The latest film in the legendary Japanese anime franchise will premiere in over 240 countries and territories excluding Japan

All three previous movies in the franchise will also become available exclusively on Prime Video

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LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Amazon Prime Video today announced the exclusive global premiere (outside of Japan) of the highly anticipated Japanese anime blockbuster EVANGELION:3.0+1.01 THRICE UPON A TIME on August 13^th. EVANGELION:3.0+1.01 THRICE UPON A TIME is the fourth and final chapter of the new theatrical edition of Evangelion. The anime film – which is the highest-grossing in all movies by chief director Hideaki Anno and most-watched movie in Japanese theatres in 2021- is from directors Kazuya Tsurumaki, Katsuichi Nakayama and Mahiro Maeda as well as legendary creator, screenwriter and chief director Hideaki Anno (Shin Godzilla). To celebrate the finale of the franchise, Prime Video will also release the three previous movies, EVANGELION:1.11 YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE., EVANGELION:2.22 YOU CAN (NOT) ADVANCE., EVANGELION:3.33 YOU CAN (NOT) REDO. to fans in more than 240 countries and territories.

The blockbuster franchise is a Japanese anime pop culture phenomenon based on the story of Evangelion, an artificial human and multipurpose humanoid weapon, and the Angels, an unknown life-form which takes place after the Earth has been shattered by a cataclysmic event. The film features all original voice actors including Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yûko Miyamura and uses the latest imaging technology to showcase the personalities and relationships of its unique characters as they fight for survival. It will be dubbed in 10 languages including English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish and Italian, and offer subtitles in 28 languages.

Since the TV series first aired in 1995, the Evangelion franchise has had a significant impact on Japanese pop culture and has elevated the anime genre worldwide. The legendary anime franchise was then reborn as a new movie series Evangelion: New Theatrical Edition in 2007 and this fourth and final movie released across theatres in Japan in March has gone on to break records, both for Hideaki Anno’s films and also as Japan’s most-watched theatrical movie of the year. EVANGELION:3.0+1.01 THRICE UPON A TIME on Amazon Prime Video will be the latest version of the film which includes revised scenes and is releasing across theatres now in Japan.

“The EVANGELION films have been thrilling fans for years and we know that there is a huge appetite around the world for the finale,” said Brad Beale, Vice President, Worldwide Content Licensing Prime Video. “I’m excited for Prime members worldwide to finally have the opportunity to watch the anime masterpiece EVANGELION:3.0+1.01 THRICE UPON A TIME, as well as the three previous films.”

“I’d like to thank every Eva fan in the world for your continued support,” said Hideaki Anno, Creator, Screenwriter and Chief Director. “We were looking for the best way to offer the movie to fans overseas as early as possible in a challenging situation with movie theatres during COVID-19, and are happy to have found Prime Video as a partner to stream it globally. We highly recommend watching it on a big TV screen for the best viewing experience.”

ABOUT EVANGELION:3.0+1.01 THRICE UPON A TIME

The fourth and final installment of the Rebuild of Evangelion. Misato and her anti-Nerv group Wille arrive in Paris, a city now red from core-ization. Crew from the flagship Wunder land on a containment tower. They only have 720 seconds to restore the city. When a horde of Nerv Evas appear, Mari’s improved Eva Unit 8 must intercept. Meanwhile, Shinji, Asuka, and Rei (provisional name) wander around Japan.

Studio: khara, Inc.

Chief director: Hideaki Anno, Director: Kazuya Tsurumaki, Katsuichi Nakayama and Mahiro Maeda, Screenwriter: Hideaki Anno

ABOUT THE THREE PREVIOUS MOVIES

EVANGELION:1.11 YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE.

Scarred by the Second Impact, the Fourth Angel attacks Tokyo III and humanity’s fate is left in the hands of Special Government Agency Nerv. Young Shinji Ikari is forced to pilot EVA-01. He and EVA-00 pilot Rei Ayanami are tasked to fight, but EVA-01 is damaged by the Sixth Angel. Misato Katsuragi draws up a plan to focus all of Japan’s electricity into EVA-01’s positron cannon to defeat the Angel.

Studio: khara, Inc.

Chief director: Hideaki Anno, Director: Masayuki and Kazuya Tsurumaki, Screenwriter: Hideaki Anno

EVANGELION:2.22 YOU CAN (NOT) ADVANCE.

Mari Illustrious-Makinami pilots Provisional Unit-05 to defeat the excavated Third Angel. Asuka Langley-Shikinami and EVA-02 defeat the Seventh Angel. The Eighth Angel appears and attacks Nerv HQ. EVA-03 is taken over by the Ninth Angel during testing and Shinji deploys to stop it, but learns Asuka is aboard. Gendo switches EVA-01’s controls over to the Dummy System and begins fighting EVA-03.

Studio: khara, Inc.

Chief director: Hideaki Anno, Director: Masayuki and Kazuya Tsurumaki, Screenwriter: Hideaki Anno

EVANGELION:3.33 YOU CAN (NOT) REDO.

Shinji wakes after 14 years aboard the battleship AAA Wunder belonging to an anti-Nerv organization founded by former Nerv members. Shinji hears Rei’s voice coming from EVA Mark.09, sent to rescue him, so he leaves Wunder and heads to Nerv. Kaworu Nagisa shows Shinji the transformed land. He learns that saving Rei triggered the Near Third Impact that caused the catastrophic damage to Earth.

Studio: khara, Inc.

Chief director: Hideaki Anno, Director: Masayuki, Mahiro Maeda and Kazuya Tsurumaki, Screenwriter: Hideaki Anno

EVANGELION:3.0+1.01 THRICE UPON A TIME will join the thousands of TV shows and movies in the Prime Video catalogue, including award-winning and critically acclaimed global Amazon Originals like Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, The Boys, Hunters, Fleabag, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. All this is available on Prime Video at no extra cost for Prime members. Prime members will be able to watch EVANGELION:3.0+1.01 THRICE UPON A TIME anywhere and anytime on the Prime Video app for smart TVs, mobile devices, Fire TV, Fire TV stick, Fire tablets, Apple TV, and stream online. In the Prime Video app, Prime members can download episodes on their mobile devices and tablets and watch anywhere offline.

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Contacts

Press Contacts for Prime Video & Amazon Studios:
Arianne Rocchi: roccha@amazon.com
Ayumi Sakaguchi: ayusaka@amazon.co.jp

NEW YORK & LONDON & HONG KONG–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Options, the leading provider of managed trading infrastructure and connectivity to the global Capital Markets, has been announced as the Best Managed Services Solution for Market Data at the TradingTech Insights USA Awards.

The awards, which took place on June 15^th, are designed to recognise excellence in trading solutions and services for capital markets and focus on those vendors who have provided exceptional trading infrastructure, trading technology, and data solutions.

Danny Moore, Options’ President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “We are delighted that Options’ dedication to market-leading innovation has been acknowledged in the TradingTech Insights USA Awards. With the recent launch of two new offerings in the form of Telemetry Services and Tempus, the PTP Compliance Reporting tool, delivering best-in-class market data solutions has been an R&D milestone for Options, now backed by award-winning selection.”

Andrew Delaney, President and Chief Content Officer of A-Team Group, which hosts the TradingTech Insight Awards, said, “Many congratulations to Options for winning Best Managed Services Solution for Market Data in our prestigious TradingTech Insight Awards USA 2021. It’s a real vote of confidence from across our readership of 30,000 senior technology officers and trading technology specialists, who selected Options as the clear winner in a very competitive field.”

This achievement marks the latest in a string of awards for Options who recently received the Visionary Award at the Pure Storage Breakthrough Awards, and Managed Services Provider Partner of the Year in the Trend Micro Awards, along with achieving Microsoft Cloud Provider Status in Canada, and a decade of SOC compliance.

In 2019, Options received investment from Boston-based Private Equity Firm, Abry Partners. This investment has enabled Options to accelerate its growth strategy and develop its technology platform whilst expanding its reach in key financial centres globally.

About Options (www.options-it.com):

Options Technology is the No. 1 provider of IT infrastructure to global Capital Markets firms, supporting their operations and ecosystems.

Founded in 1993, the firm began life as a hedge fund technology services provider. Today, the company provides high-performance managed trading infrastructure and cloud-enabled managed services to over 200 firms globally, providing an agile, scalable platform in an Investment Bank grade Cybersecurity wrapper.

Options clients include the leading global investment banks, hedge funds, funds of funds, proprietary trading firms, market makers, broker/dealers, private equity houses and exchanges. With offices in 8 key cities; New York, Toronto, Chicago, London, Belfast, Hong Kong, Singapore and New Zealand, Options are well placed to service their customers both on-site and remotely.

In 2019, Options secured a significant growth investment from Abry Partners, a Boston-based sector-focused private equity firm. This investment has enabled Options to considerably accelerate its growth strategy to invest further in its technology platform and expand its reach in key financial centres globally.

Options has been named among the U.K.’s leading growth companies in the 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017 Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 league table.

For more on Options, please visit www.options-it.com, follow us on Twitter at @Options_IT and visit our LinkedIn page.

About Abry Partners (www.abry.com)

Abry is one of the most experienced and successful sector-focused private equity investment firms in North America. Since its founding in 1989, the firm has completed over $82 billion of leveraged transactions and other private equity or preferred equity placements. Currently, the firm manages over $5.0 billion of capital across their active funds.

Contacts

For more information please contact:

Niall McAleer

Niall.mcaleer@options-it.com

Logz.io monitoring capabilities are now embedded directly into the Microsoft Azure Console

BOSTON & TEL AVIV, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#azure—Logz.io, a leading open source observability platform for modern DevOps teams, today announced a new strategic partnership with Microsoft Azure to streamline monitoring and observability workflows for cloud developers. Azure users can now deploy the Logz.io platform directly from the Azure Console with the click of a button. The seamless integration between Azure and Logz.io delivers visibility and monitoring for enterprise organizations developing applications on Azure, providing the specific information needed to streamline code development and achieve business agility.

Logz.io’s unique approach to monitoring and observability combines the best open source tools – ELK, Prometheus, and Jaeger – onto a scalable platform with added enterprise grade features like Alerts, reports, enhanced data segregation, and security. The Azure framework and product integration with Logz.io enables engineers building and maintaining applications in Azure to use these popular open source capabilities with even greater ease and less friction.

“Today’s DevOps engineers need direct access to the specific performance data that enables them to build and troubleshoot applications with greater speed and agility,” said Tomer Levy, CEO, Logz.io. “Through this strategic partnership, Microsoft Azure developers can now enjoy advanced observability with the click of a button, allowing them to work faster and with greater accuracy.”

“Our partnership with Logz.io will accelerate innovation within the engineering community, enabling teams to seamlessly launch Logz.io observability tools and rapidly build and monitor their products, while providing customers with a centralized portal management for billing and support for their Azure Deployments,” said Julia Liuson, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Developer Division.

By enabling engineers and IT operations pros to rapidly collect, analyze, and visualize their observability data in a centralized manner, Logz.io provides the critical visibility needed to reduce response time and optimize use of engineering resources – processing huge volumes of information to extract meaningful performance insights. This importantly enables organizations to answer technical and business queries on the fly, and more easily monitor today’s distributed, complex, containerized cloud environments.

For more information on Microsoft and Logz.io’s commitment to the Azure observability ecosystem, contact kerry.pillion@logz.io.

About Logz.io

Logz.io is a leading cloud-native observability platform that enables engineers to use the best open source tools in the market without the complexity of operating, managing, and scaling them. Logz.io offers four products: Log Management built on ELK, Infrastructure Monitoring based on Prometheus, Distributed Tracing based on Jaeger, and an ELK-based Cloud SIEM. These are offered as fully managed, integrated cloud services designed to help engineers monitor, troubleshoot and secure their distributed cloud workloads more effectively. Engineering driven companies like Siemens, Unity and ZipRecruiter use Logz.io to simplify monitoring and security workflows, increasing developer productivity, reducing time to resolve issues, and increasing the performance and security of their mission-critical applications.

Contacts

Kerry Pillion

kerry.pillion@logz.io