Evangerion shin gekijôban: Jo (2007)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Directors:

Masayuki
Kazuya Tsurumaki
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Writer:

Hideaki Anno (screenplay)

Release Date:

1 September 2007 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Sci-Fi

Plot Keywords:

School | Remake | Self Doubt | Loneliness | Post Apocalyptic

Awards:

1 nomination

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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	...	Keel Lorenz (voice)
Tomomichi Nishimura	...	(voice)
Hidenari Ugaki	...	(voice)
Hiroshi Naka	...	(voice)
Eiji Maruyama	...	(voice)
Sayaka Ohara	...	(voice)
Koichi Nagano	...	(voice)
Rio Natsuki	...	(voice)
Junko Noda	...	(voice)
Akiko Hiramatsu	...	(voice)
Mitsuaki Madono	...	(voice)
Kazusa Murai	...	(voice)
Eiji Yanagisawa	...	(voice)
Mayumi Yanagisawa	...	(voice)
Isao Yamagishi	...	(voice)
Wakana Yamazaki	...	(voice)
Kiyoyuki Yanada	...	(voice)
Shunichiro Miki	...	(voice)
Ikki Todoroki	...	(voice)
Kyoko Muramatsu	...	(voice)
Michihiro Sato	...	(voice)
Takeshi Yamazaki	...	(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)
Chuck Huber	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Bill Jenkins	...	Keel 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)
Johnny Bruce Lewis	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Lydia Mackay	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Brian Mathis	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Joel McDonald	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Mike McFarland	...	Makoto Hyuga / Eva (voice: English version)
Carli Mosier	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Andy Mullins	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Trina Nishimura	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
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)
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)
Eric Vale	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Kent Williams	...	Kozo Fuyutsuki (voice: English version)
Stephanie Young	...	Yui Ikari (voice: English version)

Directed by
Masayuki
Kazuya Tsurumaki
Hideaki Anno		(supervising)

Writing credits
Hideaki Anno		(screenplay)

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

Original Music by
Shirô Sagisu

Film Editing by
Hiroshi Okuda

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

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

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

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)
• FUNimation Entertainment (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• 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)
• Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV) (2009) (Japan) (TV)
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Yuhodo  second key animation

Also Known As:

Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (International: English title)
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Rebuild of Evangelion 01 (Japan) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for action violence and some nudity.

Runtime:

Japan:98 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX | DTS-ES

Certification:

South Korea:12 | Singapore:NC-16 | New Zealand:PG | Australia:PG | USA:PG-13 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #45424)

Filming Locations:

Tokyo, Japan

Company:

Gainax

Trivia:

As an April Fools joke for 2009, USA and Canada distributor FUNimation Entertainment released a bogus but well known cast list for the main characters, in the vein of the success of the Hollywood cast in Afro Samurai: Resurrection (2009) (TV). It included Shia LaBeouf as Shinji Ikari, Lindsay Lohan as Rei Ayanami, Miley Cyrus as Asuka Langley Sohryu, Angelina Jolie as Misato Katsuragi, Samuel L. Jackson as Gendou Ikari, and Sean Penn as Pen Pen.

Movie Connections:

Remake of "Shin seiki evangerion" (1995)

Soundtrack:

Beautiful World

Pointless

Rebuild of Evangelion has great animation. And I guess that's the best thing that can be said about it.

The original show was so full of ideas and emotion that even a 25 minutes episode could make you feel drained and confused. The first movie of the remake packs together about six episodes and this means that a lot of scenes had to be cut in order to fit the much shorter time frame and keep the story flowing. The result is that the characters have less depth and we are going too fast from one angel killing to another. It almost seems like a Hollywood remake with great computer-generated imagery and a lot of action. This is missing some of the spirit of the original.

The series was imperfect and highly uneven but in a bizarre way this was also one of the things that made it great. I think Anno should have Evangelion untouched – why remake something that is already as good as it can be? Rebuild of Evangelion is not a failure but it's kind of pointless.