Shin seiki Evangelion Gekijô-ban: Shito shinsei (1997)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Directors:

Hideaki Anno
Masayuki

Genre:

Animation | Action | Mystery | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Welcome to the Apocalypse

Plot:

The Evangelion saga from TV is artfully recounted, with some additional scenes, in part one see: "Shin...

Plot Keywords:

Alternative Timeline | Anime | Ejaculation | Depression | Surrealism

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Megumi Ogata	...	Shinji Ikari (voice: Japanese version)
Megumi Hayashibara	...	Rei Ayanami / Yui Ikari / Pen Pen (voice: Japanese version)
Yûko Miyamura	...	Asuka Langley Sôryû (voice: Japanese version)
Kotono Mitsuishi	...	Misato Katsuragi (voice: Japanese version)
Fumihiko Tachiki	...	Gendô Ikari (voice: Japanese version)
Yuriko Yamaguchi	...	Ritsuko Akagi (voice: Japanese version)
Kôichi Yamadera	...	Ryôji Kaji (voice: Japanese version)
Tomokazu Seki	...	Tôji Suzuhara (voice: Japanese version)
Motomu Kiyokawa	...	Kôzô Fuyutsuki (voice: Japanese version)
Miki Nagasawa	...	Maya Ibuki (voice: Japanese version)
Hiro Yuuki	...	Makoto Hyûga (voice: Japanese version)
Takehito Koyasu	...	Shigeru Aoba (voice: Japanese version)
Tetsuya Iwanaga	...	Kensuke Aida (voice: Japanese version)
Junko Iwao	...	Hikari Horaki (voice: Japanese version)
Spike Spencer	...	Shinji Ikari (voice: English version)

Also Known As:

Evangelion: Death & Rebirth
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (USA)

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Nova Scotia) | Italy:VM14 (DVD rating) | South Korea:15 (cable rating) | Australia:M | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:15 | Germany:16

Company:

Gainax

Movie Connections:

Edited from "Shin seiki evangerion: Saigo no shisha (#1.24)" (1996)

Soundtrack:

Kanon und Gigue in D-Dur für drei Violinen und Basso Continuo

What a promotional package!

"Evangelion - Death & Rebirth" is, obviously, a film of two parts. "Death" is a futile attempt to stuff the content of the first 24 episodes of the "Evangelion" TV series into a running time of just under an hour. It succeeds in getting the very bare-bones of the plot in, but leaves out all of the subtler moments, the moments of psychological drama, and the fully-realized character developments that helped to make the TV series so popular to begin with. The few minutes of animation made help fill up this immense loss fails miserably.

But it does its job. And its job is to promote "The End of Evangelion". It is virtually impossible to watch "EoE" without some significant background knowledge of the TV series, and that is exactly what "Death" does.

"Rebirth" is, essentially, the first few minutes of "EoE", there for the sole purpose of whetting the appetites of audiences all over Japan for the initial release of "EoE". But since "EoE" has since been released, what's the point of keeping "Rebirth" around, anyway?

As far as promotional packages go, this is one brilliant piece of marketing. But viewers expecting to be thoroughly blown away by "Evangelion" are best off watching the TV series and then "EoE" (all in one sitting is NOT recommended, due to the sheer length of it all). "Death & Rebirth" has served its purpose, and now is no longer needed.