But last week Studio Khara, Eva’s current rights holder, casually let it be known that the fourth, and final, Rebuild of Evangelion film finally has a release date, or a release year, anyway: 2020.
Then again, prior to the “piano” trailer, Evangelion 3.0 had a conventionally animated preview…which the creators then decided to completely toss out, including none of its scenes in the film’s final version.
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It even threw patient fans a bone with a gorgeously animated teaser which played before screenings of new anime film Mirai of the Future, and which has now been released online.