4 New NGE Movies

According to the October issue of Newtype (Japan) (On sale September 10), four new Evangelion movies are in the works. The four movies will include a prequel, a mid-series movie, a sequel and a "final" movie. The prequel movie is due out early summer 2007.

While the new story will be set during the same time frame as the original TV series, Newtype states that it will be an entirely new project, not be a remake or improvement of any sort. Newtype also mentions that viewers will not need to have already seen previous Evangelion material in order to understand and enjoy the new movies.

Hideaki Anno will write the scenario for the first movie and will be the general director and manager for the entire project. Kazuya Tsurumaki will direct the movies while Yoshiyuki Sadamoto will provide character designs and Ikuto Yama****a will provide mechanical designs. Shinji Higuchi will provide storyboards for the first movie.

Khara, a new studio that shares office space with Gainax, was recently set up and is seeking production staff to work on Anno's new project.

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I'm very excited about this as more Eva is good Eva as far as I'm concerned. I am interested in knowing what the prequel will be about. Perhaps what happened during Second Impact? Or maybe right afterwards when the world is changing? Who knows but I'm still excited about this.

Yeah second impact and its aftermath (centring on misato if the characters are the same) is probably the most likely material for a prequel to cover.

Right, right. I can't wait.
*Pulls a plastic bag over his head.*

I suppose there's a possibility they could keep the ridiculous babble to a minimum this time.

Wow. I am amazed. Can this really be? It is hard to believe... :-O

Holy crap, I think I just stained my pants.

Definite win. And any word on that supposedly live action EVA flick?

Nothing new on the live-aciton movie (surpirse surprise). And yes this is definatly true.