{"id":510691,"date":"2026-06-25T16:29:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T16:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/510691\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T16:29:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T16:29:10","slug":"evangelion-studio-khara-boards-baahubali-the-eternal-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/510691\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Evangelion’ Studio Khara Boards ‘Baahubali: The Eternal War’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tStudio Khara, the Japan-based animation house behind the \u201cEvangelion\u201d franchise, has boarded \u201cBaahubali<\/a>: The Eternal War Part 1\u2033 to produce a dedicated animated sequence for the film. <\/p>\n

\n\tSlowCurve, the Japanese production company that brought Studio Khara onto the project, will handle planning and production coordination between the Japanese and international teams.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe segment will be directed by Honma Akira, with Ito Noriko serving as character designer. Maeda Mahiro \u2013 whose credits include \u201cEvangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time\u201d \u2013 will also join as a key creative contributor. Maeda is currently on staff at Studio Khara, which is led by \u201cEvangelion\u201d creator Anno Hideaki.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBaahubali: The Eternal War Part 1\u201d is a two-part animated feature set within the world of the \u201cBaahubali\u201d franchise. The film is produced by Shobu Yarlagadda, Prasad Devineni and S.S. Rajamouli<\/a> through Hyderabad-based Arka Mediaworks. Director Ishan Shukla, previously known for \u201cStar Wars: Visions\u201d and the Indo-French co-production \u201cSchirkoa: In Lies We Trust,\u201d helms both parts, working from screenplays by Scott Mosier. The story was conceived by Shukla and Sowmya Sharma.<\/p>\n

\n\tPrabhas<\/a> reprises his role from the live-action films as the voice of Amarendra Baahubali, with Ramya Krishnan returning as Sivagami. Composer M.M. Keeravani, the Oscar winner behind the scores for \u201cRRR\u201d and the original \u201cBaahubali\u201d films, is scoring the project.<\/p>\n

\n\tSet in the wake of the cliffhanger ending of \u201cBaahubali: The Beginning,\u201d the film follows the betrayed and murdered prince Amarendra Baahubali into the afterlife, where he finds himself drawn into an ancient cosmic war between devas and asuras. Navigating 14 realms of existence, he forges an unlikely alliance and fights to restore balance to the cosmos.<\/p>\n

\n\tReleased worldwide between 2015 and 2018, the \u201cBaahubali\u201d films \u2013 \u201cBaahubali: The Beginning\u201d and \u201cBaahubali 2: The Conclusion\u201d \u2013 directed by Rajamouli and produced by Yarlagadda and Devineni for Arka Mediaworks, were made on a combined budget of $70 million and collected $370 million globally. Presented in the Telugu and Tamil languages, and several dubbed versions, the films featured Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Ramya Krishnan, Anushka Shetty and Tamannaah Bhatia. On its own, \u201cBaahubali 2: The Conclusion\u201d is the third highest-grossing Indian film of all time, after \u201cDangal\u201d and \u201cDhurandhar: The Revenge.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe production spans India, France, the U.K. and Japan. Additional production partners on the film include Mihira Visual Labs, the tech-first creative studio founded by Yarlagadda, Raja Koduri and Rajamouli; Aniventure; Zaratan Studios; and Alcyde Studios. Part 1 has been selected for the Work in Progress section of the Annecy Animation Festival<\/a>, where new footage will be screened. The Annecy panel will feature Shukla alongside art director Ajey Lele, co-writer Sowmya Sharma, animation director Antoine Charreyron (\u201cBatwheels\u201d) and CG supervisor Simon Brown (\u201cGuardians of the Galaxy\u201d).<\/p>\n

\n\tSlowCurve was founded in 2006 as an animation publicity and marketing firm before pivoting into original production in 2016. The company has promoted more than 300 titles and now develops and produces animated projects for domestic and international markets.<\/p>\n

\n\tArka Mediaworks provided Variety with several work-in-progress art board images from \u201cBaahubali: The Eternal War.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\u201cBaahubali: The Eternal War\u201d work-in-progress art board <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tArka Mediaworks<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\u201cBaahubali: The Eternal War\u201d work-in-progress art board <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tArka Mediaworks<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\u201cBaahubali: The Eternal War\u201d work-in-progress art board <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tArka Mediaworks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Studio Khara, the Japan-based animation house behind the \u201cEvangelion\u201d franchise, has boarded \u201cBaahubali: The Eternal War Part 1\u2033…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":510692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[225989,64904,146,85,46,397,21737,73860],"class_list":["post-510691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-annecy-animation-festival","tag-baahubali","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-movies","tag-prabhas","tag-s-s-rajamouli"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}