When it comes to release dates, you do tend to take some retailers with a grain of salt compared to others, though there’s a certain level of truthiness to it all. The latest reveal for 2014 releases comes from Walmart as they’ve begun listing a couple of February titles with prices and dates. The retailer has up a look at the Appleseed XIII movie as well as the third Evangelion movie, which will certainly get people interested in what’s to come.
Plot concept: After facing massive destruction from a devastating war, the city Olympus has become the last stronghold as the center of command for the world. In order to protect the city from a group of terrorists known as the Argonauts, former LAPD SWAT member, Deunan Knotts, runs special military forces consisting of Biroids (cloned humans) and her cyborg partner Brialeos. Knotts must protect the city at all costs but is met with difficulties when Al Ceides, the Argonaut leader thought to be dead, resurfaces and causes problems.
Plot concept: 14 years after third impact, Ikari Shinji awakens to a world he does not remember. He hasn’t aged. Much of Earth is laid in ruins, Nerv has been dismantled, and people who he once protected have turned against him. Befriending the enigmatic Nagisa Kaworu, Shinji continues the fight against the angels and realizes the fighting is far from over, even when it could be against his former allies. The characters’ struggles continue amidst the battles against the angels and each other, spiraling down to what could inevitably be the end of the world.
[Source: FUNimation New Title Solicitations (Feb ’14)]
