movie

1997 · Japan

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth

Tonight at a glance

Runtime: 101 min
Age rating: NR
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Why tonight?

Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
In Japanese — subtitles on.

The story

Originally a collection of clips from the Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series, Death was created as a precursor to the re-worked ending of the series. Rebirth was intended as that re-worked ending, but after production overruns Rebirth became only the first half of the first part of The End of Evangelion, with some minor differences.

surrealism
mecha
giant robot
piloted robot
compilation
edited from tv series
anime
philosophical
complex
based on tv series

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

Fumihiko Tachiki — Gendo Ikari (voice)
Koichi Yamadera — Ryouji Kaji (voice)
Miki Nagasawa — Maya Ibuki (voice)
Takehito Koyasu — Shigeru Aoba (voice)
Tetsuya Iwanaga — Kensuke Aida (voice)
Junko Iwao — Hikari Horaki (voice)
Tomokazu Seki — Touji Suzuhara (voice)
Motomu Kiyokawa — Kozo Fuyutsuki (voice)
Yuriko Yamaguchi — Ritsuko Akagi (voice)
Hiro Yuuki — Makoto Hyuga (voice)

Directed: Akira Takamura, Seiji Mizushima, Naoyasu Habu, Tsuyoshi Kaga, Hiroyuki Ishido, Masayuki & 9 more
Written: Akio Satsukawa, Mitsuo Iso, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Yoji Enokido, Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi

Production

Rating: 7.4 / 10 · 516 ratings
Studio: GAINAX, Production I.G, Tatsunoko Production, KADOKAWA Shoten, TV Tokyo, SEGA

The Collection

The complete story, in order.

1997
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Where it starts.
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth
1997 · You’re here
EVANGELION: DEATH (TRUE)²
1998

If this stayed with you

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