Feb 26, 2021 22:02:00

'Shin Evangelion Theatrical Version' New Release Date Decided on March 8, 2021

Due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection and the accompanying declaration of emergency, the release date of '

Shin Evangelion Theatrical Version ', which was postponed on Saturday, January 23, 2021, will be released in 2021. It was announced that the decision was made on Monday, January 8th.

It's quite rare for a movie to be released on Fridays, Saturdays, or Mondays, not holidays. In this case, the cancellation of the state of emergency in the Tokyo metropolitan area, 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures, will be on Sunday, March 7, 2021, so it is expected to coincide with the cancellation of the declaration.

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As a result of repeated examinations since the announcement of the re-postponement, the release date of 'Shin Evangelion Theatrical Version' has been decided on March 8, 2021 (Monday).

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'Shin Evangelion Theatrical Version: ||' is the final version of the four-part work following 'Evangelion New Theatrical Version: Introduction ', ' Evangelion New Theatrical Version: Destruction ', and ' Evangelion New Theatrical Version: Q', initially in 2020. It is scheduled to be released on Saturday, June 27, and the opening 10 minutes 40 seconds 00 frames were pre-screened in event format.

'Shin Evangelion Theatrical Version AVANT1 (Opening 10 minutes 40 seconds 00 frames) 0706 version' Screening Event Report --GIGAZINE

However, due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, it was decided to postpone the release. In response to this, 'Introduction', 'Break', and 'Q' were released for free on the official app 'EVA-EXTRA' and YouTube's official color channel.

'Shin Evangelion Theatrical Version' release postponed, Eva introduction, breakage, Q released for free --GIGAZINE

After that, in October 2020, a

special news video was played when the movie version of 'Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba' was released, and it was announced that the release was changed on Saturday, January 23, 2021.

'Shin Evangelion Theatrical Version' will be released on January 23, 2021, revealed in the special news video of the theater --GIGAZINE

However, this schedule was also postponed again due to the effects of the state of emergency.

'Shin Ultraman', which is planned and written by director Hideaki Anno of this work, is scheduled to be released in early summer 2021, and depending on the schedule, there was even a possibility that Ultraman will be released earlier, but somehow Eva Will be completed first.

Fancy special effects movie 'Shin Ultraman' special news video released, giant humanoid creature appears in Japan --GIGAZINE