Hikaru Utada's New MV

Sakura Nagashi's Cover Art drawn by Evangelion's character designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto.

          Taking a break from her hiatus Hikaru Utada release a song this week: Sakura Nagashi (Flowing Cherry Blossoms). The is a beautiful piano ballad with her signature ethereal sounds and strong voice. After two years without her voice it's really good to her again. And any Evangelion will be pleased to know that she wrote and composed the song specifically for the new Evangelion 3.0 movie, out now in Japan. The song is just a stand-alone release and does not mean her hiatus is over. Watch the MV for Sakura Nagashi below.

UPDATE 1 (11/18/12): Added Evangelion 3.0 TV Spot 4 which uses Sakura Nagashi as the BMG.

Sakura Nagashi by Hikaru Utada

New Evangelion 3.0 Preview

Evangelion 3.0 TV Spot 4

SOURCE: AnimeNewsNetwork

The Third Evangelion Has Finally Been Dated!

New Production Image of Asuka

          The third of the Rebuild of Evangelion films: Evangelion Q [Quickening], has finally been dated for Fall 2012 in Japan. This was announced by Hideaki Anno's (writer and director of the Neon Genesis Evangelion series) anime studio Khara earlier today.

          Rebuild of Evangelion is a four part film project started in 2002 with the first film being released in Japan in 2007 and 2009 in America. The second film was released in 2009 and 2011 in Japan and USA, respectively. Originally, it was planned to have the third and the forth film released alongside each other, but it is currently unknown if that is still the case.

          They have also released a new short preview: See it below.

          P.S.: Follow Khara on twitter @khara_inc: or visit their website here: http://khara.co.jp/