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Movies 1997Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & RebirthYoshiyuki Sadamoto

This is a real odd duck in the realm of anime compilation movies. The first part, Death is a recap of e1-24. And it's mostly by the book but I think it's worth noting that it's a very fast paced recap, with a number of flashbacks or flash forwards, and I think would be utterly incomprehensible to someone who has not watched the show. Which I respect! As a recap of a singularly Important anime there is a lot to recommend, there is a fair bit of redrawn or new animation and the TV show has never looked better. The other thing to note here the string quartet framing device, which is fantastic and makes me want to bump this up. I think what really hurts this as a film isn't the recap section, it's rebirth, the new section. Which is good! But is also just a preview of End of Evangelion. Which must have been so cool to people watching this in a Tokyo theater in the summer of 1995. Note: I'm pretty sure this should be listed as 1998 not 2026 but 🤷

anime · 1997

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth