“Shin Evangelion Gekijo-ban” postponed due to the government issued state of emergency

Due to the government issuing of the State of Emergency, “Shin Evangelion Gekijo-ban” (New Evangelion Movie Version) will be postponed.

Originally slated for release on January 23rd, to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, the release date has been postponed.

In Japan, the spread of the novel corona virus surpassed 300,000 infections, two weeks after Japan surpassed 200,000 infections back on December 21st.  Tokyo recorded a confirmed record of 2,447 infections on January 7th.  And increase infections in other prefectures have led to the government announcing more prefectures to be added to the “State of Emergency” list (a total of 11 prefectures are affected).

この度の緊急事態宣言の発出を受け慎重に検討を重ねた結果、感染拡大の収束が最優先であると判断し、1月23日の『シン・エヴァンゲリオン劇場版』公開を自粛し、再延期を決定致しました。
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— 株式会社カラー (@khara_inc) January 14, 2021

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