Evangelion: 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone (2007) Evangerion shin gekijôban: Jo (original title)

Directors:

Masayuki
Kazuya Tsurumaki
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Writers:

Hideaki Anno (screenplay) and
Yoshiki Sakurai (screenplay)

Release Date:

1 September 2007 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The fate of the world is threatened by seemingly monstrous entities known as Angels. NERV is an organisation set up to counter this threat and it is up to young pilots to protect Earth but exactly what are the real motives behind NERV? |

Plot Keywords:

Anime | Mysterious Girl | Battle | Post Apocalypse | Rainbow

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Megumi Ogata	...	Shinji Ikari (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara	...	Rei Ayanami / Yui Ikari / Pen Pen (voice)
Kotono Mitsuishi	...	Misato Katsuragi (voice)
Yuriko Yamaguchi	...	Ritsuko Akagi (voice)
Akira Ishida	...	Kaworu Nagisa (voice)
Fumihiko Tachiki	...	Gendô Ikari (voice)
Motomu Kiyokawa	...	Kozo Fuyutsuki (voice)
Miki Nagasawa	...	Maya Ibuki (voice)
Takehito Koyasu	...	Shigeru Aoba (voice)
Hiro Yuuki	...	Makoto Hyuga (voice) (as Hiro Yuki)
Tomokazu Seki	...	Toji Suzuhara (voice)
Tetsuya Iwanaga	...	Kensuke Aida (voice)
Junko Iwao	...	Hikari Horaki (voice)
Mugihito	...	Kiel Lorenz (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maeghan Albach	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Greg Ayres	...	Kensuke Aida (voice: English version)
Laura Bailey	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Charles Baker	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Kristi Bingham	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Duncan Brannan	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
John Burgmeier	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Chris Burnett	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Bob Carter	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Leah Clark	...	Hikari Horaki (voice: English version)
Colleen Clinkenbeard	...	Ritsuko Akagi (voice: English version)
Justin Cook	...	Toji Suzuhara (voice: English version)
Cynthia Cranz	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Jasper Dutt	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
R. Bruce Elliott	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Juli Erickson	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Bill Flynn	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Scott Freeman	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Caitlin Glass	...	Maya Ibuki (voice: English version)
Clarine Harp	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Kyle Hebert	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Scott Hinze	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Akiko Hiramatsu	...	(voice)
Chuck Huber	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Bill Jenkins	...	Kiel Lorenz (voice: English version)
Jerry Jewell	...	Kaworu Nagisa (voice: English version)
Jeff Johnson	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Allison Keith	...	Misato Katsuragi (voice: English version) (as Allison Keith-Shipp)
Johnny Bruce Lewis	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Lydia Mackay	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Mitsuaki Madono	...	(voice)
Eiji Maruyama	...	(voice)
Brian Mathis	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Joel McDonald	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Mike McFarland	...	Makoto Hyuga / Eva (voice: English version)
Shunichiro Miki	...	(voice)
Carli Mosier	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Andy Mullins	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Kazusa Murai	...	(voice)
Kyoko Muramatsu	...	(voice)
Kôichi Nagano	...	(voice)
Hiroshi Naka	...	(voice)
Rio Natsuki	...	(voice)
Tomomichi Nishimura	...	(voice)
Trina Nishimura	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Junko Noda	...	(voice)
Sayaka Ohara	...	(voice)
Jonathan C. Osborne	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Kate Oxley	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Brina Palencia	...	Rei Ayanami (voice: English version)
Phil Parsons	...	Shigeru Aoba (voice: English version)
Wendy Powell	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Monica Rial	...	Pen Pen (voice: English version)
Michihiro Sato	...	(voice)
Dana Schultes	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Spike Spencer	...	Shinji Ikari (voice: English version)
Mark Stoddard	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Sonny Strait	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
John Swasey	...	Gendo Ikari (voice: English verison)
Alexis Tipton	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Ikki Todoroki	...	(voice)
Hidenari Ugaki	...	(voice)
Eric Vale	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Kent Williams	...	Kozo Fuyutsuki (voice: English version)
Isao Yamagishi	...	(voice)
Takeshi Yamazaki	...	(voice)
Wakana Yamazaki	...	(voice)
Kiyoyuki Yanada	...	(voice)
Eiji Yanagisawa	...	(voice)
Mayumi Yanagisawa	...	(voice)
Stephanie Young	...	Yui Ikari (voice: English version)

Directed by
Masayuki
Kazuya Tsurumaki
Hideaki Anno		(supervising)

Writing credits
Hideaki Anno		(screenplay)
Yoshiki Sakurai		screenplay cooperation

Produced by
Justin Cook	....	producer: FUNimation
Gen Fukunaga	....	executive producer: FUNimation
Carly Hunter	....	producer: FUNimation
Mike McFarland	....	line producer: FUNimation
Toshimichi Ohtsuki	....	executive producer
Toshimichi Ohtsuki	....	producer

Original Music by
Shirô Sagisu

Film Editing by
Hiroshi Okuda

Production Design by
Hideaki Anno

Art Direction by
Hiroshi Kato
Tatsuya Kushida

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Hiroshi Haraguchi	....	assistant director

Art Department
Shinji Higuchi	....	storyboard artist
Kazuko Kikuchi	....	color designer
Tomoki Kyôda	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Mike McFarland	....	adr director
Toru Noguchi	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Shôichi Masuo	....	special effects director
Masahiro Murakami	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Hiroyasu Kobayashi	....	CGI director
Daisuke Onitsuka	....	CGI director

Animation Department
Hideaki Anno	....	key animator
Lee Boo-Hee	....	key animator: GK Entertainment
Byung-Hee Choi	....	key animator: GK Entertainment
Sung-Hee Han	....	secondary key animator: GK Entertainment
Lee Hey-Jin	....	inbetween animator: GK Entertainment
Takeshi Honda	....	key animator
Takeshi Honda	....	mechanical animation director
Kim Jae-Hyung	....	secondary key animator: GK Entertainment
Kang Joung-a	....	inbetween animator: GK Entertainment (as Kang Joung-A)
Chan-Hee Kim	....	key animator: GK Entertainment
Eun Young Kim	....	inbetween animator: GK Entertainment (as Kim Eun-Young)
Jung-chul Kim	....	key animator: GK Entertainment
Yong-Hee Kim	....	inbetween animator: GK Entertainment
Kazuchika Kise	....	animation director
Kazuchika Kise	....	key animator
Sang Min Lee	....	secondary key animator: GK Entertainment (as Sang-min Lee)
Masayuki	....	key animator
Shôichi Masuo	....	key animator
Hidenori Matsubara	....	animation director
Hidenori Matsubara	....	key animator
Jung Mi-Hee	....	secondary key animator: GK Entertainment
Yûji Moriyama	....	animation director
Atsushi Okuda	....	key animator
Jun Okuda	....	animation director
In-hee Park	....	secondary key animator: GK Entertainment
Ju-hee Park	....	inbetween animator: GK Entertainment
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto	....	animation director
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto	....	character designer
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto	....	key animator
Shunji Suzuki	....	key animator
Shunji Suzuki	....	supervising animation director
Kazuya Tsurumaki	....	key animator
Ikuto Yamashita	....	mechanical designer

Editorial Department
Casey Barteau	....	video engineer: FUNimation
Makoto Imazuka	....	color corrector
Sachiko Miki	....	editing support
Chihiro Nakano	....	editing support

Other crew
Yasuhiro Kimura	....	copyright control: GAINAX
Hideki Takeuchi	....	staff roll

Production Companies

• Gainax
• Khara Corporation

Distributors

• Klock Worx Company, The (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Taewon Entertainment (2008) (South Korea) (theatrical)
• 9ème Dimension (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Cathay-Keris Films (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Eleven Arts (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• FUNimation Entertainment (2009) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Asia Video Publishing Co. Ltd. (2008) (Hong Kong) (all media)
• Dynit (2008) (Italy) (DVD)
• FUNimation Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• King Record Co. (2008) (Japan) (DVD)
• Neovision Company (2008) (Hong Kong) (all media)
• Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV) (2009) (Japan) (TV)
• Pratama Film (2009) (Indonesia) (all media)
• Vendetta Films (2007) (New Zealand) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Bones (monitor work cooperation)
• Digital Frontier
• Gemba
• Motor/lieZ
• Omnibus Japan
• Orange
• Studio Khara Digital-bu (cgi)
• Studio Khara Digital-bu (visual effects)
• Tatsunoko Digital (monitor work)

Other Companies

• AIC Takarazuka  inbetween animation
• Ajiado  inbetween animation
• Anime-R  inbetween animation
• Anime-R  second key animation
• Animespot  inbetween animation
• Ashi Productions Co. Inc.  inbetween animation
• Bones  inbetween animation
• Buyu  background art
• Chaos Project  animation finishing
• Continental Far East  Dolby consultant
• Doga Kobo  line test
• Doga Kobo  second key animation
• Dogakobo  inbetween animation
• Dubble Sky  line test
• EMI Music  theme song
• GK Entertainment  inbetween animation
• GK Entertainment  key animation
• GK Entertainment  second key animation
• Hanjin Animation  inbetween animation
• Hayashi Co.  line test
• Imagica  digital & film lab
• Koenji Junior High School  coverage cooperation
• Nikkatsu  advertising
• P.A. Works  inbetween animation
• Production I.G.  inbetween animation
• Q-Tec  digital editing
• Q-Tec  digital intermediate
• Rakuonsha  casting management
• Sagami River System Dam Management Office  coverage cooperation
• Sakura Create  second key animation
• Star Child Recording  music production
• Studio Kuma  inbetween animation
• Studio Kuma  second key animation
• Studio L  line test
• Studio Takuranke  inbetween animation
• Studio Wombat  inbetween animation
• Studio Wombat  second key animation
• T Nishimura  line test
• T2 Studio  photography
• Tatsunoko Productions Company  inbetween animation
• Tatsunoko Productions Company  second key animation
• Tokyo Electric Power Company  coverage cooperation
• Tokyo TV Center  recording studio
• Triple A  inbetween animation
• Wish  animation finishing
• Wish  inbetween animation
• Yûhodô  second key animation

Also Known As:

"Evangerion shin gekijôban: Jo" - Japan (original title)
"Evangelion: 1.11: You Are (Not) Alone" - International (English title) (longer version)
"Neon Gensis: Evangelion 1.01 You Are (Not) Alone" - USA (DVD title)
"Neon Gensis: Evangelion 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone" - USA (DVD box title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for action violence and some nudity

Runtime:

98 min | 100 min (extended cut)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX | DTS-ES

Certification:

New Zealand:PG | Canada:G (Quebec) | South Korea:12 | Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #45424) | Canada:14 (British Columbia/Ontario) | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba) | USA:TV-14 (TV rating) | Hong Kong:IIB | Austria:12 | Italy:T

Filming Locations:

Tokyo, Japan

Company:

Gainax

Trivia:

First of the "Rebuild of Evangelion" theatrical remakes.

Movie Connections:

References 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Soundtrack:

Beautiful World

A Nutshell Review: Evangelion: 1.0 You are (Not) Alone

While I knew a little about the Japanese anime Neon Genesis Evangelion through the reading of various fan sites dedicated to it, I've never actually sat down and watched an episode of the series. So when opportunity came by to experience the Rebuild of Evangelion, why not start the slate clean?

Rebuild of Evangelion is actually a tetralogy based on the original anime series by the same creative team, but it's not exactly a shot-by-shot rehash in that it does include some extra scenes, and I guess the objective is to allow the tetralogy to encapsulate what worked in the original, while at the same time to perhaps make it the more definitive telling of the story. Kind of like how comic books like to do the various reboots and tweaking of origins to suit the times.

We're introduced to Shinji Ikari, the teenage kid whose father Gendo is commander of an organization called NERV, which developed the Evangelion mechas to fight against alien Angels who invade Earth. To a layman like me, it's something like Ultraman battling monsters, except that are certain constraints here that make Evangelions interesting. Firstly, they are dependent on launch pads and are wired to NERV control, and what more, piloting these sophisticated mechas involves some bio-fusion between children, and the bots. Imagine having the fate of the world resting on the shoulders of a child, and what more, a rookie one in Shinji, who has to learn the ropes on the job. To complicate matters, he's the reluctant hero who whines a lot, is indecisive, and seems like he could lose it all anytime.

But that's exactly what makes Evangelion a joy to watch. The flawed heroes, compounded by the fact that with every increasingly powerful Angel to battle, the Evangelions seem to be more patched and repaired after each encounter, you'd wonder how long it could hold up before actually crumbling. The battle sequences here are nothing less than spectacular to watch, as we discover along with the heroes, just how best to defeat the vastly different Angels. Animation wise there's nothing to specially shout out about, as it's quite standard 2D fair with the usual attention to details.

Being the introductory movie, this film begins quite unconventionally in the thick of the action to grip your attention and never let up. As it moves along, it does drop hints of previous incidents, while introducing us to new characters along the way, expanding its mythos and universe. And in all intents, it does leave many doors opened for questioning, and it's almost definite that these would (hopefully) be answered in the subsequent films. Oh, and for action junkies, I give the thumbs up for the final battle in this movie - the creative team really do know how to make everything look really bleak!

For those who are new to the series, I quite sure this will serve as an excellent starting platform into the Evangelion universe. For those who have already been in the loop (and probably hated the series ending), this could be interesting for you to see what changes were made, and whether you will prefer the tetralogy instead.