Theory and Analysis:Sequel Theory Counter-Evidence

"Sequel Theory" is the enduringly popular idea that the Rebuild of Evangelion films are not a separate continuity, but are instead a follow-up in a more than spiritual sense. In its most basic form, this idea posits that the films occur on Earth after the Third Impact of End of Evangelion; exact specifics as to how this is supposed to work vary. In its multitudinous more convoluted forms, it would be more accurately described as "Cycle Theory", with NGE and NTE both being iterations of a cycling universe. This article will not bother itself with the latter, since this variation isn't really concrete enough to be debunked, and instead concentrate on most of the supposed evidence associated with the idea of Rebuild being a literal sequel.

Blood in the Water, Blood on the Moon

As soon as fans sat down in Japanese theaters to see Evangelion 1.0, the idea that they were being shown some kind of continuation took seed Since the film was a retelling of the TV series' first six episodes with only minor storytelling variations, why would anyone think it somehow took place *after* EoE? Two of the big reasons:

The movie opens by showing us that the oceans are not blue, as we remember them in episode 01 of NGE, but are instead blood-red, similar to the end of EoE.

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