Studio Khara Streams Evangelion’s First Three Films For Free - Available On YouTube Till April 30

Neon Genesis’ fourth film, Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0, for which fans have been waiting patiently for 8 years, was finally scheduled for release on 27th June 2020.

However, Studio Khara, the studio animating the film, announced a further delay before the movie can be released due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Studio Khara, in an attempt to make people’s quarantined time more bearable, has released the first three Evangelion films for free on YouTube and on the Eva-Extra smartphone app. These films will be available for free streaming on YouTube till 30th April.

The studio’s website put up an announcement which states that it is currently working on releasing the audio commentaries “so that you can enjoy yourselves even more now that you’ll be spending such a long time inside your homes.”

The first 10 minutes and 40 seconds of Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0 were released last year. In March 2019, the franchise’s official twitter account announced that voice recordings for the movie had begun.

『シン・エヴァンゲリオン劇場版』アフレコも始まりました。
(写真は庵野監督の台本です)#EVANGELION2020 pic.twitter.com/oNZBvFd56l
— エヴァンゲリオン_official (@evangelion_co) March 20, 2019

“Shin Evangelion Movie Version” dubbing has also started. (The picture is the script of Director Anno) #EVANGELION2020
English Translation, Twitter Translate

It looks like the fourth film is not as far as it seems.

Happy Quaran-streaming!

About Neon Genesis Evangelion:

Neon Genesis Evangelion is a Japanese anime television series produced by Gainax and Tatsunoko Production, directed by Hideaki Anno and broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 1995 to March 1996.

This series revolves around Shinji Ikari, who was recruited by his father to battle giant monsters (called Angels) in enormous mecha suits (called Evangelion). Shinji has a hard time bearing this responsibility, and his inner conflict about these events leads to introspective episodes covering a range of religious and existential questions.