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Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth

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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Shinseiki Evangelion Gekijouban: Shi to Shinsei, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth, Revival of Evangelion
Japanese: 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン劇場版 シト新生
English: Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth
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Information

Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Mar 15, 1997
Source: Original
Genres: ActionAction, DramaDrama, Sci-FiSci-Fi, SuspenseSuspense
Themes: MechaMecha, PsychologicalPsychological
Duration: 1 hr. 44 min.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Statistics

Score: 7.481 (scored by 148211148,211 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #19862
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #941
Members: 267,133
Favorites: 740

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Synopsis

In the year 2015, more than a decade has passed since the catastrophic event known as Second Impact befell mankind. During this time of recovery, a select few learned of beings known as the Angels—colossal malevolent entities with the intention of triggering the Third Impact and wiping out the rest of humanity.

Called into the city of Tokyo-3 by his father Gendou Ikari, teenager Shinji is thrust headlong into humanity's struggle. Separated from Gendou since the death of his mother, Shinji presumes that his father wishes to repair their shattered familial bonds; instead, he discovers that he was brought to pilot a giant machine capable of fighting the Angels, Evangelion Unit-01. Forced to battle against wave after wave of mankind's greatest threat, the young boy finds himself caught in the middle of a plan that could affect the future of humanity forever.

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Background

Death and Rebirth is a highly condensed re-edit of the series (Death) plus the first half of The End of Evangelion (Rebirth).

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Staff

Ishikawa, Mitsuhisa
Producer
Anno, Hideaki
Director, Storyboard, Setting, Key Animation, Screenplay, Mechanical Design, Animation Director, Creator
Tsurumaki, Kazuya
Director, Storyboard, Setting
Masayuki
Director, Storyboard, Animation Director, Key Animation


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Ending Theme

1: "Kanon D-dur (Death ending)" by Shiro Sagisu
2: "Tamashii No Rufuran (Soul Refrain) (Rebirth ending)" by Yoko Takahashi




Reviews

May 5, 2010
I love "Death and Rebirth", I really do. In my mind, it's probably the least flawed segment in the Evangelion franchise. But I guess I know why people are rating it so low.

There are two reason people tend to give this movie a low score. The first reason is that this movie is split cleanly into two halves, and the first half, named "Death", is essentially a recap. I think most people just aren't as patient as I am and loathe recaps in general. "Death" deserves mention though, because they're probably the most well done recaps I've ever watched. It's not just scenes from the ...
May 11, 2008
Mixed Feelings
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 ...
Aug 17, 2018
If there is one thing I hate about in any medium it would be cash-grabs to existing and popular properties.

Cash-grabs, in general, is just a shitty scheme for companies in any medium to make poorly done squeals, to having unnecessary remakes and spinoff of existing properties. 95% of the time cash-grabs to popular works fail because not only do the companies would often run out of ideas but they will also heavily milk that cow even when it’s dead. Assassin’s Creed is the worst example of this. For a series that I use to love has now turned a milking cow for Ubisoft where after ...

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