Source: AnimEigo press release
Special Thanks to Erik Jansen (MediaLab)
Image courtesy of AnimEigo. ©2009/2010 Yasuhiro YOSHIURA / DIRECTIONS, Inc.
Anime distributor AnimEigo and parent company MediaOCD announce the upcoming home media Blu-ray release of TIME OF EVE (イヴの時間, Ivu no Jikan) on December 10th.
An auteur independent work from director Yasuhiro Yoshiura (PATEMA INVERTED, SING A BIT OF HARMONY), TIME OF EVE is a critical darling that won the 2010 Tokyo Anime Award for Original Video Animation. This new edition from AnimEigo contains the feature film version in English and Japanese, along with the original 6-episode web series from which it was assembled.
TIME OF EVE is set during a time when humanoid robots are everywhere, and every home has one as a servant. Some people treat them with contempt, while others become obsessed. One day, two high school boys stumble across a mysterious café that offers a third option: talk to them, free of prejudice, or even full knowledge of who's a robot and who's human. Shocked and rattled by the experience, the boys find themselves learning more about the world and themselves than they ever could have imagined.
Pre-oders are available now from the MediaOCD webstore at https://www.mediaocd.com/time-of-eve.
An Audacious Debut Work by One of Anime’s Luminaries
TIME OF EVE is a story that speaks directly to prejudice and political extremism and has become even more relevant since its release in 2010 with the rise of AI. It features the English dub by NYAV Post.
The release also will include a new interview with Writer/Director Yasuhiro Yoshiura along with a pair of his anime short films – PALE COCOON and AQUATIC LANGUAGE – and insightful interviews with TIME OF EVE voice actors Jun Fukuyama, Kenji Nojima, Rie Tanaka, and Rina Sato.
TIME OF EVE initially debuted as a 6-episode web series in 2008 and was later recut and expanded into a feature film in 2010 that is also included in the new AnimEigo home media release. In addition to directing, Yasuhiro Yoshiura wrote the story and script and storyboarded the anime. He was also the sound director and oversaw the production of the anime's CG segments.
TIME OF EVE 23 Blu-Ray Features:
- Feature film and 6-episide anime series
- Short films - PALE COCOON and AQUATIC LANGUAGE
- Interviews with voice actors Jun Fukuyama, Kenji Nojima, Rie Tanaka, Rina Sato
- A newly shot interview with Writer/Director Yasuhiro Yoshiura
- Behind-The-Scenes Featurette
- Opening day footage
- Official trailers
Audio: Japanese 2.0 DTS-MA, English 2.0 DTS-M
Subtitles: English, English SDH, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese (traditional) Russian and Japanese subtitles
Format: BD
Region: Region Free
Run Time: 106 min total
Released: 2008, 2010
SRP: $24.99
©2009/2010 Yasuhiro YOSHIURA / DIRECTIONS, Inc.
©2009/2010 Yasuhiro YOSHIURA / DIRECTIONS, Inc.
©2009/2010 Yasuhiro YOSHIURA / DIRECTIONS, Inc.
About AnimEigo
Established in 1989, AnimEigo, Inc. is not only one of the first companies to release Anime in the United States and Canada, but also one of the first companies to release significant numbers of high-quality Japanese live-action films. Over the last 35 years AnimEigo consistently broadened the market for Japanese films by finding audiences for entire new genres of films.
Renowned for high quality translations, subtitles, and dubbing, AnimEigo has released many classic anime titles, including “BUBBLEGUM CRISIS”, URUSEI YATSURA, KIMAGURE ORANGE ROAD, and OH MY GODDESS!.
AnimEigo's live action films have included such genres such as Samurai cinema, art films, action, WWII (from Japan's perspective), Ninkyo (Yakuza films), comedy, and more. Notable titles include SHOGUN ASSASSIN, LONE WOLF AND CUB, ZATOICHI, LADY SNOWBLOOD, SLEEPY EYES OF DEATH, the Palm d'Or winning THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA, JAPAN'S LONGEST DAY, and the Guinness World record holder for longest movies series starring the same actor, TORA-SAN.
For more information, please visit: https://www.animeigo.com.