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I’m fairly certain, on the order of 90-99%, that if I don’t post this, I will hate myself for the rest of my life.  Something this ridiculous must be documented.  In the future we must be able to prove that it exists.

They made an Evangelion bucket.   An Evangelion bucket.

This is not a joke, this is an official product that you can find on the Evangelion Store.  It costs ¥4,980, holds 20 litres, and is made out of tin free steel.  So at the very least, you know they took the time to make it out of something worth a damn.  And here I thought it was just made out of shitty plastic.

Here’s some more pictures, some of which actually try to make it look useful, but make no mistake, it is still very silly:

I’m sure everyone has had this experience at some point in their life, where you create something as a child or adolescent, and when you go back and look at it many years later, you ask yourself, “How can something that terrible exist?”.  Ten to fifteen years ago, those sorts of things were relegated to folders and composition notebooks tucked away beneath beds or in the back of a closet somewhere.  But now, with the internet, those sorts of things aren’t a private thing anymore, they exist for all sorts of ridicule.  Sometimes its funny, and sometimes, as is the case with Hellstorm Evangelion, it’s hilarious.

Hellstorm Evangelion is a fan fic authored by Issei Mataloun, which has largely been lost to the sands of time.  But its memory lives on, with an entry on TV Tropes, a textual MSTing by Elmer Studios in the late 90s, and an audio book by Heavens Feel Press which is absolutely hilarious.  I don’t think it’s until you’ve taken the story and given it a dramatic read that you truly appreciate how incredibly terrible and, like many cult films, how absolutely hysterical and awesome it is with the right mindset.  And would you believe there’s more?  There’s also Issei Strikes Back and Hellstorm II.  I highly recommend checking out the Hellstorm Evangelion audio book, it’s about an hour, and it’s pretty awesome.

• Hellstorm Evangelion audio book by Heavens Feel Press
• Elmer Studios MST of Hellstorm Evangelion (1-3)
• Elmer Studios MST of Hellstorm Evangelion (4-6, Epilogue)
• Elmer Studios MST of Issei Strikes Back
• Elmer Studios MST of Hellstorm II
• Mirror of Hellstorm Evangelion on EvaGeeks
• Mirror of Hellstorm II on EvaGeeks
• TV Tropes entry on Hellstorm Evangelion

The other day, I sat down with my good friend wildarmsheero, as well as some dude named “boner town”, and talked about Evangelion 2.22.  Hopefully you’ve seen it by now, and would enjoy listening to us ramble about it a bit.   And by a bit, I mean like two hours.  The podcast is conveniently divided up into an initial spoiler-light half, followed by a fairly spoiler-heavy second half.  And as I mention in the podcast, this is the third time we’ve discussed the new Evangelion movies on Mistakes of Youth, you can find the previous entries in the great saga archived in the podcasts section.

• MoY Podcast 2 BEYOND THE TIME: Episode 26– Anno Fucks With Us Again, Part I
• MoY Podcast 2 BEYOND THE TIME: Episode 27– Anno Fucks With Us Again, Part II

Hey kids, in case you haven’t heard, Evangelion 2.22: You Can (Not) Advance was recently released on DVD and Blu-ray in Japan. It has yet to be licensed for distribution in English, however there are now numerous rips and fansubs floating around for you to find, download, and enjoy. If you prefer subtitles, and are anxious to get an actual, honest to goodness Blu-ray disc of this film, you do have an alternative to waiting for a western release. There will be an official Hong Kong release of Evangelion 2.22 later this month, which will have English subtitles, and will be in Region A. It might cost you more, but at least you won’t have to wait another year to have the film on your shelf. I’m considering it getting it myself.

EvaMonkey.com launched seven years ago. Ahhh… it only seems like yesterday, doesn’t it?

It’s been an assumption for a while, given that DVDs for Death & Rebirth and The End of Evangelion have been out of print for some time now, but it’s finally official, according to Steve Sargent of Manga Entertainment on the Anime News Network podcast, Manga no longer has the licenses for the Evangelion movies. This is good news for Evangelion fans, as it means that the licenses will transfer to a new company, who will hopefully put out a superior anamorphic DVD that Manga promised back in the Summer of 2006. Who knows, maybe we’ll even get a Bluray, or the real Rebirth!

A couple of days, a user on our forum made an outlandish claim that he had in his possession a legitimate store-bought version of Rebuild of Evangelion 1.0, published by Funimation. Being the skeptic I am, I laughed at him, and then proceeded to take several days to find time to go to my local urbanite deathtrap Best Buy in order to attempt to verify that Rebuild was in fact released to stores earlier than was previously advertised. The trip was fruitful, and I was able to purchase the DVD for the small sum of $24.95 and another small portion of what remains of my dignity. So despite what you’ve read, the domestic release of Rebuild of Evangelion 1.0 is out before its November 17th release date, and believe me, if I can find it at that particular Best Buy, which has a small, messily stocked anime section, you should be able to find it anywhere. Happy hunting!

According to a recent Newtype interview, as discussed on tokyo3cn, reposted to the Evangelion ML, and once more reposted here for your delight and consumption, Rebuild of Evangelion 3.0 is due out in the Summer of 2010. This is earlier than expected, as it took nearly two years between 1.0 and 2.0. Apparently, the films have been so successful that they’re not limiting the budget on 3.0, and with the staff from the previous two films, they’ll be adding new staff, maintaining the same level of quality, and pushing the film out much earlier than expected. The only downside is that the directors/supervisiors won’t be able to do interviews/press conferences. I’d say that’s a pretty fair trade, wouldn’t you?

Wildarmsheero has done a series of blog entries about his outing to see 2.0. His Japanese isn’t spectacular, so you won’t be getting tons about the dialogue:

http://blog.mistakesofyouth.com/2009/06/27/evangelion-2-0-prelude-to-terror/
http://blog.mistakesofyouth.com/2009/06/27/evangelion-new-theatrical-version-division/
http://blog.mistakesofyouth.com/2009/06/27/evangelion-2-0-you-can-not-advance-spoilers/

Funimation has released a trailer for Rebuild of Evangelion 1.0. It has people speaking English in it. It also has stock trailer music that you’ll never hear in Evangelion. If that interests you, you can find it at the following location.

http://www.funimation.com/Evangelion/