Ranked #1071

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth

Death and Rebirth is a two-hour long movie that consists of two halves -- Death and Rebirth, each about an hour long. Rebirth will not be covered in this review, as its footage was expanded on and included in The End of Evangelion. It was produced by Production IG (famous for their work on the Ghost in the Shell series and xxxHOLIC) and Gainax (famous for their work on His and Her Circumstances and FLCL), and directed by Hideaki Anno (famous for his work on the original Gunbuster OVA and His and Her Circumstances). It was released on March 15th, 1997, and has been licensed Stateside by Manga Entertainment, and was originally released on July 30th, 2002.

So, what we're left with is Death -- which is more or less the entire series in an hour-long recap with minimal new footage, and lots of flashing text, like we saw more in the second half of Evangelion.

Do I think this was worth it? Having just finished the series and gone onto this, I found that I didn't really need a complete recap of the series, as Death covered the most important events from the series, most of which were pretty memorable anyways.

There's not really a lot to say about anything besides that, as you've pretty much seen it before this if you've watched the series.

All in all, if you don't have the time to watch the entire series, then yes, this is worth a watch. But if you have seen the series, it's a waste of your time. read more

This review a fiarly short, but given its a recap movie, no need to go deep.

Story - 1/10
Primarily a recap. Nothing too special here.

Art/Animation - 8/10
It's a recap, with the same animation as the television series.

Sound - 6/10
Not too memorable, It was pretty nice though.

Character - 10/10
It was all about the character development in this recap! :)

Enjoyment - 8/10
Still, despite being a recap, I enjoyed it quite a bit. It's a refresher course on Evangelion.

Overall, I have to give the recap of Evangelion - Death and Rebirth, a 7/10.