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Evangelion Franchise Plans Eva Kabuki Project for 30th Anniversary

Studio Khara noted on Friday that it will hold the previously announced "first festival" for the Evangelion franchise at the Yokohama Arena in Kanagawa on February 21 to 23 next year. The festival, named "EVANGELION:30+; 30th ANNIVERSARY OF EVANGELION," will feature the unveiling of the tentatively titled Eva Kabuki collaboration project between Khara and Shochiku. Khara unveiled the below visual for the project.

The festival celebrates the franchise's 30th anniversary. It will feature an exhibition area featuring works from Khara creators, and a separate stage area for stage events. Eva Kabuki will be unveiled at the stage area.

Netflix began streaming the 1995 television anime in June 2019, and it describes the story:

A.D. 2015. Tokyo 3 is under attack by powerful creatures known as the Angels. The protagonist, Shinji Ikari, is chosen to pilot the Humanoid Decisive Weapon Evangelion -- the only way for humanity to fight against the Angels. The battle for the fate of humanity starts now. What exactly are the Angels? What fate awaits the young pilots and humanity itself?

Evangelion: Death (True)2 is the updated 1998 edition of the 1997 compilation of the television series with some updated footage. The End of Evangelion film provided a new ending to the story in 1997.

Shout! Factory and GKIDS launched the Collector's Edition of the Neon Genesis Evangelion television anime and the films Evangelion: Death (True)2 and The End of Evangelion in December 2021 and the Standard Edition Blu-ray Disc set in November 2021. The company began selling digital downloads for the series and films in November 2021.

The franchise has inspired numerous spinoffs, merchandise, and collaborations. Hideaki Anno, the director of the anime, founded Studio Khara in 2006. He and the studio began producing a new tetralogy of films titled Rebuild of Evangelion, which reinterprets the events in the series. The tetralogy began with Evangelion: 1.0 You Are [Not] Alone in 2007, followed by Evangelion: 2.0 You Can [Not] Advance and Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo in 2009 and 2012, respectively. Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time, the final Evangelion film, opened in Japan on March 2021 and ranked #1 in its first weekend. Evangelion: 3.0+1.01: Thrice Upon A Time (Shin Evangelion Gekijō-ban :||), the new version of the final Evangelion film, opened in Japan in June 2021.

The franchise already inspired an Evangelion Beyond stage play in April 2023. 

Source: Comic Natalie