Madman Entertainment, in collaboration with NTV Films, Japan Foundation Sydney, The Arts Centre Gold Coast, and the Gold Coast Film Festival, are proud to announce a 2013 event tour that fans of Japanese popular culture and the EVANGELION franchise will not want to miss.<\/p>\n
The exclusive exhibition will offer anime\/manga, sci-fi and pop culture fans of all ages a unique and extensive insight into how the famed EVANGELION animated films were created \u2013 showcasing a collection of original concept and production art, character drawings and other key artefacts that provide a rare and fascinating glimpse at the behind the scenes artistry of Japanese anime film production.<\/p>\n
A variety of rare and valuable\u00a0EVANGELION\u00a0books, statues, tapestries and other items will also be on display.<\/p>\n
The exhibition will be on display at the Gold Coast City Gallery from Wednesday 17 April \u2013 Sunday 5 May 2013, followed by Sydney at the Japan Foundation Art Gallery from Friday May 10th<\/sup> \u2013 Saturday May 18th, and finally in Melbourne with a location and dates yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n In\u00a0the EVANGELION films – thus far, comprising EVANGELION 1.0: YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE and EVANGELION 2.0: YOU CAN (NOT) ADVANCE – fourteen year old Shinji Ikari is called to Tokyo-3 by his estranged father, who heads up a secret government agency in charge of the development of a gigantic humanoid weapons system designed to fight alien invaders called Angels.<\/p>\n Despite the emotional burden of not having seen his father in 8 years, Shinji is enlisted to pilot the giant artificial human\u00a0\u2018Eva\u00a0Unit One\u2019. In the explosive ongoing storyline full of brutal action and primal emotion, Shinji becomes a key member of a group of young pilots tasked time and time again with manoeuvring their towering cyborg Eva Units into combat against a relentless, deadly and disturbing enemy.<\/p>\n The third film of the series,\u00a0EVANGELION: 3.0 YOU CAN (NOT) REDO will be released this week in Japan and follow at a date to be confirmed in Australia in 2013.<\/p>\n Stay tuned for more information in the lead up to this exciting event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Madman Entertainment, in collaboration with NTV Films, Japan Foundation Sydney, The Arts Centre Gold Coast, and the Gold Coast Film Festival, are proud to announce a 2013 event tour that fans of Japanese popular culture and the EVANGELION franchise will not want to miss. The exclusive exhibition will offer anime\/manga, sci-fi and pop culture fans<\/p>\n