all over again(in Digital Master Version @_@)
and i just found out that theres a NEW kannagi episode(ova?) and its already released in RAW...
still confused how sankaku's radar didnt catch this...
anyway i hope they subbing soon~
Fixed:
i hope they'll subbing soon~
Re-fixed:
i hope they’ll be subbing it soon~
(its 4 am in the morning so sue me for making typo's..)
You'll hear from my lawyer!!!
Holy shit, new kannagi. Thanks for the heads-up. I always miss these OVA/OAVs. Note to self: Must lurk /a/TT/Nyaa more.
As regards the news article; I haven't even seen the first movie yet. I'm saving it on my hard drive for a special occasion, or when the next one comes out so I can watch them back to back.
Eureka Seven movie, however; now that I will be downloading and watching at the speed of light.
Small addendum to my previous missive as I just watched the Kannagi ep. It barely needs subs as there are many frequently used Japanese words involved. Still I probably missed some subtleties.
Anyway, it is win. Especially the prevalent mizugi action and in particular Zange-chan. Fucking moe.
Good Kannagi Episode indeed... :)
http://www.cartoonleap.com/2009/05/26/kannagi-14-the-gang-is-back/
I laughed a lot with Nagi and Zange antics...
Hum, I watched the original series + The End of Evangelion about 7 years ago. I was following the manga but it just stopped being released here. So I just gave up Eva. But now I'm kinda interested in these movies. What are they? Retelling of the ending or retelling of the whole thing since the beginning? Does anybody know?
They retell the whole thing, and make certain minor changes and additions.
wait until you see the second movie...
bricks will be shat...
I see, thanks.
I just hope we don't get dicked over stateside and end up with dvd only and no blu ray.
after watching the dvd 1.01 ten times over you should be ready for importing the original blueray-release without subs
Most of the changes includes a new technology used for the first time in an Bluray anime called SBMV (Super Bit Mapping Video)
http://www.cartoonleap.com/2009/05/13/evangelion-sbmv/
It fixes the gradient problem in the original release.
Nice article. Ergo Proxy was notorious for banding. I'd like to see that kind of tech applied to that series on bluray.
I'm actually speechless seeing how much more awesome it just became.
Wow looks great, and fuckin asuka arghhh yum.
Where did the Mari screens come from? Trailers?
I don't understand. Aren't the last two pics captures of the second film? Or the content of the 36 additional scenes?
you got a point.I think it should be in the additional scenes,to give a sneak peek of the new character for the coming movie.
That was unclear, apologies.
Really? 4 minutes to reply? Hell, I take longer for some IM'ing conversations...
It's Artefact you're talking about...
they did the impossible. they made something perfect even better
being that there was no native blu-ray release but just upscales by people it wasn't really hard to make this better than the old 1.01 dvds
Yeah, by not failing horribly this time. The DVD had terrible, terrible contrast problems.
So it'll look really good till the last 20 mins, when Nunally takes over as lead animator
the epic just got more epic.
I think I just wet my pants... O_o
hell yeah!!!
Indeed... *o*
same thing again, only with better drawings.
there's just no show good enough that would be able to make me watch it for the millionth time just because this one has been massively remastered.
epic started becoming un-epic already a few years ago.
Ahh.. this is what we call in the entertainment industry as "milking the cow" and the cow is you.
Reminds me of the Star Wars bit.
Friend "A" went to see the re-mastered version of Star Wars, then tricked Friend "B" into seeing it, by telling (lying to) Friend "B" that in the re-mastered version, Storm Troopers opened up on the Ewoks with plasma guns.
Do NOT want, robots like those will never exist...
^ lol
Except the first rebuild movie came out about 2 years ago.
So this analogy would only work if the first Eva Rebuild movie came out at least 5 or more years.
...before releasing this remaster remaster version. :P
(My IM cut off the thing.)
Right..but newer generation of view would rather watch it with remaster visual and sound effects...
same idea as star wars..I would probably laugh at the visual and SE in the original version because the difference is technology and what is available is just too different
i don't fucking care, it looks good, I'm watching it.
I just want to watch the damn movie in the US. And yes, I know what torrents are...
Holy shit this is awesome
A new mecha pilot by a megane musume........WIN!!!!
wait until you see her evangelion unit......FAIL!!!
Damn, now that's remastered! It looks so damn clean compared to the last version. Can't wait to watch it over.
They're really going all out with this. Impressive, well done this time.
Things like this make me consider buying a blu-ray player :x
That's some impressive improvements, whoever said you can't improve upon perfection was wrong.
Get a PS3.
;o
Or a notebook with bluray player. Or buy a bluray player or burner for your desktop-pc. They are around 50$. PS3 has lost its advantage while nobody was looking...
I will need to get a BD copy (and a BD player, at some point) to go along with my DVD version.
I think I've only seen the original english dub of Evangelion. Hope they release the Blu-Ray in the US so I can get a copy! Whens 2.0 coming out? ^.^
soooooon :D in jap tho.... so fsub probably in about half a year D:
Japanese with subtitles is fine, but I'm sure Funimation will buy rights to it and butcher it with english dubbing (with the option of original japanese actors yay)
Japanese without subs is fine, too. I mean, you've watched the series, downloaded the fansubbed 1.00, then bought the professionally subbed 1.01 DVD, and then probably even watched it dubbed. You should know what this movie is about.
I bet in Japan there were people who watched it on television, then on vhs, then in the cinema (death and rebirth), then on laserdisc, then on dvd, then on dvd again (renewal/platinum/remastered), then in the cinema (1.00), then on DVD (1.01). Now they are going to watch it on bluray (1.11) again. For fun, you can also imagine them reading the recent manga chapters inbetween.
Evangelion fans probably know the series better than the starwars fans know theirs in the US (although evangelion lacks the lego games).
Don't forget the people who have watched the series first on VHS, then on DVD and then the platinum edition...
Holy shit!
Too bad I'm not very found of the franchise.
But that shit got upgraded.
fail anime is fail
Seems fake. The brightness and proportions are all the differences. I'm more and more dissapointed in Sankaku.
There are plenty of sources, so kindly keep your misinformed calumnies to yourself.
This is not a fake. Gainax actually used a BRIGHT/CONTRAST/LENSFLARE,etc...Everywhere!
http://www.cartoonleap.com/2009/05/27/evangelion-111-too-bright-and-shining-release/
Some scenes deserved this filter but other scenes are way exaggerated!
It is just a mixed bag and probably another 1.xx version will fix it...milking the fans once more.
Many of you will know, that Evangelium comes from old Greek and means "GOOD NEWS". Evangelium is the name of the new Testament in the Bible, which deals with the arrival of Jesus Christ.
I wonder if you also knew, that in the New Testament Jesus introduces the Idea of HELL and ETERNAL PUNISHMENT for the first time.
Oh, the irony!
EVA has been on my to watch list for a long time. Now that these new movies are being released it gives me a reason to actually get to it since they're looking awesome so far.
How many versions we will see? and how much money stolen from customers? Sorry but for me this kind of stuff is bad....i have to buy 200000 versions of the same movie in the same year?
No way.
Right, better wait for EVANGELION 1.41. That one will square the very idea of awesomeness!
wait. there is 1.41?
Right. It'll be released in UHD somewhere around 2015. :)
Y'all lulz for me it looks like the brightness went a little up.....or is it just me who sees it that way?
maybe i should just make screenshots of 2 different brightness settings and see how people respond to those
The contrast was improved, not the brightness, I think.
it still does not compare to the quality of the original Akira.
not fair, computer stuff versus hand-drawn cels...