Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth

Original title: Shin seiki Evangelion Gekijô-ban: Shito shinsei

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Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (1997)

Adult Animation Anime Cyberpunk Dystopian Sci-Fi Hand-Drawn Animation Kaiju Mecha Psychological Drama Action Animation

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)
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Yûko Miyamura

Asuka Langley Sôryû
(voice)

Kotono Mitsuishi

Misato Katsuragi
(voice)

Fumihiko Tachiki

Gendô Ikari
(voice)

Yuriko Yamaguchi

Ritsuko Akagi
(voice)

Kôichi Yamadera

Ryôji Kaji
(voice)

Tomokazu Seki

Tôji Suzuhara
(voice)

Motomu Kiyokawa

Kôzô Fuyutsuki
(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)

Akira Ishida

Kaworu Nagisa
(voice)

Mugihito

Keel Lorentz
(voice)

Katsumi Suzuki

SEELE
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Maria Kawamura

Sohryu Kyouko Zeppelin
(voice)

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Trivia
Death 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 credits
After 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 versions
A 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!"

Connections
Edited into Revival of Evangelion (1998)

Soundtracks
Suite for Unaccompanied Cello No. 1 in G-major
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach

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6/10

Largely redundant apart from some nice moments

The Evangelion series itself may well be a true masterpiece, a rare example of a popular work that transcends its commercial origins and enters the realm of great art. Unfortunately, this film fails to really do it justice as it consists primarily of material already seen in either the television series or the film End of Evangelion. Additionally, they redubbed many of the voices for the English version, and the new voices often fall quite short of the old ones (even if they didn't necessarily live up to the Japanese ones to begin with). Touji's lines, in particular, fall spectacularly flat. On the positive side, it does introduce some new and hard to get footage interspersed with some nice musical numbers from Bach and Pachelbel.