Shinseiki Evangelion Movie: Shi to Shinsei

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 ... the release Assassin’s Creed Revelations Ubisoft has been desperately been milking the franchise by making poorly done squeals such as Assassin’s Creed Unity to unnecessary spinoffs such as Assassin’s Creed Chronicles which was a side-scrolling/Puzzle/Stealth game that not only bored me to tears but it perfectly represents how the Assassin’s Creed series has fallen just by being milked to death.

The same cash grabbing bullshit can apply for anime and the biggest offender for this is easily the Naruto franchise. Not only they have made countless pointless Naruto movies but the creators for that show constantly tried it’s hardest to keep it alive by having a crap tone of filler episodes to having an awful squeal series Burto the next generation which was the creators attempt to keep the Naruto series alive even though it’s getting One For All smashed by My Hero Academia constantly. How does this cash grab bullshit relate to Neon Genesis Evangelion Death and Rebirth? Well to put this straightforward Neon Genesis Evangelion Death and Rebirth is one of the most shameless cash-grabs to ever come out from this medium. Unlike the other two series that I just mention where I slightly give them points for trying to make they series reverent in the modern era for they respective mediums this movie has no reason to exist whatsoever and it should be burned to the ground.

The first 67 minutes of this movie being the death part is a lazily done recap off all the events of the first 24 episodes off the show including the director’s cut stuff that was released later by ADV Films? Not only does this part of the movie does an aboustly horrendous job at telling all the important events off the series but it somehow manages to completely butcher certain iconic scenes from the series by adding in shitty visual directing as well having a laughable script that wasn’t present in the original series at all.

Before we talk about my favorite part of this movie let’s quickly talk about the rebirth part of the movie. Despite being the first 30 minutes of End Of Evangelion where it actually has new scenes that never existed in the TV series it’s still a pointless teaser for End Of Evangelion movie where once again it only exists just to lazily draw people in. I won’t be talking about the Rebirth part of the movie because I will be talking about it in my End of Evangelion review.

Now with that said let’s get to my favorite part of this movie the 4 minutes and 24-second intermission. No joke. That intermission countdown along was the best thing to come out from this movie because not only it features relaxing and chilling music but the almost fully black screen fully symbolize that the series from this point onwards is going to hell. This is easily the best part about this pointless movie.

As for the visuals minus the intermission screen and the rebirth apart of the film, the visuals were shit overall thanks to the creators lazily reusing footage of the series but somehow making the visual and audio quality worse than the TV series.
Music is still great as ever but that’s should be expected at this point. The same thing can apply for the voice acting not counting that horrendous English Dub for it.

Overall minus the amazing intermission countdown screen, this movie is absolutely pointless. The Death part of the movie was horrendously directed to the aboustly core, the rebirth part of the movie despite being a 30-minute teaser of End Of Evangelion is a shitty attempt at drawing the audience in and the visuals quality in the movie is shit.

If your planning to check out the Evangelion series go watch the TV series instead. This movie is not worth your time at all.

Final Score 2/10

Neon Genesis Evangelion. Easily the most polarized series in anime. You either Love it, Hate it, or swing from liking it as a teen to hating it as an adult. And I most definitely can say I fall under the last item mentioned.

But that is the main series.This, on the other hand, is Death and Rebirth, the recap of the entire series, and the first 30 minutes of End of Evangelion. And how well does it handle recaping?

It doesn't. Flat out, The entire recap segment is a mess of scenes cut from the show (it's as if Gainax still ran out of money after NGE ... and made it as cheap as it could). The scenes aren't really presented in any good order either. It was an attempt to pin together the important events that effected each of the EVA pilots, but in such a way that anyone who wanted to go from this movie to End of Evangelion wouldn't understand the most important base elements from the show. For example,

1. What's an Angel?

2.Why did the South Pole explode?

3. Why is Shinji such a grouse?

4. Why is Asuka's mom talking to her inside of the EVA if she's dead?

5. Why make kids pilot mechs to save the world?

6. What in Sagan's name is the Human Instrumentality Project?

... And it goes on and on. Now, I have seen the show, so I do know what is happening when we reach the second half, but the editing in the first half throws all the important bits out and leaves you with a mess of hatred and confusion that leads into the mess to come.

The only redeeming part of this comes from Shiro Sagisu's once again great score. But at this point, you might just as well watch the show. It'll make a hell of a lot more sense and will anger you less.

I can not scream enough about how much I hated this movie when I watched it. I had just finished Evangelion and like most people I was annoyed with the ending so when I heard from a friend about the Evangelion movie I thought she was talking about the 'End of Evangelion' but no she was talking about this piece of...well to put it likely shit.

The movie is basically the entire series up to the last 2 episodes but the editing is choppy which makes it look like it was done by a five-year-old and whilst their are some new scenes which are not even ... worth watching...the movie even gets even better when their is literally a FIVE MINUTE SCENE THAT IS AN INTERMISSION before cutting to the Rebirth section which is and pardon my rage:
THE FIRST THIRTY MINUTES OF THE NEXT FILM ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME YOU MONEY GRABBING MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!!
I apologize for the language, but I really hate this piece of shit and if anyone was considering to watch the series before watching the reboot films, just watch the original episodes and then the end of evangelion to get the full experience.
FUCK THIS MOVIE!
Once again, sorry for the rage.
On the upside, the music is still good like the original series but it barely makes up for the choppy editing, music, story and the art which is barely an improvement of the last few episodes of the original.
Overall: 3/10

English.
This is a recap of the original series from episode 1 to 26.
Only with better animation and the truth can confuse you if you haven't seen the series before.
From my point of view you have to necessarily watch the original series to see this recap.
There is nothing special about it (besides the supposed new ending that is really not worth it) the truth is not worth seeing, only in case you no longer remember anything that happened in the series (even so it is worth worth more to see a summary of the series on the other hand).

Español.
Esto es una recapitulación de la serie original ... del episodio 1 al 26.
Solo que con una mejor animación y la verdad te puede confundir si no viste desde antes la serie.
Desde mi punto de vista tienes que ver necesariamente la serie original para poder ver está recapitulación.
No tiene nada de especial (ademas de el supuesto nuevo final que en verdad no vale la pena) la verdad no vale la pena verla, solo en el caso de que ya no te acuerdes de nada de lo ocurrido en la serie (aun así vale la pena más ver un resumen de la serie por otro lado).

Evangelion, one of the most iconic and cherished franchises in the world of anime and entertainment, has left a profound mark on the hearts of its followers. Faced with the anticipation surrounding its latest movie, I decided to dive into it with great interest. Although I wanted to highlight positive aspects, I find it difficult to do so, as the movie seems to be a faithful recapitulation of the events from the anime, with some additional scenes and subtle visual improvements being the only "notable" changes.

However, the narrative suffers being presented in a confusing order, making comprehension challenging. And while I know that the ... franchise is full of symbolism and stuff that are more emotional than logical, in this case, I can say that the order of the scenes doesn't feel justified.

Personally, I felt that my time wasn't rewarded, as the movie failed to bring a new perspective or depth to the episodes that the anime offers to the viewer. Despite the extra scenes, I can't ignore the feeling of disappointment and the impression that the movie is a waste of time. If you're a fan of the anime, you might find yourself questioning whether this movie truly adds value to the overall experience (long story short: NO)

The only reason I'm not giving it a terrible rating is because the anime is excellent, and practically the entire movie consists of the anime itself. However, when considering that it's a separate film, that's where I`m afraid that I have to lower the rating.