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Region 4 Winners and Losers

Region 4 Winners and Losers

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Neon Genesis Evangelion-End of Evangelion, The=

    The Region 1 version of this disc appears to be double-sided (that's one strike against it already!). The first side is fundamentally the same as the disc we have in Region 4. Both are 1.85:1, without 16x9 enhancement. When you turn the R1 disc over, at least on my systems, there's nothing — it's not even recognised as a DVD. Maybe this is a single-sided disc, but with a ring label like a double-sided disc — that rates as a really dumb idea, in my book.

    The Region 1 disc is missing:

  • disc label!
  • Madman propaganda

    The Region 4 disc is missing:

  • Manga extras (really, Manga Entertainment propaganda!)
    • Manga video previews (10:09) — "discover Japanese anime on video and DVD"
    • Manga DVD catalogue — 26 one page ads for Manga titles
    • Merchandising and catalogue info (1:59) — montage of DVD and Tshirt ads
    • websites
  • Choice of six soundtracks (R4 has only four):
    • Japanese 2.0
    • Japanese 5.1 Dolby Digital EX
    • Japanese 6.1 dts es
    • English 2.0 (missing from R4)
    • English 5.1 Dolby Digital EX
    • English 6.1 dts es (missing from R4)
    The Region 1 disc has slightly better colour, but it displays a tiny bit more aliasing and dot-crawl.

    You may hear that the R1 starts with some footage that is not present on the R4. This is a half-truth. What happens is that the first trailer for End of Evangelion (present in subtitled form on the R4 disc) is shown (without subtitles) before the opening credits on the R1 — that's hardly "extra footage"...

    I can't tell you which is better — both have advantages.