Neon Genesis EVANGELION: End Of Evangelion (1997)
AKA - Shin seiki Evangelion Gekijô-ban
Seen on DVD 1st September 2008
This is the ENGLISH DUB that i'm reviewing.
Neon Genesis Evangelion is arguably the greatest anime ever created! It is by far my favourite anime and is one of my favourites television shows. Visually brilliant and a bit of a headfuck.
It would be advised that you really have to watch the entire television series for this movie to make any sense or at least watch the "death" segment from "Evangelion: Death and Rebirth" (1997) which attempts to recap the entire series in one sitting.
STORY: 7/7
- (The fate of destruction is also the joy of rebirith)
The "End Of Eva" is a retelling of what happened in episodes 25 and 26 of the original television series. All of the angels have been destroyed but NERV remains on level one alert. SEELE has been using NERV and the EVAs to destroy the angels so that they could go about uninterrupted in creating the Third Impact for their "Human Instrumentality Project." The army is sent in to overthrow NERV and take the EVAs by force but hoping to start Third Impact for his own reasons and on his own terms, Gendo Ikari puts up a fight.
After Asuka gives it her best (and OH MY is it ever her best, you will be VERY pleased) Shinji is forced back into Unit-01 where he will go on to face his fears, himself, the end of the world, a giant squishy Rei and a completed series of production model Evangelions.
* HARDCORE ASUKA *
ACTING: 6.5/7
- (So fucking what if I'm not you! That doesn't mean it's okay for you to give up!)
It's hard to judge the acting skills on an animated movie... but this one is TOTALLY brilliant. From Shinji's repeated "i mustn't run away, i mustn't run away" to Asukas final battle, and Misato giving Shinji the speech we've ALL wanted to give him since the start. Every word spoken in this movie draws me in further and further.
* KAWORU the 5th Child / 17th Angel *
CINE / VISUAL EFFECTS: 6.5/7
- (The door to both the beginning and the end of the world is open at last)
It starts out looking like most of your animes. Anime people in anime rooms. Then it starts to get fun. Livefootage is cut in, words on screen, subliminal-style flashing images and words. I swear, it's like a whole new world when you watch this movie frame by frame!! There is also the spectacle of a Third-Impact-Rei-Lillith the size of a planet.
* Really big Rei *
SCORE / SOUND: 6/7
- (I wish that I could turn back time, cause now the guilt is all mine)
Lots of big orchestral classics are used and, face it, you need BIG music to compete with the insane imagery of Evangelion. There is also "Komm Susser Tod - Come Sweet Death." A great pop song with really uplifting sounding music, but deep and depressing lyrics.
AKA - Shin seiki Evangelion Gekijô-ban
Seen on DVD 1st September 2008
This is the ENGLISH DUB that i'm reviewing.
Neon Genesis Evangelion is arguably the greatest anime ever created! It is by far my favourite anime and is one of my favourites television shows. Visually brilliant and a bit of a headfuck.
It would be advised that you really have to watch the entire television series for this movie to make any sense or at least watch the "death" segment from "Evangelion: Death and Rebirth" (1997) which attempts to recap the entire series in one sitting.
STORY: 7/7
- (The fate of destruction is also the joy of rebirith)
The "End Of Eva" is a retelling of what happened in episodes 25 and 26 of the original television series. All of the angels have been destroyed but NERV remains on level one alert. SEELE has been using NERV and the EVAs to destroy the angels so that they could go about uninterrupted in creating the Third Impact for their "Human Instrumentality Project." The army is sent in to overthrow NERV and take the EVAs by force but hoping to start Third Impact for his own reasons and on his own terms, Gendo Ikari puts up a fight.
After Asuka gives it her best (and OH MY is it ever her best, you will be VERY pleased) Shinji is forced back into Unit-01 where he will go on to face his fears, himself, the end of the world, a giant squishy Rei and a completed series of production model Evangelions.
* HARDCORE ASUKA *
ACTING: 6.5/7
- (So fucking what if I'm not you! That doesn't mean it's okay for you to give up!)
It's hard to judge the acting skills on an animated movie... but this one is TOTALLY brilliant. From Shinji's repeated "i mustn't run away, i mustn't run away" to Asukas final battle, and Misato giving Shinji the speech we've ALL wanted to give him since the start. Every word spoken in this movie draws me in further and further.
* KAWORU the 5th Child / 17th Angel *
CINE / VISUAL EFFECTS: 6.5/7
- (The door to both the beginning and the end of the world is open at last)
It starts out looking like most of your animes. Anime people in anime rooms. Then it starts to get fun. Livefootage is cut in, words on screen, subliminal-style flashing images and words. I swear, it's like a whole new world when you watch this movie frame by frame!! There is also the spectacle of a Third-Impact-Rei-Lillith the size of a planet.
* Really big Rei *
SCORE / SOUND: 6/7
- (I wish that I could turn back time, cause now the guilt is all mine)
Lots of big orchestral classics are used and, face it, you need BIG music to compete with the insane imagery of Evangelion. There is also "Komm Susser Tod - Come Sweet Death." A great pop song with really uplifting sounding music, but deep and depressing lyrics.
SONGS: N/A
GORE RATING: 5.5/7
- (I'll-kill-you-I'll-kill-you-I'll-kill-you-I'll--)
This is a scarily gorey animation. Eyes are turn out, maggot covered corpses flash on screen, people are shot and stabbed and literally torn apart. The sky is actually soaked with blood.
- (I'll-kill-you-I'll-kill-you-I'll-kill-you-I'll--)
This is a scarily gorey animation. Eyes are turn out, maggot covered corpses flash on screen, people are shot and stabbed and literally torn apart. The sky is actually soaked with blood.
OVERALL: 7/7
- Nobody wants me, so they can all just die.
Then what is your hand for?
- Nobody cares whether I live or die.
- Nothing will change... so they can all just die...
Then what is your heart for?
- Nobody wants me, so they can all just die.
Then what is your hand for?
- Nobody cares whether I live or die.
- Nothing will change... so they can all just die...
Then what is your heart for?
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