Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion

Original title: Shin seiki Evangelion Gekijô-ban: Air/Magokoro wo, kimi ni

1997
12
1h 27m

IMDb RATING

8.1/10

72K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

Play trailer0:58

Action Epic Adult Animation Alien Invasion Anime Cyberpunk Dystopian Sci-Fi Epic Hand-Drawn Animation Kaiju Mecha

Concurrent theatrical ending of the TV series Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995).Concurrent theatrical ending of the TV series Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995).Concurrent theatrical ending of the TV series Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995).

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

8.1/10

72K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

3,707

122

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins total

Rei Ayanami
(voice)
…

Yûko Miyamura

Asuka Langley Sôryû
(voice)

Kotono Mitsuishi

Misato Katsuragi
(voice)

Yuriko Yamaguchi

Ritsuko Akagi
(voice)

Fumihiko Tachiki

Gendô Ikari
(voice)

Akira Ishida

Kaworu Nagisa
(voice)

Motomu Kiyokawa

Kôzô Fuyutsuki
(voice)

Mugihito

Keel Lorentz
(voice)

Takehito Koyasu

Shigeru Aoba
(voice)

Hiro Yûki

Makoto Hyûga
(voice)

Miki Nagasawa

Maya Ibuki
(voice)

Kôichi Yamadera

Ryoji Kaji
(voice)

Maria Kawamura

Sohryu Kyouko Zeppelin
(voice)

User reviews276

8.171.8K

Featured reviews

10hahoangbao

I created an IMDb account just to review this.

Despite being criticized a lot because of the ending and the 'deep' plot, I found both the movie and the original series simply amazing. I've watch anime for almost my entire life and this was one of the few I can empathize with.

I thought it was just some generic mecha anime that got praise a lot in the first place, and I was totally wrong.

I have no words to describe how jarring this outstanding film was. Ignore the critics, give this series a shot!

8anthonydapiii

Delving Deep

I watched all 26 episodes of season 1 in the span of a couple weeks.

My friend recommended this show and I take his opinion seriously.

When I started the show I had no idea what it was I was watching. I was just getting a feel for the information I was being presented and the things I was seeing.

As I went on through the episodes, it became more and more clear to me that the show gave so much symbolism and analogies related to humans, AI, and creation.

When I watched the last episode and additional movie to cap off the Evangelion, it became so clear to me what I was watching. I had major self realizations too.

This show was one for the books. And I got to learn some Japanese along the way.

Vegeta-2

The best movie ever.

Never before has a movie put me through so many emotions. Anger, joy, fear, depression, hope, all flowed through me as the epic film unfolded before me. I was left emotionally wrung out the first time I watched it, and my view of life has been changed forever because of it. Just be warned, if you haven't seen all the TV episodes, you will be totally lost by this movie. Oh, and hope you haven't developed too much of an emotional attachment to the characters.

9artur-artborg

Well... that sure was a... thing

A short transcript of my oral reaction to the opening of the second part of "The End of Evangelion": "Uhm...? Uhm...? Uhm...? Uhm? Uhm!? UHM!? UHM!?!?!?" Er, did... Did Lars von Trier write this? 'cause I feel like Lars von Trier wrote this. Did... Has anyone ever seen Hideaki Anno and von Trier in the same room?

"The End of Evangelion" is a messed-up trainwreck of a masterpiece. It makes "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me" and "Sedmikrásky" look like rational slice-of-life dramas. It is utterly insane. But also quite brilliant. This film certainly isn't for everyone, but if you enjoy watching minds unravel in insanity on-screen then boy is this movie for you. I give it 9 [Shinji's Crazed Screaming] out of 10

10etg1701

The Magnus Opus of anime

I am at a loss for words to describe this work. It does for anime what Beethoven's 9th or Wagner's Ring cycle did for classical music. End of Evangelion combines intense action with emotional drama superbly. A number of scenes depicting graphic violence and sexual content will probably bother some viewers. These scenes, however, serve to underscore the themes of the movie for the most part.

The animation is excellent and the music is great (and features a number of nice works by Bach) and the symbolism is truly rich and elaborate, involving many elements of Christianity and Judaism as the entire series is sort of a take on the Apocalypse. However, as many have already mentioned, watching the anime series before hand is necessary to even remotely understand what is going on.

Storyline

Edit

Did you know

Edit

Trivia
The film was based on the scripts Gainax originally intended to use for episode 25 of the TV series, but were unable to due to budget and production problems, and TV Tokyo's refusal to allow the episode to be produced for television broadcast. The second half of the film builds upon the script to create an ending concurrent to the one shown in the TV series.

Quotes
Asuka Langly Soryu: [last lines]
Asuka Langly Soryu: How disgusting.

Crazy credits
The credits are shown at the halfway point of the movie instead of at the end. Also, they rise in a helix pattern instead of rising straight up.

Alternate versions
Manga Entertainment's 2002 DVD release of the movie contains some noticeable changes from the original film. In the English dub for instance, "splat" sound effects were dubbed into the scene of Misato shooting a trooper in the head and the scene in which the mass-produced Evas explode. Additionally in the dub, a shot in which a trooper attacks a NERV member with a flamethrower now has the added line "Hit 'im again!". Finally, a set of translated credits set to the song "THANATOS ~ If I Can't Be Yours" is shown after the film's conclusion, but unlike the credits appearing halfway through the movie, these credits are shown in the standard "scrolling" fashion. (The original Japanese version of the film has no credits at the end.) These and other alterations are explained by Amanda Winn Lee, the writer, producer and director of the English version, in the DVD's commentary track. However, many fans of the series carry animosities toward Winn Lee for authorizing such changes, and the DVD was criticized for its poor picture quality and errors in the subtitle translation.