{"rewrite":{"id":"r_497066d76c549b9bfb37d953","clusterId":"c_858220c106b7a54175346ec5","slug":"evangelion-30th-anniversary-fest-gets-4-disc-blu-ray-box-on-february-24-2027","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Evangelion 30th Anniversary Fest Gets 4-Disc Blu-ray Box on February 24, 2027","summary":"The 30th anniversary festival event \"EVANGELION:30+; 30th ANNIVERSARY OF EVANGELION\" is getting a four-disc Blu-ray box release on February 24, 2027, priced at 27,500 yen including tax. The event ran at Yokohama Arena from February 21 to 23, 2026, and drew roughly 30,000 visitors from Japan and overseas across three days. The box collects the stage programs, including appearances by voice cast members Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yuko Miyamura, Maaya Sakamoto and Kotono Mitsuishi, plus general director Hideaki Anno, director Kazuya Tsurumaki and director Mahiro Maeda. It also carries the Eva Kabuki program, a voice drama, the Yoko Takahashi special live, and the short anime \"Evangelion Broadcast 30th Anniversary Special Performance.\" Extras include new bonus footage tied to that short, footage made for the Central Tower monument in the EVA EXTRA 30 walking area, a replica dubbing script, a booklet of cast and creator interviews, and an outer box with a new illustration by Shuichi Iseki showing 23 characters and one animal. A teaser video is out.","whyItMatters":"The run sold out to roughly 30,000 people over three days, and the box is the only way to see the festival programs again, since the short anime screened only at the venue.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe box carries full stage programming from all three days at Yokohama Arena. Day one opened with the first Evangelion fashion show, drawing on the official apparel brands RADIO EVA and EVANGELION:95, with Fumihiko Tachiki as guest model.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDay two features Eva rakugo \u0026#34;Sleeping Beauty\u0026#34; by Kikuo Hayashiya, a voice drama with 16 cast members, and EVANGELION FLASHBACK LIVE with Yoko Takahashi.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDay three includes Eva rakugo \u0026#34;Dai-san Shin Shichidanme,\u0026#34; the Misato\u0026#39;s Yokohama Wandering Chronicle voice drama with Kotono Mitsuishi and Yuriko Yamaguchi, and Kabuki Symphony No. Kyu Evangelion with Onoe Sakon and Kamimura Kichitaro.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLounge talks cover disaster prevention with Tetsuya Iwanaga, ATAC material archiving with Megumi Hayashibara as interviewer, CGI with Daisuke Onizuka and Yusuke Matsui, and mechanical design with Ikuto Yamashita and Kazufumi Kobayashi.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLive drawing sessions feature Shuichi Iseki, Hidenori Matsubara, and Kim Sejun.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe short anime ships with subtitles in six languages: English, French, Italian, Korean, and Chinese in both Simplified and Traditional. Footage cut from the set includes the fashion show appearance by Sekai of EXILE and FANTASTICS, listed as a rights-related omission. The listing notes further omissions may apply. Retailer bonuses span 19 stores, from an A3 multi cloth at Animate to acrylic blocks and keyholders. Onigiri\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Evangelion's 30th fest box leads with the 2026 Yokohama Arena stages, so collectors are buying a recording of an event that already happened. The 27,500 yen price is for the archive, not a ticket.","twitterPost":"The Evangelion 30th box records a 2026 festival that already sold out Yokohama Arena. Buyers get the archive, not the room.","threadsPost":"The Evangelion 30th Anniversary Fest box is a document of an event that already happened: Yokohama Arena, February 2026, 30,000 attendees. The 27,500 yen buys the stage programs and new bonus footage, which means the audience shifts from the people who were there to the people who were not.","newsletterBlurb":"The Evangelion 30th anniversary festival at Yokohama Arena is coming to Blu-ray as a four-disc box on February 24, 2027, priced at 27,500 yen. It packages the stage programs, Eva Kabuki, a voice drama and the Yoko Takahashi live, plus a replica dubbing script and new illustration art by Shuichi Iseki. A teaser video is already out.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Cinema Today\",\"url\":\"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0157221\",\"title\":\"Evangelion 30th Anniversary Fest Gets Blu-ray Box Release! 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