The DVD and Blu-ray release of Evangelion 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance has proven a record-breaking success, with a total of 320,000 copies being sold on the first day alone.
Oricon is reporting the Blu-ray edition sold 195,000 copies, and the DVD 124,000 on the opening day, setting a new record for BD sales at the expense of the previous daily sales record holder, the late Michael Jackson. It may be on track to become one of Japan’s top selling Blu-ray discs of all time.
To date, the preceding Evangelion 1.* releases have sold 521,000, suggesting the sequel is already on track for exceeding those already impressive figures by a substantial margin. Late night anime are lucky to sell 10,000 copies, further illustrating the gulf between Evangelion and most other non-Ghibli anime.
Evangelion 2.22 is available internationally now.
Ordered long ago from play-asia on Blu-ray and it was shipped yesterday.
I watched this last night it was awesome , now just the long wait for the next one to come out
Totally baffled by all the haters taking a swipe at everyone that watched and enjoyed this series.
You want to diss its cheap story, shallow characters, cliched plot devices? Fare enough. But what I resent is lazy generalization of ALL people as the epitome of what they hate.
Every fandom has its rotten apples, be it Haruhi, K-ON, Gundam, Macross, etc, but
Having personally seen it in a cinema, I and many others can confirm that there were thunderous applause and hardly a boo as soon as THAT post-credit scene plus stunning preview. Surely Anno Hideaki must have done something right to make rabid fanboys (AND fangirls), both old school and “newfags”, “illiterate teenagers”, etc, to gladly part with their cash for what was SUPPOSED to be a rehash of a story they know by the back of their hand.
It’s like providing a service, and those coming back are loyal customers delightfully surprised that the service they’ve normally expected has now gone better.
Only newfags and illiterate teenagers can call regurgitated rewrites ‘better’. I don’t give a damn what artistic excuse the studio uses to justify it, the only reason stories are ever retold in the information age is to milk them for more money.
See as: Walt Disney Corporation or any Hollywood remake of a 30-40-50 year old title.
Mari smelling at Rei’s hair? I find that kinda hot.