When the solid is proven for a live-action adaptation of an anime franchise, often the photographs fall into one in all two classes. If the manufacturing continues to be in its early levels, often there’ll simply be some customary headshots of the actors and actresses, or if issues are farther alongside, they may seem in costumes or poses recreating memorable scenes from the anime supply materials.
So individuals have been fairly startled to see the most recent casting announcement for the upcoming live-action “Evangelion” stage play accompanied by the promotional photograph above.
Sure, it says “Evangelion Beyond” (the stage play’s official title) within the green-and-purple coloration scheme of Evangelion Unit-01, and the Japanese textual content additionally appears a little bit like the long-lasting Eva font. But for many who have been anticipating the solid to be wearing plugsuits or for an enormous robotic or alien monster to seem on the poster, it’s onerous to see a visible Eva connection, as demonstrated by Twitter reactions resembling:
“Whaaaat?”
“Is this Eva?”
“Not at all what I was envisioning.”
“Who are these people?”
“I get the feeling everyone is going to start doing modern dance all of a sudden.”
“It looks intriguing, but I’m positive I won’t be able to understand it.”
The shock ought to have been barely lessened, although, for many who have been following “Evangelion Beyond’s” growth. Last month, the producers revealed that the live-action adaptation gained’t characteristic the anime’s core character trio of Shinji, Rei, and Asuka. Instead, “Evangelion Beyond,” because the play is titled, is getting a brand-new protagonist named Soshi Tomori, performed by actor Masataka Kumada.
Actually, it doesn’t sound like every of the anime’s characters will probably be a part of the story, judging from the newly launched preview description of the story. Like the anime, “Evangelion Beyond” offers with the repercussions of the arrival of alien invaders referred to as Angels. In the play, although, it’s the particular group Mensch, led by supreme commander Saneyuki Kano, which develops the Evangelion models. Assisting Kano on this endeavor is his subordinate Etsuko Sakurai, and Kano’s son Toma is chosen as a pilot for one of many 4 Eva models, together with fellow center schoolers Hinata, Eri, and Nao, who’re given bracelets as markers of their secret mission and assigned to Mensch subject commander Iori. Toma then withdraws from the squad and disappears, adopted by Iori reuniting together with her previous school lover Soshi, who turns into a trainer on the faculty the Eva pilot attend.
In addition to being quite a lot of floor to cowl, all that sounds very totally different from the story described in final month’s “Evangelion Beyond” press launch, though the brand new description does nonetheless include the promise that “Soshi witnesses the opening of the door of a new tragedy.”
Let’s see if the play’s new teaser video may also help make issues clearer.
Nope, not even a little bit bit.
All that mentioned, although the brand new solid photograph has lots of people scratching their heads, the general on-line response appears to be extra comically amused intrigue than outright confused outrage. And as any veteran fan can inform you, it’s onerous sufficient determining what Eva is attempting to say after watching it, so not with the ability to inform the place the play goes proper now could be par for the course.
“Evangelion Beyond” opens May 6 at Theater Milano-Za in Tokyo’s Shinjuku neighborhood and runs till May 28, with tickets obtainable on-line right here.
Sources: Oricon News through Livedoor News through Otakomu, Twitter, Twitter/livedoornews
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