Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays

• #25′: Door into Summer / Love is destructive (Manuscript #2, For Internal Use)
• #26′: Yours Sincerely / I need you., New Screenplay (Manuscript #6 Edit, For Internal Use)

Overview

A now-defunct Japanese fan site called "Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Mysteries" (NEON　GENESIS　EVANGELIONその秘密) posted a document they described on the front page as "the secret dialogue" (裏台詞, ura serifu) for The End of Evangelion. On closer inspection, these turned out to be screenplays for both episodes of the film, marked "For Internal [Company] Use" (社内検討用). The website, perhaps for fear of legal repercussions, does not specify where or how it obtained the documents, although they appear to be entirely authentic.

Since the fan site is currently available only through the Internet Archive (provided one knows the page's original URL), the manuscripts have been archived here. A full translation into English is not yet available, although a translation/summary of select scenes in episode 26' was done by Olivier Hague in 2000.

Differences

The screenplays are every bit recognizable as The End of Evangelion, although there are a large number of differences between them and the final product. A rather incomplete list:

• Episode 25′ was originally "Door Into Summer" (「夏への扉」, "Natsu e no Tobira") rather than "Air".