Danica Davidson
November 13, 2024 
AnimEigo and MediaOCD are bringing the anime Time of Eve to Blu-ray. Pre-orders have begun, and the Blu-ray becomes available on December 10.
Time of Eve got its start in 2008 as a web series consisting of six episodes. Two years later it got a feature movie, using footage from the web series but also expanding on it. The six web episodes and the movie will all be included in the home release.
Time of Eve Blu-ray Trailer
It will also offer some extras, like the short anime films “Pale Cocoon” and “Aquatic Language.” Yasuhiro Yoshiura, who’s behind these films, is also the writer and director of Time of Eve, and one of the bonuses is a new interview with him. There are also interviews with members of the Japanese voice cast: Jun Fukuyama, Kenji Nojima, Rie Tanaka, and Rina Sato. You can additionally check out their Behind-The-Scenes Featurette and opening day footage. The Blu-ray contains English dub work from voiceover studio NYAV Post.
Pre-orders can be placed here.
AnimEigo gave this description for Time of Eve:
Time of Eve Plot
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.
Source: Press release
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Danica Davidson is the author of the bestselling Manga Art for Beginners with artist Melanie Westin, plus its sequel, Manga Art for Everyone, and the first-of-its-kind manga chalk book Chalk Art Manga, both illustrated by professional Japanese mangaka Rena Saiya. Check out her other comics and books at www.danicadavidson.com.
