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ローゼンメイデン 
November 25, 2003 | 
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At this point in time, Gainax probably sees Neon Genesis Evangelion as the big fat cashcow that they can milk as often as they like. But I have to admit that they do a very good job at it that I find it hard to resist the juggernaut. The Renewal of Evangelion DVD release is a good example of this. This is such a highly publicised PR event where they manage to grab headlines/covers on Anime magazine (such as the December 2003 issue of Newtype Japan). And IMO, they deserve all of these attentions. The renewal of EVA DVD for R2 is one of the best remastering job out there. They have removed so many problems (such as the jitters) that plagued the original release of Evangelion.
I'm also interested in the bunch of new illustrations released for various EVA merchandises. While not all of them were created by the famous EVA/.Hack illustrator, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, they still look equally good. Meanwhile, Mr.Sadamoto himself has done some impressive illustrations for the DVD covers and ads of Renewal of Evangelion. Just take a look at the Kaworu Nagisa ad above to see what I'm talking about. And if you have access to Newtype Japan December 2003 issue, you can see that every attempt has been made to ensure that the character's skin tone in that illustration has pores-like texture that gives the skin a more 'realistic' look.
This issue of Newtype Japan comes with a DVD that includes amongst others, a version of "Cruel Angel Thesis" where the 2D illustration of the mecha in the opening is replaced with 3D rendering of the mecha. It also includes ads for what looks like 2 different Playstation games. One is a simulation game where you plays as Asuka and the other where you plays as Rei. There are also 2 interviews with people who I assume are the producer and designer of the games. The rest are just trailers for other Playstation games and other TV series. I noticed that there is an ad for the final episodes of Scrapped Princess, one ad for the 2nd season of Full Metal Panic, and an ad for anime version of Planet-es.
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