Reddit reviews Neon Genesis Evangelion: Complete Platinum Collection (Limited Edition Holiday Special)

Actually, the holiday edition is even more recent. (2008) (TRSI link)

It's really confusing, but there are actually 4 collections referred to as "platinum." One of them has six discs and 3 of them actually have 7, you probably have one of the sets that has 7 discs and are missing the last disc.

edit: links to each one so you can see what I'm talking about

http://www.amazon.com/Neon-Genesis-Evangelion-Platinum-Collection/dp/B000767QTA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369596121&sr=8-1&keywords=evangelion+platinum

http://www.amazon.com/Neon-Genesis-Evangelion-Platinum-Complete/dp/1413912834/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1369596121&sr=8-3&keywords=evangelion+platinum

http://www.amazon.com/Neon-Genesis-Evangelion-Complete-Collection/dp/B001GTFP1I/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1369596121&sr=8-4&keywords=evangelion+platinum

http://www.amazon.com/Neon-Genesis-Evangelion-Platinum-Collection/dp/B000VLL0O8/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1369596121&sr=8-5&keywords=evangelion+platinum

There is one other release, the Holiday edition, a repackaging of the platinum collection. It has no advantages over the platinum collection and is pretty hard to find. Also, your link to "a very silvery version" didn't work for me but I assume it is the platinum edition with the aluminum box.

You heard right that the platinum collection has better audio and picture. The Perfect collection has no remastering so it looks noticeably worse. Some scenes have shaky or blurry visuals. Platinum collection did a lot to fix this issues.

As far as the different platinum releases go I recommend the slim/thinpack version. All around I would say it's the best release. It has the best audio and visual, the directors cuts for eps. 21-24, however there are zero bonus features. This isn't too big of a deal as the bonus features on other releases are things like clean OP, trailers, english commentary on a few episodes, so nothing necessary. Also the slim version seems to be the easiest to still find.

Hope this helps, feel free to ask anything else.

Hmmm...Judging by this amazon link:

http://www.amazon.com/Neon-Genesis-Evangelion-Complete-Collection/dp/B001GTFP1I

It seems that the Limited Holiday Edition Platinum Collection is indeed an official release. Whether or not that Ebay seller is selling a legitimate copy, I do not know.