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Rebuild of Evangelion
Title 1:ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:序
Evangelion Shin Gekijōban: Jo
Evangelion New Theatrical Edition: Prelude
Title 2:Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone
Written ByHideaki Anno
Directed ByHideaki Anno (general director), Kazuya Tsurumaki, Masayuki
Theatrical ReleaseSeptember 1, 2007 (Japan)
Video Release Date1.01: April 25, 2008
1.11: May 27, 2009
Angel AppearancesFourth Angel, Fifth Angel, Sixth Angel, Second Angel (Lilith)
Eva SortiesEva-00, Eva-01
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'Evangelion 2.0'

Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版: 序) is the first of four films released in the Rebuild of Evangelion series, based on the original anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion, which premiered in Japan on September 1 2007. It was produced and co-distributed by Anno's Studio Khara in partnership with Gainax. Yoshiyuki Sadamoto provided character designs for the film, while Ikuto Yamashita provided mechanical designs. Both Shinji Higuchi and Tomoki Kyoda provided the film's storyboards.

The film focuses on a young teenager named Shinji Ikari, who is asked to pilot a giant mecha known as 'Evangelion Unit-01' to protect the world from mysterious creatures known as Angels. The plot is largely a point-for-point adaptation of episode 01 up to episode 06 of the original anime. While most scenes and events are replications of the original series, some unfold differently with new or omitted scenes.



Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone. Is a 2007 Japanese animated science fiction action film, the first of the tetralogy Evangelion, written and chief directed by Hideaki Anno. It is the first of. Website: Twitter: @evangelionco © khara, inc. Evangelion 1:11 tells the story of the beginning of the Third Impact in much the same way as the original series did to begin with, but is interlaced with new twists, upgrades, subtle differences and, by the end credits, the first hints of something very different.

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Plot

Shinji on the telephone after arriving in Tokyo 3.
Remaining battery power timer running down.
Misato at a bar with Ritsuko (not shown).
Ramiel heading toward Tokyo 3.

The film begins in 2015, fifteen years after Second Impact, when fourteen-year-old Shinji Ikari receives a phone call, summoning him to Tokyo-3, by his estranged father, Gendo Ikari. While caught in a crossfire between UN forces and a strange creature, known as the Fourth AngelSachiel, Shinji is picked up by Lt. Colonel Misato Katsuragi, and taken to the headquarters of his father's organization, Nerv. At Nerv HQ, Shinji is shown what his father has been working on: A giant 'robot,' known as Evangelion Unit-01. Shinji's father, forces him to pilot it, saying he is the only one who able to do so. Shinji initially refuses, but then reluctantly agrees when Gendo threatens to send Rei Ayanami, a heavily bandaged Evangelion pilot, into battle. He initially fails to defeat the Angel, and blacks out in pain, but the Evangelion goes berserk and defeats the Angel on its without the pilot.

Soon afterwards, Shinji wakes up in the hospital and is officially instated as the pilot of Eva-01, the Third Child. Shinji is taken in by Misato as her new housemate and enrolled in the local middle school. Here he runs into problems with classmates Toji Suzuhara, whose sister was injured in the battle and beats Shinji up in retaliation, and his friend Kensuke Aida. The Fifth Angel, Shamshel, attacks Tokyo-3, and Shinji is forced to battle again.

Toji and Kensuke sneak out of the emergency shelters to see the action, while Shinji enters the battle. The Angel slams Unit-01 into a mountainside, nearly crushing Toji and Kensuke. Misato has the two take cover in Unit-01's cockpit before ordering Shinji to retreat, but he disobeys and destroys the Fifth Angel with the equipped knife. Misato later reprimands Shinji for disobeying her.

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After the ordeal with the Fith Angel, Shinji decides to run away. After making his way to an under-construction bridge he is brought back by Nerv employees. At school, Toji decides that Shinji isn't a bad person, and they become friends after he insists that Shinji punch him in return. Following this, Shinji interacts with his fellow pilot, the mysterious Rei Ayanami for the first time.

The Sixth Angel, Ramiel, appears and tries to drill into the Geofront. Shinji is ordered to deploy Unit-01 against it, but the Angel fires a particle beam at the Eva, critically injuring Shinji.

Another incredibly powerful Angel appears, Ramiel, and tries to drill into the Geofront. Shinji is ordered to deploy in Eva-01, but the angel fires a particle beam at the Eva which nearly kills Shinji with. It continues to drill down into the Geo-Front cavern below. Shinji wakes up from a coma sometime later and is expresses fear of piloting again. Seeing that, Rei tells him she will take his place and leaves for the mission alone.

When he recovers, Misato takes the despondent Shinji down to Central Dogma, where she shows him the Second Angel Lilith: a white giant suspended on a cross. She explains that if an Angel were to unite with Lilith, then it would cause Third Impact. An event that would mean the end of all life, and that this is the Angel's goal. This encourages Shinji to pilot Eva-01 again. A plan is developed to defeat Ramiel by using all of the electrical power of Japan to power an experimental positron rifle which Eva-01 will use to snipe Ramiel while Rei, in Eva-00, supports by blocking its attack. After his first shot fails to kill the Angel, Shinji is successfully able to fire a second shot and destroy the Angel. Rei is nearly killed defending Shinji from the Angel's return fire, but he is able to save her by dunking the damaged Unit-00 into water to cool it off and prying her cockpit out using Unit-01's knife. Shinji cries out of fear of nearly losing her, and Rei, normally cold and emotionless, eventually shares a smile with him.

A brief shot of Kaworu.

Meanwhile, in the final scene, the camera pans up from the end of the battle with Ramiel and zooms in on Earth's Moon. On the Moon, a line of what appears to be nine coffin-like boxes is on the lunar surface, with a giant stain of blood intersecting the landscape. Out of one of these rises a naked Kaworu Nagisa, who begins having a cryptic conversation with Chairman Keele's Seele 01 'sound only' monolith communicator. Behind them on the Moon appears to be a secret Seele base, with an unidentified giant, wearing a purple seven-eyed mask and wrapped in white bandages--an overall appearance very similar to the Second Angel Lilith--restrained behind them in a pit covered with scaffolding. Kaworu says that the 'Third' hasn't changed, referring to Shinji, and that he looks forward to meeting him.

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Evangelion 1.01

Monstrous kanji lineup typical of Explanation's captions.

Explanation of Evangelion 1.01 is a feature included on the second disc of the 'special edition' 1.01 DVD release of Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone. This is identical to the regular movie, save for the inclusion of large captions displayed throughout the film which provide the 'official designations' of people, locations, weapons, technology, and so forth (a la Episode 06 of the original series).



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Evangelion 2.0: Next Time Preview

The 'ADAMS' during the Second Impact flashback.
Mari looks at an array of glowing crosses (altered in the actual film).

A preview following the credits, structured the same as the 'Next Episode Previews' in Neon Genesis Evangelion, complete with the same musical theme, voice-over by Misato, and promises of more fan service.

It opens with an introduction to the Evas scheduled to appear: The 'provisional' Eva-05 on an underground rail, Eva-02 being air-dropped (outfitted with the new 'S-type Equipment'), Eva-04's explosion, Eva-03 (infected by Bardiel), and Eva-06 descending from the Moon. The text 'ADAMS' and a cryptic image of several ghostly, vaguely humanoid figures are flashed on the screen. The text 'LILIN+?' then appears, followed by several shots of the 'human' cast: Kaji and Gendo (as seen at the end of Episode 08); Misato slapping Ritsuko (recycled from Episode 16); Asuka, Rei, and Shinji (from the Zeruel battle in 19); and Kaworu (smiling against a dusky sky). Finally, the new character Mari is seen from behind, looking up at multiple giant glowing pink crucifixes, followed by a close-up of her face.

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Trailer Summaries

Shamshel's revised design.

Theatrical Trailer #1

Released in on July 13, 2007, set to 'FLY ME TO THE MOON (IN OTHER WORDS) 2007 MIX' by Hikaru Utada. Beyond the newer, more impressive visuals, the trailer does little in terms of showing any new content that wasn't present in the original series. Though it does show Shamshel's heavily revised design, and include a previously unseen scene of someone tightly holding hands; later revealed to be Misato and Shinji. The text at the end of the trailer reveals the release date for September 2007.

Theatrical Trailer #2

The second trailer was set to 'Beautiful World' by Hikaru Utada. Like the first trailer, and keeping with the tone of the first film, the trailer does little in terms of introducing any content previously unseen, barring reframed shots and more impressive visuals. It does include a glimpse of Misato and Shinji descending in an elevator, which turns out to be to Central Dogma, and the first glimpse of Kaworu as he awakens (on the moon).

Similarities and differences

Many scenes were recreated almost shot-for-shot. See: 'Guides:Neon Genesis Evangelion vs. Evangelion 1.0'

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For a thorough list of differences between the first Rebuild movie and the original series, see: 'Differences between Rebuild of Evangelion 1.0 and Original Series'

The Final Scene

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While most of the movie was a very close (at some points, shot by shot) recreation of the original story, the last scene is not only entirely new but also unlike anything seen in the original series, and has resulted in a great deal of fan speculation concerning the nature of the remaining three Rebuild movies. However, Evangelion 2.0 and Evangelion 3.0 has succeeded in confirming at least part of the speculation related to the final scene.

The movie cuts from the end of the Ramiel battle to a site on Earth's moon. A line of what appear to be coffin-like boxes is on the lunar surface, with a giant stain of blood intersecting the landscape through the middle of the row of boxes. Out of one of these rises a naked Kaworu Nagisa, who begins talking to the Seele-01, represented by his monolith. Behind them on the Moon appears to be some sort of a moonbase, with a giant restrained behind them in a pit covered with scaffolding. This giant has a purple mask held on to its face with massive, visible stitches, and barely visible on the lower half of the mask is the crest of Seele - the same symbol seen on the original Lilith's mask. (Evangelion 2.0 confirmed speculation based on the trailer at the end of 1.0 that the giant was Eva-06, and that Kaworu would be its pilot.)

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A shot of the Earth, its atmosphere still blue but its oceans stained as red as blood is seen, and Kaworu says that 'The Third is still the same.' and that he looks forward to meeting Shinji. (The state of the Third Angel in Evangelion 2.0 confirms that 'The Third' was indeed the 'Third Boy', Shinji. However, 'That Child' remains open to speculation)

Bizarrely, Kaworu speaks to Seele-01 on the moon, although there is no air on the moon and so no sound can propagate. Even if Kaworu didn't need to breathe and could survive in a vacuumed, extreme-temperature environment, to speak normally as on Earth (or in any atmosphere) would be impossible.

Evangelion 2.0 places the construction site of Eva-06 as Tabgha Base on the moon. Gendo and Fuyutsuki are in pressure suits in a spacecraft, and wonder whether Kaworu is human when they see him. Kaworu greets Gendo from a distance, confirming that Kaworu can breathe and hold a normal conversation in a vacuum.

It can be assumed that the fact that Kaworu can speak, breathe and live in a vacuum is due to the fact that he is an Angel, as we learn in Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo, and does not have the same requirements or restrictions that a normal human would have on the Moon also tying into Kaworu's original role in the TV series as an Angel somehow related to SELEE.


Notes

  • On its opening weekend in Japan, Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone took the #1 place at the box office: 236,158 people spent 280 million yen (about US $2.4 million). Unusually, it earned this much money despite playing at only 84 theaters, though many of them were packed to capacity [1]
  • After the credits finish, a trailer plays for the next movie in the Rebuild series, 'Evangelion 2.0'. Amusingly, its structured exactly like the 'next episode on Evangelion' segments that ended each episode of the original series, including the same musical theme and a voice-over by Misato.
  • A spelling error: when Misato and Shinji are in the elevator, right before it opens and they meet Ritsuko for the first time, the instructions printed next to the level display clearly say 'Emargency' instead of 'Emergency'. Another spelling error is seen briefly during Operation Yashima, where 'Storage' is misspelled 'Strage'(The 'o' is missing). These errors have been rectified in the video release.

Guides

Episodes & Films
Television SeriesEpisode 01 | Episode 02 | Episode 03 | Episode 04 | Episode 05 | Episode 06

Episode 07 | Episode 08 | Episode 09 | Episode 10 | Episode 11 | Episode 12 | Episode 13
Episode 14 | Episode 15 | Episode 16 | Episode 17 | Episode 18 | Episode 19 | Episode 20
Episode 21 | Episode 22 | Episode 23 | Episode 24 | Episode 25 | Episode 26

MoviesDeath | Rebirth

The End of Evangelion: Episode 25' | Episode 26'

Rebuild of EvangelionEvangelion 1.0 | Evangelion 2.0 | Evangelion 3.0 | Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0


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Synopsis:
The year is 2015. One by one, mysterious beings known as Angels are descending upon Earth and threatening to destroy humanity. Only one weapon is capable of stopping them: a type of giant robot known as Evangelion. It takes a special breed of pilot to control these robots, however, and timid 15-year-old Shinji Ikari is in for the shock of his life when he is called in as the newest pilot of 'Eva.' Making things more awkward is the fact that his estranged father is the director of NERV, the special U.N. agency in charge of the Evangelion program. As various Angels wreak havoc on Tokyo, Shinji must overcome great odds and even greater fear in order to protect the world from destruction—although the deadliest threat may be the one that lies within the mysterious workings of NERV.
Review:

Even Beethoven had to write the overture to Fidelio four times before he was happy with the result. So perhaps we should grant Hideaki Anno the indulgence of taking yet another stab at Evangelion. After all, the original series got sloppy towards the end, the subsequent movies were a desperate attempt to patch things up, and Yoshiyuki Sadamoto's manga version continues to languish in unfinished territory. Why not try to remake it from the ground up? And re-record the English dialogue while we're at it? There's just one little problem: Eva 1.0.1's approach doesn't live up to its promise, merely rehashing the first few episodes with minor plot tweaks and some digital-animation polish. A retelling? Sure, you can call it that. But a remake from the ground up? Not so much.

The first layer of reconstruction begins at the story level, with plot points from late in the TV series showing up much sooner. For fans already familiar with the story, this serves as a bit of tantalizing foreshadowing, but newcomers (however unlikely they may be) will probably look on in confusion and wonder why some effeminate gray-haired kid suddenly mutters some ominous lines at the final scene. Aside from that, though, most of the movie is lifted wholesale from the original TV version, from the iconic first episode to the next couple of missions that follow. While this might work as the opening arc of a giant robot series, it's less effective for a cinematic feature, as we get stuck with an overly familiar repeating pattern: Angel shows up, Evangelion jumps into battle, and then everyone engages in angstful hand-wringing afterward. Repeat as needed.

Speaking of angstful hand-wringing, that's another thing that doesn't get much of an overhaul in this remake: the characters. Shinji's still a whiner, Rei's still emotionless, Misato still hides her frailties beneath her brash attitude, Gendo Ikari is still an unfeeling taskmaster, and so on. Those who hated the original Evangelion for its highly dysfunctional characters still won't find anything to like in this version. Nevertheless, the movie's cryptic subtitle—'You Are (Not) Alone'—starts making a lot more sense when looking at troubled relationships between the characters. This is the one special place where Evangelion still outshines its peers—using the trappings of the giant robot genre to explore the darkest corners of the human condition.

All right, so maybe the story aspect isn't as shocking and fresh as people were hoping for. In any case, there's still the next layer of remake to look at: the visuals, which help transport the franchise out of the 90's and into the digital era. Watchful eyes will notice various improvements like more vivid colors, sharper linework, and a greater sense of detail. However, there are also artistic touches that seem like pointless conceits—what's with all the rainbows?—and some of the CGI directing appears to be an exercise in 'Hey, look what we can do!' instead of actually enhancing the visuals. Yet the foundation of the series' art and design is still as striking as it ever was: the lanky-yet-monstrous Eva Units, the mystifying Angels, the distinctively dressed characters, and the unforgettable landscapes—no other anime has that trademark combination of humming power lines, underground cities, and seas running red with blood.

After the eye candy comes the soundtrack, which gets a slight upgrade in audio fidelity but otherwise isn't too much of a departure from the original. The music does a good job punctuating the movie's dark, moody moments, and when the time comes for Angel battle, a full orchestra comes roaring in. However, the end credits song by Hikaru Utada doesn't sound like the most fitting thing for a giant robot anime—but hey, everyone was already sick of 'Fly Me to the Moon' anyway.

The final layer of remake comes in the form of the English dub, which is a noticeable improvement on the original recording of the TV series. Longtime fans might complain about new actors stepping into some of the roles, but to focus on that is to miss the forest for the trees—the script in general flows much more naturally than in the original dub. Gone are the forced attempts to be funny (besides, Gainax's own outbursts of fanservice and incongruity do the job just fine), and the various voices fill the entire range from Misato's loud extroversion to Rei's deadpan delivery. If there's fault to be found, it's mostly in the torturous character development scenes—come on, Shinji, we know you're terrified and unhappy, just shut up already—and that's more an effect of the original script itself than the actual translation.

The final word on Evangelion 1.0.1, then, is that it provides a new layer of polish on the surface (along with English dialogue) but lies largely unchanged at its core. Serious fans can spend all day taking note of which plot points have been rearranged and which scenes are new and how this retooled story might affect what is to come, but it's still the first few episodes of Evangelion and not much more. For those who enjoy the dark tone and the psychological hand-wringing, that's definitely still there, along with the larger-than-life battle scenes and other striking imagery. Given Hideaki Anno's unique vision, it's clear that Eva is the kind of anime that will never be replicated—unless that replication involves splicing the original into a series of movies.

Grade:
Overall (dub) : B
Animation : A-
Music : B

+ Adds a new layer of visual polish and some plot corrections to an all-time classic.
Isn't this the same thing as the TV series but with more rainbows?

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Director:
Masayuki
Kazuya Tsurumaki
Storyboard:
Hideaki Anno
Shinji Higuchi
Tomoki Kyoda
Kazuya Tsurumaki
Music:Shiro Sagisu
Character Design:Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Chief Animation Director:Shunji Suzuki
Animation Director:
Kazuchika Kise
Hidenori Matsubara
Yuji Moriyama
Atsushi Okuda
Cgi Director:Hiroyasu Kobayashi
Director of Photography:Toru Fukushi

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