Release Date:
Dec 10, 2024
The challenge with artificial intelligence is that will the creators allow it to evolve and grow, and back when the anime Time of Eve first came out (2009), not everyone felt too concerned. Not everyone may have been aware about this web series; these days, the concern with what machines can do is cause for concern. There’s consequences, which many documentaries have explored, and the can of worms that various works of entertainment have opened up suggests many possible ways machines can go renegade!
Now, anime distributor AnimEigo and parent company MediaOCD are bringing this series for all to discuss and examine with the upcoming blu-ray release. That’s because there’s an all new featurette which may delve into the discourse too!
From the Press Release:
An auteur independent work from director Yasuhiro Yoshiura (Patema Inverted, Sing a Bit of Harmony), Time of Eve is a critical darling that won the 2010 Tokyo Anime Award for Original Video Animation. This new edition from AnimEigo contains the feature film version in English and Japanese, along with the original 6-episode web series from which it was assembled.
Time of Eve is set during a time when humanoid robots are everywhere, and every home has one as a servant. Some people treat them with contempt, while others become obsessed. One day, two high school boys stumble across a mysterious café that offers a third option: talk to them, free of prejudice, or even full knowledge of who’s a robot and who’s human. Shocked and rattled by the experience, the boys find themselves learning more about the world and themselves than they ever could have imagined.
Pre-orders are available directly via https://www.mediaocd.com/time-of-eve and Amazon USA
Time of Eve is a story that speaks directly to prejudice and political extremism and has become even more relevant since its release in 2010 with the rise of AI. It features the English dub by NYAV Post.
The release also will include a new interview with Writer/Director Yasuhiro Yoshiura along with a pair of his anime short films – Pale Cocoon and Aquatic Language – and insightful interviews with Time of Eve voice actors Jun Fukuyama, Kenji Nojima, Rie Tanaka, and Rina Sato.
Time of Eve initially debuted as a 6-episode web series in 2008 and was later recut and expanded into a feature film in 2010 that is also included in the new AnimEigo home media release. In addition to directing, Yasuhiro Yoshiura wrote the story and script and storyboarded the anime. He was also the sound director and oversaw the production of the anime’s CG segments.
Time of Eve Blu-Ray Edition Features:
$24.99 SRP
Feature film and 6-episode anime series
Short films – “Pale Cocoon” and “Aquatic Language”
Interviews with voice actors Jun Fukuyama, Kenji Nojima, Rie Tanaka, Rina Sato
A newly shot interview with Writer/Director Yasuhiro Yoshiura
Behind-The-Scenes Featurette
Opening day footage
Official trailers
Time of Eve Trailer
