Detail on Evangelion DVD Premium Set Announced, Sort Of

AD Vision will be releasing the Evangelion TV series DVD boxed set in two different editions- a standard and a “Premium” edition. The Premium edition will feature a metal, rather than cardboard slipcase. Specifics on this slipcase are unclear, though.

Anime on DVD reports that the metal box will be a limited edition item, however reports to the Anime on DVD Forum claim that this is incorrect and the metal box will not be a limited edition item. Each metal box will be hand made, serially numbered, and exclusively available through AD Vision distribution partner, Right Stuf International. According to another post on the Anime on DVD Forum, the metal box will be sold in the same 3 ways as the standard set: box only, box with re-mastered DVD 1 only, and box with all 8 DVDs. If this is correct, there’s currently no telling how the boxes will be numbered or if only certain boxes will be serially numbered or how long customers may have to wait before receiving a box considering that each is made by hand.