Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth
Original title: Shin seiki Evangelion Gekijô-ban: Shito shinsei
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A recap of the first 24 episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion, followed by a 30-minute continuation of the plot that would later form the first third of The End of Evangelion.A recap of the first 24 episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion, followed by a 30-minute continuation of the plot that would later form the first third of The End of Evangelion.A recap of the first 24 episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion, followed by a 30-minute continuation of the plot that would later form the first third of The End of Evangelion.
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Megumi Ogata
- Shinji Ikari
- (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara
- Rei Ayanami
- (voice)
- …
Fumihiko Tachiki
- Gendô Ikari
- (voice)
Kôichi Yamadera
- Ryôji Kaji
- (voice)
Tomokazu Seki
- Tôji Suzuhara
- (voice)
Miki Nagasawa
- Maya Ibuki
- (voice)
Hiro Yûki
- Makoto Hyûga
- (voice)
Takehito Koyasu
- Shigeru Aoba
- (voice)
Tetsuya Iwanaga
- Kensuke Aida
- (voice)
Junko Iwao
- Hikari Horaki
- (voice)
Spike Spencer
- Shinji Ikari
- (English version)
- (voice)
Amanda Winn Lee
- Rei Ayanami
- (English version)
- (voice)
- …
Tiffany Grant
- Asuka Langley Soryou
- (English version)
- (voice)
Allison Keith-Shipp
- Misato Katsuragi
- (English version)
- (voice)
- (as Allison Keith)
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- TriviaDeath and Rebirth is divided into 2 segments. Death consists of clips from the main series while Rebirth is the first half hour of The End of Evangelion.
- Quotes
Misato Katsuragi: Shinji, this is your home now.
- Crazy creditsAfter the credits for "Death", there is a short scene of Shinji walking silently out of the recital room with his cello followed by a loud slamming sound as the Japanese text "zoku-geki" ("the movie continues") appears on the screen. A four-and-a-half-minute intermission follows, preceding the "Rebirth" segment.
- Alternate versionsA line of dialogue was added in the English version near the end of the film, during a shot showing a soldier firing a flamethrower into a room. Between the two bursts of flame, a soldier's voice can be heard saying "Hit 'em again!"
- ConnectionsEdited into Revival of Evangelion (1998)
- SoundtracksSuite for Unaccompanied Cello No. 1 in G-major
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
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Not really worth watching unless you haven't seen the series in a while, or want a deeper understanding of some of the themes.
I would like to preface this review by saying that I absolutely love the original series of NGE. It has aged astonishingly well, and I think it's truly timeless.
However, this film occupies a bit of a strange spot in the franchise.
About an hour is recapping the series, and the final half-hour is a "sneak-peek" at the next film in the franchise, "End of Evangelion" (which I have not seen at the time of writing).
This begs the question - if your intent is to follow the storyline of the franchise from start to finish, what point does this film play? You could watch the series and (I'm assuming) go straight to End of Evangelion and you wouldn't have missed anything. It's a bit like having a "previously on evangelion" segment, then a half-hour trailer for something you're probably going to watch afterwards anyway.
I will admit, the recapping of the series did make me view some of the themes in a different light by juxtaposing scenes I didn't connect thematically before, so it's got that going for it. But it hasn't got a lot else I'd recommend it for other than that, or for revising the story so far if you haven't seen the series in a while.
It's not bad. There's just not much reason for it existing.
- Liambambawei
- Jan 11, 2018
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- Also known as
- Evangelion: Death (True)²
- Production companies
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- Gross worldwide
- $15,877
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.90 : 1
- 1.85 : 1
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