For years, Neon Genesis Evangelion sat in licensing limbo, leaving English-speaking fans without a legal avenue to watch the classic anime. That changed last November when Netflix announced that. Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth is the first film released for the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise. The film, which was directed by Hideaki Anno, Masayuki and Kazuya Tsurumaki, was released to Japanese theaters on March 15, 1997. Manga Entertainment released the film on DVD in North America in 2005. Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth is essentially a 2 hour recap of both the 26 episode Neon Genesis Evangelion series and The End of Evangelion. The issue that I had while watching this despite it being a recap is that it felt almost hollow in how the story and other coexisting elements were conveyed to the viewer.
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| Evangelion: Death and Rebirth | |
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Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Hideaki Anno Masayuki Kazuya Tsurumaki |
| Produced by | Mitsuhisa Ishikawa |
| Written by | Hideaki Anno |
| Starring | Megumi Ogata Megumi Hayashibara Yuko Miyamura |
| Music by | Shiro Sagisu |
| Cinematography | Hisao Shirai Yōichi Kuroda |
| Editing by | Sachiko Miki |
| Studio | Production I.G Gainax |
| Distributed by | Toei Company |
| Release date(s) | |
| Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Evangelion: Death and Rebirth(新世紀エヴァンゲリオン 劇場版 DEATH & REBIRTH シト新生Shin seiki Evangerion Gekijō-ban: Shito Shinsei?) is the first movie in the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise. It consists of two parts, Death and Rebirth, respectively. It was released, along with the follow-up, The End of Evangelion, in response to the success of the TV series and a strong demand by fans for another ending. It has since been re-edited and re-released several times.
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Plot summary
Death
- See Neon Genesis Evangelion (anime)
The first part, Death, is a 70-minute long edit of the first 24 episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion, with additional footage not seen in the original broadcast (the footage would later be integrated into the Japanese Laserdisc and the American and European Platinum Collection releases of the series, as 'Director's Cut' versions of episodes 21-24).
Rebirth
- See The End of Evangelion: Episode 25'
The second part, Rebirth, consists of 27 minutes of entirely new animation that would eventually form the first third of the film The End of Evangelion released four months later. Because of time constraints, Rebirth only covers the initial preparations of the Human Instrumentality Project and the invasion of the Geofront by SEELE, ending with the arrival of the Mass Production Evas (in The End of Evangelion, the final version of episode 25' concludes with the end of Asuka's fight with the Mass Production Evas).
Release
Between March and October 1997, Death and Rebirth grossed 1.1 billion yen.[1]
On July 26, 2005, Manga Entertainment released Death and Rebirth and The End of Evangelion together in the United States as a two-disc set.
The English production made similar creative changes in the dubbing of the film, as had been made to The End of Evangelion. One notable change was the alteration of the sound effect between the scene featuring Kaji to one of Shinji informing Asuka of his death. According to the DVD commentary, English ADR director Amanda Winn-Lee, also the voice of Rei in the dub, felt the sound was not a proper 'gunshot' and replaced it with a more overt effect. However, the Japanese screenplay mentions that the sound effect is not a gunshot at all, but rather the sound of a slap (the following scene implies Asuka has slapped Shinji's face) and fans have criticized this change as an example of dub actors and directors overstepping their bounds when adapting Japanese animation into English.[original research?]
Versions
Evangelion: Death(true) screened on January 2, 1998 on the Japanese satellite TV channel WOWOW, this version of Evangelion: Death was personally re-edited by Masayuki, removing much of the new footage from episodes 21-24.
Another version titled Revival of Evangelion(Revival of Evangelion: Death(true)²/Air/まごころを、君に Revival of Evangelion: Death(true)²/Air/Magokoro o, Kimi ni ?) was released on March 8, 1998 and is a unification of the 1997Neon Genesis Evangelionmovies Death(true)2(a further edit of Death(true), with several minor edits and the re-addition of the image of Adam merged with Gendo's hand) andThe End of Evangelion. It is considered the final form of the Evangelion movies, which were released in several forms prior to Revival. The two were released on the ninth and tenth discs of the Renewal of Evangelion box set with the labels of Revival of Evangelion and Evangelion – The Feature Film.
Reception
Evangelion: Death and Rebirth(新世紀エヴァンゲリオン 劇場版 DEATH & REBIRTH シト新生Shin seiki Evangerion Gekijō-ban: Shito Shinsei?) is the first movie in the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise. It consists of two parts, Death and Rebirth, respectively. It was released, along with the follow-up, The End of Evangelion, in response to the success of the TV series and a strong demand by fans for another ending. It has since been re-edited and re-released several times.
Contents
|
Plot summary
Death
- See Neon Genesis Evangelion (anime)
The first part, Death, is a 70-minute long edit of the first 24 episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion, with additional footage not seen in the original broadcast (the footage would later be integrated into the Japanese Laserdisc and the American and European Platinum Collection releases of the series, as 'Director's Cut' versions of episodes 21-24).
Rebirth
- See The End of Evangelion: Episode 25'
The second part, Rebirth, consists of 27 minutes of entirely new animation that would eventually form the first third of the film The End of Evangelion released four months later. Because of time constraints, Rebirth only covers the initial preparations of the Human Instrumentality Project and the invasion of the Geofront by SEELE, ending with the arrival of the Mass Production Evas (in The End of Evangelion, the final version of episode 25' concludes with the end of Asuka's fight with the Mass Production Evas).
Release
Between March and October 1997, Death and Rebirth grossed 1.1 billion yen.[1]
On July 26, 2005, Manga Entertainment released Death and Rebirth and The End of Evangelion together in the United States as a two-disc set.
The English production made similar creative changes in the dubbing of the film, as had been made to The End of Evangelion. One notable change was the alteration of the sound effect between the scene featuring Kaji to one of Shinji informing Asuka of his death. According to the DVD commentary, English ADR director Amanda Winn-Lee, also the voice of Rei in the dub, felt the sound was not a proper 'gunshot' and replaced it with a more overt effect. However, the Japanese screenplay mentions that the sound effect is not a gunshot at all, but rather the sound of a slap (the following scene implies Asuka has slapped Shinji's face) and fans have criticized this change as an example of dub actors and directors overstepping their bounds when adapting Japanese animation into English.[original research?]
Versions
Evangelion: Death(true) screened on January 2, 1998 on the Japanese satellite TV channel WOWOW, this version of Evangelion: Death was personally re-edited by Masayuki, removing much of the new footage from episodes 21-24.
Another version titled Revival of Evangelion(Revival of Evangelion: Death(true)²/Air/まごころを、君に Revival of Evangelion: Death(true)²/Air/Magokoro o, Kimi ni ?) was released on March 8, 1998 and is a unification of the 1997Neon Genesis Evangelionmovies Death(true)2(a further edit of Death(true), with several minor edits and the re-addition of the image of Adam merged with Gendo's hand) andThe End of Evangelion. It is considered the final form of the Evangelion movies, which were released in several forms prior to Revival. The two were released on the ninth and tenth discs of the Renewal of Evangelion box set with the labels of Revival of Evangelion and Evangelion – The Feature Film.
Reception
Chris Beveridge from AnimeOnDVD gave it an overall 'A-' score.[2] Robert Nelson of THEM gave it a 3 out of 5.[3]Japan Cinema gave the film a C+.[4]
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See also
| Anime and Manga portal |
- Evangelion: Death (OST)
References
- ^December 1997 NewType, p.90
- ^http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/disc_reviews/1532.php AnimeOnDVD
- ^http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=304 THEM Anime Reviews
- ^http://japancinema.net/2010/08/11/neon-genesis-evangelion-death-rebirth-review/
External links
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth at the Internet Movie Database
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth at MusicBrainz
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
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