North American Shin Godzilla Theatrical Run Extended

By The Eva Monkey on Friday, October 21st, 2016 in News.

In the event you missed Shin Godzilla in theaters, or maybe there just wasn’t a screening in your area, you may be interested to know that Funimation is extending the North American theatrical run of Shin Godzilla through October 27th. There are matinee screenings tomorrow, October 22nd in more than 200 theaters across the U.S. […]

Evangelion 3.33 release date revealed by FUNimation at New York Comic Con

By The Eva Monkey on Monday, October 12th, 2015 in Conventions, Evangelion 3.0, Merchandise, News, Rebuild of Evangelion.

FUNimation announced Saturday at its industry panel at New York Comic Con that it will be releasing Evangelion 3.33 to home video February 2nd, 2016.  Exact details are forthcoming, however it appears that it will be sold as a Blu-ray/DVD combo.  It would seem that this is it, finally, after nearly two full years of […]

Funimation dub of Evangelion 3.33 still not finished.

By The Eva Monkey on Monday, July 14th, 2014 in Evangelion 3.0, News, Rebuild of Evangelion.

There have been a bunch of vague and unspecified delays since the beginning of the year in regards to the English release of Evangelion 3.33.  Last month, Toonami tweeted that Funimation said 3.33 was “still on hold” and that they were “Working ‘closely’ with studio khara to ‘make it closer to original vision.’”.  This prompted […]

Evangelion 3.33 licensed by FUNimation

By The Eva Monkey on Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 in Evangelion 3.0, Rebuild of Evangelion.

FUNimation has licensed Evangelion 3.33. After a social media thing where they encouraged people to help them get to a million likes on Facebook, they announced it there as a thank you of sorts.  So, yay for that, I think.  Further details, like a release date, are forthcoming, however if the previous releases are any […]

Evangelion 1.01 Packaging Printer Proof for auction on eBay for Japan Relief

By The Eva Monkey on Saturday, May 14th, 2011 in Evangelion 1.0, Rebuild of Evangelion.

Hardcore Evangelion collectors and/or generous Evangelion fans might be interested to know that Funimation is currently auctioning off a number of items on eBay for Japan relief.  Amongst the items is a packaging printer proof of the sleeve for the Evangelion 1.01 DVD.  As of right now, the auction is currently at about $100 and […]

Evangelion 2.22 promotion with Shirt.Woot

By The Eva Monkey on Thursday, March 17th, 2011 in Evangelion 2.0, Merchandise, Rebuild of Evangelion.

To promote the DVD and Blu-ray release of Evangelion 2.22, FUNimation is teaming up with Shirt.Woot for it’s latest shirt design derby.  The theme is Robots Save the World, and in addition to Woot’s typical $1000 prize, FUNimation is tossing in a bunch of other prizes, like copies of Evangelion 2.22, home theater systems, and […]

Spike Spencer introduces Mari English dub premiere.

By The Eva Monkey on Sunday, February 6th, 2011 in Evangelion 2.0, Rebuild of Evangelion, Video.

Amazon currently has an exclusive video for Evangelion 2.22, which features Spike Spencer, English voice for Shinji Ikari, introducing a clip from Evangelion 2.22.  The clip shows the first meeting of Shinji and Mari, and is the premiere of Mari in English, played by Trina Nishimura. To get to the clip on Amazon, you will […]

Funimation licenses Evangelion 2.22 for a 2011 release

By The Eva Monkey on Monday, August 2nd, 2010 in Evangelion 2.0, Rebuild of Evangelion.

So in case you haven’t heard on cooler sites like Eva Geeks and Anime News Network, Funimation has licensed Evangelion 2.22 for a 2011 release for theaters, as well as DVD and Blu-ray. If for some reason you don’t want to wait another year, you can always get the Hong Kong Blu-ray, it’s a legitimate […]