Kazuya Tsurumaki

6 films on Best Blurays4 in 4K2 in HD

Kazuya Tsurumaki is a Japanese anime director. He is the protégé of Hideaki Anno, and was a longtime animator at Gainax before leaving for Studio Khara.

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4 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007)

Co-directors: Masayuki & Hideaki Anno

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly:

US GKIDS Blu-ray

Best Video:

Japan King Records 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Japan King Records 4K Blu-ray / US GKIDS Blu-ray

US GKIDS Blu-ray for the Amazon English dub

US OOP Funimation Blu-ray for the older Funimation English dub

Additional Info:

Japan King Records 4K Blu-ray is an upscale, but has less compression artifacts, it also includes the theatrical cut (:1.0) and the DVD cut (:1.01) on standard Blu-ray as bonuses.

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009)

Co-directors: Masayuki & Hideaki Anno

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly:

US GKIDS Blu-ray

Best Video:

Japan King Records 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Japan King Records 4K Blu-ray / US GKIDS Blu-ray

US GKIDS Blu-ray for the Amazon English dub

US OOP Funimation Blu-ray for the older Funimation English dub

Additional Info:

Japan King Records 4K Blu-ray is an upscale, but has less compression artifacts, it also includes the theatrical cut (:2.0) on standard Blu-ray as a bonus.

Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012)

Co-directors: Hideaki Anno & Mahiro Maeda & Masayuki

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly:

US OOP Funimation Blu-ray

Best Video:

Japan King Records 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Japan King Records

Australia Crunchyroll Blu-ray for the Amazon English dub

US OOP Funimation Blu-ray for the second (home video) Funimation English dub

Unofficial sources only for the first (theatrical) Funimation English dub

Additional Info:

Japan King Records 4K Blu-ray on the box set has inferior encoding than the standalone release, but includes the theatrical (:3.0) and older Blu-ray (:3.33) cuts on standard Blu-ray as bonuses.

Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021)

Co-directors: Katsuichi Nakayama & Mahiro Maeda & Hideaki Anno

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

US GKIDS/UK Anime, Ltd. 4K Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

US GKIDS/UK Anime, Ltd. 4K Blu-ray for both the original Japanese and the Amazon English dub

Additional Info:

US GKIDS/UK Anime, Ltd. 4K Blu-ray has higher bitrate and better encoding than the Japan King Records 4K Blu-ray. Japan King Records 4K Blu-ray on the box set has inferior encoding, but includes the theatrical (:3.0+1.0) and streaming (:3.0+1.01) cuts on standard Blu-ray as bonuses.

2 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)

Co-director: Hideaki Anno

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US GKIDS/UK Anime, Ltd. Blu-ray

Best Audio:

The Collector's Edition US GKIDS/UK Anime, Ltd. Blu-ray has both Manga and Netflix English dubs.

US OOP Anchor Bay DVD/VHS has the original Dolby Stereo mix for the Manga English dub and an exclusive DTS-ES 6.1 upmix superior.

EVANGELION: DEATH (TRUE)² (1998)

Co-directors: Masayuki & Hideaki Anno & Tsuyoshi Kaga & Shoichi Masuo & Ken Ando & Seiji Mizushima & Naoyasu Habu & Hiroyuki Ishido & Tensai Okamura & Akira Takamura & Minoru Ohara & Masahiko Otsuka & Tetsuya Watanabe & Keiichi Sugiyama

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US GKIDS/UK Anime, Ltd. Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Japan King Records Blu-ray has "Fly Me to the Moon" song intact.

The Collector's Edition US GKIDS/UK Anime, Ltd. Blu-ray has both Manga and Netflix English dubs.

US OOP Anchor Bay DVD/VHS has "Fly Me to the Moon" song intact and the original Dolby Stereo mix for the Manga English dub.

Additional Info:

Japan Blu-ray has the theatrical cut "Death & Rebirth"

Japan Archives of Evangelion DVD has the TV cut "Death (true) & Rebirth"

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