Shinseiki Evangelion Movie: Air/Magokoro wo, Kimi ni

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Synonyms: Shinseiki Evangelion Gekijouban: The End of Evangelion, EoE

Japanese: 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン劇場版 Air / まごころを, 君に

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jul 19, 1997

Producers: TV Tokyo, Toei Animation, Kadokawa Shoten, Movic, Sega, TV Tokyo Music, King Records, Audio Tanaka

Licensors: GKIDS

Studios: Gainax, Production I.G

Source: Original

Genres: Action, Avant Garde, Drama, Sci-Fi, Suspense

Themes: Mecha, Psychological

Duration: 1 hr. 26 min.

Rating: R+ - Mild Nudity

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Score: 8.55¹ (scored by 621,125 users)

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Ranked: #103²

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Popularity: #173

Members: 930,333

Favorites: 29,013

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Synopsis

Shinji Ikari is left emotionally comatose after the death of a dear friend. With his son mentally unable to pilot the humanoid robot Evangelion Unit-01, Gendou Ikari's NERV races against the shadow organization SEELE to see who can enact their ultimate plan first. SEELE desires to create a godlike being by fusing their own souls into an Evangelion unit, while Gendou wishes to revert all of humanity into one primordial being so that he can be reunited with Yui, his deceased wife.

SEELE unleashes its military forces in a lethal invasion of NERV headquarters. As SEELE's forces cut down NERV's scientists and security personnel, Asuka Langley Souryuu pilots Evangelion Unit-02 in a desperate last stand against SEELE's heaviest weaponry.

The battle rages on, and a depressed Shinji hides deep within NERV's headquarters. With the fate of the world resting in Shinji's hands, Captain Misato Katsuragi hunts for the teenage boy as society crumbles around them.

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Background

Shinseiki Evangelion Movie: Air/Magokoro wo, Kimi ni is an alternate version of the series ending, which either supplements or replaces episodes 25 and 26, depending on how they are viewed.

The movie was awarded the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize for 1997, the Japan Academy Prize for Biggest Public Sensation of the Year, and Special Audience Choice Award by the 1997 Animation Kobe.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Souryuu, Asuka Langley

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Miyamura, Yuko
Japanese

Ayanami, Rei

Main

Hayashibara, Megumi
Japanese

Ikari, Shinji

Main

Ogata, Megumi
Japanese

Katsuragi, Misato

Main

Mitsuishi, Kotono
Japanese

Nagisa, Kaworu

Supporting

Ishida, Akira
Japanese

Pen Pen

Supporting

Hayashibara, Megumi
Japanese

Ikari, Gendou

Supporting

Tachiki, Fumihiko
Japanese

Kaji, Ryouji

Supporting

Yamadera, Kouichi
Japanese

Akagi, Ritsuko

Supporting

Yamaguchi, Yuriko
Japanese

Ibuki, Maya

Supporting

Nagasawa, Miki
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Ishikawa, Mitsuhisa

Producer

Anno, Hideaki

Director, Storyboard, Theme Song Lyrics, Creator, Music, Screenplay, Mechanical Design, Animation Director, Key Animation

Tsurumaki, Kazuya

Director

Tanaka, Hideyuki

Sound Director

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"Thanatos -If I Can't Be Yours-" by Loren & Mash

Reviews

Apr 4, 2024

tabsie

Recommended

I can singlehandedly say that evangelion (the movies and series) is the most beautiful well thought through anime i've ever watched, despite this anime being old the animation is incredible. I'm not ashamed to admit i cried a few times while watching it. The only negative thing i have to say is that i didnt like the switch of voice actors after the original series.

also whats up with evangelion all of a sudden becoming popular again and being associated with nazi larpers and schizos? am i missing out on some sort of joke here? idk.. its been trending thr past few months on 4chan i ...

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Feb 7, 2024

theuperes30

Mixed Feelings

i just finished the movie, finished the series earlier today, i dont know how to feel about this series, i was like really enjoying the anime and starting to get with the character development and the way the series worked, then by the end i got all confused again, watching the movie today cleared my mind about some stuff, but i guess this anime really wasnt it for me, i dont think shinji is a bad character like every one says, but at the same time i find it very difficult to pity him or have any positive feelings towards him at all (mostly after ...

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Mar 11, 2024

OhsnapitsDavid

Not Recommended

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ABSOLUTE WASTE OF TIME. If you watch this movie for its "deep plot" you will be disappointed. The Neon movie gets a 10 by a lot of people mostly because it just looks like a classic movie poster, but don't get it twisted. This movie does NOTHING amazing except for having a higher budget in its animation with smoother fights, darker tones, and more gore and nudity than a TV show.

Main problem:
It attempts to be complex, but ends up being inconsistent, riddled with plot holes, villains with god-like power, absurd characters....

Many people argue that "no bro you just didn't understand the symbology." No. I got ... it. It's pretty clear if you ever watched the TV series or this movie what the message goal was of spirituality, free will, and confronting reality is. It's so dang simple, I get it. The problem IS that this message gets stretched out harder than a college student racing to finish an essay 15 minutes before its due. The essay becomes one long filler just to explain why water is wet. That's why this movie's plot fails as well. It takes almost 40mins of flashy scenes just to repeat the message of having a choice, i.e. what is Shinji's choice that he makes.

Shinji is a problem in itself as addressed in my Neon TV review, but in terms of what "Shinji resolves" it doesn't matter because Shinji does not undergo any learning curve. What does he learn in the TV show? Nothing. What does he learn in the movie? To accept reality....then choking Asuka because JK Shinji is still the same angry wimp with self issues.

The only ACTUAL learning curve that Shinji ever showcased was in the TV series, and that was just a filler episode that by now doesn't even count in the main plot (the scene when everyone is congratulating Shinji).

No. Because Shinji DOES NOT have any character growth means that the plot for this movie was wasted. All that absurd fiction. All those absurd drawings and animation. All those absurd moments of flashy edgy attempts of attempting to depict a theme or message, were all wasted the moment Shinji chokes Asuka. WHY? Because how does that scene DIFFER from Shinji in Neon episode 1? Answer: it doesn't. That's it. No character growth. Plot wasted. Message wasted. Consistency wasted. ALL IS WASTED. Shinji is meant to be the character that the author chooses to be a figure for its plot, but SHINJI turns out to be the same wimp, the same inconsistent motives of whos side is he on, the same empty pervert, the same bland character. Shinji does not exist. The sooner people can accept that, the easier it would be to watch Neon.

Once you accept that Shinji doesn't matter, you start loving Neon because Neon's "deep plot" doesn't matter. Why? Because Neon's "deep plot" has so many plot holes, fails to be consistent, and fails to be a good story because the main plot just does whatever it wants, no ifs ands or buts. If the world turned yellow. Don't worry guys its "a deep plot." If everyone turned out to live,Don't worry guys its "a deep plot." If a giant monster appeared, and the universe caved around it, Don't worry guys its "a deep plot."

This is why I say that Neon's attempt of having a message becomes TOO edgy, too convoluted, too poison, too absurd, too complex falling into itself, to SIMPLY just gloss over and say "yeah, I liked what Neon's message was." Because there is no 1 message. There are SERIES of messages that all fall into each other. Like slapping a bunch of paint and calling it art. Like pasting a bunch of symbolism and calling it deep. Like drawing a lot of animation and calling the movie good.

I can't rate the manga, but I CAN say that both the anime and the movie were gorgeous to watch, but as a whole completely butchered it's own lore through inconsistencies, shadow secrets people never learn, pacing direction that is just all over the place, bland characters, and a horrible main character.

If you really cared about the Neon series, you would recognize these flaws. In a future recreation you would want the story to be clear, the characters to be alive, and the plot to be decisive. No reason why doing this you can't also be a little artsy. But it seems Neon TV and movie went the other direction with being too artsy first, and everything else second...... 6/10 for pity.

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