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<div>Screenshot from [[Episode 25']] depicting [[Ritsuko]] holding her revolver.<br />
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<div>Screenshot from [[Episode 25']] of the [[JSSDF]]'s assault rifles.<br />
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<div>{{Rebuild Infobox<br />
| japanese_title_k = シン・エヴァンゲリオン劇場版:<nowiki>||</nowiki><br />
| japanese_title_r = Shin Evangelion Gekijōban: <nowiki>||</nowiki><br />
| japanese_title_e = New Evangelion Theatrical Edition: <nowiki>||</nowiki><br />
| english_title = Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon a Time<br />
| image = [[File:4.0 title.jpg|350px]]<br />
| written_by = [[Hideaki Anno]]<br />
| directed_by = [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]], [[Katsuichi Nakayama]]<br />
| theatrical_release = March 8, 2021<br />
| streaming_release = 3.0+1.01: August 13, 2021 (Amazon Prime Video) <br />
| video_release = 3.0+1.11: March 8, 2023 (Japan)<br />
October 17, 2023 (North America)<br />
October 30, 2023 (Worldwide)<br />
| angels = <br />
| eva_sorties = [[Evangelion Unit-02 (Rebuild)|Eva-02]], [[Evangelion Unit-08|Eva-08]], [[Evangelion Mark.09|Mark.09]], [[Eva Series 7]], [[Evangelion 13|Eva-13]], [[Evangelion Unit-01|Eva-01]]<br />
| prev = [[Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo|Evangelion 3.0]]<br />
| next = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon a Time''' is the title for the fourth and final film in the [[Rebuild of Evangelion]] movie series, formerly known by the working title '''Evangelion: Final'''. Upon its initial announcement, It was planned to be released in Japan alongside the third film, [[Evangelion 3.0]], at an unspecified date. Previously, the name had been changed to what could be interpreted as either the symbol for "End" or "Repeat" in sheet music.<ref>http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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Unlike the three previous movies, the title is rendered in Katakana as "Evangelion" in the same manner as the TV series. Starting with "<i>Shin</i>", just like Anno's involved live-action titles like <i>Shin Godzilla</i> or <i>Shin Ultraman</i>. The previous three movies had Katakana that spelled "Wevangeliwon". Speculation by fans based on the Jo-Ha-Kyu structure of Japanese drama suggests that Final will incorporate the fourth and fifth acts of the Japanese drama cycle, depicting a long journey and coming to a quick conclusion<ref>http://forum.evageeks.org/post/663128/Did-Q-Fail-Thematically/#663128</ref>. Alternatively, the series may be following the Kishotenketsu<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kish%C5%8Dtenketsu</ref> narrative pattern which concludes in the fourth arc. Whether or not the movie actually follows either pattern of Japanese drama remains for further analysis once the movie is released outside of Japan. <br />
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In September 2014, the title of the final film was revealed to be "Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0", based on a title card shown at the end of the TV screening of Evangelion 3.0, followed by the subsequent update of the main Evangelion site with the new title.<ref>http://www.evageeks.org/2014/09/no-new-sneak-peaks-in-evangelion-finals-preview/</ref> The final title was revealed on December 27, 2019, along with the initial release date of June 27, 2020.<br />
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==Release Date==<br />
With the release of Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon A Time on March 8, 2021, the section below has been largely left as it is to show timeline information from past years, and chronicle the release of said timeline information to fans. <br />
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On December 31st, 2011 the Japanese website was updated to show a 2013 release date<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120101082254/http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>, but that has been removed when the site was updated after [[Evangelion 3.0]]'s release <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20121118180135/http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>. The website no longer features any tentative date and none have been announced<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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At the 2014 Tokyo Film Festival Anno joked that the final film might be released 4-6 years after [[Evangelion 3.0]]<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2014-10-27/anno-jokes-that-4th-new-evangelion-film-might-be-4-6-years-after-3rd-one/.80406</ref>. <br />
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Actual news on the film's production had been hard to come by during the period between 2012 and 2019. Various miscellaneous projects had been done, including two animated shorts that may or may not have been pertinent to the film's own details as well as the end of Sadamoto's manga adaption. However, during this period, the film itself saw no details except for the news that Utada Hikaru, who has been the musical artist for Rebuild's credit themes, would be returning in 2015 from her hiatus to write the final film's credits theme. The source also indicated that the film would release in autumn/winter 2015, but this claim was then refuted by the source, who then stated that no ''official'' announcement had been made.<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-26/magazine-final-evangelion-film-slated-for-fall-winter-2015-with-utada-song/.82629</ref> Prior to the new title announcement, this was the only solid news (or any news at all) that had been released.<br />
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On July 19th, 2016 Anno directly apologized to the fans of Evangelion. He stated ''"To all the Evangelion fans, I’m really, really keeping you all waiting, I am truly sorry."'' Anno then went on to say he felt "trapped" while making ''Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo'', saying he couldn't recharge. ''“Up until then, after doing the third entry Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, I thought I wasn’t going to make any more,”'' After being offered the job to work on ''Godzilla Resurgence'', he stated ''“At that time, I went into talks with Toho, and it saved me. I think this is how I’m able to keep making Evangelion. However, since it is a fact that I’m making everyone wait, I deeply apologize for that.”'' <ref>http://kotaku.com/an-apology-to-evangelion-fans-from-hideaki-anno-1783903322</ref><br />
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On July 20th 2018, the official Evangelion website was updated to reflect a 2020 theatrical release.<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/news.html</ref><br />
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On July 6th 2019, Khara screened the first ten minutes of the film on Japan Expo in Paris, Anime Expo in Los Angeles, and CCG Expo in Shangai. The film was originally scheduled for release on June 27, 2020.<br />
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On July 18th 2019, during showings of Makoto Shinkai's new film "Weathering with You", a new trailer was shown for 3.0 + 1.0 featuring the new June 2020 release. The trailer was later shared officially online.<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1152417665979277313</ref><br />
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On April 17th 2020, the official Evangelion website was updated to announced that the release date was being delayed by an unspecified amount of time due to the COVID-19 pandemic<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-17/evangelion-3.0-1.0-film-delayed-due-to-covid-19-concerns/.158693</ref><ref>https://www.gamespot.com/articles/evangelion-3010-film-release-delayed-due-to-corona/1100-6476186/</ref>. The announcement of the delay was accompanied by an updated staff/credits list, the release of the official poster in both Japanese and English and the reveal of the English title "Thrice Upon a Time" and the additional message "Bye-bye, all of EVANGELION"<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251064479816708096</ref>. Hideaki Anno posted a letter to healthcare workers expressing gratitude for fighting the disease, apologizing to fans for the added delay due to the unprecedented situation and encouraging all readers to persevere<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251066917495861248</ref>.<br />
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On October 15, 2020, Studio Khara sent out a tweet announcing that January 23, 2021 would be the new release date. The tweet contained a link to a new trailer for the movie<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/10/evangelion-3-01-0-has-a-new-release-date-in-2021/</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1316921806540996610</ref>.<br />
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On December 17, 2020, it was announced that all shooting and editing work for the movie was complete. This was followed by tweets from Studio Khara announcing that the movie had been screened to staff as well as select non-staff members, with the warning that spoilers on social media were a possibility by this point. <ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc2/status/1339355724669808640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref><ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/903217/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#903217</ref><br />
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Another trailer was released on December 24, 2020, featuring the "One Last Kiss" theme song.<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/12/3-0-1-0-xmas-trailer-with-one-last-kiss/</ref><br />
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On January 14, 2021, Studio Khara announced that the movie was to be indefinitely delayed again due to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, and that the scheduled release of the soundtrack on February 10 would not take place. <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/shineva2/</ref><ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/01/3-0-1-0-bad-news-and-a-little-good/</ref><br />
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On 26 February, 2021, it was announced that the film would be released on March 8, 2021<ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc/status/1365270814640148480</ref>. This became the actual, finalized date of release for the movie.<br />
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An updated version of the film, titled ''Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time'', was released in Japanese theaters on June 12, 2021. This version features updated cuts of various scenes. It also accompanied the distribution of a 36-page booklet called ''Eva-Extra-Extra'', including non-canon illustrations by staff and a prequel manga set before the events of the previous film, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, called Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) written by director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]] under Anno's supervision.<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/210607-2/</ref><br />
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Internationally, Amazon Prime Video acquired exclusive streaming rights to the film; it would be released in worldwide on August 13, 2021, excluding Japan.<ref>https://variety.com/2021/streaming/asia/evangelion-thrice-anime-movie-to-amazon-prime-video-1235009631/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-01/amazon-prime-video-to-stream-final-evangelion-film-on-august-13/.174666</ref> However, on July 20, 2021, Amazon Prime Video announced that would also stream the film in Japan on the same day as its international release.<ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2021-07-20/amazon-prime-video-also-streams-final-evangelion-film-in-japan-on-august-13/.175346</ref><br />
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==Publicity==<br />
[[Image:Evangelion 3.0+1.0, Final Visual.png|thumb|left|Final promotional image (Japanese)]]<br />
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On July 6, 2019, the event '''Operation 0706''' took place, the film's opening scene (having the production code "Avant 1") was simulcast on screens in Paris, France (Japan Expo) and throughout Japan, following a live event in Paris with Yoko Takahashi and Megumi Ogata. This was followed up later at other locations such as Los Angeles, CA's Anime Expo. A phone application was made available days before to drum up hype for the event, wherein the user was asked to choose between Team Nerv or Team Wille. After the event, their choice affected when they would have access to limited-access freebies: the four Shiro Sagisu pieces that debuted during Op0706, and the first three New Theatrical films. <br />
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On April 17, 2020, the announcement of the delay in the release date was accompanied by the revelation of the movie poster and the English title "Thrice Upon a Time". The poster features an image of Shinji in the distant background, walking down branching train tracks in bright sunlight. The location appears to be Ube-Shinkawa station, the main train station in the city of Ube, Yamaguchi Province, where [[Hideaki Anno]] was born. <br />
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On October 15, 2020, the announcement of the new release date was accompanied by the revelation of a new trailer, showing additional imagery of the characters, locations and Evangelions.<br />
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On December 9, 2020, the official Evangelion website announced that the theme song for the movie would be "One Last Kiss", performed by [[Hikaru Utada]] <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/onelastkiss/</ref>.<br />
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On December 23, 2020, the official Twitter announced that 3.0 + 1.0 would be screened simultaneously with [[Evangelion 3.333]] in back-to-back midnight IMAX screenings in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo, with the official website having a list of double-screenings for both movies. <ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1341941672704266240</ref> However, this double-screening did not materialize due to the delay caused in the movie's release date.<br />
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On February 16, 2021, Eirin (the Film Classification and Rating Organization) revealed the film's runtime to be 154 minutes. <ref>https://twitter.com/macgyjp/status/1361558394860040193 </ref> It was later clarified that the official runtime would instead be 155 minutes. <ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/910897/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#p910896</ref><br />
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On June 21, 2021, Shin Eva became the 49th highest grossing Japanese film, marking its entry into the top 50. <ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/06/shin-eva-becomes-49th-highest-grossing/</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
[[Image:Shin op0706 C080 kick.jpg|thumb|right|Eva-08 attacking Eva 44A]]<br />
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===Assault on Paris===<br />
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The film begins with [[Wille]] stopping in [[Paris Assault Mission|Paris, France]], which much like the outskirts of former Tokyo-3 has been converted into [[Core (Rebuild)|core material]]. A team descends from the [[AAA Wunder|Wunder]] -- comprised of [[Ritsuko Akagi (Rebuild)|Ritsuko]], [[Maya Ibuki|Maya]], three of Maya's male underlings, and [[Mari Makinami Illustrious|Mari]] in [[Evangelion Unit-08|Eva-08]] -- and lands on top of a mysterious black pillar. Ritsuko acts as a look-out while Maya and her men connect to the black pillar via laptop to resume the activation of an [[L Barrier|"Anti-L System"]] -- something a team of Europeans had previously died while attempting. As the operation begins, large numbers of a never-before-seen Eva type, [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44A|the aerial 44As]], appear in four waves, and Mari holds them off, assisted by helmsman [[Minor_Characters_(Rebuild)#Sumire_Nagara|Sumire Nagara]] utilizing the Wunder's intricate "cable flight" capabilities. Once the Evas have all been defeated, two more new enemy Eva types appear from a camouflaged cocoon: a [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_4444C|4444C unit]] with a Positron Cannon and the small army of generator-equipped [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44B|Eva 44Bs]] that supply power to it. While cable-suspended warships equipped with [[Evangelion Equipment (Rebuild)|ESVs]] are used to block the first shot, the team is left defenseless for the immediate second shot, as all the ships have been destroyed by the first shot. With Nagara's assist, Eva-08 charges the 4444C with the felled Eiffel Tower and before it can charge up fully, Mari is able to twist the tower down the 4444C's gun barrel, destroying both it and the 44Bs, at the cost of minor damage to Eva-08's legs. <br />
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Maya and the others successfully activate the pillar, which was actually a giant version of the sealing pillars seen in the two previous films. A radius of effect is created that pushes back the core-conversion, restoring part of the city. A large collection of E.U. Nerv storage lockers emerges from underground, filled with Eva spare parts, munitions, and components for what appears to be an upgraded model of [[Jet Alone]]. The Wunder and its support fleet descends, with two teams being dispatched to retrieve the parts and spares, and Mari muses that Eva-02 can be repaired and Eva-08 will be modified for "Overlap" compatibility. The scene ends with Mari promising to come back for [[Shinji]] <ref>''Evangelion: 3.0+1.0'', Avant 1, Operation 0706 Ver. [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English subtitles.]] Translated by Maryno_penguin, [[User:Reichu|Reichu]], sackboy71 et al.</ref>.<br />
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===Wandering, and Village-3===<br />
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The opening credits play over a montage of the red Earth, showing locations that have been turned to core. [[Failures of Infinity]] litter the landscape, with an anti-gravity effect manifesting in small areas, causing objects around them to float. Shinji, [[Rei Q]] and [[Asuka Shikinami Langley|Asuka]] walk together across its surface, with Asuka using the device in her hand as a compass to find their way. They are picked up by an adult in an SUV and wearing a protective suit. <br />
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[[File:Evangelion.3.0-1.01 Village 3 023.png|thumb|Panoramic view of Village-3|320px]]<br />
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Shinji wakes up to the sight of a child and a dog. He is examined by an adult Toji, who is highly surprised to see him, and with Hikari, who has since married him. The child is Toji and Hikari's daughter Tsubame<ref>The name literally means "Swallow" and is quite possibly a reference to the Tsubame service on the Kyushu Shinkansen[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsubame_(train)], continuing the Shinkansen reference in Hikari's name</ref>, and the dog is Toji's pet. It is revealed that they are in a settlement that has been kept free of the coreification proces, named Village-3, with Toji as the settlement's doctor and Kensuke as a technician/handyman, who is revealed to be the one who rescued the trio earlier. The village is being supported by an organization named [[Kredit]], which works together with Wille to provide supplies and facilitate trade with other settlements. Toji and Hikari greet Rei Q warmly, but she lacks of memory of either of them and is openly confused over the state of the world. Both of them realize that she is not the same Rei they knew, and they nickname her "lookalike". Neither Toji nor Kensuke show Shinji any hatred over Third Impact, and try to help him recover from his trauma, however, Shinji remains catatonic and is starting to feel physically sick, not talking to anyone and not eating anything, much to the annoyance of Hikari's father Bunzaemon, who lives with Toji and Hikari. Tsubame is the cause of much curiosity for Rei Q, who goes out and explores the world within the settlement with an almost childlike sense of curiosity, looking at such things as stray dogs and books. She also begins to learn more about her world, expressing continued confusion over the existence of a pregnant cat, baby Tsubame, and greetings such as "good morning" and "good night". She eventually settles down into village life, learning to farm alongside the older ladies of the village, working in the village rice paddies.<br />
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Kensuke offers to take the catatonic Shinji to his place, so that he might have some time to recover on his own. On arriving at Kensuke's residence (a small abandoned train station), Shinji sees Asuka leaving the shower naked, and she expresses irritation at Shinji's inaction, even at her current state. Shinji realizes Asuka has a DSS choker fitted on her as well, the sight of it causing Shinji to vomit due to traumatic memories of Kaworu's death. Kensuke cleans up the mess, and Asuka talks to him about Shinji's condition, calling him "kenken". She eventually has no option but to force-feed him protein bars due to his refusal to eat, and references her own inability to consume anything other than water. While doing so, she says that Shinji, as a fellow Pseudo-Lilin<ref>The Japanese term used here is Lilin-modoki, where modoki can variously mean "fake", "an imitation", "something that looks similar but is not the same".</ref>, may eventually join her and neither eat nor grow any longer. He goes out and spends entire days silently the ruins of Nerv-02, which is inhabited by a number of hot spring penguins, including a backpack-less Pen-Pen, while Asuka silently keeps a watch on him. Rei Q comes to Kensuke's house looking for Shinji, but finds only Asuka, who informs her that her feelings for the Third Child have been programmed into the Ayanami-Series since the beginning, as part of their inherent Eva-like restrictors as Eva pilots (notably, Asuka includes herself in these statements as well). Rei tells her she doesn't mind the artificial feelings, as they feel real to her, and Asuka gives in and tells her where Shinji is. Rei then goes to Shinji to return his SDAT along with some rations, but Shinji is still too distraught and knocks it away. Rei leaves with the SDAT, but leaves the rations behind. Overcome by hunger, Shinji eventually gives and eats the rations. Over the next few days, Rei gets better at farming and grows closer to the village folk, becoming more expressive. Eventually, she is able to get Shinji to talk to her, where he claims that he was the one who destroyed everything, and that he just wants to be left alone, and expresses confusion as to why people were being nice to him even after everything that happened, to which Rei replies that it is because they all like him. The response stuns Shinji, and he starts to become more active. Kensuke takes the slowly-recovering Shinji out fishing and on an infrastructure check to show him the massive [[Angel-sealing Hex Pillar]]s that are generating an [[L Barrier|Anti-L Field]] keeping the settlement and its surrounding areas safe from the coreification and the wandering [[Failures of Infinity]], which he says have started moving only recently. Shinji and Toji have a talk, and Toji reveals that he's not really a doctor, but only working with a basic knowledge of medicine and the machines that Kredit give them. He says that there are lives even he could not save, and that shouldering the anger and grief of those moments is what he believes he does best, so for the sake of his family and the village, he would continue to shoulder those burdens. He tells Shinji that he has already fought enough for everyone, and that he is welcome to stay in the Village if he wishes.<br />
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Some time later, Kensuke takes Shinji and Asuka to the grave of his father, Hajime Aida, and advises Shinji to try to talk to his own father so he has no regrets about not understanding him. Asuka scoffs at the idea, noting that the other party is "Gendo Ikari", and that it's impossible, but Shinji remains silent.<br />
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Rei Q eventually asks Shinji to help give her a proper name rather than "lookalike", and Shinji decides to call her "Ayanami" anyway. During a regular trip to check on the Anti-L System, Kensuke takes Shinji to a Wille Outdoor Laboratory that maintains the Anti-L System, and introduces him to "Ryoji Kaji", who is Misato's son with the original [[Ryoji Kaji]]. The younger Kaji works at repairing the Wille-built machines keeping the village free from being turned to core. On the way back, Kensuke talks to Shinji and explains the situation with the elder Kaji's death and Misato's current state, stating that Kaji Sr. sacrificed himself to stop Third Impact, and Misato now stays away from him so that she can protect him from afar, also adding that she regrets making Shinji shoulder all the burdens, and that is why (he thinks) she doesn't want Shinji to pilot an Eva again. Rei Q is revealed to require constant exposure to LCL to maintain her existence, and thanks Shinji for helping her find happiness before turning into LCL before his eyes. Shinji is shocked but Rei's experience is implied to help Shinji recover from his previous trauma.<br />
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AAA Wunder arrives to unload non-essential personnel. Kensuke reminds Shinji that he can stay in the village if he chooses to, but Shinji decides to go aboard the Wunder with Asuka, SDAT in hand, and Asuka tases him as per her orders. [[Sakura Suzuhara|Sakura]] looks him over in the medical wing, and slaps him when he awakens, infuriated at getting into [[Eva-13]] in the [[Evangelion 3.0|previous movie]], and eventually breaks down. Shinji is placed in isolation and under surveillance again, and both Asuka and Sakura express puzzlement at his return after discovering Kaworu's demise from the DSS Choker operational records. The bridge crew discusses the ongoing situation, with Midori expressing distaste over the Captain's decision to keep Shinji alive. Mari greets Asuka, who expresses the sentiment that Shinji "needs a mother, not a girlfriend". Ritsuko and Misato discuss their intentions in a space aboard Wunder dedicated to preserving seeds of life for all species, which is mentioned to be the original purpose of the vessel. Elsewhere, Fuyutsuki monologues about the Black Moon and Fourth Impact as well as Shinji and the fate of "Ayanami-type 6", wondering if Gendo deliberately made Shinji experience the same loss as him.<br />
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===Wille vs Nerv: Final===<br />
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Gendo and Fuyutsuki steer the Black Moon towards the epicenter of Second Impact, at Nerv's former Calvary Base in Antarctica, intending to restart Eva-13. Misato and Ritsuko discover this and have completed a "signal suspension plug" to stop this event. Misato and the bridge crew reminisce about Kaji's death and their determination to fight Nerv and restore the world to its original state. The Wunder takes off and heads into the upper atmosphere for repair and refit, and also to launch a number of seeds containing Earth's plant life into outer space. Misato and Ritsuko have a conversation about Wunder's purpose as an ark and it is revealed that the seed vault on the Wunder also includes seeds of the watermelons planted in Tokyo-3 by Ryoji Kaji. Mari and Asuka get their new plugsuits, and Mari reintroduces herself to Shinji. Asuka and Shinji talk and Shinji reveals that he understands Asuka's anger at his inaction in the previous movie. Asuka says that she appreciated Shinji's bento and used to like him in the past, but she has now grown up. Mari and Asuka, satisfied, get into their Evas. A vision of Kaworu appears to Shinji saying that they will meet again, and Shinji agrees. AAA Wunder descends from orbit towards Antarctica with the objective being the neutralization of Eva-13, in what Misato calls "Operation Yamato". The Wunder breaks through a hexagonal barrier that encloses an area of "high L density". <br />
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As it nears Antarctica, Wunder is attacked by two Nerv ships of the Erlösung-class, the same as the Wunder - Erbsünde (Original Sin) and Erlösung (Salvation), apparently under Fuyutsuki's control, and with different turret arrangements. The Wunder is also approached by a swarm of Eva Series 7. During the battle, the Wunder resorts to using the guided-missile destroyers in its support fleet as giant guided missiles. Asuka and Mari sortie and battle their way through the swarm of Nerv Evas towards Eva-13. Asuka attacks Eva-13 with the stop signal plug, but Eva-02 is afraid of Eva-13 and puts up an entirely unexpected A.T. Field of its own will. Wunder is ambushed by the fourth Nerv warship, Gebet (Prayer), with Fuyutsuki on board, and reverts to its original state as the first Nerv warship, the Buße (Penance or atonement). Wings of light appear from the four Nerv warships in a manner much like the Adams at Second Impact, indicating an attempted Impact, not in Seele's scenario. Asuka removes her eyepatch and removes a restraint within her eye that keeps the Ninth Angel under control, transforming into a new Ninth Angel and converting Eva-02 into a previously unseen radiant giant state. However, it is revealed that she plays into Gendo's plan in the process as Eva-13 awakens just as Asuka erodes Eva-02's A.T. Field with her own, and destroys Eva-02 in much the same manner as Eva-01 destroyed Eva-03. During the process, Asuka is approached by "her original", revealing that she is a clone of the Shikinami series, and is absorbed by Eva-13. Wunder is taken over by a new Eva Mark.09, which Fuyutsuki is implied to have been responsible for <ref>Based on currently available information, the Mark.09A Evangelion was possibly created from the remains of the original Mark.09, which was subject to Eva-02's self-destruct explosion at the end of Evangelion 3.0. </ref>.<br />
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Gendo floats down to the Wunder himself, and Misato and Ritsuko confront him. Ritsuko shoots Gendo through his visor, however, her bullets are entirely ineffective and he simply scoops his blown-out brains and puts them into the hole in the back of his head. It is revealed that Gendo has used the Key of Nebuchadnezzar and has thrown away his humanity by adding "information that surpassed the logic of the world" to his body, and it is shown that there is only a cross-shaped glowing void where his eyes used to be. Gendo monologues about the purpose of the impacts and about the Human Instrumentality Project, before hitting the Wunder's engine with an Angel-like optical blast to retrieve Unit-01, and entering Eva-13 through its mouth.<br />
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===Human Instrumentality: Father and Son===<br />
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Shinji turns to Misato and asks to pilot Eva-01 to stop Gendo. Midori Kitakami and Sakura are appalled at the prospect of Shinji entering the Eva and fire at him, but Misato blocks Sakura's bullet with her own body. Misato thanks Shinji for saving them all from destruction using Eva-01 fourteen years previously, and explains that as his superior, the responsibility for his actions was ultimately hers, and since Shinji is still her subordinate, she will take responsibility for his actions. Misato and Shinji have a conversation in which Misato asks Shinji to take care of her son. Meanwhile, Mari takes Eva-08 into an "overlapping" state where it merges with Eva-09, 10, 11, and 12 after partially consuming them, giving Eva-08 the ability to navigate the space beyond the [[Guf (Rebuild)| Doors of Guf]]. Shinji enters Eva-01 out of nowhere and the original Rei Ayanami appears to him inside, with her hair grown very long. She apologizes to him for not being able to make it so that he wouldn't have to get into an Eva, but Shinji thanks her and says he will take care of the rest. Ritsuko and Maya are shocked to discover that Shinji, rather than having a zero percent synchro rate with Eva-01 like they previously thought, has in fact attained a previously impossible infinite synchro-rate with Eva-01, as Shinji restores Eva-01's limbs and begins to strangle Eva-13, prompting Gendo to remark that "Unit-01's Pilot has awakened, has he?".<br />
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Gendo shows Shinji an "imaginary Evangelion" that takes the form of a Black Lilith due to Shinji's memories. This being was predicted by the theories of Dr. Katsuragi. The twin spears of Longinus and Cassius enter the imaginary Evangelion and transform it into a giant Rei with a floating decapitated head. Fuyutsuki recognizes Mari and addresses her as "Maria of Iscariot", and Mari refers to him as "Fuyutsuki-sensei" and adds that it has been a long time since anyone called her by that name. He tells Mari that he has given her what she requested, and addresses Yui with his last words before turning to LCL.<br />
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Gendo and Shinji fight in an "alternate universe" where LCL gives shape to perception, entering a surreal fight where they clash in multiple different locations across space and time that take form from Shinji's memories, but the rest of the world is revealed to be little more than a ''tokusatsu'' movie set complete model warships and Evangelion costumes for suit actors. Eva-01 and Eva-13 are in synch with each other, and Shinji fails to prevail over Gendo during the entire surreal fight. When they reach a location that is based on Shinji's memories of the village, he remembers the conversations he had with Toji and Kensuke and appeals to Gendo to stop and talk. Gendo is revealed to be afraid of Shinji as he puts up an A.T. Field of his own, but Shinji breaks through by handing over Gendo's old SDAT. <br />
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Gendo reveals his past; he was a lonely individual who grew up without parents, and the only loves in his life were books and the piano. A slightly older "Mari?" - who is revealed to be a friend of Gendo's - introduces him to Fuyutsuki as well as Yui, whom he falls in love with. Shinji sees a vision of Gendo's past experiences and life, and learns how Yui's loss traumatized him. The setting is now on the KuMoHa42 rail car. Misato prepares to turn the AAA Wunder into another Spear to hurl at a giant Red Rei, using Ritsuko's knowledge to transform Wunder's spinal linkage system. Mari in the overlapping Eva-08 scuttles the other three Nerv warships and bids goodbye to them, referring to them as "Adams". Eva-08 boards the spinal system as Misato uses the Wunder to ram the eye of the giant Rei-being. Misato sacrifices herself to hold back Gendo's [[Additional Impact]] and manifest the Spear of Gaius, representing humanity's will. The Gaius materializes in miniature form between Shinji's hands as Misato completes her sacrifice.<br />
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Shinji helps Gendo find closure, and similarly for a now-adult Asuka, helping her find closure as well <ref> While this scene is set on a beach resembling the final scene in End of Evangelion, this is [[Shikinami Asuka Langley]] and '''not''' [[Asuka Langley Soryu]].</ref> We learn the backstory behind Asuka Shikinami, that she is the last surviving clone of the Shikinami series, having survived past all the combat training that the other clones failed and were eliminated for. Asuka is old enough to remember seeing Gendo, Yui and a little Shinji visit the Euro-Nerv facilities. Shinji tells the now-adult Asuka that he ''used'' to like her - making it clear, that like Asuka, any romantic or sexual feelings between them are in the past, and asks Asuka to say hi to Kensuke for him. Shinji talks to Kaworu and gives Kaworu the closure he seeks; In a scene that is indicative of what happened during the 14-year timeskip, Kaworu and the elder Kaji speak to each other. Kaworu is dressed in the same Nerv commander uniform as Gendo and the Bethany base commander, with Kaji in the same vice-commander uniform as Fuyutsuki and the Bethany base vice-commander. Kaworu, whom the elder Kaji calls "Commander Nagisa", agrees to go to the settlement where the younger Kaji farms<ref>Interviews have confirmed that Kaworu took over as commander of Nerv with Kaji as his vice-commander soon after the events of [[Evangelion 2.0]], with Gendo and Fuyutsuki being deposed.</ref>. Shinji eventually settles upon a complete reset of the world, a "Neon Genesis", a world without Evangelions. Shinji prepares to stab himself with the Spear of Gaius. Shinji is then pushed out of Eva-01 by his mother Yui, who is revealed to have been with him the entire time, and they are embraced from behind by Gendo in Eva-13. Gendo and Yui, Eva-01 and Eva-13 together sacrifice themselves to finish what Shinji began, spearing all Evangelions that ever were created at once. Their actions return all Evangelions and Failures of Infinity back into human and animal forms, restoring the world to its original state before the impacts.<br />
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In the final sequence, Asuka, Rei and Kaworu are seen on the platform of a train station with the [[KuMoHa42]] approaching, and an older Shinji is approached by Mari from behind. Mari closes his eyes and asks him to guess who she is, referring to her initial meeting with him and her meeting with him on the Wunder. The grown-up Shinji (voiced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%ABnosuke_Kamiki Ryunosuke Kamiki]) answers correctly, and Mari takes the DSS Choker that adult Shinji wears off his neck. Shinji holds Mari's hands and both of them head out of the train station together, and the sequence transitions into both Shinji and Mari escaping into a live-action sequence of Anno's hometown of Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, implying that all the Children have found closure in our reality.<br />
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==Production History and Development==<br />
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===Early development and delays===<br />
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The film was announced alongside Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo for release in 2008 as the final part of the Rebuild series under the working title Evangelion: Final. After delays of the first three films, Evangelion: Final was expected for release in 2015. In 2014, director and producer Hideaki Anno announced that due to other commitments, the film would be further delayed to an unknown date. Following the troubled production of the third film, director and producer Hideaki Anno became depressed and stated publicly in 2015 that he could not work on another film. As part of his recovery, Anno had also worked on Studio Ghibli's The Wind Rises under his mentor Hayao Miyazaki. Toho (which co-distributes the film in Japan with Toei) also approached Anno with an offer to direct a reboot of its Godzilla film series, Shin Godzilla, which also contributed to the delay on 3.0+1.0. Financial reasons also played a part. In 2014, Anno's Studio Khara loaned his former company Studio Gainax 100 million yen ($916,400). In 2016, Anno filed a claim for debt collection, fearing not only for the return of the money but also because of Gainax selling production materials to third parties, after a precedent of other sales of intellectual property without informing him. This was part of several legal issues surrounding Gainax and Evangelion.<br />
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Production on Evangelion resumed after the production of Shin Godzilla ended in late 2016. After a formal apology, animation director Takeshi Honda stated that the last film had resumed development. Studio Khara tweeted on April 5, 2017, that development was going smoothly. In May 2018, the studio put out a job listing for animation staff to work on 3DCG, VFX, and 2D animation starting on June 30, 2018. Animation was going through the final check by October 2, 2020. Dialogue recording wrapped on November 19, 2020. On December 16, 2020, Studio Khara announced that compositing and editing work had finished. In 2019 the film was scheduled for a June 27, 2020 release date but received two delays due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, first scheduled for a January 23, 2021 release, before being released on March 8, 2021.<br />
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===Development===<br />
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Anno was very reluctant to return to work on the film in 2016. In 2018, Anno had asked for the opinion of voice actors like Megumi Ogata (Shinji) on how to move the plot forward after 3.0. Anno felt he could no longer understand Shinji and by now his current self was closer to Gendo than Shinji, and needed Ogata's input on how Shinji could recover after the events of 3.0. Anno felt that at that point the only people who could understand Shinji's feelings were Ogata herself and his personal assistant, Ikki Todoroki. Anno himself had intended to go to Paris for Japan Expo 2019, but the film's continuing delays in production prevented him. Anno had often visited the film's music composer Shirō Sagisu, who lives half the year in Paris, and wished to pay homage to the city in the opening 10 minutes of the movie, entitled AVANT1 ("before" in French), seeking to surpass his earlier depiction in Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. At the event, Ogata also recounted Anno had asked what ending she preferred "as Shinji". AVANT1+2, including a further 2 minutes of the opening sequence, was also streamed on Khara's YouTube channel and Japanese Amazon Prime Video for free for two weeks.<br />
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Dialogue for Parts A and B, set after AVANT, started recording in March 2019. As there were several changes to the plot, many voice actors had to come back and record lines again. In 2020, due to the pandemic restrictions, production slowed down further and recording was mostly done by the voice actors separately as many dozens of takes were necessary, and they organized themselves through a Line group. This created a bond between the cast that was unprecedented in previous productions. At the end of recording, Anno thanked the cast for their contributions. Yūko Miyamura, who played Asuka, was instructed to treat her character as completely separate from the series' Asuka Langley Soryu, and the last thing asked of her was to write the character's full name in cursive herself to be used in the movie. She had lived in Australia for the past two decades, but was still unsure of how to write "Langley". Miyamura expressed her surprise at Anno's behavior near the end of production, in contrast to his behavior during the making of End of Evangelion: "Anno-san is amazing. He has become an adult".<br />
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Anno sought to bring in new talent and people outside the usual Evangelion core crew, like Darling in the Franxx creator Atsushi Nishigori, a protégé of his, while other core staffers like chief editor Masayuki largely stepped down in order to allow new talents to gain more experience. In addition, the series' original character designer, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, has had diminishing involvement since 3.0, and the new character designs are mostly done by Hidenori Matsubara. Anno had long stated his wish to revitalize the anime industry, and saw the sponsorship of new creators as a prime way of achieving this, as well as the promotions of events backed by Studio Khara like the Japan Animator Expo. Director Mahiro Maeda recounted Anno wanted him to figure out specific details of the plot on his own when asked. Similarly to production in the series, Anno would take ideas from staffers but have the final word in plot decisions. Anno had also been an advocate of employing new and innovative animation technologies, combined with extensive use of motion capture and computer-generated imagery, and employed them in the film. Maeda and others noted nonetheless that Anno seemed to be directing the film more like a live action film than animation, including in the way he directed the voice actors, taking cues from theatre techniques, after his previous experience outside Evangelion, despite the staff's own limited experience, something he had previously attempted in Cutie Honey. He thought Anno "wanted to get out of here the most", but expressed his feelings in film sincerely.<br />
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Director Kazuya Tsurumaki details Anno wanted to try a new process for the film. Instead of first creating storyboards and then developing the animation based on them as is traditional, Anno proposed to first draw the animation cels and then draw the scenes from them. This technique was generally referred to by staff as "pre-visualization". He was once more inspired from the usual process in live action, where scenes are first shot from multiple angles and then stories are created and then selected during editing. The latter half of the film, however, progressively returned to the traditional anime style. Tsurumaki noted the original intention was that "the first 80%" of the Rebuild series would be a "compilation" of the original anime series, and the changes would only start with the last film, in keeping with earlier comments in 2006 by producer Toshimichi Ohtsuki regarding the intention that only the ending would be a major departure from the series, as staff felt End of Evangelion could not receive a sequel, and the Rebuild movies were not going to be "metaphysical" like the original anime, but rather "oriented towards entertainment". This eventually changed, and major changes started happening as early as Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance. He also noted that the previously stated goal of "destroying Evangelion" through the character of Mari was entrusted to an external party. Anno would ask the opinion of many parts of staff, including those not involved in the actual film like office staff for their opinions on several nuances. Anno's wife Moyoco Anno provided early designs for some characters. Studio Ghibli also provided assistance to scenes set in the survivor's village. For the village itself, Khara had a box model custom-built to orientate the artists, and Anno personally adjusted it to the smallest details like individual house layout, road with and utility posts to make it as realistic as possible. Staff consulted with multiple professionals and conducted research like sky-diving for maximum accuracy.<br />
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A making-of documentary aired on Japanese broadcaster NHK in March 22, 2021, with the crew following production for 1214 days. BS Japan also broadcast an extended version of the documentary on April 29, 2021, totaling 100 minutes of runtime, featuring unused footage. Amazon Prime Video included the extended version of documentary in its international release of the film in August. When production started in 2016, Anno initially intended to not involve himself much in the film, wishing to delegate most of it to his directors, particularly Tsurumaki, generally considered Khara's second-in-command, but as the release date approached with mounting production problems he progressively took more control and took on more tasks directly, also driven by his perfectionism. Maeda was also not initially serving as a director, but was brought in the middle of production. Kim Morrisy of Anime News Network described it as tumultuous: "There were several occasions shown when he decided that the work he had done at the time was insufficient and would scrap it entirely. The [final] D part of the script was eventually completed in early 2019, at the latest possible stage it could have been done to meet the deadline."<br />
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In the documentary, Anno is depicted as frequently late or absent from the studio, or would often stay overnight adjusting individual scenes he was unsatisfied with. Part A had been rewritten multiple times, and at one point Anno was so lost on how to resolve the story lines he considered restarting it from scratch after nine months of work. Anno believed he wouldn't miss working on the franchise and said everything he needed to, feeling finishing his work remained a priority, even at the expense of his well-being. Anno told Ogata later at post-production that he'd indeed miss it. Hayao Miyazaki described Anno, as an apprentice of his, as "one who sheds blood for his films". Gainax co-founder Toshio Okada criticized the documentary as "sloppy" and "propaganda" trying to make Anno look better, claiming Anno's live-action approach in fact took inspiration from Hiroyuki Yamaga's work in Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise instead of being sui generis as the documentary implied, and Anno noted the crew was in fact not present during the highly intense production of Part D for several months, nor did it cover him thanking the staff at the end.<br />
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On March 28, 2021, the cast was fully reunited for the first time in 14 years and held a stage greeting, commenting on the film and their bond to the characters. On April 12, 2021, directors Anno, Tsurumaki and Maeda, as well as Ogata, held another stage greeting. On June 26, 2021, Anno held a live stream on singer Hikaru Utada's Instagram page, and debated the film. On June 27, 2021, another cast greeting was held. Mari's voice actress Maaya Sakamoto explained she had been absent from the previous events because she felt apprehensive over the details she knew about Mari's character that Anno told her, but refused to share them: "I will take secrets to my grave". A last stage greeting was held on July 11, 2021. Anno felt he had now done everything he could with anime, and accordingly Khara denied reports that he was working on a reboot of a popular animation series. He also noted he initially attempted a shorter two hour runtime, but had to extend it.<br />
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===Future of the franchise===<br />
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Anno had originally intended on making a new Evangelion story since 2000<ref>https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_1.0_Complete_Records_Collection</ref> and has intended to open-up the franchise in the future to new creators and turn Eva into a "new Gundam", using the Rebuilds as a foundation for this, but 3.0+1.0 is intended to be his final Evangelion work. The Animator Expo already featured two independent works based on the franchise: Evangelion – Another Impact and Neon Genesis IMPACTS, as well as until You come to me, a short film intended to showcase the talent of younger Khara animators, not as an official trailer. In an interview in August 2021, Anno stated other parts of the franchise and story might be revisited later. In Hikari Utada's live stream featuring Anno, he comments that "the New Eva isn't 100% what I want it to be." Additionally, the 3.0+1.01 re-release and the Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) prequel manga can already be seen as early examples of additions to the franchise with Anno's blessing and involvement, with the former started a mere month after the film's initial release at Anno's initiative. Popular interest also remains extremely high, as can be seen NHK's making-off documentary, EVANGELION: 3.333 Breakdown (under Anno's supervision), the high number of interviews and articles done in the 6 months between Japanese and international release, with more on the way.<br />
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==Different Versions==<br />
===3.0+1.01===<br />
On June 7, 2021, an updated version of the movie was released for cinema with cleaned-up animations. People attending were also given the one-shot manga, <i>[[Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)]]</i>, set 2 hours before the events of the third movie. This version is the one that released on Amazon Prime Video two months later, on August 13.<br />
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The same version was released on digital on-demand services like Google Play Movies and Vudu on October 3rd, 2023, and became available to rent on October 17.<ref>[https://twitter.com/GKIDSfilms/status/1709259518134059181 GKIDS' tweet with the release date]</ref><br />
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===3.0+1.11===<br />
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On March 8, 2023, the two year anniversary of the movie, the home video version titled <i>3.0+1.11</i> was released in Japan. The movie is sold in both the 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray format and the standard Blu-ray disc. The movie is largely untouched with only minor visual changes. The two standout bonus features of this release are a new ten-minute short titled <i>[[Evangelion: 3.0 (-46h)]]</i> focusing on Midori Kitakami, and a colored and voiced version of <i>Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)</i>. Other bonus features include a behind-the-scenes video titled "Rebuild of EVANGELION:3.0+1.0", a recording of April 12th, 2021's stage greeting, as well as various commercials and voice messages from the cast.<br />
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This version with the same contents released worldwide in October 2023.<ref>[https://twitter.com/GKIDSfilms/status/1704593356540531028?s=20 GKIDS' official Twitter account posting about the release]</ref><ref>[https://www.alltheanime.com/products/evangelion-3-0-deluxe-edition AllTheAnime store page]</ref><br />
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==See Also==<br />
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* [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English Translation of "Avant 1" Sequence]]<br />
* [[Guides:Evangelion 3.0%2B1.0_FAQ|FAQ for Evangelion:3.0+1.0]]<br />
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| japanese_title_k = シン・エヴァンゲリオン劇場版:<nowiki>||</nowiki><br />
| japanese_title_r = Shin Evangelion Gekijōban: <nowiki>||</nowiki><br />
| japanese_title_e = New Evangelion Theatrical Edition: <nowiki>||</nowiki><br />
| english_title = Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon a Time<br />
| image = [[File:4.0 title.jpg|350px]]<br />
| written_by = [[Hideaki Anno]]<br />
| directed_by = [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]], [[Katsuichi Nakayama]]<br />
| theatrical_release = March 8, 2021<br />
| streaming_release = August 13, 2021 (Amazon Prime Video) <br />
| video_release = 3.0+1.11: March 8, 2023 (Japan)<br />
2023 (Worldwide)<br />
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| eva_sorties = [[Evangelion Unit-02 (Rebuild)|Eva-02]], [[Evangelion Unit-08|Eva-08]], [[Evangelion Mark.09|Mark.09]], [[Eva Series 7]], [[Evangelion 13|Eva-13]], [[Evangelion Unit-01|Eva-01]]<br />
| prev = [[Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo|Evangelion 3.0]]<br />
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'''Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon a Time''' is the title for the fourth and final film in the [[Rebuild of Evangelion]] movie series, formerly known by the working title '''Evangelion: Final'''. Upon its initial announcement, It was planned to be released in Japan alongside the third film, [[Evangelion 3.0]], at an unspecified date. Previously, the name had been changed to what could be interpreted as either the symbol for "End" or "Repeat" in sheet music.<ref>http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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Unlike the three previous movies, the title is rendered in Katakana as "Evangelion" in the same manner as the TV series. Starting with "<i>Shin</i>", just like Anno's involved live-action titles like <i>Shin Godzilla</i> or <i>Shin Ultraman</i>. The previous three movies had Katakana that spelled "Wevangeliwon". Speculation by fans based on the Jo-Ha-Kyu structure of Japanese drama suggests that Final will incorporate the fourth and fifth acts of the Japanese drama cycle, depicting a long journey and coming to a quick conclusion<ref>http://forum.evageeks.org/post/663128/Did-Q-Fail-Thematically/#663128</ref>. Alternatively, the series may be following the Kishotenketsu<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kish%C5%8Dtenketsu</ref> narrative pattern which concludes in the fourth arc. Whether or not the movie actually follows either pattern of Japanese drama remains for further analysis once the movie is released outside of Japan. <br />
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In September 2014, the title of the final film was revealed to be "Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0", based on a title card shown at the end of the TV screening of Evangelion 3.0, followed by the subsequent update of the main Evangelion site with the new title.<ref>http://www.evageeks.org/2014/09/no-new-sneak-peaks-in-evangelion-finals-preview/</ref> The final title was revealed on December 27, 2019, along with the initial release date of June 27, 2020.<br />
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==Release Date==<br />
With the release of Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon A Time on March 8, 2021, the section below has been largely left as it is to show timeline information from past years, and chronicle the release of said timeline information to fans. <br />
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On December 31st, 2011 the Japanese website was updated to show a 2013 release date<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120101082254/http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>, but that has been removed when the site was updated after [[Evangelion 3.0]]'s release <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20121118180135/http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>. The website no longer features any tentative date and none have been announced<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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At the 2014 Tokyo Film Festival Anno joked that the final film might be released 4-6 years after [[Evangelion 3.0]]<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2014-10-27/anno-jokes-that-4th-new-evangelion-film-might-be-4-6-years-after-3rd-one/.80406</ref>. <br />
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Actual news on the film's production had been hard to come by during the period between 2012 and 2019. Various miscellaneous projects had been done, including two animated shorts that may or may not have been pertinent to the film's own details as well as the end of Sadamoto's manga adaption. However, during this period, the film itself saw no details except for the news that Utada Hikaru, who has been the musical artist for Rebuild's credit themes, would be returning in 2015 from her hiatus to write the final film's credits theme. The source also indicated that the film would release in autumn/winter 2015, but this claim was then refuted by the source, who then stated that no ''official'' announcement had been made.<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-26/magazine-final-evangelion-film-slated-for-fall-winter-2015-with-utada-song/.82629</ref> Prior to the new title announcement, this was the only solid news (or any news at all) that had been released.<br />
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On July 19th, 2016 Anno directly apologized to the fans of Evangelion. He stated ''"To all the Evangelion fans, I’m really, really keeping you all waiting, I am truly sorry."'' Anno then went on to say he felt "trapped" while making ''Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo'', saying he couldn't recharge. ''“Up until then, after doing the third entry Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, I thought I wasn’t going to make any more,”'' After being offered the job to work on ''Godzilla Resurgence'', he stated ''“At that time, I went into talks with Toho, and it saved me. I think this is how I’m able to keep making Evangelion. However, since it is a fact that I’m making everyone wait, I deeply apologize for that.”'' <ref>http://kotaku.com/an-apology-to-evangelion-fans-from-hideaki-anno-1783903322</ref><br />
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On July 20th 2018, the official Evangelion website was updated to reflect a 2020 theatrical release.<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/news.html</ref><br />
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On July 6th 2019, Khara screened the first ten minutes of the film on Japan Expo in Paris, Anime Expo in Los Angeles, and CCG Expo in Shangai. The film was originally scheduled for release on June 27, 2020.<br />
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On July 18th 2019, during showings of Makoto Shinkai's new film "Weathering with You", a new trailer was shown for 3.0 + 1.0 featuring the new June 2020 release. The trailer was later shared officially online.<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1152417665979277313</ref><br />
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On April 17th 2020, the official Evangelion website was updated to announced that the release date was being delayed by an unspecified amount of time due to the COVID-19 pandemic<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-17/evangelion-3.0-1.0-film-delayed-due-to-covid-19-concerns/.158693</ref><ref>https://www.gamespot.com/articles/evangelion-3010-film-release-delayed-due-to-corona/1100-6476186/</ref>. The announcement of the delay was accompanied by an updated staff/credits list, the release of the official poster in both Japanese and English and the reveal of the English title "Thrice Upon a Time" and the additional message "Bye-bye, all of EVANGELION"<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251064479816708096</ref>. Hideaki Anno posted a letter to healthcare workers expressing gratitude for fighting the disease, apologizing to fans for the added delay due to the unprecedented situation and encouraging all readers to persevere<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251066917495861248</ref>.<br />
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On October 15, 2020, Studio Khara sent out a tweet announcing that January 23, 2021 would be the new release date. The tweet contained a link to a new trailer for the movie<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/10/evangelion-3-01-0-has-a-new-release-date-in-2021/</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1316921806540996610</ref>.<br />
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On December 17, 2020, it was announced that all shooting and editing work for the movie was complete. This was followed by tweets from Studio Khara announcing that the movie had been screened to staff as well as select non-staff members, with the warning that spoilers on social media were a possibility by this point. <ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc2/status/1339355724669808640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref><ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/903217/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#903217</ref><br />
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Another trailer was released on December 24, 2020, featuring the "One Last Kiss" theme song.<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/12/3-0-1-0-xmas-trailer-with-one-last-kiss/</ref><br />
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On January 14, 2021, Studio Khara announced that the movie was to be indefinitely delayed again due to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, and that the scheduled release of the soundtrack on February 10 would not take place. <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/shineva2/</ref><ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/01/3-0-1-0-bad-news-and-a-little-good/</ref><br />
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On 26 February, 2021, it was announced that the film would be released on March 8, 2021<ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc/status/1365270814640148480</ref>. This became the actual, finalized date of release for the movie.<br />
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An updated version of the film, titled ''Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time'', was released in Japanese theaters on June 12, 2021. This version features updated cuts of various scenes. It also accompanied the distribution of a 36-page booklet called ''Eva-Extra-Extra'', including non-canon illustrations by staff and a prequel manga set before the events of the previous film, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, called Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) written by director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]] under Anno's supervision.<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/210607-2/</ref><br />
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Internationally, Amazon Prime Video acquired exclusive streaming rights to the film; it would be released in worldwide on August 13, 2021, excluding Japan.<ref>https://variety.com/2021/streaming/asia/evangelion-thrice-anime-movie-to-amazon-prime-video-1235009631/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-01/amazon-prime-video-to-stream-final-evangelion-film-on-august-13/.174666</ref> However, on July 20, 2021, Amazon Prime Video announced that would also stream the film in Japan on the same day as its international release.<ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2021-07-20/amazon-prime-video-also-streams-final-evangelion-film-in-japan-on-august-13/.175346</ref><br />
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==Publicity==<br />
[[Image:Evangelion 3.0+1.0, Final Visual.png|thumb|left|Final promotional image (Japanese)]]<br />
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On July 6, 2019, the event '''Operation 0706''' took place, the film's opening scene (having the production code "Avant 1") was simulcast on screens in Paris, France (Japan Expo) and throughout Japan, following a live event in Paris with Yoko Takahashi and Megumi Ogata. This was followed up later at other locations such as Los Angeles, CA's Anime Expo. A phone application was made available days before to drum up hype for the event, wherein the user was asked to choose between Team Nerv or Team Wille. After the event, their choice affected when they would have access to limited-access freebies: the four Shiro Sagisu pieces that debuted during Op0706, and the first three New Theatrical films. <br />
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On April 17, 2020, the announcement of the delay in the release date was accompanied by the revelation of the movie poster and the English title "Thrice Upon a Time". The poster features an image of Shinji in the distant background, walking down branching train tracks in bright sunlight. The location appears to be Ube-Shinkawa station, the main train station in the city of Ube, Yamaguchi Province, where [[Hideaki Anno]] was born. <br />
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On October 15, 2020, the announcement of the new release date was accompanied by the revelation of a new trailer, showing additional imagery of the characters, locations and Evangelions.<br />
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On December 9, 2020, the official Evangelion website announced that the theme song for the movie would be "One Last Kiss", performed by [[Hikaru Utada]] <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/onelastkiss/</ref>.<br />
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On December 23, 2020, the official Twitter announced that 3.0 + 1.0 would be screened simultaneously with [[Evangelion 3.333]] in back-to-back midnight IMAX screenings in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo, with the official website having a list of double-screenings for both movies. <ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1341941672704266240</ref> However, this double-screening did not materialize due to the delay caused in the movie's release date.<br />
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On February 16, 2021, Eirin (the Film Classification and Rating Organization) revealed the film's runtime to be 154 minutes. <ref>https://twitter.com/macgyjp/status/1361558394860040193 </ref> It was later clarified that the official runtime would instead be 155 minutes. <ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/910897/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#p910896</ref><br />
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On June 21, 2021, Shin Eva became the 49th highest grossing Japanese film, marking its entry into the top 50. <ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/06/shin-eva-becomes-49th-highest-grossing/</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
[[Image:Shin op0706 C080 kick.jpg|thumb|right|Eva-08 attacking Eva 44A]]<br />
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===Assault on Paris===<br />
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The film begins with [[Wille]] stopping in [[Paris Assault Mission|Paris, France]], which much like the outskirts of former Tokyo-3 has been converted into [[Core (Rebuild)|core material]]. A team descends from the [[AAA Wunder|Wunder]] -- comprised of [[Ritsuko Akagi (Rebuild)|Ritsuko]], [[Maya Ibuki|Maya]], three of Maya's male underlings, and [[Mari Makinami Illustrious|Mari]] in [[Evangelion Unit-08|Eva-08]] -- and lands on top of a mysterious black pillar. Ritsuko acts as a look-out while Maya and her men connect to the black pillar via laptop to resume the activation of an [[L Barrier|"Anti-L System"]] -- something a team of Europeans had previously died while attempting. As the operation begins, large numbers of a never-before-seen Eva type, [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44A|the aerial 44As]], appear in four waves, and Mari holds them off, assisted by helmsman [[Minor_Characters_(Rebuild)#Sumire_Nagara|Sumire Nagara]] utilizing the Wunder's intricate "cable flight" capabilities. Once the Evas have all been defeated, two more new enemy Eva types appear from a camouflaged cocoon: a [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_4444C|4444C unit]] with a Positron Cannon and the small army of generator-equipped [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44B|Eva 44Bs]] that supply power to it. While cable-suspended warships equipped with [[Evangelion Equipment (Rebuild)|ESVs]] are used to block the first shot, the team is left defenseless for the immediate second shot, as all the ships have been destroyed by the first shot. With Nagara's assist, Eva-08 charges the 4444C with the felled Eiffel Tower and before it can charge up fully, Mari is able to twist the tower down the 4444C's gun barrel, destroying both it and the 44Bs, at the cost of minor damage to Eva-08's legs. <br />
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Maya and the others successfully activate the pillar, which was actually a giant version of the sealing pillars seen in the two previous films. A radius of effect is created that pushes back the core-conversion, restoring part of the city. A large collection of E.U. Nerv storage lockers emerges from underground, filled with Eva spare parts, munitions, and components for what appears to be an upgraded model of [[Jet Alone]]. The Wunder and its support fleet descends, with two teams being dispatched to retrieve the parts and spares, and Mari muses that Eva-02 can be repaired and Eva-08 will be modified for "Overlap" compatibility. The scene ends with Mari promising to come back for [[Shinji]] <ref>''Evangelion: 3.0+1.0'', Avant 1, Operation 0706 Ver. [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English subtitles.]] Translated by Maryno_penguin, [[User:Reichu|Reichu]], sackboy71 et al.</ref>.<br />
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===Wandering, and Village-3===<br />
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The opening credits play over a montage of the red Earth, showing locations that have been turned to core. [[Failures of Infinity]] litter the landscape, with an anti-gravity effect manifesting in small areas, causing objects around them to float. Shinji, [[Rei Q]] and [[Asuka Shikinami Langley|Asuka]] walk together across its surface, with Asuka using the device in her hand as a compass to find their way. They are picked up by an adult in an SUV and wearing a protective suit. <br />
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[[File:Evangelion.3.0-1.01 Village 3 023.png|thumb|Panoramic view of Village-3|320px]]<br />
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Shinji wakes up to the sight of a child and a dog. He is examined by an adult Toji, who is highly surprised to see him, and with Hikari, who has since married him. The child is Toji and Hikari's daughter Tsubame<ref>The name literally means "Swallow" and is quite possibly a reference to the Tsubame service on the Kyushu Shinkansen[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsubame_(train)], continuing the Shinkansen reference in Hikari's name</ref>, and the dog is Toji's pet. It is revealed that they are in a settlement that has been kept free of the coreification proces, named Village-3, with Toji as the settlement's doctor and Kensuke as a technician/handyman, who is revealed to be the one who rescued the trio earlier. The village is being supported by an organization named [[Kredit]], which works together with Wille to provide supplies and facilitate trade with other settlements. Toji and Hikari greet Rei Q warmly, but she lacks of memory of either of them and is openly confused over the state of the world. Both of them realize that she is not the same Rei they knew, and they nickname her "lookalike". Neither Toji nor Kensuke show Shinji any hatred over Third Impact, and try to help him recover from his trauma, however, Shinji remains catatonic and is starting to feel physically sick, not talking to anyone and not eating anything, much to the annoyance of Hikari's father Bunzaemon, who lives with Toji and Hikari. Tsubame is the cause of much curiosity for Rei Q, who goes out and explores the world within the settlement with an almost childlike sense of curiosity, looking at such things as stray dogs and books. She also begins to learn more about her world, expressing continued confusion over the existence of a pregnant cat, baby Tsubame, and greetings such as "good morning" and "good night". She eventually settles down into village life, learning to farm alongside the older ladies of the village, working in the village rice paddies.<br />
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Kensuke offers to take the catatonic Shinji to his place, so that he might have some time to recover on his own. On arriving at Kensuke's residence (a small abandoned train station), Shinji sees Asuka leaving the shower naked, and she expresses irritation at Shinji's inaction, even at her current state. Shinji realizes Asuka has a DSS choker fitted on her as well, the sight of it causing Shinji to vomit due to traumatic memories of Kaworu's death. Kensuke cleans up the mess, and Asuka talks to him about Shinji's condition, calling him "kenken". She eventually has no option but to force-feed him protein bars due to his refusal to eat, and references her own inability to consume anything other than water. While doing so, she says that Shinji, as a fellow Pseudo-Lilin<ref>The Japanese term used here is Lilin-modoki, where modoki can variously mean "fake", "an imitation", "something that looks similar but is not the same".</ref>, may eventually join her and neither eat nor grow any longer. He goes out and spends entire days silently the ruins of Nerv-02, which is inhabited by a number of hot spring penguins, including a backpack-less Pen-Pen, while Asuka silently keeps a watch on him. Rei Q comes to Kensuke's house looking for Shinji, but finds only Asuka, who informs her that her feelings for the Third Child have been programmed into the Ayanami-Series since the beginning, as part of their inherent Eva-like restrictors as Eva pilots (notably, Asuka includes herself in these statements as well). Rei tells her she doesn't mind the artificial feelings, as they feel real to her, and Asuka gives in and tells her where Shinji is. Rei then goes to Shinji to return his SDAT along with some rations, but Shinji is still too distraught and knocks it away. Rei leaves with the SDAT, but leaves the rations behind. Overcome by hunger, Shinji eventually gives and eats the rations. Over the next few days, Rei gets better at farming and grows closer to the village folk, becoming more expressive. Eventually, she is able to get Shinji to talk to her, where he claims that he was the one who destroyed everything, and that he just wants to be left alone, and expresses confusion as to why people were being nice to him even after everything that happened, to which Rei replies that it is because they all like him. The response stuns Shinji, and he starts to become more active. Kensuke takes the slowly-recovering Shinji out fishing and on an infrastructure check to show him the massive [[Angel-sealing Hex Pillar]]s that are generating an [[L Barrier|Anti-L Field]] keeping the settlement and its surrounding areas safe from the coreification and the wandering [[Failures of Infinity]], which he says have started moving only recently. Shinji and Toji have a talk, and Toji reveals that he's not really a doctor, but only working with a basic knowledge of medicine and the machines that Kredit give them. He says that there are lives even he could not save, and that shouldering the anger and grief of those moments is what he believes he does best, so for the sake of his family and the village, he would continue to shoulder those burdens. He tells Shinji that he has already fought enough for everyone, and that he is welcome to stay in the Village if he wishes.<br />
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Some time later, Kensuke takes Shinji and Asuka to the grave of his father, Hajime Aida, and advises Shinji to try to talk to his own father so he has no regrets about not understanding him. Asuka scoffs at the idea, noting that the other party is "Gendo Ikari", and that it's impossible, but Shinji remains silent.<br />
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Rei Q eventually asks Shinji to help give her a proper name rather than "lookalike", and Shinji decides to call her "Ayanami" anyway. During a regular trip to check on the Anti-L System, Kensuke takes Shinji to a Wille Outdoor Laboratory that maintains the Anti-L System, and introduces him to "Ryoji Kaji", who is Misato's son with the original [[Ryoji Kaji]]. The younger Kaji works at repairing the Wille-built machines keeping the village free from being turned to core. On the way back, Kensuke talks to Shinji and explains the situation with the elder Kaji's death and Misato's current state, stating that Kaji Sr. sacrificed himself to stop Third Impact, and Misato now stays away from him so that she can protect him from afar, also adding that she regrets making Shinji shoulder all the burdens, and that is why (he thinks) she doesn't want Shinji to pilot an Eva again. Rei Q is revealed to require constant exposure to LCL to maintain her existence, and thanks Shinji for helping her find happiness before turning into LCL before his eyes. Shinji is shocked but Rei's experience is implied to help Shinji recover from his previous trauma.<br />
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AAA Wunder arrives to unload non-essential personnel. Kensuke reminds Shinji that he can stay in the village if he chooses to, but Shinji decides to go aboard the Wunder with Asuka, SDAT in hand, and Asuka tases him as per her orders. [[Sakura Suzuhara|Sakura]] looks him over in the medical wing, and slaps him when he awakens, infuriated at getting into [[Eva-13]] in the [[Evangelion 3.0|previous movie]], and eventually breaks down. Shinji is placed in isolation and under surveillance again, and both Asuka and Sakura express puzzlement at his return after discovering Kaworu's demise from the DSS Choker operational records. The bridge crew discusses the ongoing situation, with Midori expressing distaste over the Captain's decision to keep Shinji alive. Mari greets Asuka, who expresses the sentiment that Shinji "needs a mother, not a girlfriend". Ritsuko and Misato discuss their intentions in a space aboard Wunder dedicated to preserving seeds of life for all species, which is mentioned to be the original purpose of the vessel. Elsewhere, Fuyutsuki monologues about the Black Moon and Fourth Impact as well as Shinji and the fate of "Ayanami-type 6", wondering if Gendo deliberately made Shinji experience the same loss as him.<br />
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===Wille vs Nerv: Final===<br />
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[[File:Rebuild-of-evangelion-1-3-thrice-upon-a-time-002-pn-n.jpg|thumb|Asuka and Mari preparing for the final battle|250px]]<br />
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Gendo and Fuyutsuki steer the Black Moon towards the epicenter of Second Impact, at Nerv's former Calvary Base in Antarctica, intending to restart Eva-13. Misato and Ritsuko discover this and have completed a "signal suspension plug" to stop this event. Misato and the bridge crew reminisce about Kaji's death and their determination to fight Nerv and restore the world to its original state. The Wunder takes off and heads into the upper atmosphere for repair and refit, and also to launch a number of seeds containing Earth's plant life into outer space. Misato and Ritsuko have a conversation about Wunder's purpose as an ark and it is revealed that the seed vault on the Wunder also includes seeds of the watermelons planted in Tokyo-3 by Ryoji Kaji. Mari and Asuka get their new plugsuits, and Mari reintroduces herself to Shinji. Asuka and Shinji talk and Shinji reveals that he understands Asuka's anger at his inaction in the previous movie. Asuka says that she appreciated Shinji's bento and used to like him in the past, but she has now grown up. Mari and Asuka, satisfied, get into their Evas. A vision of Kaworu appears to Shinji saying that they will meet again, and Shinji agrees. AAA Wunder descends from orbit towards Antarctica with the objective being the neutralization of Eva-13, in what Misato calls "Operation Yamato". The Wunder breaks through a hexagonal barrier that encloses an area of "high L density". <br />
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As it nears Antarctica, Wunder is attacked by two Nerv ships of the Erlösung-class, the same as the Wunder - Erbsünde (Original Sin) and Erlösung (Salvation), apparently under Fuyutsuki's control, and with different turret arrangements. The Wunder is also approached by a swarm of Eva Series 7. During the battle, the Wunder resorts to using the guided-missile destroyers in its support fleet as giant guided missiles. Asuka and Mari sortie and battle their way through the swarm of Nerv Evas towards Eva-13. Asuka attacks Eva-13 with the stop signal plug, but Eva-02 is afraid of Eva-13 and puts up an entirely unexpected A.T. Field of its own will. Wunder is ambushed by the fourth Nerv warship, Gebet (Prayer), with Fuyutsuki on board, and reverts to its original state as the first Nerv warship, the Buße (Penance or atonement). Wings of light appear from the four Nerv warships in a manner much like the Adams at Second Impact, indicating an attempted Impact, not in Seele's scenario. Asuka removes her eyepatch and removes a restraint within her eye that keeps the Ninth Angel under control, transforming into a new Ninth Angel and converting Eva-02 into a previously unseen radiant giant state. However, it is revealed that she plays into Gendo's plan in the process as Eva-13 awakens just as Asuka erodes Eva-02's A.T. Field with her own, and destroys Eva-02 in much the same manner as Eva-01 destroyed Eva-03. During the process, Asuka is approached by "her original", revealing that she is a clone of the Shikinami series, and is absorbed by Eva-13. Wunder is taken over by a new Eva Mark.09, which Fuyutsuki is implied to have been responsible for <ref>Based on currently available information, the Mark.09A Evangelion was possibly created from the remains of the original Mark.09, which was subject to Eva-02's self-destruct explosion at the end of Evangelion 3.0. </ref>.<br />
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Gendo floats down to the Wunder himself, and Misato and Ritsuko confront him. Ritsuko shoots Gendo through his visor, however, her bullets are entirely ineffective and he simply scoops his blown-out brains and puts them into the hole in the back of his head. It is revealed that Gendo has used the Key of Nebuchadnezzar and has thrown away his humanity by adding "information that surpassed the logic of the world" to his body, and it is shown that there is only a cross-shaped glowing void where his eyes used to be. Gendo monologues about the purpose of the impacts and about the Human Instrumentality Project, before hitting the Wunder's engine with an Angel-like optical blast to retrieve Unit-01, and entering Eva-13 through its mouth.<br />
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===Human Instrumentality: Father and Son===<br />
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[[File:Eva_vs_Eva.jpg|thumb|Eva-13 vs. Eva-01, Father vs. Son|250px]]<br />
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Shinji turns to Misato and asks to pilot Eva-01 to stop Gendo. Midori Kitakami and Sakura are appalled at the prospect of Shinji entering the Eva and fire at him, but Misato blocks Sakura's bullet with her own body. Misato thanks Shinji for saving them all from destruction using Eva-01 fourteen years previously, and explains that as his superior, the responsibility for his actions was ultimately hers, and since Shinji is still her subordinate, she will take responsibility for his actions. Misato and Shinji have a conversation in which Misato asks Shinji to take care of her son. Meanwhile, Mari takes Eva-08 into an "overlapping" state where it merges with Eva-09, 10, 11, and 12 after partially consuming them, giving Eva-08 the ability to navigate the space beyond the [[Guf (Rebuild)| Doors of Guf]]. Shinji enters Eva-01 out of nowhere and the original Rei Ayanami appears to him inside, with her hair grown very long. She apologizes to him for not being able to make it so that he wouldn't have to get into an Eva, but Shinji thanks her and says he will take care of the rest. Ritsuko and Maya are shocked to discover that Shinji, rather than having a zero percent synchro rate with Eva-01 like they previously thought, has in fact attained a previously impossible infinite synchro-rate with Eva-01, as Shinji restores Eva-01's limbs and begins to strangle Eva-13, prompting Gendo to remark that "Unit-01's Pilot has awakened, has he?".<br />
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Gendo shows Shinji an "imaginary Evangelion" that takes the form of a Black Lilith due to Shinji's memories. This being was predicted by the theories of Dr. Katsuragi. The twin spears of Longinus and Cassius enter the imaginary Evangelion and transform it into a giant Rei with a floating decapitated head. Fuyutsuki recognizes Mari and addresses her as "Maria of Iscariot", and Mari refers to him as "Fuyutsuki-sensei" and adds that it has been a long time since anyone called her by that name. He tells Mari that he has given her what she requested, and addresses Yui with his last words before turning to LCL.<br />
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Gendo and Shinji fight in an "alternate universe" where LCL gives shape to perception, entering a surreal fight where they clash in multiple different locations across space and time that take form from Shinji's memories, but the rest of the world is revealed to be little more than a ''tokusatsu'' movie set complete model warships and Evangelion costumes for suit actors. Eva-01 and Eva-13 are in synch with each other, and Shinji fails to prevail over Gendo during the entire surreal fight. When they reach a location that is based on Shinji's memories of the village, he remembers the conversations he had with Toji and Kensuke and appeals to Gendo to stop and talk. Gendo is revealed to be afraid of Shinji as he puts up an A.T. Field of his own, but Shinji breaks through by handing over Gendo's old SDAT. <br />
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Gendo reveals his past; he was a lonely individual who grew up without parents, and the only loves in his life were books and the piano. A slightly older "Mari?" - who is revealed to be a friend of Gendo's - introduces him to Fuyutsuki as well as Yui, whom he falls in love with. Shinji sees a vision of Gendo's past experiences and life, and learns how Yui's loss traumatized him. The setting is now on the KuMoHa42 rail car. Misato prepares to turn the AAA Wunder into another Spear to hurl at a giant Red Rei, using Ritsuko's knowledge to transform Wunder's spinal linkage system. Mari in the overlapping Eva-08 scuttles the other three Nerv warships and bids goodbye to them, referring to them as "Adams". Eva-08 boards the spinal system as Misato uses the Wunder to ram the eye of the giant Rei-being. Misato sacrifices herself to hold back Gendo's [[Additional Impact]] and manifest the Spear of Gaius, representing humanity's will. The Gaius materializes in miniature form between Shinji's hands as Misato completes her sacrifice.<br />
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Shinji helps Gendo find closure, and similarly for a now-adult Asuka, helping her find closure as well <ref> While this scene is set on a beach resembling the final scene in End of Evangelion, this is [[Shikinami Asuka Langley]] and '''not''' [[Asuka Langley Soryu]].</ref> We learn the backstory behind Asuka Shikinami, that she is the last surviving clone of the Shikinami series, having survived past all the combat training that the other clones failed and were eliminated for. Asuka is old enough to remember seeing Gendo, Yui and a little Shinji visit the Euro-Nerv facilities. Shinji tells the now-adult Asuka that he ''used'' to like her - making it clear, that like Asuka, any romantic or sexual feelings between them are in the past, and asks Asuka to say hi to Kensuke for him. Shinji talks to Kaworu and gives Kaworu the closure he seeks; In a scene that is indicative of what happened during the 14-year timeskip, Kaworu and the elder Kaji speak to each other. Kaworu is dressed in the same Nerv commander uniform as Gendo and the Bethany base commander, with Kaji in the same vice-commander uniform as Fuyutsuki and the Bethany base vice-commander. Kaworu, whom the elder Kaji calls "Commander Nagisa", agrees to go to the settlement where the younger Kaji farms<ref>Interviews have confirmed that Kaworu took over as commander of Nerv with Kaji as his vice-commander soon after the events of [[Evangelion 2.0]], with Gendo and Fuyutsuki being deposed.</ref>. Shinji eventually settles upon a complete reset of the world, a "Neon Genesis", a world without Evangelions. Shinji prepares to stab himself with the Spear of Gaius. Shinji is then pushed out of Eva-01 by his mother Yui, who is revealed to have been with him the entire time, and they are embraced from behind by Gendo in Eva-13. Gendo and Yui, Eva-01 and Eva-13 together sacrifice themselves to finish what Shinji began, spearing all Evangelions that ever were created at once. Their actions return all Evangelions and Failures of Infinity back into human and animal forms, restoring the world to its original state before the impacts.<br />
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In the final sequence, Asuka, Rei and Kaworu are seen on the platform of a train station with the [[KuMoHa42]] approaching, and an older Shinji is approached by Mari from behind. Mari closes his eyes and asks him to guess who she is, referring to her initial meeting with him and her meeting with him on the Wunder. The grown-up Shinji (voiced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%ABnosuke_Kamiki Ryunosuke Kamiki]) answers correctly, and Mari takes the DSS Choker that adult Shinji wears off his neck. Shinji holds Mari's hands and both of them head out of the train station together, and the sequence transitions into both Shinji and Mari escaping into a live-action sequence of Anno's hometown of Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, implying that all the Children have found closure in our reality.<br />
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==Production History and Development==<br />
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===Early development and delays===<br />
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The film was announced alongside Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo for release in 2008 as the final part of the Rebuild series under the working title Evangelion: Final. After delays of the first three films, Evangelion: Final was expected for release in 2015. In 2014, director and producer Hideaki Anno announced that due to other commitments, the film would be further delayed to an unknown date. Following the troubled production of the third film, director and producer Hideaki Anno became depressed and stated publicly in 2015 that he could not work on another film. As part of his recovery, Anno had also worked on Studio Ghibli's The Wind Rises under his mentor Hayao Miyazaki. Toho (which co-distributes the film in Japan with Toei) also approached Anno with an offer to direct a reboot of its Godzilla film series, Shin Godzilla, which also contributed to the delay on 3.0+1.0. Financial reasons also played a part. In 2014, Anno's Studio Khara loaned his former company Studio Gainax 100 million yen ($916,400). In 2016, Anno filed a claim for debt collection, fearing not only for the return of the money but also because of Gainax selling production materials to third parties, after a precedent of other sales of intellectual property without informing him. This was part of several legal issues surrounding Gainax and Evangelion.<br />
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Production on Evangelion resumed after the production of Shin Godzilla ended in late 2016. After a formal apology, animation director Takeshi Honda stated that the last film had resumed development. Studio Khara tweeted on April 5, 2017, that development was going smoothly. In May 2018, the studio put out a job listing for animation staff to work on 3DCG, VFX, and 2D animation starting on June 30, 2018. Animation was going through the final check by October 2, 2020. Dialogue recording wrapped on November 19, 2020. On December 16, 2020, Studio Khara announced that compositing and editing work had finished. In 2019 the film was scheduled for a June 27, 2020 release date but received two delays due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, first scheduled for a January 23, 2021 release, before being released on March 8, 2021.<br />
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===Development===<br />
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Anno was very reluctant to return to work on the film in 2016. In 2018, Anno had asked for the opinion of voice actors like Megumi Ogata (Shinji) on how to move the plot forward after 3.0. Anno felt he could no longer understand Shinji and by now his current self was closer to Gendo than Shinji, and needed Ogata's input on how Shinji could recover after the events of 3.0. Anno felt that at that point the only people who could understand Shinji's feelings were Ogata herself and his personal assistant, Ikki Todoroki. Anno himself had intended to go to Paris for Japan Expo 2019, but the film's continuing delays in production prevented him. Anno had often visited the film's music composer Shirō Sagisu, who lives half the year in Paris, and wished to pay homage to the city in the opening 10 minutes of the movie, entitled AVANT1 ("before" in French), seeking to surpass his earlier depiction in Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. At the event, Ogata also recounted Anno had asked what ending she preferred "as Shinji". AVANT1+2, including a further 2 minutes of the opening sequence, was also streamed on Khara's YouTube channel and Japanese Amazon Prime Video for free for two weeks.<br />
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Dialogue for Parts A and B, set after AVANT, started recording in March 2019. As there were several changes to the plot, many voice actors had to come back and record lines again. In 2020, due to the pandemic restrictions, production slowed down further and recording was mostly done by the voice actors separately as many dozens of takes were necessary, and they organized themselves through a Line group. This created a bond between the cast that was unprecedented in previous productions. At the end of recording, Anno thanked the cast for their contributions. Yūko Miyamura, who played Asuka, was instructed to treat her character as completely separate from the series' Asuka Langley Soryu, and the last thing asked of her was to write the character's full name in cursive herself to be used in the movie. She had lived in Australia for the past two decades, but was still unsure of how to write "Langley". Miyamura expressed her surprise at Anno's behavior near the end of production, in contrast to his behavior during the making of End of Evangelion: "Anno-san is amazing. He has become an adult".<br />
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Anno sought to bring in new talent and people outside the usual Evangelion core crew, like Darling in the Franxx creator Atsushi Nishigori, a protégé of his, while other core staffers like chief editor Masayuki largely stepped down in order to allow new talents to gain more experience. In addition, the series' original character designer, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, has had diminishing involvement since 3.0, and the new character designs are mostly done by Hidenori Matsubara. Anno had long stated his wish to revitalize the anime industry, and saw the sponsorship of new creators as a prime way of achieving this, as well as the promotions of events backed by Studio Khara like the Japan Animator Expo. Director Mahiro Maeda recounted Anno wanted him to figure out specific details of the plot on his own when asked. Similarly to production in the series, Anno would take ideas from staffers but have the final word in plot decisions. Anno had also been an advocate of employing new and innovative animation technologies, combined with extensive use of motion capture and computer-generated imagery, and employed them in the film. Maeda and others noted nonetheless that Anno seemed to be directing the film more like a live action film than animation, including in the way he directed the voice actors, taking cues from theatre techniques, after his previous experience outside Evangelion, despite the staff's own limited experience, something he had previously attempted in Cutie Honey. He thought Anno "wanted to get out of here the most", but expressed his feelings in film sincerely.<br />
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Director Kazuya Tsurumaki details Anno wanted to try a new process for the film. Instead of first creating storyboards and then developing the animation based on them as is traditional, Anno proposed to first draw the animation cels and then draw the scenes from them. This technique was generally referred to by staff as "pre-visualization". He was once more inspired from the usual process in live action, where scenes are first shot from multiple angles and then stories are created and then selected during editing. The latter half of the film, however, progressively returned to the traditional anime style. Tsurumaki noted the original intention was that "the first 80%" of the Rebuild series would be a "compilation" of the original anime series, and the changes would only start with the last film, in keeping with earlier comments in 2006 by producer Toshimichi Ohtsuki regarding the intention that only the ending would be a major departure from the series, as staff felt End of Evangelion could not receive a sequel, and the Rebuild movies were not going to be "metaphysical" like the original anime, but rather "oriented towards entertainment". This eventually changed, and major changes started happening as early as Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance. He also noted that the previously stated goal of "destroying Evangelion" through the character of Mari was entrusted to an external party. Anno would ask the opinion of many parts of staff, including those not involved in the actual film like office staff for their opinions on several nuances. Anno's wife Moyoco Anno provided early designs for some characters. Studio Ghibli also provided assistance to scenes set in the survivor's village. For the village itself, Khara had a box model custom-built to orientate the artists, and Anno personally adjusted it to the smallest details like individual house layout, road with and utility posts to make it as realistic as possible. Staff consulted with multiple professionals and conducted research like sky-diving for maximum accuracy.<br />
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A making-of documentary aired on Japanese broadcaster NHK in March 22, 2021, with the crew following production for 1214 days. BS Japan also broadcast an extended version of the documentary on April 29, 2021, totaling 100 minutes of runtime, featuring unused footage. Amazon Prime Video included the extended version of documentary in its international release of the film in August. When production started in 2016, Anno initially intended to not involve himself much in the film, wishing to delegate most of it to his directors, particularly Tsurumaki, generally considered Khara's second-in-command, but as the release date approached with mounting production problems he progressively took more control and took on more tasks directly, also driven by his perfectionism. Maeda was also not initially serving as a director, but was brought in the middle of production. Kim Morrisy of Anime News Network described it as tumultuous: "There were several occasions shown when he decided that the work he had done at the time was insufficient and would scrap it entirely. The [final] D part of the script was eventually completed in early 2019, at the latest possible stage it could have been done to meet the deadline."<br />
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In the documentary, Anno is depicted as frequently late or absent from the studio, or would often stay overnight adjusting individual scenes he was unsatisfied with. Part A had been rewritten multiple times, and at one point Anno was so lost on how to resolve the story lines he considered restarting it from scratch after nine months of work. Anno believed he wouldn't miss working on the franchise and said everything he needed to, feeling finishing his work remained a priority, even at the expense of his well-being. Anno told Ogata later at post-production that he'd indeed miss it. Hayao Miyazaki described Anno, as an apprentice of his, as "one who sheds blood for his films". Gainax co-founder Toshio Okada criticized the documentary as "sloppy" and "propaganda" trying to make Anno look better, claiming Anno's live-action approach in fact took inspiration from Hiroyuki Yamaga's work in Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise instead of being sui generis as the documentary implied, and Anno noted the crew was in fact not present during the highly intense production of Part D for several months, nor did it cover him thanking the staff at the end.<br />
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On March 28, 2021, the cast was fully reunited for the first time in 14 years and held a stage greeting, commenting on the film and their bond to the characters. On April 12, 2021, directors Anno, Tsurumaki and Maeda, as well as Ogata, held another stage greeting. On June 26, 2021, Anno held a live stream on singer Hikaru Utada's Instagram page, and debated the film. On June 27, 2021, another cast greeting was held. Mari's voice actress Maaya Sakamoto explained she had been absent from the previous events because she felt apprehensive over the details she knew about Mari's character that Anno told her, but refused to share them: "I will take secrets to my grave". A last stage greeting was held on July 11, 2021. Anno felt he had now done everything he could with anime, and accordingly Khara denied reports that he was working on a reboot of a popular animation series. He also noted he initially attempted a shorter two hour runtime, but had to extend it.<br />
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===Future of the franchise===<br />
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Anno had originally intended on making a new Evangelion story since 2000<ref>https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_1.0_Complete_Records_Collection</ref> and has intended to open-up the franchise in the future to new creators and turn Eva into a "new Gundam", using the Rebuilds as a foundation for this, but 3.0+1.0 is intended to be his final Evangelion work. The Animator Expo already featured two independent works based on the franchise: Evangelion – Another Impact and Neon Genesis IMPACTS, as well as until You come to me, a short film intended to showcase the talent of younger Khara animators, not as an official trailer. In an interview in August 2021, Anno stated other parts of the franchise and story might be revisited later. In Hikari Utada's live stream featuring Anno, he comments that "the New Eva isn't 100% what I want it to be." Additionally, the 3.0+1.01 re-release and the Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) prequel manga can already be seen as early examples of additions to the franchise with Anno's blessing and involvement, with the former started a mere month after the film's initial release at Anno's initiative. Popular interest also remains extremely high, as can be seen NHK's making-off documentary, EVANGELION: 3.333 Breakdown (under Anno's supervision), the high number of interviews and articles done in the 6 months between Japanese and international release, with more on the way.<br />
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==Different Versions==<br />
===3.0+1.01===<br />
On June 7, 2021, an updated version of the movie was released for cinema with cleaned-up animations. People attending were also given the one-shot manga, <i>[[Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)]]</i>, set 2 hours before the events of the third movie. This version is the one that released on Amazon Prime Video two months later, on August 13.<br />
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The same version was released on digital on-demand services like Google Play Movies and Vudu on October 3rd, 2023, and became available to rent on October 17.<ref>[https://twitter.com/GKIDSfilms/status/1709259518134059181 GKIDS' tweet with the release date]</ref><br />
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===3.0+1.11===<br />
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On March 8, 2023, the two year anniversary of the movie, the home video version titled <i>3.0+1.11</i> was released in Japan. The movie is sold in both the 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray format and the standard Blu-ray disc. The movie is largely untouched with only minor visual changes. The two standout bonus features of this release are a new ten-minute short titled <i>[[Evangelion: 3.0 (-46h)]]</i> focusing on Midori Kitakami, and a colored and voiced version of <i>Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)</i>. Other bonus features include a behind-the-scenes video titled "Rebuild of EVANGELION:3.0+1.0", a recording of April 12th, 2021's stage greeting, as well as various commercials and voice messages from the cast.<br />
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This version with the same contents released worldwide in October 2023.<ref>[https://twitter.com/GKIDSfilms/status/1704593356540531028?s=20 GKIDS' official Twitter account posting about the release]</ref><ref>[https://www.alltheanime.com/products/evangelion-3-0-deluxe-edition AllTheAnime store page]</ref><br />
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==See Also==<br />
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* [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English Translation of "Avant 1" Sequence]]<br />
* [[Guides:Evangelion 3.0%2B1.0_FAQ|FAQ for Evangelion:3.0+1.0]]<br />
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| japanese_title_k = ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:Q<br />
| japanese_title_r = Evangelion Shin Gekijōban: Q<br />
| japanese_title_e = Evangelion New Theatrical Edition: Quickening<br />
| english_title = Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo<br />
| image = [[File:30title.png|350px]]<br />
| written_by = [[Hideaki Anno]]<br />
| directed_by = [[Masayuki]], [[Mahiro Maeda]], [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]<br />
| theatrical_release = November 17, 2012<br />
| streaming_release = August 13, 2021 (Amazon Prime Video)<br />
| video_release = 3.33: April 24, 2013<br>3.333: August 25, 2021<br />
| angels = [[Twelfth Angel|12th]], [[Kaworu Nagisa|13th]]<br />
| eva_sorties = [[Evangelion Unit-02 (Rebuild)|Eva-02]], [[Evangelion Unit-08|Eva-08]], [[Evangelion Mark.09|Mark.09]], [[Evangelion 13|Eva-13]]<br />
| prev = [[Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance|Evangelion 2.0]]<br />
| next = [[Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon a Time|Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0]]<br />
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'''Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo''' (ヱヴァンゲリオン新劇場版:Q) is the third film in the [[Rebuild of Evangelion]] movie series, released to Japanese cinemas on November 17, 2012. Initial press releases for the new film series announced that the third and fourth installments would be half-length and shown together. On January 1st 2012, the official Evangelion website revealed the movies would be released separately<ref>http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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The storyline departs markedly from where [[Evangelion 2.0]] had ended, and is the first film in the Rebuild series to comprise of entirely new work. Its position in the telling of the story appears to correspond to the [[End of Evangelion]] segment of the [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|original series]]. Very few of the story elements hinted at in the original preview from ''2.0'' remain in the final work. However, it is under speculation as to whether or not some of these events actually occurred ''prior'' to the story in 3.0.<br />
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[[File:Evangelion 3.0 poster.jpg|200px|thumb|Theatrical Poster|right]]<br />
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==Plot==<br />
=== Operation US, Wille, and the AAA Wunder ===<br />
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The story begins 14 years after the events of the previous film. Most of Nerv's original adult staff, sans Gendo and Fuyutsuki, now belong to an organization called [[Wille]] (German for "will"), led by Captain Misato Katsuragi, and including Eva pilots Asuka (in Eva-02) and Mari (in the new Eva-08), [[Sakura Suzuhara|Toji's sister Sakura]], and several new characters. Shinji has been absorbed inside Eva-01 all this time, which is now orbiting earth inside a giant cuboidal cross-shaped satellite. <br />
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Wille uses its Evas, equipped with special rocket booster equipment, in [[Operation US]], an attempt to retrieve Eva-01 from its low earth orbit. Asuka pilots Eva-02 through several [[Evangelion Mark.04]] units, a collection of autonomous orbital drones, and with Eva-08's support, successfully manages to grapple onto the satellite. Eva-02 uses its boosters to decelerate the cross satellite, changing its orbit so that it will fall back to earth. Following this, a Mark.04 B unit, camouflaged inside the satellite, reveals itself and begins to attack Eva-02. With no measures against it, and with Eva-08 too far away to support, Asuka pleas for "stupid" Shinji to do something. At this Eva-01 rouses briefly, destroying the Mark.04 unit with a beam of light through a crack in its container as a stunned Asuka looks on. Eva-02 and the satellite fall to Earth, as Kaworu watches and says, "Welcome home, Ikari Shinji-kun. I've been waiting for you."<br />
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Events skip ahead to the [[AAA Wunder]] (Wille's giant battleship) and her fleet of warships and aircraft carriers, currently positioned in polar waters. The crew salvages Shinji from Eva-01, labeling him BM-03, and equipping him with the [[DSS Choker]], a collar device meant to monitor his activities and prevent him from piloting an Evangelion, specifically by terminating him if anything goes amiss. Once his identity and memories are confirmed, he is brought before Misato, Ritsuko, and the bridge crew of Wunder. Shinji is distraught over both the cold treatment he receives from everyone except [[Sakura]], and the strange device on his neck. <br />
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Before he can be debriefed any further, the [[Evangelion Mark.04|Nemesis Series]] attack the Wille fleet from all sides. Misato launches an initiative to activate the Wunder's main engine -- with Eva-01 serving as the power core -- that is carried out through via a cooperative effort between Eva-02, who prepares the engine and manually ignites it, and the bridge crew. The Wunder becomes airborne, and its main weapons destroy the Nemesis Series' four core blocks. <br />
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After the battle, Shinji is given a formal debriefing, behind quarantine glass. He is informed that his [[Synchronization|synchronisation rate]] with Eva-01 is now zero, and told the purpose of the DSS Choker. Sakura introduces herself as [[Toji|Toji's]] ''younger'' sister, and finally Asuka arrives to reveal that 14 years have passed since he merged with Eva-01. Asuka throws a punch at Shinji from behind the glass, cracking it. Shinji asks why Asuka's face hasn't changed, which she attributes to the "Curse of Eva". Shinji demands repeatedly to know Rei's whereabouts, firm in his conviction that he saved her, but Ritsuko claims that Eva-01 yielded no trace of her, and only produced Shinji and the [[SDAT|SDAT player]]. Ritsuko returns the player to Shinji at this time. <br />
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Soon after, [[Evangelion Mark.09]] breaks through the hull of Shinji's cell in an attempt to retrieve him. Believing the Eva is the destroyed [[Eva-00]], Shinji hears Rei's voice over its loudspeakers, telling him to come with her. Brandishing the DSS detonator, Misato commands Shinji to stay, guaranteeing his safety if he remains. Confronting her, Shinji learns that he is not at [[Nerv]], and that Wille and Nerv are at war. When Misato insists that Rei is dead, Shinji is incredulous and resolves to leave with "Rei" in Mark.09. As he moves to leave, Sakura tells him to do as he wants, but begs him not to pilot an Eva to "give us a break".<br />
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As Mark.09 moves to escape, Wille sorties [[Mari]] in [[Evangelion Unit-08]]. Eva-08 manages to decapitate Mark.09 it with gunfire, but the unit is unhindered and escapes with Shinji. Despite Ritsuko's warnings not let Nerv recapture him, Misato cannot bring herself to detonate the DSS Choker, as it and Shinji pass out of range. Observing his departure, Asuka dubs Shinji a "brat", her [[Asuka_Shikinami_Langley#Glowing_Eyepatch|eyepatch shown glowing blue]].<br />
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=== New Nerv Headquarters ===<br />
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Shinji wakes up in a hospital bed with Rei standing by silently. She takes him to [[New Nerv HQ]], and Shinji catches a brief glimpse of the ruined pyramid. HQ itself appears abandoned, with large parts of the base in ruin. They walk for a time, passing familiar landmarks, including an Eva cage (apparently Eva-01's) now open to the sky. On the floor of the cage, Shinji sees [[Kaworu Nagisa]] playing on a [[Kaworu Nagisa#Kaworus piano|Yamaha piano]], and is seen in turn when Kaworu looks up.<br />
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Eventually, Rei leads Shinji a huge area housing a biomechanical "womb" containing the under-construction [[Evangelion 13]]. Gendo appears, wearing an [[Gendo_Ikari#Gendo.27s_Visor|unusual visor]] instead of glasses, bluntly orders Shinji to pilot the Eva with Kaworu when the time comes, and just as quickly vanishes. Shinji calls after his father, but is ignored.<br />
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Shinji is given [[New Nerv HQ#Shinji's Room|quarters]] at New Nerv HQ and is left to freely bide his time. Processed food substances and clothes are provided by an automated system through a portal in the wall. He wanders the grounds looking for Rei, finding no traces of human life, although there are abundant signs of past conflict and evidence that Evangelions are being mass-produced at the facility. Eventually, he happens upon Rei's special LCL-immersion facility, where she lives in a makeshift room containing little more than a sleeping bag and a lamp. Shinji attempts to engage Rei in conversation, but finds her unusually unresponsive, similarly ignorant of what is occurring at the base and having no memory of her past life. She does nothing but wait for orders.<br />
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Gendo and Fuyutsuki are shown observing the Seele monoliths, which are now silent. [[Fuyutsuki]] says that he will continue to follow Gendo's plans.<br />
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Shinji attempts to use the [[SDAT]], but discovers that it's broken. He ruminates upon words he's recently heard from others -- Misato, Asuka, Sakura, Gendo, Rei -- which produces visible distress, due to his current state of ignorance and alienation. Hoping to assist Rei's memory, Shinji tries to encourage her to do something Rei once enjoyed: read. He selects books from Nerv's disheveled library and stacks them neatly outside Rei's room. But with nothing else to do, he loiters around the Eva-01 cage. <br />
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Here, Kaworu invites him for a chat at the piano and encourages Shinji to attempt playing piano, because trying new things is an important part of living. Despite initial hesitations, Shinji quickly shows talent, and he and Kaworu play a duet. Afterwards, the two exchange names for the first time. Shinji checks in on Rei with more books, but finds that she is absent from the facility, and the original pile of books remains untouched. He then returns to the Eva cage for more piano training with Kaworu. Over the course of a montage, Kaworu shares various kernels of wisdom, and Shinji learns to play piano duet with him.<br />
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The next time they talk, Shinji asks Kaworu if he can fix the SDAT player, to which Kaworu obliges. The two end up staying at the cage until nightfall and watching the stars. Here, Shinji shares that he finds the starry sky reassuring because it's the only thing in his world that's remained constant, from which Kaworu deduces Shinji's fear of change. Kaworu eventually tells Shinji, "I really was born to meet you." The day after, the automatic dispenser gives Shinji a shirt that he notices is too large, only to find [[Toji|Toji's]] nametag sewn to the inside; this comes as an enormous shock.<br />
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That morning, Kaworu returns the now working SDAT, but notices that Shinji looks sullen. Shinji reveals that he is worried about what has happened to [[Tokyo-3]] and his friends who lived there. Kaworu asks if Shinji wants to know, and Shinji accepts. The two travel down a precarious stairway outside of New Nerv HQ, with Shinji wearing an environment suit. They eventually reach a platform, and the clouds around HQ part to reveal the landscape.<br />
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Shinji observes the [[Theory and Analysis:Third Impact (NTE)|post Third Impact world]]: The moon now appears enormous, orbiting far closer to the earth and spinning rapidly about itself. Its surface is covered in new bloodstains and a strange pulsing red grid. The landscape itself fares even worse, having been turned completely red (into core material), the ground covered with crevices, one of which has somehow morphed into a colossal mouth complete with teeth. Enormous red crosses are scattered all over the landscape, as far as the eye can see. Nerv HQ itself now sits at cloud level, thousands of metres above the ground atop its old main shaft, emerging from the center of what looks like a giant blue iris. [[Failures of Infinity|Headless red creatures]] resembling Eva-01 stand frozen among the core-ified ruins of the town below.<br />
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Kaworu explains that this is the result of the Nerv's [[Human Instrumentality Project#NTE|Human Instrumentality Project]], and tells Shinji that he began the process when he rescued Rei from [[Zeruel]] 14 years ago. Shinji is stunned, expressing disbelief and denying any involvement, and that he only wanted to save Rei. Kaworu says that the rest of humanity thinks otherwise, as evidenced by the DSS Choker, but that no sin is beyond forgiveness.<br />
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In the ruins of Gendo's office, Fuyutsuki comments on the situation developing between Shinji and Kaworu, and expresses his disapproval over how Gendo keeps his son in the dark. Here, we also see that Gendo still has the case -- presumably still containing the [[Key of Nebuchadnezzar]] -- with him. At night, Shinji is shown trying to sleep, wondering how everything has become so wrong, but convincing himself that at least he did save Rei. Rei is shown waking in her LCL tank, and she briefly sees another Rei standing outside the tank, wearing an old school uniform. A moment later, the other Rei is gone.<br />
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After Shinji find Rei's books again unread, he encounters Fuyutsuki in a corridor. After a brief bow to the old man from Shinji, Fuyutsuki proposes that the two play a game of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogi shogi]. As they play, Fuyutsuki reveals that the game was a pretense; his real purpose is to tell Shinji about even more truths from which he's been shielded. He explains that Shinji's mother, whose maiden name was [[Yui|Yui Ayanami]], conducted a "direct entry" experiment on Eva-01's core and is now the unit's control system; that an Ayanami Series was based on Yui's genetic information; and that the Rei that Shinji knew is being preserved within Eva-01 like Yui; and that all is part of Gendo's plan. A stunned Shinji exits with a bow and silently walks away.<br />
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We then see Gendo in the ruins of the Command Center, the Key of Nebuchadnezzar's case by his side, vowing upon a giant Rei-shaped head surrounded by red Evas, "The time of the final contract is upon us. We will soon meet again, Yui."<br />
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Shinji confronts Rei at her quarters, asking why she has not read any of the books, knocking the accumulated books over in rage at her terse reply that she "had not been ordered to". He finally asks whether he really did save her from Zeruel, and Rei replies that she does not know. It finally sinks in that this is not "his" Rei, and Shinji storms off. He ambles down a catwalk and in a daze, spinning about and hearing himself bombarded by voices. Back at his quarters, he flings his SDAT across the room.<br />
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Gendo and Fuyutsuki watch as the completed Eva-13 is extracted from its "womb". Fuyutsuki calls it "the final executor". As if in response, Kaworu plays an ominous chord on the piano and says, "The time has come. This is it, Ikari Shinji-kun."<br />
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Kaworu visits Shinji in his quarters, apparently having brought him the news that Eva-13 is finished and, as per Gendo's earlier orders, they're both to pilot it. Shinji ardently resists the idea: last time he piloted, only bad things happened, and if tries to do it again, the [[DSS Choker]] will kill him besides. Kaworu mysteriously removes the device from Shinji and puts it on himself, leaving Shinji both shocked and relieved. At this point, Kaworu offers Shinji redemption [[Theory and Analysis:Kaworu in Eva 3.0|through a plan to retrieve two Spears from Central Dogma and use them to restore the world.]] Shinji is eventually persuaded to agree. The two boys begin to go on a first name basis.<br />
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=== Eva-13; Showdown ===<br />
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Shinji and Kaworu board [[Evangelion 13]] and activate it using the [[Entry_Plug#In_Rebuild|Double Entry System]] and begin the descent to [[Central Dogma]], accompanied by a scythe-equipped, headless [[Eva Mark.09]]. Eventually the walls of the Main Shaft yield to a mass of red Evas, which Kaworu calls "[[Failures of Infinity]]", that look like they've been cut through to permit passage. Working in unison, the two pilots harness Eva-13's innate power to destroy the giant seal that has blocked access to [[Lilith's Chamber (NTE)|Lilith's chamber]] for the past fourteen years. <br />
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Within, they find [[Lilith|Lilith's]] giant, headless corpse merged at the neck with [[Evangelion Mark.06]], each skewered by a [[Spear of Longinus]]. The chamber's floor is covered in countless human-shaped, but Eva sized skulls. According to Kaworu, they should have found one Spear of Longinus and one [[Spear of Cassius]], and the two Longinus types indicates that something is amiss. Before he can get to the bottom of things, however, [[Eva-02#Eva-02.27|Eva-02']] piloted by [[Asuka (NTE)|Asuka]] attacks from above. <br />
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Eva-13's [[RS Hopper]] drones emerge from containers on the Eva's pylons and deploy four separate A.T. Fields, preventing Eva-02' from touching its opponent. Eva Mark.09 attempts to intervene further, but is soon kept in check by [[Eva-08]], sharp-shooting from a large crevice in the ceiling. Asuka soon manages to destroy two of the drones, and as she struggles with the remaining two, Shinji divulges his hopes for redemption and shows dismay that Asuka is trying to stop him; but to her, he is just a naïve brat. She keeps asking Shinji if he is trying to start another Impact. Kaworu does not help in the fight, lost in thought over how the two Spears could be the same. <br />
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Asuka at last destroys the final drones and splits her weapon into two blades, which Eva-13 grips in its hands. Before Eva-02' can break through, it runs low on power and goes into energy conservation mode, enabling Shinji to easily cast the unit aside with a backhand. Seeing this as an opening, Shinji resolves to retrieve the Spears, and Eva-13 begins to ascend Lilith's corpse. Kaworu shares his unease, but Shinji is fixated on using the spears to repair the world -- and Misato's opinion of him. Somehow, he cuts Kaworu out of Eva-13's controls and, deploying Eva-13's second set of arms, pulls the Spears out as both Kaworu and Asuka (helpless as Eva-02' [[Evangelion_Power_Sources#Spare_Batteries|recharges its power]]) beg him to stop. <br />
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Both Lilith and the giant Rei head at the command center -- in fact, Lilith's missing head -- explode into LCL, and Gendo says that it's begun. [[Mark.06]] begins to revolve in midair over the pool of Lilith's remains, as if possessed, and the [[12th Angel|12th Angel's]] presence is detected inside. [[Mark.09]] quickly decapitates the unit, with Rei saying it was done on orders, and two dark, serpentine clusters begin to form out of Mark.06's neck stub and head. They join in midair and wrap around the levitating Eva-13, creating a massive sphere. When Eva-02' attacks the sphere with its gun-arm, the dark appearance yields to a gigantic, almost fluid core, completely impervious to the bullets.<br />
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The Twelfth Angel swells in size until it breaches the pool of Lilith's LCL and, possibly influenced by it, it begins to take on Rei's form -- giggling and morphing into a massive, eyeless Rei head. Kaworu begins to manifest as the [[Kaworu_Nagisa#In_Rebuild_of_Evangelion|Thirteenth Angel]] (despite originally being the First Angel), putting the [[DSS Choker]] on alert. Eva-13 becomes unresponsive to its controls, its pylons bursting off so that red, crystalline wings can grow. Both Kaworu and Mari attribute this turn of events to [[Gendo]], whom Kaworu calls "King of the Lilin". As Asuka feared, [[Fourth Impact]] is starting. The scene cuts over to Gendo delivering a farewell speech to the [[Seele#New_Theatrical_Edition_.28Rebuild.29|Seele monoliths]], who are ritualistically being terminated as preparation for the Human Instrumentality they believe will soon come.<br />
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The Twelfth Angel as next seen is a gigantic red fetus, which quickly compresses into a core within Eva-13's open mouth. The Eva bites down, killing the Angel and apparently absorbing its power. Mari says that one of the surviving [[Adams]] has awakened, as Eva-13 begins to glow white, its wings lengthening dramatically, and two halos appearing over it. The Eva begins to ascend up the Main Shaft, destroying it as it goes, and emerges out of the top of [[New Nerv HQ]] with a haloed Eva Mark.09 in quick pursuit. [[Fourth Impact]] begins. The [[Guf (Rebuild)|Door of Guf]] opens above the Eva, turning the skies red, and the [[Black Moon]] is pulled out of the ground. Countless [[Failures of Infinity]] are vented out of the Black Moon and spiral through the sky.<br />
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The [[AAA Wunder]] appears, with [[Misato]] in command, and attempts to attack Eva-13 in the hopes of keeping the Impact in check. Mark.09 intervenes, bombarding the Wunder with explosive attacks, causing the ships wing to crash into the ground. Mark.09 regenerates a head, as [[Ritsuko]] declares that the Eva, as the [[Vessel of the Adams]], is the Wunder's true master and will try to take control of the ship. Wille's two Evas reach the surface, and Asuka assigns them separate duties: [[Eva-02#Eva-02.27|Eva-02']] will assist the Wunder, and Mari in [[Eva-08]] will go after Eva-13. Still inside Mark.09, Rei's control link has not been restored, as the now autonomous Vessel of the Adams descends on Wunder's starboard side and takes root, sending blue tendrils out of its legs and into the main engine holding Eva-01, infecting the ship with Seele's control program and wresting control from Wille.<br />
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Eva-02' boards the Wunder via its grounded wing, and fires at the Vessel of the Adams to no effect, narrowly avoiding a devastating counter shot. Asuka quickly activates Beast Mode with "Code 777", causing Eva-02' to metamorphose into a feline form, allowing it to deflect the Vessel's blasts. Eva-02' manages to re-behead the Vessel, rebooting its program, which allows Rei, after Asuka's cue, to eject from the Eva unit. Asuka uses the empty slot to target the Eva's core, but Mark.09 regenerates almost instantaneously, from which Asuka deduces that the whole thing is a core. Low on power and time, she regretfully ejects, with Eva-02' set to detonate. Mark.09 is destroyed in the blast, and Wille's control of the Wunder restored. Misato orders the ship to pursue Eva-13, but Ritsuko says that the engine must be allowed to recover.<br />
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Within Eva-13, the [[DSS Choker]] has deployed gemstone-like charges that revolve around Kaworu's neck. As Kaworu delivers his final words to Shinji, he has Eva-13 impale itself with both of the Spears. He claims that they will meet again. The choker then detonates, killing Kaworu instantly in a wash of blood, leaving Shinji raw shock. Eva-13's bottom set of eyes close and the unit begins to fall, but the Door of Guf remains open. Pursuing in Eva-08, Mari says that Shinji must have been Seele's backup to keep the doors open. Eva-08 jumps after Eva-13 as it plummets down the side of the Black Moon. As it catches the still glowing Eva-13, Eva-08's hands start to corrode into core, but Mari successfully manages to eject Shinji's [[entry plug]], and Shinji glimpses a vision of Kaworu as he exits. Deprived of both its pilots, Eva-13 fades back to its regular color and crashes to the ground. The Door of Guf starts to close, and the Black Moon and the floating Failures of Infinity all fall to the earth.<br />
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Gendo and Fuyutsuki, situated in an area resembling the Wunder's bridge, briefly comment on the situation. Fuyutsuki says that almost everything went as Seele intended, but Gendo says that Seele's boy has been eliminated and Eva-13 awakened. On the AAA Wunder, both Eva-02's remains and Eva-08 are secured, and Ritsuko and Misato share a couple of words as well.<br />
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Shinji's entry plug has landed somewhere, and he is curled up silently in the darkness. The hatch opens, revealing an exhausted Asuka. Asuka berates Shinji for acting like a baby and running away from his responsibilities, then, disgruntled by his lack of responses, motions to leave, but she doesn't get far before she sighs and returns to more forcefully extract him. Once the two are outside the plug, Asuka spots Rei approaching, and recognizes her as the pilot from the earlier conflict with Mark.09. After taking some measurements, Asuka concludes that they won't be rescued due to "L barrier density", and they have to travel somewhere where "Lilin" can pick them up.<ref>As of 10/26/13, opinions vary for what the actual translation of this line is.</ref> Pulling Shinji along, Asuka takes off over the endless red waste, and Rei follows.<br />
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==New Evangelion Theatrical Edition: || Preview==<br />
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The preview shows a composite Eva 8+2 fighting multiple gray-green copies of Mark.06 in red city ruins, wielding a Magorox sword. In the last two cuts, the Eva dashes past an entourage of the enemy Evas and jumps over a precipice, revealing a vast sea of the Mark.06 copies generating compound A.T. Fields, and the fallen Black Moon lying beyond them.<br />
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==Preview Summaries==<br />
[[File:Kaworu ritual.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Kaworu appears in a kind of ritual.]]<br />
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[[Image:Eva2.0 TV Ver Q Preview.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Asuka in the TV Preview.]]<br />
Misato announces the following for the Next Time Preview of [[Evangelion 3.0|Evangelion Q/Quickening]]: "Eva-01 is frozen with Shinji and Rei still trapped inside. The fortress city is abandoned. Nerv personnel are held in confinement. Eva-06 is dropped into Dogma. The quickening Eva-08 and its pilot. And finally, the children fated to meet are gathered at last. Where will this story of people wishing to live lead?" Along with a promise of more fan service next time. However, none of the scenes from the next time preview made it into the final cut of Evangelion 3.0 that was released.<br />
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The TV edition of Eva 2.0, which aired in Japan on August 26th 2011, revealed an updated Next Time Preview for Q, which gave a tentative theatrical release for Fall 2012. The updated (16 second) Next Time Preview included images of a bandaged and eye patch wearing Asuka flying through space in her slightly altered Eva-02. During this preview, Misato says: "Shinji Ikari awakens. Beside him stands a mysterious boy. And then, a new world waits for him."<br />
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==Evangelion 3.333==<br />
On December 23, 2020, it was announced that Evangelion 3.333 would be screened at IMAX theaters on January 8, 2021. This is a full 2K version of Evangelion 3.0 that includes numerous small changes to the lighting and coloring of various scenes, added objects to other areas, and some alteration of the plugsuit colors for Asuka and Mari<ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/903177/EVANGELION3333-discussion-thread/#903177</ref>. These changes in particular were done to keep continuity with the next movie. A new "next movie" preview replaces the one used for previous versions of the movie, this time using actual footage from 3.0+1.0.<br />
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This version would be released on Blu-ray and the 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray format on August 25, 2021 in Japan. It includes a video entitled "Evangelion:3.333 BREAKDOWN" which is, as the name suggests, a breakdown of the different changes made to the movie. It is in a similar format to previous videos that show the making of scenes and special effects, like "Rebuild of Evangelion:1.01". Other bonus features include various drafts of different theatrical trailers and TV spots, a making-of of the original preview for the next movie, subtly different versions of 3.0+1.0's preview, and most notably, the original imageboards for the movie made by Mahiro Maeda. These imageboards show a different version of the final movie's plot. You can view a discussion thread [https://forum.evageeks.org/thread/20888/Evangelion-3333-Bluray-coming-out-on-8-25/20/ here], but note that this contains spoilers for 3.0+1.0.<br />
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==Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min)==<br />
[[Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)]] is a prequel manga to Evangelion 3.0 that tells the story of what happened before the start of the movie. Before launch, Asuka is convinced by Mari to wear her old plugsuit, improvising a repair, and to lead the operation instead of her as originally intended. This is in an attempt to make it easier for Shinji to recognize them, though they're unsure of being able to recover him. <ref>[https://forum.evageeks.org/post/924437/Evangelion-manga-day-before-Q-what-can-we-expect-in-that-manga/#924437 translation at Evageeks]. The poem Asuka recites is from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man%27y%C5%8Dsh%C5%AB ''Manyoshu''], about wanting to meet someone again. </ref><br />
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==Notes==<br />
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*The working Japanese title was ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:急 (''Evangelion Shin Gekijōban: Kyū'', Evangelion New Theatrical Edition: Rush). With the preview included in ''Eva 2.0'', the ''Kyū'' was replaced with the identically-pronounced letter "Q" followed by the subtitle "Quickening", which has the same basic meaning as "Rush" with the added nuance of an unborn child's first movements. (Additionally, in Japan, the stylistic choice to substitute "Q" for the kanji 急 is not uncommon.) The full international title '''You Can (Not) Redo''' was announced on January 1st 2012<ref>http://www.evangelion.co.jp/news.html</ref><br />
**The Japanese title, literally translated, is: ''Evangelion New Theatrical Edition: Q&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Quickening'')<br />
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==Guides==<br />
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[[Guides:Evangelion 3.33 FAQ|Guides: Evangelion 3.33 FAQ]]<br />
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[[Theory and Analysis:Kaworu in Eva 3.0]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Rebuild of Evangelion]]<br />
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<div>'''EVANGELION 3.0: (-46h)''' is an original video animation included as a bonus with the DVD and Blu-ray release of ''[[Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon a Time]]'', on March 08, 2023, on the two-year anniversary of the film's initial theatrical release.<ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/khara_inc2/status/1577133971422400515</ref> It was announced on October 04, 2022, included in a separate disc together with a video re-release of ''[[Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)]]''.<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/final_bd_dvd.html</ref><br />
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== Story ==<br />
Midori, Sumire and Hideki are exercising on the deck of a battleship. While doing pull-ups Midori ponders on her motivations to fight, and has a flashback to Third Impact. As [[Failures of Infinity]] emerge out of the ground, a younger Midori is attempting to flee by climbing up a hill. She looks back at the city she's fleeing from, implied to be where her family resided, and sees a Failure with a head resembling [[Evangelion Unit-01]] emerging in the middle as it starts turning the city into core, and its head falls and is absorbed into the ground. As another Failure emerges, Midori runs away into the woods. She spends the night in a crashed NERV VTOL. <br />
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The next day she runs into a valley full of Wanderers and almost dies when one emerges right underneath her. Just in time, [[Mari Makinami Illustrious|Mari]] arrives in an aircraft transporting [[Asuka Shikinami Langley]] and a [[Evangelion Unit-02 (Rebuild)/Unit-02α-EIV|Evangelion Unit 02α-EIV]] into the area where the survivor is.<ref>Seemingly the same ones present in [[The End of Evangelion]] used to carry the [[Mass Production Evangelion|Mass Production Evangelions]].</ref> <br />
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Despite being badly damaged, missing much of the right side of its body including the entire arm, Unit 02α-EIV tries to hold off the Wanderer. Asuka notices Midori on the ground and tells her to run, but Midori gets knocked off a cliff when the Wanderer's arms and is hanging on above the coreified ground using a tree branch. As Asuka keeps struggling with the Wanderer, rainbow colored ooze sloughs off of it and causes Midori's hair to shrivel and turn pink. Midori, at great struggle, pulls herself up from the tree branch, much like she was doing in her workout session. <br />
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As the Angel inside Asuka's eye gets agitated, Unit 02α-EIV's eyes start to glow blue and Asuka strikes the Wanderer and launches it far away. A perplexed Midori watches and falls, but Asuka manages to catch her in time. She tells Midori that all of this had happened for a reason, and it's all the fault of "[[Shinji Ikari|an idiot]]", telling Midori to fight on if she wants to beat him.<br />
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Back in the present, Midori talks with an exhausted [[Hideki Tama|Hideki]] and berates him for being lazy, kicking him in the shin. The camera paves to the rockets being set up for [[Operation US]].<br />
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==Characters==<br />
*[[Asuka Shikinami Langley]]<br />
*[[Mari Illustrious Makinami]]<br />
*[[Midori Kitakami]]<br />
*[[Hideki Tama]]<br />
*[[Sumire Nagara]]<br />
*[[Shinji Ikari]] (mentioned)<br />
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==Evangelions==<br />
*[[Evangelion Unit-02 (Rebuild)/Unit-02α-EIV|Evangelion Production Model-02α-EIV]]<br />
*[[Failures of Infinity]]<br />
*[[Evangelion Unit-02 (Rebuild)/Unit-02'β|Evangelion Production Model-02'β]]<br />
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==Development==<br />
Three new images were released on January 13, 2023.<ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1613732826683437058</ref><br />
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It was exhibited in Shinjuku Wald 9 Theater as a special event for the Blu-ray & DVD Release Commemorative Special Night Screening on March 10, 2023, alongside ''[[Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo#Evangelion 3.333|Evangelion: 3.333 You Can (Not) Redo]]'' and ''[[Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon a Time#3.0+1.11|Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.11 Thrice Upon A Time]]''. Between each film a special talk with Yuko Miyamura and Mariya Ise will happen.<ref>https://www.eva-info.jp/18821</ref><br />
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According to [[Hidenori Matsubara]], the short was completed in around the end of November 2022. <ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/HideMatsubara/status/1637851191764992000</ref> He also claims that the main key animation staff is quite young in comparison to the other projects.<ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/HideMatsubara/status/1637860840555835393</ref><br />
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==Reception==<br />
Miyamura and Ise commented on the short in the March 08, 2023 stage greeting. Ise was surprised for her character to receive the spotlight and how she had "such a backbone".<ref>https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2271192/full/</ref><br />
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==External Links==<br />
*[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=26407 EVANGELION 3.0: (-46h) at Anime News Network]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Episode List}}<br />
[[Category:Rebuild of Evangelion]]</div>LinkingHeartZhttps://wiki.evageeks.org/index.php?title=Evangelion:_3.0_(-46h)&diff=115920Evangelion: 3.0 (-46h)2023-10-08T01:47:03Z<p>LinkingHeartZ: /* Development */ fixed link</p>
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<div>'''EVANGELION 3.0: (-46h)''' is an original video animation included as a bonus with the DVD and Blu-ray release of ''[[Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon a Time]]'', on March 08, 2023, on the two-year anniversary of the film's initial theatrical release.<ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/khara_inc2/status/1577133971422400515</ref> It was announced on October 04, 2022, included in a separate disc together with a video re-release of ''[[Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)]]''.<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/final_bd_dvd.html</ref><br />
<br />
== Story ==<br />
Midori, Sumire and Hideki are exercising on the deck of a battleship. While doing pull-ups Midori ponders on her motivations to fight, and has a flashback to Third Impact. As [[Failures of Infinity]] emerge out of the ground, a younger Midori is attempting to flee by climbing up a hill. She looks back at the city she's fleeing from, implied to be where her family resided, and sees a Failure with a head resembling [[Evangelion Unit-01]] emerging in the middle as it starts turning the city into core, and its head falls and is absorbed into the ground. As another Failure emerges, Midori runs away into the woods. She spends the night in a crashed NERV VTOL. <br />
<br />
The next day she runs into a valley full of Wanderers and almost dies when one emerges right underneath her. Just in time, [[Mari Makinami Illustrious|Mari]] arrives in an aircraft transporting [[Asuka Shikinami Langley]] and a [[Evangelion Unit-02 (Rebuild)/Unit-02α-EIV|Evangelion Unit 02α-EIV]] into the area where the survivor is.<ref>Seemingly the same ones present in [[The End of Evangelion]] used to carry the [[Mass Production Evangelion|Mass Production Evangelions]].</ref> <br />
<br />
Despite being badly damaged, missing much of the right side of its body including the entire arm, Unit 02α-EIV tries to hold off the Wanderer. Asuka notices Midori on the ground and tells her to run, but Midori gets knocked off a cliff when the Wanderer's arms and is hanging on above the coreified ground using a tree branch. As Asuka keeps struggling with the Wanderer, rainbow colored ooze sloughs off of it and causes Midori's hair to shrivel and turn pink. Midori, at great struggle, pulls herself up from the tree branch, much like she was doing in her workout session. <br />
<br />
As the Angel inside Asuka's eye gets agitated, Unit 02α-EIV's eyes start to glow blue and Asuka strikes the Wanderer and launches it far away. A perplexed Midori watches and falls, but Asuka manages to catch her in time. She tells Midori that all of this had happened for a reason, and it's all the fault of "[[Shinji Ikari|an idiot]]", telling Midori to fight on if she wants to beat him.<br />
<br />
Back in the present, Midori talks with an exhausted [[Hideki Tama|Hideki]] and berates him for being lazy, kicking him in the shin. The camera paves to the rockets being set up for [[Operation US]].<br />
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==Characters==<br />
*[[Asuka Shikinami Langley]]<br />
*[[Mari Illustrious Makinami]]<br />
*[[Midori Kitakami]]<br />
*[[Hideki Tama]]<br />
*[[Sumire Nagara]]<br />
*[[Shinji Ikari]] (mentioned)<br />
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==Evangelions==<br />
*[[Evangelion Unit-02 (Rebuild)/Unit-02α-EIV|Evangelion Production Model-02α-EIV]]<br />
*[[Failures of Infinity]]<br />
*[[Evangelion Unit-02 (Rebuild)/Unit-02'β|Evangelion Production Model-02'β]]<br />
<br />
==Development==<br />
Three new images were released on January 13, 2023.<ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1613732826683437058</ref><br />
<br />
It was exhibited in Shinjuku Wald 9 Theater as a special event for the Blu-ray & DVD Release Commemorative Special Night Screening on March 10, 2023, alongside ''[[Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo|Evangelion: 3.333 You Can (Not) Redo]]'' and ''[[Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon a Time#3.0+1.11|Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.11 Thrice Upon A Time]]''. Between each film a special talk with Yuko Miyamura and Mariya Ise will happen.<ref>https://www.eva-info.jp/18821</ref><br />
<br />
According to [[Hidenori Matsubara]], the short was completed in around the end of November 2022. <ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/HideMatsubara/status/1637851191764992000</ref> He also claims that the main key animation staff is quite young in comparison to the other projects.<ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/HideMatsubara/status/1637860840555835393</ref><br />
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==Reception==<br />
Miyamura and Ise commented on the short in the March 08, 2023 stage greeting. Ise was surprised for her character to receive the spotlight and how she had "such a backbone".<ref>https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2271192/full/</ref><br />
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==External Links==<br />
*[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=26407 EVANGELION 3.0: (-46h) at Anime News Network]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Episode List}}<br />
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<div>{{Rebuild Infobox<br />
| japanese_title_k = シン・エヴァンゲリオン劇場版:<nowiki>||</nowiki><br />
| japanese_title_r = Shin Evangelion Gekijōban: <nowiki>||</nowiki><br />
| japanese_title_e = New Evangelion Theatrical Edition: <nowiki>||</nowiki><br />
| english_title = Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon a Time<br />
| image = [[File:4.0 title.jpg|350px]]<br />
| written_by = [[Hideaki Anno]]<br />
| directed_by = [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]], [[Katsuichi Nakayama]]<br />
| theatrical_release = March 8, 2021<br />
| streaming_release = August 13, 2021 (Amazon Prime Video) <br />
| video_release = 3.0+1.11: March 8, 2023 (Japan)<br />
2023 (Worldwide)<br />
| angels = <br />
| eva_sorties = [[Evangelion Unit-02 (Rebuild)|Eva-02]], [[Evangelion Unit-08|Eva-08]], [[Evangelion Mark.09|Mark.09]], [[Eva Series 7]], [[Evangelion 13|Eva-13]], [[Evangelion Unit-01|Eva-01]]<br />
| prev = [[Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo|Evangelion 3.0]]<br />
| next = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon a Time''' is the title for the fourth and final film in the [[Rebuild of Evangelion]] movie series, formerly known by the working title '''Evangelion: Final'''. Upon its initial announcement, It was planned to be released in Japan alongside the third film, [[Evangelion 3.0]], at an unspecified date. Previously, the name had been changed to what could be interpreted as either the symbol for "End" or "Repeat" in sheet music.<ref>http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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Unlike the three previous movies, the title is rendered in Katakana as "Evangelion" in the same manner as the TV series. Starting with "<i>Shin</i>", just like Anno's involved live-action titles like <i>Shin Godzilla</i> or <i>Shin Ultraman</i>. The previous three movies had Katakana that spelled "Wevangeliwon". Speculation by fans based on the Jo-Ha-Kyu structure of Japanese drama suggests that Final will incorporate the fourth and fifth acts of the Japanese drama cycle, depicting a long journey and coming to a quick conclusion<ref>http://forum.evageeks.org/post/663128/Did-Q-Fail-Thematically/#663128</ref>. Alternatively, the series may be following the Kishotenketsu<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kish%C5%8Dtenketsu</ref> narrative pattern which concludes in the fourth arc. Whether or not the movie actually follows either pattern of Japanese drama remains for further analysis once the movie is released outside of Japan. <br />
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In September 2014, the title of the final film was revealed to be "Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0", based on a title card shown at the end of the TV screening of Evangelion 3.0, followed by the subsequent update of the main Evangelion site with the new title.<ref>http://www.evageeks.org/2014/09/no-new-sneak-peaks-in-evangelion-finals-preview/</ref> The final title was revealed on December 27, 2019, along with the initial release date of June 27, 2020.<br />
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==Release Date==<br />
With the release of Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon A Time on March 8, 2021, the section below has been largely left as it is to show timeline information from past years, and chronicle the release of said timeline information to fans. <br />
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On December 31st, 2011 the Japanese website was updated to show a 2013 release date<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120101082254/http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>, but that has been removed when the site was updated after [[Evangelion 3.0]]'s release <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20121118180135/http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>. The website no longer features any tentative date and none have been announced<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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At the 2014 Tokyo Film Festival Anno joked that the final film might be released 4-6 years after [[Evangelion 3.0]]<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2014-10-27/anno-jokes-that-4th-new-evangelion-film-might-be-4-6-years-after-3rd-one/.80406</ref>. <br />
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Actual news on the film's production had been hard to come by during the period between 2012 and 2019. Various miscellaneous projects had been done, including two animated shorts that may or may not have been pertinent to the film's own details as well as the end of Sadamoto's manga adaption. However, during this period, the film itself saw no details except for the news that Utada Hikaru, who has been the musical artist for Rebuild's credit themes, would be returning in 2015 from her hiatus to write the final film's credits theme. The source also indicated that the film would release in autumn/winter 2015, but this claim was then refuted by the source, who then stated that no ''official'' announcement had been made.<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-26/magazine-final-evangelion-film-slated-for-fall-winter-2015-with-utada-song/.82629</ref> Prior to the new title announcement, this was the only solid news (or any news at all) that had been released.<br />
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On July 19th, 2016 Anno directly apologized to the fans of Evangelion. He stated ''"To all the Evangelion fans, I’m really, really keeping you all waiting, I am truly sorry."'' Anno then went on to say he felt "trapped" while making ''Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo'', saying he couldn't recharge. ''“Up until then, after doing the third entry Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, I thought I wasn’t going to make any more,”'' After being offered the job to work on ''Godzilla Resurgence'', he stated ''“At that time, I went into talks with Toho, and it saved me. I think this is how I’m able to keep making Evangelion. However, since it is a fact that I’m making everyone wait, I deeply apologize for that.”'' <ref>http://kotaku.com/an-apology-to-evangelion-fans-from-hideaki-anno-1783903322</ref><br />
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On July 20th 2018, the official Evangelion website was updated to reflect a 2020 theatrical release.<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/news.html</ref><br />
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On July 6th 2019, Khara screened the first ten minutes of the film on Japan Expo in Paris, Anime Expo in Los Angeles, and CCG Expo in Shangai. The film was originally scheduled for release on June 27, 2020.<br />
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On July 18th 2019, during showings of Makoto Shinkai's new film "Weathering with You", a new trailer was shown for 3.0 + 1.0 featuring the new June 2020 release. The trailer was later shared officially online.<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1152417665979277313</ref><br />
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On April 17th 2020, the official Evangelion website was updated to announced that the release date was being delayed by an unspecified amount of time due to the COVID-19 pandemic<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-17/evangelion-3.0-1.0-film-delayed-due-to-covid-19-concerns/.158693</ref><ref>https://www.gamespot.com/articles/evangelion-3010-film-release-delayed-due-to-corona/1100-6476186/</ref>. The announcement of the delay was accompanied by an updated staff/credits list, the release of the official poster in both Japanese and English and the reveal of the English title "Thrice Upon a Time" and the additional message "Bye-bye, all of EVANGELION"<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251064479816708096</ref>. Hideaki Anno posted a letter to healthcare workers expressing gratitude for fighting the disease, apologizing to fans for the added delay due to the unprecedented situation and encouraging all readers to persevere<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251066917495861248</ref>.<br />
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On October 15, 2020, Studio Khara sent out a tweet announcing that January 23, 2021 would be the new release date. The tweet contained a link to a new trailer for the movie<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/10/evangelion-3-01-0-has-a-new-release-date-in-2021/</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1316921806540996610</ref>.<br />
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On December 17, 2020, it was announced that all shooting and editing work for the movie was complete. This was followed by tweets from Studio Khara announcing that the movie had been screened to staff as well as select non-staff members, with the warning that spoilers on social media were a possibility by this point. <ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc2/status/1339355724669808640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref><ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/903217/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#903217</ref><br />
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Another trailer was released on December 24, 2020, featuring the "One Last Kiss" theme song.<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/12/3-0-1-0-xmas-trailer-with-one-last-kiss/</ref><br />
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On January 14, 2021, Studio Khara announced that the movie was to be indefinitely delayed again due to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, and that the scheduled release of the soundtrack on February 10 would not take place. <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/shineva2/</ref><ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/01/3-0-1-0-bad-news-and-a-little-good/</ref><br />
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On 26 February, 2021, it was announced that the film would be released on March 8, 2021<ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc/status/1365270814640148480</ref>. This became the actual, finalized date of release for the movie.<br />
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An updated version of the film, titled ''Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time'', was released in Japanese theaters on June 12, 2021. This version features updated cuts of various scenes. It also accompanied the distribution of a 36-page booklet called ''Eva-Extra-Extra'', including non-canon illustrations by staff and a prequel manga set before the events of the previous film, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, called Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) written by director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]] under Anno's supervision.<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/210607-2/</ref><br />
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Internationally, Amazon Prime Video acquired exclusive streaming rights to the film; it would be released in worldwide on August 13, 2021, excluding Japan.<ref>https://variety.com/2021/streaming/asia/evangelion-thrice-anime-movie-to-amazon-prime-video-1235009631/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-01/amazon-prime-video-to-stream-final-evangelion-film-on-august-13/.174666</ref> However, on July 20, 2021, Amazon Prime Video announced that would also stream the film in Japan on the same day as its international release.<ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2021-07-20/amazon-prime-video-also-streams-final-evangelion-film-in-japan-on-august-13/.175346</ref><br />
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==Publicity==<br />
[[Image:Evangelion 3.0+1.0, Final Visual.png|thumb|left|Final promotional image (Japanese)]]<br />
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On July 6, 2019, the event '''Operation 0706''' took place, the film's opening scene (having the production code "Avant 1") was simulcast on screens in Paris, France (Japan Expo) and throughout Japan, following a live event in Paris with Yoko Takahashi and Megumi Ogata. This was followed up later at other locations such as Los Angeles, CA's Anime Expo. A phone application was made available days before to drum up hype for the event, wherein the user was asked to choose between Team Nerv or Team Wille. After the event, their choice affected when they would have access to limited-access freebies: the four Shiro Sagisu pieces that debuted during Op0706, and the first three New Theatrical films. <br />
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On April 17, 2020, the announcement of the delay in the release date was accompanied by the revelation of the movie poster and the English title "Thrice Upon a Time". The poster features an image of Shinji in the distant background, walking down branching train tracks in bright sunlight. The location appears to be Ube-Shinkawa station, the main train station in the city of Ube, Yamaguchi Province, where [[Hideaki Anno]] was born. <br />
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On October 15, 2020, the announcement of the new release date was accompanied by the revelation of a new trailer, showing additional imagery of the characters, locations and Evangelions.<br />
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On December 9, 2020, the official Evangelion website announced that the theme song for the movie would be "One Last Kiss", performed by [[Hikaru Utada]] <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/onelastkiss/</ref>.<br />
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On December 23, 2020, the official Twitter announced that 3.0 + 1.0 would be screened simultaneously with [[Evangelion 3.333]] in back-to-back midnight IMAX screenings in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo, with the official website having a list of double-screenings for both movies. <ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1341941672704266240</ref> However, this double-screening did not materialize due to the delay caused in the movie's release date.<br />
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On February 16, 2021, Eirin (the Film Classification and Rating Organization) revealed the film's runtime to be 154 minutes. <ref>https://twitter.com/macgyjp/status/1361558394860040193 </ref> It was later clarified that the official runtime would instead be 155 minutes. <ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/910897/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#p910896</ref><br />
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On June 21, 2021, Shin Eva became the 49th highest grossing Japanese film, marking its entry into the top 50. <ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/06/shin-eva-becomes-49th-highest-grossing/</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
[[Image:Shin op0706 C080 kick.jpg|thumb|right|Eva-08 attacking Eva 44A]]<br />
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===Assault on Paris===<br />
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The film begins with [[Wille]] stopping in [[Paris Assault Mission|Paris, France]], which much like the outskirts of former Tokyo-3 has been converted into [[Core (Rebuild)|core material]]. A team descends from the [[AAA Wunder|Wunder]] -- comprised of [[Ritsuko Akagi (Rebuild)|Ritsuko]], [[Maya Ibuki|Maya]], three of Maya's male underlings, and [[Mari Makinami Illustrious|Mari]] in [[Evangelion Unit-08|Eva-08]] -- and lands on top of a mysterious black pillar. Ritsuko acts as a look-out while Maya and her men connect to the black pillar via laptop to resume the activation of an [[L Barrier|"Anti-L System"]] -- something a team of Europeans had previously died while attempting. As the operation begins, large numbers of a never-before-seen Eva type, [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44A|the aerial 44As]], appear in four waves, and Mari holds them off, assisted by helmsman [[Minor_Characters_(Rebuild)#Sumire_Nagara|Sumire Nagara]] utilizing the Wunder's intricate "cable flight" capabilities. Once the Evas have all been defeated, two more new enemy Eva types appear from a camouflaged cocoon: a [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_4444C|4444C unit]] with a Positron Cannon and the small army of generator-equipped [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44B|Eva 44Bs]] that supply power to it. While cable-suspended warships equipped with [[Evangelion Equipment (Rebuild)|ESVs]] are used to block the first shot, the team is left defenseless for the immediate second shot, as all the ships have been destroyed by the first shot. With Nagara's assist, Eva-08 charges the 4444C with the felled Eiffel Tower and before it can charge up fully, Mari is able to twist the tower down the 4444C's gun barrel, destroying both it and the 44Bs, at the cost of minor damage to Eva-08's legs. <br />
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Maya and the others successfully activate the pillar, which was actually a giant version of the sealing pillars seen in the two previous films. A radius of effect is created that pushes back the core-conversion, restoring part of the city. A large collection of E.U. Nerv storage lockers emerges from underground, filled with Eva spare parts, munitions, and components for what appears to be an upgraded model of [[Jet Alone]]. The Wunder and its support fleet descends, with two teams being dispatched to retrieve the parts and spares, and Mari muses that Eva-02 can be repaired and Eva-08 will be modified for "Overlap" compatibility. The scene ends with Mari promising to come back for [[Shinji]] <ref>''Evangelion: 3.0+1.0'', Avant 1, Operation 0706 Ver. [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English subtitles.]] Translated by Maryno_penguin, [[User:Reichu|Reichu]], sackboy71 et al.</ref>.<br />
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===Wandering, and Village-3===<br />
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The opening credits play over a montage of the red Earth, showing locations that have been turned to core. [[Failures of Infinity]] litter the landscape, with an anti-gravity effect manifesting in small areas, causing objects around them to float. Shinji, [[Rei Q]] and [[Asuka Shikinami Langley|Asuka]] walk together across its surface, with Asuka using the device in her hand as a compass to find their way. They are picked up by an adult in an SUV and wearing a protective suit. <br />
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Shinji wakes up to the sight of a child and a dog. He is examined by an adult Toji, who is highly surprised to see him, and with Hikari, who has since married him. The child is Toji and Hikari's daughter Tsubame<ref>The name literally means "Swallow" and is quite possibly a reference to the Tsubame service on the Kyushu Shinkansen[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsubame_(train)], continuing the Shinkansen reference in Hikari's name</ref>, and the dog is Toji's pet. It is revealed that they are in a settlement that has been kept free of the coreification proces, named Village-3, with Toji as the settlement's doctor and Kensuke as a technician/handyman, who is revealed to be the one who rescued the trio earlier. The village is being supported by an organization named [[Kredit]], which works together with Wille to provide supplies and facilitate trade with other settlements. Toji and Hikari greet Rei Q warmly, but she lacks of memory of either of them and is openly confused over the state of the world. Both of them realize that she is not the same Rei they knew, and they nickname her "lookalike". Neither Toji nor Kensuke show Shinji any hatred over Third Impact, and try to help him recover from his trauma, however, Shinji remains catatonic and is starting to feel physically sick, not talking to anyone and not eating anything, much to the annoyance of Hikari's father Bunzaemon, who lives with Toji and Hikari. Tsubame is the cause of much curiosity for Rei Q, who goes out and explores the world within the settlement with an almost childlike sense of curiosity, looking at such things as stray dogs and books. She also begins to learn more about her world, expressing continued confusion over the existence of a pregnant cat, baby Tsubame, and greetings such as "good morning" and "good night". She eventually settles down into village life, learning to farm alongside the older ladies of the village, working in the village rice paddies.<br />
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Kensuke offers to take the catatonic Shinji to his place, so that he might have some time to recover on his own. On arriving at Kensuke's residence (a small abandoned train station), Shinji sees Asuka leaving the shower naked, and she expresses irritation at Shinji's inaction, even at her current state. Shinji realizes Asuka has a DSS choker fitted on her as well, the sight of it causing Shinji to vomit due to traumatic memories of Kaworu's death. Kensuke cleans up the mess, and Asuka talks to him about Shinji's condition, calling him "kenken". She eventually has no option but to force-feed him protein bars due to his refusal to eat, and references her own inability to consume anything other than water. While doing so, she says that Shinji, as a fellow Pseudo-Lilin<ref>The Japanese term used here is Lilin-modoki, where modoki can variously mean "fake", "an imitation", "something that looks similar but is not the same".</ref>, may eventually join her and neither eat nor grow any longer. He goes out and spends entire days silently the ruins of Nerv-02, which is inhabited by a number of hot spring penguins, including a backpack-less Pen-Pen, while Asuka silently keeps a watch on him. Rei Q comes to Kensuke's house looking for Shinji, but finds only Asuka, who informs her that her feelings for the Third Child have been programmed into the Ayanami-Series since the beginning, as part of their inherent Eva-like restrictors as Eva pilots (notably, Asuka includes herself in these statements as well). Rei tells her she doesn't mind the artificial feelings, as they feel real to her, and Asuka gives in and tells her where Shinji is. Rei then goes to Shinji to return his SDAT along with some rations, but Shinji is still too distraught and knocks it away. Rei leaves with the SDAT, but leaves the rations behind. Overcome by hunger, Shinji eventually gives and eats the rations. Over the next few days, Rei gets better at farming and grows closer to the village folk, becoming more expressive. Eventually, she is able to get Shinji to talk to her, where he claims that he was the one who destroyed everything, and that he just wants to be left alone, and expresses confusion as to why people were being nice to him even after everything that happened, to which Rei replies that it is because they all like him. The response stuns Shinji, and he starts to become more active. Kensuke takes the slowly-recovering Shinji out fishing and on an infrastructure check to show him the massive [[Angel-sealing Hex Pillar]]s that are generating an [[L Barrier|Anti-L Field]] keeping the settlement and its surrounding areas safe from the coreification and the wandering [[Failures of Infinity]], which he says have started moving only recently. Shinji and Toji have a talk, and Toji reveals that he's not really a doctor, but only working with a basic knowledge of medicine and the machines that Kredit give them. He says that there are lives even he could not save, and that shouldering the anger and grief of those moments is what he believes he does best, so for the sake of his family and the village, he would continue to shoulder those burdens. He tells Shinji that he has already fought enough for everyone, and that he is welcome to stay in the Village if he wishes.<br />
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Some time later, Kensuke takes Shinji and Asuka to the grave of his father, Hajime Aida, and advises Shinji to try to talk to his own father so he has no regrets about not understanding him. Asuka scoffs at the idea, noting that the other party is "Gendo Ikari", and that it's impossible, but Shinji remains silent.<br />
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Rei Q eventually asks Shinji to help give her a proper name rather than "lookalike", and Shinji decides to call her "Ayanami" anyway. During a regular trip to check on the Anti-L System, Kensuke takes Shinji to a Wille Outdoor Laboratory that maintains the Anti-L System, and introduces him to "Ryoji Kaji", who is Misato's son with the original [[Ryoji Kaji]]. The younger Kaji works at repairing the Wille-built machines keeping the village free from being turned to core. On the way back, Kensuke talks to Shinji and explains the situation with the elder Kaji's death and Misato's current state, stating that Kaji Sr. sacrificed himself to stop Third Impact, and Misato now stays away from him so that she can protect him from afar, also adding that she regrets making Shinji shoulder all the burdens, and that is why (he thinks) she doesn't want Shinji to pilot an Eva again. Rei Q is revealed to require constant exposure to LCL to maintain her existence, and thanks Shinji for helping her find happiness before turning into LCL before his eyes. Shinji is shocked but Rei's experience is implied to help Shinji recover from his previous trauma.<br />
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AAA Wunder arrives to unload non-essential personnel. Kensuke reminds Shinji that he can stay in the village if he chooses to, but Shinji decides to go aboard the Wunder with Asuka, SDAT in hand, and Asuka tases him as per her orders. [[Sakura Suzuhara|Sakura]] looks him over in the medical wing, and slaps him when he awakens, infuriated at getting into [[Eva-13]] in the [[Evangelion 3.0|previous movie]], and eventually breaks down. Shinji is placed in isolation and under surveillance again, and both Asuka and Sakura express puzzlement at his return after discovering Kaworu's demise from the DSS Choker operational records. The bridge crew discusses the ongoing situation, with Midori expressing distaste over the Captain's decision to keep Shinji alive. Mari greets Asuka, who expresses the sentiment that Shinji "needs a mother, not a girlfriend". Ritsuko and Misato discuss their intentions in a space aboard Wunder dedicated to preserving seeds of life for all species, which is mentioned to be the original purpose of the vessel. Elsewhere, Fuyutsuki monologues about the Black Moon and Fourth Impact as well as Shinji and the fate of "Ayanami-type 6", wondering if Gendo deliberately made Shinji experience the same loss as him.<br />
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===Wille vs Nerv: Final===<br />
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Gendo and Fuyutsuki steer the Black Moon towards the epicenter of Second Impact, at Nerv's former Calvary Base in Antarctica, intending to restart Eva-13. Misato and Ritsuko discover this and have completed a "signal suspension plug" to stop this event. Misato and the bridge crew reminisce about Kaji's death and their determination to fight Nerv and restore the world to its original state. The Wunder takes off and heads into the upper atmosphere for repair and refit, and also to launch a number of seeds containing Earth's plant life into outer space. Misato and Ritsuko have a conversation about Wunder's purpose as an ark and it is revealed that the seed vault on the Wunder also includes seeds of the watermelons planted in Tokyo-3 by Ryoji Kaji. Mari and Asuka get their new plugsuits, and Mari reintroduces herself to Shinji. Asuka and Shinji talk and Shinji reveals that he understands Asuka's anger at his inaction in the previous movie. Asuka says that she appreciated Shinji's bento and used to like him in the past, but she has now grown up. Mari and Asuka, satisfied, get into their Evas. A vision of Kaworu appears to Shinji saying that they will meet again, and Shinji agrees. AAA Wunder descends from orbit towards Antarctica with the objective being the neutralization of Eva-13, in what Misato calls "Operation Yamato". The Wunder breaks through a hexagonal barrier that encloses an area of "high L density". <br />
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As it nears Antarctica, Wunder is attacked by two Nerv ships of the Erlösung-class, the same as the Wunder - Erbsünde (Original Sin) and Erlösung (Salvation), apparently under Fuyutsuki's control, and with different turret arrangements. The Wunder is also approached by a swarm of Eva Series 7. During the battle, the Wunder resorts to using the guided-missile destroyers in its support fleet as giant guided missiles. Asuka and Mari sortie and battle their way through the swarm of Nerv Evas towards Eva-13. Asuka attacks Eva-13 with the stop signal plug, but Eva-02 is afraid of Eva-13 and puts up an entirely unexpected A.T. Field of its own will. Wunder is ambushed by the fourth Nerv warship, Gebet (Prayer), with Fuyutsuki on board, and reverts to its original state as the first Nerv warship, the Buße (Penance or atonement). Wings of light appear from the four Nerv warships in a manner much like the Adams at Second Impact, indicating an attempted Impact, not in Seele's scenario. Asuka removes her eyepatch and removes a restraint within her eye that keeps the Ninth Angel under control, transforming into a new Ninth Angel and converting Eva-02 into a previously unseen radiant giant state. However, it is revealed that she plays into Gendo's plan in the process as Eva-13 awakens just as Asuka erodes Eva-02's A.T. Field with her own, and destroys Eva-02 in much the same manner as Eva-01 destroyed Eva-03. During the process, Asuka is approached by "her original", revealing that she is a clone of the Shikinami series, and is absorbed by Eva-13. Wunder is taken over by a new Eva Mark.09, which Fuyutsuki is implied to have been responsible for <ref>Based on currently available information, the Mark.09A Evangelion was possibly created from the remains of the original Mark.09, which was subject to Eva-02's self-destruct explosion at the end of Evangelion 3.0. </ref>.<br />
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Gendo floats down to the Wunder himself, and Misato and Ritsuko confront him. Ritsuko shoots Gendo through his visor, however, her bullets are entirely ineffective and he simply scoops his blown-out brains and puts them into the hole in the back of his head. It is revealed that Gendo has used the Key of Nebuchadnezzar and has thrown away his humanity by adding "information that surpassed the logic of the world" to his body, and it is shown that there is only a cross-shaped glowing void where his eyes used to be. Gendo monologues about the purpose of the impacts and about the Human Instrumentality Project, before hitting the Wunder's engine with an Angel-like optical blast to retrieve Unit-01, and entering Eva-13 through its mouth.<br />
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===Human Instrumentality: Father and Son===<br />
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Shinji turns to Misato and asks to pilot Eva-01 to stop Gendo. Midori Kitakami and Sakura are appalled at the prospect of Shinji entering the Eva and fire at him, but Misato blocks Sakura's bullet with her own body. Misato thanks Shinji for saving them all from destruction using Eva-01 fourteen years previously, and explains that as his superior, the responsibility for his actions was ultimately hers, and since Shinji is still her subordinate, she will take responsibility for his actions. Misato and Shinji have a conversation in which Misato asks Shinji to take care of her son. Meanwhile, Mari takes Eva-08 into an "overlapping" state where it merges with Eva-09, 10, 11, and 12 after partially consuming them, giving Eva-08 the ability to navigate the space beyond the [[Guf (Rebuild)| Doors of Guf]]. Shinji enters Eva-01 out of nowhere and the original Rei Ayanami appears to him inside, with her hair grown very long. She apologizes to him for not being able to make it so that he wouldn't have to get into an Eva, but Shinji thanks her and says he will take care of the rest. Ritsuko and Maya are shocked to discover that Shinji, rather than having a zero percent synchro rate with Eva-01 like they previously thought, has in fact attained a previously impossible infinite synchro-rate with Eva-01, as Shinji restores Eva-01's limbs and begins to strangle Eva-13, prompting Gendo to remark that "Unit-01's Pilot has awakened, has he?".<br />
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Gendo shows Shinji an "imaginary Evangelion" that takes the form of a Black Lilith due to Shinji's memories. This being was predicted by the theories of Dr. Katsuragi. The twin spears of Longinus and Cassius enter the imaginary Evangelion and transform it into a giant Rei with a floating decapitated head. Fuyutsuki recognizes Mari and addresses her as "Maria of Iscariot", and Mari refers to him as "Fuyutsuki-sensei" and adds that it has been a long time since anyone called her by that name. He tells Mari that he has given her what she requested, and addresses Yui with his last words before turning to LCL.<br />
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Gendo and Shinji fight in an "alternate universe" where LCL gives shape to perception, entering a surreal fight where they clash in multiple different locations across space and time that take form from Shinji's memories, but the rest of the world is revealed to be little more than a ''tokusatsu'' movie set complete model warships and Evangelion costumes for suit actors. Eva-01 and Eva-13 are in synch with each other, and Shinji fails to prevail over Gendo during the entire surreal fight. When they reach a location that is based on Shinji's memories of the village, he remembers the conversations he had with Toji and Kensuke and appeals to Gendo to stop and talk. Gendo is revealed to be afraid of Shinji as he puts up an A.T. Field of his own, but Shinji breaks through by handing over Gendo's old SDAT. <br />
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Gendo reveals his past; he was a lonely individual who grew up without parents, and the only loves in his life were books and the piano. A slightly older "Mari?" - who is revealed to be a friend of Gendo's - introduces him to Fuyutsuki as well as Yui, whom he falls in love with. Shinji sees a vision of Gendo's past experiences and life, and learns how Yui's loss traumatized him. The setting is now on the KuMoHa42 rail car. Misato prepares to turn the AAA Wunder into another Spear to hurl at a giant Red Rei, using Ritsuko's knowledge to transform Wunder's spinal linkage system. Mari in the overlapping Eva-08 scuttles the other three Nerv warships and bids goodbye to them, referring to them as "Adams". Eva-08 boards the spinal system as Misato uses the Wunder to ram the eye of the giant Rei-being. Misato sacrifices herself to hold back Gendo's [[Additional Impact]] and manifest the Spear of Gaius, representing humanity's will. The Gaius materializes in miniature form between Shinji's hands as Misato completes her sacrifice.<br />
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Shinji helps Gendo find closure, and similarly for a now-adult Asuka, helping her find closure as well <ref> While this scene is set on a beach resembling the final scene in End of Evangelion, this is [[Shikinami Asuka Langley]] and '''not''' [[Asuka Langley Soryu]].</ref> We learn the backstory behind Asuka Shikinami, that she is the last surviving clone of the Shikinami series, having survived past all the combat training that the other clones failed and were eliminated for. Asuka is old enough to remember seeing Gendo, Yui and a little Shinji visit the Euro-Nerv facilities. Shinji tells the now-adult Asuka that he ''used'' to like her - making it clear, that like Asuka, any romantic or sexual feelings between them are in the past, and asks Asuka to say hi to Kensuke for him. Shinji talks to Kaworu and gives Kaworu the closure he seeks; In a scene that is indicative of what happened during the 14-year timeskip, Kaworu and the elder Kaji speak to each other. Kaworu is dressed in the same Nerv commander uniform as Gendo and the Bethany base commander, with Kaji in the same vice-commander uniform as Fuyutsuki and the Bethany base vice-commander. Kaworu, whom the elder Kaji calls "Commander Nagisa", agrees to go to the settlement where the younger Kaji farms<ref>Interviews have confirmed that Kaworu took over as commander of Nerv with Kaji as his vice-commander soon after the events of [[Evangelion 2.0]], with Gendo and Fuyutsuki being deposed.</ref>. Shinji eventually settles upon a complete reset of the world, a "Neon Genesis", a world without Evangelions. Shinji prepares to stab himself with the Spear of Gaius. Shinji is then pushed out of Eva-01 by his mother Yui, who is revealed to have been with him the entire time, and they are embraced from behind by Gendo in Eva-13. Gendo and Yui, Eva-01 and Eva-13 together sacrifice themselves to finish what Shinji began, spearing all Evangelions that ever were created at once. Their actions return all Evangelions and Failures of Infinity back into human and animal forms, restoring the world to its original state before the impacts.<br />
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In the final sequence, Asuka, Rei and Kaworu are seen on the platform of a train station with the [[KuMoHa42]] approaching, and an older Shinji is approached by Mari from behind. Mari closes his eyes and asks him to guess who she is, referring to her initial meeting with him and her meeting with him on the Wunder. The grown-up Shinji (voiced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%ABnosuke_Kamiki Ryunosuke Kamiki]) answers correctly, and Mari takes the DSS Choker that adult Shinji wears off his neck. Shinji holds Mari's hands and both of them head out of the train station together, and the sequence transitions into both Shinji and Mari escaping into a live-action sequence of Anno's hometown of Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, implying that all the Children have found closure in our reality.<br />
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==Production History and Development==<br />
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===Early development and delays===<br />
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The film was announced alongside Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo for release in 2008 as the final part of the Rebuild series under the working title Evangelion: Final. After delays of the first three films, Evangelion: Final was expected for release in 2015. In 2014, director and producer Hideaki Anno announced that due to other commitments, the film would be further delayed to an unknown date. Following the troubled production of the third film, director and producer Hideaki Anno became depressed and stated publicly in 2015 that he could not work on another film. As part of his recovery, Anno had also worked on Studio Ghibli's The Wind Rises under his mentor Hayao Miyazaki. Toho (which co-distributes the film in Japan with Toei) also approached Anno with an offer to direct a reboot of its Godzilla film series, Shin Godzilla, which also contributed to the delay on 3.0+1.0. Financial reasons also played a part. In 2014, Anno's Studio Khara loaned his former company Studio Gainax 100 million yen ($916,400). In 2016, Anno filed a claim for debt collection, fearing not only for the return of the money but also because of Gainax selling production materials to third parties, after a precedent of other sales of intellectual property without informing him. This was part of several legal issues surrounding Gainax and Evangelion.<br />
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Production on Evangelion resumed after the production of Shin Godzilla ended in late 2016. After a formal apology, animation director Takeshi Honda stated that the last film had resumed development. Studio Khara tweeted on April 5, 2017, that development was going smoothly. In May 2018, the studio put out a job listing for animation staff to work on 3DCG, VFX, and 2D animation starting on June 30, 2018. Animation was going through the final check by October 2, 2020. Dialogue recording wrapped on November 19, 2020. On December 16, 2020, Studio Khara announced that compositing and editing work had finished. In 2019 the film was scheduled for a June 27, 2020 release date but received two delays due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, first scheduled for a January 23, 2021 release, before being released on March 8, 2021.<br />
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===Development===<br />
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Anno was very reluctant to return to work on the film in 2016. In 2018, Anno had asked for the opinion of voice actors like Megumi Ogata (Shinji) on how to move the plot forward after 3.0. Anno felt he could no longer understand Shinji and by now his current self was closer to Gendo than Shinji, and needed Ogata's input on how Shinji could recover after the events of 3.0. Anno felt that at that point the only people who could understand Shinji's feelings were Ogata herself and his personal assistant, Ikki Todoroki. Anno himself had intended to go to Paris for Japan Expo 2019, but the film's continuing delays in production prevented him. Anno had often visited the film's music composer Shirō Sagisu, who lives half the year in Paris, and wished to pay homage to the city in the opening 10 minutes of the movie, entitled AVANT1 ("before" in French), seeking to surpass his earlier depiction in Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. At the event, Ogata also recounted Anno had asked what ending she preferred "as Shinji". AVANT1+2, including a further 2 minutes of the opening sequence, was also streamed on Khara's YouTube channel and Japanese Amazon Prime Video for free for two weeks.<br />
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Dialogue for Parts A and B, set after AVANT, started recording in March 2019. As there were several changes to the plot, many voice actors had to come back and record lines again. In 2020, due to the pandemic restrictions, production slowed down further and recording was mostly done by the voice actors separately as many dozens of takes were necessary, and they organized themselves through a Line group. This created a bond between the cast that was unprecedented in previous productions. At the end of recording, Anno thanked the cast for their contributions. Yūko Miyamura, who played Asuka, was instructed to treat her character as completely separate from the series' Asuka Langley Soryu, and the last thing asked of her was to write the character's full name in cursive herself to be used in the movie. She had lived in Australia for the past two decades, but was still unsure of how to write "Langley". Miyamura expressed her surprise at Anno's behavior near the end of production, in contrast to his behavior during the making of End of Evangelion: "Anno-san is amazing. He has become an adult".<br />
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Anno sought to bring in new talent and people outside the usual Evangelion core crew, like Darling in the Franxx creator Atsushi Nishigori, a protégé of his, while other core staffers like chief editor Masayuki largely stepped down in order to allow new talents to gain more experience. In addition, the series' original character designer, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, has had diminishing involvement since 3.0, and the new character designs are mostly done by Hidenori Matsubara. Anno had long stated his wish to revitalize the anime industry, and saw the sponsorship of new creators as a prime way of achieving this, as well as the promotions of events backed by Studio Khara like the Japan Animator Expo. Director Mahiro Maeda recounted Anno wanted him to figure out specific details of the plot on his own when asked. Similarly to production in the series, Anno would take ideas from staffers but have the final word in plot decisions. Anno had also been an advocate of employing new and innovative animation technologies, combined with extensive use of motion capture and computer-generated imagery, and employed them in the film. Maeda and others noted nonetheless that Anno seemed to be directing the film more like a live action film than animation, including in the way he directed the voice actors, taking cues from theatre techniques, after his previous experience outside Evangelion, despite the staff's own limited experience, something he had previously attempted in Cutie Honey. He thought Anno "wanted to get out of here the most", but expressed his feelings in film sincerely.<br />
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Director Kazuya Tsurumaki details Anno wanted to try a new process for the film. Instead of first creating storyboards and then developing the animation based on them as is traditional, Anno proposed to first draw the animation cels and then draw the scenes from them. This technique was generally referred to by staff as "pre-visualization". He was once more inspired from the usual process in live action, where scenes are first shot from multiple angles and then stories are created and then selected during editing. The latter half of the film, however, progressively returned to the traditional anime style. Tsurumaki noted the original intention was that "the first 80%" of the Rebuild series would be a "compilation" of the original anime series, and the changes would only start with the last film, in keeping with earlier comments in 2006 by producer Toshimichi Ohtsuki regarding the intention that only the ending would be a major departure from the series, as staff felt End of Evangelion could not receive a sequel, and the Rebuild movies were not going to be "metaphysical" like the original anime, but rather "oriented towards entertainment". This eventually changed, and major changes started happening as early as Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance. He also noted that the previously stated goal of "destroying Evangelion" through the character of Mari was entrusted to an external party. Anno would ask the opinion of many parts of staff, including those not involved in the actual film like office staff for their opinions on several nuances. Anno's wife Moyoco Anno provided early designs for some characters. Studio Ghibli also provided assistance to scenes set in the survivor's village. For the village itself, Khara had a box model custom-built to orientate the artists, and Anno personally adjusted it to the smallest details like individual house layout, road with and utility posts to make it as realistic as possible. Staff consulted with multiple professionals and conducted research like sky-diving for maximum accuracy.<br />
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A making-of documentary aired on Japanese broadcaster NHK in March 22, 2021, with the crew following production for 1214 days. BS Japan also broadcast an extended version of the documentary on April 29, 2021, totaling 100 minutes of runtime, featuring unused footage. Amazon Prime Video included the extended version of documentary in its international release of the film in August. When production started in 2016, Anno initially intended to not involve himself much in the film, wishing to delegate most of it to his directors, particularly Tsurumaki, generally considered Khara's second-in-command, but as the release date approached with mounting production problems he progressively took more control and took on more tasks directly, also driven by his perfectionism. Maeda was also not initially serving as a director, but was brought in the middle of production. Kim Morrisy of Anime News Network described it as tumultuous: "There were several occasions shown when he decided that the work he had done at the time was insufficient and would scrap it entirely. The [final] D part of the script was eventually completed in early 2019, at the latest possible stage it could have been done to meet the deadline."<br />
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In the documentary, Anno is depicted as frequently late or absent from the studio, or would often stay overnight adjusting individual scenes he was unsatisfied with. Part A had been rewritten multiple times, and at one point Anno was so lost on how to resolve the story lines he considered restarting it from scratch after nine months of work. Anno believed he wouldn't miss working on the franchise and said everything he needed to, feeling finishing his work remained a priority, even at the expense of his well-being. Anno told Ogata later at post-production that he'd indeed miss it. Hayao Miyazaki described Anno, as an apprentice of his, as "one who sheds blood for his films". Gainax co-founder Toshio Okada criticized the documentary as "sloppy" and "propaganda" trying to make Anno look better, claiming Anno's live-action approach in fact took inspiration from Hiroyuki Yamaga's work in Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise instead of being sui generis as the documentary implied, and Anno noted the crew was in fact not present during the highly intense production of Part D for several months, nor did it cover him thanking the staff at the end.<br />
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On March 28, 2021, the cast was fully reunited for the first time in 14 years and held a stage greeting, commenting on the film and their bond to the characters. On April 12, 2021, directors Anno, Tsurumaki and Maeda, as well as Ogata, held another stage greeting. On June 26, 2021, Anno held a live stream on singer Hikaru Utada's Instagram page, and debated the film. On June 27, 2021, another cast greeting was held. Mari's voice actress Maaya Sakamoto explained she had been absent from the previous events because she felt apprehensive over the details she knew about Mari's character that Anno told her, but refused to share them: "I will take secrets to my grave". A last stage greeting was held on July 11, 2021. Anno felt he had now done everything he could with anime, and accordingly Khara denied reports that he was working on a reboot of a popular animation series. He also noted he initially attempted a shorter two hour runtime, but had to extend it.<br />
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===Future of the franchise===<br />
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Anno had originally intended on making a new Evangelion story since 2000<ref>https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_1.0_Complete_Records_Collection</ref> and has intended to open-up the franchise in the future to new creators and turn Eva into a "new Gundam", using the Rebuilds as a foundation for this, but 3.0+1.0 is intended to be his final Evangelion work. The Animator Expo already featured two independent works based on the franchise: Evangelion – Another Impact and Neon Genesis IMPACTS, as well as until You come to me, a short film intended to showcase the talent of younger Khara animators, not as an official trailer. In an interview in August 2021, Anno stated other parts of the franchise and story might be revisited later. In Hikari Utada's live stream featuring Anno, he comments that "the New Eva isn't 100% what I want it to be." Additionally, the 3.0+1.01 re-release and the Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) prequel manga can already be seen as early examples of additions to the franchise with Anno's blessing and involvement, with the former started a mere month after the film's initial release at Anno's initiative. Popular interest also remains extremely high, as can be seen NHK's making-off documentary, EVANGELION: 3.333 Breakdown (under Anno's supervision), the high number of interviews and articles done in the 6 months between Japanese and international release, with more on the way.<br />
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==Different Versions==<br />
===3.0+1.01===<br />
On June 7, 2021, an updated version of the movie was released for cinema with cleaned-up animations. People attending were also given the one-shot manga, <i>[[Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)]]</i>, set 2 hours before the events of the third movie. This version is the one that released on Amazon Prime Video two months later, on August 13.<br />
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The same version was released on digital on-demand services like Google Play Movies and Vudu on October 3rd, 2023. It will be available to rent on October 17.<ref>[https://twitter.com/GKIDSfilms/status/1709259518134059181 GKIDS' tweet with the release date]</ref><br />
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===3.0+1.11===<br />
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On March 8, 2023, the two year anniversary of the movie, the home video version titled <i>3.0+1.11</i> was released in Japan. The movie is sold in both the 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray format and the standard Blu-ray disc. The movie is largely untouched with only minor visual changes. The two standout bonus features of this release are a new ten-minute short titled <i>[[Evangelion: 3.0 (-46h)]]</i> focusing on Midori Kitakami, and a colored and voiced version of <i>Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)</i>. Other bonus features include a behind-the-scenes video titled "Rebuild of EVANGELION:3.0+1.0", a recording of April 12th, 2021's stage greeting, as well as various commercials and voice messages from the cast.<br />
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This version with the same contents released worldwide in October 2023.<ref>[https://twitter.com/GKIDSfilms/status/1704593356540531028?s=20 GKIDS' official Twitter account posting about the release]</ref><ref>[https://www.alltheanime.com/products/evangelion-3-0-deluxe-edition AllTheAnime store page]</ref><br />
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==See Also==<br />
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* [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English Translation of "Avant 1" Sequence]]<br />
* [[Guides:Evangelion 3.0%2B1.0_FAQ|FAQ for Evangelion:3.0+1.0]]<br />
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| written_by = [[Hideaki Anno]]<br />
| directed_by = [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]], [[Katsuichi Nakayama]]<br />
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'''Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon a Time''' is the title for the fourth and final film in the [[Rebuild of Evangelion]] movie series, formerly known by the working title '''Evangelion: Final'''. Upon its initial announcement, It was planned to be released in Japan alongside the third film, [[Evangelion 3.0]], at an unspecified date. Previously, the name had been changed to what could be interpreted as either the symbol for "End" or "Repeat" in sheet music.<ref>http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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Unlike the three previous movies, the title is rendered in Katakana as "Evangelion" in the same manner as the TV series. Starting with "<i>Shin</i>", just like Anno's involved live-action titles like <i>Shin Godzilla</i> or <i>Shin Ultraman</i>. The previous three movies had Katakana that spelled "Wevangeliwon". Speculation by fans based on the Jo-Ha-Kyu structure of Japanese drama suggests that Final will incorporate the fourth and fifth acts of the Japanese drama cycle, depicting a long journey and coming to a quick conclusion<ref>http://forum.evageeks.org/post/663128/Did-Q-Fail-Thematically/#663128</ref>. Alternatively, the series may be following the Kishotenketsu<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kish%C5%8Dtenketsu</ref> narrative pattern which concludes in the fourth arc. Whether or not the movie actually follows either pattern of Japanese drama remains for further analysis once the movie is released outside of Japan. <br />
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In September 2014, the title of the final film was revealed to be "Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0", based on a title card shown at the end of the TV screening of Evangelion 3.0, followed by the subsequent update of the main Evangelion site with the new title.<ref>http://www.evageeks.org/2014/09/no-new-sneak-peaks-in-evangelion-finals-preview/</ref> The final title was revealed on December 27, 2019, along with the initial release date of June 27, 2020.<br />
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==Release Date==<br />
With the release of Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon A Time on March 8, 2021, the section below has been largely left as it is to show timeline information from past years, and chronicle the release of said timeline information to fans. <br />
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On December 31st, 2011 the Japanese website was updated to show a 2013 release date<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120101082254/http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>, but that has been removed when the site was updated after [[Evangelion 3.0]]'s release <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20121118180135/http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>. The website no longer features any tentative date and none have been announced<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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At the 2014 Tokyo Film Festival Anno joked that the final film might be released 4-6 years after [[Evangelion 3.0]]<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2014-10-27/anno-jokes-that-4th-new-evangelion-film-might-be-4-6-years-after-3rd-one/.80406</ref>. <br />
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Actual news on the film's production had been hard to come by during the period between 2012 and 2019. Various miscellaneous projects had been done, including two animated shorts that may or may not have been pertinent to the film's own details as well as the end of Sadamoto's manga adaption. However, during this period, the film itself saw no details except for the news that Utada Hikaru, who has been the musical artist for Rebuild's credit themes, would be returning in 2015 from her hiatus to write the final film's credits theme. The source also indicated that the film would release in autumn/winter 2015, but this claim was then refuted by the source, who then stated that no ''official'' announcement had been made.<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-26/magazine-final-evangelion-film-slated-for-fall-winter-2015-with-utada-song/.82629</ref> Prior to the new title announcement, this was the only solid news (or any news at all) that had been released.<br />
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On July 19th, 2016 Anno directly apologized to the fans of Evangelion. He stated ''"To all the Evangelion fans, I’m really, really keeping you all waiting, I am truly sorry."'' Anno then went on to say he felt "trapped" while making ''Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo'', saying he couldn't recharge. ''“Up until then, after doing the third entry Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, I thought I wasn’t going to make any more,”'' After being offered the job to work on ''Godzilla Resurgence'', he stated ''“At that time, I went into talks with Toho, and it saved me. I think this is how I’m able to keep making Evangelion. However, since it is a fact that I’m making everyone wait, I deeply apologize for that.”'' <ref>http://kotaku.com/an-apology-to-evangelion-fans-from-hideaki-anno-1783903322</ref><br />
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On July 20th 2018, the official Evangelion website was updated to reflect a 2020 theatrical release.<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/news.html</ref><br />
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On July 6th 2019, Khara screened the first ten minutes of the film on Japan Expo in Paris, Anime Expo in Los Angeles, and CCG Expo in Shangai. The film was originally scheduled for release on June 27, 2020.<br />
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On July 18th 2019, during showings of Makoto Shinkai's new film "Weathering with You", a new trailer was shown for 3.0 + 1.0 featuring the new June 2020 release. The trailer was later shared officially online.<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1152417665979277313</ref><br />
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On April 17th 2020, the official Evangelion website was updated to announced that the release date was being delayed by an unspecified amount of time due to the COVID-19 pandemic<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-17/evangelion-3.0-1.0-film-delayed-due-to-covid-19-concerns/.158693</ref><ref>https://www.gamespot.com/articles/evangelion-3010-film-release-delayed-due-to-corona/1100-6476186/</ref>. The announcement of the delay was accompanied by an updated staff/credits list, the release of the official poster in both Japanese and English and the reveal of the English title "Thrice Upon a Time" and the additional message "Bye-bye, all of EVANGELION"<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251064479816708096</ref>. Hideaki Anno posted a letter to healthcare workers expressing gratitude for fighting the disease, apologizing to fans for the added delay due to the unprecedented situation and encouraging all readers to persevere<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251066917495861248</ref>.<br />
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On October 15, 2020, Studio Khara sent out a tweet announcing that January 23, 2021 would be the new release date. The tweet contained a link to a new trailer for the movie<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/10/evangelion-3-01-0-has-a-new-release-date-in-2021/</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1316921806540996610</ref>.<br />
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On December 17, 2020, it was announced that all shooting and editing work for the movie was complete. This was followed by tweets from Studio Khara announcing that the movie had been screened to staff as well as select non-staff members, with the warning that spoilers on social media were a possibility by this point. <ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc2/status/1339355724669808640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref><ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/903217/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#903217</ref><br />
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Another trailer was released on December 24, 2020, featuring the "One Last Kiss" theme song.<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/12/3-0-1-0-xmas-trailer-with-one-last-kiss/</ref><br />
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On January 14, 2021, Studio Khara announced that the movie was to be indefinitely delayed again due to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, and that the scheduled release of the soundtrack on February 10 would not take place. <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/shineva2/</ref><ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/01/3-0-1-0-bad-news-and-a-little-good/</ref><br />
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On 26 February, 2021, it was announced that the film would be released on March 8, 2021<ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc/status/1365270814640148480</ref>. This became the actual, finalized date of release for the movie.<br />
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An updated version of the film, titled ''Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time'', was released in Japanese theaters on June 12, 2021. This version features updated cuts of various scenes. It also accompanied the distribution of a 36-page booklet called ''Eva-Extra-Extra'', including non-canon illustrations by staff and a prequel manga set before the events of the previous film, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, called Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) written by director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]] under Anno's supervision.<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/210607-2/</ref><br />
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Internationally, Amazon Prime Video acquired exclusive streaming rights to the film; it would be released in worldwide on August 13, 2021, excluding Japan.<ref>https://variety.com/2021/streaming/asia/evangelion-thrice-anime-movie-to-amazon-prime-video-1235009631/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-01/amazon-prime-video-to-stream-final-evangelion-film-on-august-13/.174666</ref> However, on July 20, 2021, Amazon Prime Video announced that would also stream the film in Japan on the same day as its international release.<ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2021-07-20/amazon-prime-video-also-streams-final-evangelion-film-in-japan-on-august-13/.175346</ref><br />
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==Publicity==<br />
[[Image:Evangelion 3.0+1.0, Final Visual.png|thumb|left|Final promotional image (Japanese)]]<br />
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On July 6, 2019, the event '''Operation 0706''' took place, the film's opening scene (having the production code "Avant 1") was simulcast on screens in Paris, France (Japan Expo) and throughout Japan, following a live event in Paris with Yoko Takahashi and Megumi Ogata. This was followed up later at other locations such as Los Angeles, CA's Anime Expo. A phone application was made available days before to drum up hype for the event, wherein the user was asked to choose between Team Nerv or Team Wille. After the event, their choice affected when they would have access to limited-access freebies: the four Shiro Sagisu pieces that debuted during Op0706, and the first three New Theatrical films. <br />
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On April 17, 2020, the announcement of the delay in the release date was accompanied by the revelation of the movie poster and the English title "Thrice Upon a Time". The poster features an image of Shinji in the distant background, walking down branching train tracks in bright sunlight. The location appears to be Ube-Shinkawa station, the main train station in the city of Ube, Yamaguchi Province, where [[Hideaki Anno]] was born. <br />
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On October 15, 2020, the announcement of the new release date was accompanied by the revelation of a new trailer, showing additional imagery of the characters, locations and Evangelions.<br />
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On December 9, 2020, the official Evangelion website announced that the theme song for the movie would be "One Last Kiss", performed by [[Hikaru Utada]] <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/onelastkiss/</ref>.<br />
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On December 23, 2020, the official Twitter announced that 3.0 + 1.0 would be screened simultaneously with [[Evangelion 3.333]] in back-to-back midnight IMAX screenings in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo, with the official website having a list of double-screenings for both movies. <ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1341941672704266240</ref> However, this double-screening did not materialize due to the delay caused in the movie's release date.<br />
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On February 16, 2021, Eirin (the Film Classification and Rating Organization) revealed the film's runtime to be 154 minutes. <ref>https://twitter.com/macgyjp/status/1361558394860040193 </ref> It was later clarified that the official runtime would instead be 155 minutes. <ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/910897/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#p910896</ref><br />
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On June 21, 2021, Shin Eva became the 49th highest grossing Japanese film, marking its entry into the top 50. <ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/06/shin-eva-becomes-49th-highest-grossing/</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
[[Image:Shin op0706 C080 kick.jpg|thumb|right|Eva-08 attacking Eva 44A]]<br />
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===Assault on Paris===<br />
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The film begins with [[Wille]] stopping in [[Paris Assault Mission|Paris, France]], which much like the outskirts of former Tokyo-3 has been converted into [[Core (Rebuild)|core material]]. A team descends from the [[AAA Wunder|Wunder]] -- comprised of [[Ritsuko Akagi (Rebuild)|Ritsuko]], [[Maya Ibuki|Maya]], three of Maya's male underlings, and [[Mari Makinami Illustrious|Mari]] in [[Evangelion Unit-08|Eva-08]] -- and lands on top of a mysterious black pillar. Ritsuko acts as a look-out while Maya and her men connect to the black pillar via laptop to resume the activation of an [[L Barrier|"Anti-L System"]] -- something a team of Europeans had previously died while attempting. As the operation begins, large numbers of a never-before-seen Eva type, [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44A|the aerial 44As]], appear in four waves, and Mari holds them off, assisted by helmsman [[Minor_Characters_(Rebuild)#Sumire_Nagara|Sumire Nagara]] utilizing the Wunder's intricate "cable flight" capabilities. Once the Evas have all been defeated, two more new enemy Eva types appear from a camouflaged cocoon: a [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_4444C|4444C unit]] with a Positron Cannon and the small army of generator-equipped [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44B|Eva 44Bs]] that supply power to it. While cable-suspended warships equipped with [[Evangelion Equipment (Rebuild)|ESVs]] are used to block the first shot, the team is left defenseless for the immediate second shot, as all the ships have been destroyed by the first shot. With Nagara's assist, Eva-08 charges the 4444C with the felled Eiffel Tower and before it can charge up fully, Mari is able to twist the tower down the 4444C's gun barrel, destroying both it and the 44Bs, at the cost of minor damage to Eva-08's legs. <br />
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Maya and the others successfully activate the pillar, which was actually a giant version of the sealing pillars seen in the two previous films. A radius of effect is created that pushes back the core-conversion, restoring part of the city. A large collection of E.U. Nerv storage lockers emerges from underground, filled with Eva spare parts, munitions, and components for what appears to be an upgraded model of [[Jet Alone]]. The Wunder and its support fleet descends, with two teams being dispatched to retrieve the parts and spares, and Mari muses that Eva-02 can be repaired and Eva-08 will be modified for "Overlap" compatibility. The scene ends with Mari promising to come back for [[Shinji]] <ref>''Evangelion: 3.0+1.0'', Avant 1, Operation 0706 Ver. [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English subtitles.]] Translated by Maryno_penguin, [[User:Reichu|Reichu]], sackboy71 et al.</ref>.<br />
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===Wandering, and Village-3===<br />
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The opening credits play over a montage of the red Earth, showing locations that have been turned to core. [[Failures of Infinity]] litter the landscape, with an anti-gravity effect manifesting in small areas, causing objects around them to float. Shinji, [[Rei Q]] and [[Asuka Shikinami Langley|Asuka]] walk together across its surface, with Asuka using the device in her hand as a compass to find their way. They are picked up by an adult in an SUV and wearing a protective suit. <br />
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[[File:Evangelion.3.0-1.01 Village 3 023.png|thumb|Panoramic view of Village-3|320px]]<br />
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Shinji wakes up to the sight of a child and a dog. He is examined by an adult Toji, who is highly surprised to see him, and with Hikari, who has since married him. The child is Toji and Hikari's daughter Tsubame<ref>The name literally means "Swallow" and is quite possibly a reference to the Tsubame service on the Kyushu Shinkansen[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsubame_(train)], continuing the Shinkansen reference in Hikari's name</ref>, and the dog is Toji's pet. It is revealed that they are in a settlement that has been kept free of the coreification proces, named Village-3, with Toji as the settlement's doctor and Kensuke as a technician/handyman, who is revealed to be the one who rescued the trio earlier. The village is being supported by an organization named [[Kredit]], which works together with Wille to provide supplies and facilitate trade with other settlements. Toji and Hikari greet Rei Q warmly, but she lacks of memory of either of them and is openly confused over the state of the world. Both of them realize that she is not the same Rei they knew, and they nickname her "lookalike". Neither Toji nor Kensuke show Shinji any hatred over Third Impact, and try to help him recover from his trauma, however, Shinji remains catatonic and is starting to feel physically sick, not talking to anyone and not eating anything, much to the annoyance of Hikari's father Bunzaemon, who lives with Toji and Hikari. Tsubame is the cause of much curiosity for Rei Q, who goes out and explores the world within the settlement with an almost childlike sense of curiosity, looking at such things as stray dogs and books. She also begins to learn more about her world, expressing continued confusion over the existence of a pregnant cat, baby Tsubame, and greetings such as "good morning" and "good night". She eventually settles down into village life, learning to farm alongside the older ladies of the village, working in the village rice paddies.<br />
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Kensuke offers to take the catatonic Shinji to his place, so that he might have some time to recover on his own. On arriving at Kensuke's residence (a small abandoned train station), Shinji sees Asuka leaving the shower naked, and she expresses irritation at Shinji's inaction, even at her current state. Shinji realizes Asuka has a DSS choker fitted on her as well, the sight of it causing Shinji to vomit due to traumatic memories of Kaworu's death. Kensuke cleans up the mess, and Asuka talks to him about Shinji's condition, calling him "kenken". She eventually has no option but to force-feed him protein bars due to his refusal to eat, and references her own inability to consume anything other than water. While doing so, she says that Shinji, as a fellow Pseudo-Lilin<ref>The Japanese term used here is Lilin-modoki, where modoki can variously mean "fake", "an imitation", "something that looks similar but is not the same".</ref>, may eventually join her and neither eat nor grow any longer. He goes out and spends entire days silently the ruins of Nerv-02, which is inhabited by a number of hot spring penguins, including a backpack-less Pen-Pen, while Asuka silently keeps a watch on him. Rei Q comes to Kensuke's house looking for Shinji, but finds only Asuka, who informs her that her feelings for the Third Child have been programmed into the Ayanami-Series since the beginning, as part of their inherent Eva-like restrictors as Eva pilots (notably, Asuka includes herself in these statements as well). Rei tells her she doesn't mind the artificial feelings, as they feel real to her, and Asuka gives in and tells her where Shinji is. Rei then goes to Shinji to return his SDAT along with some rations, but Shinji is still too distraught and knocks it away. Rei leaves with the SDAT, but leaves the rations behind. Overcome by hunger, Shinji eventually gives and eats the rations. Over the next few days, Rei gets better at farming and grows closer to the village folk, becoming more expressive. Eventually, she is able to get Shinji to talk to her, where he claims that he was the one who destroyed everything, and that he just wants to be left alone, and expresses confusion as to why people were being nice to him even after everything that happened, to which Rei replies that it is because they all like him. The response stuns Shinji, and he starts to become more active. Kensuke takes the slowly-recovering Shinji out fishing and on an infrastructure check to show him the massive [[Angel-sealing Hex Pillar]]s that are generating an [[L Barrier|Anti-L Field]] keeping the settlement and its surrounding areas safe from the coreification and the wandering [[Failures of Infinity]], which he says have started moving only recently. Shinji and Toji have a talk, and Toji reveals that he's not really a doctor, but only working with a basic knowledge of medicine and the machines that Kredit give them. He says that there are lives even he could not save, and that shouldering the anger and grief of those moments is what he believes he does best, so for the sake of his family and the village, he would continue to shoulder those burdens. He tells Shinji that he has already fought enough for everyone, and that he is welcome to stay in the Village if he wishes.<br />
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Some time later, Kensuke takes Shinji and Asuka to the grave of his father, Hajime Aida, and advises Shinji to try to talk to his own father so he has no regrets about not understanding him. Asuka scoffs at the idea, noting that the other party is "Gendo Ikari", and that it's impossible, but Shinji remains silent.<br />
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Rei Q eventually asks Shinji to help give her a proper name rather than "lookalike", and Shinji decides to call her "Ayanami" anyway. During a regular trip to check on the Anti-L System, Kensuke takes Shinji to a Wille Outdoor Laboratory that maintains the Anti-L System, and introduces him to "Ryoji Kaji", who is Misato's son with the original [[Ryoji Kaji]]. The younger Kaji works at repairing the Wille-built machines keeping the village free from being turned to core. On the way back, Kensuke talks to Shinji and explains the situation with the elder Kaji's death and Misato's current state, stating that Kaji Sr. sacrificed himself to stop Third Impact, and Misato now stays away from him so that she can protect him from afar, also adding that she regrets making Shinji shoulder all the burdens, and that is why (he thinks) she doesn't want Shinji to pilot an Eva again. Rei Q is revealed to require constant exposure to LCL to maintain her existence, and thanks Shinji for helping her find happiness before turning into LCL before his eyes. Shinji is shocked but Rei's experience is implied to help Shinji recover from his previous trauma.<br />
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AAA Wunder arrives to unload non-essential personnel. Kensuke reminds Shinji that he can stay in the village if he chooses to, but Shinji decides to go aboard the Wunder with Asuka, SDAT in hand, and Asuka tases him as per her orders. [[Sakura Suzuhara|Sakura]] looks him over in the medical wing, and slaps him when he awakens, infuriated at getting into [[Eva-13]] in the [[Evangelion 3.0|previous movie]], and eventually breaks down. Shinji is placed in isolation and under surveillance again, and both Asuka and Sakura express puzzlement at his return after discovering Kaworu's demise from the DSS Choker operational records. The bridge crew discusses the ongoing situation, with Midori expressing distaste over the Captain's decision to keep Shinji alive. Mari greets Asuka, who expresses the sentiment that Shinji "needs a mother, not a girlfriend". Ritsuko and Misato discuss their intentions in a space aboard Wunder dedicated to preserving seeds of life for all species, which is mentioned to be the original purpose of the vessel. Elsewhere, Fuyutsuki monologues about the Black Moon and Fourth Impact as well as Shinji and the fate of "Ayanami-type 6", wondering if Gendo deliberately made Shinji experience the same loss as him.<br />
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===Wille vs Nerv: Final===<br />
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[[File:Rebuild-of-evangelion-1-3-thrice-upon-a-time-002-pn-n.jpg|thumb|Asuka and Mari preparing for the final battle|250px]]<br />
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Gendo and Fuyutsuki steer the Black Moon towards the epicenter of Second Impact, at Nerv's former Calvary Base in Antarctica, intending to restart Eva-13. Misato and Ritsuko discover this and have completed a "signal suspension plug" to stop this event. Misato and the bridge crew reminisce about Kaji's death and their determination to fight Nerv and restore the world to its original state. The Wunder takes off and heads into the upper atmosphere for repair and refit, and also to launch a number of seeds containing Earth's plant life into outer space. Misato and Ritsuko have a conversation about Wunder's purpose as an ark and it is revealed that the seed vault on the Wunder also includes seeds of the watermelons planted in Tokyo-3 by Ryoji Kaji. Mari and Asuka get their new plugsuits, and Mari reintroduces herself to Shinji. Asuka and Shinji talk and Shinji reveals that he understands Asuka's anger at his inaction in the previous movie. Asuka says that she appreciated Shinji's bento and used to like him in the past, but she has now grown up. Mari and Asuka, satisfied, get into their Evas. A vision of Kaworu appears to Shinji saying that they will meet again, and Shinji agrees. AAA Wunder descends from orbit towards Antarctica with the objective being the neutralization of Eva-13, in what Misato calls "Operation Yamato". The Wunder breaks through a hexagonal barrier that encloses an area of "high L density". <br />
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As it nears Antarctica, Wunder is attacked by two Nerv ships of the Erlösung-class, the same as the Wunder - Erbsünde (Original Sin) and Erlösung (Salvation), apparently under Fuyutsuki's control, and with different turret arrangements. The Wunder is also approached by a swarm of Eva Series 7. During the battle, the Wunder resorts to using the guided-missile destroyers in its support fleet as giant guided missiles. Asuka and Mari sortie and battle their way through the swarm of Nerv Evas towards Eva-13. Asuka attacks Eva-13 with the stop signal plug, but Eva-02 is afraid of Eva-13 and puts up an entirely unexpected A.T. Field of its own will. Wunder is ambushed by the fourth Nerv warship, Gebet (Prayer), with Fuyutsuki on board, and reverts to its original state as the first Nerv warship, the Buße (Penance or atonement). Wings of light appear from the four Nerv warships in a manner much like the Adams at Second Impact, indicating an attempted Impact, not in Seele's scenario. Asuka removes her eyepatch and removes a restraint within her eye that keeps the Ninth Angel under control, transforming into a new Ninth Angel and converting Eva-02 into a previously unseen radiant giant state. However, it is revealed that she plays into Gendo's plan in the process as Eva-13 awakens just as Asuka erodes Eva-02's A.T. Field with her own, and destroys Eva-02 in much the same manner as Eva-01 destroyed Eva-03. During the process, Asuka is approached by "her original", revealing that she is a clone of the Shikinami series, and is absorbed by Eva-13. Wunder is taken over by a new Eva Mark.09, which Fuyutsuki is implied to have been responsible for <ref>Based on currently available information, the Mark.09A Evangelion was possibly created from the remains of the original Mark.09, which was subject to Eva-02's self-destruct explosion at the end of Evangelion 3.0. </ref>.<br />
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Gendo floats down to the Wunder himself, and Misato and Ritsuko confront him. Ritsuko shoots Gendo through his visor, however, her bullets are entirely ineffective and he simply scoops his blown-out brains and puts them into the hole in the back of his head. It is revealed that Gendo has used the Key of Nebuchadnezzar and has thrown away his humanity by adding "information that surpassed the logic of the world" to his body, and it is shown that there is only a cross-shaped glowing void where his eyes used to be. Gendo monologues about the purpose of the impacts and about the Human Instrumentality Project, before hitting the Wunder's engine with an Angel-like optical blast to retrieve Unit-01, and entering Eva-13 through its mouth.<br />
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===Human Instrumentality: Father and Son===<br />
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Shinji turns to Misato and asks to pilot Eva-01 to stop Gendo. Midori Kitakami and Sakura are appalled at the prospect of Shinji entering the Eva and fire at him, but Misato blocks Sakura's bullet with her own body. Misato thanks Shinji for saving them all from destruction using Eva-01 fourteen years previously, and explains that as his superior, the responsibility for his actions was ultimately hers, and since Shinji is still her subordinate, she will take responsibility for his actions. Misato and Shinji have a conversation in which Misato asks Shinji to take care of her son. Meanwhile, Mari takes Eva-08 into an "overlapping" state where it merges with Eva-09, 10, 11, and 12 after partially consuming them, giving Eva-08 the ability to navigate the space beyond the [[Guf (Rebuild)| Doors of Guf]]. Shinji enters Eva-01 out of nowhere and the original Rei Ayanami appears to him inside, with her hair grown very long. She apologizes to him for not being able to make it so that he wouldn't have to get into an Eva, but Shinji thanks her and says he will take care of the rest. Ritsuko and Maya are shocked to discover that Shinji, rather than having a zero percent synchro rate with Eva-01 like they previously thought, has in fact attained a previously impossible infinite synchro-rate with Eva-01, as Shinji restores Eva-01's limbs and begins to strangle Eva-13, prompting Gendo to remark that "Unit-01's Pilot has awakened, has he?".<br />
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Gendo shows Shinji an "imaginary Evangelion" that takes the form of a Black Lilith due to Shinji's memories. This being was predicted by the theories of Dr. Katsuragi. The twin spears of Longinus and Cassius enter the imaginary Evangelion and transform it into a giant Rei with a floating decapitated head. Fuyutsuki recognizes Mari and addresses her as "Maria of Iscariot", and Mari refers to him as "Fuyutsuki-sensei" and adds that it has been a long time since anyone called her by that name. He tells Mari that he has given her what she requested, and addresses Yui with his last words before turning to LCL.<br />
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Gendo and Shinji fight in an "alternate universe" where LCL gives shape to perception, entering a surreal fight where they clash in multiple different locations across space and time that take form from Shinji's memories, but the rest of the world is revealed to be little more than a ''tokusatsu'' movie set complete model warships and Evangelion costumes for suit actors. Eva-01 and Eva-13 are in synch with each other, and Shinji fails to prevail over Gendo during the entire surreal fight. When they reach a location that is based on Shinji's memories of the village, he remembers the conversations he had with Toji and Kensuke and appeals to Gendo to stop and talk. Gendo is revealed to be afraid of Shinji as he puts up an A.T. Field of his own, but Shinji breaks through by handing over Gendo's old SDAT. <br />
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Gendo reveals his past; he was a lonely individual who grew up without parents, and the only loves in his life were books and the piano. A slightly older "Mari?" - who is revealed to be a friend of Gendo's - introduces him to Fuyutsuki as well as Yui, whom he falls in love with. Shinji sees a vision of Gendo's past experiences and life, and learns how Yui's loss traumatized him. The setting is now on the KuMoHa42 rail car. Misato prepares to turn the AAA Wunder into another Spear to hurl at a giant Red Rei, using Ritsuko's knowledge to transform Wunder's spinal linkage system. Mari in the overlapping Eva-08 scuttles the other three Nerv warships and bids goodbye to them, referring to them as "Adams". Eva-08 boards the spinal system as Misato uses the Wunder to ram the eye of the giant Rei-being. Misato sacrifices herself to hold back Gendo's [[Additional Impact]] and manifest the Spear of Gaius, representing humanity's will. The Gaius materializes in miniature form between Shinji's hands as Misato completes her sacrifice.<br />
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Shinji helps Gendo find closure, and similarly for a now-adult Asuka, helping her find closure as well <ref> While this scene is set on a beach resembling the final scene in End of Evangelion, this is [[Shikinami Asuka Langley]] and '''not''' [[Asuka Langley Soryu]].</ref> We learn the backstory behind Asuka Shikinami, that she is the last surviving clone of the Shikinami series, having survived past all the combat training that the other clones failed and were eliminated for. Asuka is old enough to remember seeing Gendo, Yui and a little Shinji visit the Euro-Nerv facilities. Shinji tells the now-adult Asuka that he ''used'' to like her - making it clear, that like Asuka, any romantic or sexual feelings between them are in the past, and asks Asuka to say hi to Kensuke for him. Shinji talks to Kaworu and gives Kaworu the closure he seeks; In a scene that is indicative of what happened during the 14-year timeskip, Kaworu and the elder Kaji speak to each other. Kaworu is dressed in the same Nerv commander uniform as Gendo and the Bethany base commander, with Kaji in the same vice-commander uniform as Fuyutsuki and the Bethany base vice-commander. Kaworu, whom the elder Kaji calls "Commander Nagisa", agrees to go to the settlement where the younger Kaji farms<ref>Interviews have confirmed that Kaworu took over as commander of Nerv with Kaji as his vice-commander soon after the events of [[Evangelion 2.0]], with Gendo and Fuyutsuki being deposed.</ref>. Shinji eventually settles upon a complete reset of the world, a "Neon Genesis", a world without Evangelions. Shinji prepares to stab himself with the Spear of Gaius. Shinji is then pushed out of Eva-01 by his mother Yui, who is revealed to have been with him the entire time, and they are embraced from behind by Gendo in Eva-13. Gendo and Yui, Eva-01 and Eva-13 together sacrifice themselves to finish what Shinji began, spearing all Evangelions that ever were created at once. Their actions return all Evangelions and Failures of Infinity back into human and animal forms, restoring the world to its original state before the impacts.<br />
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In the final sequence, Asuka, Rei and Kaworu are seen on the platform of a train station with the [[KuMoHa42]] approaching, and an older Shinji is approached by Mari from behind. Mari closes his eyes and asks him to guess who she is, referring to her initial meeting with him and her meeting with him on the Wunder. The grown-up Shinji (voiced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%ABnosuke_Kamiki Ryunosuke Kamiki]) answers correctly, and Mari takes the DSS Choker that adult Shinji wears off his neck. Shinji holds Mari's hands and both of them head out of the train station together, and the sequence transitions into both Shinji and Mari escaping into a live-action sequence of Anno's hometown of Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, implying that all the Children have found closure in our reality.<br />
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==Production History and Development==<br />
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===Early development and delays===<br />
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The film was announced alongside Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo for release in 2008 as the final part of the Rebuild series under the working title Evangelion: Final. After delays of the first three films, Evangelion: Final was expected for release in 2015. In 2014, director and producer Hideaki Anno announced that due to other commitments, the film would be further delayed to an unknown date. Following the troubled production of the third film, director and producer Hideaki Anno became depressed and stated publicly in 2015 that he could not work on another film. As part of his recovery, Anno had also worked on Studio Ghibli's The Wind Rises under his mentor Hayao Miyazaki. Toho (which co-distributes the film in Japan with Toei) also approached Anno with an offer to direct a reboot of its Godzilla film series, Shin Godzilla, which also contributed to the delay on 3.0+1.0. Financial reasons also played a part. In 2014, Anno's Studio Khara loaned his former company Studio Gainax 100 million yen ($916,400). In 2016, Anno filed a claim for debt collection, fearing not only for the return of the money but also because of Gainax selling production materials to third parties, after a precedent of other sales of intellectual property without informing him. This was part of several legal issues surrounding Gainax and Evangelion.<br />
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Production on Evangelion resumed after the production of Shin Godzilla ended in late 2016. After a formal apology, animation director Takeshi Honda stated that the last film had resumed development. Studio Khara tweeted on April 5, 2017, that development was going smoothly. In May 2018, the studio put out a job listing for animation staff to work on 3DCG, VFX, and 2D animation starting on June 30, 2018. Animation was going through the final check by October 2, 2020. Dialogue recording wrapped on November 19, 2020. On December 16, 2020, Studio Khara announced that compositing and editing work had finished. In 2019 the film was scheduled for a June 27, 2020 release date but received two delays due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, first scheduled for a January 23, 2021 release, before being released on March 8, 2021.<br />
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===Development===<br />
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Anno was very reluctant to return to work on the film in 2016. In 2018, Anno had asked for the opinion of voice actors like Megumi Ogata (Shinji) on how to move the plot forward after 3.0. Anno felt he could no longer understand Shinji and by now his current self was closer to Gendo than Shinji, and needed Ogata's input on how Shinji could recover after the events of 3.0. Anno felt that at that point the only people who could understand Shinji's feelings were Ogata herself and his personal assistant, Ikki Todoroki. Anno himself had intended to go to Paris for Japan Expo 2019, but the film's continuing delays in production prevented him. Anno had often visited the film's music composer Shirō Sagisu, who lives half the year in Paris, and wished to pay homage to the city in the opening 10 minutes of the movie, entitled AVANT1 ("before" in French), seeking to surpass his earlier depiction in Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. At the event, Ogata also recounted Anno had asked what ending she preferred "as Shinji". AVANT1+2, including a further 2 minutes of the opening sequence, was also streamed on Khara's YouTube channel and Japanese Amazon Prime Video for free for two weeks.<br />
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Dialogue for Parts A and B, set after AVANT, started recording in March 2019. As there were several changes to the plot, many voice actors had to come back and record lines again. In 2020, due to the pandemic restrictions, production slowed down further and recording was mostly done by the voice actors separately as many dozens of takes were necessary, and they organized themselves through a Line group. This created a bond between the cast that was unprecedented in previous productions. At the end of recording, Anno thanked the cast for their contributions. Yūko Miyamura, who played Asuka, was instructed to treat her character as completely separate from the series' Asuka Langley Soryu, and the last thing asked of her was to write the character's full name in cursive herself to be used in the movie. She had lived in Australia for the past two decades, but was still unsure of how to write "Langley". Miyamura expressed her surprise at Anno's behavior near the end of production, in contrast to his behavior during the making of End of Evangelion: "Anno-san is amazing. He has become an adult".<br />
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Anno sought to bring in new talent and people outside the usual Evangelion core crew, like Darling in the Franxx creator Atsushi Nishigori, a protégé of his, while other core staffers like chief editor Masayuki largely stepped down in order to allow new talents to gain more experience. In addition, the series' original character designer, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, has had diminishing involvement since 3.0, and the new character designs are mostly done by Hidenori Matsubara. Anno had long stated his wish to revitalize the anime industry, and saw the sponsorship of new creators as a prime way of achieving this, as well as the promotions of events backed by Studio Khara like the Japan Animator Expo. Director Mahiro Maeda recounted Anno wanted him to figure out specific details of the plot on his own when asked. Similarly to production in the series, Anno would take ideas from staffers but have the final word in plot decisions. Anno had also been an advocate of employing new and innovative animation technologies, combined with extensive use of motion capture and computer-generated imagery, and employed them in the film. Maeda and others noted nonetheless that Anno seemed to be directing the film more like a live action film than animation, including in the way he directed the voice actors, taking cues from theatre techniques, after his previous experience outside Evangelion, despite the staff's own limited experience, something he had previously attempted in Cutie Honey. He thought Anno "wanted to get out of here the most", but expressed his feelings in film sincerely.<br />
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Director Kazuya Tsurumaki details Anno wanted to try a new process for the film. Instead of first creating storyboards and then developing the animation based on them as is traditional, Anno proposed to first draw the animation cels and then draw the scenes from them. This technique was generally referred to by staff as "pre-visualization". He was once more inspired from the usual process in live action, where scenes are first shot from multiple angles and then stories are created and then selected during editing. The latter half of the film, however, progressively returned to the traditional anime style. Tsurumaki noted the original intention was that "the first 80%" of the Rebuild series would be a "compilation" of the original anime series, and the changes would only start with the last film, in keeping with earlier comments in 2006 by producer Toshimichi Ohtsuki regarding the intention that only the ending would be a major departure from the series, as staff felt End of Evangelion could not receive a sequel, and the Rebuild movies were not going to be "metaphysical" like the original anime, but rather "oriented towards entertainment". This eventually changed, and major changes started happening as early as Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance. He also noted that the previously stated goal of "destroying Evangelion" through the character of Mari was entrusted to an external party. Anno would ask the opinion of many parts of staff, including those not involved in the actual film like office staff for their opinions on several nuances. Anno's wife Moyoco Anno provided early designs for some characters. Studio Ghibli also provided assistance to scenes set in the survivor's village. For the village itself, Khara had a box model custom-built to orientate the artists, and Anno personally adjusted it to the smallest details like individual house layout, road with and utility posts to make it as realistic as possible. Staff consulted with multiple professionals and conducted research like sky-diving for maximum accuracy.<br />
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A making-of documentary aired on Japanese broadcaster NHK in March 22, 2021, with the crew following production for 1214 days. BS Japan also broadcast an extended version of the documentary on April 29, 2021, totaling 100 minutes of runtime, featuring unused footage. Amazon Prime Video included the extended version of documentary in its international release of the film in August. When production started in 2016, Anno initially intended to not involve himself much in the film, wishing to delegate most of it to his directors, particularly Tsurumaki, generally considered Khara's second-in-command, but as the release date approached with mounting production problems he progressively took more control and took on more tasks directly, also driven by his perfectionism. Maeda was also not initially serving as a director, but was brought in the middle of production. Kim Morrisy of Anime News Network described it as tumultuous: "There were several occasions shown when he decided that the work he had done at the time was insufficient and would scrap it entirely. The [final] D part of the script was eventually completed in early 2019, at the latest possible stage it could have been done to meet the deadline."<br />
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In the documentary, Anno is depicted as frequently late or absent from the studio, or would often stay overnight adjusting individual scenes he was unsatisfied with. Part A had been rewritten multiple times, and at one point Anno was so lost on how to resolve the story lines he considered restarting it from scratch after nine months of work. Anno believed he wouldn't miss working on the franchise and said everything he needed to, feeling finishing his work remained a priority, even at the expense of his well-being. Anno told Ogata later at post-production that he'd indeed miss it. Hayao Miyazaki described Anno, as an apprentice of his, as "one who sheds blood for his films". Gainax co-founder Toshio Okada criticized the documentary as "sloppy" and "propaganda" trying to make Anno look better, claiming Anno's live-action approach in fact took inspiration from Hiroyuki Yamaga's work in Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise instead of being sui generis as the documentary implied, and Anno noted the crew was in fact not present during the highly intense production of Part D for several months, nor did it cover him thanking the staff at the end.<br />
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On March 28, 2021, the cast was fully reunited for the first time in 14 years and held a stage greeting, commenting on the film and their bond to the characters. On April 12, 2021, directors Anno, Tsurumaki and Maeda, as well as Ogata, held another stage greeting. On June 26, 2021, Anno held a live stream on singer Hikaru Utada's Instagram page, and debated the film. On June 27, 2021, another cast greeting was held. Mari's voice actress Maaya Sakamoto explained she had been absent from the previous events because she felt apprehensive over the details she knew about Mari's character that Anno told her, but refused to share them: "I will take secrets to my grave". A last stage greeting was held on July 11, 2021. Anno felt he had now done everything he could with anime, and accordingly Khara denied reports that he was working on a reboot of a popular animation series. He also noted he initially attempted a shorter two hour runtime, but had to extend it.<br />
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===Future of the franchise===<br />
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Anno had originally intended on making a new Evangelion story since 2000<ref>https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_1.0_Complete_Records_Collection</ref> and has intended to open-up the franchise in the future to new creators and turn Eva into a "new Gundam", using the Rebuilds as a foundation for this, but 3.0+1.0 is intended to be his final Evangelion work. The Animator Expo already featured two independent works based on the franchise: Evangelion – Another Impact and Neon Genesis IMPACTS, as well as until You come to me, a short film intended to showcase the talent of younger Khara animators, not as an official trailer. In an interview in August 2021, Anno stated other parts of the franchise and story might be revisited later. In Hikari Utada's live stream featuring Anno, he comments that "the New Eva isn't 100% what I want it to be." Additionally, the 3.0+1.01 re-release and the Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) prequel manga can already be seen as early examples of additions to the franchise with Anno's blessing and involvement, with the former started a mere month after the film's initial release at Anno's initiative. Popular interest also remains extremely high, as can be seen NHK's making-off documentary, EVANGELION: 3.333 Breakdown (under Anno's supervision), the high number of interviews and articles done in the 6 months between Japanese and international release, with more on the way.<br />
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==Different Versions==<br />
===3.0+1.01===<br />
On June 7, 2021, an updated version of the movie was released for cinema with cleaned-up animations. People attending were also given the one-shot manga, <i>[[Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)]]</i>, set 2 hours before the events of the third movie. This version is the one that released on Amazon Prime Video two months later, on August 13.<br />
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The same version was released on digital on-demand services like Google Play Movies and Vudu on October 3rd, 2023. It will be available to rent on October 17.<ref>[https://twitter.com/GKIDSfilms/status/1709259518134059181 GKIDS' tweet with the release date]</ref><br />
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===3.0+1.11===<br />
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On March 8, 2023, the two year anniversary of the movie, the home video version titled <i>3.0+1.11</i> was released in Japan. The movie is sold in both the 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray format and the standard Blu-ray disc. GKIDS plans to release this version in the United States in 2023, along with other territories.<ref>[https://twitter.com/GKIDSfilms/status/1608553570663555072 GKIDS' official Twitter account posting about the release year]</ref> The movie is largely untouched with only minor visual changes. The two standout bonus features of this release are a new ten-minute short titled <i>[[Evangelion: 3.0 (-46h)]]</i> focusing on Midori Kitakami, and a colored and voiced version of <i>Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)</i>. <br />
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Other bonus features include a behind-the-scenes video titled "Rebuild of EVANGELION:3.0+1.0", a recording of April 12th, 2021's stage greeting, as well as various commercials and voice messages from the cast.<br />
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==See Also==<br />
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* [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English Translation of "Avant 1" Sequence]]<br />
* [[Guides:Evangelion 3.0%2B1.0_FAQ|FAQ for Evangelion:3.0+1.0]]<br />
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| english_title = Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon a Time<br />
| image = [[File:4.0 title.jpg|350px]]<br />
| written_by = [[Hideaki Anno]]<br />
| directed_by = [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]], [[Katsuichi Nakayama]]<br />
| theatrical_release = March 8, 2021<br />
| streaming_release = August 13, 2021 (Amazon Prime Video) <br />
| video_release = 3.0+1.11: March 8, 2023 (Japan)<br />
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'''Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon a Time''' is the title for the fourth and final film in the [[Rebuild of Evangelion]] movie series, formerly known by the working title '''Evangelion: Final'''. Upon its initial announcement, It was planned to be released in Japan alongside the third film, [[Evangelion 3.0]], at an unspecified date. Previously, the name had been changed to what could be interpreted as either the symbol for "End" or "Repeat" in sheet music.<ref>http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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Unlike the three previous movies, the title is rendered in Katakana as "Evangelion" in the same manner as the TV series. Starting with "<i>Shin</i>", just like Anno's involved live-action titles like <i>Shin Godzilla</i> or <i>Shin Ultraman</i>. The previous three movies had Katakana that spelled "Wevangeliwon". Speculation by fans based on the Jo-Ha-Kyu structure of Japanese drama suggests that Final will incorporate the fourth and fifth acts of the Japanese drama cycle, depicting a long journey and coming to a quick conclusion<ref>http://forum.evageeks.org/post/663128/Did-Q-Fail-Thematically/#663128</ref>. Alternatively, the series may be following the Kishotenketsu<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kish%C5%8Dtenketsu</ref> narrative pattern which concludes in the fourth arc. Whether or not the movie actually follows either pattern of Japanese drama remains for further analysis once the movie is released outside of Japan. <br />
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In September 2014, the title of the final film was revealed to be "Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0", based on a title card shown at the end of the TV screening of Evangelion 3.0, followed by the subsequent update of the main Evangelion site with the new title.<ref>http://www.evageeks.org/2014/09/no-new-sneak-peaks-in-evangelion-finals-preview/</ref> The final title was revealed on December 27, 2019, along with the initial release date of June 27, 2020.<br />
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==Release Date==<br />
With the release of Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon A Time on March 8, 2021, the section below has been largely left as it is to show timeline information from past years, and chronicle the release of said timeline information to fans. <br />
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On December 31st, 2011 the Japanese website was updated to show a 2013 release date<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120101082254/http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>, but that has been removed when the site was updated after [[Evangelion 3.0]]'s release <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20121118180135/http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>. The website no longer features any tentative date and none have been announced<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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At the 2014 Tokyo Film Festival Anno joked that the final film might be released 4-6 years after [[Evangelion 3.0]]<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2014-10-27/anno-jokes-that-4th-new-evangelion-film-might-be-4-6-years-after-3rd-one/.80406</ref>. <br />
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Actual news on the film's production had been hard to come by during the period between 2012 and 2019. Various miscellaneous projects had been done, including two animated shorts that may or may not have been pertinent to the film's own details as well as the end of Sadamoto's manga adaption. However, during this period, the film itself saw no details except for the news that Utada Hikaru, who has been the musical artist for Rebuild's credit themes, would be returning in 2015 from her hiatus to write the final film's credits theme. The source also indicated that the film would release in autumn/winter 2015, but this claim was then refuted by the source, who then stated that no ''official'' announcement had been made.<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-26/magazine-final-evangelion-film-slated-for-fall-winter-2015-with-utada-song/.82629</ref> Prior to the new title announcement, this was the only solid news (or any news at all) that had been released.<br />
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On July 19th, 2016 Anno directly apologized to the fans of Evangelion. He stated ''"To all the Evangelion fans, I’m really, really keeping you all waiting, I am truly sorry."'' Anno then went on to say he felt "trapped" while making ''Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo'', saying he couldn't recharge. ''“Up until then, after doing the third entry Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, I thought I wasn’t going to make any more,”'' After being offered the job to work on ''Godzilla Resurgence'', he stated ''“At that time, I went into talks with Toho, and it saved me. I think this is how I’m able to keep making Evangelion. However, since it is a fact that I’m making everyone wait, I deeply apologize for that.”'' <ref>http://kotaku.com/an-apology-to-evangelion-fans-from-hideaki-anno-1783903322</ref><br />
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On July 20th 2018, the official Evangelion website was updated to reflect a 2020 theatrical release.<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/news.html</ref><br />
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On July 6th 2019, Khara screened the first ten minutes of the film on Japan Expo in Paris, Anime Expo in Los Angeles, and CCG Expo in Shangai. The film was originally scheduled for release on June 27, 2020.<br />
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On July 18th 2019, during showings of Makoto Shinkai's new film "Weathering with You", a new trailer was shown for 3.0 + 1.0 featuring the new June 2020 release. The trailer was later shared officially online.<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1152417665979277313</ref><br />
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On April 17th 2020, the official Evangelion website was updated to announced that the release date was being delayed by an unspecified amount of time due to the COVID-19 pandemic<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-17/evangelion-3.0-1.0-film-delayed-due-to-covid-19-concerns/.158693</ref><ref>https://www.gamespot.com/articles/evangelion-3010-film-release-delayed-due-to-corona/1100-6476186/</ref>. The announcement of the delay was accompanied by an updated staff/credits list, the release of the official poster in both Japanese and English and the reveal of the English title "Thrice Upon a Time" and the additional message "Bye-bye, all of EVANGELION"<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251064479816708096</ref>. Hideaki Anno posted a letter to healthcare workers expressing gratitude for fighting the disease, apologizing to fans for the added delay due to the unprecedented situation and encouraging all readers to persevere<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251066917495861248</ref>.<br />
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On October 15, 2020, Studio Khara sent out a tweet announcing that January 23, 2021 would be the new release date. The tweet contained a link to a new trailer for the movie<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/10/evangelion-3-01-0-has-a-new-release-date-in-2021/</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1316921806540996610</ref>.<br />
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On December 17, 2020, it was announced that all shooting and editing work for the movie was complete. This was followed by tweets from Studio Khara announcing that the movie had been screened to staff as well as select non-staff members, with the warning that spoilers on social media were a possibility by this point. <ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc2/status/1339355724669808640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref><ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/903217/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#903217</ref><br />
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Another trailer was released on December 24, 2020, featuring the "One Last Kiss" theme song.<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/12/3-0-1-0-xmas-trailer-with-one-last-kiss/</ref><br />
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On January 14, 2021, Studio Khara announced that the movie was to be indefinitely delayed again due to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, and that the scheduled release of the soundtrack on February 10 would not take place. <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/shineva2/</ref><ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/01/3-0-1-0-bad-news-and-a-little-good/</ref><br />
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On 26 February, 2021, it was announced that the film would be released on March 8, 2021<ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc/status/1365270814640148480</ref>. This became the actual, finalized date of release for the movie.<br />
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An updated version of the film, titled ''Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time'', was released in Japanese theaters on June 12, 2021. This version features updated cuts of various scenes. It also accompanied the distribution of a 36-page booklet called ''Eva-Extra-Extra'', including non-canon illustrations by staff and a prequel manga set before the events of the previous film, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, called Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) written by director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]] under Anno's supervision.<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/210607-2/</ref><br />
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Internationally, Amazon Prime Video acquired exclusive streaming rights to the film; it would be released in worldwide on August 13, 2021, excluding Japan.<ref>https://variety.com/2021/streaming/asia/evangelion-thrice-anime-movie-to-amazon-prime-video-1235009631/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-01/amazon-prime-video-to-stream-final-evangelion-film-on-august-13/.174666</ref> However, on July 20, 2021, Amazon Prime Video announced that would also stream the film in Japan on the same day as its international release.<ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2021-07-20/amazon-prime-video-also-streams-final-evangelion-film-in-japan-on-august-13/.175346</ref><br />
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==Publicity==<br />
[[Image:Evangelion 3.0+1.0, Final Visual.png|thumb|left|Final promotional image (Japanese)]]<br />
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On July 6, 2019, the event '''Operation 0706''' took place, the film's opening scene (having the production code "Avant 1") was simulcast on screens in Paris, France (Japan Expo) and throughout Japan, following a live event in Paris with Yoko Takahashi and Megumi Ogata. This was followed up later at other locations such as Los Angeles, CA's Anime Expo. A phone application was made available days before to drum up hype for the event, wherein the user was asked to choose between Team Nerv or Team Wille. After the event, their choice affected when they would have access to limited-access freebies: the four Shiro Sagisu pieces that debuted during Op0706, and the first three New Theatrical films. <br />
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On April 17, 2020, the announcement of the delay in the release date was accompanied by the revelation of the movie poster and the English title "Thrice Upon a Time". The poster features an image of Shinji in the distant background, walking down branching train tracks in bright sunlight. The location appears to be Ube-Shinkawa station, the main train station in the city of Ube, Yamaguchi Province, where [[Hideaki Anno]] was born. <br />
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On October 15, 2020, the announcement of the new release date was accompanied by the revelation of a new trailer, showing additional imagery of the characters, locations and Evangelions.<br />
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On December 9, 2020, the official Evangelion website announced that the theme song for the movie would be "One Last Kiss", performed by [[Hikaru Utada]] <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/onelastkiss/</ref>.<br />
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On December 23, 2020, the official Twitter announced that 3.0 + 1.0 would be screened simultaneously with [[Evangelion 3.333]] in back-to-back midnight IMAX screenings in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo, with the official website having a list of double-screenings for both movies. <ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1341941672704266240</ref> However, this double-screening did not materialize due to the delay caused in the movie's release date.<br />
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On February 16, 2021, Eirin (the Film Classification and Rating Organization) revealed the film's runtime to be 154 minutes. <ref>https://twitter.com/macgyjp/status/1361558394860040193 </ref> It was later clarified that the official runtime would instead be 155 minutes. <ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/910897/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#p910896</ref><br />
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On June 21, 2021, Shin Eva became the 49th highest grossing Japanese film, marking its entry into the top 50. <ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/06/shin-eva-becomes-49th-highest-grossing/</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
[[Image:Shin op0706 C080 kick.jpg|thumb|right|Eva-08 attacking Eva 44A]]<br />
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===Assault on Paris===<br />
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The film begins with [[Wille]] stopping in [[Paris Assault Mission|Paris, France]], which much like the outskirts of former Tokyo-3 has been converted into [[Core (Rebuild)|core material]]. A team descends from the [[AAA Wunder|Wunder]] -- comprised of [[Ritsuko Akagi (Rebuild)|Ritsuko]], [[Maya Ibuki|Maya]], three of Maya's male underlings, and [[Mari Makinami Illustrious|Mari]] in [[Evangelion Unit-08|Eva-08]] -- and lands on top of a mysterious black pillar. Ritsuko acts as a look-out while Maya and her men connect to the black pillar via laptop to resume the activation of an [[L Barrier|"Anti-L System"]] -- something a team of Europeans had previously died while attempting. As the operation begins, large numbers of a never-before-seen Eva type, [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44A|the aerial 44As]], appear in four waves, and Mari holds them off, assisted by helmsman [[Minor_Characters_(Rebuild)#Sumire_Nagara|Sumire Nagara]] utilizing the Wunder's intricate "cable flight" capabilities. Once the Evas have all been defeated, two more new enemy Eva types appear from a camouflaged cocoon: a [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_4444C|4444C unit]] with a Positron Cannon and the small army of generator-equipped [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44B|Eva 44Bs]] that supply power to it. While cable-suspended warships equipped with [[Evangelion Equipment (Rebuild)|ESVs]] are used to block the first shot, the team is left defenseless for the immediate second shot, as all the ships have been destroyed by the first shot. With Nagara's assist, Eva-08 charges the 4444C with the felled Eiffel Tower and before it can charge up fully, Mari is able to twist the tower down the 4444C's gun barrel, destroying both it and the 44Bs, at the cost of minor damage to Eva-08's legs. <br />
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Maya and the others successfully activate the pillar, which was actually a giant version of the sealing pillars seen in the two previous films. A radius of effect is created that pushes back the core-conversion, restoring part of the city. A large collection of E.U. Nerv storage lockers emerges from underground, filled with Eva spare parts, munitions, and components for what appears to be an upgraded model of [[Jet Alone]]. The Wunder and its support fleet descends, with two teams being dispatched to retrieve the parts and spares, and Mari muses that Eva-02 can be repaired and Eva-08 will be modified for "Overlap" compatibility. The scene ends with Mari promising to come back for [[Shinji]] <ref>''Evangelion: 3.0+1.0'', Avant 1, Operation 0706 Ver. [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English subtitles.]] Translated by Maryno_penguin, [[User:Reichu|Reichu]], sackboy71 et al.</ref>.<br />
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===Wandering, and Village-3===<br />
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The opening credits play over a montage of the red Earth, showing locations that have been turned to core. [[Failures of Infinity]] litter the landscape, with an anti-gravity effect manifesting in small areas, causing objects around them to float. Shinji, [[Rei Q]] and [[Asuka Shikinami Langley|Asuka]] walk together across its surface, with Asuka using the device in her hand as a compass to find their way. They are picked up by an adult in an SUV and wearing a protective suit. <br />
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[[File:Evangelion.3.0-1.01 Village 3 023.png|thumb|Panoramic view of Village-3|320px]]<br />
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Shinji wakes up to the sight of a child and a dog. He is examined by an adult Toji, who is highly surprised to see him, and with Hikari, who has since married him. The child is Toji and Hikari's daughter Tsubame<ref>The name literally means "Swallow" and is quite possibly a reference to the Tsubame service on the Kyushu Shinkansen[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsubame_(train)], continuing the Shinkansen reference in Hikari's name</ref>, and the dog is Toji's pet. It is revealed that they are in a settlement that has been kept free of the coreification proces, named Village-3, with Toji as the settlement's doctor and Kensuke as a technician/handyman, who is revealed to be the one who rescued the trio earlier. The village is being supported by an organization named [[Kredit]], which works together with Wille to provide supplies and facilitate trade with other settlements. Toji and Hikari greet Rei Q warmly, but she lacks of memory of either of them and is openly confused over the state of the world. Both of them realize that she is not the same Rei they knew, and they nickname her "lookalike". Neither Toji nor Kensuke show Shinji any hatred over Third Impact, and try to help him recover from his trauma, however, Shinji remains catatonic and is starting to feel physically sick, not talking to anyone and not eating anything, much to the annoyance of Hikari's father Bunzaemon, who lives with Toji and Hikari. Tsubame is the cause of much curiosity for Rei Q, who goes out and explores the world within the settlement with an almost childlike sense of curiosity, looking at such things as stray dogs and books. She also begins to learn more about her world, expressing continued confusion over the existence of a pregnant cat, baby Tsubame, and greetings such as "good morning" and "good night". She eventually settles down into village life, learning to farm alongside the older ladies of the village, working in the village rice paddies.<br />
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Kensuke offers to take the catatonic Shinji to his place, so that he might have some time to recover on his own. On arriving at Kensuke's residence (a small abandoned train station), Shinji sees Asuka leaving the shower naked, and she expresses irritation at Shinji's inaction, even at her current state. Shinji realizes Asuka has a DSS choker fitted on her as well, the sight of it causing Shinji to vomit due to traumatic memories of Kaworu's death. Kensuke cleans up the mess, and Asuka talks to him about Shinji's condition, calling him "kenken". She eventually has no option but to force-feed him protein bars due to his refusal to eat, and references her own inability to consume anything other than water. While doing so, she says that Shinji, as a fellow Pseudo-Lilin<ref>The Japanese term used here is Lilin-modoki, where modoki can variously mean "fake", "an imitation", "something that looks similar but is not the same".</ref>, may eventually join her and neither eat nor grow any longer. He goes out and spends entire days silently the ruins of Nerv-02, which is inhabited by a number of hot spring penguins, including a backpack-less Pen-Pen, while Asuka silently keeps a watch on him. Rei Q comes to Kensuke's house looking for Shinji, but finds only Asuka, who informs her that her feelings for the Third Child have been programmed into the Ayanami-Series since the beginning, as part of their inherent Eva-like restrictors as Eva pilots (notably, Asuka includes herself in these statements as well). Rei tells her she doesn't mind the artificial feelings, as they feel real to her, and Asuka gives in and tells her where Shinji is. Rei then goes to Shinji to return his SDAT along with some rations, but Shinji is still too distraught and knocks it away. Rei leaves with the SDAT, but leaves the rations behind. Overcome by hunger, Shinji eventually gives and eats the rations. Over the next few days, Rei gets better at farming and grows closer to the village folk, becoming more expressive. Eventually, she is able to get Shinji to talk to her, where he claims that he was the one who destroyed everything, and that he just wants to be left alone, and expresses confusion as to why people were being nice to him even after everything that happened, to which Rei replies that it is because they all like him. The response stuns Shinji, and he starts to become more active. Kensuke takes the slowly-recovering Shinji out fishing and on an infrastructure check to show him the massive [[Angel-sealing Hex Pillar]]s that are generating an [[L Barrier|Anti-L Field]] keeping the settlement and its surrounding areas safe from the coreification and the wandering [[Failures of Infinity]], which he says have started moving only recently. Shinji and Toji have a talk, and Toji reveals that he's not really a doctor, but only working with a basic knowledge of medicine and the machines that Kredit give them. He says that there are lives even he could not save, and that shouldering the anger and grief of those moments is what he believes he does best, so for the sake of his family and the village, he would continue to shoulder those burdens. He tells Shinji that he has already fought enough for everyone, and that he is welcome to stay in the Village if he wishes.<br />
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Some time later, Kensuke takes Shinji and Asuka to the grave of his father, Hajime Aida, and advises Shinji to try to talk to his own father so he has no regrets about not understanding him. Asuka scoffs at the idea, noting that the other party is "Gendo Ikari", and that it's impossible, but Shinji remains silent.<br />
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Rei Q eventually asks Shinji to help give her a proper name rather than "lookalike", and Shinji decides to call her "Ayanami" anyway. During a regular trip to check on the Anti-L System, Kensuke takes Shinji to a Wille Outdoor Laboratory that maintains the Anti-L System, and introduces him to "Ryoji Kaji", who is Misato's son with the original [[Ryoji Kaji]]. The younger Kaji works at repairing the Wille-built machines keeping the village free from being turned to core. On the way back, Kensuke talks to Shinji and explains the situation with the elder Kaji's death and Misato's current state, stating that Kaji Sr. sacrificed himself to stop Third Impact, and Misato now stays away from him so that she can protect him from afar, also adding that she regrets making Shinji shoulder all the burdens, and that is why (he thinks) she doesn't want Shinji to pilot an Eva again. Rei Q is revealed to require constant exposure to LCL to maintain her existence, and thanks Shinji for helping her find happiness before turning into LCL before his eyes. Shinji is shocked but Rei's experience is implied to help Shinji recover from his previous trauma.<br />
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AAA Wunder arrives to unload non-essential personnel. Kensuke reminds Shinji that he can stay in the village if he chooses to, but Shinji decides to go aboard the Wunder with Asuka, SDAT in hand, and Asuka tases him as per her orders. [[Sakura Suzuhara|Sakura]] looks him over in the medical wing, and slaps him when he awakens, infuriated at getting into [[Eva-13]] in the [[Evangelion 3.0|previous movie]], and eventually breaks down. Shinji is placed in isolation and under surveillance again, and both Asuka and Sakura express puzzlement at his return after discovering Kaworu's demise from the DSS Choker operational records. The bridge crew discusses the ongoing situation, with Midori expressing distaste over the Captain's decision to keep Shinji alive. Mari greets Asuka, who expresses the sentiment that Shinji "needs a mother, not a girlfriend". Ritsuko and Misato discuss their intentions in a space aboard Wunder dedicated to preserving seeds of life for all species, which is mentioned to be the original purpose of the vessel. Elsewhere, Fuyutsuki monologues about the Black Moon and Fourth Impact as well as Shinji and the fate of "Ayanami-type 6", wondering if Gendo deliberately made Shinji experience the same loss as him.<br />
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===Wille vs Nerv: Final===<br />
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[[File:Rebuild-of-evangelion-1-3-thrice-upon-a-time-002-pn-n.jpg|thumb|Asuka and Mari preparing for the final battle|250px]]<br />
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Gendo and Fuyutsuki steer the Black Moon towards the epicenter of Second Impact, at Nerv's former Calvary Base in Antarctica, intending to restart Eva-13. Misato and Ritsuko discover this and have completed a "signal suspension plug" to stop this event. Misato and the bridge crew reminisce about Kaji's death and their determination to fight Nerv and restore the world to its original state. The Wunder takes off and heads into the upper atmosphere for repair and refit, and also to launch a number of seeds containing Earth's plant life into outer space. Misato and Ritsuko have a conversation about Wunder's purpose as an ark and it is revealed that the seed vault on the Wunder also includes seeds of the watermelons planted in Tokyo-3 by Ryoji Kaji. Mari and Asuka get their new plugsuits, and Mari reintroduces herself to Shinji. Asuka and Shinji talk and Shinji reveals that he understands Asuka's anger at his inaction in the previous movie. Asuka says that she appreciated Shinji's bento and used to like him in the past, but she has now grown up. Mari and Asuka, satisfied, get into their Evas. A vision of Kaworu appears to Shinji saying that they will meet again, and Shinji agrees. AAA Wunder descends from orbit towards Antarctica with the objective being the neutralization of Eva-13, in what Misato calls "Operation Yamato". The Wunder breaks through a hexagonal barrier that encloses an area of "high L density". <br />
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As it nears Antarctica, Wunder is attacked by two Nerv ships of the Erlösung-class, the same as the Wunder - Erbsünde (Original Sin) and Erlösung (Salvation), apparently under Fuyutsuki's control, and with different turret arrangements. The Wunder is also approached by a swarm of Eva Series 7. During the battle, the Wunder resorts to using the guided-missile destroyers in its support fleet as giant guided missiles. Asuka and Mari sortie and battle their way through the swarm of Nerv Evas towards Eva-13. Asuka attacks Eva-13 with the stop signal plug, but Eva-02 is afraid of Eva-13 and puts up an entirely unexpected A.T. Field of its own will. Wunder is ambushed by the fourth Nerv warship, Gebet (Prayer), with Fuyutsuki on board, and reverts to its original state as the first Nerv warship, the Buße (Penance or atonement). Wings of light appear from the four Nerv warships in a manner much like the Adams at Second Impact, indicating an attempted Impact, not in Seele's scenario. Asuka removes her eyepatch and removes a restraint within her eye that keeps the Ninth Angel under control, transforming into a new Ninth Angel and converting Eva-02 into a previously unseen radiant giant state. However, it is revealed that she plays into Gendo's plan in the process as Eva-13 awakens just as Asuka erodes Eva-02's A.T. Field with her own, and destroys Eva-02 in much the same manner as Eva-01 destroyed Eva-03. During the process, Asuka is approached by "her original", revealing that she is a clone of the Shikinami series, and is absorbed by Eva-13. Wunder is taken over by a new Eva Mark.09, which Fuyutsuki is implied to have been responsible for <ref>Based on currently available information, the Mark.09A Evangelion was possibly created from the remains of the original Mark.09, which was subject to Eva-02's self-destruct explosion at the end of Evangelion 3.0. </ref>.<br />
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Gendo floats down to the Wunder himself, and Misato and Ritsuko confront him. Ritsuko shoots Gendo through his visor, however, her bullets are entirely ineffective and he simply scoops his blown-out brains and puts them into the hole in the back of his head. It is revealed that Gendo has used the Key of Nebuchadnezzar and has thrown away his humanity by adding "information that surpassed the logic of the world" to his body, and it is shown that there is only a cross-shaped glowing void where his eyes used to be. Gendo monologues about the purpose of the impacts and about the Human Instrumentality Project, before hitting the Wunder's engine with an Angel-like optical blast to retrieve Unit-01, and entering Eva-13 through its mouth.<br />
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===Human Instrumentality: Father and Son===<br />
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[[File:Eva_vs_Eva.jpg|thumb|Eva-13 vs. Eva-01, Father vs. Son|250px]]<br />
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Shinji turns to Misato and asks to pilot Eva-01 to stop Gendo. Midori Kitakami and Sakura are appalled at the prospect of Shinji entering the Eva and fire at him, but Misato blocks Sakura's bullet with her own body. Misato thanks Shinji for saving them all from destruction using Eva-01 fourteen years previously, and explains that as his superior, the responsibility for his actions was ultimately hers, and since Shinji is still her subordinate, she will take responsibility for his actions. Misato and Shinji have a conversation in which Misato asks Shinji to take care of her son. Meanwhile, Mari takes Eva-08 into an "overlapping" state where it merges with Eva-09, 10, 11, and 12 after partially consuming them, giving Eva-08 the ability to navigate the space beyond the [[Guf (Rebuild)| Doors of Guf]]. Shinji enters Eva-01 out of nowhere and the original Rei Ayanami appears to him inside, with her hair grown very long. She apologizes to him for not being able to make it so that he wouldn't have to get into an Eva, but Shinji thanks her and says he will take care of the rest. Ritsuko and Maya are shocked to discover that Shinji, rather than having a zero percent synchro rate with Eva-01 like they previously thought, has in fact attained a previously impossible infinite synchro-rate with Eva-01, as Shinji restores Eva-01's limbs and begins to strangle Eva-13, prompting Gendo to remark that "Unit-01's Pilot has awakened, has he?".<br />
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Gendo shows Shinji an "imaginary Evangelion" that takes the form of a Black Lilith due to Shinji's memories. This being was predicted by the theories of Dr. Katsuragi. The twin spears of Longinus and Cassius enter the imaginary Evangelion and transform it into a giant Rei with a floating decapitated head. Fuyutsuki recognizes Mari and addresses her as "Maria of Iscariot", and Mari refers to him as "Fuyutsuki-sensei" and adds that it has been a long time since anyone called her by that name. He tells Mari that he has given her what she requested, and addresses Yui with his last words before turning to LCL.<br />
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Gendo and Shinji fight in an "alternate universe" where LCL gives shape to perception, entering a surreal fight where they clash in multiple different locations across space and time that take form from Shinji's memories, but the rest of the world is revealed to be little more than a ''tokusatsu'' movie set complete model warships and Evangelion costumes for suit actors. Eva-01 and Eva-13 are in synch with each other, and Shinji fails to prevail over Gendo during the entire surreal fight. When they reach a location that is based on Shinji's memories of the village, he remembers the conversations he had with Toji and Kensuke and appeals to Gendo to stop and talk. Gendo is revealed to be afraid of Shinji as he puts up an A.T. Field of his own, but Shinji breaks through by handing over Gendo's old SDAT. <br />
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Gendo reveals his past; he was a lonely individual who grew up without parents, and the only loves in his life were books and the piano. A slightly older Mari - who is revealed to be a friend of Gendo's - introduces him to Fuyutsuki as well as Yui, whom he falls in love with. Shinji sees a vision of Gendo's past experiences and life, and learns how Yui's loss traumatized him. The setting is now on the KuMoHa42 rail car. Misato prepares to turn the AAA Wunder into another Spear to hurl at a giant Red Rei, using Ritsuko's knowledge to transform Wunder's spinal linkage system. Mari in the overlapping Eva-08 scuttles the other three Nerv warships and bids goodbye to them, referring to them as "Adams". Eva-08 boards the spinal system as Misato uses the Wunder to ram the eye of the giant Rei-being. Misato sacrifices herself to hold back Gendo's [[Additional Impact]] and manifest the Spear of Gaius, representing humanity's will. The Gaius materializes in miniature form between Shinji's hands as Misato completes her sacrifice.<br />
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Shinji helps Gendo find closure, and similarly for a now-adult Asuka, helping her find closure as well <ref> While this scene is set on a beach resembling the final scene in End of Evangelion, this is [[Shikinami Asuka Langley]] and '''not''' [[Asuka Langley Soryu]].</ref> We learn the backstory behind Asuka Shikinami, that she is the last surviving clone of the Shikinami series, having survived past all the combat training that the other clones failed and were eliminated for. Asuka is old enough to remember seeing Gendo, Yui and a little Shinji visit the Euro-Nerv facilities. Shinji tells the now-adult Asuka that he ''used'' to like her - making it clear, that like Asuka, any romantic or sexual feelings between them are in the past, and asks Asuka to say hi to Kensuke for him. Shinji talks to Kaworu and gives Kaworu the closure he seeks; In a scene that is indicative of what happened during the 14-year timeskip, Kaworu and the elder Kaji speak to each other. Kaworu is dressed in the same Nerv commander uniform as Gendo and the Bethany base commander, with Kaji in the same vice-commander uniform as Fuyutsuki and the Bethany base vice-commander. Kaworu, whom the elder Kaji calls "Commander Nagisa", agrees to go to the settlement where the younger Kaji farms<ref>Interviews have confirmed that Kaworu took over as commander of Nerv with Kaji as his vice-commander soon after the events of [[Evangelion 2.0]], with Gendo and Fuyutsuki being deposed.</ref>. Shinji eventually settles upon a complete reset of the world, a "Neon Genesis", a world without Evangelions. Shinji prepares to stab himself with the Spear of Gaius. Shinji is then pushed out of Eva-01 by his mother Yui, who is revealed to have been with him the entire time, and they are embraced from behind by Gendo in Eva-13. Gendo and Yui, Eva-01 and Eva-13 together sacrifice themselves to finish what Shinji began, spearing all Evangelions that ever were created at once. Their actions return all Evangelions and Failures of Infinity back into human and animal forms, restoring the world to its original state before the impacts.<br />
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In the final sequence, Asuka, Rei and Kaworu are seen on the platform of a train station with the [[KuMoHa42]] approaching, and an older Shinji is approached by Mari from behind. Mari closes his eyes and asks him to guess who she is, referring to her initial meeting with him and her meeting with him on the Wunder. The grown-up Shinji (voiced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%ABnosuke_Kamiki Ryunosuke Kamiki]) answers correctly, and Mari takes the DSS Choker that adult Shinji wears off his neck. Shinji holds Mari's hands and both of them head out of the train station together, and the sequence transitions into both Shinji and Mari escaping into a live-action sequence of Anno's hometown of Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, implying that all the Children have found closure in our reality.<br />
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==Production History and Development==<br />
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===Early development and delays===<br />
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The film was announced alongside Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo for release in 2008 as the final part of the Rebuild series under the working title Evangelion: Final. After delays of the first three films, Evangelion: Final was expected for release in 2015. In 2014, director and producer Hideaki Anno announced that due to other commitments, the film would be further delayed to an unknown date. Following the troubled production of the third film, director and producer Hideaki Anno became depressed and stated publicly in 2015 that he could not work on another film. As part of his recovery, Anno had also worked on Studio Ghibli's The Wind Rises under his mentor Hayao Miyazaki. Toho (which co-distributes the film in Japan with Toei) also approached Anno with an offer to direct a reboot of its Godzilla film series, Shin Godzilla, which also contributed to the delay on 3.0+1.0. Financial reasons also played a part. In 2014, Anno's Studio Khara loaned his former company Studio Gainax 100 million yen ($916,400). In 2016, Anno filed a claim for debt collection, fearing not only for the return of the money but also because of Gainax selling production materials to third parties, after a precedent of other sales of intellectual property without informing him. This was part of several legal issues surrounding Gainax and Evangelion.<br />
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Production on Evangelion resumed after the production of Shin Godzilla ended in late 2016. After a formal apology, animation director Takeshi Honda stated that the last film had resumed development. Studio Khara tweeted on April 5, 2017, that development was going smoothly. In May 2018, the studio put out a job listing for animation staff to work on 3DCG, VFX, and 2D animation starting on June 30, 2018. Animation was going through the final check by October 2, 2020. Dialogue recording wrapped on November 19, 2020. On December 16, 2020, Studio Khara announced that compositing and editing work had finished. In 2019 the film was scheduled for a June 27, 2020 release date but received two delays due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, first scheduled for a January 23, 2021 release, before being released on March 8, 2021.<br />
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===Development===<br />
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Anno was very reluctant to return to work on the film in 2016. In 2018, Anno had asked for the opinion of voice actors like Megumi Ogata (Shinji) on how to move the plot forward after 3.0. Anno felt he could no longer understand Shinji and by now his current self was closer to Gendo than Shinji, and needed Ogata's input on how Shinji could recover after the events of 3.0. Anno felt that at that point the only people who could understand Shinji's feelings were Ogata herself and his personal assistant, Ikki Todoroki. Anno himself had intended to go to Paris for Japan Expo 2019, but the film's continuing delays in production prevented him. Anno had often visited the film's music composer Shirō Sagisu, who lives half the year in Paris, and wished to pay homage to the city in the opening 10 minutes of the movie, entitled AVANT1 ("before" in French), seeking to surpass his earlier depiction in Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. At the event, Ogata also recounted Anno had asked what ending she preferred "as Shinji". AVANT1+2, including a further 2 minutes of the opening sequence, was also streamed on Khara's YouTube channel and Japanese Amazon Prime Video for free for two weeks.<br />
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Dialogue for Parts A and B, set after AVANT, started recording in March 2019. As there were several changes to the plot, many voice actors had to come back and record lines again. In 2020, due to the pandemic restrictions, production slowed down further and recording was mostly done by the voice actors separately as many dozens of takes were necessary, and they organized themselves through a Line group. This created a bond between the cast that was unprecedented in previous productions. At the end of recording, Anno thanked the cast for their contributions. Yūko Miyamura, who played Asuka, was instructed to treat her character as completely separate from the series' Asuka Langley Soryu, and the last thing asked of her was to write the character's full name in cursive herself to be used in the movie. She had lived in Australia for the past two decades, but was still unsure of how to write "Langley". Miyamura expressed her surprise at Anno's behavior near the end of production, in contrast to his behavior during the making of End of Evangelion: "Anno-san is amazing. He has become an adult".<br />
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Anno sought to bring in new talent and people outside the usual Evangelion core crew, like Darling in the Franxx creator Atsushi Nishigori, a protégé of his, while other core staffers like chief editor Masayuki largely stepped down in order to allow new talents to gain more experience. In addition, the series' original character designer, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, has had diminishing involvement since 3.0, and the new character designs are mostly done by Hidenori Matsubara. Anno had long stated his wish to revitalize the anime industry, and saw the sponsorship of new creators as a prime way of achieving this, as well as the promotions of events backed by Studio Khara like the Japan Animator Expo. Director Mahiro Maeda recounted Anno wanted him to figure out specific details of the plot on his own when asked. Similarly to production in the series, Anno would take ideas from staffers but have the final word in plot decisions. Anno had also been an advocate of employing new and innovative animation technologies, combined with extensive use of motion capture and computer-generated imagery, and employed them in the film. Maeda and others noted nonetheless that Anno seemed to be directing the film more like a live action film than animation, including in the way he directed the voice actors, taking cues from theatre techniques, after his previous experience outside Evangelion, despite the staff's own limited experience, something he had previously attempted in Cutie Honey. He thought Anno "wanted to get out of here the most", but expressed his feelings in film sincerely.<br />
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Director Kazuya Tsurumaki details Anno wanted to try a new process for the film. Instead of first creating storyboards and then developing the animation based on them as is traditional, Anno proposed to first draw the animation cels and then draw the scenes from them. This technique was generally referred to by staff as "pre-visualization". He was once more inspired from the usual process in live action, where scenes are first shot from multiple angles and then stories are created and then selected during editing. The latter half of the film, however, progressively returned to the traditional anime style. Tsurumaki noted the original intention was that "the first 80%" of the Rebuild series would be a "compilation" of the original anime series, and the changes would only start with the last film, in keeping with earlier comments in 2006 by producer Toshimichi Ohtsuki regarding the intention that only the ending would be a major departure from the series, as staff felt End of Evangelion could not receive a sequel, and the Rebuild movies were not going to be "metaphysical" like the original anime, but rather "oriented towards entertainment". This eventually changed, and major changes started happening as early as Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance. He also noted that the previously stated goal of "destroying Evangelion" through the character of Mari was entrusted to an external party. Anno would ask the opinion of many parts of staff, including those not involved in the actual film like office staff for their opinions on several nuances. Anno's wife Moyoco Anno provided early designs for some characters. Studio Ghibli also provided assistance to scenes set in the survivor's village. For the village itself, Khara had a box model custom-built to orientate the artists, and Anno personally adjusted it to the smallest details like individual house layout, road with and utility posts to make it as realistic as possible. Staff consulted with multiple professionals and conducted research like sky-diving for maximum accuracy.<br />
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A making-of documentary aired on Japanese broadcaster NHK in March 22, 2021, with the crew following production for 1214 days. BS Japan also broadcast an extended version of the documentary on April 29, 2021, totaling 100 minutes of runtime, featuring unused footage. Amazon Prime Video included the extended version of documentary in its international release of the film in August. When production started in 2016, Anno initially intended to not involve himself much in the film, wishing to delegate most of it to his directors, particularly Tsurumaki, generally considered Khara's second-in-command, but as the release date approached with mounting production problems he progressively took more control and took on more tasks directly, also driven by his perfectionism. Maeda was also not initially serving as a director, but was brought in the middle of production. Kim Morrisy of Anime News Network described it as tumultuous: "There were several occasions shown when he decided that the work he had done at the time was insufficient and would scrap it entirely. The [final] D part of the script was eventually completed in early 2019, at the latest possible stage it could have been done to meet the deadline."<br />
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In the documentary, Anno is depicted as frequently late or absent from the studio, or would often stay overnight adjusting individual scenes he was unsatisfied with. Part A had been rewritten multiple times, and at one point Anno was so lost on how to resolve the story lines he considered restarting it from scratch after nine months of work. Anno believed he wouldn't miss working on the franchise and said everything he needed to, feeling finishing his work remained a priority, even at the expense of his well-being. Anno told Ogata later at post-production that he'd indeed miss it. Hayao Miyazaki described Anno, as an apprentice of his, as "one who sheds blood for his films". Gainax co-founder Toshio Okada criticized the documentary as "sloppy" and "propaganda" trying to make Anno look better, claiming Anno's live-action approach in fact took inspiration from Hiroyuki Yamaga's work in Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise instead of being sui generis as the documentary implied, and Anno noted the crew was in fact not present during the highly intense production of Part D for several months, nor did it cover him thanking the staff at the end.<br />
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On March 28, 2021, the cast was fully reunited for the first time in 14 years and held a stage greeting, commenting on the film and their bond to the characters. On April 12, 2021, directors Anno, Tsurumaki and Maeda, as well as Ogata, held another stage greeting. On June 26, 2021, Anno held a live stream on singer Hikaru Utada's Instagram page, and debated the film. On June 27, 2021, another cast greeting was held. Mari's voice actress Maaya Sakamoto explained she had been absent from the previous events because she felt apprehensive over the details she knew about Mari's character that Anno told her, but refused to share them: "I will take secrets to my grave". A last stage greeting was held on July 11, 2021. Anno felt he had now done everything he could with anime, and accordingly Khara denied reports that he was working on a reboot of a popular animation series. He also noted he initially attempted a shorter two hour runtime, but had to extend it.<br />
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===Future of the franchise===<br />
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Anno had originally intended on making a new Evangelion story since 2000<ref>https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_1.0_Complete_Records_Collection</ref> and has intended to open-up the franchise in the future to new creators and turn Eva into a "new Gundam", using the Rebuilds as a foundation for this, but 3.0+1.0 is intended to be his final Evangelion work. The Animator Expo already featured two independent works based on the franchise: Evangelion – Another Impact and Neon Genesis IMPACTS, as well as until You come to me, a short film intended to showcase the talent of younger Khara animators, not as an official trailer. In an interview in August 2021, Anno stated other parts of the franchise and story might be revisited later. In Hikari Utada's live stream featuring Anno, he comments that "the New Eva isn't 100% what I want it to be." Additionally, the 3.0+1.01 re-release and the Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) prequel manga can already be seen as early examples of additions to the franchise with Anno's blessing and involvement, with the former started a mere month after the film's initial release at Anno's initiative. Popular interest also remains extremely high, as can be seen NHK's making-off documentary, EVANGELION: 3.333 Breakdown (under Anno's supervision), the high number of interviews and articles done in the 6 months between Japanese and international release, with more on the way.<br />
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==Different Versions==<br />
===3.0+1.01===<br />
On June 7, 2021, an updated version of the movie was released for cinema with cleaned-up animations. People attending were also given the one-shot manga, <i>[[Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)]]</i>, set 2 hours before the events of the third movie. This version is the one that released on Amazon Prime Video two months later, on August 13.<br />
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===3.0+1.11===<br />
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On March 8, 2023, the two year anniversary of the movie, the home video version titled <i>3.0+1.11</i> was released in Japan. The movie is sold in both the 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray format and the standard Blu-ray disc. GKIDS plans to release this version in the United States in 2023, along with other territories.<ref>[https://twitter.com/GKIDSfilms/status/1608553570663555072 GKIDS' official Twitter account posting about the release year]</ref> The movie is largely untouched with only minor visual changes. The two standout bonus features of this release are a new ten-minute short titled <i>[[Evangelion: 3.0 (-46h)]]</i> focusing on Midori Kitakami, and a colored and voiced version of <i>Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)</i>. <br />
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Other bonus features include a behind-the-scenes video titled "Rebuild of EVANGELION:3.0+1.0", a recording of April 12th, 2021's stage greeting, as well as various commercials and voice messages from the cast.<br />
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==See Also==<br />
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* [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English Translation of "Avant 1" Sequence]]<br />
* [[Guides:Evangelion 3.0%2B1.0_FAQ|FAQ for Evangelion:3.0+1.0]]<br />
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| written_by = [[Hideaki Anno]]<br />
| directed_by = [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]], [[Katsuichi Nakayama]]<br />
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'''Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon a Time''' is the title for the fourth and final film in the [[Rebuild of Evangelion]] movie series, formerly known by the working title '''Evangelion: Final'''. Upon its initial announcement, It was planned to be released in Japan alongside the third film, [[Evangelion 3.0]], at an unspecified date. Previously, the name had been changed to what could be interpreted as either the symbol for "End" or "Repeat" in sheet music.<ref>http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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Unlike the three previous movies, the title is rendered in Katakana as "Evangelion" in the same manner as the TV series. Starting with "<i>Shin</i>", just like Anno's involved live-action titles like <i>Shin Godzilla</i> or <i>Shin Ultraman</i>. The previous three movies had Katakana that spelled "Wevangeliwon". Speculation by fans based on the Jo-Ha-Kyu structure of Japanese drama suggests that Final will incorporate the fourth and fifth acts of the Japanese drama cycle, depicting a long journey and coming to a quick conclusion<ref>http://forum.evageeks.org/post/663128/Did-Q-Fail-Thematically/#663128</ref>. Alternatively, the series may be following the Kishotenketsu<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kish%C5%8Dtenketsu</ref> narrative pattern which concludes in the fourth arc. Whether or not the movie actually follows either pattern of Japanese drama remains for further analysis once the movie is released outside of Japan. <br />
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In September 2014, the title of the final film was revealed to be "Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0", based on a title card shown at the end of the TV screening of Evangelion 3.0, followed by the subsequent update of the main Evangelion site with the new title.<ref>http://www.evageeks.org/2014/09/no-new-sneak-peaks-in-evangelion-finals-preview/</ref> The final title was revealed on December 27, 2019, along with the initial release date of June 27, 2020.<br />
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==Release Date==<br />
With the release of Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon A Time on March 8, 2021, the section below has been largely left as it is to show timeline information from past years, and chronicle the release of said timeline information to fans. <br />
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On December 31st, 2011 the Japanese website was updated to show a 2013 release date<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120101082254/http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>, but that has been removed when the site was updated after [[Evangelion 3.0]]'s release <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20121118180135/http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>. The website no longer features any tentative date and none have been announced<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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At the 2014 Tokyo Film Festival Anno joked that the final film might be released 4-6 years after [[Evangelion 3.0]]<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2014-10-27/anno-jokes-that-4th-new-evangelion-film-might-be-4-6-years-after-3rd-one/.80406</ref>. <br />
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Actual news on the film's production had been hard to come by during the period between 2012 and 2019. Various miscellaneous projects had been done, including two animated shorts that may or may not have been pertinent to the film's own details as well as the end of Sadamoto's manga adaption. However, during this period, the film itself saw no details except for the news that Utada Hikaru, who has been the musical artist for Rebuild's credit themes, would be returning in 2015 from her hiatus to write the final film's credits theme. The source also indicated that the film would release in autumn/winter 2015, but this claim was then refuted by the source, who then stated that no ''official'' announcement had been made.<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-26/magazine-final-evangelion-film-slated-for-fall-winter-2015-with-utada-song/.82629</ref> Prior to the new title announcement, this was the only solid news (or any news at all) that had been released.<br />
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On July 19th, 2016 Anno directly apologized to the fans of Evangelion. He stated ''"To all the Evangelion fans, I’m really, really keeping you all waiting, I am truly sorry."'' Anno then went on to say he felt "trapped" while making ''Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo'', saying he couldn't recharge. ''“Up until then, after doing the third entry Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, I thought I wasn’t going to make any more,”'' After being offered the job to work on ''Godzilla Resurgence'', he stated ''“At that time, I went into talks with Toho, and it saved me. I think this is how I’m able to keep making Evangelion. However, since it is a fact that I’m making everyone wait, I deeply apologize for that.”'' <ref>http://kotaku.com/an-apology-to-evangelion-fans-from-hideaki-anno-1783903322</ref><br />
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On July 20th 2018, the official Evangelion website was updated to reflect a 2020 theatrical release.<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/news.html</ref><br />
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On July 6th 2019, Khara screened the first ten minutes of the film on Japan Expo in Paris, Anime Expo in Los Angeles, and CCG Expo in Shangai. The film was originally scheduled for release on June 27, 2020.<br />
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On July 18th 2019, during showings of Makoto Shinkai's new film "Weathering with You", a new trailer was shown for 3.0 + 1.0 featuring the new June 2020 release. The trailer was later shared officially online.<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1152417665979277313</ref><br />
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On April 17th 2020, the official Evangelion website was updated to announced that the release date was being delayed by an unspecified amount of time due to the COVID-19 pandemic<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-17/evangelion-3.0-1.0-film-delayed-due-to-covid-19-concerns/.158693</ref><ref>https://www.gamespot.com/articles/evangelion-3010-film-release-delayed-due-to-corona/1100-6476186/</ref>. The announcement of the delay was accompanied by an updated staff/credits list, the release of the official poster in both Japanese and English and the reveal of the English title "Thrice Upon a Time" and the additional message "Bye-bye, all of EVANGELION"<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251064479816708096</ref>. Hideaki Anno posted a letter to healthcare workers expressing gratitude for fighting the disease, apologizing to fans for the added delay due to the unprecedented situation and encouraging all readers to persevere<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251066917495861248</ref>.<br />
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On October 15, 2020, Studio Khara sent out a tweet announcing that January 23, 2021 would be the new release date. The tweet contained a link to a new trailer for the movie<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/10/evangelion-3-01-0-has-a-new-release-date-in-2021/</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1316921806540996610</ref>.<br />
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On December 17, 2020, it was announced that all shooting and editing work for the movie was complete. This was followed by tweets from Studio Khara announcing that the movie had been screened to staff as well as select non-staff members, with the warning that spoilers on social media were a possibility by this point. <ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc2/status/1339355724669808640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref><ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/903217/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#903217</ref><br />
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Another trailer was released on December 24, 2020, featuring the "One Last Kiss" theme song.<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/12/3-0-1-0-xmas-trailer-with-one-last-kiss/</ref><br />
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On January 14, 2021, Studio Khara announced that the movie was to be indefinitely delayed again due to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, and that the scheduled release of the soundtrack on February 10 would not take place. <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/shineva2/</ref><ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/01/3-0-1-0-bad-news-and-a-little-good/</ref><br />
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On 26 February, 2021, it was announced that the film would be released on March 8, 2021<ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc/status/1365270814640148480</ref>. This became the actual, finalized date of release for the movie.<br />
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An updated version of the film, titled ''Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time'', was released in Japanese theaters on June 12, 2021. This version features updated cuts of various scenes. It also accompanied the distribution of a 36-page booklet called ''Eva-Extra-Extra'', including non-canon illustrations by staff and a prequel manga set before the events of the previous film, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, called Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) written by director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]] under Anno's supervision.<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/210607-2/</ref><br />
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Internationally, Amazon Prime Video acquired exclusive streaming rights to the film; it would be released in worldwide on August 13, 2021, excluding Japan.<ref>https://variety.com/2021/streaming/asia/evangelion-thrice-anime-movie-to-amazon-prime-video-1235009631/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-01/amazon-prime-video-to-stream-final-evangelion-film-on-august-13/.174666</ref> However, on July 20, 2021, Amazon Prime Video announced that would also stream the film in Japan on the same day as its international release.<ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2021-07-20/amazon-prime-video-also-streams-final-evangelion-film-in-japan-on-august-13/.175346</ref><br />
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==Publicity==<br />
[[Image:Evangelion 3.0+1.0, Final Visual.png|thumb|left|Final promotional image (Japanese)]]<br />
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On July 6, 2019, the event '''Operation 0706''' took place, the film's opening scene (having the production code "Avant 1") was simulcast on screens in Paris, France (Japan Expo) and throughout Japan, following a live event in Paris with Yoko Takahashi and Megumi Ogata. This was followed up later at other locations such as Los Angeles, CA's Anime Expo. A phone application was made available days before to drum up hype for the event, wherein the user was asked to choose between Team Nerv or Team Wille. After the event, their choice affected when they would have access to limited-access freebies: the four Shiro Sagisu pieces that debuted during Op0706, and the first three New Theatrical films. <br />
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On April 17, 2020, the announcement of the delay in the release date was accompanied by the revelation of the movie poster and the English title "Thrice Upon a Time". The poster features an image of Shinji in the distant background, walking down branching train tracks in bright sunlight. The location appears to be Ube-Shinkawa station, the main train station in the city of Ube, Yamaguchi Province, where [[Hideaki Anno]] was born. <br />
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On October 15, 2020, the announcement of the new release date was accompanied by the revelation of a new trailer, showing additional imagery of the characters, locations and Evangelions.<br />
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On December 9, 2020, the official Evangelion website announced that the theme song for the movie would be "One Last Kiss", performed by [[Hikaru Utada]] <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/onelastkiss/</ref>.<br />
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On December 23, 2020, the official Twitter announced that 3.0 + 1.0 would be screened simultaneously with [[Evangelion 3.333]] in back-to-back midnight IMAX screenings in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo, with the official website having a list of double-screenings for both movies. <ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1341941672704266240</ref> However, this double-screening did not materialize due to the delay caused in the movie's release date.<br />
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On February 16, 2021, Eirin (the Film Classification and Rating Organization) revealed the film's runtime to be 154 minutes. <ref>https://twitter.com/macgyjp/status/1361558394860040193 </ref> It was later clarified that the official runtime would instead be 155 minutes. <ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/910897/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#p910896</ref><br />
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On June 21, 2021, Shin Eva became the 49th highest grossing Japanese film, marking its entry into the top 50. <ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/06/shin-eva-becomes-49th-highest-grossing/</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
[[Image:Shin op0706 C080 kick.jpg|thumb|right|Eva-08 attacking Eva 44A]]<br />
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===Assault on Paris===<br />
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The film begins with [[Wille]] stopping in [[Paris Assault Mission|Paris, France]], which much like the outskirts of former Tokyo-3 has been converted into [[Core (Rebuild)|core material]]. A team descends from the [[AAA Wunder|Wunder]] -- comprised of [[Ritsuko Akagi (Rebuild)|Ritsuko]], [[Maya Ibuki|Maya]], three of Maya's male underlings, and [[Mari Makinami Illustrious|Mari]] in [[Evangelion Unit-08|Eva-08]] -- and lands on top of a mysterious black pillar. Ritsuko acts as a look-out while Maya and her men connect to the black pillar via laptop to resume the activation of an [[L Barrier|"Anti-L System"]] -- something a team of Europeans had previously died while attempting. As the operation begins, large numbers of a never-before-seen Eva type, [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44A|the aerial 44As]], appear in four waves, and Mari holds them off, assisted by helmsman [[Minor_Characters_(Rebuild)#Sumire_Nagara|Sumire Nagara]] utilizing the Wunder's intricate "cable flight" capabilities. Once the Evas have all been defeated, two more new enemy Eva types appear from a camouflaged cocoon: a [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_4444C|4444C unit]] with a Positron Cannon and the small army of generator-equipped [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44B|Eva 44Bs]] that supply power to it. While cable-suspended warships equipped with [[Evangelion Equipment (Rebuild)|ESVs]] are used to block the first shot, the team is left defenseless for the immediate second shot, as all the ships have been destroyed by the first shot. With Nagara's assist, Eva-08 charges the 4444C with the felled Eiffel Tower and before it can charge up fully, Mari is able to twist the tower down the 4444C's gun barrel, destroying both it and the 44Bs, at the cost of minor damage to Eva-08's legs. <br />
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Maya and the others successfully activate the pillar, which was actually a giant version of the sealing pillars seen in the two previous films. A radius of effect is created that pushes back the core-conversion, restoring part of the city. A large collection of E.U. Nerv storage lockers emerges from underground, filled with Eva spare parts, munitions, and components for what appears to be an upgraded model of [[Jet Alone]]. The Wunder and its support fleet descends, with two teams being dispatched to retrieve the parts and spares, and Mari muses that Eva-02 can be repaired and Eva-08 will be modified for "Overlap" compatibility. The scene ends with Mari promising to come back for [[Shinji]] <ref>''Evangelion: 3.0+1.0'', Avant 1, Operation 0706 Ver. [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English subtitles.]] Translated by Maryno_penguin, [[User:Reichu|Reichu]], sackboy71 et al.</ref>.<br />
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===Wandering, and Village-3===<br />
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The opening credits play over a montage of the red Earth, showing locations that have been turned to core. [[Failures of Infinity]] litter the landscape, with an anti-gravity effect manifesting in small areas, causing objects around them to float. Shinji, [[Rei Q]] and [[Asuka Shikinami Langley|Asuka]] walk together across its surface, with Asuka using the device in her hand as a compass to find their way. They are picked up by an adult in an SUV and wearing a protective suit. <br />
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[[File:Evangelion.3.0-1.01 Village 3 023.png|thumb|Panoramic view of Village-3|320px]]<br />
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Shinji wakes up to the sight of a child and a dog. He is examined by an adult Toji, who is highly surprised to see him, and with Hikari, who has since married him. The child is Toji and Hikari's daughter Tsubame<ref>The name literally means "Swallow" and is quite possibly a reference to the Tsubame service on the Kyushu Shinkansen[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsubame_(train)], continuing the Shinkansen reference in Hikari's name</ref>, and the dog is Toji's pet. It is revealed that they are in a settlement that has been kept free of the coreification proces, named Village-3, with Toji as the settlement's doctor and Kensuke as a technician/handyman, who is revealed to be the one who rescued the trio earlier. The village is being supported by an organization named [[Kredit]], which works together with Wille to provide supplies and facilitate trade with other settlements. Toji and Hikari greet Rei Q warmly, but she lacks of memory of either of them and is openly confused over the state of the world. Both of them realize that she is not the same Rei they knew, and they nickname her "lookalike". Neither Toji nor Kensuke show Shinji any hatred over Third Impact, and try to help him recover from his trauma, however, Shinji remains catatonic and is starting to feel physically sick, not talking to anyone and not eating anything, much to the annoyance of Hikari's father Bunzaemon, who lives with Toji and Hikari. Tsubame is the cause of much curiosity for Rei Q, who goes out and explores the world within the settlement with an almost childlike sense of curiosity, looking at such things as stray dogs and books. She also begins to learn more about her world, expressing continued confusion over the existence of a pregnant cat, baby Tsubame, and greetings such as "good morning" and "good night". She eventually settles down into village life, learning to farm alongside the older ladies of the village, working in the village rice paddies.<br />
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Kensuke offers to take the catatonic Shinji to his place, so that he might have some time to recover on his own. On arriving at Kensuke's residence (a small abandoned train station), Shinji sees Asuka leaving the shower naked, and she expresses irritation at Shinji's inaction, even at her current state. Shinji realizes Asuka has a DSS choker fitted on her as well, the sight of it causing Shinji to vomit due to traumatic memories of Kaworu's death. Kensuke cleans up the mess, and Asuka talks to him about Shinji's condition, calling him "kenken". She eventually has no option but to force-feed him protein bars due to his refusal to eat, and references her own inability to consume anything other than water. While doing so, she says that Shinji, as a fellow Pseudo-Lilin<ref>The Japanese term used here is Lilin-modoki, where modoki can variously mean "fake", "an imitation", "something that looks similar but is not the same".</ref>, may eventually join her and neither eat nor grow any longer. He goes out and spends entire days silently the ruins of Nerv-02, which is inhabited by a number of hot spring penguins, including a backpack-less Pen-Pen, while Asuka silently keeps a watch on him. Rei Q comes to Kensuke's house looking for Shinji, but finds only Asuka, who informs her that her feelings for the Third Child have been programmed into the Ayanami-Series since the beginning, as part of their inherent Eva-like restrictors as Eva pilots (notably, Asuka includes herself in these statements as well). Rei tells her she doesn't mind the artificial feelings, as they feel real to her, and Asuka gives in and tells her where Shinji is. Rei then goes to Shinji to return his SDAT along with some rations, but Shinji is still too distraught and knocks it away. Rei leaves with the SDAT, but leaves the rations behind. Overcome by hunger, Shinji eventually gives and eats the rations. Over the next few days, Rei gets better at farming and grows closer to the village folk, becoming more expressive. Eventually, she is able to get Shinji to talk to her, where he claims that he was the one who destroyed everything, and that he just wants to be left alone, and expresses confusion as to why people were being nice to him even after everything that happened, to which Rei replies that it is because they all like him. The response stuns Shinji, and he starts to become more active. Kensuke takes the slowly-recovering Shinji out fishing and on an infrastructure check to show him the massive [[Angel-sealing Hex Pillar]]s that are generating an [[L Barrier|Anti-L Field]] keeping the settlement and its surrounding areas safe from the coreification and the wandering [[Failures of Infinity]], which he says have started moving only recently. Shinji and Toji have a talk, and Toji reveals that he's not really a doctor, but only working with a basic knowledge of medicine and the machines that Kredit give them. He says that there are lives even he could not save, and that shouldering the anger and grief of those moments is what he believes he does best, so for the sake of his family and the village, he would continue to shoulder those burdens. He tells Shinji that he has already fought enough for everyone, and that he is welcome to stay in the Village if he wishes.<br />
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Some time later, Kensuke takes Shinji and Asuka to the grave of his father, Hajime Aida, and advises Shinji to try to talk to his own father so he has no regrets about not understanding him. Asuka scoffs at the idea, noting that the other party is "Gendo Ikari", and that it's impossible, but Shinji remains silent.<br />
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Rei Q eventually asks Shinji to help give her a proper name rather than "lookalike", and Shinji decides to call her "Ayanami" anyway. During a regular trip to check on the Anti-L System, Kensuke takes Shinji to a Wille Outdoor Laboratory that maintains the Anti-L System, and introduces him to "Ryoji Kaji", who is Misato's son with the original [[Ryoji Kaji]]. The younger Kaji works at repairing the Wille-built machines keeping the village free from being turned to core. On the way back, Kensuke talks to Shinji and explains the situation with the elder Kaji's death and Misato's current state, stating that Kaji Sr. sacrificed himself to stop Third Impact, and Misato now stays away from him so that she can protect him from afar, also adding that she regrets making Shinji shoulder all the burdens, and that is why (he thinks) she doesn't want Shinji to pilot an Eva again. Rei Q is revealed to require constant exposure to LCL to maintain her existence, and thanks Shinji for helping her find happiness before turning into LCL before his eyes. Shinji is shocked but Rei's experience is implied to help Shinji recover from his previous trauma.<br />
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AAA Wunder arrives to unload non-essential personnel. Kensuke reminds Shinji that he can stay in the village if he chooses to, but Shinji decides to go aboard the Wunder with Asuka, SDAT in hand, and Asuka tases him as per her orders. [[Sakura Suzuhara|Sakura]] looks him over in the medical wing, and slaps him when he awakens, infuriated at getting into [[Eva-13]] in the [[Evangelion 3.0|previous movie]], and eventually breaks down. Shinji is placed in isolation and under surveillance again, and both Asuka and Sakura express puzzlement at his return after discovering Kaworu's demise from the DSS Choker operational records. The bridge crew discusses the ongoing situation, with Midori expressing distaste over the Captain's decision to keep Shinji alive. Mari greets Asuka, who expresses the sentiment that Shinji "needs a mother, not a girlfriend". Ritsuko and Misato discuss their intentions in a space aboard Wunder dedicated to preserving seeds of life for all species, which is mentioned to be the original purpose of the vessel. Elsewhere, Fuyutsuki monologues about the Black Moon and Fourth Impact as well as Shinji and the fate of "Ayanami-type 6", wondering if Gendo deliberately made Shinji experience the same loss as him.<br />
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===Wille vs Nerv: Final===<br />
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Gendo and Fuyutsuki steer the Black Moon towards the epicenter of Second Impact, at Nerv's former Calvary Base in Antarctica, intending to restart Eva-13. Misato and Ritsuko discover this and have completed a "signal suspension plug" to stop this event. Misato and the bridge crew reminisce about Kaji's death and their determination to fight Nerv and restore the world to its original state. The Wunder takes off and heads into the upper atmosphere for repair and refit, and also to launch a number of seeds containing Earth's plant life into outer space. Misato and Ritsuko have a conversation about Wunder's purpose as an ark and it is revealed that the seed vault on the Wunder also includes seeds of the watermelons planted in Tokyo-3 by Ryoji Kaji. Mari and Asuka get their new plugsuits, and Mari reintroduces herself to Shinji. Asuka and Shinji talk and Shinji reveals that he understands Asuka's anger at his inaction in the previous movie. Asuka says that she appreciated Shinji's bento and used to like him in the past, but she has now grown up. Mari and Asuka, satisfied, get into their Evas. A vision of Kaworu appears to Shinji saying that they will meet again, and Shinji agrees. AAA Wunder descends from orbit towards Antarctica with the objective being the neutralization of Eva-13, in what Misato calls "Operation Yamato". The Wunder breaks through a hexagonal barrier that encloses an area of "high L density". <br />
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As it nears Antarctica, Wunder is attacked by two Nerv ships of the Erlösung-class, the same as the Wunder - Erbsünde (Original Sin) and Erlösung (Salvation), apparently under Fuyutsuki's control, and with different turret arrangements. The Wunder is also approached by a swarm of Eva Series 7. During the battle, the Wunder resorts to using the guided-missile destroyers in its support fleet as giant guided missiles. Asuka and Mari sortie and battle their way through the swarm of Nerv Evas towards Eva-13. Asuka attacks Eva-13 with the stop signal plug, but Eva-02 is afraid of Eva-13 and puts up an entirely unexpected A.T. Field of its own will. Wunder is ambushed by the fourth Nerv warship, Gebet (Prayer), with Fuyutsuki on board, and reverts to its original state as the first Nerv warship, the Buße (Penance or atonement). Wings of light appear from the four Nerv warships in a manner much like the Adams at Second Impact, indicating an attempted Impact, not in Seele's scenario. Asuka removes her eyepatch and removes a restraint within her eye that keeps the Ninth Angel under control, transforming into a new Ninth Angel and converting Eva-02 into a previously unseen radiant giant state. However, it is revealed that she plays into Gendo's plan in the process as Eva-13 awakens just as Asuka erodes Eva-02's A.T. Field with her own, and destroys Eva-02 in much the same manner as Eva-01 destroyed Eva-03. During the process, Asuka is approached by "her original", revealing that she is a clone of the Shikinami series, and is absorbed by Eva-13. Wunder is taken over by a new Eva Mark.09, which Fuyutsuki is implied to have been responsible for <ref>Based on currently available information, the Mark.09A Evangelion was possibly created from the remains of the original Mark.09, which was subject to Eva-02's self-destruct explosion at the end of Evangelion 3.0. </ref>.<br />
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Gendo floats down to the Wunder himself, and Misato and Ritsuko confront him. Ritsuko shoots Gendo through his visor, however, her bullets are entirely ineffective and he simply scoops his blown-out brains and puts them into the hole in the back of his head. It is revealed that Gendo has used the Key of Nebuchadnezzar and has thrown away his humanity by adding "information that surpassed the logic of the world" to his body, and it is shown that there is only a cross-shaped glowing void where his eyes used to be. Gendo monologues about the purpose of the impacts and about the Human Instrumentality Project, before hitting the Wunder's engine with an Angel-like optical blast to retrieve Unit-01, and entering Eva-13 through its mouth.<br />
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===Human Instrumentality: Father and Son===<br />
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Shinji turns to Misato and asks to pilot Eva-01 to stop Gendo. Midori Kitakami and Sakura are appalled at the prospect of Shinji entering the Eva and fire at him, but Misato blocks Sakura's bullet with her own body. Misato thanks Shinji for saving them all from destruction using Eva-01 fourteen years previously, and explains that as his superior, the responsibility for his actions was ultimately hers, and since Shinji is still her subordinate, she will take responsibility for his actions. Misato and Shinji have a conversation in which Misato asks Shinji to take care of her son. Meanwhile, Mari takes Eva-08 into an "overlapping" state where it merges with Eva-09, 10, 11, and 12 after partially consuming them, giving Eva-08 the ability to navigate the space beyond the [[Guf (Rebuild)| Doors of Guf]]. Shinji enters Eva-01 out of nowhere and the original Rei Ayanami appears to him inside, with her hair grown very long. She apologizes to him for not being able to make it so that he wouldn't have to get into an Eva, but Shinji thanks her and says he will take care of the rest. Ritsuko and Maya are shocked to discover that Shinji, rather than having a zero percent synchro rate with Eva-01 like they previously thought, has in fact attained a previously impossible infinite synchro-rate with Eva-01, as Shinji restores Eva-01's limbs and begins to strangle Eva-13, prompting Gendo to remark that "Unit-01's Pilot has awakened, has he?".<br />
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Gendo shows Shinji an "imaginary Evangelion" that takes the form of a Black Lilith due to Shinji's memories. This being was predicted by the theories of Dr. Katsuragi. The twin spears of Longinus and Cassius enter the imaginary Evangelion and transform it into a giant Rei with a floating decapitated head. Fuyutsuki recognizes Mari and addresses her as "Maria of Iscariot", and Mari refers to him as "Fuyutsuki-sensei" and adds that it has been a long time since anyone called her by that name. He tells Mari that he has given her what she requested, and addresses Yui with his last words before turning to LCL.<br />
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Gendo and Shinji fight in an "alternate universe" where LCL gives shape to perception, entering a surreal fight where they clash in multiple different locations across space and time that take form from Shinji's memories, but the rest of the world is revealed to be little more than a ''tokusatsu'' movie set complete model warships and Evangelion costumes for suit actors. Eva-01 and Eva-13 are in synch with each other, and Shinji fails to prevail over Gendo during the entire surreal fight. When they reach a location that is based on Shinji's memories of the village, he remembers the conversations he had with Toji and Kensuke and appeals to Gendo to stop and talk. Gendo is revealed to be afraid of Shinji as he puts up an A.T. Field of his own, but Shinji breaks through by handing over Gendo's old SDAT. <br />
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Gendo reveals his past; he was a lonely individual who grew up without parents, and the only loves in his life were books and the piano. A slightly older Mari - who is revealed to be a friend of Gendo's - introduces him to Fuyutsuki as well as Yui, whom he falls in love with. Shinji sees a vision of Gendo's past experiences and life, and learns how Yui's loss traumatized him. The setting is now on the KuMoHa42 rail car. Misato prepares to turn the AAA Wunder into another Spear to hurl at a giant Red Rei, using Ritsuko's knowledge to transform Wunder's spinal linkage system. Mari in the overlapping Eva-08 scuttles the other three Nerv warships and bids goodbye to them, referring to them as "Adams". Eva-08 boards the spinal system as Misato uses the Wunder to ram the eye of the giant Rei-being. Misato sacrifices herself to hold back Gendo's [[Additional Impact]] and manifest the Spear of Gaius, representing humanity's will. The Gaius materializes in miniature form between Shinji's hands as Misato completes her sacrifice.<br />
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Shinji helps Gendo find closure, and similarly for a now-adult Asuka, helping her find closure as well <ref> While this scene is set on a beach resembling the final scene in End of Evangelion, this is [[Shikinami Asuka Langley]] and '''not''' [[Asuka Langley Soryu]].</ref> We learn the backstory behind Asuka Shikinami, that she is the last surviving clone of the Shikinami series, having survived past all the combat training that the other clones failed and were eliminated for. Asuka is old enough to remember seeing Gendo, Yui and a little Shinji visit the Euro-Nerv facilities. Shinji tells the now-adult Asuka that he ''used'' to like her - making it clear, that like Asuka, any romantic or sexual feelings between them are in the past, and asks Asuka to say hi to Kensuke for him. Shinji talks to Kaworu and gives Kaworu the closure he seeks; In a scene that is indicative of what happened during the 14-year timeskip, Kaworu and the elder Kaji speak to each other. Kaworu is dressed in the same Nerv commander uniform as Gendo and the Bethany base commander, with Kaji in the same vice-commander uniform as Fuyutsuki and the Bethany base vice-commander. Kaworu, whom the elder Kaji calls "Commander Nagisa", agrees to go to the settlement where the younger Kaji farms<ref>Interviews have confirmed that Kaworu took over as commander of Nerv with Kaji as his vice-commander soon after the events of [[Evangelion 2.0]], with Gendo and Fuyutsuki being deposed.</ref>. Shinji eventually settles upon a complete reset of the world, a "Neon Genesis", a world without Evangelions. Shinji prepares to stab himself with the Spear of Gaius. Shinji is then pushed out of Eva-01 by his mother Yui, who is revealed to have been with him the entire time, and they are embraced from behind by Gendo in Eva-13. Gendo and Yui, Eva-01 and Eva-13 together sacrifice themselves to finish what Shinji began, spearing all Evangelions that ever were created at once. Their actions return all Evangelions and Failures of Infinity back into human and animal forms, restoring the world to its original state before the impacts.<br />
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In the final sequence, Asuka, Rei and Kaworu are seen on the platform of a train station with the [[KuMoHa42]] approaching, and an older Shinji is approached by Mari from behind. Mari closes his eyes and asks him to guess who she is, referring to her initial meeting with him and her meeting with him on the Wunder. The grown-up Shinji (voiced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%ABnosuke_Kamiki Ryunosuke Kamiki]) answers correctly, and Mari takes the DSS Choker that adult Shinji wears off his neck. Shinji holds Mari's hands and both of them head out of the train station together, and the sequence transitions into both Shinji and Mari escaping into a live-action sequence of Anno's hometown of Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, implying that all the Children have found closure in our reality.<br />
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==Production History and Development==<br />
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===Early development and delays===<br />
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The film was announced alongside Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo for release in 2008 as the final part of the Rebuild series under the working title Evangelion: Final. After delays of the first three films, Evangelion: Final was expected for release in 2015. In 2014, director and producer Hideaki Anno announced that due to other commitments, the film would be further delayed to an unknown date. Following the troubled production of the third film, director and producer Hideaki Anno became depressed and stated publicly in 2015 that he could not work on another film. As part of his recovery, Anno had also worked on Studio Ghibli's The Wind Rises under his mentor Hayao Miyazaki. Toho (which co-distributes the film in Japan with Toei) also approached Anno with an offer to direct a reboot of its Godzilla film series, Shin Godzilla, which also contributed to the delay on 3.0+1.0. Financial reasons also played a part. In 2014, Anno's Studio Khara loaned his former company Studio Gainax 100 million yen ($916,400). In 2016, Anno filed a claim for debt collection, fearing not only for the return of the money but also because of Gainax selling production materials to third parties, after a precedent of other sales of intellectual property without informing him. This was part of several legal issues surrounding Gainax and Evangelion.<br />
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Production on Evangelion resumed after the production of Shin Godzilla ended in late 2016. After a formal apology, animation director Takeshi Honda stated that the last film had resumed development. Studio Khara tweeted on April 5, 2017, that development was going smoothly. In May 2018, the studio put out a job listing for animation staff to work on 3DCG, VFX, and 2D animation starting on June 30, 2018. Animation was going through the final check by October 2, 2020. Dialogue recording wrapped on November 19, 2020. On December 16, 2020, Studio Khara announced that compositing and editing work had finished. In 2019 the film was scheduled for a June 27, 2020 release date but received two delays due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, first scheduled for a January 23, 2021 release, before being released on March 8, 2021.<br />
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===Development===<br />
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Anno was very reluctant to return to work on the film in 2016. In 2018, Anno had asked for the opinion of voice actors like Megumi Ogata (Shinji) on how to move the plot forward after 3.0. Anno felt he could no longer understand Shinji and by now his current self was closer to Gendo than Shinji, and needed Ogata's input on how Shinji could recover after the events of 3.0. Anno felt that at that point the only people who could understand Shinji's feelings were Ogata herself and his personal assistant, Ikki Todoroki. Anno himself had intended to go to Paris for Japan Expo 2019, but the film's continuing delays in production prevented him. Anno had often visited the film's music composer Shirō Sagisu, who lives half the year in Paris, and wished to pay homage to the city in the opening 10 minutes of the movie, entitled AVANT1 ("before" in French), seeking to surpass his earlier depiction in Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. At the event, Ogata also recounted Anno had asked what ending she preferred "as Shinji". AVANT1+2, including a further 2 minutes of the opening sequence, was also streamed on Khara's YouTube channel and Japanese Amazon Prime Video for free for two weeks.<br />
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Dialogue for Parts A and B, set after AVANT, started recording in March 2019. As there were several changes to the plot, many voice actors had to come back and record lines again. In 2020, due to the pandemic restrictions, production slowed down further and recording was mostly done by the voice actors separately as many dozens of takes were necessary, and they organized themselves through a Line group. This created a bond between the cast that was unprecedented in previous productions. At the end of recording, Anno thanked the cast for their contributions. Yūko Miyamura, who played Asuka, was instructed to treat her character as completely separate from the series' Asuka Langley Soryu, and the last thing asked of her was to write the character's full name in cursive herself to be used in the movie. She had lived in Australia for the past two decades, but was still unsure of how to write "Langley". Miyamura expressed her surprise at Anno's behavior near the end of production, in contrast to his behavior during the making of End of Evangelion: "Anno-san is amazing. He has become an adult".<br />
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Anno sought to bring in new talent and people outside the usual Evangelion core crew, like Darling in the Franxx creator Atsushi Nishigori, a protégé of his, while other core staffers like chief editor Masayuki largely stepped down in order to allow new talents to gain more experience. In addition, the series' original character designer, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, has had diminishing involvement since 3.0, and the new character designs are mostly done by Hidenori Matsubara. Anno had long stated his wish to revitalize the anime industry, and saw the sponsorship of new creators as a prime way of achieving this, as well as the promotions of events backed by Studio Khara like the Japan Animator Expo. Director Mahiro Maeda recounted Anno wanted him to figure out specific details of the plot on his own when asked. Similarly to production in the series, Anno would take ideas from staffers but have the final word in plot decisions. Anno had also been an advocate of employing new and innovative animation technologies, combined with extensive use of motion capture and computer-generated imagery, and employed them in the film. Maeda and others noted nonetheless that Anno seemed to be directing the film more like a live action film than animation, including in the way he directed the voice actors, taking cues from theatre techniques, after his previous experience outside Evangelion, despite the staff's own limited experience, something he had previously attempted in Cutie Honey. He thought Anno "wanted to get out of here the most", but expressed his feelings in film sincerely.<br />
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Director Kazuya Tsurumaki details Anno wanted to try a new process for the film. Instead of first creating storyboards and then developing the animation based on them as is traditional, Anno proposed to first draw the animation cels and then draw the scenes from them. This technique was generally referred to by staff as "pre-visualization". He was once more inspired from the usual process in live action, where scenes are first shot from multiple angles and then stories are created and then selected during editing. The latter half of the film, however, progressively returned to the traditional anime style. Tsurumaki noted the original intention was that "the first 80%" of the Rebuild series would be a "compilation" of the original anime series, and the changes would only start with the last film, in keeping with earlier comments in 2006 by producer Toshimichi Ohtsuki regarding the intention that only the ending would be a major departure from the series, as staff felt End of Evangelion could not receive a sequel, and the Rebuild movies were not going to be "metaphysical" like the original anime, but rather "oriented towards entertainment". This eventually changed, and major changes started happening as early as Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance. He also noted that the previously stated goal of "destroying Evangelion" through the character of Mari was entrusted to an external party. Anno would ask the opinion of many parts of staff, including those not involved in the actual film like office staff for their opinions on several nuances. Anno's wife Moyoco Anno provided early designs for some characters. Studio Ghibli also provided assistance to scenes set in the survivor's village. For the village itself, Khara had a box model custom-built to orientate the artists, and Anno personally adjusted it to the smallest details like individual house layout, road with and utility posts to make it as realistic as possible. Staff consulted with multiple professionals and conducted research like sky-diving for maximum accuracy.<br />
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A making-of documentary aired on Japanese broadcaster NHK in March 22, 2021, with the crew following production for 1214 days. BS Japan also broadcast an extended version of the documentary on April 29, 2021, totaling 100 minutes of runtime, featuring unused footage. Amazon Prime Video included the extended version of documentary in its international release of the film in August. When production started in 2016, Anno initially intended to not involve himself much in the film, wishing to delegate most of it to his directors, particularly Tsurumaki, generally considered Khara's second-in-command, but as the release date approached with mounting production problems he progressively took more control and took on more tasks directly, also driven by his perfectionism. Maeda was also not initially serving as a director, but was brought in the middle of production. Kim Morrisy of Anime News Network described it as tumultuous: "There were several occasions shown when he decided that the work he had done at the time was insufficient and would scrap it entirely. The [final] D part of the script was eventually completed in early 2019, at the latest possible stage it could have been done to meet the deadline."<br />
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In the documentary, Anno is depicted as frequently late or absent from the studio, or would often stay overnight adjusting individual scenes he was unsatisfied with. Part A had been rewritten multiple times, and at one point Anno was so lost on how to resolve the story lines he considered restarting it from scratch after nine months of work. Anno believed he wouldn't miss working on the franchise and said everything he needed to, feeling finishing his work remained a priority, even at the expense of his well-being. Anno told Ogata later at post-production that he'd indeed miss it. Hayao Miyazaki described Anno, as an apprentice of his, as "one who sheds blood for his films". Gainax co-founder Toshio Okada criticized the documentary as "sloppy" and "propaganda" trying to make Anno look better, claiming Anno's live-action approach in fact took inspiration from Hiroyuki Yamaga's work in Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise instead of being sui generis as the documentary implied, and Anno noted the crew was in fact not present during the highly intense production of Part D for several months, nor did it cover him thanking the staff at the end.<br />
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On March 28, 2021, the cast was fully reunited for the first time in 14 years and held a stage greeting, commenting on the film and their bond to the characters. On April 12, 2021, directors Anno, Tsurumaki and Maeda, as well as Ogata, held another stage greeting. On June 26, 2021, Anno held a live stream on singer Hikaru Utada's Instagram page, and debated the film. On June 27, 2021, another cast greeting was held. Mari's voice actress Maaya Sakamoto explained she had been absent from the previous events because she felt apprehensive over the details she knew about Mari's character that Anno told her, but refused to share them: "I will take secrets to my grave". A last stage greeting was held on July 11, 2021. Anno felt he had now done everything he could with anime, and accordingly Khara denied reports that he was working on a reboot of a popular animation series. He also noted he initially attempted a shorter two hour runtime, but had to extend it.<br />
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===Future of the franchise===<br />
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Anno had originally intended on making a new Evangelion story since 2000<ref>https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_1.0_Complete_Records_Collection</ref> and has intended to open-up the franchise in the future to new creators and turn Eva into a "new Gundam", using the Rebuilds as a foundation for this, but 3.0+1.0 is intended to be his final Evangelion work. The Animator Expo already featured two independent works based on the franchise: Evangelion – Another Impact and Neon Genesis IMPACTS, as well as until You come to me, a short film intended to showcase the talent of younger Khara animators, not as an official trailer. In an interview in August 2021, Anno stated other parts of the franchise and story might be revisited later. In Hikari Utada's live stream featuring Anno, he comments that "the New Eva isn't 100% what I want it to be." Additionally, the 3.0+1.01 re-release and the Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) prequel manga can already be seen as early examples of additions to the franchise with Anno's blessing and involvement, with the former started a mere month after the film's initial release at Anno's initiative. Popular interest also remains extremely high, as can be seen NHK's making-off documentary, EVANGELION: 3.333 Breakdown (under Anno's supervision), the high number of interviews and articles done in the 6 months between Japanese and international release, with more on the way.<br />
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==Different Versions==<br />
===3.0+1.01===<br />
On June 7, 2021, an updated version of the movie was released for cinema with cleaned-up animations. People attending were also given the one-shot manga, <i>[[Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)]]</i>, set 2 hours before the events of the third movie. This version is the one that released on Amazon Prime Video one month later, on August 13.<br />
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===3.0+1.11===<br />
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On March 8, 2023, the two year anniversary of the movie, the home video version titled <i>3.0+1.11</i> was released in Japan. The movie is sold in both the 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray format and the standard Blu-ray disc. GKIDS plans to release this version in the United States in 2023, along with other territories.<ref>[https://twitter.com/GKIDSfilms/status/1608553570663555072 GKIDS' official Twitter account posting about the release year]</ref> The movie is largely untouched with only minor visual changes. The two standout bonus features of this release are a new ten-minute short titled <i>[[Evangelion: 3.0 (-46h)]]</i> focusing on Midori Kitakami, and a colored and voiced version of <i>Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)</i>. <br />
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Other bonus features include a behind-the-scenes video titled "Rebuild of EVANGELION:3.0+1.0", a recording of April 12th, 2021's stage greeting, as well as various commercials and voice messages from the cast.<br />
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==See Also==<br />
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* [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English Translation of "Avant 1" Sequence]]<br />
* [[Guides:Evangelion 3.0%2B1.0_FAQ|FAQ for Evangelion:3.0+1.0]]<br />
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| written_by = [[Hideaki Anno]]<br />
| directed_by = [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]], [[Katsuichi Nakayama]]<br />
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'''Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon a Time''' is the title for the fourth and final film in the [[Rebuild of Evangelion]] movie series, formerly known by the working title '''Evangelion: Final'''. Upon its initial announcement, It was planned to be released in Japan alongside the third film, [[Evangelion 3.0]], at an unspecified date. Previously, the name had been changed to what could be interpreted as either the symbol for "End" or "Repeat" in sheet music.<ref>http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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Unlike the three previous movies, the title is rendered in Katakana as "Evangelion" in the same manner as the TV series. Starting with "<i>Shin</i>", just like Anno's involved live-action titles like <i>Shin Godzilla</i> or <i>Shin Ultraman</i>. The previous three movies had Katakana that spelled "Wevangeliwon". Speculation by fans based on the Jo-Ha-Kyu structure of Japanese drama suggests that Final will incorporate the fourth and fifth acts of the Japanese drama cycle, depicting a long journey and coming to a quick conclusion<ref>http://forum.evageeks.org/post/663128/Did-Q-Fail-Thematically/#663128</ref>. Alternatively, the series may be following the Kishotenketsu<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kish%C5%8Dtenketsu</ref> narrative pattern which concludes in the fourth arc. Whether or not the movie actually follows either pattern of Japanese drama remains for further analysis once the movie is released outside of Japan. <br />
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In September 2014, the title of the final film was revealed to be "Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0", based on a title card shown at the end of the TV screening of Evangelion 3.0, followed by the subsequent update of the main Evangelion site with the new title.<ref>http://www.evageeks.org/2014/09/no-new-sneak-peaks-in-evangelion-finals-preview/</ref> The final title was revealed on December 27, 2019, along with the initial release date of June 27, 2020.<br />
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==Release Date==<br />
With the release of Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon A Time on March 8, 2021, the section below has been largely left as it is to show timeline information from past years, and chronicle the release of said timeline information to fans. <br />
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On December 31st, 2011 the Japanese website was updated to show a 2013 release date<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120101082254/http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>, but that has been removed when the site was updated after [[Evangelion 3.0]]'s release <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20121118180135/http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>. The website no longer features any tentative date and none have been announced<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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At the 2014 Tokyo Film Festival Anno joked that the final film might be released 4-6 years after [[Evangelion 3.0]]<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2014-10-27/anno-jokes-that-4th-new-evangelion-film-might-be-4-6-years-after-3rd-one/.80406</ref>. <br />
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Actual news on the film's production had been hard to come by during the period between 2012 and 2019. Various miscellaneous projects had been done, including two animated shorts that may or may not have been pertinent to the film's own details as well as the end of Sadamoto's manga adaption. However, during this period, the film itself saw no details except for the news that Utada Hikaru, who has been the musical artist for Rebuild's credit themes, would be returning in 2015 from her hiatus to write the final film's credits theme. The source also indicated that the film would release in autumn/winter 2015, but this claim was then refuted by the source, who then stated that no ''official'' announcement had been made.<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-26/magazine-final-evangelion-film-slated-for-fall-winter-2015-with-utada-song/.82629</ref> Prior to the new title announcement, this was the only solid news (or any news at all) that had been released.<br />
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On July 19th, 2016 Anno directly apologized to the fans of Evangelion. He stated ''"To all the Evangelion fans, I’m really, really keeping you all waiting, I am truly sorry."'' Anno then went on to say he felt "trapped" while making ''Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo'', saying he couldn't recharge. ''“Up until then, after doing the third entry Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, I thought I wasn’t going to make any more,”'' After being offered the job to work on ''Godzilla Resurgence'', he stated ''“At that time, I went into talks with Toho, and it saved me. I think this is how I’m able to keep making Evangelion. However, since it is a fact that I’m making everyone wait, I deeply apologize for that.”'' <ref>http://kotaku.com/an-apology-to-evangelion-fans-from-hideaki-anno-1783903322</ref><br />
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On July 20th 2018, the official Evangelion website was updated to reflect a 2020 theatrical release.<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/news.html</ref><br />
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On July 6th 2019, Khara screened the first ten minutes of the film on Japan Expo in Paris, Anime Expo in Los Angeles, and CCG Expo in Shangai. The film was originally scheduled for release on June 27, 2020.<br />
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On July 18th 2019, during showings of Makoto Shinkai's new film "Weathering with You", a new trailer was shown for 3.0 + 1.0 featuring the new June 2020 release. The trailer was later shared officially online.<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1152417665979277313</ref><br />
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On April 17th 2020, the official Evangelion website was updated to announced that the release date was being delayed by an unspecified amount of time due to the COVID-19 pandemic<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-17/evangelion-3.0-1.0-film-delayed-due-to-covid-19-concerns/.158693</ref><ref>https://www.gamespot.com/articles/evangelion-3010-film-release-delayed-due-to-corona/1100-6476186/</ref>. The announcement of the delay was accompanied by an updated staff/credits list, the release of the official poster in both Japanese and English and the reveal of the English title "Thrice Upon a Time" and the additional message "Bye-bye, all of EVANGELION"<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251064479816708096</ref>. Hideaki Anno posted a letter to healthcare workers expressing gratitude for fighting the disease, apologizing to fans for the added delay due to the unprecedented situation and encouraging all readers to persevere<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251066917495861248</ref>.<br />
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On October 15, 2020, Studio Khara sent out a tweet announcing that January 23, 2021 would be the new release date. The tweet contained a link to a new trailer for the movie<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/10/evangelion-3-01-0-has-a-new-release-date-in-2021/</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1316921806540996610</ref>.<br />
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On December 17, 2020, it was announced that all shooting and editing work for the movie was complete. This was followed by tweets from Studio Khara announcing that the movie had been screened to staff as well as select non-staff members, with the warning that spoilers on social media were a possibility by this point. <ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc2/status/1339355724669808640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref><ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/903217/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#903217</ref><br />
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Another trailer was released on December 24, 2020, featuring the "One Last Kiss" theme song.<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/12/3-0-1-0-xmas-trailer-with-one-last-kiss/</ref><br />
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On January 14, 2021, Studio Khara announced that the movie was to be indefinitely delayed again due to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, and that the scheduled release of the soundtrack on February 10 would not take place. <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/shineva2/</ref><ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/01/3-0-1-0-bad-news-and-a-little-good/</ref><br />
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On 26 February, 2021, it was announced that the film would be released on March 8, 2021<ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc/status/1365270814640148480</ref>. This became the actual, finalized date of release for the movie.<br />
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An updated version of the film, titled ''Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time'', was released in Japanese theaters on June 12, 2021. This version features updated cuts of various scenes. It also accompanied the distribution of a 36-page booklet called ''Eva-Extra-Extra'', including non-canon illustrations by staff and a prequel manga set before the events of the previous film, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, called Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) written by director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]] under Anno's supervision.<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/210607-2/</ref><br />
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Internationally, Amazon Prime Video acquired exclusive streaming rights to the film; it would be released in worldwide on August 13, 2021, excluding Japan.<ref>https://variety.com/2021/streaming/asia/evangelion-thrice-anime-movie-to-amazon-prime-video-1235009631/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-01/amazon-prime-video-to-stream-final-evangelion-film-on-august-13/.174666</ref> However, on July 20, 2021, Amazon Prime Video announced that would also stream the film in Japan on the same day as its international release.<ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2021-07-20/amazon-prime-video-also-streams-final-evangelion-film-in-japan-on-august-13/.175346</ref><br />
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==Publicity==<br />
[[Image:Evangelion 3.0+1.0, Final Visual.png|thumb|left|Final promotional image (Japanese)]]<br />
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On July 6, 2019, the event '''Operation 0706''' took place, the film's opening scene (having the production code "Avant 1") was simulcast on screens in Paris, France (Japan Expo) and throughout Japan, following a live event in Paris with Yoko Takahashi and Megumi Ogata. This was followed up later at other locations such as Los Angeles, CA's Anime Expo. A phone application was made available days before to drum up hype for the event, wherein the user was asked to choose between Team Nerv or Team Wille. After the event, their choice affected when they would have access to limited-access freebies: the four Shiro Sagisu pieces that debuted during Op0706, and the first three New Theatrical films. <br />
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On April 17, 2020, the announcement of the delay in the release date was accompanied by the revelation of the movie poster and the English title "Thrice Upon a Time". The poster features an image of Shinji in the distant background, walking down branching train tracks in bright sunlight. The location appears to be Ube-Shinkawa station, the main train station in the city of Ube, Yamaguchi Province, where [[Hideaki Anno]] was born. <br />
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On October 15, 2020, the announcement of the new release date was accompanied by the revelation of a new trailer, showing additional imagery of the characters, locations and Evangelions.<br />
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On December 9, 2020, the official Evangelion website announced that the theme song for the movie would be "One Last Kiss", performed by [[Hikaru Utada]] <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/onelastkiss/</ref>.<br />
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On December 23, 2020, the official Twitter announced that 3.0 + 1.0 would be screened simultaneously with [[Evangelion 3.333]] in back-to-back midnight IMAX screenings in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo, with the official website having a list of double-screenings for both movies. <ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1341941672704266240</ref> However, this double-screening did not materialize due to the delay caused in the movie's release date.<br />
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On February 16, 2021, Eirin (the Film Classification and Rating Organization) revealed the film's runtime to be 154 minutes. <ref>https://twitter.com/macgyjp/status/1361558394860040193 </ref> It was later clarified that the official runtime would instead be 155 minutes. <ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/910897/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#p910896</ref><br />
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On June 21, 2021, Shin Eva became the 49th highest grossing Japanese film, marking its entry into the top 50. <ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/06/shin-eva-becomes-49th-highest-grossing/</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
[[Image:Shin op0706 C080 kick.jpg|thumb|right|Eva-08 attacking Eva 44A]]<br />
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===Assault on Paris===<br />
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The film begins with [[Wille]] stopping in [[Paris Assault Mission|Paris, France]], which much like the outskirts of former Tokyo-3 has been converted into [[Core (Rebuild)|core material]]. A team descends from the [[AAA Wunder|Wunder]] -- comprised of [[Ritsuko Akagi (Rebuild)|Ritsuko]], [[Maya Ibuki|Maya]], three of Maya's male underlings, and [[Mari Makinami Illustrious|Mari]] in [[Evangelion Unit-08|Eva-08]] -- and lands on top of a mysterious black pillar. Ritsuko acts as a look-out while Maya and her men connect to the black pillar via laptop to resume the activation of an [[L Barrier|"Anti-L System"]] -- something a team of Europeans had previously died while attempting. As the operation begins, large numbers of a never-before-seen Eva type, [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44A|the aerial 44As]], appear in four waves, and Mari holds them off, assisted by helmsman [[Minor_Characters_(Rebuild)#Sumire_Nagara|Sumire Nagara]] utilizing the Wunder's intricate "cable flight" capabilities. Once the Evas have all been defeated, two more new enemy Eva types appear from a camouflaged cocoon: a [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_4444C|4444C unit]] with a Positron Cannon and the small army of generator-equipped [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44B|Eva 44Bs]] that supply power to it. While cable-suspended warships equipped with [[Evangelion Equipment (Rebuild)|ESVs]] are used to block the first shot, the team is left defenseless for the immediate second shot, as all the ships have been destroyed by the first shot. With Nagara's assist, Eva-08 charges the 4444C with the felled Eiffel Tower and before it can charge up fully, Mari is able to twist the tower down the 4444C's gun barrel, destroying both it and the 44Bs, at the cost of minor damage to Eva-08's legs. <br />
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Maya and the others successfully activate the pillar, which was actually a giant version of the sealing pillars seen in the two previous films. A radius of effect is created that pushes back the core-conversion, restoring part of the city. A large collection of E.U. Nerv storage lockers emerges from underground, filled with Eva spare parts, munitions, and components for what appears to be an upgraded model of [[Jet Alone]]. The Wunder and its support fleet descends, with two teams being dispatched to retrieve the parts and spares, and Mari muses that Eva-02 can be repaired and Eva-08 will be modified for "Overlap" compatibility. The scene ends with Mari promising to come back for [[Shinji]] <ref>''Evangelion: 3.0+1.0'', Avant 1, Operation 0706 Ver. [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English subtitles.]] Translated by Maryno_penguin, [[User:Reichu|Reichu]], sackboy71 et al.</ref>.<br />
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===Wandering, and Village-3===<br />
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The opening credits play over a montage of the red Earth, showing locations that have been turned to core. [[Failures of Infinity]] litter the landscape, with an anti-gravity effect manifesting in small areas, causing objects around them to float. Shinji, [[Rei Q]] and [[Asuka Shikinami Langley|Asuka]] walk together across its surface, with Asuka using the device in her hand as a compass to find their way. They are picked up by an adult in an SUV and wearing a protective suit. <br />
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[[File:Evangelion.3.0-1.01 Village 3 023.png|thumb|Panoramic view of Village-3|320px]]<br />
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Shinji wakes up to the sight of a child and a dog. He is examined by an adult Toji, who is highly surprised to see him, and with Hikari, who has since married him. The child is Toji and Hikari's daughter Tsubame<ref>The name literally means "Swallow" and is quite possibly a reference to the Tsubame service on the Kyushu Shinkansen[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsubame_(train)], continuing the Shinkansen reference in Hikari's name</ref>, and the dog is Toji's pet. It is revealed that they are in a settlement that has been kept free of the coreification proces, named Village-3, with Toji as the settlement's doctor and Kensuke as a technician/handyman, who is revealed to be the one who rescued the trio earlier. The village is being supported by an organization named [[Kredit]], which works together with Wille to provide supplies and facilitate trade with other settlements. Toji and Hikari greet Rei Q warmly, but she lacks of memory of either of them and is openly confused over the state of the world. Both of them realize that she is not the same Rei they knew, and they nickname her "lookalike". Neither Toji nor Kensuke show Shinji any hatred over Third Impact, and try to help him recover from his trauma, however, Shinji remains catatonic and is starting to feel physically sick, not talking to anyone and not eating anything, much to the annoyance of Hikari's father Bunzaemon, who lives with Toji and Hikari. Tsubame is the cause of much curiosity for Rei Q, who goes out and explores the world within the settlement with an almost childlike sense of curiosity, looking at such things as stray dogs and books. She also begins to learn more about her world, expressing continued confusion over the existence of a pregnant cat, baby Tsubame, and greetings such as "good morning" and "good night". She eventually settles down into village life, learning to farm alongside the older ladies of the village, working in the village rice paddies.<br />
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Kensuke offers to take the catatonic Shinji to his place, so that he might have some time to recover on his own. On arriving at Kensuke's residence (a small abandoned train station), Shinji sees Asuka leaving the shower naked, and she expresses irritation at Shinji's inaction, even at her current state. Shinji realizes Asuka has a DSS choker fitted on her as well, the sight of it causing Shinji to vomit due to traumatic memories of Kaworu's death. Kensuke cleans up the mess, and Asuka talks to him about Shinji's condition, calling him "kenken". She eventually has no option but to force-feed him protein bars due to his refusal to eat, and references her own inability to consume anything other than water. While doing so, she says that Shinji, as a fellow Pseudo-Lilin<ref>The Japanese term used here is Lilin-modoki, where modoki can variously mean "fake", "an imitation", "something that looks similar but is not the same".</ref>, may eventually join her and neither eat nor grow any longer. He goes out and spends entire days silently the ruins of Nerv-02, which is inhabited by a number of hot spring penguins, including a backpack-less Pen-Pen, while Asuka silently keeps a watch on him. Rei Q comes to Kensuke's house looking for Shinji, but finds only Asuka, who informs her that her feelings for the Third Child have been programmed into the Ayanami-Series since the beginning, as part of their inherent Eva-like restrictors as Eva pilots (notably, Asuka includes herself in these statements as well). Rei tells her she doesn't mind the artificial feelings, as they feel real to her, and Asuka gives in and tells her where Shinji is. Rei then goes to Shinji to return his SDAT along with some rations, but Shinji is still too distraught and knocks it away. Rei leaves with the SDAT, but leaves the rations behind. Overcome by hunger, Shinji eventually gives and eats the rations. Over the next few days, Rei gets better at farming and grows closer to the village folk, becoming more expressive. Eventually, she is able to get Shinji to talk to her, where he claims that he was the one who destroyed everything, and that he just wants to be left alone, and expresses confusion as to why people were being nice to him even after everything that happened, to which Rei replies that it is because they all like him. The response stuns Shinji, and he starts to become more active. Kensuke takes the slowly-recovering Shinji out fishing and on an infrastructure check to show him the massive [[Angel-sealing Hex Pillar]]s that are generating an [[L Barrier|Anti-L Field]] keeping the settlement and its surrounding areas safe from the coreification and the wandering [[Failures of Infinity]], which he says have started moving only recently. Shinji and Toji have a talk, and Toji reveals that he's not really a doctor, but only working with a basic knowledge of medicine and the machines that Kredit give them. He says that there are lives even he could not save, and that shouldering the anger and grief of those moments is what he believes he does best, so for the sake of his family and the village, he would continue to shoulder those burdens. He tells Shinji that he has already fought enough for everyone, and that he is welcome to stay in the Village if he wishes.<br />
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Some time later, Kensuke takes Shinji and Asuka to the grave of his father, Hajime Aida, and advises Shinji to try to talk to his own father so he has no regrets about not understanding him. Asuka scoffs at the idea, noting that the other party is "Gendo Ikari", and that it's impossible, but Shinji remains silent.<br />
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Rei Q eventually asks Shinji to help give her a proper name rather than "lookalike", and Shinji decides to call her "Ayanami" anyway. During a regular trip to check on the Anti-L System, Kensuke takes Shinji to a Wille Outdoor Laboratory that maintains the Anti-L System, and introduces him to "Ryoji Kaji", who is Misato's son with the original [[Ryoji Kaji]]. The younger Kaji works at repairing the Wille-built machines keeping the village free from being turned to core. On the way back, Kensuke talks to Shinji and explains the situation with the elder Kaji's death and Misato's current state, stating that Kaji Sr. sacrificed himself to stop Third Impact, and Misato now stays away from him so that she can protect him from afar, also adding that she regrets making Shinji shoulder all the burdens, and that is why (he thinks) she doesn't want Shinji to pilot an Eva again. Rei Q is revealed to require constant exposure to LCL to maintain her existence, and thanks Shinji for helping her find happiness before turning into LCL before his eyes. Shinji is shocked but Rei's experience is implied to help Shinji recover from his previous trauma.<br />
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AAA Wunder arrives to unload non-essential personnel. Kensuke reminds Shinji that he can stay in the village if he chooses to, but Shinji decides to go aboard the Wunder with Asuka, SDAT in hand, and Asuka tases him as per her orders. [[Sakura Suzuhara|Sakura]] looks him over in the medical wing, and slaps him when he awakens, infuriated at getting into [[Eva-13]] in the [[Evangelion 3.0|previous movie]], and eventually breaks down. Shinji is placed in isolation and under surveillance again, and both Asuka and Sakura express puzzlement at his return after discovering Kaworu's demise from the DSS Choker operational records. The bridge crew discusses the ongoing situation, with Midori expressing distaste over the Captain's decision to keep Shinji alive. Mari greets Asuka, who expresses the sentiment that Shinji "needs a mother, not a girlfriend". Ritsuko and Misato discuss their intentions in a space aboard Wunder dedicated to preserving seeds of life for all species, which is mentioned to be the original purpose of the vessel. Elsewhere, Fuyutsuki monologues about the Black Moon and Fourth Impact as well as Shinji and the fate of "Ayanami-type 6", wondering if Gendo deliberately made Shinji experience the same loss as him.<br />
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===Wille vs Nerv: Final===<br />
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Gendo and Fuyutsuki steer the Black Moon towards the epicenter of Second Impact, at Nerv's former Calvary Base in Antarctica, intending to restart Eva-13. Misato and Ritsuko discover this and have completed a "signal suspension plug" to stop this event. Misato and the bridge crew reminisce about Kaji's death and their determination to fight Nerv and restore the world to its original state. The Wunder takes off and heads into the upper atmosphere for repair and refit, and also to launch a number of seeds containing Earth's plant life into outer space. Misato and Ritsuko have a conversation about Wunder's purpose as an ark and it is revealed that the seed vault on the Wunder also includes seeds of the watermelons planted in Tokyo-3 by Ryoji Kaji. Mari and Asuka get their new plugsuits, and Mari reintroduces herself to Shinji. Asuka and Shinji talk and Shinji reveals that he understands Asuka's anger at his inaction in the previous movie. Asuka says that she appreciated Shinji's bento and used to like him in the past, but she has now grown up. Mari and Asuka, satisfied, get into their Evas. A vision of Kaworu appears to Shinji saying that they will meet again, and Shinji agrees. AAA Wunder descends from orbit towards Antarctica with the objective being the neutralization of Eva-13, in what Misato calls "Operation Yamato". The Wunder breaks through a hexagonal barrier that encloses an area of "high L density". <br />
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As it nears Antarctica, Wunder is attacked by two Nerv ships of the Erlösung-class, the same as the Wunder - Erbsünde (Original Sin) and Erlösung (Salvation), apparently under Fuyutsuki's control, and with different turret arrangements. The Wunder is also approached by a swarm of Eva Series 7. During the battle, the Wunder resorts to using the guided-missile destroyers in its support fleet as giant guided missiles. Asuka and Mari sortie and battle their way through the swarm of Nerv Evas towards Eva-13. Asuka attacks Eva-13 with the stop signal plug, but Eva-02 is afraid of Eva-13 and puts up an entirely unexpected A.T. Field of its own will. Wunder is ambushed by the fourth Nerv warship, Gebet (Prayer), with Fuyutsuki on board, and reverts to its original state as the first Nerv warship, the Buße (Penance or atonement). Wings of light appear from the four Nerv warships in a manner much like the Adams at Second Impact, indicating an attempted Impact, not in Seele's scenario. Asuka removes her eyepatch and removes a restraint within her eye that keeps the Ninth Angel under control, transforming into a new Ninth Angel and converting Eva-02 into a previously unseen radiant giant state. However, it is revealed that she plays into Gendo's plan in the process as Eva-13 awakens just as Asuka erodes Eva-02's A.T. Field with her own, and destroys Eva-02 in much the same manner as Eva-01 destroyed Eva-03. During the process, Asuka is approached by "her original", revealing that she is a clone of the Shikinami series, and is absorbed by Eva-13. Wunder is taken over by a new Eva Mark.09, which Fuyutsuki is implied to have been responsible for <ref>Based on currently available information, the Mark.09A Evangelion was possibly created from the remains of the original Mark.09, which was subject to Eva-02's self-destruct explosion at the end of Evangelion 3.0. </ref>.<br />
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Gendo floats down to the Wunder himself, and Misato and Ritsuko confront him. Ritsuko shoots Gendo through his visor, however, her bullets are entirely ineffective and he simply scoops his blown-out brains and puts them into the hole in the back of his head. It is revealed that Gendo has used the Key of Nebuchadnezzar and has thrown away his humanity by adding "information that surpassed the logic of the world" to his body, and it is shown that there is only a cross-shaped glowing void where his eyes used to be. Gendo monologues about the purpose of the impacts and about the Human Instrumentality Project, before hitting the Wunder's engine with an Angel-like optical blast to retrieve Unit-01, and entering Eva-13 through its mouth.<br />
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===Human Instrumentality: Father and Son===<br />
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Shinji turns to Misato and asks to pilot Eva-01 to stop Gendo. Midori Kitakami and Sakura are appalled at the prospect of Shinji entering the Eva and fire at him, but Misato blocks Sakura's bullet with her own body. Misato thanks Shinji for saving them all from destruction using Eva-01 fourteen years previously, and explains that as his superior, the responsibility for his actions was ultimately hers, and since Shinji is still her subordinate, she will take responsibility for his actions. Misato and Shinji have a conversation in which Misato asks Shinji to take care of her son. Meanwhile, Mari takes Eva-08 into an "overlapping" state where it merges with Eva-09, 10, 11, and 12 after partially consuming them, giving Eva-08 the ability to navigate the space beyond the [[Guf (Rebuild)| Doors of Guf]]. Shinji enters Eva-01 out of nowhere and the original Rei Ayanami appears to him inside, with her hair grown very long. She apologizes to him for not being able to make it so that he wouldn't have to get into an Eva, but Shinji thanks her and says he will take care of the rest. Ritsuko and Maya are shocked to discover that Shinji, rather than having a zero percent synchro rate with Eva-01 like they previously thought, has in fact attained a previously impossible infinite synchro-rate with Eva-01, as Shinji restores Eva-01's limbs and begins to strangle Eva-13, prompting Gendo to remark that "Unit-01's Pilot has awakened, has he?".<br />
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Gendo shows Shinji an "imaginary Evangelion" that takes the form of a Black Lilith due to Shinji's memories. This being was predicted by the theories of Dr. Katsuragi. The twin spears of Longinus and Cassius enter the imaginary Evangelion and transform it into a giant Rei with a floating decapitated head. Fuyutsuki recognizes Mari and addresses her as "Maria of Iscariot", and Mari refers to him as "Fuyutsuki-sensei" and adds that it has been a long time since anyone called her by that name. He tells Mari that he has given her what she requested, and addresses Yui with his last words before turning to LCL.<br />
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Gendo and Shinji fight in an "alternate universe" where LCL gives shape to perception, entering a surreal fight where they clash in multiple different locations across space and time that take form from Shinji's memories, but the rest of the world is revealed to be little more than a ''tokusatsu'' movie set complete model warships and Evangelion costumes for suit actors. Eva-01 and Eva-13 are in synch with each other, and Shinji fails to prevail over Gendo during the entire surreal fight. When they reach a location that is based on Shinji's memories of the village, he remembers the conversations he had with Toji and Kensuke and appeals to Gendo to stop and talk. Gendo is revealed to be afraid of Shinji as he puts up an A.T. Field of his own, but Shinji breaks through by handing over Gendo's old SDAT. <br />
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Gendo reveals his past; he was a lonely individual who grew up without parents, and the only loves in his life were books and the piano. A slightly older Mari - who is revealed to be a friend of Gendo's - introduces him to Fuyutsuki as well as Yui, whom he falls in love with. Shinji sees a vision of Gendo's past experiences and life, and learns how Yui's loss traumatized him. The setting is now on the KuMoHa42 rail car. Misato prepares to turn the AAA Wunder into another Spear to hurl at a giant Red Rei, using Ritsuko's knowledge to transform Wunder's spinal linkage system. Mari in the overlapping Eva-08 scuttles the other three Nerv warships and bids goodbye to them, referring to them as "Adams". Eva-08 boards the spinal system as Misato uses the Wunder to ram the eye of the giant Rei-being. Misato sacrifices herself to hold back Gendo's [[Additional Impact]] and manifest the Spear of Gaius, representing humanity's will. The Gaius materializes in miniature form between Shinji's hands as Misato completes her sacrifice.<br />
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Shinji helps Gendo find closure, and similarly for a now-adult Asuka, helping her find closure as well <ref> While this scene is set on a beach resembling the final scene in End of Evangelion, this is [[Shikinami Asuka Langley]] and '''not''' [[Asuka Langley Soryu]].</ref> We learn the backstory behind Asuka Shikinami, that she is the last surviving clone of the Shikinami series, having survived past all the combat training that the other clones failed and were eliminated for. Asuka is old enough to remember seeing Gendo, Yui and a little Shinji visit the Euro-Nerv facilities. Shinji tells the now-adult Asuka that he ''used'' to like her - making it clear, that like Asuka, any romantic or sexual feelings between them are in the past, and asks Asuka to say hi to Kensuke for him. Shinji talks to Kaworu and gives Kaworu the closure he seeks; In a scene that is indicative of what happened during the 14-year timeskip, Kaworu and the elder Kaji speak to each other. Kaworu is dressed in the same Nerv commander uniform as Gendo and the Bethany base commander, with Kaji in the same vice-commander uniform as Fuyutsuki and the Bethany base vice-commander. Kaworu, whom the elder Kaji calls "Commander Nagisa", agrees to go to the settlement where the younger Kaji farms<ref>Interviews have confirmed that Kaworu took over as commander of Nerv with Kaji as his vice-commander soon after the events of [[Evangelion 2.0]], with Gendo and Fuyutsuki being deposed.</ref>. Shinji eventually settles upon a complete reset of the world, a "Neon Genesis", a world without Evangelions. Shinji prepares to stab himself with the Spear of Gaius. Shinji is then pushed out of Eva-01 by his mother Yui, who is revealed to have been with him the entire time, and they are embraced from behind by Gendo in Eva-13. Gendo and Yui, Eva-01 and Eva-13 together sacrifice themselves to finish what Shinji began, spearing all Evangelions that ever were created at once. Their actions return all Evangelions and Failures of Infinity back into human and animal forms, restoring the world to its original state before the impacts.<br />
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In the final sequence, Asuka, Rei and Kaworu are seen on the platform of a train station with the [[KuMoHa42]] approaching, and an older Shinji is approached by Mari from behind. Mari closes his eyes and asks him to guess who she is, referring to her initial meeting with him and her meeting with him on the Wunder. The grown-up Shinji (voiced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%ABnosuke_Kamiki Ryunosuke Kamiki]) answers correctly, and Mari takes the DSS Choker that adult Shinji wears off his neck. Shinji holds Mari's hands and both of them head out of the train station together, and the sequence transitions into both Shinji and Mari escaping into a live-action sequence of Anno's hometown of Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, implying that all the Children have found closure in our reality.<br />
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==Production History and Development==<br />
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===Early development and delays===<br />
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The film was announced alongside Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo for release in 2008 as the final part of the Rebuild series under the working title Evangelion: Final. After delays of the first three films, Evangelion: Final was expected for release in 2015. In 2014, director and producer Hideaki Anno announced that due to other commitments, the film would be further delayed to an unknown date. Following the troubled production of the third film, director and producer Hideaki Anno became depressed and stated publicly in 2015 that he could not work on another film. As part of his recovery, Anno had also worked on Studio Ghibli's The Wind Rises under his mentor Hayao Miyazaki. Toho (which co-distributes the film in Japan with Toei) also approached Anno with an offer to direct a reboot of its Godzilla film series, Shin Godzilla, which also contributed to the delay on 3.0+1.0. Financial reasons also played a part. In 2014, Anno's Studio Khara loaned his former company Studio Gainax 100 million yen ($916,400). In 2016, Anno filed a claim for debt collection, fearing not only for the return of the money but also because of Gainax selling production materials to third parties, after a precedent of other sales of intellectual property without informing him. This was part of several legal issues surrounding Gainax and Evangelion.<br />
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Production on Evangelion resumed after the production of Shin Godzilla ended in late 2016. After a formal apology, animation director Takeshi Honda stated that the last film had resumed development. Studio Khara tweeted on April 5, 2017, that development was going smoothly. In May 2018, the studio put out a job listing for animation staff to work on 3DCG, VFX, and 2D animation starting on June 30, 2018. Animation was going through the final check by October 2, 2020. Dialogue recording wrapped on November 19, 2020. On December 16, 2020, Studio Khara announced that compositing and editing work had finished. In 2019 the film was scheduled for a June 27, 2020 release date but received two delays due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, first scheduled for a January 23, 2021 release, before being released on March 8, 2021.<br />
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===Development===<br />
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Anno was very reluctant to return to work on the film in 2016. In 2018, Anno had asked for the opinion of voice actors like Megumi Ogata (Shinji) on how to move the plot forward after 3.0. Anno felt he could no longer understand Shinji and by now his current self was closer to Gendo than Shinji, and needed Ogata's input on how Shinji could recover after the events of 3.0. Anno felt that at that point the only people who could understand Shinji's feelings were Ogata herself and his personal assistant, Ikki Todoroki. Anno himself had intended to go to Paris for Japan Expo 2019, but the film's continuing delays in production prevented him. Anno had often visited the film's music composer Shirō Sagisu, who lives half the year in Paris, and wished to pay homage to the city in the opening 10 minutes of the movie, entitled AVANT1 ("before" in French), seeking to surpass his earlier depiction in Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. At the event, Ogata also recounted Anno had asked what ending she preferred "as Shinji". AVANT1+2, including a further 2 minutes of the opening sequence, was also streamed on Khara's YouTube channel and Japanese Amazon Prime Video for free for two weeks.<br />
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Dialogue for Parts A and B, set after AVANT, started recording in March 2019. As there were several changes to the plot, many voice actors had to come back and record lines again. In 2020, due to the pandemic restrictions, production slowed down further and recording was mostly done by the voice actors separately as many dozens of takes were necessary, and they organized themselves through a Line group. This created a bond between the cast that was unprecedented in previous productions. At the end of recording, Anno thanked the cast for their contributions. Yūko Miyamura, who played Asuka, was instructed to treat her character as completely separate from the series' Asuka Langley Soryu, and the last thing asked of her was to write the character's full name in cursive herself to be used in the movie. She had lived in Australia for the past two decades, but was still unsure of how to write "Langley". Miyamura expressed her surprise at Anno's behavior near the end of production, in contrast to his behavior during the making of End of Evangelion: "Anno-san is amazing. He has become an adult".<br />
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Anno sought to bring in new talent and people outside the usual Evangelion core crew, like Darling in the Franxx creator Atsushi Nishigori, a protégé of his, while other core staffers like chief editor Masayuki largely stepped down in order to allow new talents to gain more experience. In addition, the series' original character designer, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, has had diminishing involvement since 3.0, and the new character designs are mostly done by Hidenori Matsubara. Anno had long stated his wish to revitalize the anime industry, and saw the sponsorship of new creators as a prime way of achieving this, as well as the promotions of events backed by Studio Khara like the Japan Animator Expo. Director Mahiro Maeda recounted Anno wanted him to figure out specific details of the plot on his own when asked. Similarly to production in the series, Anno would take ideas from staffers but have the final word in plot decisions. Anno had also been an advocate of employing new and innovative animation technologies, combined with extensive use of motion capture and computer-generated imagery, and employed them in the film. Maeda and others noted nonetheless that Anno seemed to be directing the film more like a live action film than animation, including in the way he directed the voice actors, taking cues from theatre techniques, after his previous experience outside Evangelion, despite the staff's own limited experience, something he had previously attempted in Cutie Honey. He thought Anno "wanted to get out of here the most", but expressed his feelings in film sincerely.<br />
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Director Kazuya Tsurumaki details Anno wanted to try a new process for the film. Instead of first creating storyboards and then developing the animation based on them as is traditional, Anno proposed to first draw the animation cels and then draw the scenes from them. This technique was generally referred to by staff as "pre-visualization". He was once more inspired from the usual process in live action, where scenes are first shot from multiple angles and then stories are created and then selected during editing. The latter half of the film, however, progressively returned to the traditional anime style. Tsurumaki noted the original intention was that "the first 80%" of the Rebuild series would be a "compilation" of the original anime series, and the changes would only start with the last film, in keeping with earlier comments in 2006 by producer Toshimichi Ohtsuki regarding the intention that only the ending would be a major departure from the series, as staff felt End of Evangelion could not receive a sequel, and the Rebuild movies were not going to be "metaphysical" like the original anime, but rather "oriented towards entertainment". This eventually changed, and major changes started happening as early as Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance. He also noted that the previously stated goal of "destroying Evangelion" through the character of Mari was entrusted to an external party. Anno would ask the opinion of many parts of staff, including those not involved in the actual film like office staff for their opinions on several nuances. Anno's wife Moyoco Anno provided early designs for some characters. Studio Ghibli also provided assistance to scenes set in the survivor's village. For the village itself, Khara had a box model custom-built to orientate the artists, and Anno personally adjusted it to the smallest details like individual house layout, road with and utility posts to make it as realistic as possible. Staff consulted with multiple professionals and conducted research like sky-diving for maximum accuracy.<br />
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A making-of documentary aired on Japanese broadcaster NHK in March 22, 2021, with the crew following production for 1214 days. BS Japan also broadcast an extended version of the documentary on April 29, 2021, totaling 100 minutes of runtime, featuring unused footage. Amazon Prime Video included the extended version of documentary in its international release of the film in August. When production started in 2016, Anno initially intended to not involve himself much in the film, wishing to delegate most of it to his directors, particularly Tsurumaki, generally considered Khara's second-in-command, but as the release date approached with mounting production problems he progressively took more control and took on more tasks directly, also driven by his perfectionism. Maeda was also not initially serving as a director, but was brought in the middle of production. Kim Morrisy of Anime News Network described it as tumultuous: "There were several occasions shown when he decided that the work he had done at the time was insufficient and would scrap it entirely. The [final] D part of the script was eventually completed in early 2019, at the latest possible stage it could have been done to meet the deadline."<br />
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In the documentary, Anno is depicted as frequently late or absent from the studio, or would often stay overnight adjusting individual scenes he was unsatisfied with. Part A had been rewritten multiple times, and at one point Anno was so lost on how to resolve the story lines he considered restarting it from scratch after nine months of work. Anno believed he wouldn't miss working on the franchise and said everything he needed to, feeling finishing his work remained a priority, even at the expense of his well-being. Anno told Ogata later at post-production that he'd indeed miss it. Hayao Miyazaki described Anno, as an apprentice of his, as "one who sheds blood for his films". Gainax co-founder Toshio Okada criticized the documentary as "sloppy" and "propaganda" trying to make Anno look better, claiming Anno's live-action approach in fact took inspiration from Hiroyuki Yamaga's work in Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise instead of being sui generis as the documentary implied, and Anno noted the crew was in fact not present during the highly intense production of Part D for several months, nor did it cover him thanking the staff at the end.<br />
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On March 28, 2021, the cast was fully reunited for the first time in 14 years and held a stage greeting, commenting on the film and their bond to the characters. On April 12, 2021, directors Anno, Tsurumaki and Maeda, as well as Ogata, held another stage greeting. On June 26, 2021, Anno held a live stream on singer Hikaru Utada's Instagram page, and debated the film. On June 27, 2021, another cast greeting was held. Mari's voice actress Maaya Sakamoto explained she had been absent from the previous events because she felt apprehensive over the details she knew about Mari's character that Anno told her, but refused to share them: "I will take secrets to my grave". A last stage greeting was held on July 11, 2021. Anno felt he had now done everything he could with anime, and accordingly Khara denied reports that he was working on a reboot of a popular animation series. He also noted he initially attempted a shorter two hour runtime, but had to extend it.<br />
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===Future of the franchise===<br />
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Anno had originally intended on making a new Evangelion story since 2000<ref>https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_1.0_Complete_Records_Collection</ref> and has intended to open-up the franchise in the future to new creators and turn Eva into a "new Gundam", using the Rebuilds as a foundation for this, but 3.0+1.0 is intended to be his final Evangelion work. The Animator Expo already featured two independent works based on the franchise: Evangelion – Another Impact and Neon Genesis IMPACTS, as well as until You come to me, a short film intended to showcase the talent of younger Khara animators, not as an official trailer. In an interview in August 2021, Anno stated other parts of the franchise and story might be revisited later. In Hikari Utada's live stream featuring Anno, he comments that "the New Eva isn't 100% what I want it to be." Additionally, the 3.0+1.01 re-release and the Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) prequel manga can already be seen as early examples of additions to the franchise with Anno's blessing and involvement, with the former started a mere month after the film's initial release at Anno's initiative. Popular interest also remains extremely high, as can be seen NHK's making-off documentary, EVANGELION: 3.333 Breakdown (under Anno's supervision), the high number of interviews and articles done in the 6 months between Japanese and international release, with more on the way.<br />
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==Different Versions==<br />
===3.0+1.01===<br />
On June 7, 2021, an updated version of the movie was released for cinema with cleaned-up animations. People attending were also given the one-shot manga, <i>[[Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)]]</i>, set 2 hours before the events of the third movie. This version is the one that released on Amazon Prime Video one month later, on August 13.<br />
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===3.0+1.11===<br />
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On March 8, 2023, the two year anniversary of the movie, the home video version titled <i>3.0+1.11</i> was released in Japan. The movie is sold in both the 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray format and the standard Blu-ray disc. GKIDS plans to release this version in the United States in 2023, along with other territories.<ref>[https://twitter.com/GKIDSfilms/status/1608553570663555072 GKIDS' official Twitter account posting about the release year]</ref> The movie is largely untouched with only minor visual changes. The two standout bonus features of this release are a new ten-minute short titled <i>[[Evangelion: 3.0 (-46h)]]</i> focusing on Midori Kitakami, and a colored and voiced version of <i>Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)</i>. <br />
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Other bonus features include a behind-the-scenes video titled "Rebuild of EVANGELION:3.0+1.0", a recording of April 12th's stage greeting, as well as various commercials and voice messages from the cast.<br />
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==See Also==<br />
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* [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English Translation of "Avant 1" Sequence]]<br />
* [[Guides:Evangelion 3.0%2B1.0_FAQ|FAQ for Evangelion:3.0+1.0]]<br />
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| japanese_title_k = シン・エヴァンゲリオン劇場版:<nowiki>||</nowiki><br />
| japanese_title_r = Shin Evangelion Gekijōban: <nowiki>||</nowiki><br />
| japanese_title_e = New Evangelion Theatrical Edition: <nowiki>||</nowiki><br />
| english_title = Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon a Time<br />
| image = [[File:4.0 title.jpg|350px]]<br />
| written_by = [[Hideaki Anno]]<br />
| directed_by = [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]], [[Katsuichi Nakayama]]<br />
| theatrical_release = March 8, 2021<br />
| streaming_release = August 13, 2021 (Amazon Prime Video) <br />
| video_release = 3.0+1.11: March 8, 2023 (Japan)<br />
2023 (Worldwide)<br />
| angels = <br />
| eva_sorties = [[Evangelion Unit-02 (Rebuild)|Eva-02]], [[Evangelion Unit-08|Eva-08]], [[Evangelion Mark.09|Mark.09]], [[Eva Series 7]], [[Evangelion 13|Eva-13]], [[Evangelion Unit-01|Eva-01]]<br />
| prev = [[Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo|Evangelion 3.0]]<br />
| next = <br />
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'''Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon a Time''' is the title for the fourth and final film in the [[Rebuild of Evangelion]] movie series, formerly known by the working title '''Evangelion: Final'''. Upon its initial announcement, It was planned to be released in Japan alongside the third film, [[Evangelion 3.0]], at an unspecified date. Previously, the name had been changed to what could be interpreted as either the symbol for "End" or "Repeat" in sheet music.<ref>http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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Unlike the three previous movies, the title is rendered in Katakana as "Evangelion" in the same manner as the TV series. Starting with "<i>Shin</i>", just like Anno's involved live-action titles like <i>Shin Godzilla</i> or <i>Shin Ultraman</i>. The previous three movies had Katakana that spelled "Wevangeliwon". Speculation by fans based on the Jo-Ha-Kyu structure of Japanese drama suggests that Final will incorporate the fourth and fifth acts of the Japanese drama cycle, depicting a long journey and coming to a quick conclusion<ref>http://forum.evageeks.org/post/663128/Did-Q-Fail-Thematically/#663128</ref>. Alternatively, the series may be following the Kishotenketsu<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kish%C5%8Dtenketsu</ref> narrative pattern which concludes in the fourth arc. Whether or not the movie actually follows either pattern of Japanese drama remains for further analysis once the movie is released outside of Japan. <br />
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In September 2014, the title of the final film was revealed to be "Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0", based on a title card shown at the end of the TV screening of Evangelion 3.0, followed by the subsequent update of the main Evangelion site with the new title.<ref>http://www.evageeks.org/2014/09/no-new-sneak-peaks-in-evangelion-finals-preview/</ref> The final title was revealed on December 27, 2019, along with the initial release date of June 27, 2020.<br />
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==Release Date==<br />
With the release of Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon A Time on March 8, 2021, the section below has been largely left as it is to show timeline information from past years, and chronicle the release of said timeline information to fans. <br />
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On December 31st, 2011 the Japanese website was updated to show a 2013 release date<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120101082254/http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>, but that has been removed when the site was updated after [[Evangelion 3.0]]'s release <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20121118180135/http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>. The website no longer features any tentative date and none have been announced<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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At the 2014 Tokyo Film Festival Anno joked that the final film might be released 4-6 years after [[Evangelion 3.0]]<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2014-10-27/anno-jokes-that-4th-new-evangelion-film-might-be-4-6-years-after-3rd-one/.80406</ref>. <br />
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Actual news on the film's production had been hard to come by during the period between 2012 and 2019. Various miscellaneous projects had been done, including two animated shorts that may or may not have been pertinent to the film's own details as well as the end of Sadamoto's manga adaption. However, during this period, the film itself saw no details except for the news that Utada Hikaru, who has been the musical artist for Rebuild's credit themes, would be returning in 2015 from her hiatus to write the final film's credits theme. The source also indicated that the film would release in autumn/winter 2015, but this claim was then refuted by the source, who then stated that no ''official'' announcement had been made.<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-26/magazine-final-evangelion-film-slated-for-fall-winter-2015-with-utada-song/.82629</ref> Prior to the new title announcement, this was the only solid news (or any news at all) that had been released.<br />
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On July 19th, 2016 Anno directly apologized to the fans of Evangelion. He stated ''"To all the Evangelion fans, I’m really, really keeping you all waiting, I am truly sorry."'' Anno then went on to say he felt "trapped" while making ''Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo'', saying he couldn't recharge. ''“Up until then, after doing the third entry Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, I thought I wasn’t going to make any more,”'' After being offered the job to work on ''Godzilla Resurgence'', he stated ''“At that time, I went into talks with Toho, and it saved me. I think this is how I’m able to keep making Evangelion. However, since it is a fact that I’m making everyone wait, I deeply apologize for that.”'' <ref>http://kotaku.com/an-apology-to-evangelion-fans-from-hideaki-anno-1783903322</ref><br />
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On July 20th 2018, the official Evangelion website was updated to reflect a 2020 theatrical release.<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/news.html</ref><br />
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On July 6th 2019, Khara screened the first ten minutes of the film on Japan Expo in Paris, Anime Expo in Los Angeles, and CCG Expo in Shangai. The film was originally scheduled for release on June 27, 2020.<br />
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On July 18th 2019, during showings of Makoto Shinkai's new film "Weathering with You", a new trailer was shown for 3.0 + 1.0 featuring the new June 2020 release. The trailer was later shared officially online.<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1152417665979277313</ref><br />
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On April 17th 2020, the official Evangelion website was updated to announced that the release date was being delayed by an unspecified amount of time due to the COVID-19 pandemic<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-17/evangelion-3.0-1.0-film-delayed-due-to-covid-19-concerns/.158693</ref><ref>https://www.gamespot.com/articles/evangelion-3010-film-release-delayed-due-to-corona/1100-6476186/</ref>. The announcement of the delay was accompanied by an updated staff/credits list, the release of the official poster in both Japanese and English and the reveal of the English title "Thrice Upon a Time" and the additional message "Bye-bye, all of EVANGELION"<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251064479816708096</ref>. Hideaki Anno posted a letter to healthcare workers expressing gratitude for fighting the disease, apologizing to fans for the added delay due to the unprecedented situation and encouraging all readers to persevere<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251066917495861248</ref>.<br />
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On October 15, 2020, Studio Khara sent out a tweet announcing that January 23, 2021 would be the new release date. The tweet contained a link to a new trailer for the movie<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/10/evangelion-3-01-0-has-a-new-release-date-in-2021/</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1316921806540996610</ref>.<br />
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On December 17, 2020, it was announced that all shooting and editing work for the movie was complete. This was followed by tweets from Studio Khara announcing that the movie had been screened to staff as well as select non-staff members, with the warning that spoilers on social media were a possibility by this point. <ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc2/status/1339355724669808640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref><ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/903217/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#903217</ref><br />
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Another trailer was released on December 24, 2020, featuring the "One Last Kiss" theme song.<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/12/3-0-1-0-xmas-trailer-with-one-last-kiss/</ref><br />
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On January 14, 2021, Studio Khara announced that the movie was to be indefinitely delayed again due to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, and that the scheduled release of the soundtrack on February 10 would not take place. <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/shineva2/</ref><ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/01/3-0-1-0-bad-news-and-a-little-good/</ref><br />
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On 26 February, 2021, it was announced that the film would be released on March 8, 2021<ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc/status/1365270814640148480</ref>. This became the actual, finalized date of release for the movie.<br />
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An updated version of the film, titled ''Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time'', was released in Japanese theaters on June 12, 2021. This version features updated cuts of various scenes. It also accompanied the distribution of a 36-page booklet called ''Eva-Extra-Extra'', including non-canon illustrations by staff and a prequel manga set before the events of the previous film, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, called Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) written by director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]] under Anno's supervision.<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/210607-2/</ref><br />
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Internationally, Amazon Prime Video acquired exclusive streaming rights to the film; it would be released in worldwide on August 13, 2021, excluding Japan.<ref>https://variety.com/2021/streaming/asia/evangelion-thrice-anime-movie-to-amazon-prime-video-1235009631/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-01/amazon-prime-video-to-stream-final-evangelion-film-on-august-13/.174666</ref> However, on July 20, 2021, Amazon Prime Video announced that would also stream the film in Japan on the same day as its international release.<ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2021-07-20/amazon-prime-video-also-streams-final-evangelion-film-in-japan-on-august-13/.175346</ref><br />
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==Publicity==<br />
[[Image:Evangelion 3.0+1.0, Final Visual.png|thumb|left|Final promotional image (Japanese)]]<br />
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On July 6, 2019, the event '''Operation 0706''' took place, the film's opening scene (having the production code "Avant 1") was simulcast on screens in Paris, France (Japan Expo) and throughout Japan, following a live event in Paris with Yoko Takahashi and Megumi Ogata. This was followed up later at other locations such as Los Angeles, CA's Anime Expo. A phone application was made available days before to drum up hype for the event, wherein the user was asked to choose between Team Nerv or Team Wille. After the event, their choice affected when they would have access to limited-access freebies: the four Shiro Sagisu pieces that debuted during Op0706, and the first three New Theatrical films. <br />
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On April 17, 2020, the announcement of the delay in the release date was accompanied by the revelation of the movie poster and the English title "Thrice Upon a Time". The poster features an image of Shinji in the distant background, walking down branching train tracks in bright sunlight. The location appears to be Ube-Shinkawa station, the main train station in the city of Ube, Yamaguchi Province, where [[Hideaki Anno]] was born. <br />
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On October 15, 2020, the announcement of the new release date was accompanied by the revelation of a new trailer, showing additional imagery of the characters, locations and Evangelions.<br />
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On December 9, 2020, the official Evangelion website announced that the theme song for the movie would be "One Last Kiss", performed by [[Hikaru Utada]] <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/onelastkiss/</ref>.<br />
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On December 23, 2020, the official Twitter announced that 3.0 + 1.0 would be screened simultaneously with [[Evangelion 3.333]] in back-to-back midnight IMAX screenings in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo, with the official website having a list of double-screenings for both movies. <ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1341941672704266240</ref> However, this double-screening did not materialize due to the delay caused in the movie's release date.<br />
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On February 16, 2021, Eirin (the Film Classification and Rating Organization) revealed the film's runtime to be 154 minutes. <ref>https://twitter.com/macgyjp/status/1361558394860040193 </ref> It was later clarified that the official runtime would instead be 155 minutes. <ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/910897/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#p910896</ref><br />
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On June 21, 2021, Shin Eva became the 49th highest grossing Japanese film, marking its entry into the top 50. <ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/06/shin-eva-becomes-49th-highest-grossing/</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
[[Image:Shin op0706 C080 kick.jpg|thumb|right|Eva-08 attacking Eva 44A]]<br />
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===Assault on Paris===<br />
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The film begins with [[Wille]] stopping in [[Paris Assault Mission|Paris, France]], which much like the outskirts of former Tokyo-3 has been converted into [[Core (Rebuild)|core material]]. A team descends from the [[AAA Wunder|Wunder]] -- comprised of [[Ritsuko Akagi (Rebuild)|Ritsuko]], [[Maya Ibuki|Maya]], three of Maya's male underlings, and [[Mari Makinami Illustrious|Mari]] in [[Evangelion Unit-08|Eva-08]] -- and lands on top of a mysterious black pillar. Ritsuko acts as a look-out while Maya and her men connect to the black pillar via laptop to resume the activation of an [[L Barrier|"Anti-L System"]] -- something a team of Europeans had previously died while attempting. As the operation begins, large numbers of a never-before-seen Eva type, [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44A|the aerial 44As]], appear in four waves, and Mari holds them off, assisted by helmsman [[Minor_Characters_(Rebuild)#Sumire_Nagara|Sumire Nagara]] utilizing the Wunder's intricate "cable flight" capabilities. Once the Evas have all been defeated, two more new enemy Eva types appear from a camouflaged cocoon: a [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_4444C|4444C unit]] with a Positron Cannon and the small army of generator-equipped [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44B|Eva 44Bs]] that supply power to it. While cable-suspended warships equipped with [[Evangelion Equipment (Rebuild)|ESVs]] are used to block the first shot, the team is left defenseless for the immediate second shot, as all the ships have been destroyed by the first shot. With Nagara's assist, Eva-08 charges the 4444C with the felled Eiffel Tower and before it can charge up fully, Mari is able to twist the tower down the 4444C's gun barrel, destroying both it and the 44Bs, at the cost of minor damage to Eva-08's legs. <br />
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Maya and the others successfully activate the pillar, which was actually a giant version of the sealing pillars seen in the two previous films. A radius of effect is created that pushes back the core-conversion, restoring part of the city. A large collection of E.U. Nerv storage lockers emerges from underground, filled with Eva spare parts, munitions, and components for what appears to be an upgraded model of [[Jet Alone]]. The Wunder and its support fleet descends, with two teams being dispatched to retrieve the parts and spares, and Mari muses that Eva-02 can be repaired and Eva-08 will be modified for "Overlap" compatibility. The scene ends with Mari promising to come back for [[Shinji]] <ref>''Evangelion: 3.0+1.0'', Avant 1, Operation 0706 Ver. [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English subtitles.]] Translated by Maryno_penguin, [[User:Reichu|Reichu]], sackboy71 et al.</ref>.<br />
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===Wandering, and Village-3===<br />
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The opening credits play over a montage of the red Earth, showing locations that have been turned to core. [[Failures of Infinity]] litter the landscape, with an anti-gravity effect manifesting in small areas, causing objects around them to float. Shinji, [[Rei Q]] and [[Asuka Shikinami Langley|Asuka]] walk together across its surface, with Asuka using the device in her hand as a compass to find their way. They are picked up by an adult in an SUV and wearing a protective suit. <br />
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[[File:Evangelion.3.0-1.01 Village 3 023.png|thumb|Panoramic view of Village-3|320px]]<br />
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Shinji wakes up to the sight of a child and a dog. He is examined by an adult Toji, who is highly surprised to see him, and with Hikari, who has since married him. The child is Toji and Hikari's daughter Tsubame<ref>The name literally means "Swallow" and is quite possibly a reference to the Tsubame service on the Kyushu Shinkansen[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsubame_(train)], continuing the Shinkansen reference in Hikari's name</ref>, and the dog is Toji's pet. It is revealed that they are in a settlement that has been kept free of the coreification proces, named Village-3, with Toji as the settlement's doctor and Kensuke as a technician/handyman, who is revealed to be the one who rescued the trio earlier. The village is being supported by an organization named [[Kredit]], which works together with Wille to provide supplies and facilitate trade with other settlements. Toji and Hikari greet Rei Q warmly, but she lacks of memory of either of them and is openly confused over the state of the world. Both of them realize that she is not the same Rei they knew, and they nickname her "lookalike". Neither Toji nor Kensuke show Shinji any hatred over Third Impact, and try to help him recover from his trauma, however, Shinji remains catatonic and is starting to feel physically sick, not talking to anyone and not eating anything, much to the annoyance of Hikari's father Bunzaemon, who lives with Toji and Hikari. Tsubame is the cause of much curiosity for Rei Q, who goes out and explores the world within the settlement with an almost childlike sense of curiosity, looking at such things as stray dogs and books. She also begins to learn more about her world, expressing continued confusion over the existence of a pregnant cat, baby Tsubame, and greetings such as "good morning" and "good night". She eventually settles down into village life, learning to farm alongside the older ladies of the village, working in the village rice paddies.<br />
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Kensuke offers to take the catatonic Shinji to his place, so that he might have some time to recover on his own. On arriving at Kensuke's residence (a small abandoned train station), Shinji sees Asuka leaving the shower naked, and she expresses irritation at Shinji's inaction, even at her current state. Shinji realizes Asuka has a DSS choker fitted on her as well, the sight of it causing Shinji to vomit due to traumatic memories of Kaworu's death. Kensuke cleans up the mess, and Asuka talks to him about Shinji's condition, calling him "kenken". She eventually has no option but to force-feed him protein bars due to his refusal to eat, and references her own inability to consume anything other than water. While doing so, she says that Shinji, as a fellow Pseudo-Lilin<ref>The Japanese term used here is Lilin-modoki, where modoki can variously mean "fake", "an imitation", "something that looks similar but is not the same".</ref>, may eventually join her and neither eat nor grow any longer. He goes out and spends entire days silently the ruins of Nerv-02, which is inhabited by a number of hot spring penguins, including a backpack-less Pen-Pen, while Asuka silently keeps a watch on him. Rei Q comes to Kensuke's house looking for Shinji, but finds only Asuka, who informs her that her feelings for the Third Child have been programmed into the Ayanami-Series since the beginning, as part of their inherent Eva-like restrictors as Eva pilots (notably, Asuka includes herself in these statements as well). Rei tells her she doesn't mind the artificial feelings, as they feel real to her, and Asuka gives in and tells her where Shinji is. Rei then goes to Shinji to return his SDAT along with some rations, but Shinji is still too distraught and knocks it away. Rei leaves with the SDAT, but leaves the rations behind. Overcome by hunger, Shinji eventually gives and eats the rations. Over the next few days, Rei gets better at farming and grows closer to the village folk, becoming more expressive. Eventually, she is able to get Shinji to talk to her, where he claims that he was the one who destroyed everything, and that he just wants to be left alone, and expresses confusion as to why people were being nice to him even after everything that happened, to which Rei replies that it is because they all like him. The response stuns Shinji, and he starts to become more active. Kensuke takes the slowly-recovering Shinji out fishing and on an infrastructure check to show him the massive [[Angel-sealing Hex Pillar]]s that are generating an [[L Barrier|Anti-L Field]] keeping the settlement and its surrounding areas safe from the coreification and the wandering [[Failures of Infinity]], which he says have started moving only recently. Shinji and Toji have a talk, and Toji reveals that he's not really a doctor, but only working with a basic knowledge of medicine and the machines that Kredit give them. He says that there are lives even he could not save, and that shouldering the anger and grief of those moments is what he believes he does best, so for the sake of his family and the village, he would continue to shoulder those burdens. He tells Shinji that he has already fought enough for everyone, and that he is welcome to stay in the Village if he wishes.<br />
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Some time later, Kensuke takes Shinji and Asuka to the grave of his father, Hajime Aida, and advises Shinji to try to talk to his own father so he has no regrets about not understanding him. Asuka scoffs at the idea, noting that the other party is "Gendo Ikari", and that it's impossible, but Shinji remains silent.<br />
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Rei Q eventually asks Shinji to help give her a proper name rather than "lookalike", and Shinji decides to call her "Ayanami" anyway. During a regular trip to check on the Anti-L System, Kensuke takes Shinji to a Wille Outdoor Laboratory that maintains the Anti-L System, and introduces him to "Ryoji Kaji", who is Misato's son with the original [[Ryoji Kaji]]. The younger Kaji works at repairing the Wille-built machines keeping the village free from being turned to core. On the way back, Kensuke talks to Shinji and explains the situation with the elder Kaji's death and Misato's current state, stating that Kaji Sr. sacrificed himself to stop Third Impact, and Misato now stays away from him so that she can protect him from afar, also adding that she regrets making Shinji shoulder all the burdens, and that is why (he thinks) she doesn't want Shinji to pilot an Eva again. Rei Q is revealed to require constant exposure to LCL to maintain her existence, and thanks Shinji for helping her find happiness before turning into LCL before his eyes. Shinji is shocked but Rei's experience is implied to help Shinji recover from his previous trauma.<br />
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AAA Wunder arrives to unload non-essential personnel. Kensuke reminds Shinji that he can stay in the village if he chooses to, but Shinji decides to go aboard the Wunder with Asuka, SDAT in hand, and Asuka tases him as per her orders. [[Sakura Suzuhara|Sakura]] looks him over in the medical wing, and slaps him when he awakens, infuriated at getting into [[Eva-13]] in the [[Evangelion 3.0|previous movie]], and eventually breaks down. Shinji is placed in isolation and under surveillance again, and both Asuka and Sakura express puzzlement at his return after discovering Kaworu's demise from the DSS Choker operational records. The bridge crew discusses the ongoing situation, with Midori expressing distaste over the Captain's decision to keep Shinji alive. Mari greets Asuka, who expresses the sentiment that Shinji "needs a mother, not a girlfriend". Ritsuko and Misato discuss their intentions in a space aboard Wunder dedicated to preserving seeds of life for all species, which is mentioned to be the original purpose of the vessel. Elsewhere, Fuyutsuki monologues about the Black Moon and Fourth Impact as well as Shinji and the fate of "Ayanami-type 6", wondering if Gendo deliberately made Shinji experience the same loss as him.<br />
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===Wille vs Nerv: Final===<br />
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[[File:Rebuild-of-evangelion-1-3-thrice-upon-a-time-002-pn-n.jpg|thumb|Asuka and Mari preparing for the final battle|250px]]<br />
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Gendo and Fuyutsuki steer the Black Moon towards the epicenter of Second Impact, at Nerv's former Calvary Base in Antarctica, intending to restart Eva-13. Misato and Ritsuko discover this and have completed a "signal suspension plug" to stop this event. Misato and the bridge crew reminisce about Kaji's death and their determination to fight Nerv and restore the world to its original state. The Wunder takes off and heads into the upper atmosphere for repair and refit, and also to launch a number of seeds containing Earth's plant life into outer space. Misato and Ritsuko have a conversation about Wunder's purpose as an ark and it is revealed that the seed vault on the Wunder also includes seeds of the watermelons planted in Tokyo-3 by Ryoji Kaji. Mari and Asuka get their new plugsuits, and Mari reintroduces herself to Shinji. Asuka and Shinji talk and Shinji reveals that he understands Asuka's anger at his inaction in the previous movie. Asuka says that she appreciated Shinji's bento and used to like him in the past, but she has now grown up. Mari and Asuka, satisfied, get into their Evas. A vision of Kaworu appears to Shinji saying that they will meet again, and Shinji agrees. AAA Wunder descends from orbit towards Antarctica with the objective being the neutralization of Eva-13, in what Misato calls "Operation Yamato". The Wunder breaks through a hexagonal barrier that encloses an area of "high L density". <br />
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As it nears Antarctica, Wunder is attacked by two Nerv ships of the Erlösung-class, the same as the Wunder - Erbsünde (Original Sin) and Erlösung (Salvation), apparently under Fuyutsuki's control, and with different turret arrangements. The Wunder is also approached by a swarm of Eva Series 7. During the battle, the Wunder resorts to using the guided-missile destroyers in its support fleet as giant guided missiles. Asuka and Mari sortie and battle their way through the swarm of Nerv Evas towards Eva-13. Asuka attacks Eva-13 with the stop signal plug, but Eva-02 is afraid of Eva-13 and puts up an entirely unexpected A.T. Field of its own will. Wunder is ambushed by the fourth Nerv warship, Gebet (Prayer), with Fuyutsuki on board, and reverts to its original state as the first Nerv warship, the Buße (Penance or atonement). Wings of light appear from the four Nerv warships in a manner much like the Adams at Second Impact, indicating an attempted Impact, not in Seele's scenario. Asuka removes her eyepatch and removes a restraint within her eye that keeps the Ninth Angel under control, transforming into a new Ninth Angel and converting Eva-02 into a previously unseen radiant giant state. However, it is revealed that she plays into Gendo's plan in the process as Eva-13 awakens just as Asuka erodes Eva-02's A.T. Field with her own, and destroys Eva-02 in much the same manner as Eva-01 destroyed Eva-03. During the process, Asuka is approached by "her original", revealing that she is a clone of the Shikinami series, and is absorbed by Eva-13. Wunder is taken over by a new Eva Mark.09, which Fuyutsuki is implied to have been responsible for <ref>Based on currently available information, the Mark.09A Evangelion was possibly created from the remains of the original Mark.09, which was subject to Eva-02's self-destruct explosion at the end of Evangelion 3.0. </ref>.<br />
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Gendo floats down to the Wunder himself, and Misato and Ritsuko confront him. Ritsuko shoots Gendo through his visor, however, her bullets are entirely ineffective and he simply scoops his blown-out brains and puts them into the hole in the back of his head. It is revealed that Gendo has used the Key of Nebuchadnezzar and has thrown away his humanity by adding "information that surpassed the logic of the world" to his body, and it is shown that there is only a cross-shaped glowing void where his eyes used to be. Gendo monologues about the purpose of the impacts and about the Human Instrumentality Project, before hitting the Wunder's engine with an Angel-like optical blast to retrieve Unit-01, and entering Eva-13 through its mouth.<br />
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===Human Instrumentality: Father and Son===<br />
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Shinji turns to Misato and asks to pilot Eva-01 to stop Gendo. Midori Kitakami and Sakura are appalled at the prospect of Shinji entering the Eva and fire at him, but Misato blocks Sakura's bullet with her own body. Misato thanks Shinji for saving them all from destruction using Eva-01 fourteen years previously, and explains that as his superior, the responsibility for his actions was ultimately hers, and since Shinji is still her subordinate, she will take responsibility for his actions. Misato and Shinji have a conversation in which Misato asks Shinji to take care of her son. Meanwhile, Mari takes Eva-08 into an "overlapping" state where it merges with Eva-09, 10, 11, and 12 after partially consuming them, giving Eva-08 the ability to navigate the space beyond the [[Guf (Rebuild)| Doors of Guf]]. Shinji enters Eva-01 out of nowhere and the original Rei Ayanami appears to him inside, with her hair grown very long. She apologizes to him for not being able to make it so that he wouldn't have to get into an Eva, but Shinji thanks her and says he will take care of the rest. Ritsuko and Maya are shocked to discover that Shinji, rather than having a zero percent synchro rate with Eva-01 like they previously thought, has in fact attained a previously impossible infinite synchro-rate with Eva-01, as Shinji restores Eva-01's limbs and begins to strangle Eva-13, prompting Gendo to remark that "Unit-01's Pilot has awakened, has he?".<br />
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Gendo shows Shinji an "imaginary Evangelion" that takes the form of a Black Lilith due to Shinji's memories. This being was predicted by the theories of Dr. Katsuragi. The twin spears of Longinus and Cassius enter the imaginary Evangelion and transform it into a giant Rei with a floating decapitated head. Fuyutsuki recognizes Mari and addresses her as "Maria of Iscariot", and Mari refers to him as "Fuyutsuki-sensei" and adds that it has been a long time since anyone called her by that name. He tells Mari that he has given her what she requested, and addresses Yui with his last words before turning to LCL.<br />
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Gendo and Shinji fight in an "alternate universe" where LCL gives shape to perception, entering a surreal fight where they clash in multiple different locations across space and time that take form from Shinji's memories, but the rest of the world is revealed to be little more than a ''tokusatsu'' movie set complete model warships and Evangelion costumes for suit actors. Eva-01 and Eva-13 are in synch with each other, and Shinji fails to prevail over Gendo during the entire surreal fight. When they reach a location that is based on Shinji's memories of the village, he remembers the conversations he had with Toji and Kensuke and appeals to Gendo to stop and talk. Gendo is revealed to be afraid of Shinji as he puts up an A.T. Field of his own, but Shinji breaks through by handing over Gendo's old SDAT. <br />
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Gendo reveals his past; he was a lonely individual who grew up without parents, and the only loves in his life were books and the piano. A slightly older Mari - who is revealed to be a friend of Gendo's - introduces him to Fuyutsuki as well as Yui, whom he falls in love with. Shinji sees a vision of Gendo's past experiences and life, and learns how Yui's loss traumatized him. The setting is now on the KuMoHa42 rail car. Misato prepares to turn the AAA Wunder into another Spear to hurl at a giant Red Rei, using Ritsuko's knowledge to transform Wunder's spinal linkage system. Mari in the overlapping Eva-08 scuttles the other three Nerv warships and bids goodbye to them, referring to them as "Adams". Eva-08 boards the spinal system as Misato uses the Wunder to ram the eye of the giant Rei-being. Misato sacrifices herself to hold back Gendo's [[Additional Impact]] and manifest the Spear of Gaius, representing humanity's will. The Gaius materializes in miniature form between Shinji's hands as Misato completes her sacrifice.<br />
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Shinji helps Gendo find closure, and similarly for a now-adult Asuka, helping her find closure as well <ref> While this scene is set on a beach resembling the final scene in End of Evangelion, this is [[Shikinami Asuka Langley]] and '''not''' [[Asuka Langley Soryu]].</ref> We learn the backstory behind Asuka Shikinami, that she is the last surviving clone of the Shikinami series, having survived past all the combat training that the other clones failed and were eliminated for. Asuka is old enough to remember seeing Gendo, Yui and a little Shinji visit the Euro-Nerv facilities. Shinji tells the now-adult Asuka that he ''used'' to like her - making it clear, that like Asuka, any romantic or sexual feelings between them are in the past, and asks Asuka to say hi to Kensuke for him. Shinji talks to Kaworu and gives Kaworu the closure he seeks; In a scene that is indicative of what happened during the 14-year timeskip, Kaworu and the elder Kaji speak to each other. Kaworu is dressed in the same Nerv commander uniform as Gendo and the Bethany base commander, with Kaji in the same vice-commander uniform as Fuyutsuki and the Bethany base vice-commander. Kaworu, whom the elder Kaji calls "Commander Nagisa", agrees to go to the settlement where the younger Kaji farms<ref>Interviews have confirmed that Kaworu took over as commander of Nerv with Kaji as his vice-commander soon after the events of [[Evangelion 2.0]], with Gendo and Fuyutsuki being deposed.</ref>. Shinji eventually settles upon a complete reset of the world, a "Neon Genesis", a world without Evangelions. Shinji prepares to stab himself with the Spear of Gaius. Shinji is then pushed out of Eva-01 by his mother Yui, who is revealed to have been with him the entire time, and they are embraced from behind by Gendo in Eva-13. Gendo and Yui, Eva-01 and Eva-13 together sacrifice themselves to finish what Shinji began, spearing all Evangelions that ever were created at once. Their actions return all Evangelions and Failures of Infinity back into human and animal forms, restoring the world to its original state before the impacts.<br />
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In the final sequence, Asuka, Rei and Kaworu are seen on the platform of a train station with the [[KuMoHa42]] approaching, and an older Shinji is approached by Mari from behind. Mari closes his eyes and asks him to guess who she is, referring to her initial meeting with him and her meeting with him on the Wunder. The grown-up Shinji (voiced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%ABnosuke_Kamiki Ryunosuke Kamiki]) answers correctly, and Mari takes the DSS Choker that adult Shinji wears off his neck. Shinji holds Mari's hands and both of them head out of the train station together, and the sequence transitions into both Shinji and Mari escaping into a live-action sequence of Anno's hometown of Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, implying that all the Children have found closure in our reality.<br />
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==Production History and Development==<br />
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===Early development and delays===<br />
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The film was announced alongside Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo for release in 2008 as the final part of the Rebuild series under the working title Evangelion: Final. After delays of the first three films, Evangelion: Final was expected for release in 2015. In 2014, director and producer Hideaki Anno announced that due to other commitments, the film would be further delayed to an unknown date. Following the troubled production of the third film, director and producer Hideaki Anno became depressed and stated publicly in 2015 that he could not work on another film. As part of his recovery, Anno had also worked on Studio Ghibli's The Wind Rises under his mentor Hayao Miyazaki. Toho (which co-distributes the film in Japan with Toei) also approached Anno with an offer to direct a reboot of its Godzilla film series, Shin Godzilla, which also contributed to the delay on 3.0+1.0. Financial reasons also played a part. In 2014, Anno's Studio Khara loaned his former company Studio Gainax 100 million yen ($916,400). In 2016, Anno filed a claim for debt collection, fearing not only for the return of the money but also because of Gainax selling production materials to third parties, after a precedent of other sales of intellectual property without informing him. This was part of several legal issues surrounding Gainax and Evangelion.<br />
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Production on Evangelion resumed after the production of Shin Godzilla ended in late 2016. After a formal apology, animation director Takeshi Honda stated that the last film had resumed development. Studio Khara tweeted on April 5, 2017, that development was going smoothly. In May 2018, the studio put out a job listing for animation staff to work on 3DCG, VFX, and 2D animation starting on June 30, 2018. Animation was going through the final check by October 2, 2020. Dialogue recording wrapped on November 19, 2020. On December 16, 2020, Studio Khara announced that compositing and editing work had finished. In 2019 the film was scheduled for a June 27, 2020 release date but received two delays due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, first scheduled for a January 23, 2021 release, before being released on March 8, 2021.<br />
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===Development===<br />
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Anno was very reluctant to return to work on the film in 2016. In 2018, Anno had asked for the opinion of voice actors like Megumi Ogata (Shinji) on how to move the plot forward after 3.0. Anno felt he could no longer understand Shinji and by now his current self was closer to Gendo than Shinji, and needed Ogata's input on how Shinji could recover after the events of 3.0. Anno felt that at that point the only people who could understand Shinji's feelings were Ogata herself and his personal assistant, Ikki Todoroki. Anno himself had intended to go to Paris for Japan Expo 2019, but the film's continuing delays in production prevented him. Anno had often visited the film's music composer Shirō Sagisu, who lives half the year in Paris, and wished to pay homage to the city in the opening 10 minutes of the movie, entitled AVANT1 ("before" in French), seeking to surpass his earlier depiction in Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. At the event, Ogata also recounted Anno had asked what ending she preferred "as Shinji". AVANT1+2, including a further 2 minutes of the opening sequence, was also streamed on Khara's YouTube channel and Japanese Amazon Prime Video for free for two weeks.<br />
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Dialogue for Parts A and B, set after AVANT, started recording in March 2019. As there were several changes to the plot, many voice actors had to come back and record lines again. In 2020, due to the pandemic restrictions, production slowed down further and recording was mostly done by the voice actors separately as many dozens of takes were necessary, and they organized themselves through a Line group. This created a bond between the cast that was unprecedented in previous productions. At the end of recording, Anno thanked the cast for their contributions. Yūko Miyamura, who played Asuka, was instructed to treat her character as completely separate from the series' Asuka Langley Soryu, and the last thing asked of her was to write the character's full name in cursive herself to be used in the movie. She had lived in Australia for the past two decades, but was still unsure of how to write "Langley". Miyamura expressed her surprise at Anno's behavior near the end of production, in contrast to his behavior during the making of End of Evangelion: "Anno-san is amazing. He has become an adult".<br />
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Anno sought to bring in new talent and people outside the usual Evangelion core crew, like Darling in the Franxx creator Atsushi Nishigori, a protégé of his, while other core staffers like chief editor Masayuki largely stepped down in order to allow new talents to gain more experience. In addition, the series' original character designer, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, has had diminishing involvement since 3.0, and the new character designs are mostly done by Hidenori Matsubara. Anno had long stated his wish to revitalize the anime industry, and saw the sponsorship of new creators as a prime way of achieving this, as well as the promotions of events backed by Studio Khara like the Japan Animator Expo. Director Mahiro Maeda recounted Anno wanted him to figure out specific details of the plot on his own when asked. Similarly to production in the series, Anno would take ideas from staffers but have the final word in plot decisions. Anno had also been an advocate of employing new and innovative animation technologies, combined with extensive use of motion capture and computer-generated imagery, and employed them in the film. Maeda and others noted nonetheless that Anno seemed to be directing the film more like a live action film than animation, including in the way he directed the voice actors, taking cues from theatre techniques, after his previous experience outside Evangelion, despite the staff's own limited experience, something he had previously attempted in Cutie Honey. He thought Anno "wanted to get out of here the most", but expressed his feelings in film sincerely.<br />
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Director Kazuya Tsurumaki details Anno wanted to try a new process for the film. Instead of first creating storyboards and then developing the animation based on them as is traditional, Anno proposed to first draw the animation cels and then draw the scenes from them. This technique was generally referred to by staff as "pre-visualization". He was once more inspired from the usual process in live action, where scenes are first shot from multiple angles and then stories are created and then selected during editing. The latter half of the film, however, progressively returned to the traditional anime style. Tsurumaki noted the original intention was that "the first 80%" of the Rebuild series would be a "compilation" of the original anime series, and the changes would only start with the last film, in keeping with earlier comments in 2006 by producer Toshimichi Ohtsuki regarding the intention that only the ending would be a major departure from the series, as staff felt End of Evangelion could not receive a sequel, and the Rebuild movies were not going to be "metaphysical" like the original anime, but rather "oriented towards entertainment". This eventually changed, and major changes started happening as early as Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance. He also noted that the previously stated goal of "destroying Evangelion" through the character of Mari was entrusted to an external party. Anno would ask the opinion of many parts of staff, including those not involved in the actual film like office staff for their opinions on several nuances. Anno's wife Moyoco Anno provided early designs for some characters. Studio Ghibli also provided assistance to scenes set in the survivor's village. For the village itself, Khara had a box model custom-built to orientate the artists, and Anno personally adjusted it to the smallest details like individual house layout, road with and utility posts to make it as realistic as possible. Staff consulted with multiple professionals and conducted research like sky-diving for maximum accuracy.<br />
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A making-of documentary aired on Japanese broadcaster NHK in March 22, 2021, with the crew following production for 1214 days. BS Japan also broadcast an extended version of the documentary on April 29, 2021, totaling 100 minutes of runtime, featuring unused footage. Amazon Prime Video included the extended version of documentary in its international release of the film in August. When production started in 2016, Anno initially intended to not involve himself much in the film, wishing to delegate most of it to his directors, particularly Tsurumaki, generally considered Khara's second-in-command, but as the release date approached with mounting production problems he progressively took more control and took on more tasks directly, also driven by his perfectionism. Maeda was also not initially serving as a director, but was brought in the middle of production. Kim Morrisy of Anime News Network described it as tumultuous: "There were several occasions shown when he decided that the work he had done at the time was insufficient and would scrap it entirely. The [final] D part of the script was eventually completed in early 2019, at the latest possible stage it could have been done to meet the deadline."<br />
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In the documentary, Anno is depicted as frequently late or absent from the studio, or would often stay overnight adjusting individual scenes he was unsatisfied with. Part A had been rewritten multiple times, and at one point Anno was so lost on how to resolve the story lines he considered restarting it from scratch after nine months of work. Anno believed he wouldn't miss working on the franchise and said everything he needed to, feeling finishing his work remained a priority, even at the expense of his well-being. Anno told Ogata later at post-production that he'd indeed miss it. Hayao Miyazaki described Anno, as an apprentice of his, as "one who sheds blood for his films". Gainax co-founder Toshio Okada criticized the documentary as "sloppy" and "propaganda" trying to make Anno look better, claiming Anno's live-action approach in fact took inspiration from Hiroyuki Yamaga's work in Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise instead of being sui generis as the documentary implied, and Anno noted the crew was in fact not present during the highly intense production of Part D for several months, nor did it cover him thanking the staff at the end.<br />
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On March 28, 2021, the cast was fully reunited for the first time in 14 years and held a stage greeting, commenting on the film and their bond to the characters. On April 12, 2021, directors Anno, Tsurumaki and Maeda, as well as Ogata, held another stage greeting. On June 26, 2021, Anno held a live stream on singer Hikaru Utada's Instagram page, and debated the film. On June 27, 2021, another cast greeting was held. Mari's voice actress Maaya Sakamoto explained she had been absent from the previous events because she felt apprehensive over the details she knew about Mari's character that Anno told her, but refused to share them: "I will take secrets to my grave". A last stage greeting was held on July 11, 2021. Anno felt he had now done everything he could with anime, and accordingly Khara denied reports that he was working on a reboot of a popular animation series. He also noted he initially attempted a shorter two hour runtime, but had to extend it.<br />
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===Future of the franchise===<br />
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Anno had originally intended on making a new Evangelion story since 2000<ref>https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_1.0_Complete_Records_Collection</ref> and has intended to open-up the franchise in the future to new creators and turn Eva into a "new Gundam", using the Rebuilds as a foundation for this, but 3.0+1.0 is intended to be his final Evangelion work. The Animator Expo already featured two independent works based on the franchise: Evangelion – Another Impact and Neon Genesis IMPACTS, as well as until You come to me, a short film intended to showcase the talent of younger Khara animators, not as an official trailer. In an interview in August 2021, Anno stated other parts of the franchise and story might be revisited later. In Hikari Utada's live stream featuring Anno, he comments that "the New Eva isn't 100% what I want it to be." Additionally, the 3.0+1.01 re-release and the Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) prequel manga can already be seen as early examples of additions to the franchise with Anno's blessing and involvement, with the former started a mere month after the film's initial release at Anno's initiative. Popular interest also remains extremely high, as can be seen NHK's making-off documentary, EVANGELION: 3.333 Breakdown (under Anno's supervision), the high number of interviews and articles done in the 6 months between Japanese and international release, with more on the way.<br />
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==Different Versions==<br />
===3.0+1.01===<br />
On June 7, 2021, an updated version of the movie was released for cinema with cleaned-up animations. People attending were also given the one-shot manga, <i>[[Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)]]</i>, set 2 hours before the events of the third movie. This version is the one that released on Amazon Prime Video one month later, on August 13.<br />
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===3.0+1.11===<br />
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On March 8, 2023, the two year anniversary of the movie, the home video version titled <i>3.0+1.11</i> was released in Japan. The movie is sold in both the 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray format and the standard Blu-ray disc. GKIDS plans to release this version in the United States in 2023, along with other territories.<ref>[https://twitter.com/GKIDSfilms/status/1608553570663555072 GKIDS' official Twitter account posting about the release year]</ref> The movie is largely untouched with only minor visual changes. The two standout bonus features of this release are a new ten-minute short titled <i>[[Evangelion: 3.0 (-46h)]]</i> focusing on Midori Kitakami, and a colored and voiced version of <i>Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)</i>. <br />
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Other bonus features include a behind-the-scenes video titled "Rebuild of EVANGELION:3.0+1.0", a recording of 3.0+1.0's stage greeting with Megumi Ogata, Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki, and Mahiro Maeda, as well as various commercials and voice messages from the cast.<br />
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==See Also==<br />
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* [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English Translation of "Avant 1" Sequence]]<br />
* [[Guides:Evangelion 3.0%2B1.0_FAQ|FAQ for Evangelion:3.0+1.0]]<br />
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| japanese_title_k = シン・エヴァンゲリオン劇場版:<nowiki>||</nowiki><br />
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| english_title = Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon a Time<br />
| image = [[File:4.0 title.jpg|350px]]<br />
| written_by = [[Hideaki Anno]]<br />
| directed_by = [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]], [[Katsuichi Nakayama]]<br />
| theatrical_release = March 8, 2021<br />
| streaming_release = August 13, 2021 (Amazon Prime Video) <br />
| video_release = 3.0+1.11: March 8, 2023 (Japan)<br />
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| eva_sorties = [[Evangelion Unit-02 (Rebuild)|Eva-02]], [[Evangelion Unit-08|Eva-08]], [[Evangelion Mark.09|Mark.09]], [[Eva Series 7]], [[Evangelion 13|Eva-13]], [[Evangelion Unit-01|Eva-01]]<br />
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'''Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon a Time''' is the title for the fourth and final film in the [[Rebuild of Evangelion]] movie series, formerly known by the working title '''Evangelion: Final'''. Upon its initial announcement, It was planned to be released in Japan alongside the third film, [[Evangelion 3.0]], at an unspecified date. Previously, the name had been changed to what could be interpreted as either the symbol for "End" or "Repeat" in sheet music.<ref>http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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Unlike the three previous movies, the title is rendered in Katakana as "Evangelion" in the same manner as the TV series. Starting with "<i>Shin</i>", just like Anno's involved live-action titles like <i>Shin Godzilla</i> or <i>Shin Ultraman</i>. The previous three movies had Katakana that spelled "Wevangeliwon". Speculation by fans based on the Jo-Ha-Kyu structure of Japanese drama suggests that Final will incorporate the fourth and fifth acts of the Japanese drama cycle, depicting a long journey and coming to a quick conclusion<ref>http://forum.evageeks.org/post/663128/Did-Q-Fail-Thematically/#663128</ref>. Alternatively, the series may be following the Kishotenketsu<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kish%C5%8Dtenketsu</ref> narrative pattern which concludes in the fourth arc. Whether or not the movie actually follows either pattern of Japanese drama remains for further analysis once the movie is released outside of Japan. <br />
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In September 2014, the title of the final film was revealed to be "Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0", based on a title card shown at the end of the TV screening of Evangelion 3.0, followed by the subsequent update of the main Evangelion site with the new title.<ref>http://www.evageeks.org/2014/09/no-new-sneak-peaks-in-evangelion-finals-preview/</ref> The final title was revealed on December 27, 2019, along with the initial release date of June 27, 2020.<br />
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==Release Date==<br />
With the release of Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon A Time on March 8, 2021, the section below has been largely left as it is to show timeline information from past years, and chronicle the release of said timeline information to fans. <br />
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On December 31st, 2011 the Japanese website was updated to show a 2013 release date<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120101082254/http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>, but that has been removed when the site was updated after [[Evangelion 3.0]]'s release <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20121118180135/http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>. The website no longer features any tentative date and none have been announced<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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At the 2014 Tokyo Film Festival Anno joked that the final film might be released 4-6 years after [[Evangelion 3.0]]<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2014-10-27/anno-jokes-that-4th-new-evangelion-film-might-be-4-6-years-after-3rd-one/.80406</ref>. <br />
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Actual news on the film's production had been hard to come by during the period between 2012 and 2019. Various miscellaneous projects had been done, including two animated shorts that may or may not have been pertinent to the film's own details as well as the end of Sadamoto's manga adaption. However, during this period, the film itself saw no details except for the news that Utada Hikaru, who has been the musical artist for Rebuild's credit themes, would be returning in 2015 from her hiatus to write the final film's credits theme. The source also indicated that the film would release in autumn/winter 2015, but this claim was then refuted by the source, who then stated that no ''official'' announcement had been made.<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-26/magazine-final-evangelion-film-slated-for-fall-winter-2015-with-utada-song/.82629</ref> Prior to the new title announcement, this was the only solid news (or any news at all) that had been released.<br />
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On July 19th, 2016 Anno directly apologized to the fans of Evangelion. He stated ''"To all the Evangelion fans, I’m really, really keeping you all waiting, I am truly sorry."'' Anno then went on to say he felt "trapped" while making ''Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo'', saying he couldn't recharge. ''“Up until then, after doing the third entry Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, I thought I wasn’t going to make any more,”'' After being offered the job to work on ''Godzilla Resurgence'', he stated ''“At that time, I went into talks with Toho, and it saved me. I think this is how I’m able to keep making Evangelion. However, since it is a fact that I’m making everyone wait, I deeply apologize for that.”'' <ref>http://kotaku.com/an-apology-to-evangelion-fans-from-hideaki-anno-1783903322</ref><br />
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On July 20th 2018, the official Evangelion website was updated to reflect a 2020 theatrical release.<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/news.html</ref><br />
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On July 6th 2019, Khara screened the first ten minutes of the film on Japan Expo in Paris, Anime Expo in Los Angeles, and CCG Expo in Shangai. The film was originally scheduled for release on June 27, 2020.<br />
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On July 18th 2019, during showings of Makoto Shinkai's new film "Weathering with You", a new trailer was shown for 3.0 + 1.0 featuring the new June 2020 release. The trailer was later shared officially online.<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1152417665979277313</ref><br />
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On April 17th 2020, the official Evangelion website was updated to announced that the release date was being delayed by an unspecified amount of time due to the COVID-19 pandemic<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-17/evangelion-3.0-1.0-film-delayed-due-to-covid-19-concerns/.158693</ref><ref>https://www.gamespot.com/articles/evangelion-3010-film-release-delayed-due-to-corona/1100-6476186/</ref>. The announcement of the delay was accompanied by an updated staff/credits list, the release of the official poster in both Japanese and English and the reveal of the English title "Thrice Upon a Time" and the additional message "Bye-bye, all of EVANGELION"<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251064479816708096</ref>. Hideaki Anno posted a letter to healthcare workers expressing gratitude for fighting the disease, apologizing to fans for the added delay due to the unprecedented situation and encouraging all readers to persevere<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251066917495861248</ref>.<br />
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On October 15, 2020, Studio Khara sent out a tweet announcing that January 23, 2021 would be the new release date. The tweet contained a link to a new trailer for the movie<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/10/evangelion-3-01-0-has-a-new-release-date-in-2021/</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1316921806540996610</ref>.<br />
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On December 17, 2020, it was announced that all shooting and editing work for the movie was complete. This was followed by tweets from Studio Khara announcing that the movie had been screened to staff as well as select non-staff members, with the warning that spoilers on social media were a possibility by this point. <ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc2/status/1339355724669808640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref><ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/903217/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#903217</ref><br />
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Another trailer was released on December 24, 2020, featuring the "One Last Kiss" theme song.<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/12/3-0-1-0-xmas-trailer-with-one-last-kiss/</ref><br />
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On January 14, 2021, Studio Khara announced that the movie was to be indefinitely delayed again due to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, and that the scheduled release of the soundtrack on February 10 would not take place. <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/shineva2/</ref><ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/01/3-0-1-0-bad-news-and-a-little-good/</ref><br />
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On 26 February, 2021, it was announced that the film would be released on March 8, 2021<ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc/status/1365270814640148480</ref>. This became the actual, finalized date of release for the movie.<br />
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An updated version of the film, titled ''Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time'', was released in Japanese theaters on June 12, 2021. This version features updated cuts of various scenes. It also accompanied the distribution of a 36-page booklet called ''Eva-Extra-Extra'', including non-canon illustrations by staff and a prequel manga set before the events of the previous film, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, called Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) written by director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]] under Anno's supervision.<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/210607-2/</ref><br />
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Internationally, Amazon Prime Video acquired exclusive streaming rights to the film; it would be released in worldwide on August 13, 2021, excluding Japan.<ref>https://variety.com/2021/streaming/asia/evangelion-thrice-anime-movie-to-amazon-prime-video-1235009631/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-01/amazon-prime-video-to-stream-final-evangelion-film-on-august-13/.174666</ref> However, on July 20, 2021, Amazon Prime Video announced that would also stream the film in Japan on the same day as its international release.<ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2021-07-20/amazon-prime-video-also-streams-final-evangelion-film-in-japan-on-august-13/.175346</ref><br />
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==Publicity==<br />
[[Image:Evangelion 3.0+1.0, Final Visual.png|thumb|left|Final promotional image (Japanese)]]<br />
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On July 6, 2019, the event '''Operation 0706''' took place, the film's opening scene (having the production code "Avant 1") was simulcast on screens in Paris, France (Japan Expo) and throughout Japan, following a live event in Paris with Yoko Takahashi and Megumi Ogata. This was followed up later at other locations such as Los Angeles, CA's Anime Expo. A phone application was made available days before to drum up hype for the event, wherein the user was asked to choose between Team Nerv or Team Wille. After the event, their choice affected when they would have access to limited-access freebies: the four Shiro Sagisu pieces that debuted during Op0706, and the first three New Theatrical films. <br />
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On April 17, 2020, the announcement of the delay in the release date was accompanied by the revelation of the movie poster and the English title "Thrice Upon a Time". The poster features an image of Shinji in the distant background, walking down branching train tracks in bright sunlight. The location appears to be Ube-Shinkawa station, the main train station in the city of Ube, Yamaguchi Province, where [[Hideaki Anno]] was born. <br />
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On October 15, 2020, the announcement of the new release date was accompanied by the revelation of a new trailer, showing additional imagery of the characters, locations and Evangelions.<br />
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On December 9, 2020, the official Evangelion website announced that the theme song for the movie would be "One Last Kiss", performed by [[Hikaru Utada]] <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/onelastkiss/</ref>.<br />
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On December 23, 2020, the official Twitter announced that 3.0 + 1.0 would be screened simultaneously with [[Evangelion 3.333]] in back-to-back midnight IMAX screenings in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo, with the official website having a list of double-screenings for both movies. <ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1341941672704266240</ref> However, this double-screening did not materialize due to the delay caused in the movie's release date.<br />
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On February 16, 2021, Eirin (the Film Classification and Rating Organization) revealed the film's runtime to be 154 minutes. <ref>https://twitter.com/macgyjp/status/1361558394860040193 </ref> It was later clarified that the official runtime would instead be 155 minutes. <ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/910897/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#p910896</ref><br />
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On June 21, 2021, Shin Eva became the 49th highest grossing Japanese film, marking its entry into the top 50. <ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/06/shin-eva-becomes-49th-highest-grossing/</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
[[Image:Shin op0706 C080 kick.jpg|thumb|right|Eva-08 attacking Eva 44A]]<br />
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===Assault on Paris===<br />
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The film begins with [[Wille]] stopping in [[Paris Assault Mission|Paris, France]], which much like the outskirts of former Tokyo-3 has been converted into [[Core (Rebuild)|core material]]. A team descends from the [[AAA Wunder|Wunder]] -- comprised of [[Ritsuko Akagi (Rebuild)|Ritsuko]], [[Maya Ibuki|Maya]], three of Maya's male underlings, and [[Mari Makinami Illustrious|Mari]] in [[Evangelion Unit-08|Eva-08]] -- and lands on top of a mysterious black pillar. Ritsuko acts as a look-out while Maya and her men connect to the black pillar via laptop to resume the activation of an [[L Barrier|"Anti-L System"]] -- something a team of Europeans had previously died while attempting. As the operation begins, large numbers of a never-before-seen Eva type, [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44A|the aerial 44As]], appear in four waves, and Mari holds them off, assisted by helmsman [[Minor_Characters_(Rebuild)#Sumire_Nagara|Sumire Nagara]] utilizing the Wunder's intricate "cable flight" capabilities. Once the Evas have all been defeated, two more new enemy Eva types appear from a camouflaged cocoon: a [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_4444C|4444C unit]] with a Positron Cannon and the small army of generator-equipped [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44B|Eva 44Bs]] that supply power to it. While cable-suspended warships equipped with [[Evangelion Equipment (Rebuild)|ESVs]] are used to block the first shot, the team is left defenseless for the immediate second shot, as all the ships have been destroyed by the first shot. With Nagara's assist, Eva-08 charges the 4444C with the felled Eiffel Tower and before it can charge up fully, Mari is able to twist the tower down the 4444C's gun barrel, destroying both it and the 44Bs, at the cost of minor damage to Eva-08's legs. <br />
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Maya and the others successfully activate the pillar, which was actually a giant version of the sealing pillars seen in the two previous films. A radius of effect is created that pushes back the core-conversion, restoring part of the city. A large collection of E.U. Nerv storage lockers emerges from underground, filled with Eva spare parts, munitions, and components for what appears to be an upgraded model of [[Jet Alone]]. The Wunder and its support fleet descends, with two teams being dispatched to retrieve the parts and spares, and Mari muses that Eva-02 can be repaired and Eva-08 will be modified for "Overlap" compatibility. The scene ends with Mari promising to come back for [[Shinji]] <ref>''Evangelion: 3.0+1.0'', Avant 1, Operation 0706 Ver. [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English subtitles.]] Translated by Maryno_penguin, [[User:Reichu|Reichu]], sackboy71 et al.</ref>.<br />
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===Wandering, and Village-3===<br />
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The opening credits play over a montage of the red Earth, showing locations that have been turned to core. [[Failures of Infinity]] litter the landscape, with an anti-gravity effect manifesting in small areas, causing objects around them to float. Shinji, [[Rei Q]] and [[Asuka Shikinami Langley|Asuka]] walk together across its surface, with Asuka using the device in her hand as a compass to find their way. They are picked up by an adult in an SUV and wearing a protective suit. <br />
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[[File:Evangelion.3.0-1.01 Village 3 023.png|thumb|Panoramic view of Village-3|320px]]<br />
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Shinji wakes up to the sight of a child and a dog. He is examined by an adult Toji, who is highly surprised to see him, and with Hikari, who has since married him. The child is Toji and Hikari's daughter Tsubame<ref>The name literally means "Swallow" and is quite possibly a reference to the Tsubame service on the Kyushu Shinkansen[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsubame_(train)], continuing the Shinkansen reference in Hikari's name</ref>, and the dog is Toji's pet. It is revealed that they are in a settlement that has been kept free of the coreification proces, named Village-3, with Toji as the settlement's doctor and Kensuke as a technician/handyman, who is revealed to be the one who rescued the trio earlier. The village is being supported by an organization named [[Kredit]], which works together with Wille to provide supplies and facilitate trade with other settlements. Toji and Hikari greet Rei Q warmly, but she lacks of memory of either of them and is openly confused over the state of the world. Both of them realize that she is not the same Rei they knew, and they nickname her "lookalike". Neither Toji nor Kensuke show Shinji any hatred over Third Impact, and try to help him recover from his trauma, however, Shinji remains catatonic and is starting to feel physically sick, not talking to anyone and not eating anything, much to the annoyance of Hikari's father Bunzaemon, who lives with Toji and Hikari. Tsubame is the cause of much curiosity for Rei Q, who goes out and explores the world within the settlement with an almost childlike sense of curiosity, looking at such things as stray dogs and books. She also begins to learn more about her world, expressing continued confusion over the existence of a pregnant cat, baby Tsubame, and greetings such as "good morning" and "good night". She eventually settles down into village life, learning to farm alongside the older ladies of the village, working in the village rice paddies.<br />
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Kensuke offers to take the catatonic Shinji to his place, so that he might have some time to recover on his own. On arriving at Kensuke's residence (a small abandoned train station), Shinji sees Asuka leaving the shower naked, and she expresses irritation at Shinji's inaction, even at her current state. Shinji realizes Asuka has a DSS choker fitted on her as well, the sight of it causing Shinji to vomit due to traumatic memories of Kaworu's death. Kensuke cleans up the mess, and Asuka talks to him about Shinji's condition, calling him "kenken". She eventually has no option but to force-feed him protein bars due to his refusal to eat, and references her own inability to consume anything other than water. While doing so, she says that Shinji, as a fellow Pseudo-Lilin<ref>The Japanese term used here is Lilin-modoki, where modoki can variously mean "fake", "an imitation", "something that looks similar but is not the same".</ref>, may eventually join her and neither eat nor grow any longer. He goes out and spends entire days silently the ruins of Nerv-02, which is inhabited by a number of hot spring penguins, including a backpack-less Pen-Pen, while Asuka silently keeps a watch on him. Rei Q comes to Kensuke's house looking for Shinji, but finds only Asuka, who informs her that her feelings for the Third Child have been programmed into the Ayanami-Series since the beginning, as part of their inherent Eva-like restrictors as Eva pilots (notably, Asuka includes herself in these statements as well). Rei tells her she doesn't mind the artificial feelings, as they feel real to her, and Asuka gives in and tells her where Shinji is. Rei then goes to Shinji to return his SDAT along with some rations, but Shinji is still too distraught and knocks it away. Rei leaves with the SDAT, but leaves the rations behind. Overcome by hunger, Shinji eventually gives and eats the rations. Over the next few days, Rei gets better at farming and grows closer to the village folk, becoming more expressive. Eventually, she is able to get Shinji to talk to her, where he claims that he was the one who destroyed everything, and that he just wants to be left alone, and expresses confusion as to why people were being nice to him even after everything that happened, to which Rei replies that it is because they all like him. The response stuns Shinji, and he starts to become more active. Kensuke takes the slowly-recovering Shinji out fishing and on an infrastructure check to show him the massive [[Angel-sealing Hex Pillar]]s that are generating an [[L Barrier|Anti-L Field]] keeping the settlement and its surrounding areas safe from the coreification and the wandering [[Failures of Infinity]], which he says have started moving only recently. Shinji and Toji have a talk, and Toji reveals that he's not really a doctor, but only working with a basic knowledge of medicine and the machines that Kredit give them. He says that there are lives even he could not save, and that shouldering the anger and grief of those moments is what he believes he does best, so for the sake of his family and the village, he would continue to shoulder those burdens. He tells Shinji that he has already fought enough for everyone, and that he is welcome to stay in the Village if he wishes.<br />
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Some time later, Kensuke takes Shinji and Asuka to the grave of his father, Hajime Aida, and advises Shinji to try to talk to his own father so he has no regrets about not understanding him. Asuka scoffs at the idea, noting that the other party is "Gendo Ikari", and that it's impossible, but Shinji remains silent.<br />
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Rei Q eventually asks Shinji to help give her a proper name rather than "lookalike", and Shinji decides to call her "Ayanami" anyway. During a regular trip to check on the Anti-L System, Kensuke takes Shinji to a Wille Outdoor Laboratory that maintains the Anti-L System, and introduces him to "Ryoji Kaji", who is Misato's son with the original [[Ryoji Kaji]]. The younger Kaji works at repairing the Wille-built machines keeping the village free from being turned to core. On the way back, Kensuke talks to Shinji and explains the situation with the elder Kaji's death and Misato's current state, stating that Kaji Sr. sacrificed himself to stop Third Impact, and Misato now stays away from him so that she can protect him from afar, also adding that she regrets making Shinji shoulder all the burdens, and that is why (he thinks) she doesn't want Shinji to pilot an Eva again. Rei Q is revealed to require constant exposure to LCL to maintain her existence, and thanks Shinji for helping her find happiness before turning into LCL before his eyes. Shinji is shocked but Rei's experience is implied to help Shinji recover from his previous trauma.<br />
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AAA Wunder arrives to unload non-essential personnel. Kensuke reminds Shinji that he can stay in the village if he chooses to, but Shinji decides to go aboard the Wunder with Asuka, SDAT in hand, and Asuka tases him as per her orders. [[Sakura Suzuhara|Sakura]] looks him over in the medical wing, and slaps him when he awakens, infuriated at getting into [[Eva-13]] in the [[Evangelion 3.0|previous movie]], and eventually breaks down. Shinji is placed in isolation and under surveillance again, and both Asuka and Sakura express puzzlement at his return after discovering Kaworu's demise from the DSS Choker operational records. The bridge crew discusses the ongoing situation, with Midori expressing distaste over the Captain's decision to keep Shinji alive. Mari greets Asuka, who expresses the sentiment that Shinji "needs a mother, not a girlfriend". Ritsuko and Misato discuss their intentions in a space aboard Wunder dedicated to preserving seeds of life for all species, which is mentioned to be the original purpose of the vessel. Elsewhere, Fuyutsuki monologues about the Black Moon and Fourth Impact as well as Shinji and the fate of "Ayanami-type 6", wondering if Gendo deliberately made Shinji experience the same loss as him.<br />
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===Wille vs Nerv: Final===<br />
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[[File:Rebuild-of-evangelion-1-3-thrice-upon-a-time-002-pn-n.jpg|thumb|Asuka and Mari preparing for the final battle|250px]]<br />
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Gendo and Fuyutsuki steer the Black Moon towards the epicenter of Second Impact, at Nerv's former Calvary Base in Antarctica, intending to restart Eva-13. Misato and Ritsuko discover this and have completed a "signal suspension plug" to stop this event. Misato and the bridge crew reminisce about Kaji's death and their determination to fight Nerv and restore the world to its original state. The Wunder takes off and heads into the upper atmosphere for repair and refit, and also to launch a number of seeds containing Earth's plant life into outer space. Misato and Ritsuko have a conversation about Wunder's purpose as an ark and it is revealed that the seed vault on the Wunder also includes seeds of the watermelons planted in Tokyo-3 by Ryoji Kaji. Mari and Asuka get their new plugsuits, and Mari reintroduces herself to Shinji. Asuka and Shinji talk and Shinji reveals that he understands Asuka's anger at his inaction in the previous movie. Asuka says that she appreciated Shinji's bento and used to like him in the past, but she has now grown up. Mari and Asuka, satisfied, get into their Evas. A vision of Kaworu appears to Shinji saying that they will meet again, and Shinji agrees. AAA Wunder descends from orbit towards Antarctica with the objective being the neutralization of Eva-13, in what Misato calls "Operation Yamato". The Wunder breaks through a hexagonal barrier that encloses an area of "high L density". <br />
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As it nears Antarctica, Wunder is attacked by two Nerv ships of the Erlösung-class, the same as the Wunder - Erbsünde (Original Sin) and Erlösung (Salvation), apparently under Fuyutsuki's control, and with different turret arrangements. The Wunder is also approached by a swarm of Eva Series 7. During the battle, the Wunder resorts to using the guided-missile destroyers in its support fleet as giant guided missiles. Asuka and Mari sortie and battle their way through the swarm of Nerv Evas towards Eva-13. Asuka attacks Eva-13 with the stop signal plug, but Eva-02 is afraid of Eva-13 and puts up an entirely unexpected A.T. Field of its own will. Wunder is ambushed by the fourth Nerv warship, Gebet (Prayer), with Fuyutsuki on board, and reverts to its original state as the first Nerv warship, the Buße (Penance or atonement). Wings of light appear from the four Nerv warships in a manner much like the Adams at Second Impact, indicating an attempted Impact, not in Seele's scenario. Asuka removes her eyepatch and removes a restraint within her eye that keeps the Ninth Angel under control, transforming into a new Ninth Angel and converting Eva-02 into a previously unseen radiant giant state. However, it is revealed that she plays into Gendo's plan in the process as Eva-13 awakens just as Asuka erodes Eva-02's A.T. Field with her own, and destroys Eva-02 in much the same manner as Eva-01 destroyed Eva-03. During the process, Asuka is approached by "her original", revealing that she is a clone of the Shikinami series, and is absorbed by Eva-13. Wunder is taken over by a new Eva Mark.09, which Fuyutsuki is implied to have been responsible for <ref>Based on currently available information, the Mark.09A Evangelion was possibly created from the remains of the original Mark.09, which was subject to Eva-02's self-destruct explosion at the end of Evangelion 3.0. </ref>.<br />
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Gendo floats down to the Wunder himself, and Misato and Ritsuko confront him. Ritsuko shoots Gendo through his visor, however, her bullets are entirely ineffective and he simply scoops his blown-out brains and puts them into the hole in the back of his head. It is revealed that Gendo has used the Key of Nebuchadnezzar and has thrown away his humanity by adding "information that surpassed the logic of the world" to his body, and it is shown that there is only a cross-shaped glowing void where his eyes used to be. Gendo monologues about the purpose of the impacts and about the Human Instrumentality Project, before hitting the Wunder's engine with an Angel-like optical blast to retrieve Unit-01, and entering Eva-13 through its mouth.<br />
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===Human Instrumentality: Father and Son===<br />
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[[File:Eva_vs_Eva.jpg|thumb|Eva-13 vs. Eva-01, Father vs. Son|250px]]<br />
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Shinji turns to Misato and asks to pilot Eva-01 to stop Gendo. Midori Kitakami and Sakura are appalled at the prospect of Shinji entering the Eva and fire at him, but Misato blocks Sakura's bullet with her own body. Misato thanks Shinji for saving them all from destruction using Eva-01 fourteen years previously, and explains that as his superior, the responsibility for his actions was ultimately hers, and since Shinji is still her subordinate, she will take responsibility for his actions. Misato and Shinji have a conversation in which Misato asks Shinji to take care of her son. Meanwhile, Mari takes Eva-08 into an "overlapping" state where it merges with Eva-09, 10, 11, and 12 after partially consuming them, giving Eva-08 the ability to navigate the space beyond the [[Guf (Rebuild)| Doors of Guf]]. Shinji enters Eva-01 out of nowhere and the original Rei Ayanami appears to him inside, with her hair grown very long. She apologizes to him for not being able to make it so that he wouldn't have to get into an Eva, but Shinji thanks her and says he will take care of the rest. Ritsuko and Maya are shocked to discover that Shinji, rather than having a zero percent synchro rate with Eva-01 like they previously thought, has in fact attained a previously impossible infinite synchro-rate with Eva-01, as Shinji restores Eva-01's limbs and begins to strangle Eva-13, prompting Gendo to remark that "Unit-01's Pilot has awakened, has he?".<br />
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Gendo shows Shinji an "imaginary Evangelion" that takes the form of a Black Lilith due to Shinji's memories. This being was predicted by the theories of Dr. Katsuragi. The twin spears of Longinus and Cassius enter the imaginary Evangelion and transform it into a giant Rei with a floating decapitated head. Fuyutsuki recognizes Mari and addresses her as "Maria of Iscariot", and Mari refers to him as "Fuyutsuki-sensei" and adds that it has been a long time since anyone called her by that name. He tells Mari that he has given her what she requested, and addresses Yui with his last words before turning to LCL.<br />
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Gendo and Shinji fight in an "alternate universe" where LCL gives shape to perception, entering a surreal fight where they clash in multiple different locations across space and time that take form from Shinji's memories, but the rest of the world is revealed to be little more than a ''tokusatsu'' movie set complete model warships and Evangelion costumes for suit actors. Eva-01 and Eva-13 are in synch with each other, and Shinji fails to prevail over Gendo during the entire surreal fight. When they reach a location that is based on Shinji's memories of the village, he remembers the conversations he had with Toji and Kensuke and appeals to Gendo to stop and talk. Gendo is revealed to be afraid of Shinji as he puts up an A.T. Field of his own, but Shinji breaks through by handing over Gendo's old SDAT. <br />
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Gendo reveals his past; he was a lonely individual who grew up without parents, and the only loves in his life were books and the piano. A slightly older Mari - who is revealed to be a friend of Gendo's - introduces him to Fuyutsuki as well as Yui, whom he falls in love with. Shinji sees a vision of Gendo's past experiences and life, and learns how Yui's loss traumatized him. The setting is now on the KuMoHa42 rail car. Misato prepares to turn the AAA Wunder into another Spear to hurl at a giant Red Rei, using Ritsuko's knowledge to transform Wunder's spinal linkage system. Mari in the overlapping Eva-08 scuttles the other three Nerv warships and bids goodbye to them, referring to them as "Adams". Eva-08 boards the spinal system as Misato uses the Wunder to ram the eye of the giant Rei-being. Misato sacrifices herself to hold back Gendo's [[Additional Impact]] and manifest the Spear of Gaius, representing humanity's will. The Gaius materializes in miniature form between Shinji's hands as Misato completes her sacrifice.<br />
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Shinji helps Gendo find closure, and similarly for a now-adult Asuka, helping her find closure as well <ref> While this scene is set on a beach resembling the final scene in End of Evangelion, this is [[Shikinami Asuka Langley]] and '''not''' [[Asuka Langley Soryu]].</ref> We learn the backstory behind Asuka Shikinami, that she is the last surviving clone of the Shikinami series, having survived past all the combat training that the other clones failed and were eliminated for. Asuka is old enough to remember seeing Gendo, Yui and a little Shinji visit the Euro-Nerv facilities. Shinji tells the now-adult Asuka that he ''used'' to like her - making it clear, that like Asuka, any romantic or sexual feelings between them are in the past, and asks Asuka to say hi to Kensuke for him. Shinji talks to Kaworu and gives Kaworu the closure he seeks; In a scene that is indicative of what happened during the 14-year timeskip, Kaworu and the elder Kaji speak to each other. Kaworu is dressed in the same Nerv commander uniform as Gendo and the Bethany base commander, with Kaji in the same vice-commander uniform as Fuyutsuki and the Bethany base vice-commander. Kaworu, whom the elder Kaji calls "Commander Nagisa", agrees to go to the settlement where the younger Kaji farms<ref>Interviews have confirmed that Kaworu took over as commander of Nerv with Kaji as his vice-commander soon after the events of [[Evangelion 2.0]], with Gendo and Fuyutsuki being deposed.</ref>. Shinji eventually settles upon a complete reset of the world, a "Neon Genesis", a world without Evangelions. Shinji prepares to stab himself with the Spear of Gaius. Shinji is then pushed out of Eva-01 by his mother Yui, who is revealed to have been with him the entire time, and they are embraced from behind by Gendo in Eva-13. Gendo and Yui, Eva-01 and Eva-13 together sacrifice themselves to finish what Shinji began, spearing all Evangelions that ever were created at once. Their actions return all Evangelions and Failures of Infinity back into human and animal forms, restoring the world to its original state before the impacts.<br />
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In the final sequence, Asuka, Rei and Kaworu are seen on the platform of a train station with the [[KuMoHa42]] approaching, and an older Shinji is approached by Mari from behind. Mari closes his eyes and asks him to guess who she is, referring to her initial meeting with him and her meeting with him on the Wunder. The grown-up Shinji (voiced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%ABnosuke_Kamiki Ryunosuke Kamiki]) answers correctly, and Mari takes the DSS Choker that adult Shinji wears off his neck. Shinji holds Mari's hands and both of them head out of the train station together, and the sequence transitions into both Shinji and Mari escaping into a live-action sequence of Anno's hometown of Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, implying that all the Children have found closure in our reality.<br />
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==Production History and Development==<br />
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===Early development and delays===<br />
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The film was announced alongside Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo for release in 2008 as the final part of the Rebuild series under the working title Evangelion: Final. After delays of the first three films, Evangelion: Final was expected for release in 2015. In 2014, director and producer Hideaki Anno announced that due to other commitments, the film would be further delayed to an unknown date. Following the troubled production of the third film, director and producer Hideaki Anno became depressed and stated publicly in 2015 that he could not work on another film. As part of his recovery, Anno had also worked on Studio Ghibli's The Wind Rises under his mentor Hayao Miyazaki. Toho (which co-distributes the film in Japan with Toei) also approached Anno with an offer to direct a reboot of its Godzilla film series, Shin Godzilla, which also contributed to the delay on 3.0+1.0. Financial reasons also played a part. In 2014, Anno's Studio Khara loaned his former company Studio Gainax 100 million yen ($916,400). In 2016, Anno filed a claim for debt collection, fearing not only for the return of the money but also because of Gainax selling production materials to third parties, after a precedent of other sales of intellectual property without informing him. This was part of several legal issues surrounding Gainax and Evangelion.<br />
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Production on Evangelion resumed after the production of Shin Godzilla ended in late 2016. After a formal apology, animation director Takeshi Honda stated that the last film had resumed development. Studio Khara tweeted on April 5, 2017, that development was going smoothly. In May 2018, the studio put out a job listing for animation staff to work on 3DCG, VFX, and 2D animation starting on June 30, 2018. Animation was going through the final check by October 2, 2020. Dialogue recording wrapped on November 19, 2020. On December 16, 2020, Studio Khara announced that compositing and editing work had finished. In 2019 the film was scheduled for a June 27, 2020 release date but received two delays due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, first scheduled for a January 23, 2021 release, before being released on March 8, 2021.<br />
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===Development===<br />
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Anno was very reluctant to return to work on the film in 2016. In 2018, Anno had asked for the opinion of voice actors like Megumi Ogata (Shinji) on how to move the plot forward after 3.0. Anno felt he could no longer understand Shinji and by now his current self was closer to Gendo than Shinji, and needed Ogata's input on how Shinji could recover after the events of 3.0. Anno felt that at that point the only people who could understand Shinji's feelings were Ogata herself and his personal assistant, Ikki Todoroki. Anno himself had intended to go to Paris for Japan Expo 2019, but the film's continuing delays in production prevented him. Anno had often visited the film's music composer Shirō Sagisu, who lives half the year in Paris, and wished to pay homage to the city in the opening 10 minutes of the movie, entitled AVANT1 ("before" in French), seeking to surpass his earlier depiction in Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. At the event, Ogata also recounted Anno had asked what ending she preferred "as Shinji". AVANT1+2, including a further 2 minutes of the opening sequence, was also streamed on Khara's YouTube channel and Japanese Amazon Prime Video for free for two weeks.<br />
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Dialogue for Parts A and B, set after AVANT, started recording in March 2019. As there were several changes to the plot, many voice actors had to come back and record lines again. In 2020, due to the pandemic restrictions, production slowed down further and recording was mostly done by the voice actors separately as many dozens of takes were necessary, and they organized themselves through a Line group. This created a bond between the cast that was unprecedented in previous productions. At the end of recording, Anno thanked the cast for their contributions. Yūko Miyamura, who played Asuka, was instructed to treat her character as completely separate from the series' Asuka Langley Soryu, and the last thing asked of her was to write the character's full name in cursive herself to be used in the movie. She had lived in Australia for the past two decades, but was still unsure of how to write "Langley". Miyamura expressed her surprise at Anno's behavior near the end of production, in contrast to his behavior during the making of End of Evangelion: "Anno-san is amazing. He has become an adult".<br />
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Anno sought to bring in new talent and people outside the usual Evangelion core crew, like Darling in the Franxx creator Atsushi Nishigori, a protégé of his, while other core staffers like chief editor Masayuki largely stepped down in order to allow new talents to gain more experience. In addition, the series' original character designer, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, has had diminishing involvement since 3.0, and the new character designs are mostly done by Hidenori Matsubara. Anno had long stated his wish to revitalize the anime industry, and saw the sponsorship of new creators as a prime way of achieving this, as well as the promotions of events backed by Studio Khara like the Japan Animator Expo. Director Mahiro Maeda recounted Anno wanted him to figure out specific details of the plot on his own when asked. Similarly to production in the series, Anno would take ideas from staffers but have the final word in plot decisions. Anno had also been an advocate of employing new and innovative animation technologies, combined with extensive use of motion capture and computer-generated imagery, and employed them in the film. Maeda and others noted nonetheless that Anno seemed to be directing the film more like a live action film than animation, including in the way he directed the voice actors, taking cues from theatre techniques, after his previous experience outside Evangelion, despite the staff's own limited experience, something he had previously attempted in Cutie Honey. He thought Anno "wanted to get out of here the most", but expressed his feelings in film sincerely.<br />
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Director Kazuya Tsurumaki details Anno wanted to try a new process for the film. Instead of first creating storyboards and then developing the animation based on them as is traditional, Anno proposed to first draw the animation cels and then draw the scenes from them. This technique was generally referred to by staff as "pre-visualization". He was once more inspired from the usual process in live action, where scenes are first shot from multiple angles and then stories are created and then selected during editing. The latter half of the film, however, progressively returned to the traditional anime style. Tsurumaki noted the original intention was that "the first 80%" of the Rebuild series would be a "compilation" of the original anime series, and the changes would only start with the last film, in keeping with earlier comments in 2006 by producer Toshimichi Ohtsuki regarding the intention that only the ending would be a major departure from the series, as staff felt End of Evangelion could not receive a sequel, and the Rebuild movies were not going to be "metaphysical" like the original anime, but rather "oriented towards entertainment". This eventually changed, and major changes started happening as early as Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance. He also noted that the previously stated goal of "destroying Evangelion" through the character of Mari was entrusted to an external party. Anno would ask the opinion of many parts of staff, including those not involved in the actual film like office staff for their opinions on several nuances. Anno's wife Moyoco Anno provided early designs for some characters. Studio Ghibli also provided assistance to scenes set in the survivor's village. For the village itself, Khara had a box model custom-built to orientate the artists, and Anno personally adjusted it to the smallest details like individual house layout, road with and utility posts to make it as realistic as possible. Staff consulted with multiple professionals and conducted research like sky-diving for maximum accuracy.<br />
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A making-of documentary aired on Japanese broadcaster NHK in March 22, 2021, with the crew following production for 1214 days. BS Japan also broadcast an extended version of the documentary on April 29, 2021, totaling 100 minutes of runtime, featuring unused footage. Amazon Prime Video included the extended version of documentary in its international release of the film in August. When production started in 2016, Anno initially intended to not involve himself much in the film, wishing to delegate most of it to his directors, particularly Tsurumaki, generally considered Khara's second-in-command, but as the release date approached with mounting production problems he progressively took more control and took on more tasks directly, also driven by his perfectionism. Maeda was also not initially serving as a director, but was brought in the middle of production. Kim Morrisy of Anime News Network described it as tumultuous: "There were several occasions shown when he decided that the work he had done at the time was insufficient and would scrap it entirely. The [final] D part of the script was eventually completed in early 2019, at the latest possible stage it could have been done to meet the deadline."<br />
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In the documentary, Anno is depicted as frequently late or absent from the studio, or would often stay overnight adjusting individual scenes he was unsatisfied with. Part A had been rewritten multiple times, and at one point Anno was so lost on how to resolve the story lines he considered restarting it from scratch after nine months of work. Anno believed he wouldn't miss working on the franchise and said everything he needed to, feeling finishing his work remained a priority, even at the expense of his well-being. Anno told Ogata later at post-production that he'd indeed miss it. Hayao Miyazaki described Anno, as an apprentice of his, as "one who sheds blood for his films". Gainax co-founder Toshio Okada criticized the documentary as "sloppy" and "propaganda" trying to make Anno look better, claiming Anno's live-action approach in fact took inspiration from Hiroyuki Yamaga's work in Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise instead of being sui generis as the documentary implied, and Anno noted the crew was in fact not present during the highly intense production of Part D for several months, nor did it cover him thanking the staff at the end.<br />
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On March 28, 2021, the cast was fully reunited for the first time in 14 years and held a stage greeting, commenting on the film and their bond to the characters. On April 12, 2021, directors Anno, Tsurumaki and Maeda, as well as Ogata, held another stage greeting. On June 26, 2021, Anno held a live stream on singer Hikaru Utada's Instagram page, and debated the film. On June 27, 2021, another cast greeting was held. Mari's voice actress Maaya Sakamoto explained she had been absent from the previous events because she felt apprehensive over the details she knew about Mari's character that Anno told her, but refused to share them: "I will take secrets to my grave". A last stage greeting was held on July 11, 2021. Anno felt he had now done everything he could with anime, and accordingly Khara denied reports that he was working on a reboot of a popular animation series. He also noted he initially attempted a shorter two hour runtime, but had to extend it.<br />
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===Future of the franchise===<br />
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Anno had originally intended on making a new Evangelion story since 2000<ref>https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_1.0_Complete_Records_Collection</ref> and has intended to open-up the franchise in the future to new creators and turn Eva into a "new Gundam", using the Rebuilds as a foundation for this, but 3.0+1.0 is intended to be his final Evangelion work. The Animator Expo already featured two independent works based on the franchise: Evangelion – Another Impact and Neon Genesis IMPACTS, as well as until You come to me, a short film intended to showcase the talent of younger Khara animators, not as an official trailer. In an interview in August 2021, Anno stated other parts of the franchise and story might be revisited later. In Hikari Utada's live stream featuring Anno, he comments that "the New Eva isn't 100% what I want it to be." Additionally, the 3.0+1.01 re-release and the Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) prequel manga can already be seen as early examples of additions to the franchise with Anno's blessing and involvement, with the former started a mere month after the film's initial release at Anno's initiative. Popular interest also remains extremely high, as can be seen NHK's making-off documentary, EVANGELION: 3.333 Breakdown (under Anno's supervision), the high number of interviews and articles done in the 6 months between Japanese and international release, with more on the way.<br />
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==Different Versions==<br />
===3.0+1.01===<br />
On June 7, 2021, an updated version of the movie was released for cinema with cleaned-up animations. People attending were also given the one-shot manga, <i>[[Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)]]</i>, set 2 hours before the events of the third movie. This version is the one that released on Amazon Prime Video one moth later, on August 13.<br />
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===3.0+1.11===<br />
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On March 8, 2023, the two year anniversary of the movie, the home video version titled <i>3.0+1.11</i> was released in Japan. The movie is sold in both the 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray format and the standard Blu-ray disc. GKIDS plans to release this version in the United States in 2023, along with other territories.<ref>[https://twitter.com/GKIDSfilms/status/1608553570663555072 GKIDS' official Twitter account posting about the release year]</ref> The movie is largely untouched with only minor visual changes. The two standout bonus features of this release are a new ten-minute short titled <i>[[Evangelion: 3.0 (-46h)]]</i> focusing on Midori Kitakami, and a colored and voiced version of <i>Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)</i>. <br />
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Other bonus features include a behind-the-scenes video titled "Rebuild of EVANGELION:3.0+1.0", a recording of 3.0+1.0's stage greeting with Megumi Ogata, Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki, and Mahiro Maeda, as well as various commercials and voice messages from the cast.<br />
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==See Also==<br />
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* [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English Translation of "Avant 1" Sequence]]<br />
* [[Guides:Evangelion 3.0%2B1.0_FAQ|FAQ for Evangelion:3.0+1.0]]<br />
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| directed_by = [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]], [[Katsuichi Nakayama]]<br />
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'''Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon a Time''' is the title for the fourth and final film in the [[Rebuild of Evangelion]] movie series, formerly known by the working title '''Evangelion: Final'''. Upon its initial announcement, It was planned to be released in Japan alongside the third film, [[Evangelion 3.0]], at an unspecified date. Previously, the name had been changed to what could be interpreted as either the symbol for "End" or "Repeat" in sheet music.<ref>http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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Unlike the three previous movies, the title is rendered in Katakana as "Evangelion" in the same manner as the TV series. Starting with "<i>Shin</i>", just like Anno's involved live-action titles like <i>Shin Godzilla</i> or <i>Shin Ultraman</i>. The previous three movies had Katakana that spelled "Wevangeliwon". Speculation by fans based on the Jo-Ha-Kyu structure of Japanese drama suggests that Final will incorporate the fourth and fifth acts of the Japanese drama cycle, depicting a long journey and coming to a quick conclusion<ref>http://forum.evageeks.org/post/663128/Did-Q-Fail-Thematically/#663128</ref>. Alternatively, the series may be following the Kishotenketsu<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kish%C5%8Dtenketsu</ref> narrative pattern which concludes in the fourth arc. Whether or not the movie actually follows either pattern of Japanese drama remains for further analysis once the movie is released outside of Japan. <br />
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In September 2014, the title of the final film was revealed to be "Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0", based on a title card shown at the end of the TV screening of Evangelion 3.0, followed by the subsequent update of the main Evangelion site with the new title.<ref>http://www.evageeks.org/2014/09/no-new-sneak-peaks-in-evangelion-finals-preview/</ref> The final title was revealed on December 27, 2019, along with the initial release date of June 27, 2020.<br />
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==Release Date==<br />
With the release of Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon A Time on March 8, 2021, the section below has been largely left as it is to show timeline information from past years, and chronicle the release of said timeline information to fans. <br />
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On December 31st, 2011 the Japanese website was updated to show a 2013 release date<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120101082254/http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>, but that has been removed when the site was updated after [[Evangelion 3.0]]'s release <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20121118180135/http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>. The website no longer features any tentative date and none have been announced<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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At the 2014 Tokyo Film Festival Anno joked that the final film might be released 4-6 years after [[Evangelion 3.0]]<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2014-10-27/anno-jokes-that-4th-new-evangelion-film-might-be-4-6-years-after-3rd-one/.80406</ref>. <br />
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Actual news on the film's production had been hard to come by during the period between 2012 and 2019. Various miscellaneous projects had been done, including two animated shorts that may or may not have been pertinent to the film's own details as well as the end of Sadamoto's manga adaption. However, during this period, the film itself saw no details except for the news that Utada Hikaru, who has been the musical artist for Rebuild's credit themes, would be returning in 2015 from her hiatus to write the final film's credits theme. The source also indicated that the film would release in autumn/winter 2015, but this claim was then refuted by the source, who then stated that no ''official'' announcement had been made.<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-26/magazine-final-evangelion-film-slated-for-fall-winter-2015-with-utada-song/.82629</ref> Prior to the new title announcement, this was the only solid news (or any news at all) that had been released.<br />
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On July 19th, 2016 Anno directly apologized to the fans of Evangelion. He stated ''"To all the Evangelion fans, I’m really, really keeping you all waiting, I am truly sorry."'' Anno then went on to say he felt "trapped" while making ''Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo'', saying he couldn't recharge. ''“Up until then, after doing the third entry Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, I thought I wasn’t going to make any more,”'' After being offered the job to work on ''Godzilla Resurgence'', he stated ''“At that time, I went into talks with Toho, and it saved me. I think this is how I’m able to keep making Evangelion. However, since it is a fact that I’m making everyone wait, I deeply apologize for that.”'' <ref>http://kotaku.com/an-apology-to-evangelion-fans-from-hideaki-anno-1783903322</ref><br />
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On July 20th 2018, the official Evangelion website was updated to reflect a 2020 theatrical release.<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/news.html</ref><br />
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On July 6th 2019, Khara screened the first ten minutes of the film on Japan Expo in Paris, Anime Expo in Los Angeles, and CCG Expo in Shangai. The film was originally scheduled for release on June 27, 2020.<br />
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On July 18th 2019, during showings of Makoto Shinkai's new film "Weathering with You", a new trailer was shown for 3.0 + 1.0 featuring the new June 2020 release. The trailer was later shared officially online.<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1152417665979277313</ref><br />
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On April 17th 2020, the official Evangelion website was updated to announced that the release date was being delayed by an unspecified amount of time due to the COVID-19 pandemic<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-17/evangelion-3.0-1.0-film-delayed-due-to-covid-19-concerns/.158693</ref><ref>https://www.gamespot.com/articles/evangelion-3010-film-release-delayed-due-to-corona/1100-6476186/</ref>. The announcement of the delay was accompanied by an updated staff/credits list, the release of the official poster in both Japanese and English and the reveal of the English title "Thrice Upon a Time" and the additional message "Bye-bye, all of EVANGELION"<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251064479816708096</ref>. Hideaki Anno posted a letter to healthcare workers expressing gratitude for fighting the disease, apologizing to fans for the added delay due to the unprecedented situation and encouraging all readers to persevere<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251066917495861248</ref>.<br />
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On October 15, 2020, Studio Khara sent out a tweet announcing that January 23, 2021 would be the new release date. The tweet contained a link to a new trailer for the movie<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/10/evangelion-3-01-0-has-a-new-release-date-in-2021/</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1316921806540996610</ref>.<br />
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On December 17, 2020, it was announced that all shooting and editing work for the movie was complete. This was followed by tweets from Studio Khara announcing that the movie had been screened to staff as well as select non-staff members, with the warning that spoilers on social media were a possibility by this point. <ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc2/status/1339355724669808640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref><ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/903217/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#903217</ref><br />
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Another trailer was released on December 24, 2020, featuring the "One Last Kiss" theme song.<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/12/3-0-1-0-xmas-trailer-with-one-last-kiss/</ref><br />
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On January 14, 2021, Studio Khara announced that the movie was to be indefinitely delayed again due to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, and that the scheduled release of the soundtrack on February 10 would not take place. <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/shineva2/</ref><ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/01/3-0-1-0-bad-news-and-a-little-good/</ref><br />
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On 26 February, 2021, it was announced that the film would be released on March 8, 2021<ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc/status/1365270814640148480</ref>. This became the actual, finalized date of release for the movie.<br />
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An updated version of the film, titled ''Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time'', was released in Japanese theaters on June 12, 2021. This version features updated cuts of various scenes. It also accompanied the distribution of a 36-page booklet called ''Eva-Extra-Extra'', including non-canon illustrations by staff and a prequel manga set before the events of the previous film, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, called Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) written by director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]] under Anno's supervision.<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/210607-2/</ref><br />
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Internationally, Amazon Prime Video acquired exclusive streaming rights to the film; it would be released in worldwide on August 13, 2021, excluding Japan.<ref>https://variety.com/2021/streaming/asia/evangelion-thrice-anime-movie-to-amazon-prime-video-1235009631/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-01/amazon-prime-video-to-stream-final-evangelion-film-on-august-13/.174666</ref> However, on July 20, 2021, Amazon Prime Video announced that would also stream the film in Japan on the same day as its international release.<ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2021-07-20/amazon-prime-video-also-streams-final-evangelion-film-in-japan-on-august-13/.175346</ref><br />
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==Publicity==<br />
[[Image:Evangelion 3.0+1.0, Final Visual.png|thumb|left|Final promotional image (Japanese)]]<br />
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On July 6, 2019, the event '''Operation 0706''' took place, the film's opening scene (having the production code "Avant 1") was simulcast on screens in Paris, France (Japan Expo) and throughout Japan, following a live event in Paris with Yoko Takahashi and Megumi Ogata. This was followed up later at other locations such as Los Angeles, CA's Anime Expo. A phone application was made available days before to drum up hype for the event, wherein the user was asked to choose between Team Nerv or Team Wille. After the event, their choice affected when they would have access to limited-access freebies: the four Shiro Sagisu pieces that debuted during Op0706, and the first three New Theatrical films. <br />
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On April 17, 2020, the announcement of the delay in the release date was accompanied by the revelation of the movie poster and the English title "Thrice Upon a Time". The poster features an image of Shinji in the distant background, walking down branching train tracks in bright sunlight. The location appears to be Ube-Shinkawa station, the main train station in the city of Ube, Yamaguchi Province, where [[Hideaki Anno]] was born. <br />
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On October 15, 2020, the announcement of the new release date was accompanied by the revelation of a new trailer, showing additional imagery of the characters, locations and Evangelions.<br />
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On December 9, 2020, the official Evangelion website announced that the theme song for the movie would be "One Last Kiss", performed by [[Hikaru Utada]] <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/onelastkiss/</ref>.<br />
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On December 23, 2020, the official Twitter announced that 3.0 + 1.0 would be screened simultaneously with [[Evangelion 3.333]] in back-to-back midnight IMAX screenings in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo, with the official website having a list of double-screenings for both movies. <ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1341941672704266240</ref> However, this double-screening did not materialize due to the delay caused in the movie's release date.<br />
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On February 16, 2021, Eirin (the Film Classification and Rating Organization) revealed the film's runtime to be 154 minutes. <ref>https://twitter.com/macgyjp/status/1361558394860040193 </ref> It was later clarified that the official runtime would instead be 155 minutes. <ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/910897/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#p910896</ref><br />
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On June 21, 2021, Shin Eva became the 49th highest grossing Japanese film, marking its entry into the top 50. <ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/06/shin-eva-becomes-49th-highest-grossing/</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
[[Image:Shin op0706 C080 kick.jpg|thumb|right|Eva-08 attacking Eva 44A]]<br />
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===Assault on Paris===<br />
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The film begins with [[Wille]] stopping in [[Paris Assault Mission|Paris, France]], which much like the outskirts of former Tokyo-3 has been converted into [[Core (Rebuild)|core material]]. A team descends from the [[AAA Wunder|Wunder]] -- comprised of [[Ritsuko Akagi (Rebuild)|Ritsuko]], [[Maya Ibuki|Maya]], three of Maya's male underlings, and [[Mari Makinami Illustrious|Mari]] in [[Evangelion Unit-08|Eva-08]] -- and lands on top of a mysterious black pillar. Ritsuko acts as a look-out while Maya and her men connect to the black pillar via laptop to resume the activation of an [[L Barrier|"Anti-L System"]] -- something a team of Europeans had previously died while attempting. As the operation begins, large numbers of a never-before-seen Eva type, [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44A|the aerial 44As]], appear in four waves, and Mari holds them off, assisted by helmsman [[Minor_Characters_(Rebuild)#Sumire_Nagara|Sumire Nagara]] utilizing the Wunder's intricate "cable flight" capabilities. Once the Evas have all been defeated, two more new enemy Eva types appear from a camouflaged cocoon: a [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_4444C|4444C unit]] with a Positron Cannon and the small army of generator-equipped [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44B|Eva 44Bs]] that supply power to it. While cable-suspended warships equipped with [[Evangelion Equipment (Rebuild)|ESVs]] are used to block the first shot, the team is left defenseless for the immediate second shot, as all the ships have been destroyed by the first shot. With Nagara's assist, Eva-08 charges the 4444C with the felled Eiffel Tower and before it can charge up fully, Mari is able to twist the tower down the 4444C's gun barrel, destroying both it and the 44Bs, at the cost of minor damage to Eva-08's legs. <br />
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Maya and the others successfully activate the pillar, which was actually a giant version of the sealing pillars seen in the two previous films. A radius of effect is created that pushes back the core-conversion, restoring part of the city. A large collection of E.U. Nerv storage lockers emerges from underground, filled with Eva spare parts, munitions, and components for what appears to be an upgraded model of [[Jet Alone]]. The Wunder and its support fleet descends, with two teams being dispatched to retrieve the parts and spares, and Mari muses that Eva-02 can be repaired and Eva-08 will be modified for "Overlap" compatibility. The scene ends with Mari promising to come back for [[Shinji]] <ref>''Evangelion: 3.0+1.0'', Avant 1, Operation 0706 Ver. [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English subtitles.]] Translated by Maryno_penguin, [[User:Reichu|Reichu]], sackboy71 et al.</ref>.<br />
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===Wandering, and Village-3===<br />
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The opening credits play over a montage of the red Earth, showing locations that have been turned to core. [[Failures of Infinity]] litter the landscape, with an anti-gravity effect manifesting in small areas, causing objects around them to float. Shinji, [[Rei Q]] and [[Asuka Shikinami Langley|Asuka]] walk together across its surface, with Asuka using the device in her hand as a compass to find their way. They are picked up by an adult in an SUV and wearing a protective suit. <br />
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Shinji wakes up to the sight of a child and a dog. He is examined by an adult Toji, who is highly surprised to see him, and with Hikari, who has since married him. The child is Toji and Hikari's daughter Tsubame<ref>The name literally means "Swallow" and is quite possibly a reference to the Tsubame service on the Kyushu Shinkansen[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsubame_(train)], continuing the Shinkansen reference in Hikari's name</ref>, and the dog is Toji's pet. It is revealed that they are in a settlement that has been kept free of the coreification proces, named Village-3, with Toji as the settlement's doctor and Kensuke as a technician/handyman, who is revealed to be the one who rescued the trio earlier. The village is being supported by an organization named [[Kredit]], which works together with Wille to provide supplies and facilitate trade with other settlements. Toji and Hikari greet Rei Q warmly, but she lacks of memory of either of them and is openly confused over the state of the world. Both of them realize that she is not the same Rei they knew, and they nickname her "lookalike". Neither Toji nor Kensuke show Shinji any hatred over Third Impact, and try to help him recover from his trauma, however, Shinji remains catatonic and is starting to feel physically sick, not talking to anyone and not eating anything, much to the annoyance of Hikari's father Bunzaemon, who lives with Toji and Hikari. Tsubame is the cause of much curiosity for Rei Q, who goes out and explores the world within the settlement with an almost childlike sense of curiosity, looking at such things as stray dogs and books. She also begins to learn more about her world, expressing continued confusion over the existence of a pregnant cat, baby Tsubame, and greetings such as "good morning" and "good night". She eventually settles down into village life, learning to farm alongside the older ladies of the village, working in the village rice paddies.<br />
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Kensuke offers to take the catatonic Shinji to his place, so that he might have some time to recover on his own. On arriving at Kensuke's residence (a small abandoned train station), Shinji sees Asuka leaving the shower naked, and she expresses irritation at Shinji's inaction, even at her current state. Shinji realizes Asuka has a DSS choker fitted on her as well, the sight of it causing Shinji to vomit due to traumatic memories of Kaworu's death. Kensuke cleans up the mess, and Asuka talks to him about Shinji's condition, calling him "kenken". She eventually has no option but to force-feed him protein bars due to his refusal to eat, and references her own inability to consume anything other than water. While doing so, she says that Shinji, as a fellow Pseudo-Lilin<ref>The Japanese term used here is Lilin-modoki, where modoki can variously mean "fake", "an imitation", "something that looks similar but is not the same".</ref>, may eventually join her and neither eat nor grow any longer. He goes out and spends entire days silently the ruins of Nerv-02, which is inhabited by a number of hot spring penguins, including a backpack-less Pen-Pen, while Asuka silently keeps a watch on him. Rei Q comes to Kensuke's house looking for Shinji, but finds only Asuka, who informs her that her feelings for the Third Child have been programmed into the Ayanami-Series since the beginning, as part of their inherent Eva-like restrictors as Eva pilots (notably, Asuka includes herself in these statements as well). Rei tells her she doesn't mind the artificial feelings, as they feel real to her, and Asuka gives in and tells her where Shinji is. Rei then goes to Shinji to return his SDAT along with some rations, but Shinji is still too distraught and knocks it away. Rei leaves with the SDAT, but leaves the rations behind. Overcome by hunger, Shinji eventually gives and eats the rations. Over the next few days, Rei gets better at farming and grows closer to the village folk, becoming more expressive. Eventually, she is able to get Shinji to talk to her, where he claims that he was the one who destroyed everything, and that he just wants to be left alone, and expresses confusion as to why people were being nice to him even after everything that happened, to which Rei replies that it is because they all like him. The response stuns Shinji, and he starts to become more active. Kensuke takes the slowly-recovering Shinji out fishing and on an infrastructure check to show him the massive [[Angel-sealing Hex Pillar]]s that are generating an [[L Barrier|Anti-L Field]] keeping the settlement and its surrounding areas safe from the coreification and the wandering [[Failures of Infinity]], which he says have started moving only recently. Shinji and Toji have a talk, and Toji reveals that he's not really a doctor, but only working with a basic knowledge of medicine and the machines that Kredit give them. He says that there are lives even he could not save, and that shouldering the anger and grief of those moments is what he believes he does best, so for the sake of his family and the village, he would continue to shoulder those burdens. He tells Shinji that he has already fought enough for everyone, and that he is welcome to stay in the Village if he wishes.<br />
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Some time later, Kensuke takes Shinji and Asuka to the grave of his father, Hajime Aida, and advises Shinji to try to talk to his own father so he has no regrets about not understanding him. Asuka scoffs at the idea, noting that the other party is "Gendo Ikari", and that it's impossible, but Shinji remains silent.<br />
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Rei Q eventually asks Shinji to help give her a proper name rather than "lookalike", and Shinji decides to call her "Ayanami" anyway. During a regular trip to check on the Anti-L System, Kensuke takes Shinji to a Wille Outdoor Laboratory that maintains the Anti-L System, and introduces him to "Ryoji Kaji", who is Misato's son with the original [[Ryoji Kaji]]. The younger Kaji works at repairing the Wille-built machines keeping the village free from being turned to core. On the way back, Kensuke talks to Shinji and explains the situation with the elder Kaji's death and Misato's current state, stating that Kaji Sr. sacrificed himself to stop Third Impact, and Misato now stays away from him so that she can protect him from afar, also adding that she regrets making Shinji shoulder all the burdens, and that is why (he thinks) she doesn't want Shinji to pilot an Eva again. Rei Q is revealed to require constant exposure to LCL to maintain her existence, and thanks Shinji for helping her find happiness before turning into LCL before his eyes. Shinji is shocked but Rei's experience is implied to help Shinji recover from his previous trauma.<br />
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AAA Wunder arrives to unload non-essential personnel. Kensuke reminds Shinji that he can stay in the village if he chooses to, but Shinji decides to go aboard the Wunder with Asuka, SDAT in hand, and Asuka tases him as per her orders. [[Sakura Suzuhara|Sakura]] looks him over in the medical wing, and slaps him when he awakens, infuriated at getting into [[Eva-13]] in the [[Evangelion 3.0|previous movie]], and eventually breaks down. Shinji is placed in isolation and under surveillance again, and both Asuka and Sakura express puzzlement at his return after discovering Kaworu's demise from the DSS Choker operational records. The bridge crew discusses the ongoing situation, with Midori expressing distaste over the Captain's decision to keep Shinji alive. Mari greets Asuka, who expresses the sentiment that Shinji "needs a mother, not a girlfriend". Ritsuko and Misato discuss their intentions in a space aboard Wunder dedicated to preserving seeds of life for all species, which is mentioned to be the original purpose of the vessel. Elsewhere, Fuyutsuki monologues about the Black Moon and Fourth Impact as well as Shinji and the fate of "Ayanami-type 6", wondering if Gendo deliberately made Shinji experience the same loss as him.<br />
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===Wille vs Nerv: Final===<br />
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Gendo and Fuyutsuki steer the Black Moon towards the epicenter of Second Impact, at Nerv's former Calvary Base in Antarctica, intending to restart Eva-13. Misato and Ritsuko discover this and have completed a "signal suspension plug" to stop this event. Misato and the bridge crew reminisce about Kaji's death and their determination to fight Nerv and restore the world to its original state. The Wunder takes off and heads into the upper atmosphere for repair and refit, and also to launch a number of seeds containing Earth's plant life into outer space. Misato and Ritsuko have a conversation about Wunder's purpose as an ark and it is revealed that the seed vault on the Wunder also includes seeds of the watermelons planted in Tokyo-3 by Ryoji Kaji. Mari and Asuka get their new plugsuits, and Mari reintroduces herself to Shinji. Asuka and Shinji talk and Shinji reveals that he understands Asuka's anger at his inaction in the previous movie. Asuka says that she appreciated Shinji's bento and used to like him in the past, but she has now grown up. Mari and Asuka, satisfied, get into their Evas. A vision of Kaworu appears to Shinji saying that they will meet again, and Shinji agrees. AAA Wunder descends from orbit towards Antarctica with the objective being the neutralization of Eva-13, in what Misato calls "Operation Yamato". The Wunder breaks through a hexagonal barrier that encloses an area of "high L density". <br />
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As it nears Antarctica, Wunder is attacked by two Nerv ships of the Erlösung-class, the same as the Wunder - Erbsünde (Original Sin) and Erlösung (Salvation), apparently under Fuyutsuki's control, and with different turret arrangements. The Wunder is also approached by a swarm of Eva Series 7. During the battle, the Wunder resorts to using the guided-missile destroyers in its support fleet as giant guided missiles. Asuka and Mari sortie and battle their way through the swarm of Nerv Evas towards Eva-13. Asuka attacks Eva-13 with the stop signal plug, but Eva-02 is afraid of Eva-13 and puts up an entirely unexpected A.T. Field of its own will. Wunder is ambushed by the fourth Nerv warship, Gebet (Prayer), with Fuyutsuki on board, and reverts to its original state as the first Nerv warship, the Buße (Penance or atonement). Wings of light appear from the four Nerv warships in a manner much like the Adams at Second Impact, indicating an attempted Impact, not in Seele's scenario. Asuka removes her eyepatch and removes a restraint within her eye that keeps the Ninth Angel under control, transforming into a new Ninth Angel and converting Eva-02 into a previously unseen radiant giant state. However, it is revealed that she plays into Gendo's plan in the process as Eva-13 awakens just as Asuka erodes Eva-02's A.T. Field with her own, and destroys Eva-02 in much the same manner as Eva-01 destroyed Eva-03. During the process, Asuka is approached by "her original", revealing that she is a clone of the Shikinami series, and is absorbed by Eva-13. Wunder is taken over by a new Eva Mark.09, which Fuyutsuki is implied to have been responsible for <ref>Based on currently available information, the Mark.09A Evangelion was possibly created from the remains of the original Mark.09, which was subject to Eva-02's self-destruct explosion at the end of Evangelion 3.0. </ref>.<br />
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Gendo floats down to the Wunder himself, and Misato and Ritsuko confront him. Ritsuko shoots Gendo through his visor, however, her bullets are entirely ineffective and he simply scoops his blown-out brains and puts them into the hole in the back of his head. It is revealed that Gendo has used the Key of Nebuchadnezzar and has thrown away his humanity by adding "information that surpassed the logic of the world" to his body, and it is shown that there is only a cross-shaped glowing void where his eyes used to be. Gendo monologues about the purpose of the impacts and about the Human Instrumentality Project, before hitting the Wunder's engine with an Angel-like optical blast to retrieve Unit-01, and entering Eva-13 through its mouth.<br />
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===Human Instrumentality: Father and Son===<br />
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Shinji turns to Misato and asks to pilot Eva-01 to stop Gendo. Midori Kitakami and Sakura are appalled at the prospect of Shinji entering the Eva and fire at him, but Misato blocks Sakura's bullet with her own body. Misato thanks Shinji for saving them all from destruction using Eva-01 fourteen years previously, and explains that as his superior, the responsibility for his actions was ultimately hers, and since Shinji is still her subordinate, she will take responsibility for his actions. Misato and Shinji have a conversation in which Misato asks Shinji to take care of her son. Meanwhile, Mari takes Eva-08 into an "overlapping" state where it merges with Eva-09, 10, 11, and 12 after partially consuming them, giving Eva-08 the ability to navigate the space beyond the [[Guf (Rebuild)| Doors of Guf]]. Shinji enters Eva-01 out of nowhere and the original Rei Ayanami appears to him inside, with her hair grown very long. She apologizes to him for not being able to make it so that he wouldn't have to get into an Eva, but Shinji thanks her and says he will take care of the rest. Ritsuko and Maya are shocked to discover that Shinji, rather than having a zero percent synchro rate with Eva-01 like they previously thought, has in fact attained a previously impossible infinite synchro-rate with Eva-01, as Shinji restores Eva-01's limbs and begins to strangle Eva-13, prompting Gendo to remark that "Unit-01's Pilot has awakened, has he?".<br />
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Gendo shows Shinji an "imaginary Evangelion" that takes the form of a Black Lilith due to Shinji's memories. This being was predicted by the theories of Dr. Katsuragi. The twin spears of Longinus and Cassius enter the imaginary Evangelion and transform it into a giant Rei with a floating decapitated head. Fuyutsuki recognizes Mari and addresses her as "Maria of Iscariot", and Mari refers to him as "Fuyutsuki-sensei" and adds that it has been a long time since anyone called her by that name. He tells Mari that he has given her what she requested, and addresses Yui with his last words before turning to LCL.<br />
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Gendo and Shinji fight in an "alternate universe" where LCL gives shape to perception, entering a surreal fight where they clash in multiple different locations across space and time that take form from Shinji's memories, but the rest of the world is revealed to be little more than a ''tokusatsu'' movie set complete model warships and Evangelion costumes for suit actors. Eva-01 and Eva-13 are in synch with each other, and Shinji fails to prevail over Gendo during the entire surreal fight. When they reach a location that is based on Shinji's memories of the village, he remembers the conversations he had with Toji and Kensuke and appeals to Gendo to stop and talk. Gendo is revealed to be afraid of Shinji as he puts up an A.T. Field of his own, but Shinji breaks through by handing over Gendo's old SDAT. <br />
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Gendo reveals his past; he was a lonely individual who grew up without parents, and the only loves in his life were books and the piano. A slightly older Mari - who is revealed to be a friend of Gendo's - introduces him to Fuyutsuki as well as Yui, whom he falls in love with. Shinji sees a vision of Gendo's past experiences and life, and learns how Yui's loss traumatized him. The setting is now on the KuMoHa42 rail car. Misato prepares to turn the AAA Wunder into another Spear to hurl at a giant Red Rei, using Ritsuko's knowledge to transform Wunder's spinal linkage system. Mari in the overlapping Eva-08 scuttles the other three Nerv warships and bids goodbye to them, referring to them as "Adams". Eva-08 boards the spinal system as Misato uses the Wunder to ram the eye of the giant Rei-being. Misato sacrifices herself to hold back Gendo's [[Additional Impact]] and manifest the Spear of Gaius, representing humanity's will. The Gaius materializes in miniature form between Shinji's hands as Misato completes her sacrifice.<br />
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Shinji helps Gendo find closure, and similarly for a now-adult Asuka, helping her find closure as well <ref> While this scene is set on a beach resembling the final scene in End of Evangelion, this is [[Shikinami Asuka Langley]] and '''not''' [[Asuka Langley Soryu]].</ref> We learn the backstory behind Asuka Shikinami, that she is the last surviving clone of the Shikinami series, having survived past all the combat training that the other clones failed and were eliminated for. Asuka is old enough to remember seeing Gendo, Yui and a little Shinji visit the Euro-Nerv facilities. Shinji tells the now-adult Asuka that he ''used'' to like her - making it clear, that like Asuka, any romantic or sexual feelings between them are in the past, and asks Asuka to say hi to Kensuke for him. Shinji talks to Kaworu and gives Kaworu the closure he seeks; In a scene that is indicative of what happened during the 14-year timeskip, Kaworu and the elder Kaji speak to each other. Kaworu is dressed in the same Nerv commander uniform as Gendo and the Bethany base commander, with Kaji in the same vice-commander uniform as Fuyutsuki and the Bethany base vice-commander. Kaworu, whom the elder Kaji calls "Commander Nagisa", agrees to go to the settlement where the younger Kaji farms<ref>Interviews have confirmed that Kaworu took over as commander of Nerv with Kaji as his vice-commander soon after the events of [[Evangelion 2.0]], with Gendo and Fuyutsuki being deposed.</ref>. Shinji eventually settles upon a complete reset of the world, a "Neon Genesis", a world without Evangelions. Shinji prepares to stab himself with the Spear of Gaius. Shinji is then pushed out of Eva-01 by his mother Yui, who is revealed to have been with him the entire time, and they are embraced from behind by Gendo in Eva-13. Gendo and Yui, Eva-01 and Eva-13 together sacrifice themselves to finish what Shinji began, spearing all Evangelions that ever were created at once. Their actions return all Evangelions and Failures of Infinity back into human and animal forms, restoring the world to its original state before the impacts.<br />
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In the final sequence, Asuka, Rei and Kaworu are seen on the platform of a train station with the [[KuMoHa42]] approaching, and an older Shinji is approached by Mari from behind. Mari closes his eyes and asks him to guess who she is, referring to her initial meeting with him and her meeting with him on the Wunder. The grown-up Shinji (voiced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%ABnosuke_Kamiki Ryunosuke Kamiki]) answers correctly, and Mari takes the DSS Choker that adult Shinji wears off his neck. Shinji holds Mari's hands and both of them head out of the train station together, and the sequence transitions into both Shinji and Mari escaping into a live-action sequence of Anno's hometown of Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, implying that all the Children have found closure in our reality.<br />
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==Production History and Development==<br />
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===Early development and delays===<br />
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The film was announced alongside Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo for release in 2008 as the final part of the Rebuild series under the working title Evangelion: Final. After delays of the first three films, Evangelion: Final was expected for release in 2015. In 2014, director and producer Hideaki Anno announced that due to other commitments, the film would be further delayed to an unknown date. Following the troubled production of the third film, director and producer Hideaki Anno became depressed and stated publicly in 2015 that he could not work on another film. As part of his recovery, Anno had also worked on Studio Ghibli's The Wind Rises under his mentor Hayao Miyazaki. Toho (which co-distributes the film in Japan with Toei) also approached Anno with an offer to direct a reboot of its Godzilla film series, Shin Godzilla, which also contributed to the delay on 3.0+1.0. Financial reasons also played a part. In 2014, Anno's Studio Khara loaned his former company Studio Gainax 100 million yen ($916,400). In 2016, Anno filed a claim for debt collection, fearing not only for the return of the money but also because of Gainax selling production materials to third parties, after a precedent of other sales of intellectual property without informing him. This was part of several legal issues surrounding Gainax and Evangelion.<br />
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Production on Evangelion resumed after the production of Shin Godzilla ended in late 2016. After a formal apology, animation director Takeshi Honda stated that the last film had resumed development. Studio Khara tweeted on April 5, 2017, that development was going smoothly. In May 2018, the studio put out a job listing for animation staff to work on 3DCG, VFX, and 2D animation starting on June 30, 2018. Animation was going through the final check by October 2, 2020. Dialogue recording wrapped on November 19, 2020. On December 16, 2020, Studio Khara announced that compositing and editing work had finished. In 2019 the film was scheduled for a June 27, 2020 release date but received two delays due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, first scheduled for a January 23, 2021 release, before being released on March 8, 2021.<br />
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===Development===<br />
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Anno was very reluctant to return to work on the film in 2016. In 2018, Anno had asked for the opinion of voice actors like Megumi Ogata (Shinji) on how to move the plot forward after 3.0. Anno felt he could no longer understand Shinji and by now his current self was closer to Gendo than Shinji, and needed Ogata's input on how Shinji could recover after the events of 3.0. Anno felt that at that point the only people who could understand Shinji's feelings were Ogata herself and his personal assistant, Ikki Todoroki. Anno himself had intended to go to Paris for Japan Expo 2019, but the film's continuing delays in production prevented him. Anno had often visited the film's music composer Shirō Sagisu, who lives half the year in Paris, and wished to pay homage to the city in the opening 10 minutes of the movie, entitled AVANT1 ("before" in French), seeking to surpass his earlier depiction in Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. At the event, Ogata also recounted Anno had asked what ending she preferred "as Shinji". AVANT1+2, including a further 2 minutes of the opening sequence, was also streamed on Khara's YouTube channel and Japanese Amazon Prime Video for free for two weeks.<br />
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Dialogue for Parts A and B, set after AVANT, started recording in March 2019. As there were several changes to the plot, many voice actors had to come back and record lines again. In 2020, due to the pandemic restrictions, production slowed down further and recording was mostly done by the voice actors separately as many dozens of takes were necessary, and they organized themselves through a Line group. This created a bond between the cast that was unprecedented in previous productions. At the end of recording, Anno thanked the cast for their contributions. Yūko Miyamura, who played Asuka, was instructed to treat her character as completely separate from the series' Asuka Langley Soryu, and the last thing asked of her was to write the character's full name in cursive herself to be used in the movie. She had lived in Australia for the past two decades, but was still unsure of how to write "Langley". Miyamura expressed her surprise at Anno's behavior near the end of production, in contrast to his behavior during the making of End of Evangelion: "Anno-san is amazing. He has become an adult".<br />
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Anno sought to bring in new talent and people outside the usual Evangelion core crew, like Darling in the Franxx creator Atsushi Nishigori, a protégé of his, while other core staffers like chief editor Masayuki largely stepped down in order to allow new talents to gain more experience. In addition, the series' original character designer, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, has had diminishing involvement since 3.0, and the new character designs are mostly done by Hidenori Matsubara. Anno had long stated his wish to revitalize the anime industry, and saw the sponsorship of new creators as a prime way of achieving this, as well as the promotions of events backed by Studio Khara like the Japan Animator Expo. Director Mahiro Maeda recounted Anno wanted him to figure out specific details of the plot on his own when asked. Similarly to production in the series, Anno would take ideas from staffers but have the final word in plot decisions. Anno had also been an advocate of employing new and innovative animation technologies, combined with extensive use of motion capture and computer-generated imagery, and employed them in the film. Maeda and others noted nonetheless that Anno seemed to be directing the film more like a live action film than animation, including in the way he directed the voice actors, taking cues from theatre techniques, after his previous experience outside Evangelion, despite the staff's own limited experience, something he had previously attempted in Cutie Honey. He thought Anno "wanted to get out of here the most", but expressed his feelings in film sincerely.<br />
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Director Kazuya Tsurumaki details Anno wanted to try a new process for the film. Instead of first creating storyboards and then developing the animation based on them as is traditional, Anno proposed to first draw the animation cels and then draw the scenes from them. This technique was generally referred to by staff as "pre-visualization". He was once more inspired from the usual process in live action, where scenes are first shot from multiple angles and then stories are created and then selected during editing. The latter half of the film, however, progressively returned to the traditional anime style. Tsurumaki noted the original intention was that "the first 80%" of the Rebuild series would be a "compilation" of the original anime series, and the changes would only start with the last film, in keeping with earlier comments in 2006 by producer Toshimichi Ohtsuki regarding the intention that only the ending would be a major departure from the series, as staff felt End of Evangelion could not receive a sequel, and the Rebuild movies were not going to be "metaphysical" like the original anime, but rather "oriented towards entertainment". This eventually changed, and major changes started happening as early as Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance. He also noted that the previously stated goal of "destroying Evangelion" through the character of Mari was entrusted to an external party. Anno would ask the opinion of many parts of staff, including those not involved in the actual film like office staff for their opinions on several nuances. Anno's wife Moyoco Anno provided early designs for some characters. Studio Ghibli also provided assistance to scenes set in the survivor's village. For the village itself, Khara had a box model custom-built to orientate the artists, and Anno personally adjusted it to the smallest details like individual house layout, road with and utility posts to make it as realistic as possible. Staff consulted with multiple professionals and conducted research like sky-diving for maximum accuracy.<br />
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A making-of documentary aired on Japanese broadcaster NHK in March 22, 2021, with the crew following production for 1214 days. BS Japan also broadcast an extended version of the documentary on April 29, 2021, totaling 100 minutes of runtime, featuring unused footage. Amazon Prime Video included the extended version of documentary in its international release of the film in August. When production started in 2016, Anno initially intended to not involve himself much in the film, wishing to delegate most of it to his directors, particularly Tsurumaki, generally considered Khara's second-in-command, but as the release date approached with mounting production problems he progressively took more control and took on more tasks directly, also driven by his perfectionism. Maeda was also not initially serving as a director, but was brought in the middle of production. Kim Morrisy of Anime News Network described it as tumultuous: "There were several occasions shown when he decided that the work he had done at the time was insufficient and would scrap it entirely. The [final] D part of the script was eventually completed in early 2019, at the latest possible stage it could have been done to meet the deadline."<br />
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In the documentary, Anno is depicted as frequently late or absent from the studio, or would often stay overnight adjusting individual scenes he was unsatisfied with. Part A had been rewritten multiple times, and at one point Anno was so lost on how to resolve the story lines he considered restarting it from scratch after nine months of work. Anno believed he wouldn't miss working on the franchise and said everything he needed to, feeling finishing his work remained a priority, even at the expense of his well-being. Anno told Ogata later at post-production that he'd indeed miss it. Hayao Miyazaki described Anno, as an apprentice of his, as "one who sheds blood for his films". Gainax co-founder Toshio Okada criticized the documentary as "sloppy" and "propaganda" trying to make Anno look better, claiming Anno's live-action approach in fact took inspiration from Hiroyuki Yamaga's work in Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise instead of being sui generis as the documentary implied, and Anno noted the crew was in fact not present during the highly intense production of Part D for several months, nor did it cover him thanking the staff at the end.<br />
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On March 28, 2021, the cast was fully reunited for the first time in 14 years and held a stage greeting, commenting on the film and their bond to the characters. On April 12, 2021, directors Anno, Tsurumaki and Maeda, as well as Ogata, held another stage greeting. On June 26, 2021, Anno held a live stream on singer Hikaru Utada's Instagram page, and debated the film. On June 27, 2021, another cast greeting was held. Mari's voice actress Maaya Sakamoto explained she had been absent from the previous events because she felt apprehensive over the details she knew about Mari's character that Anno told her, but refused to share them: "I will take secrets to my grave". A last stage greeting was held on July 11, 2021. Anno felt he had now done everything he could with anime, and accordingly Khara denied reports that he was working on a reboot of a popular animation series. He also noted he initially attempted a shorter two hour runtime, but had to extend it.<br />
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===Future of the franchise===<br />
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Anno had originally intended on making a new Evangelion story since 2000<ref>https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_1.0_Complete_Records_Collection</ref> and has intended to open-up the franchise in the future to new creators and turn Eva into a "new Gundam", using the Rebuilds as a foundation for this, but 3.0+1.0 is intended to be his final Evangelion work. The Animator Expo already featured two independent works based on the franchise: Evangelion – Another Impact and Neon Genesis IMPACTS, as well as until You come to me, a short film intended to showcase the talent of younger Khara animators, not as an official trailer. In an interview in August 2021, Anno stated other parts of the franchise and story might be revisited later. In Hikari Utada's live stream featuring Anno, he comments that "the New Eva isn't 100% what I want it to be." Additionally, the 3.0+1.01 re-release and the Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) prequel manga can already be seen as early examples of additions to the franchise with Anno's blessing and involvement, with the former started a mere month after the film's initial release at Anno's initiative. Popular interest also remains extremely high, as can be seen NHK's making-off documentary, EVANGELION: 3.333 Breakdown (under Anno's supervision), the high number of interviews and articles done in the 6 months between Japanese and international release, with more on the way.<br />
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==Different Versions==<br />
===3.0+1.01===<br />
On June 7, 2021, an updated version of the movie was released for cinema with cleaned-up animations. People attending were also given the one-shot manga, <i>[[Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)]]</i>, set 2 hours before the events of the third movie. This version is the one that released on Amazon Prime Video one moth later, on August 13.<br />
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===3.0+1.11===<br />
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On March 8, 2023, the two year anniversary of the movie, the home video version titled <i>3.0+1.11</i> was released in Japan. The movie is sold in both the 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray format and the standard Blu-ray disc. GKIDS plans to release this version in the United States in 2023, along with other territories.<ref>[https://twitter.com/GKIDSfilms/status/1608553570663555072 GKIDS' official Twitter account posting about the release year]</ref> The movie is largely untouched with only minor visual changes. The two standout bonus features of this release are a new ten-minute short titled <i>[[Evangelion: 3.0 (-46h)]]</i> focusing on Sumire Nagara, and a colored and voiced version of <i>Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)</i>. <br />
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Other bonus features include a behind-the-scenes video titled "Rebuild of EVANGELION:3.0+1.0", a recording of 3.0+1.0's stage greeting with Megumi Ogata, Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki, and Mahiro Maeda, as well as various commercials and voice messages from the cast.<br />
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==See Also==<br />
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* [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English Translation of "Avant 1" Sequence]]<br />
* [[Guides:Evangelion 3.0%2B1.0_FAQ|FAQ for Evangelion:3.0+1.0]]<br />
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| written_by = [[Hideaki Anno]]<br />
| directed_by = [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]], [[Katsuichi Nakayama]]<br />
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'''Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon a Time''' is the title for the fourth and final film in the [[Rebuild of Evangelion]] movie series, formerly known by the working title '''Evangelion: Final'''. Upon its initial announcement, It was planned to be released in Japan alongside the third film, [[Evangelion 3.0]], at an unspecified date. Previously, the name had been changed to what could be interpreted as either the symbol for "End" or "Repeat" in sheet music.<ref>http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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Unlike the three previous movies, the title is rendered in Katakana as "Evangelion" in the same manner as the TV series. Starting with "<i>Shin</i>", just like Anno's involved live-action titles like <i>Shin Godzilla</i> or <i>Shin Ultraman</i>. The previous three movies had Katakana that spelled "Wevangeliwon". Speculation by fans based on the Jo-Ha-Kyu structure of Japanese drama suggests that Final will incorporate the fourth and fifth acts of the Japanese drama cycle, depicting a long journey and coming to a quick conclusion<ref>http://forum.evageeks.org/post/663128/Did-Q-Fail-Thematically/#663128</ref>. Alternatively, the series may be following the Kishotenketsu<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kish%C5%8Dtenketsu</ref> narrative pattern which concludes in the fourth arc. Whether or not the movie actually follows either pattern of Japanese drama remains for further analysis once the movie is released outside of Japan. <br />
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In September 2014, the title of the final film was revealed to be "Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0", based on a title card shown at the end of the TV screening of Evangelion 3.0, followed by the subsequent update of the main Evangelion site with the new title.<ref>http://www.evageeks.org/2014/09/no-new-sneak-peaks-in-evangelion-finals-preview/</ref> The final title was revealed on December 27, 2019, along with the initial release date of June 27, 2020.<br />
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==Release Date==<br />
With the release of Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon A Time on March 8, 2021, the section below has been largely left as it is to show timeline information from past years, and chronicle the release of said timeline information to fans. <br />
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On December 31st, 2011 the Japanese website was updated to show a 2013 release date<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120101082254/http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>, but that has been removed when the site was updated after [[Evangelion 3.0]]'s release <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20121118180135/http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>. The website no longer features any tentative date and none have been announced<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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At the 2014 Tokyo Film Festival Anno joked that the final film might be released 4-6 years after [[Evangelion 3.0]]<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2014-10-27/anno-jokes-that-4th-new-evangelion-film-might-be-4-6-years-after-3rd-one/.80406</ref>. <br />
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Actual news on the film's production had been hard to come by during the period between 2012 and 2019. Various miscellaneous projects had been done, including two animated shorts that may or may not have been pertinent to the film's own details as well as the end of Sadamoto's manga adaption. However, during this period, the film itself saw no details except for the news that Utada Hikaru, who has been the musical artist for Rebuild's credit themes, would be returning in 2015 from her hiatus to write the final film's credits theme. The source also indicated that the film would release in autumn/winter 2015, but this claim was then refuted by the source, who then stated that no ''official'' announcement had been made.<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-26/magazine-final-evangelion-film-slated-for-fall-winter-2015-with-utada-song/.82629</ref> Prior to the new title announcement, this was the only solid news (or any news at all) that had been released.<br />
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On July 19th, 2016 Anno directly apologized to the fans of Evangelion. He stated ''"To all the Evangelion fans, I’m really, really keeping you all waiting, I am truly sorry."'' Anno then went on to say he felt "trapped" while making ''Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo'', saying he couldn't recharge. ''“Up until then, after doing the third entry Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, I thought I wasn’t going to make any more,”'' After being offered the job to work on ''Godzilla Resurgence'', he stated ''“At that time, I went into talks with Toho, and it saved me. I think this is how I’m able to keep making Evangelion. However, since it is a fact that I’m making everyone wait, I deeply apologize for that.”'' <ref>http://kotaku.com/an-apology-to-evangelion-fans-from-hideaki-anno-1783903322</ref><br />
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On July 20th 2018, the official Evangelion website was updated to reflect a 2020 theatrical release.<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/news.html</ref><br />
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On July 6th 2019, Khara screened the first ten minutes of the film on Japan Expo in Paris, Anime Expo in Los Angeles, and CCG Expo in Shangai. The film was originally scheduled for release on June 27, 2020.<br />
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On July 18th 2019, during showings of Makoto Shinkai's new film "Weathering with You", a new trailer was shown for 3.0 + 1.0 featuring the new June 2020 release. The trailer was later shared officially online.<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1152417665979277313</ref><br />
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On April 17th 2020, the official Evangelion website was updated to announced that the release date was being delayed by an unspecified amount of time due to the COVID-19 pandemic<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-17/evangelion-3.0-1.0-film-delayed-due-to-covid-19-concerns/.158693</ref><ref>https://www.gamespot.com/articles/evangelion-3010-film-release-delayed-due-to-corona/1100-6476186/</ref>. The announcement of the delay was accompanied by an updated staff/credits list, the release of the official poster in both Japanese and English and the reveal of the English title "Thrice Upon a Time" and the additional message "Bye-bye, all of EVANGELION"<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251064479816708096</ref>. Hideaki Anno posted a letter to healthcare workers expressing gratitude for fighting the disease, apologizing to fans for the added delay due to the unprecedented situation and encouraging all readers to persevere<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251066917495861248</ref>.<br />
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On October 15, 2020, Studio Khara sent out a tweet announcing that January 23, 2021 would be the new release date. The tweet contained a link to a new trailer for the movie<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/10/evangelion-3-01-0-has-a-new-release-date-in-2021/</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1316921806540996610</ref>.<br />
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On December 17, 2020, it was announced that all shooting and editing work for the movie was complete. This was followed by tweets from Studio Khara announcing that the movie had been screened to staff as well as select non-staff members, with the warning that spoilers on social media were a possibility by this point. <ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc2/status/1339355724669808640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref><ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/903217/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#903217</ref><br />
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Another trailer was released on December 24, 2020, featuring the "One Last Kiss" theme song.<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/12/3-0-1-0-xmas-trailer-with-one-last-kiss/</ref><br />
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On January 14, 2021, Studio Khara announced that the movie was to be indefinitely delayed again due to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, and that the scheduled release of the soundtrack on February 10 would not take place. <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/shineva2/</ref><ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/01/3-0-1-0-bad-news-and-a-little-good/</ref><br />
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On 26 February, 2021, it was announced that the film would be released on March 8, 2021<ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc/status/1365270814640148480</ref>. This became the actual, finalized date of release for the movie.<br />
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An updated version of the film, titled ''Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time'', was released in Japanese theaters on June 12, 2021. This version features updated cuts of various scenes. It also accompanied the distribution of a 36-page booklet called ''Eva-Extra-Extra'', including non-canon illustrations by staff and a prequel manga set before the events of the previous film, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, called Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) written by director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]] under Anno's supervision.<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/210607-2/</ref><br />
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Internationally, Amazon Prime Video acquired exclusive streaming rights to the film; it would be released in worldwide on August 13, 2021, excluding Japan.<ref>https://variety.com/2021/streaming/asia/evangelion-thrice-anime-movie-to-amazon-prime-video-1235009631/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-01/amazon-prime-video-to-stream-final-evangelion-film-on-august-13/.174666</ref> However, on July 20, 2021, Amazon Prime Video announced that would also stream the film in Japan on the same day as its international release.<ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2021-07-20/amazon-prime-video-also-streams-final-evangelion-film-in-japan-on-august-13/.175346</ref><br />
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==Publicity==<br />
[[Image:Evangelion 3.0+1.0, Final Visual.png|thumb|left|Final promotional image (Japanese)]]<br />
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On July 6, 2019, the event '''Operation 0706''' took place, the film's opening scene (having the production code "Avant 1") was simulcast on screens in Paris, France (Japan Expo) and throughout Japan, following a live event in Paris with Yoko Takahashi and Megumi Ogata. This was followed up later at other locations such as Los Angeles, CA's Anime Expo. A phone application was made available days before to drum up hype for the event, wherein the user was asked to choose between Team Nerv or Team Wille. After the event, their choice affected when they would have access to limited-access freebies: the four Shiro Sagisu pieces that debuted during Op0706, and the first three New Theatrical films. <br />
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On April 17, 2020, the announcement of the delay in the release date was accompanied by the revelation of the movie poster and the English title "Thrice Upon a Time". The poster features an image of Shinji in the distant background, walking down branching train tracks in bright sunlight. The location appears to be Ube-Shinkawa station, the main train station in the city of Ube, Yamaguchi Province, where [[Hideaki Anno]] was born. <br />
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On October 15, 2020, the announcement of the new release date was accompanied by the revelation of a new trailer, showing additional imagery of the characters, locations and Evangelions.<br />
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On December 9, 2020, the official Evangelion website announced that the theme song for the movie would be "One Last Kiss", performed by [[Hikaru Utada]] <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/onelastkiss/</ref>.<br />
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On December 23, 2020, the official Twitter announced that 3.0 + 1.0 would be screened simultaneously with [[Evangelion 3.333]] in back-to-back midnight IMAX screenings in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo, with the official website having a list of double-screenings for both movies. <ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1341941672704266240</ref> However, this double-screening did not materialize due to the delay caused in the movie's release date.<br />
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On February 16, 2021, Eirin (the Film Classification and Rating Organization) revealed the film's runtime to be 154 minutes. <ref>https://twitter.com/macgyjp/status/1361558394860040193 </ref> It was later clarified that the official runtime would instead be 155 minutes. <ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/910897/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#p910896</ref><br />
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On June 21, 2021, Shin Eva became the 49th highest grossing Japanese film, marking its entry into the top 50. <ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/06/shin-eva-becomes-49th-highest-grossing/</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
[[Image:Shin op0706 C080 kick.jpg|thumb|right|Eva-08 attacking Eva 44A]]<br />
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===Assault on Paris===<br />
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The film begins with [[Wille]] stopping in [[Paris Assault Mission|Paris, France]], which much like the outskirts of former Tokyo-3 has been converted into [[Core (Rebuild)|core material]]. A team descends from the [[AAA Wunder|Wunder]] -- comprised of [[Ritsuko Akagi (Rebuild)|Ritsuko]], [[Maya Ibuki|Maya]], three of Maya's male underlings, and [[Mari Makinami Illustrious|Mari]] in [[Evangelion Unit-08|Eva-08]] -- and lands on top of a mysterious black pillar. Ritsuko acts as a look-out while Maya and her men connect to the black pillar via laptop to resume the activation of an [[L Barrier|"Anti-L System"]] -- something a team of Europeans had previously died while attempting. As the operation begins, large numbers of a never-before-seen Eva type, [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44A|the aerial 44As]], appear in four waves, and Mari holds them off, assisted by helmsman [[Minor_Characters_(Rebuild)#Sumire_Nagara|Sumire Nagara]] utilizing the Wunder's intricate "cable flight" capabilities. Once the Evas have all been defeated, two more new enemy Eva types appear from a camouflaged cocoon: a [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_4444C|4444C unit]] with a Positron Cannon and the small army of generator-equipped [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44B|Eva 44Bs]] that supply power to it. While cable-suspended warships equipped with [[Evangelion Equipment (Rebuild)|ESVs]] are used to block the first shot, the team is left defenseless for the immediate second shot, as all the ships have been destroyed by the first shot. With Nagara's assist, Eva-08 charges the 4444C with the felled Eiffel Tower and before it can charge up fully, Mari is able to twist the tower down the 4444C's gun barrel, destroying both it and the 44Bs, at the cost of minor damage to Eva-08's legs. <br />
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Maya and the others successfully activate the pillar, which was actually a giant version of the sealing pillars seen in the two previous films. A radius of effect is created that pushes back the core-conversion, restoring part of the city. A large collection of E.U. Nerv storage lockers emerges from underground, filled with Eva spare parts, munitions, and components for what appears to be an upgraded model of [[Jet Alone]]. The Wunder and its support fleet descends, with two teams being dispatched to retrieve the parts and spares, and Mari muses that Eva-02 can be repaired and Eva-08 will be modified for "Overlap" compatibility. The scene ends with Mari promising to come back for [[Shinji]] <ref>''Evangelion: 3.0+1.0'', Avant 1, Operation 0706 Ver. [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English subtitles.]] Translated by Maryno_penguin, [[User:Reichu|Reichu]], sackboy71 et al.</ref>.<br />
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===Wandering, and Village-3===<br />
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The opening credits play over a montage of the red Earth, showing locations that have been turned to core. [[Failures of Infinity]] litter the landscape, with an anti-gravity effect manifesting in small areas, causing objects around them to float. Shinji, [[Rei Q]] and [[Asuka Shikinami Langley|Asuka]] walk together across its surface, with Asuka using the device in her hand as a compass to find their way. They are picked up by an adult in an SUV and wearing a protective suit. <br />
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[[File:Evangelion.3.0-1.01 Village 3 023.png|thumb|Panoramic view of Village-3|320px]]<br />
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Shinji wakes up to the sight of a child and a dog. He is examined by an adult Toji, who is highly surprised to see him, and with Hikari, who has since married him. The child is Toji and Hikari's daughter Tsubame<ref>The name literally means "Swallow" and is quite possibly a reference to the Tsubame service on the Kyushu Shinkansen[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsubame_(train)], continuing the Shinkansen reference in Hikari's name</ref>, and the dog is Toji's pet. It is revealed that they are in a settlement that has been kept free of the coreification proces, named Village-3, with Toji as the settlement's doctor and Kensuke as a technician/handyman, who is revealed to be the one who rescued the trio earlier. The village is being supported by an organization named [[Kredit]], which works together with Wille to provide supplies and facilitate trade with other settlements. Toji and Hikari greet Rei Q warmly, but she lacks of memory of either of them and is openly confused over the state of the world. Both of them realize that she is not the same Rei they knew, and they nickname her "lookalike". Neither Toji nor Kensuke show Shinji any hatred over Third Impact, and try to help him recover from his trauma, however, Shinji remains catatonic and is starting to feel physically sick, not talking to anyone and not eating anything, much to the annoyance of Hikari's father Bunzaemon, who lives with Toji and Hikari. Tsubame is the cause of much curiosity for Rei Q, who goes out and explores the world within the settlement with an almost childlike sense of curiosity, looking at such things as stray dogs and books. She also begins to learn more about her world, expressing continued confusion over the existence of a pregnant cat, baby Tsubame, and greetings such as "good morning" and "good night". She eventually settles down into village life, learning to farm alongside the older ladies of the village, working in the village rice paddies.<br />
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Kensuke offers to take the catatonic Shinji to his place, so that he might have some time to recover on his own. On arriving at Kensuke's residence (a small abandoned train station), Shinji sees Asuka leaving the shower naked, and she expresses irritation at Shinji's inaction, even at her current state. Shinji realizes Asuka has a DSS choker fitted on her as well, the sight of it causing Shinji to vomit due to traumatic memories of Kaworu's death. Kensuke cleans up the mess, and Asuka talks to him about Shinji's condition, calling him "kenken". She eventually has no option but to force-feed him protein bars due to his refusal to eat, and references her own inability to consume anything other than water. While doing so, she says that Shinji, as a fellow Pseudo-Lilin<ref>The Japanese term used here is Lilin-modoki, where modoki can variously mean "fake", "an imitation", "something that looks similar but is not the same".</ref>, may eventually join her and neither eat nor grow any longer. He goes out and spends entire days silently the ruins of Nerv-02, which is inhabited by a number of hot spring penguins, including a backpack-less Pen-Pen, while Asuka silently keeps a watch on him. Rei Q comes to Kensuke's house looking for Shinji, but finds only Asuka, who informs her that her feelings for the Third Child have been programmed into the Ayanami-Series since the beginning, as part of their inherent Eva-like restrictors as Eva pilots (notably, Asuka includes herself in these statements as well). Rei tells her she doesn't mind the artificial feelings, as they feel real to her, and Asuka gives in and tells her where Shinji is. Rei then goes to Shinji to return his SDAT along with some rations, but Shinji is still too distraught and knocks it away. Rei leaves with the SDAT, but leaves the rations behind. Overcome by hunger, Shinji eventually gives and eats the rations. Over the next few days, Rei gets better at farming and grows closer to the village folk, becoming more expressive. Eventually, she is able to get Shinji to talk to her, where he claims that he was the one who destroyed everything, and that he just wants to be left alone, and expresses confusion as to why people were being nice to him even after everything that happened, to which Rei replies that it is because they all like him. The response stuns Shinji, and he starts to become more active. Kensuke takes the slowly-recovering Shinji out fishing and on an infrastructure check to show him the massive [[Angel-sealing Hex Pillar]]s that are generating an [[L Barrier|Anti-L Field]] keeping the settlement and its surrounding areas safe from the coreification and the wandering [[Failures of Infinity]], which he says have started moving only recently. Shinji and Toji have a talk, and Toji reveals that he's not really a doctor, but only working with a basic knowledge of medicine and the machines that Kredit give them. He says that there are lives even he could not save, and that shouldering the anger and grief of those moments is what he believes he does best, so for the sake of his family and the village, he would continue to shoulder those burdens. He tells Shinji that he has already fought enough for everyone, and that he is welcome to stay in the Village if he wishes.<br />
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Some time later, Kensuke takes Shinji and Asuka to the grave of his father, Hajime Aida, and advises Shinji to try to talk to his own father so he has no regrets about not understanding him. Asuka scoffs at the idea, noting that the other party is "Gendo Ikari", and that it's impossible, but Shinji remains silent.<br />
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Rei Q eventually asks Shinji to help give her a proper name rather than "lookalike", and Shinji decides to call her "Ayanami" anyway. During a regular trip to check on the Anti-L System, Kensuke takes Shinji to a Wille Outdoor Laboratory that maintains the Anti-L System, and introduces him to "Ryoji Kaji", who is Misato's son with the original [[Ryoji Kaji]]. The younger Kaji works at repairing the Wille-built machines keeping the village free from being turned to core. On the way back, Kensuke talks to Shinji and explains the situation with the elder Kaji's death and Misato's current state, stating that Kaji Sr. sacrificed himself to stop Third Impact, and Misato now stays away from him so that she can protect him from afar, also adding that she regrets making Shinji shoulder all the burdens, and that is why (he thinks) she doesn't want Shinji to pilot an Eva again. Rei Q is revealed to require constant exposure to LCL to maintain her existence, and thanks Shinji for helping her find happiness before turning into LCL before his eyes. Shinji is shocked but Rei's experience is implied to help Shinji recover from his previous trauma.<br />
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AAA Wunder arrives to unload non-essential personnel. Kensuke reminds Shinji that he can stay in the village if he chooses to, but Shinji decides to go aboard the Wunder with Asuka, SDAT in hand, and Asuka tases him as per her orders. [[Sakura Suzuhara|Sakura]] looks him over in the medical wing, and slaps him when he awakens, infuriated at getting into [[Eva-13]] in the [[Evangelion 3.0|previous movie]], and eventually breaks down. Shinji is placed in isolation and under surveillance again, and both Asuka and Sakura express puzzlement at his return after discovering Kaworu's demise from the DSS Choker operational records. The bridge crew discusses the ongoing situation, with Midori expressing distaste over the Captain's decision to keep Shinji alive. Mari greets Asuka, who expresses the sentiment that Shinji "needs a mother, not a girlfriend". Ritsuko and Misato discuss their intentions in a space aboard Wunder dedicated to preserving seeds of life for all species, which is mentioned to be the original purpose of the vessel. Elsewhere, Fuyutsuki monologues about the Black Moon and Fourth Impact as well as Shinji and the fate of "Ayanami-type 6", wondering if Gendo deliberately made Shinji experience the same loss as him.<br />
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===Wille vs Nerv: Final===<br />
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Gendo and Fuyutsuki steer the Black Moon towards the epicenter of Second Impact, at Nerv's former Calvary Base in Antarctica, intending to restart Eva-13. Misato and Ritsuko discover this and have completed a "signal suspension plug" to stop this event. Misato and the bridge crew reminisce about Kaji's death and their determination to fight Nerv and restore the world to its original state. The Wunder takes off and heads into the upper atmosphere for repair and refit, and also to launch a number of seeds containing Earth's plant life into outer space. Misato and Ritsuko have a conversation about Wunder's purpose as an ark and it is revealed that the seed vault on the Wunder also includes seeds of the watermelons planted in Tokyo-3 by Ryoji Kaji. Mari and Asuka get their new plugsuits, and Mari reintroduces herself to Shinji. Asuka and Shinji talk and Shinji reveals that he understands Asuka's anger at his inaction in the previous movie. Asuka says that she appreciated Shinji's bento and used to like him in the past, but she has now grown up. Mari and Asuka, satisfied, get into their Evas. A vision of Kaworu appears to Shinji saying that they will meet again, and Shinji agrees. AAA Wunder descends from orbit towards Antarctica with the objective being the neutralization of Eva-13, in what Misato calls "Operation Yamato". The Wunder breaks through a hexagonal barrier that encloses an area of "high L density". <br />
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As it nears Antarctica, Wunder is attacked by two Nerv ships of the Erlösung-class, the same as the Wunder - Erbsünde (Original Sin) and Erlösung (Salvation), apparently under Fuyutsuki's control, and with different turret arrangements. The Wunder is also approached by a swarm of Eva Series 7. During the battle, the Wunder resorts to using the guided-missile destroyers in its support fleet as giant guided missiles. Asuka and Mari sortie and battle their way through the swarm of Nerv Evas towards Eva-13. Asuka attacks Eva-13 with the stop signal plug, but Eva-02 is afraid of Eva-13 and puts up an entirely unexpected A.T. Field of its own will. Wunder is ambushed by the fourth Nerv warship, Gebet (Prayer), with Fuyutsuki on board, and reverts to its original state as the first Nerv warship, the Buße (Penance or atonement). Wings of light appear from the four Nerv warships in a manner much like the Adams at Second Impact, indicating an attempted Impact, not in Seele's scenario. Asuka removes her eyepatch and removes a restraint within her eye that keeps the Ninth Angel under control, transforming into a new Ninth Angel and converting Eva-02 into a previously unseen radiant giant state. However, it is revealed that she plays into Gendo's plan in the process as Eva-13 awakens just as Asuka erodes Eva-02's A.T. Field with her own, and destroys Eva-02 in much the same manner as Eva-01 destroyed Eva-03. During the process, Asuka is approached by "her original", revealing that she is a clone of the Shikinami series, and is absorbed by Eva-13. Wunder is taken over by a new Eva Mark.09, which Fuyutsuki is implied to have been responsible for <ref>Based on currently available information, the Mark.09A Evangelion was possibly created from the remains of the original Mark.09, which was subject to Eva-02's self-destruct explosion at the end of Evangelion 3.0. </ref>.<br />
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Gendo floats down to the Wunder himself, and Misato and Ritsuko confront him. Ritsuko shoots Gendo through his visor, however, her bullets are entirely ineffective and he simply scoops his blown-out brains and puts them into the hole in the back of his head. It is revealed that Gendo has used the Key of Nebuchadnezzar and has thrown away his humanity by adding "information that surpassed the logic of the world" to his body, and it is shown that there is only a cross-shaped glowing void where his eyes used to be. Gendo monologues about the purpose of the impacts and about the Human Instrumentality Project, before hitting the Wunder's engine with an Angel-like optical blast to retrieve Unit-01, and entering Eva-13 through its mouth.<br />
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===Human Instrumentality: Father and Son===<br />
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Shinji turns to Misato and asks to pilot Eva-01 to stop Gendo. Midori Kitakami and Sakura are appalled at the prospect of Shinji entering the Eva and fire at him, but Misato blocks Sakura's bullet with her own body. Misato thanks Shinji for saving them all from destruction using Eva-01 fourteen years previously, and explains that as his superior, the responsibility for his actions was ultimately hers, and since Shinji is still her subordinate, she will take responsibility for his actions. Misato and Shinji have a conversation in which Misato asks Shinji to take care of her son. Meanwhile, Mari takes Eva-08 into an "overlapping" state where it merges with Eva-09, 10, 11, and 12 after partially consuming them, giving Eva-08 the ability to navigate the space beyond the [[Guf (Rebuild)| Doors of Guf]]. Shinji enters Eva-01 out of nowhere and the original Rei Ayanami appears to him inside, with her hair grown very long. She apologizes to him for not being able to make it so that he wouldn't have to get into an Eva, but Shinji thanks her and says he will take care of the rest. Ritsuko and Maya are shocked to discover that Shinji, rather than having a zero percent synchro rate with Eva-01 like they previously thought, has in fact attained a previously impossible infinite synchro-rate with Eva-01, as Shinji restores Eva-01's limbs and begins to strangle Eva-13, prompting Gendo to remark that "Unit-01's Pilot has awakened, has he?".<br />
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Gendo shows Shinji an "imaginary Evangelion" that takes the form of a Black Lilith due to Shinji's memories. This being was predicted by the theories of Dr. Katsuragi. The twin spears of Longinus and Cassius enter the imaginary Evangelion and transform it into a giant Rei with a floating decapitated head. Fuyutsuki recognizes Mari and addresses her as "Maria of Iscariot", and Mari refers to him as "Fuyutsuki-sensei" and adds that it has been a long time since anyone called her by that name. He tells Mari that he has given her what she requested, and addresses Yui with his last words before turning to LCL.<br />
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Gendo and Shinji fight in an "alternate universe" where LCL gives shape to perception, entering a surreal fight where they clash in multiple different locations across space and time that take form from Shinji's memories, but the rest of the world is revealed to be little more than a ''tokusatsu'' movie set complete model warships and Evangelion costumes for suit actors. Eva-01 and Eva-13 are in synch with each other, and Shinji fails to prevail over Gendo during the entire surreal fight. When they reach a location that is based on Shinji's memories of the village, he remembers the conversations he had with Toji and Kensuke and appeals to Gendo to stop and talk. Gendo is revealed to be afraid of Shinji as he puts up an A.T. Field of his own, but Shinji breaks through by handing over Gendo's old SDAT. <br />
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Gendo reveals his past; he was a lonely individual who grew up without parents, and the only loves in his life were books and the piano. A slightly older Mari - who is revealed to be a friend of Gendo's - introduces him to Fuyutsuki as well as Yui, whom he falls in love with. Shinji sees a vision of Gendo's past experiences and life, and learns how Yui's loss traumatized him. The setting is now on the KuMoHa42 rail car. Misato prepares to turn the AAA Wunder into another Spear to hurl at a giant Red Rei, using Ritsuko's knowledge to transform Wunder's spinal linkage system. Mari in the overlapping Eva-08 scuttles the other three Nerv warships and bids goodbye to them, referring to them as "Adams". Eva-08 boards the spinal system as Misato uses the Wunder to ram the eye of the giant Rei-being. Misato sacrifices herself to hold back Gendo's [[Additional Impact]] and manifest the Spear of Gaius, representing humanity's will. The Gaius materializes in miniature form between Shinji's hands as Misato completes her sacrifice.<br />
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Shinji helps Gendo find closure, and similarly for a now-adult Asuka, helping her find closure as well <ref> While this scene is set on a beach resembling the final scene in End of Evangelion, this is [[Shikinami Asuka Langley]] and '''not''' [[Asuka Langley Soryu]].</ref> We learn the backstory behind Asuka Shikinami, that she is the last surviving clone of the Shikinami series, having survived past all the combat training that the other clones failed and were eliminated for. Asuka is old enough to remember seeing Gendo, Yui and a little Shinji visit the Euro-Nerv facilities. Shinji tells the now-adult Asuka that he ''used'' to like her - making it clear, that like Asuka, any romantic or sexual feelings between them are in the past, and asks Asuka to say hi to Kensuke for him. Shinji talks to Kaworu and gives Kaworu the closure he seeks; In a scene that is indicative of what happened during the 14-year timeskip, Kaworu and the elder Kaji speak to each other. Kaworu is dressed in the same Nerv commander uniform as Gendo and the Bethany base commander, with Kaji in the same vice-commander uniform as Fuyutsuki and the Bethany base vice-commander. Kaworu, whom the elder Kaji calls "Commander Nagisa", agrees to go to the settlement where the younger Kaji farms<ref>Interviews have confirmed that Kaworu took over as commander of Nerv with Kaji as his vice-commander soon after the events of [[Evangelion 2.0]], with Gendo and Fuyutsuki being deposed.</ref>. Shinji eventually settles upon a complete reset of the world, a "Neon Genesis", a world without Evangelions. Shinji prepares to stab himself with the Spear of Gaius. Shinji is then pushed out of Eva-01 by his mother Yui, who is revealed to have been with him the entire time, and they are embraced from behind by Gendo in Eva-13. Gendo and Yui, Eva-01 and Eva-13 together sacrifice themselves to finish what Shinji began, spearing all Evangelions that ever were created at once. Their actions return all Evangelions and Failures of Infinity back into human and animal forms, restoring the world to its original state before the impacts.<br />
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In the final sequence, Asuka, Rei and Kaworu are seen on the platform of a train station with the [[KuMoHa42]] approaching, and an older Shinji is approached by Mari from behind. Mari closes his eyes and asks him to guess who she is, referring to her initial meeting with him and her meeting with him on the Wunder. The grown-up Shinji (voiced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%ABnosuke_Kamiki Ryunosuke Kamiki]) answers correctly, and Mari takes the DSS Choker that adult Shinji wears off his neck. Shinji holds Mari's hands and both of them head out of the train station together, and the sequence transitions into both Shinji and Mari escaping into a live-action sequence of Anno's hometown of Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, implying that all the Children have found closure in our reality.<br />
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==Production History and Development==<br />
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===Early development and delays===<br />
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The film was announced alongside Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo for release in 2008 as the final part of the Rebuild series under the working title Evangelion: Final. After delays of the first three films, Evangelion: Final was expected for release in 2015. In 2014, director and producer Hideaki Anno announced that due to other commitments, the film would be further delayed to an unknown date. Following the troubled production of the third film, director and producer Hideaki Anno became depressed and stated publicly in 2015 that he could not work on another film. As part of his recovery, Anno had also worked on Studio Ghibli's The Wind Rises under his mentor Hayao Miyazaki. Toho (which co-distributes the film in Japan with Toei) also approached Anno with an offer to direct a reboot of its Godzilla film series, Shin Godzilla, which also contributed to the delay on 3.0+1.0. Financial reasons also played a part. In 2014, Anno's Studio Khara loaned his former company Studio Gainax 100 million yen ($916,400). In 2016, Anno filed a claim for debt collection, fearing not only for the return of the money but also because of Gainax selling production materials to third parties, after a precedent of other sales of intellectual property without informing him. This was part of several legal issues surrounding Gainax and Evangelion.<br />
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Production on Evangelion resumed after the production of Shin Godzilla ended in late 2016. After a formal apology, animation director Takeshi Honda stated that the last film had resumed development. Studio Khara tweeted on April 5, 2017, that development was going smoothly. In May 2018, the studio put out a job listing for animation staff to work on 3DCG, VFX, and 2D animation starting on June 30, 2018. Animation was going through the final check by October 2, 2020. Dialogue recording wrapped on November 19, 2020. On December 16, 2020, Studio Khara announced that compositing and editing work had finished. In 2019 the film was scheduled for a June 27, 2020 release date but received two delays due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, first scheduled for a January 23, 2021 release, before being released on March 8, 2021.<br />
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===Development===<br />
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Anno was very reluctant to return to work on the film in 2016. In 2018, Anno had asked for the opinion of voice actors like Megumi Ogata (Shinji) on how to move the plot forward after 3.0. Anno felt he could no longer understand Shinji and by now his current self was closer to Gendo than Shinji, and needed Ogata's input on how Shinji could recover after the events of 3.0. Anno felt that at that point the only people who could understand Shinji's feelings were Ogata herself and his personal assistant, Ikki Todoroki. Anno himself had intended to go to Paris for Japan Expo 2019, but the film's continuing delays in production prevented him. Anno had often visited the film's music composer Shirō Sagisu, who lives half the year in Paris, and wished to pay homage to the city in the opening 10 minutes of the movie, entitled AVANT1 ("before" in French), seeking to surpass his earlier depiction in Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. At the event, Ogata also recounted Anno had asked what ending she preferred "as Shinji". AVANT1+2, including a further 2 minutes of the opening sequence, was also streamed on Khara's YouTube channel and Japanese Amazon Prime Video for free for two weeks.<br />
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Dialogue for Parts A and B, set after AVANT, started recording in March 2019. As there were several changes to the plot, many voice actors had to come back and record lines again. In 2020, due to the pandemic restrictions, production slowed down further and recording was mostly done by the voice actors separately as many dozens of takes were necessary, and they organized themselves through a Line group. This created a bond between the cast that was unprecedented in previous productions. At the end of recording, Anno thanked the cast for their contributions. Yūko Miyamura, who played Asuka, was instructed to treat her character as completely separate from the series' Asuka Langley Soryu, and the last thing asked of her was to write the character's full name in cursive herself to be used in the movie. She had lived in Australia for the past two decades, but was still unsure of how to write "Langley". Miyamura expressed her surprise at Anno's behavior near the end of production, in contrast to his behavior during the making of End of Evangelion: "Anno-san is amazing. He has become an adult".<br />
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Anno sought to bring in new talent and people outside the usual Evangelion core crew, like Darling in the Franxx creator Atsushi Nishigori, a protégé of his, while other core staffers like chief editor Masayuki largely stepped down in order to allow new talents to gain more experience. In addition, the series' original character designer, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, has had diminishing involvement since 3.0, and the new character designs are mostly done by Hidenori Matsubara. Anno had long stated his wish to revitalize the anime industry, and saw the sponsorship of new creators as a prime way of achieving this, as well as the promotions of events backed by Studio Khara like the Japan Animator Expo. Director Mahiro Maeda recounted Anno wanted him to figure out specific details of the plot on his own when asked. Similarly to production in the series, Anno would take ideas from staffers but have the final word in plot decisions. Anno had also been an advocate of employing new and innovative animation technologies, combined with extensive use of motion capture and computer-generated imagery, and employed them in the film. Maeda and others noted nonetheless that Anno seemed to be directing the film more like a live action film than animation, including in the way he directed the voice actors, taking cues from theatre techniques, after his previous experience outside Evangelion, despite the staff's own limited experience, something he had previously attempted in Cutie Honey. He thought Anno "wanted to get out of here the most", but expressed his feelings in film sincerely.<br />
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Director Kazuya Tsurumaki details Anno wanted to try a new process for the film. Instead of first creating storyboards and then developing the animation based on them as is traditional, Anno proposed to first draw the animation cels and then draw the scenes from them. This technique was generally referred to by staff as "pre-visualization". He was once more inspired from the usual process in live action, where scenes are first shot from multiple angles and then stories are created and then selected during editing. The latter half of the film, however, progressively returned to the traditional anime style. Tsurumaki noted the original intention was that "the first 80%" of the Rebuild series would be a "compilation" of the original anime series, and the changes would only start with the last film, in keeping with earlier comments in 2006 by producer Toshimichi Ohtsuki regarding the intention that only the ending would be a major departure from the series, as staff felt End of Evangelion could not receive a sequel, and the Rebuild movies were not going to be "metaphysical" like the original anime, but rather "oriented towards entertainment". This eventually changed, and major changes started happening as early as Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance. He also noted that the previously stated goal of "destroying Evangelion" through the character of Mari was entrusted to an external party. Anno would ask the opinion of many parts of staff, including those not involved in the actual film like office staff for their opinions on several nuances. Anno's wife Moyoco Anno provided early designs for some characters. Studio Ghibli also provided assistance to scenes set in the survivor's village. For the village itself, Khara had a box model custom-built to orientate the artists, and Anno personally adjusted it to the smallest details like individual house layout, road with and utility posts to make it as realistic as possible. Staff consulted with multiple professionals and conducted research like sky-diving for maximum accuracy.<br />
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A making-of documentary aired on Japanese broadcaster NHK in March 22, 2021, with the crew following production for 1214 days. BS Japan also broadcast an extended version of the documentary on April 29, 2021, totaling 100 minutes of runtime, featuring unused footage. Amazon Prime Video included the extended version of documentary in its international release of the film in August. When production started in 2016, Anno initially intended to not involve himself much in the film, wishing to delegate most of it to his directors, particularly Tsurumaki, generally considered Khara's second-in-command, but as the release date approached with mounting production problems he progressively took more control and took on more tasks directly, also driven by his perfectionism. Maeda was also not initially serving as a director, but was brought in the middle of production. Kim Morrisy of Anime News Network described it as tumultuous: "There were several occasions shown when he decided that the work he had done at the time was insufficient and would scrap it entirely. The [final] D part of the script was eventually completed in early 2019, at the latest possible stage it could have been done to meet the deadline."<br />
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In the documentary, Anno is depicted as frequently late or absent from the studio, or would often stay overnight adjusting individual scenes he was unsatisfied with. Part A had been rewritten multiple times, and at one point Anno was so lost on how to resolve the story lines he considered restarting it from scratch after nine months of work. Anno believed he wouldn't miss working on the franchise and said everything he needed to, feeling finishing his work remained a priority, even at the expense of his well-being. Anno told Ogata later at post-production that he'd indeed miss it. Hayao Miyazaki described Anno, as an apprentice of his, as "one who sheds blood for his films". Gainax co-founder Toshio Okada criticized the documentary as "sloppy" and "propaganda" trying to make Anno look better, claiming Anno's live-action approach in fact took inspiration from Hiroyuki Yamaga's work in Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise instead of being sui generis as the documentary implied, and Anno noted the crew was in fact not present during the highly intense production of Part D for several months, nor did it cover him thanking the staff at the end.<br />
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On March 28, 2021, the cast was fully reunited for the first time in 14 years and held a stage greeting, commenting on the film and their bond to the characters. On April 12, 2021, directors Anno, Tsurumaki and Maeda, as well as Ogata, held another stage greeting. On June 26, 2021, Anno held a live stream on singer Hikaru Utada's Instagram page, and debated the film. On June 27, 2021, another cast greeting was held. Mari's voice actress Maaya Sakamoto explained she had been absent from the previous events because she felt apprehensive over the details she knew about Mari's character that Anno told her, but refused to share them: "I will take secrets to my grave". A last stage greeting was held on July 11, 2021. Anno felt he had now done everything he could with anime, and accordingly Khara denied reports that he was working on a reboot of a popular animation series. He also noted he initially attempted a shorter two hour runtime, but had to extend it.<br />
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===Future of the franchise===<br />
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Anno had originally intended on making a new Evangelion story since 2000<ref>https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_1.0_Complete_Records_Collection</ref> and has intended to open-up the franchise in the future to new creators and turn Eva into a "new Gundam", using the Rebuilds as a foundation for this, but 3.0+1.0 is intended to be his final Evangelion work. The Animator Expo already featured two independent works based on the franchise: Evangelion – Another Impact and Neon Genesis IMPACTS, as well as until You come to me, a short film intended to showcase the talent of younger Khara animators, not as an official trailer. In an interview in August 2021, Anno stated other parts of the franchise and story might be revisited later. In Hikari Utada's live stream featuring Anno, he comments that "the New Eva isn't 100% what I want it to be." Additionally, the 3.0+1.01 re-release and the Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) prequel manga can already be seen as early examples of additions to the franchise with Anno's blessing and involvement, with the former started a mere month after the film's initial release at Anno's initiative. Popular interest also remains extremely high, as can be seen NHK's making-off documentary, EVANGELION: 3.333 Breakdown (under Anno's supervision), the high number of interviews and articles done in the 6 months between Japanese and international release, with more on the way.<br />
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==Different Versions==<br />
===3.0+1.01===<br />
On June 7, 2021, an updated version of the movie was released for cinema with cleaned-up animations. People attending were also given the one-shot manga ,<i>[[Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)]]</i>, set 2 hours before the events of the third movie. This version is the one that released on Amazon Prime Video one moth later, on August 13.<br />
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===3.0+1.11===<br />
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On March 8, 2023, the two year anniversary of the movie, the home video version titled <i>3.0+1.11</i> was released in Japan. The movie is sold in both the 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray format and the standard Blu-ray disc. GKIDS plans to release this version in the United States in 2023, along with other territories.<ref>[https://twitter.com/GKIDSfilms/status/1608553570663555072 GKIDS' official Twitter account posting about the release year]</ref> The movie is largely untouched with only minor visual changes. The two standout bonus features of this release are a new ten-minute short titled <i>[[Evangelion: 3.0 (-46h)]]</i> focusing on Sumire Nagara, and a colored and voiced version of <i>Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)</i>. <br />
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Other bonus features include a behind-the-scenes video titled "Rebuild of EVANGELION:3.0+1.0", a recording of 3.0+1.0's stage greeting with Megumi Ogata, Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki, and Mahiro Maeda, as well as various commercials and voice messages from the cast.<br />
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==See Also==<br />
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* [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English Translation of "Avant 1" Sequence]]<br />
* [[Guides:Evangelion 3.0%2B1.0_FAQ|FAQ for Evangelion:3.0+1.0]]<br />
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{{Episode List}}</div>LinkingHeartZhttps://wiki.evageeks.org/index.php?title=Evangelion:_3.0_%2B_1.0_Thrice_Upon_a_Time&diff=115623Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon a Time2023-03-15T21:33:59Z<p>LinkingHeartZ: /* 3.0+1.01 */ not sure if there's any source of the animations being "overhauled", but if there is, please feel free to correct me and add a source</p>
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| japanese_title_k = シン・エヴァンゲリオン劇場版:<nowiki>||</nowiki><br />
| japanese_title_r = Shin Evangelion Gekijōban: <nowiki>||</nowiki><br />
| japanese_title_e = New Evangelion Theatrical Edition: <nowiki>||</nowiki><br />
| english_title = Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon a Time<br />
| image = [[File:4.0 title.jpg|350px]]<br />
| written_by = [[Hideaki Anno]]<br />
| directed_by = [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]], [[Katsuichi Nakayama]]<br />
| theatrical_release = March 8, 2021<br />
| streaming_release = August 13, 2021 (Amazon Prime Video) <br />
| video_release = 3.0+1.11: March 8, 2023 (Japan)<br />
2023 (Worldwide)<br />
| angels = <br />
| eva_sorties = [[Evangelion Unit-02 (Rebuild)|Eva-02]], [[Evangelion Unit-08|Eva-08]], [[Evangelion Mark.09|Mark.09]], [[Eva Series 7]], [[Evangelion 13|Eva-13]], [[Evangelion Unit-01|Eva-01]]<br />
| prev = [[Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo|Evangelion 3.0]]<br />
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'''Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon a Time''' is the title for the fourth and final film in the [[Rebuild of Evangelion]] movie series, formerly known by the working title '''Evangelion: Final'''. Upon its initial announcement, It was planned to be released in Japan alongside the third film, [[Evangelion 3.0]], at an unspecified date. Previously, the name had been changed to what could be interpreted as either the symbol for "End" or "Repeat" in sheet music.<ref>http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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Unlike the three previous movies, the title is rendered in Katakana as "Evangelion" in the same manner as the TV series. Starting with "<i>Shin</i>", just like Anno's involved live-action titles like <i>Shin Godzilla</i> or <i>Shin Ultraman</i>. The previous three movies had Katakana that spelled "Wevangeliwon". Speculation by fans based on the Jo-Ha-Kyu structure of Japanese drama suggests that Final will incorporate the fourth and fifth acts of the Japanese drama cycle, depicting a long journey and coming to a quick conclusion<ref>http://forum.evageeks.org/post/663128/Did-Q-Fail-Thematically/#663128</ref>. Alternatively, the series may be following the Kishotenketsu<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kish%C5%8Dtenketsu</ref> narrative pattern which concludes in the fourth arc. Whether or not the movie actually follows either pattern of Japanese drama remains for further analysis once the movie is released outside of Japan. <br />
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In September 2014, the title of the final film was revealed to be "Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0", based on a title card shown at the end of the TV screening of Evangelion 3.0, followed by the subsequent update of the main Evangelion site with the new title.<ref>http://www.evageeks.org/2014/09/no-new-sneak-peaks-in-evangelion-finals-preview/</ref> The final title was revealed on December 27, 2019, along with the initial release date of June 27, 2020.<br />
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==Release Date==<br />
With the release of Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon A Time on March 8, 2021, the section below has been largely left as it is to show timeline information from past years, and chronicle the release of said timeline information to fans. <br />
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On December 31st, 2011 the Japanese website was updated to show a 2013 release date<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120101082254/http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>, but that has been removed when the site was updated after [[Evangelion 3.0]]'s release <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20121118180135/http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>. The website no longer features any tentative date and none have been announced<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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At the 2014 Tokyo Film Festival Anno joked that the final film might be released 4-6 years after [[Evangelion 3.0]]<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2014-10-27/anno-jokes-that-4th-new-evangelion-film-might-be-4-6-years-after-3rd-one/.80406</ref>. <br />
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Actual news on the film's production had been hard to come by during the period between 2012 and 2019. Various miscellaneous projects had been done, including two animated shorts that may or may not have been pertinent to the film's own details as well as the end of Sadamoto's manga adaption. However, during this period, the film itself saw no details except for the news that Utada Hikaru, who has been the musical artist for Rebuild's credit themes, would be returning in 2015 from her hiatus to write the final film's credits theme. The source also indicated that the film would release in autumn/winter 2015, but this claim was then refuted by the source, who then stated that no ''official'' announcement had been made.<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-26/magazine-final-evangelion-film-slated-for-fall-winter-2015-with-utada-song/.82629</ref> Prior to the new title announcement, this was the only solid news (or any news at all) that had been released.<br />
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On July 19th, 2016 Anno directly apologized to the fans of Evangelion. He stated ''"To all the Evangelion fans, I’m really, really keeping you all waiting, I am truly sorry."'' Anno then went on to say he felt "trapped" while making ''Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo'', saying he couldn't recharge. ''“Up until then, after doing the third entry Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, I thought I wasn’t going to make any more,”'' After being offered the job to work on ''Godzilla Resurgence'', he stated ''“At that time, I went into talks with Toho, and it saved me. I think this is how I’m able to keep making Evangelion. However, since it is a fact that I’m making everyone wait, I deeply apologize for that.”'' <ref>http://kotaku.com/an-apology-to-evangelion-fans-from-hideaki-anno-1783903322</ref><br />
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On July 20th 2018, the official Evangelion website was updated to reflect a 2020 theatrical release.<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/news.html</ref><br />
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On July 6th 2019, Khara screened the first ten minutes of the film on Japan Expo in Paris, Anime Expo in Los Angeles, and CCG Expo in Shangai. The film was originally scheduled for release on June 27, 2020.<br />
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On July 18th 2019, during showings of Makoto Shinkai's new film "Weathering with You", a new trailer was shown for 3.0 + 1.0 featuring the new June 2020 release. The trailer was later shared officially online.<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1152417665979277313</ref><br />
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On April 17th 2020, the official Evangelion website was updated to announced that the release date was being delayed by an unspecified amount of time due to the COVID-19 pandemic<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-17/evangelion-3.0-1.0-film-delayed-due-to-covid-19-concerns/.158693</ref><ref>https://www.gamespot.com/articles/evangelion-3010-film-release-delayed-due-to-corona/1100-6476186/</ref>. The announcement of the delay was accompanied by an updated staff/credits list, the release of the official poster in both Japanese and English and the reveal of the English title "Thrice Upon a Time" and the additional message "Bye-bye, all of EVANGELION"<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251064479816708096</ref>. Hideaki Anno posted a letter to healthcare workers expressing gratitude for fighting the disease, apologizing to fans for the added delay due to the unprecedented situation and encouraging all readers to persevere<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251066917495861248</ref>.<br />
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On October 15, 2020, Studio Khara sent out a tweet announcing that January 23, 2021 would be the new release date. The tweet contained a link to a new trailer for the movie<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/10/evangelion-3-01-0-has-a-new-release-date-in-2021/</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1316921806540996610</ref>.<br />
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On December 17, 2020, it was announced that all shooting and editing work for the movie was complete. This was followed by tweets from Studio Khara announcing that the movie had been screened to staff as well as select non-staff members, with the warning that spoilers on social media were a possibility by this point. <ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc2/status/1339355724669808640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref><ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/903217/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#903217</ref><br />
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Another trailer was released on December 24, 2020, featuring the "One Last Kiss" theme song.<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/12/3-0-1-0-xmas-trailer-with-one-last-kiss/</ref><br />
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On January 14, 2021, Studio Khara announced that the movie was to be indefinitely delayed again due to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, and that the scheduled release of the soundtrack on February 10 would not take place. <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/shineva2/</ref><ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/01/3-0-1-0-bad-news-and-a-little-good/</ref><br />
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On 26 February, 2021, it was announced that the film would be released on March 8, 2021<ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc/status/1365270814640148480</ref>. This became the actual, finalized date of release for the movie.<br />
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An updated version of the film, titled ''Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time'', was released in Japanese theaters on June 12, 2021. This version features updated cuts of various scenes. It also accompanied the distribution of a 36-page booklet called ''Eva-Extra-Extra'', including non-canon illustrations by staff and a prequel manga set before the events of the previous film, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, called Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) written by director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]] under Anno's supervision.<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/210607-2/</ref><br />
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Internationally, Amazon Prime Video acquired exclusive streaming rights to the film; it would be released in worldwide on August 13, 2021, excluding Japan.<ref>https://variety.com/2021/streaming/asia/evangelion-thrice-anime-movie-to-amazon-prime-video-1235009631/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-01/amazon-prime-video-to-stream-final-evangelion-film-on-august-13/.174666</ref> However, on July 20, 2021, Amazon Prime Video announced that would also stream the film in Japan on the same day as its international release.<ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2021-07-20/amazon-prime-video-also-streams-final-evangelion-film-in-japan-on-august-13/.175346</ref><br />
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==Publicity==<br />
[[Image:Evangelion 3.0+1.0, Final Visual.png|thumb|left|Final promotional image (Japanese)]]<br />
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On July 6, 2019, the event '''Operation 0706''' took place, the film's opening scene (having the production code "Avant 1") was simulcast on screens in Paris, France (Japan Expo) and throughout Japan, following a live event in Paris with Yoko Takahashi and Megumi Ogata. This was followed up later at other locations such as Los Angeles, CA's Anime Expo. A phone application was made available days before to drum up hype for the event, wherein the user was asked to choose between Team Nerv or Team Wille. After the event, their choice affected when they would have access to limited-access freebies: the four Shiro Sagisu pieces that debuted during Op0706, and the first three New Theatrical films. <br />
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On April 17, 2020, the announcement of the delay in the release date was accompanied by the revelation of the movie poster and the English title "Thrice Upon a Time". The poster features an image of Shinji in the distant background, walking down branching train tracks in bright sunlight. The location appears to be Ube-Shinkawa station, the main train station in the city of Ube, Yamaguchi Province, where [[Hideaki Anno]] was born. <br />
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On October 15, 2020, the announcement of the new release date was accompanied by the revelation of a new trailer, showing additional imagery of the characters, locations and Evangelions.<br />
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On December 9, 2020, the official Evangelion website announced that the theme song for the movie would be "One Last Kiss", performed by [[Hikaru Utada]] <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/onelastkiss/</ref>.<br />
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On December 23, 2020, the official Twitter announced that 3.0 + 1.0 would be screened simultaneously with [[Evangelion 3.333]] in back-to-back midnight IMAX screenings in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo, with the official website having a list of double-screenings for both movies. <ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1341941672704266240</ref> However, this double-screening did not materialize due to the delay caused in the movie's release date.<br />
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On February 16, 2021, Eirin (the Film Classification and Rating Organization) revealed the film's runtime to be 154 minutes. <ref>https://twitter.com/macgyjp/status/1361558394860040193 </ref> It was later clarified that the official runtime would instead be 155 minutes. <ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/910897/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#p910896</ref><br />
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On June 21, 2021, Shin Eva became the 49th highest grossing Japanese film, marking its entry into the top 50. <ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/06/shin-eva-becomes-49th-highest-grossing/</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
[[Image:Shin op0706 C080 kick.jpg|thumb|right|Eva-08 attacking Eva 44A]]<br />
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===Assault on Paris===<br />
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The film begins with [[Wille]] stopping in [[Paris Assault Mission|Paris, France]], which much like the outskirts of former Tokyo-3 has been converted into [[Core (Rebuild)|core material]]. A team descends from the [[AAA Wunder|Wunder]] -- comprised of [[Ritsuko Akagi (Rebuild)|Ritsuko]], [[Maya Ibuki|Maya]], three of Maya's male underlings, and [[Mari Makinami Illustrious|Mari]] in [[Evangelion Unit-08|Eva-08]] -- and lands on top of a mysterious black pillar. Ritsuko acts as a look-out while Maya and her men connect to the black pillar via laptop to resume the activation of an [[L Barrier|"Anti-L System"]] -- something a team of Europeans had previously died while attempting. As the operation begins, large numbers of a never-before-seen Eva type, [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44A|the aerial 44As]], appear in four waves, and Mari holds them off, assisted by helmsman [[Minor_Characters_(Rebuild)#Sumire_Nagara|Sumire Nagara]] utilizing the Wunder's intricate "cable flight" capabilities. Once the Evas have all been defeated, two more new enemy Eva types appear from a camouflaged cocoon: a [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_4444C|4444C unit]] with a Positron Cannon and the small army of generator-equipped [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44B|Eva 44Bs]] that supply power to it. While cable-suspended warships equipped with [[Evangelion Equipment (Rebuild)|ESVs]] are used to block the first shot, the team is left defenseless for the immediate second shot, as all the ships have been destroyed by the first shot. With Nagara's assist, Eva-08 charges the 4444C with the felled Eiffel Tower and before it can charge up fully, Mari is able to twist the tower down the 4444C's gun barrel, destroying both it and the 44Bs, at the cost of minor damage to Eva-08's legs. <br />
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Maya and the others successfully activate the pillar, which was actually a giant version of the sealing pillars seen in the two previous films. A radius of effect is created that pushes back the core-conversion, restoring part of the city. A large collection of E.U. Nerv storage lockers emerges from underground, filled with Eva spare parts, munitions, and components for what appears to be an upgraded model of [[Jet Alone]]. The Wunder and its support fleet descends, with two teams being dispatched to retrieve the parts and spares, and Mari muses that Eva-02 can be repaired and Eva-08 will be modified for "Overlap" compatibility. The scene ends with Mari promising to come back for [[Shinji]] <ref>''Evangelion: 3.0+1.0'', Avant 1, Operation 0706 Ver. [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English subtitles.]] Translated by Maryno_penguin, [[User:Reichu|Reichu]], sackboy71 et al.</ref>.<br />
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===Wandering, and Village-3===<br />
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The opening credits play over a montage of the red Earth, showing locations that have been turned to core. [[Failures of Infinity]] litter the landscape, with an anti-gravity effect manifesting in small areas, causing objects around them to float. Shinji, [[Rei Q]] and [[Asuka Shikinami Langley|Asuka]] walk together across its surface, with Asuka using the device in her hand as a compass to find their way. They are picked up by an adult in an SUV and wearing a protective suit. <br />
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[[File:Evangelion.3.0-1.01 Village 3 023.png|thumb|Panoramic view of Village-3|320px]]<br />
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Shinji wakes up to the sight of a child and a dog. He is examined by an adult Toji, who is highly surprised to see him, and with Hikari, who has since married him. The child is Toji and Hikari's daughter Tsubame<ref>The name literally means "Swallow" and is quite possibly a reference to the Tsubame service on the Kyushu Shinkansen[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsubame_(train)], continuing the Shinkansen reference in Hikari's name</ref>, and the dog is Toji's pet. It is revealed that they are in a settlement that has been kept free of the coreification proces, named Village-3, with Toji as the settlement's doctor and Kensuke as a technician/handyman, who is revealed to be the one who rescued the trio earlier. The village is being supported by an organization named [[Kredit]], which works together with Wille to provide supplies and facilitate trade with other settlements. Toji and Hikari greet Rei Q warmly, but she lacks of memory of either of them and is openly confused over the state of the world. Both of them realize that she is not the same Rei they knew, and they nickname her "lookalike". Neither Toji nor Kensuke show Shinji any hatred over Third Impact, and try to help him recover from his trauma, however, Shinji remains catatonic and is starting to feel physically sick, not talking to anyone and not eating anything, much to the annoyance of Hikari's father Bunzaemon, who lives with Toji and Hikari. Tsubame is the cause of much curiosity for Rei Q, who goes out and explores the world within the settlement with an almost childlike sense of curiosity, looking at such things as stray dogs and books. She also begins to learn more about her world, expressing continued confusion over the existence of a pregnant cat, baby Tsubame, and greetings such as "good morning" and "good night". She eventually settles down into village life, learning to farm alongside the older ladies of the village, working in the village rice paddies.<br />
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Kensuke offers to take the catatonic Shinji to his place, so that he might have some time to recover on his own. On arriving at Kensuke's residence (a small abandoned train station), Shinji sees Asuka leaving the shower naked, and she expresses irritation at Shinji's inaction, even at her current state. Shinji realizes Asuka has a DSS choker fitted on her as well, the sight of it causing Shinji to vomit due to traumatic memories of Kaworu's death. Kensuke cleans up the mess, and Asuka talks to him about Shinji's condition, calling him "kenken". She eventually has no option but to force-feed him protein bars due to his refusal to eat, and references her own inability to consume anything other than water. While doing so, she says that Shinji, as a fellow Pseudo-Lilin<ref>The Japanese term used here is Lilin-modoki, where modoki can variously mean "fake", "an imitation", "something that looks similar but is not the same".</ref>, may eventually join her and neither eat nor grow any longer. He goes out and spends entire days silently the ruins of Nerv-02, which is inhabited by a number of hot spring penguins, including a backpack-less Pen-Pen, while Asuka silently keeps a watch on him. Rei Q comes to Kensuke's house looking for Shinji, but finds only Asuka, who informs her that her feelings for the Third Child have been programmed into the Ayanami-Series since the beginning, as part of their inherent Eva-like restrictors as Eva pilots (notably, Asuka includes herself in these statements as well). Rei tells her she doesn't mind the artificial feelings, as they feel real to her, and Asuka gives in and tells her where Shinji is. Rei then goes to Shinji to return his SDAT along with some rations, but Shinji is still too distraught and knocks it away. Rei leaves with the SDAT, but leaves the rations behind. Overcome by hunger, Shinji eventually gives and eats the rations. Over the next few days, Rei gets better at farming and grows closer to the village folk, becoming more expressive. Eventually, she is able to get Shinji to talk to her, where he claims that he was the one who destroyed everything, and that he just wants to be left alone, and expresses confusion as to why people were being nice to him even after everything that happened, to which Rei replies that it is because they all like him. The response stuns Shinji, and he starts to become more active. Kensuke takes the slowly-recovering Shinji out fishing and on an infrastructure check to show him the massive [[Angel-sealing Hex Pillar]]s that are generating an [[L Barrier|Anti-L Field]] keeping the settlement and its surrounding areas safe from the coreification and the wandering [[Failures of Infinity]], which he says have started moving only recently. Shinji and Toji have a talk, and Toji reveals that he's not really a doctor, but only working with a basic knowledge of medicine and the machines that Kredit give them. He says that there are lives even he could not save, and that shouldering the anger and grief of those moments is what he believes he does best, so for the sake of his family and the village, he would continue to shoulder those burdens. He tells Shinji that he has already fought enough for everyone, and that he is welcome to stay in the Village if he wishes.<br />
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Some time later, Kensuke takes Shinji and Asuka to the grave of his father, Hajime Aida, and advises Shinji to try to talk to his own father so he has no regrets about not understanding him. Asuka scoffs at the idea, noting that the other party is "Gendo Ikari", and that it's impossible, but Shinji remains silent.<br />
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Rei Q eventually asks Shinji to help give her a proper name rather than "lookalike", and Shinji decides to call her "Ayanami" anyway. During a regular trip to check on the Anti-L System, Kensuke takes Shinji to a Wille Outdoor Laboratory that maintains the Anti-L System, and introduces him to "Ryoji Kaji", who is Misato's son with the original [[Ryoji Kaji]]. The younger Kaji works at repairing the Wille-built machines keeping the village free from being turned to core. On the way back, Kensuke talks to Shinji and explains the situation with the elder Kaji's death and Misato's current state, stating that Kaji Sr. sacrificed himself to stop Third Impact, and Misato now stays away from him so that she can protect him from afar, also adding that she regrets making Shinji shoulder all the burdens, and that is why (he thinks) she doesn't want Shinji to pilot an Eva again. Rei Q is revealed to require constant exposure to LCL to maintain her existence, and thanks Shinji for helping her find happiness before turning into LCL before his eyes. Shinji is shocked but Rei's experience is implied to help Shinji recover from his previous trauma.<br />
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AAA Wunder arrives to unload non-essential personnel. Kensuke reminds Shinji that he can stay in the village if he chooses to, but Shinji decides to go aboard the Wunder with Asuka, SDAT in hand, and Asuka tases him as per her orders. [[Sakura Suzuhara|Sakura]] looks him over in the medical wing, and slaps him when he awakens, infuriated at getting into [[Eva-13]] in the [[Evangelion 3.0|previous movie]], and eventually breaks down. Shinji is placed in isolation and under surveillance again, and both Asuka and Sakura express puzzlement at his return after discovering Kaworu's demise from the DSS Choker operational records. The bridge crew discusses the ongoing situation, with Midori expressing distaste over the Captain's decision to keep Shinji alive. Mari greets Asuka, who expresses the sentiment that Shinji "needs a mother, not a girlfriend". Ritsuko and Misato discuss their intentions in a space aboard Wunder dedicated to preserving seeds of life for all species, which is mentioned to be the original purpose of the vessel. Elsewhere, Fuyutsuki monologues about the Black Moon and Fourth Impact as well as Shinji and the fate of "Ayanami-type 6", wondering if Gendo deliberately made Shinji experience the same loss as him.<br />
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===Wille vs Nerv: Final===<br />
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[[File:Rebuild-of-evangelion-1-3-thrice-upon-a-time-002-pn-n.jpg|thumb|Asuka and Mari preparing for the final battle|250px]]<br />
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Gendo and Fuyutsuki steer the Black Moon towards the epicenter of Second Impact, at Nerv's former Calvary Base in Antarctica, intending to restart Eva-13. Misato and Ritsuko discover this and have completed a "signal suspension plug" to stop this event. Misato and the bridge crew reminisce about Kaji's death and their determination to fight Nerv and restore the world to its original state. The Wunder takes off and heads into the upper atmosphere for repair and refit, and also to launch a number of seeds containing Earth's plant life into outer space. Misato and Ritsuko have a conversation about Wunder's purpose as an ark and it is revealed that the seed vault on the Wunder also includes seeds of the watermelons planted in Tokyo-3 by Ryoji Kaji. Mari and Asuka get their new plugsuits, and Mari reintroduces herself to Shinji. Asuka and Shinji talk and Shinji reveals that he understands Asuka's anger at his inaction in the previous movie. Asuka says that she appreciated Shinji's bento and used to like him in the past, but she has now grown up. Mari and Asuka, satisfied, get into their Evas. A vision of Kaworu appears to Shinji saying that they will meet again, and Shinji agrees. AAA Wunder descends from orbit towards Antarctica with the objective being the neutralization of Eva-13, in what Misato calls "Operation Yamato". The Wunder breaks through a hexagonal barrier that encloses an area of "high L density". <br />
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As it nears Antarctica, Wunder is attacked by two Nerv ships of the Erlösung-class, the same as the Wunder - Erbsünde (Original Sin) and Erlösung (Salvation), apparently under Fuyutsuki's control, and with different turret arrangements. The Wunder is also approached by a swarm of Eva Series 7. During the battle, the Wunder resorts to using the guided-missile destroyers in its support fleet as giant guided missiles. Asuka and Mari sortie and battle their way through the swarm of Nerv Evas towards Eva-13. Asuka attacks Eva-13 with the stop signal plug, but Eva-02 is afraid of Eva-13 and puts up an entirely unexpected A.T. Field of its own will. Wunder is ambushed by the fourth Nerv warship, Gebet (Prayer), with Fuyutsuki on board, and reverts to its original state as the first Nerv warship, the Buße (Penance or atonement). Wings of light appear from the four Nerv warships in a manner much like the Adams at Second Impact, indicating an attempted Impact, not in Seele's scenario. Asuka removes her eyepatch and removes a restraint within her eye that keeps the Ninth Angel under control, transforming into a new Ninth Angel and converting Eva-02 into a previously unseen radiant giant state. However, it is revealed that she plays into Gendo's plan in the process as Eva-13 awakens just as Asuka erodes Eva-02's A.T. Field with her own, and destroys Eva-02 in much the same manner as Eva-01 destroyed Eva-03. During the process, Asuka is approached by "her original", revealing that she is a clone of the Shikinami series, and is absorbed by Eva-13. Wunder is taken over by a new Eva Mark.09, which Fuyutsuki is implied to have been responsible for <ref>Based on currently available information, the Mark.09A Evangelion was possibly created from the remains of the original Mark.09, which was subject to Eva-02's self-destruct explosion at the end of Evangelion 3.0. </ref>.<br />
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Gendo floats down to the Wunder himself, and Misato and Ritsuko confront him. Ritsuko shoots Gendo through his visor, however, her bullets are entirely ineffective and he simply scoops his blown-out brains and puts them into the hole in the back of his head. It is revealed that Gendo has used the Key of Nebuchadnezzar and has thrown away his humanity by adding "information that surpassed the logic of the world" to his body, and it is shown that there is only a cross-shaped glowing void where his eyes used to be. Gendo monologues about the purpose of the impacts and about the Human Instrumentality Project, before hitting the Wunder's engine with an Angel-like optical blast to retrieve Unit-01, and entering Eva-13 through its mouth.<br />
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===Human Instrumentality: Father and Son===<br />
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[[File:Eva_vs_Eva.jpg|thumb|Eva-13 vs. Eva-01, Father vs. Son|250px]]<br />
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Shinji turns to Misato and asks to pilot Eva-01 to stop Gendo. Midori Kitakami and Sakura are appalled at the prospect of Shinji entering the Eva and fire at him, but Misato blocks Sakura's bullet with her own body. Misato thanks Shinji for saving them all from destruction using Eva-01 fourteen years previously, and explains that as his superior, the responsibility for his actions was ultimately hers, and since Shinji is still her subordinate, she will take responsibility for his actions. Misato and Shinji have a conversation in which Misato asks Shinji to take care of her son. Meanwhile, Mari takes Eva-08 into an "overlapping" state where it merges with Eva-09, 10, 11, and 12 after partially consuming them, giving Eva-08 the ability to navigate the space beyond the [[Guf (Rebuild)| Doors of Guf]]. Shinji enters Eva-01 out of nowhere and the original Rei Ayanami appears to him inside, with her hair grown very long. She apologizes to him for not being able to make it so that he wouldn't have to get into an Eva, but Shinji thanks her and says he will take care of the rest. Ritsuko and Maya are shocked to discover that Shinji, rather than having a zero percent synchro rate with Eva-01 like they previously thought, has in fact attained a previously impossible infinite synchro-rate with Eva-01, as Shinji restores Eva-01's limbs and begins to strangle Eva-13, prompting Gendo to remark that "Unit-01's Pilot has awakened, has he?".<br />
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Gendo shows Shinji an "imaginary Evangelion" that takes the form of a Black Lilith due to Shinji's memories. This being was predicted by the theories of Dr. Katsuragi. The twin spears of Longinus and Cassius enter the imaginary Evangelion and transform it into a giant Rei with a floating decapitated head. Fuyutsuki recognizes Mari and addresses her as "Maria of Iscariot", and Mari refers to him as "Fuyutsuki-sensei" and adds that it has been a long time since anyone called her by that name. He tells Mari that he has given her what she requested, and addresses Yui with his last words before turning to LCL.<br />
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Gendo and Shinji fight in an "alternate universe" where LCL gives shape to perception, entering a surreal fight where they clash in multiple different locations across space and time that take form from Shinji's memories, but the rest of the world is revealed to be little more than a ''tokusatsu'' movie set complete model warships and Evangelion costumes for suit actors. Eva-01 and Eva-13 are in synch with each other, and Shinji fails to prevail over Gendo during the entire surreal fight. When they reach a location that is based on Shinji's memories of the village, he remembers the conversations he had with Toji and Kensuke and appeals to Gendo to stop and talk. Gendo is revealed to be afraid of Shinji as he puts up an A.T. Field of his own, but Shinji breaks through by handing over Gendo's old SDAT. <br />
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Gendo reveals his past; he was a lonely individual who grew up without parents, and the only loves in his life were books and the piano. A slightly older Mari - who is revealed to be a friend of Gendo's - introduces him to Fuyutsuki as well as Yui, whom he falls in love with. Shinji sees a vision of Gendo's past experiences and life, and learns how Yui's loss traumatized him. The setting is now on the KuMoHa42 rail car. Misato prepares to turn the AAA Wunder into another Spear to hurl at a giant Red Rei, using Ritsuko's knowledge to transform Wunder's spinal linkage system. Mari in the overlapping Eva-08 scuttles the other three Nerv warships and bids goodbye to them, referring to them as "Adams". Eva-08 boards the spinal system as Misato uses the Wunder to ram the eye of the giant Rei-being. Misato sacrifices herself to hold back Gendo's [[Additional Impact]] and manifest the Spear of Gaius, representing humanity's will. The Gaius materializes in miniature form between Shinji's hands as Misato completes her sacrifice.<br />
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Shinji helps Gendo find closure, and similarly for a now-adult Asuka, helping her find closure as well <ref> While this scene is set on a beach resembling the final scene in End of Evangelion, this is [[Shikinami Asuka Langley]] and '''not''' [[Asuka Langley Soryu]].</ref> We learn the backstory behind Asuka Shikinami, that she is the last surviving clone of the Shikinami series, having survived past all the combat training that the other clones failed and were eliminated for. Asuka is old enough to remember seeing Gendo, Yui and a little Shinji visit the Euro-Nerv facilities. Shinji tells the now-adult Asuka that he ''used'' to like her - making it clear, that like Asuka, any romantic or sexual feelings between them are in the past, and asks Asuka to say hi to Kensuke for him. Shinji talks to Kaworu and gives Kaworu the closure he seeks; In a scene that is indicative of what happened during the 14-year timeskip, Kaworu and the elder Kaji speak to each other. Kaworu is dressed in the same Nerv commander uniform as Gendo and the Bethany base commander, with Kaji in the same vice-commander uniform as Fuyutsuki and the Bethany base vice-commander. Kaworu, whom the elder Kaji calls "Commander Nagisa", agrees to go to the settlement where the younger Kaji farms<ref>Interviews have confirmed that Kaworu took over as commander of Nerv with Kaji as his vice-commander soon after the events of [[Evangelion 2.0]], with Gendo and Fuyutsuki being deposed.</ref>. Shinji eventually settles upon a complete reset of the world, a "Neon Genesis", a world without Evangelions. Shinji prepares to stab himself with the Spear of Gaius. Shinji is then pushed out of Eva-01 by his mother Yui, who is revealed to have been with him the entire time, and they are embraced from behind by Gendo in Eva-13. Gendo and Yui, Eva-01 and Eva-13 together sacrifice themselves to finish what Shinji began, spearing all Evangelions that ever were created at once. Their actions return all Evangelions and Failures of Infinity back into human and animal forms, restoring the world to its original state before the impacts.<br />
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In the final sequence, Asuka, Rei and Kaworu are seen on the platform of a train station with the [[KuMoHa42]] approaching, and an older Shinji is approached by Mari from behind. Mari closes his eyes and asks him to guess who she is, referring to her initial meeting with him and her meeting with him on the Wunder. The grown-up Shinji (voiced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%ABnosuke_Kamiki Ryunosuke Kamiki]) answers correctly, and Mari takes the DSS Choker that adult Shinji wears off his neck. Shinji holds Mari's hands and both of them head out of the train station together, and the sequence transitions into both Shinji and Mari escaping into a live-action sequence of Anno's hometown of Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, implying that all the Children have found closure in our reality.<br />
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==Production History and Development==<br />
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===Early development and delays===<br />
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The film was announced alongside Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo for release in 2008 as the final part of the Rebuild series under the working title Evangelion: Final. After delays of the first three films, Evangelion: Final was expected for release in 2015. In 2014, director and producer Hideaki Anno announced that due to other commitments, the film would be further delayed to an unknown date. Following the troubled production of the third film, director and producer Hideaki Anno became depressed and stated publicly in 2015 that he could not work on another film. As part of his recovery, Anno had also worked on Studio Ghibli's The Wind Rises under his mentor Hayao Miyazaki. Toho (which co-distributes the film in Japan with Toei) also approached Anno with an offer to direct a reboot of its Godzilla film series, Shin Godzilla, which also contributed to the delay on 3.0+1.0. Financial reasons also played a part. In 2014, Anno's Studio Khara loaned his former company Studio Gainax 100 million yen ($916,400). In 2016, Anno filed a claim for debt collection, fearing not only for the return of the money but also because of Gainax selling production materials to third parties, after a precedent of other sales of intellectual property without informing him. This was part of several legal issues surrounding Gainax and Evangelion.<br />
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Production on Evangelion resumed after the production of Shin Godzilla ended in late 2016. After a formal apology, animation director Takeshi Honda stated that the last film had resumed development. Studio Khara tweeted on April 5, 2017, that development was going smoothly. In May 2018, the studio put out a job listing for animation staff to work on 3DCG, VFX, and 2D animation starting on June 30, 2018. Animation was going through the final check by October 2, 2020. Dialogue recording wrapped on November 19, 2020. On December 16, 2020, Studio Khara announced that compositing and editing work had finished. In 2019 the film was scheduled for a June 27, 2020 release date but received two delays due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, first scheduled for a January 23, 2021 release, before being released on March 8, 2021.<br />
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===Development===<br />
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Anno was very reluctant to return to work on the film in 2016. In 2018, Anno had asked for the opinion of voice actors like Megumi Ogata (Shinji) on how to move the plot forward after 3.0. Anno felt he could no longer understand Shinji and by now his current self was closer to Gendo than Shinji, and needed Ogata's input on how Shinji could recover after the events of 3.0. Anno felt that at that point the only people who could understand Shinji's feelings were Ogata herself and his personal assistant, Ikki Todoroki. Anno himself had intended to go to Paris for Japan Expo 2019, but the film's continuing delays in production prevented him. Anno had often visited the film's music composer Shirō Sagisu, who lives half the year in Paris, and wished to pay homage to the city in the opening 10 minutes of the movie, entitled AVANT1 ("before" in French), seeking to surpass his earlier depiction in Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. At the event, Ogata also recounted Anno had asked what ending she preferred "as Shinji". AVANT1+2, including a further 2 minutes of the opening sequence, was also streamed on Khara's YouTube channel and Japanese Amazon Prime Video for free for two weeks.<br />
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Dialogue for Parts A and B, set after AVANT, started recording in March 2019. As there were several changes to the plot, many voice actors had to come back and record lines again. In 2020, due to the pandemic restrictions, production slowed down further and recording was mostly done by the voice actors separately as many dozens of takes were necessary, and they organized themselves through a Line group. This created a bond between the cast that was unprecedented in previous productions. At the end of recording, Anno thanked the cast for their contributions. Yūko Miyamura, who played Asuka, was instructed to treat her character as completely separate from the series' Asuka Langley Soryu, and the last thing asked of her was to write the character's full name in cursive herself to be used in the movie. She had lived in Australia for the past two decades, but was still unsure of how to write "Langley". Miyamura expressed her surprise at Anno's behavior near the end of production, in contrast to his behavior during the making of End of Evangelion: "Anno-san is amazing. He has become an adult".<br />
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Anno sought to bring in new talent and people outside the usual Evangelion core crew, like Darling in the Franxx creator Atsushi Nishigori, a protégé of his, while other core staffers like chief editor Masayuki largely stepped down in order to allow new talents to gain more experience. In addition, the series' original character designer, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, has had diminishing involvement since 3.0, and the new character designs are mostly done by Hidenori Matsubara. Anno had long stated his wish to revitalize the anime industry, and saw the sponsorship of new creators as a prime way of achieving this, as well as the promotions of events backed by Studio Khara like the Japan Animator Expo. Director Mahiro Maeda recounted Anno wanted him to figure out specific details of the plot on his own when asked. Similarly to production in the series, Anno would take ideas from staffers but have the final word in plot decisions. Anno had also been an advocate of employing new and innovative animation technologies, combined with extensive use of motion capture and computer-generated imagery, and employed them in the film. Maeda and others noted nonetheless that Anno seemed to be directing the film more like a live action film than animation, including in the way he directed the voice actors, taking cues from theatre techniques, after his previous experience outside Evangelion, despite the staff's own limited experience, something he had previously attempted in Cutie Honey. He thought Anno "wanted to get out of here the most", but expressed his feelings in film sincerely.<br />
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Director Kazuya Tsurumaki details Anno wanted to try a new process for the film. Instead of first creating storyboards and then developing the animation based on them as is traditional, Anno proposed to first draw the animation cels and then draw the scenes from them. This technique was generally referred to by staff as "pre-visualization". He was once more inspired from the usual process in live action, where scenes are first shot from multiple angles and then stories are created and then selected during editing. The latter half of the film, however, progressively returned to the traditional anime style. Tsurumaki noted the original intention was that "the first 80%" of the Rebuild series would be a "compilation" of the original anime series, and the changes would only start with the last film, in keeping with earlier comments in 2006 by producer Toshimichi Ohtsuki regarding the intention that only the ending would be a major departure from the series, as staff felt End of Evangelion could not receive a sequel, and the Rebuild movies were not going to be "metaphysical" like the original anime, but rather "oriented towards entertainment". This eventually changed, and major changes started happening as early as Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance. He also noted that the previously stated goal of "destroying Evangelion" through the character of Mari was entrusted to an external party. Anno would ask the opinion of many parts of staff, including those not involved in the actual film like office staff for their opinions on several nuances. Anno's wife Moyoco Anno provided early designs for some characters. Studio Ghibli also provided assistance to scenes set in the survivor's village. For the village itself, Khara had a box model custom-built to orientate the artists, and Anno personally adjusted it to the smallest details like individual house layout, road with and utility posts to make it as realistic as possible. Staff consulted with multiple professionals and conducted research like sky-diving for maximum accuracy.<br />
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A making-of documentary aired on Japanese broadcaster NHK in March 22, 2021, with the crew following production for 1214 days. BS Japan also broadcast an extended version of the documentary on April 29, 2021, totaling 100 minutes of runtime, featuring unused footage. Amazon Prime Video included the extended version of documentary in its international release of the film in August. When production started in 2016, Anno initially intended to not involve himself much in the film, wishing to delegate most of it to his directors, particularly Tsurumaki, generally considered Khara's second-in-command, but as the release date approached with mounting production problems he progressively took more control and took on more tasks directly, also driven by his perfectionism. Maeda was also not initially serving as a director, but was brought in the middle of production. Kim Morrisy of Anime News Network described it as tumultuous: "There were several occasions shown when he decided that the work he had done at the time was insufficient and would scrap it entirely. The [final] D part of the script was eventually completed in early 2019, at the latest possible stage it could have been done to meet the deadline."<br />
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In the documentary, Anno is depicted as frequently late or absent from the studio, or would often stay overnight adjusting individual scenes he was unsatisfied with. Part A had been rewritten multiple times, and at one point Anno was so lost on how to resolve the story lines he considered restarting it from scratch after nine months of work. Anno believed he wouldn't miss working on the franchise and said everything he needed to, feeling finishing his work remained a priority, even at the expense of his well-being. Anno told Ogata later at post-production that he'd indeed miss it. Hayao Miyazaki described Anno, as an apprentice of his, as "one who sheds blood for his films". Gainax co-founder Toshio Okada criticized the documentary as "sloppy" and "propaganda" trying to make Anno look better, claiming Anno's live-action approach in fact took inspiration from Hiroyuki Yamaga's work in Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise instead of being sui generis as the documentary implied, and Anno noted the crew was in fact not present during the highly intense production of Part D for several months, nor did it cover him thanking the staff at the end.<br />
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On March 28, 2021, the cast was fully reunited for the first time in 14 years and held a stage greeting, commenting on the film and their bond to the characters. On April 12, 2021, directors Anno, Tsurumaki and Maeda, as well as Ogata, held another stage greeting. On June 26, 2021, Anno held a live stream on singer Hikaru Utada's Instagram page, and debated the film. On June 27, 2021, another cast greeting was held. Mari's voice actress Maaya Sakamoto explained she had been absent from the previous events because she felt apprehensive over the details she knew about Mari's character that Anno told her, but refused to share them: "I will take secrets to my grave". A last stage greeting was held on July 11, 2021. Anno felt he had now done everything he could with anime, and accordingly Khara denied reports that he was working on a reboot of a popular animation series. He also noted he initially attempted a shorter two hour runtime, but had to extend it.<br />
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===Future of the franchise===<br />
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Anno had originally intended on making a new Evangelion story since 2000<ref>https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_1.0_Complete_Records_Collection</ref> and has intended to open-up the franchise in the future to new creators and turn Eva into a "new Gundam", using the Rebuilds as a foundation for this, but 3.0+1.0 is intended to be his final Evangelion work. The Animator Expo already featured two independent works based on the franchise: Evangelion – Another Impact and Neon Genesis IMPACTS, as well as until You come to me, a short film intended to showcase the talent of younger Khara animators, not as an official trailer. In an interview in August 2021, Anno stated other parts of the franchise and story might be revisited later. In Hikari Utada's live stream featuring Anno, he comments that "the New Eva isn't 100% what I want it to be." Additionally, the 3.0+1.01 re-release and the Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) prequel manga can already be seen as early examples of additions to the franchise with Anno's blessing and involvement, with the former started a mere month after the film's initial release at Anno's initiative. Popular interest also remains extremely high, as can be seen NHK's making-off documentary, EVANGELION: 3.333 Breakdown (under Anno's supervision), the high number of interviews and articles done in the 6 months between Japanese and international release, with more on the way.<br />
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==Different Versions==<br />
===3.0+1.01===<br />
On June 7, 2021, an updated version of the movie was released for cinema with cleaned-up animations. People attending were also given the one-shot manga [[Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)]], set 2 hours before the events of the third movie. This version is the one that released on Amazon Prime Video one moth later, on August 13.<br />
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===3.0+1.11===<br />
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On March 8, 2023, the two year anniversary of the movie, the home video version titled <i>3.0+1.11</i> was released in Japan. The movie is sold in both the 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray format and the standard Blu-ray disc. GKIDS plans to release this version in the United States in 2023, along with other territories.<ref>[https://twitter.com/GKIDSfilms/status/1608553570663555072 GKIDS' official Twitter account posting about the release year]</ref> The movie is largely untouched with only minor visual changes. The two standout bonus features of this release are a new ten-minute short titled <i>[[Evangelion: 3.0 (-46h)]]</i> focusing on Sumire Nagara, and a colored and voiced version of <i>Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)</i>. <br />
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Other bonus features include a behind-the-scenes video titled "Rebuild of EVANGELION:3.0+1.0", a recording of 3.0+1.0's stage greeting with Megumi Ogata, Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki, and Mahiro Maeda, as well as various commercials and voice messages from the cast.<br />
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==See Also==<br />
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* [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English Translation of "Avant 1" Sequence]]<br />
* [[Guides:Evangelion 3.0%2B1.0_FAQ|FAQ for Evangelion:3.0+1.0]]<br />
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| directed_by = [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]], [[Katsuichi Nakayama]]<br />
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'''Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon a Time''' is the title for the fourth and final film in the [[Rebuild of Evangelion]] movie series, formerly known by the working title '''Evangelion: Final'''. Upon its initial announcement, It was planned to be released in Japan alongside the third film, [[Evangelion 3.0]], at an unspecified date. Previously, the name had been changed to what could be interpreted as either the symbol for "End" or "Repeat" in sheet music.<ref>http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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Unlike the three previous movies, the title is rendered in Katakana as "Evangelion" in the same manner as the TV series. Starting with "<i>Shin</i>", just like Anno's involved live-action titles like <i>Shin Godzilla</i> or <i>Shin Ultraman</i>. The previous three movies had Katakana that spelled "Wevangeliwon". Speculation by fans based on the Jo-Ha-Kyu structure of Japanese drama suggests that Final will incorporate the fourth and fifth acts of the Japanese drama cycle, depicting a long journey and coming to a quick conclusion<ref>http://forum.evageeks.org/post/663128/Did-Q-Fail-Thematically/#663128</ref>. Alternatively, the series may be following the Kishotenketsu<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kish%C5%8Dtenketsu</ref> narrative pattern which concludes in the fourth arc. Whether or not the movie actually follows either pattern of Japanese drama remains for further analysis once the movie is released outside of Japan. <br />
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In September 2014, the title of the final film was revealed to be "Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0", based on a title card shown at the end of the TV screening of Evangelion 3.0, followed by the subsequent update of the main Evangelion site with the new title.<ref>http://www.evageeks.org/2014/09/no-new-sneak-peaks-in-evangelion-finals-preview/</ref> The final title was revealed on December 27, 2019, along with the initial release date of June 27, 2020.<br />
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==Release Date==<br />
With the release of Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon A Time on March 8, 2021, the section below has been largely left as it is to show timeline information from past years, and chronicle the release of said timeline information to fans. <br />
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On December 31st, 2011 the Japanese website was updated to show a 2013 release date<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120101082254/http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>, but that has been removed when the site was updated after [[Evangelion 3.0]]'s release <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20121118180135/http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>. The website no longer features any tentative date and none have been announced<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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At the 2014 Tokyo Film Festival Anno joked that the final film might be released 4-6 years after [[Evangelion 3.0]]<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2014-10-27/anno-jokes-that-4th-new-evangelion-film-might-be-4-6-years-after-3rd-one/.80406</ref>. <br />
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Actual news on the film's production had been hard to come by during the period between 2012 and 2019. Various miscellaneous projects had been done, including two animated shorts that may or may not have been pertinent to the film's own details as well as the end of Sadamoto's manga adaption. However, during this period, the film itself saw no details except for the news that Utada Hikaru, who has been the musical artist for Rebuild's credit themes, would be returning in 2015 from her hiatus to write the final film's credits theme. The source also indicated that the film would release in autumn/winter 2015, but this claim was then refuted by the source, who then stated that no ''official'' announcement had been made.<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-26/magazine-final-evangelion-film-slated-for-fall-winter-2015-with-utada-song/.82629</ref> Prior to the new title announcement, this was the only solid news (or any news at all) that had been released.<br />
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On July 19th, 2016 Anno directly apologized to the fans of Evangelion. He stated ''"To all the Evangelion fans, I’m really, really keeping you all waiting, I am truly sorry."'' Anno then went on to say he felt "trapped" while making ''Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo'', saying he couldn't recharge. ''“Up until then, after doing the third entry Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, I thought I wasn’t going to make any more,”'' After being offered the job to work on ''Godzilla Resurgence'', he stated ''“At that time, I went into talks with Toho, and it saved me. I think this is how I’m able to keep making Evangelion. However, since it is a fact that I’m making everyone wait, I deeply apologize for that.”'' <ref>http://kotaku.com/an-apology-to-evangelion-fans-from-hideaki-anno-1783903322</ref><br />
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On July 20th 2018, the official Evangelion website was updated to reflect a 2020 theatrical release.<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/news.html</ref><br />
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On July 6th 2019, Khara screened the first ten minutes of the film on Japan Expo in Paris, Anime Expo in Los Angeles, and CCG Expo in Shangai. The film was originally scheduled for release on June 27, 2020.<br />
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On July 18th 2019, during showings of Makoto Shinkai's new film "Weathering with You", a new trailer was shown for 3.0 + 1.0 featuring the new June 2020 release. The trailer was later shared officially online.<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1152417665979277313</ref><br />
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On April 17th 2020, the official Evangelion website was updated to announced that the release date was being delayed by an unspecified amount of time due to the COVID-19 pandemic<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-17/evangelion-3.0-1.0-film-delayed-due-to-covid-19-concerns/.158693</ref><ref>https://www.gamespot.com/articles/evangelion-3010-film-release-delayed-due-to-corona/1100-6476186/</ref>. The announcement of the delay was accompanied by an updated staff/credits list, the release of the official poster in both Japanese and English and the reveal of the English title "Thrice Upon a Time" and the additional message "Bye-bye, all of EVANGELION"<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251064479816708096</ref>. Hideaki Anno posted a letter to healthcare workers expressing gratitude for fighting the disease, apologizing to fans for the added delay due to the unprecedented situation and encouraging all readers to persevere<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251066917495861248</ref>.<br />
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On October 15, 2020, Studio Khara sent out a tweet announcing that January 23, 2021 would be the new release date. The tweet contained a link to a new trailer for the movie<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/10/evangelion-3-01-0-has-a-new-release-date-in-2021/</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1316921806540996610</ref>.<br />
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On December 17, 2020, it was announced that all shooting and editing work for the movie was complete. This was followed by tweets from Studio Khara announcing that the movie had been screened to staff as well as select non-staff members, with the warning that spoilers on social media were a possibility by this point. <ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc2/status/1339355724669808640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref><ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/903217/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#903217</ref><br />
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Another trailer was released on December 24, 2020, featuring the "One Last Kiss" theme song.<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/12/3-0-1-0-xmas-trailer-with-one-last-kiss/</ref><br />
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On January 14, 2021, Studio Khara announced that the movie was to be indefinitely delayed again due to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, and that the scheduled release of the soundtrack on February 10 would not take place. <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/shineva2/</ref><ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/01/3-0-1-0-bad-news-and-a-little-good/</ref><br />
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On 26 February, 2021, it was announced that the film would be released on March 8, 2021<ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc/status/1365270814640148480</ref>. This became the actual, finalized date of release for the movie.<br />
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An updated version of the film, titled ''Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time'', was released in Japanese theaters on June 12, 2021. This version features updated cuts of various scenes. It also accompanied the distribution of a 36-page booklet called ''Eva-Extra-Extra'', including non-canon illustrations by staff and a prequel manga set before the events of the previous film, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, called Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) written by director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]] under Anno's supervision.<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/210607-2/</ref><br />
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Internationally, Amazon Prime Video acquired exclusive streaming rights to the film; it would be released in worldwide on August 13, 2021, excluding Japan.<ref>https://variety.com/2021/streaming/asia/evangelion-thrice-anime-movie-to-amazon-prime-video-1235009631/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-01/amazon-prime-video-to-stream-final-evangelion-film-on-august-13/.174666</ref> However, on July 20, 2021, Amazon Prime Video announced that would also stream the film in Japan on the same day as its international release.<ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2021-07-20/amazon-prime-video-also-streams-final-evangelion-film-in-japan-on-august-13/.175346</ref><br />
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==Publicity==<br />
[[Image:Evangelion 3.0+1.0, Final Visual.png|thumb|left|Final promotional image (Japanese)]]<br />
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On July 6, 2019, the event '''Operation 0706''' took place, the film's opening scene (having the production code "Avant 1") was simulcast on screens in Paris, France (Japan Expo) and throughout Japan, following a live event in Paris with Yoko Takahashi and Megumi Ogata. This was followed up later at other locations such as Los Angeles, CA's Anime Expo. A phone application was made available days before to drum up hype for the event, wherein the user was asked to choose between Team Nerv or Team Wille. After the event, their choice affected when they would have access to limited-access freebies: the four Shiro Sagisu pieces that debuted during Op0706, and the first three New Theatrical films. <br />
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On April 17, 2020, the announcement of the delay in the release date was accompanied by the revelation of the movie poster and the English title "Thrice Upon a Time". The poster features an image of Shinji in the distant background, walking down branching train tracks in bright sunlight. The location appears to be Ube-Shinkawa station, the main train station in the city of Ube, Yamaguchi Province, where [[Hideaki Anno]] was born. <br />
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On October 15, 2020, the announcement of the new release date was accompanied by the revelation of a new trailer, showing additional imagery of the characters, locations and Evangelions.<br />
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On December 9, 2020, the official Evangelion website announced that the theme song for the movie would be "One Last Kiss", performed by [[Hikaru Utada]] <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/onelastkiss/</ref>.<br />
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On December 23, 2020, the official Twitter announced that 3.0 + 1.0 would be screened simultaneously with [[Evangelion 3.333]] in back-to-back midnight IMAX screenings in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo, with the official website having a list of double-screenings for both movies. <ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1341941672704266240</ref> However, this double-screening did not materialize due to the delay caused in the movie's release date.<br />
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On February 16, 2021, Eirin (the Film Classification and Rating Organization) revealed the film's runtime to be 154 minutes. <ref>https://twitter.com/macgyjp/status/1361558394860040193 </ref> It was later clarified that the official runtime would instead be 155 minutes. <ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/910897/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#p910896</ref><br />
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On June 21, 2021, Shin Eva became the 49th highest grossing Japanese film, marking its entry into the top 50. <ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/06/shin-eva-becomes-49th-highest-grossing/</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
[[Image:Shin op0706 C080 kick.jpg|thumb|right|Eva-08 attacking Eva 44A]]<br />
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===Assault on Paris===<br />
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The film begins with [[Wille]] stopping in [[Paris Assault Mission|Paris, France]], which much like the outskirts of former Tokyo-3 has been converted into [[Core (Rebuild)|core material]]. A team descends from the [[AAA Wunder|Wunder]] -- comprised of [[Ritsuko Akagi (Rebuild)|Ritsuko]], [[Maya Ibuki|Maya]], three of Maya's male underlings, and [[Mari Makinami Illustrious|Mari]] in [[Evangelion Unit-08|Eva-08]] -- and lands on top of a mysterious black pillar. Ritsuko acts as a look-out while Maya and her men connect to the black pillar via laptop to resume the activation of an [[L Barrier|"Anti-L System"]] -- something a team of Europeans had previously died while attempting. As the operation begins, large numbers of a never-before-seen Eva type, [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44A|the aerial 44As]], appear in four waves, and Mari holds them off, assisted by helmsman [[Minor_Characters_(Rebuild)#Sumire_Nagara|Sumire Nagara]] utilizing the Wunder's intricate "cable flight" capabilities. Once the Evas have all been defeated, two more new enemy Eva types appear from a camouflaged cocoon: a [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_4444C|4444C unit]] with a Positron Cannon and the small army of generator-equipped [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44B|Eva 44Bs]] that supply power to it. While cable-suspended warships equipped with [[Evangelion Equipment (Rebuild)|ESVs]] are used to block the first shot, the team is left defenseless for the immediate second shot, as all the ships have been destroyed by the first shot. With Nagara's assist, Eva-08 charges the 4444C with the felled Eiffel Tower and before it can charge up fully, Mari is able to twist the tower down the 4444C's gun barrel, destroying both it and the 44Bs, at the cost of minor damage to Eva-08's legs. <br />
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Maya and the others successfully activate the pillar, which was actually a giant version of the sealing pillars seen in the two previous films. A radius of effect is created that pushes back the core-conversion, restoring part of the city. A large collection of E.U. Nerv storage lockers emerges from underground, filled with Eva spare parts, munitions, and components for what appears to be an upgraded model of [[Jet Alone]]. The Wunder and its support fleet descends, with two teams being dispatched to retrieve the parts and spares, and Mari muses that Eva-02 can be repaired and Eva-08 will be modified for "Overlap" compatibility. The scene ends with Mari promising to come back for [[Shinji]] <ref>''Evangelion: 3.0+1.0'', Avant 1, Operation 0706 Ver. [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English subtitles.]] Translated by Maryno_penguin, [[User:Reichu|Reichu]], sackboy71 et al.</ref>.<br />
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===Wandering, and Village-3===<br />
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The opening credits play over a montage of the red Earth, showing locations that have been turned to core. [[Failures of Infinity]] litter the landscape, with an anti-gravity effect manifesting in small areas, causing objects around them to float. Shinji, [[Rei Q]] and [[Asuka Shikinami Langley|Asuka]] walk together across its surface, with Asuka using the device in her hand as a compass to find their way. They are picked up by an adult in an SUV and wearing a protective suit. <br />
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[[File:Evangelion.3.0-1.01 Village 3 023.png|thumb|Panoramic view of Village-3|320px]]<br />
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Shinji wakes up to the sight of a child and a dog. He is examined by an adult Toji, who is highly surprised to see him, and with Hikari, who has since married him. The child is Toji and Hikari's daughter Tsubame<ref>The name literally means "Swallow" and is quite possibly a reference to the Tsubame service on the Kyushu Shinkansen[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsubame_(train)], continuing the Shinkansen reference in Hikari's name</ref>, and the dog is Toji's pet. It is revealed that they are in a settlement that has been kept free of the coreification proces, named Village-3, with Toji as the settlement's doctor and Kensuke as a technician/handyman, who is revealed to be the one who rescued the trio earlier. The village is being supported by an organization named [[Kredit]], which works together with Wille to provide supplies and facilitate trade with other settlements. Toji and Hikari greet Rei Q warmly, but she lacks of memory of either of them and is openly confused over the state of the world. Both of them realize that she is not the same Rei they knew, and they nickname her "lookalike". Neither Toji nor Kensuke show Shinji any hatred over Third Impact, and try to help him recover from his trauma, however, Shinji remains catatonic and is starting to feel physically sick, not talking to anyone and not eating anything, much to the annoyance of Hikari's father Bunzaemon, who lives with Toji and Hikari. Tsubame is the cause of much curiosity for Rei Q, who goes out and explores the world within the settlement with an almost childlike sense of curiosity, looking at such things as stray dogs and books. She also begins to learn more about her world, expressing continued confusion over the existence of a pregnant cat, baby Tsubame, and greetings such as "good morning" and "good night". She eventually settles down into village life, learning to farm alongside the older ladies of the village, working in the village rice paddies.<br />
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Kensuke offers to take the catatonic Shinji to his place, so that he might have some time to recover on his own. On arriving at Kensuke's residence (a small abandoned train station), Shinji sees Asuka leaving the shower naked, and she expresses irritation at Shinji's inaction, even at her current state. Shinji realizes Asuka has a DSS choker fitted on her as well, the sight of it causing Shinji to vomit due to traumatic memories of Kaworu's death. Kensuke cleans up the mess, and Asuka talks to him about Shinji's condition, calling him "kenken". She eventually has no option but to force-feed him protein bars due to his refusal to eat, and references her own inability to consume anything other than water. While doing so, she says that Shinji, as a fellow Pseudo-Lilin<ref>The Japanese term used here is Lilin-modoki, where modoki can variously mean "fake", "an imitation", "something that looks similar but is not the same".</ref>, may eventually join her and neither eat nor grow any longer. He goes out and spends entire days silently the ruins of Nerv-02, which is inhabited by a number of hot spring penguins, including a backpack-less Pen-Pen, while Asuka silently keeps a watch on him. Rei Q comes to Kensuke's house looking for Shinji, but finds only Asuka, who informs her that her feelings for the Third Child have been programmed into the Ayanami-Series since the beginning, as part of their inherent Eva-like restrictors as Eva pilots (notably, Asuka includes herself in these statements as well). Rei tells her she doesn't mind the artificial feelings, as they feel real to her, and Asuka gives in and tells her where Shinji is. Rei then goes to Shinji to return his SDAT along with some rations, but Shinji is still too distraught and knocks it away. Rei leaves with the SDAT, but leaves the rations behind. Overcome by hunger, Shinji eventually gives and eats the rations. Over the next few days, Rei gets better at farming and grows closer to the village folk, becoming more expressive. Eventually, she is able to get Shinji to talk to her, where he claims that he was the one who destroyed everything, and that he just wants to be left alone, and expresses confusion as to why people were being nice to him even after everything that happened, to which Rei replies that it is because they all like him. The response stuns Shinji, and he starts to become more active. Kensuke takes the slowly-recovering Shinji out fishing and on an infrastructure check to show him the massive [[Angel-sealing Hex Pillar]]s that are generating an [[L Barrier|Anti-L Field]] keeping the settlement and its surrounding areas safe from the coreification and the wandering [[Failures of Infinity]], which he says have started moving only recently. Shinji and Toji have a talk, and Toji reveals that he's not really a doctor, but only working with a basic knowledge of medicine and the machines that Kredit give them. He says that there are lives even he could not save, and that shouldering the anger and grief of those moments is what he believes he does best, so for the sake of his family and the village, he would continue to shoulder those burdens. He tells Shinji that he has already fought enough for everyone, and that he is welcome to stay in the Village if he wishes.<br />
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Some time later, Kensuke takes Shinji and Asuka to the grave of his father, Hajime Aida, and advises Shinji to try to talk to his own father so he has no regrets about not understanding him. Asuka scoffs at the idea, noting that the other party is "Gendo Ikari", and that it's impossible, but Shinji remains silent.<br />
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Rei Q eventually asks Shinji to help give her a proper name rather than "lookalike", and Shinji decides to call her "Ayanami" anyway. During a regular trip to check on the Anti-L System, Kensuke takes Shinji to a Wille Outdoor Laboratory that maintains the Anti-L System, and introduces him to "Ryoji Kaji", who is Misato's son with the original [[Ryoji Kaji]]. The younger Kaji works at repairing the Wille-built machines keeping the village free from being turned to core. On the way back, Kensuke talks to Shinji and explains the situation with the elder Kaji's death and Misato's current state, stating that Kaji Sr. sacrificed himself to stop Third Impact, and Misato now stays away from him so that she can protect him from afar, also adding that she regrets making Shinji shoulder all the burdens, and that is why (he thinks) she doesn't want Shinji to pilot an Eva again. Rei Q is revealed to require constant exposure to LCL to maintain her existence, and thanks Shinji for helping her find happiness before turning into LCL before his eyes. Shinji is shocked but Rei's experience is implied to help Shinji recover from his previous trauma.<br />
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AAA Wunder arrives to unload non-essential personnel. Kensuke reminds Shinji that he can stay in the village if he chooses to, but Shinji decides to go aboard the Wunder with Asuka, SDAT in hand, and Asuka tases him as per her orders. [[Sakura Suzuhara|Sakura]] looks him over in the medical wing, and slaps him when he awakens, infuriated at getting into [[Eva-13]] in the [[Evangelion 3.0|previous movie]], and eventually breaks down. Shinji is placed in isolation and under surveillance again, and both Asuka and Sakura express puzzlement at his return after discovering Kaworu's demise from the DSS Choker operational records. The bridge crew discusses the ongoing situation, with Midori expressing distaste over the Captain's decision to keep Shinji alive. Mari greets Asuka, who expresses the sentiment that Shinji "needs a mother, not a girlfriend". Ritsuko and Misato discuss their intentions in a space aboard Wunder dedicated to preserving seeds of life for all species, which is mentioned to be the original purpose of the vessel. Elsewhere, Fuyutsuki monologues about the Black Moon and Fourth Impact as well as Shinji and the fate of "Ayanami-type 6", wondering if Gendo deliberately made Shinji experience the same loss as him.<br />
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===Wille vs Nerv: Final===<br />
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Gendo and Fuyutsuki steer the Black Moon towards the epicenter of Second Impact, at Nerv's former Calvary Base in Antarctica, intending to restart Eva-13. Misato and Ritsuko discover this and have completed a "signal suspension plug" to stop this event. Misato and the bridge crew reminisce about Kaji's death and their determination to fight Nerv and restore the world to its original state. The Wunder takes off and heads into the upper atmosphere for repair and refit, and also to launch a number of seeds containing Earth's plant life into outer space. Misato and Ritsuko have a conversation about Wunder's purpose as an ark and it is revealed that the seed vault on the Wunder also includes seeds of the watermelons planted in Tokyo-3 by Ryoji Kaji. Mari and Asuka get their new plugsuits, and Mari reintroduces herself to Shinji. Asuka and Shinji talk and Shinji reveals that he understands Asuka's anger at his inaction in the previous movie. Asuka says that she appreciated Shinji's bento and used to like him in the past, but she has now grown up. Mari and Asuka, satisfied, get into their Evas. A vision of Kaworu appears to Shinji saying that they will meet again, and Shinji agrees. AAA Wunder descends from orbit towards Antarctica with the objective being the neutralization of Eva-13, in what Misato calls "Operation Yamato". The Wunder breaks through a hexagonal barrier that encloses an area of "high L density". <br />
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As it nears Antarctica, Wunder is attacked by two Nerv ships of the Erlösung-class, the same as the Wunder - Erbsünde (Original Sin) and Erlösung (Salvation), apparently under Fuyutsuki's control, and with different turret arrangements. The Wunder is also approached by a swarm of Eva Series 7. During the battle, the Wunder resorts to using the guided-missile destroyers in its support fleet as giant guided missiles. Asuka and Mari sortie and battle their way through the swarm of Nerv Evas towards Eva-13. Asuka attacks Eva-13 with the stop signal plug, but Eva-02 is afraid of Eva-13 and puts up an entirely unexpected A.T. Field of its own will. Wunder is ambushed by the fourth Nerv warship, Gebet (Prayer), with Fuyutsuki on board, and reverts to its original state as the first Nerv warship, the Buße (Penance or atonement). Wings of light appear from the four Nerv warships in a manner much like the Adams at Second Impact, indicating an attempted Impact, not in Seele's scenario. Asuka removes her eyepatch and removes a restraint within her eye that keeps the Ninth Angel under control, transforming into a new Ninth Angel and converting Eva-02 into a previously unseen radiant giant state. However, it is revealed that she plays into Gendo's plan in the process as Eva-13 awakens just as Asuka erodes Eva-02's A.T. Field with her own, and destroys Eva-02 in much the same manner as Eva-01 destroyed Eva-03. During the process, Asuka is approached by "her original", revealing that she is a clone of the Shikinami series, and is absorbed by Eva-13. Wunder is taken over by a new Eva Mark.09, which Fuyutsuki is implied to have been responsible for <ref>Based on currently available information, the Mark.09A Evangelion was possibly created from the remains of the original Mark.09, which was subject to Eva-02's self-destruct explosion at the end of Evangelion 3.0. </ref>.<br />
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Gendo floats down to the Wunder himself, and Misato and Ritsuko confront him. Ritsuko shoots Gendo through his visor, however, her bullets are entirely ineffective and he simply scoops his blown-out brains and puts them into the hole in the back of his head. It is revealed that Gendo has used the Key of Nebuchadnezzar and has thrown away his humanity by adding "information that surpassed the logic of the world" to his body, and it is shown that there is only a cross-shaped glowing void where his eyes used to be. Gendo monologues about the purpose of the impacts and about the Human Instrumentality Project, before hitting the Wunder's engine with an Angel-like optical blast to retrieve Unit-01, and entering Eva-13 through its mouth.<br />
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===Human Instrumentality: Father and Son===<br />
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Shinji turns to Misato and asks to pilot Eva-01 to stop Gendo. Midori Kitakami and Sakura are appalled at the prospect of Shinji entering the Eva and fire at him, but Misato blocks Sakura's bullet with her own body. Misato thanks Shinji for saving them all from destruction using Eva-01 fourteen years previously, and explains that as his superior, the responsibility for his actions was ultimately hers, and since Shinji is still her subordinate, she will take responsibility for his actions. Misato and Shinji have a conversation in which Misato asks Shinji to take care of her son. Meanwhile, Mari takes Eva-08 into an "overlapping" state where it merges with Eva-09, 10, 11, and 12 after partially consuming them, giving Eva-08 the ability to navigate the space beyond the [[Guf (Rebuild)| Doors of Guf]]. Shinji enters Eva-01 out of nowhere and the original Rei Ayanami appears to him inside, with her hair grown very long. She apologizes to him for not being able to make it so that he wouldn't have to get into an Eva, but Shinji thanks her and says he will take care of the rest. Ritsuko and Maya are shocked to discover that Shinji, rather than having a zero percent synchro rate with Eva-01 like they previously thought, has in fact attained a previously impossible infinite synchro-rate with Eva-01, as Shinji restores Eva-01's limbs and begins to strangle Eva-13, prompting Gendo to remark that "Unit-01's Pilot has awakened, has he?".<br />
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Gendo shows Shinji an "imaginary Evangelion" that takes the form of a Black Lilith due to Shinji's memories. This being was predicted by the theories of Dr. Katsuragi. The twin spears of Longinus and Cassius enter the imaginary Evangelion and transform it into a giant Rei with a floating decapitated head. Fuyutsuki recognizes Mari and addresses her as "Maria of Iscariot", and Mari refers to him as "Fuyutsuki-sensei" and adds that it has been a long time since anyone called her by that name. He tells Mari that he has given her what she requested, and addresses Yui with his last words before turning to LCL.<br />
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Gendo and Shinji fight in an "alternate universe" where LCL gives shape to perception, entering a surreal fight where they clash in multiple different locations across space and time that take form from Shinji's memories, but the rest of the world is revealed to be little more than a ''tokusatsu'' movie set complete model warships and Evangelion costumes for suit actors. Eva-01 and Eva-13 are in synch with each other, and Shinji fails to prevail over Gendo during the entire surreal fight. When they reach a location that is based on Shinji's memories of the village, he remembers the conversations he had with Toji and Kensuke and appeals to Gendo to stop and talk. Gendo is revealed to be afraid of Shinji as he puts up an A.T. Field of his own, but Shinji breaks through by handing over Gendo's old SDAT. <br />
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Gendo reveals his past; he was a lonely individual who grew up without parents, and the only loves in his life were books and the piano. A slightly older Mari - who is revealed to be a friend of Gendo's - introduces him to Fuyutsuki as well as Yui, whom he falls in love with. Shinji sees a vision of Gendo's past experiences and life, and learns how Yui's loss traumatized him. The setting is now on the KuMoHa42 rail car. Misato prepares to turn the AAA Wunder into another Spear to hurl at a giant Red Rei, using Ritsuko's knowledge to transform Wunder's spinal linkage system. Mari in the overlapping Eva-08 scuttles the other three Nerv warships and bids goodbye to them, referring to them as "Adams". Eva-08 boards the spinal system as Misato uses the Wunder to ram the eye of the giant Rei-being. Misato sacrifices herself to hold back Gendo's [[Additional Impact]] and manifest the Spear of Gaius, representing humanity's will. The Gaius materializes in miniature form between Shinji's hands as Misato completes her sacrifice.<br />
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Shinji helps Gendo find closure, and similarly for a now-adult Asuka, helping her find closure as well <ref> While this scene is set on a beach resembling the final scene in End of Evangelion, this is [[Shikinami Asuka Langley]] and '''not''' [[Asuka Langley Soryu]].</ref> We learn the backstory behind Asuka Shikinami, that she is the last surviving clone of the Shikinami series, having survived past all the combat training that the other clones failed and were eliminated for. Asuka is old enough to remember seeing Gendo, Yui and a little Shinji visit the Euro-Nerv facilities. Shinji tells the now-adult Asuka that he ''used'' to like her - making it clear, that like Asuka, any romantic or sexual feelings between them are in the past, and asks Asuka to say hi to Kensuke for him. Shinji talks to Kaworu and gives Kaworu the closure he seeks; In a scene that is indicative of what happened during the 14-year timeskip, Kaworu and the elder Kaji speak to each other. Kaworu is dressed in the same Nerv commander uniform as Gendo and the Bethany base commander, with Kaji in the same vice-commander uniform as Fuyutsuki and the Bethany base vice-commander. Kaworu, whom the elder Kaji calls "Commander Nagisa", agrees to go to the settlement where the younger Kaji farms<ref>Interviews have confirmed that Kaworu took over as commander of Nerv with Kaji as his vice-commander soon after the events of [[Evangelion 2.0]], with Gendo and Fuyutsuki being deposed.</ref>. Shinji eventually settles upon a complete reset of the world, a "Neon Genesis", a world without Evangelions. Shinji prepares to stab himself with the Spear of Gaius. Shinji is then pushed out of Eva-01 by his mother Yui, who is revealed to have been with him the entire time, and they are embraced from behind by Gendo in Eva-13. Gendo and Yui, Eva-01 and Eva-13 together sacrifice themselves to finish what Shinji began, spearing all Evangelions that ever were created at once. Their actions return all Evangelions and Failures of Infinity back into human and animal forms, restoring the world to its original state before the impacts.<br />
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In the final sequence, Asuka, Rei and Kaworu are seen on the platform of a train station with the [[KuMoHa42]] approaching, and an older Shinji is approached by Mari from behind. Mari closes his eyes and asks him to guess who she is, referring to her initial meeting with him and her meeting with him on the Wunder. The grown-up Shinji (voiced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%ABnosuke_Kamiki Ryunosuke Kamiki]) answers correctly, and Mari takes the DSS Choker that adult Shinji wears off his neck. Shinji holds Mari's hands and both of them head out of the train station together, and the sequence transitions into both Shinji and Mari escaping into a live-action sequence of Anno's hometown of Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, implying that all the Children have found closure in our reality.<br />
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==Production History and Development==<br />
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===Early development and delays===<br />
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The film was announced alongside Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo for release in 2008 as the final part of the Rebuild series under the working title Evangelion: Final. After delays of the first three films, Evangelion: Final was expected for release in 2015. In 2014, director and producer Hideaki Anno announced that due to other commitments, the film would be further delayed to an unknown date. Following the troubled production of the third film, director and producer Hideaki Anno became depressed and stated publicly in 2015 that he could not work on another film. As part of his recovery, Anno had also worked on Studio Ghibli's The Wind Rises under his mentor Hayao Miyazaki. Toho (which co-distributes the film in Japan with Toei) also approached Anno with an offer to direct a reboot of its Godzilla film series, Shin Godzilla, which also contributed to the delay on 3.0+1.0. Financial reasons also played a part. In 2014, Anno's Studio Khara loaned his former company Studio Gainax 100 million yen ($916,400). In 2016, Anno filed a claim for debt collection, fearing not only for the return of the money but also because of Gainax selling production materials to third parties, after a precedent of other sales of intellectual property without informing him. This was part of several legal issues surrounding Gainax and Evangelion.<br />
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Production on Evangelion resumed after the production of Shin Godzilla ended in late 2016. After a formal apology, animation director Takeshi Honda stated that the last film had resumed development. Studio Khara tweeted on April 5, 2017, that development was going smoothly. In May 2018, the studio put out a job listing for animation staff to work on 3DCG, VFX, and 2D animation starting on June 30, 2018. Animation was going through the final check by October 2, 2020. Dialogue recording wrapped on November 19, 2020. On December 16, 2020, Studio Khara announced that compositing and editing work had finished. In 2019 the film was scheduled for a June 27, 2020 release date but received two delays due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, first scheduled for a January 23, 2021 release, before being released on March 8, 2021.<br />
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===Development===<br />
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Anno was very reluctant to return to work on the film in 2016. In 2018, Anno had asked for the opinion of voice actors like Megumi Ogata (Shinji) on how to move the plot forward after 3.0. Anno felt he could no longer understand Shinji and by now his current self was closer to Gendo than Shinji, and needed Ogata's input on how Shinji could recover after the events of 3.0. Anno felt that at that point the only people who could understand Shinji's feelings were Ogata herself and his personal assistant, Ikki Todoroki. Anno himself had intended to go to Paris for Japan Expo 2019, but the film's continuing delays in production prevented him. Anno had often visited the film's music composer Shirō Sagisu, who lives half the year in Paris, and wished to pay homage to the city in the opening 10 minutes of the movie, entitled AVANT1 ("before" in French), seeking to surpass his earlier depiction in Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. At the event, Ogata also recounted Anno had asked what ending she preferred "as Shinji". AVANT1+2, including a further 2 minutes of the opening sequence, was also streamed on Khara's YouTube channel and Japanese Amazon Prime Video for free for two weeks.<br />
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Dialogue for Parts A and B, set after AVANT, started recording in March 2019. As there were several changes to the plot, many voice actors had to come back and record lines again. In 2020, due to the pandemic restrictions, production slowed down further and recording was mostly done by the voice actors separately as many dozens of takes were necessary, and they organized themselves through a Line group. This created a bond between the cast that was unprecedented in previous productions. At the end of recording, Anno thanked the cast for their contributions. Yūko Miyamura, who played Asuka, was instructed to treat her character as completely separate from the series' Asuka Langley Soryu, and the last thing asked of her was to write the character's full name in cursive herself to be used in the movie. She had lived in Australia for the past two decades, but was still unsure of how to write "Langley". Miyamura expressed her surprise at Anno's behavior near the end of production, in contrast to his behavior during the making of End of Evangelion: "Anno-san is amazing. He has become an adult".<br />
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Anno sought to bring in new talent and people outside the usual Evangelion core crew, like Darling in the Franxx creator Atsushi Nishigori, a protégé of his, while other core staffers like chief editor Masayuki largely stepped down in order to allow new talents to gain more experience. In addition, the series' original character designer, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, has had diminishing involvement since 3.0, and the new character designs are mostly done by Hidenori Matsubara. Anno had long stated his wish to revitalize the anime industry, and saw the sponsorship of new creators as a prime way of achieving this, as well as the promotions of events backed by Studio Khara like the Japan Animator Expo. Director Mahiro Maeda recounted Anno wanted him to figure out specific details of the plot on his own when asked. Similarly to production in the series, Anno would take ideas from staffers but have the final word in plot decisions. Anno had also been an advocate of employing new and innovative animation technologies, combined with extensive use of motion capture and computer-generated imagery, and employed them in the film. Maeda and others noted nonetheless that Anno seemed to be directing the film more like a live action film than animation, including in the way he directed the voice actors, taking cues from theatre techniques, after his previous experience outside Evangelion, despite the staff's own limited experience, something he had previously attempted in Cutie Honey. He thought Anno "wanted to get out of here the most", but expressed his feelings in film sincerely.<br />
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Director Kazuya Tsurumaki details Anno wanted to try a new process for the film. Instead of first creating storyboards and then developing the animation based on them as is traditional, Anno proposed to first draw the animation cels and then draw the scenes from them. This technique was generally referred to by staff as "pre-visualization". He was once more inspired from the usual process in live action, where scenes are first shot from multiple angles and then stories are created and then selected during editing. The latter half of the film, however, progressively returned to the traditional anime style. Tsurumaki noted the original intention was that "the first 80%" of the Rebuild series would be a "compilation" of the original anime series, and the changes would only start with the last film, in keeping with earlier comments in 2006 by producer Toshimichi Ohtsuki regarding the intention that only the ending would be a major departure from the series, as staff felt End of Evangelion could not receive a sequel, and the Rebuild movies were not going to be "metaphysical" like the original anime, but rather "oriented towards entertainment". This eventually changed, and major changes started happening as early as Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance. He also noted that the previously stated goal of "destroying Evangelion" through the character of Mari was entrusted to an external party. Anno would ask the opinion of many parts of staff, including those not involved in the actual film like office staff for their opinions on several nuances. Anno's wife Moyoco Anno provided early designs for some characters. Studio Ghibli also provided assistance to scenes set in the survivor's village. For the village itself, Khara had a box model custom-built to orientate the artists, and Anno personally adjusted it to the smallest details like individual house layout, road with and utility posts to make it as realistic as possible. Staff consulted with multiple professionals and conducted research like sky-diving for maximum accuracy.<br />
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A making-of documentary aired on Japanese broadcaster NHK in March 22, 2021, with the crew following production for 1214 days. BS Japan also broadcast an extended version of the documentary on April 29, 2021, totaling 100 minutes of runtime, featuring unused footage. Amazon Prime Video included the extended version of documentary in its international release of the film in August. When production started in 2016, Anno initially intended to not involve himself much in the film, wishing to delegate most of it to his directors, particularly Tsurumaki, generally considered Khara's second-in-command, but as the release date approached with mounting production problems he progressively took more control and took on more tasks directly, also driven by his perfectionism. Maeda was also not initially serving as a director, but was brought in the middle of production. Kim Morrisy of Anime News Network described it as tumultuous: "There were several occasions shown when he decided that the work he had done at the time was insufficient and would scrap it entirely. The [final] D part of the script was eventually completed in early 2019, at the latest possible stage it could have been done to meet the deadline."<br />
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In the documentary, Anno is depicted as frequently late or absent from the studio, or would often stay overnight adjusting individual scenes he was unsatisfied with. Part A had been rewritten multiple times, and at one point Anno was so lost on how to resolve the story lines he considered restarting it from scratch after nine months of work. Anno believed he wouldn't miss working on the franchise and said everything he needed to, feeling finishing his work remained a priority, even at the expense of his well-being. Anno told Ogata later at post-production that he'd indeed miss it. Hayao Miyazaki described Anno, as an apprentice of his, as "one who sheds blood for his films". Gainax co-founder Toshio Okada criticized the documentary as "sloppy" and "propaganda" trying to make Anno look better, claiming Anno's live-action approach in fact took inspiration from Hiroyuki Yamaga's work in Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise instead of being sui generis as the documentary implied, and Anno noted the crew was in fact not present during the highly intense production of Part D for several months, nor did it cover him thanking the staff at the end.<br />
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On March 28, 2021, the cast was fully reunited for the first time in 14 years and held a stage greeting, commenting on the film and their bond to the characters. On April 12, 2021, directors Anno, Tsurumaki and Maeda, as well as Ogata, held another stage greeting. On June 26, 2021, Anno held a live stream on singer Hikaru Utada's Instagram page, and debated the film. On June 27, 2021, another cast greeting was held. Mari's voice actress Maaya Sakamoto explained she had been absent from the previous events because she felt apprehensive over the details she knew about Mari's character that Anno told her, but refused to share them: "I will take secrets to my grave". A last stage greeting was held on July 11, 2021. Anno felt he had now done everything he could with anime, and accordingly Khara denied reports that he was working on a reboot of a popular animation series. He also noted he initially attempted a shorter two hour runtime, but had to extend it.<br />
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===Future of the franchise===<br />
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Anno had originally intended on making a new Evangelion story since 2000<ref>https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_1.0_Complete_Records_Collection</ref> and has intended to open-up the franchise in the future to new creators and turn Eva into a "new Gundam", using the Rebuilds as a foundation for this, but 3.0+1.0 is intended to be his final Evangelion work. The Animator Expo already featured two independent works based on the franchise: Evangelion – Another Impact and Neon Genesis IMPACTS, as well as until You come to me, a short film intended to showcase the talent of younger Khara animators, not as an official trailer. In an interview in August 2021, Anno stated other parts of the franchise and story might be revisited later. In Hikari Utada's live stream featuring Anno, he comments that "the New Eva isn't 100% what I want it to be." Additionally, the 3.0+1.01 re-release and the Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) prequel manga can already be seen as early examples of additions to the franchise with Anno's blessing and involvement, with the former started a mere month after the film's initial release at Anno's initiative. Popular interest also remains extremely high, as can be seen NHK's making-off documentary, EVANGELION: 3.333 Breakdown (under Anno's supervision), the high number of interviews and articles done in the 6 months between Japanese and international release, with more on the way.<br />
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==Different Versions==<br />
===3.0+1.01===<br />
On June 7, 2021, an updated version was released for cinema with overhauled animations. It accompained the one-shot manga [[Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)]], set 2 hours before the events of the third movie.<br />
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===3.0+1.11===<br />
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On March 8, 2023, the two year anniversary of the movie, the home video version titled <i>3.0+1.11</i> was released in Japan. The movie is sold in both the 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray format and the standard Blu-ray disc. GKIDS plans to release this version in the United States in 2023, along with other territories.<ref>[https://twitter.com/GKIDSfilms/status/1608553570663555072 GKIDS' official Twitter account posting about the release year]</ref> The movie is largely untouched with only minor visual changes. The two standout bonus features of this release are a new ten-minute short titled <i>[[Evangelion: 3.0 (-46h)]]</i> focusing on Sumire Nagara, and a colored and voiced version of <i>Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)</i>. <br />
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Other bonus features include a behind-the-scenes video titled "Rebuild of EVANGELION:3.0+1.0", a recording of 3.0+1.0's stage greeting with Megumi Ogata, Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki, and Mahiro Maeda, as well as various commercials and voice messages from the cast.<br />
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==See Also==<br />
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* [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English Translation of "Avant 1" Sequence]]<br />
* [[Guides:Evangelion 3.0%2B1.0_FAQ|FAQ for Evangelion:3.0+1.0]]<br />
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| english_title = Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon a Time<br />
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| written_by = [[Hideaki Anno]]<br />
| directed_by = [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]], [[Katsuichi Nakayama]]<br />
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'''Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon a Time''' is the title for the fourth and final film in the [[Rebuild of Evangelion]] movie series, formerly known by the working title '''Evangelion: Final'''. Upon its initial announcement, It was planned to be released in Japan alongside the third film, [[Evangelion 3.0]], at an unspecified date. Previously, the name had been changed to what could be interpreted as either the symbol for "End" or "Repeat" in sheet music.<ref>http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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Unlike the three previous movies, the title is rendered in Katakana as "Evangelion" in the same manner as the TV series. Starting with "<i>Shin</i>", just like Anno's involved live-action titles like <i>Shin Godzilla</i> or <i>Shin Ultraman</i>. The previous three movies had Katakana that spelled "Wevangeliwon". Speculation by fans based on the Jo-Ha-Kyu structure of Japanese drama suggests that Final will incorporate the fourth and fifth acts of the Japanese drama cycle, depicting a long journey and coming to a quick conclusion<ref>http://forum.evageeks.org/post/663128/Did-Q-Fail-Thematically/#663128</ref>. Alternatively, the series may be following the Kishotenketsu<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kish%C5%8Dtenketsu</ref> narrative pattern which concludes in the fourth arc. Whether or not the movie actually follows either pattern of Japanese drama remains for further analysis once the movie is released outside of Japan. <br />
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In September 2014, the title of the final film was revealed to be "Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0", based on a title card shown at the end of the TV screening of Evangelion 3.0, followed by the subsequent update of the main Evangelion site with the new title.<ref>http://www.evageeks.org/2014/09/no-new-sneak-peaks-in-evangelion-finals-preview/</ref> The final title was revealed on December 27, 2019, along with the initial release date of June 27, 2020.<br />
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==Release Date==<br />
With the release of Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon A Time on March 8, 2021, the section below has been largely left as it is to show timeline information from past years, and chronicle the release of said timeline information to fans. <br />
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On December 31st, 2011 the Japanese website was updated to show a 2013 release date<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120101082254/http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>, but that has been removed when the site was updated after [[Evangelion 3.0]]'s release <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20121118180135/http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>. The website no longer features any tentative date and none have been announced<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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At the 2014 Tokyo Film Festival Anno joked that the final film might be released 4-6 years after [[Evangelion 3.0]]<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2014-10-27/anno-jokes-that-4th-new-evangelion-film-might-be-4-6-years-after-3rd-one/.80406</ref>. <br />
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Actual news on the film's production had been hard to come by during the period between 2012 and 2019. Various miscellaneous projects had been done, including two animated shorts that may or may not have been pertinent to the film's own details as well as the end of Sadamoto's manga adaption. However, during this period, the film itself saw no details except for the news that Utada Hikaru, who has been the musical artist for Rebuild's credit themes, would be returning in 2015 from her hiatus to write the final film's credits theme. The source also indicated that the film would release in autumn/winter 2015, but this claim was then refuted by the source, who then stated that no ''official'' announcement had been made.<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-26/magazine-final-evangelion-film-slated-for-fall-winter-2015-with-utada-song/.82629</ref> Prior to the new title announcement, this was the only solid news (or any news at all) that had been released.<br />
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On July 19th, 2016 Anno directly apologized to the fans of Evangelion. He stated ''"To all the Evangelion fans, I’m really, really keeping you all waiting, I am truly sorry."'' Anno then went on to say he felt "trapped" while making ''Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo'', saying he couldn't recharge. ''“Up until then, after doing the third entry Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, I thought I wasn’t going to make any more,”'' After being offered the job to work on ''Godzilla Resurgence'', he stated ''“At that time, I went into talks with Toho, and it saved me. I think this is how I’m able to keep making Evangelion. However, since it is a fact that I’m making everyone wait, I deeply apologize for that.”'' <ref>http://kotaku.com/an-apology-to-evangelion-fans-from-hideaki-anno-1783903322</ref><br />
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On July 20th 2018, the official Evangelion website was updated to reflect a 2020 theatrical release.<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/news.html</ref><br />
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On July 6th 2019, Khara screened the first ten minutes of the film on Japan Expo in Paris, Anime Expo in Los Angeles, and CCG Expo in Shangai. The film was originally scheduled for release on June 27, 2020.<br />
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On July 18th 2019, during showings of Makoto Shinkai's new film "Weathering with You", a new trailer was shown for 3.0 + 1.0 featuring the new June 2020 release. The trailer was later shared officially online.<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1152417665979277313</ref><br />
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On April 17th 2020, the official Evangelion website was updated to announced that the release date was being delayed by an unspecified amount of time due to the COVID-19 pandemic<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-17/evangelion-3.0-1.0-film-delayed-due-to-covid-19-concerns/.158693</ref><ref>https://www.gamespot.com/articles/evangelion-3010-film-release-delayed-due-to-corona/1100-6476186/</ref>. The announcement of the delay was accompanied by an updated staff/credits list, the release of the official poster in both Japanese and English and the reveal of the English title "Thrice Upon a Time" and the additional message "Bye-bye, all of EVANGELION"<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251064479816708096</ref>. Hideaki Anno posted a letter to healthcare workers expressing gratitude for fighting the disease, apologizing to fans for the added delay due to the unprecedented situation and encouraging all readers to persevere<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251066917495861248</ref>.<br />
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On October 15, 2020, Studio Khara sent out a tweet announcing that January 23, 2021 would be the new release date. The tweet contained a link to a new trailer for the movie<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/10/evangelion-3-01-0-has-a-new-release-date-in-2021/</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1316921806540996610</ref>.<br />
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On December 17, 2020, it was announced that all shooting and editing work for the movie was complete. This was followed by tweets from Studio Khara announcing that the movie had been screened to staff as well as select non-staff members, with the warning that spoilers on social media were a possibility by this point. <ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc2/status/1339355724669808640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref><ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/903217/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#903217</ref><br />
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Another trailer was released on December 24, 2020, featuring the "One Last Kiss" theme song.<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/12/3-0-1-0-xmas-trailer-with-one-last-kiss/</ref><br />
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On January 14, 2021, Studio Khara announced that the movie was to be indefinitely delayed again due to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, and that the scheduled release of the soundtrack on February 10 would not take place. <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/shineva2/</ref><ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/01/3-0-1-0-bad-news-and-a-little-good/</ref><br />
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On 26 February, 2021, it was announced that the film would be released on March 8, 2021<ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc/status/1365270814640148480</ref>. This became the actual, finalized date of release for the movie.<br />
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An updated version of the film, titled ''Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time'', was released in Japanese theaters on June 12, 2021. This version features updated cuts of various scenes. It also accompanied the distribution of a 36-page booklet called ''Eva-Extra-Extra'', including non-canon illustrations by staff and a prequel manga set before the events of the previous film, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, called Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) written by director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]] under Anno's supervision.<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/210607-2/</ref><br />
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Internationally, Amazon Prime Video acquired exclusive streaming rights to the film; it would be released in worldwide on August 13, 2021, excluding Japan.<ref>https://variety.com/2021/streaming/asia/evangelion-thrice-anime-movie-to-amazon-prime-video-1235009631/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-01/amazon-prime-video-to-stream-final-evangelion-film-on-august-13/.174666</ref> However, on July 20, 2021, Amazon Prime Video announced that would also stream the film in Japan on the same day as its international release.<ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2021-07-20/amazon-prime-video-also-streams-final-evangelion-film-in-japan-on-august-13/.175346</ref><br />
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==Publicity==<br />
[[Image:Evangelion 3.0+1.0, Final Visual.png|thumb|left|Final promotional image (Japanese)]]<br />
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On July 6, 2019, the event '''Operation 0706''' took place, the film's opening scene (having the production code "Avant 1") was simulcast on screens in Paris, France (Japan Expo) and throughout Japan, following a live event in Paris with Yoko Takahashi and Megumi Ogata. This was followed up later at other locations such as Los Angeles, CA's Anime Expo. A phone application was made available days before to drum up hype for the event, wherein the user was asked to choose between Team Nerv or Team Wille. After the event, their choice affected when they would have access to limited-access freebies: the four Shiro Sagisu pieces that debuted during Op0706, and the first three New Theatrical films. <br />
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On April 17, 2020, the announcement of the delay in the release date was accompanied by the revelation of the movie poster and the English title "Thrice Upon a Time". The poster features an image of Shinji in the distant background, walking down branching train tracks in bright sunlight. The location appears to be Ube-Shinkawa station, the main train station in the city of Ube, Yamaguchi Province, where [[Hideaki Anno]] was born. <br />
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On October 15, 2020, the announcement of the new release date was accompanied by the revelation of a new trailer, showing additional imagery of the characters, locations and Evangelions.<br />
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On December 9, 2020, the official Evangelion website announced that the theme song for the movie would be "One Last Kiss", performed by [[Hikaru Utada]] <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/onelastkiss/</ref>.<br />
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On December 23, 2020, the official Twitter announced that 3.0 + 1.0 would be screened simultaneously with [[Evangelion 3.333]] in back-to-back midnight IMAX screenings in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo, with the official website having a list of double-screenings for both movies. <ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1341941672704266240</ref> However, this double-screening did not materialize due to the delay caused in the movie's release date.<br />
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On February 16, 2021, Eirin (the Film Classification and Rating Organization) revealed the film's runtime to be 154 minutes. <ref>https://twitter.com/macgyjp/status/1361558394860040193 </ref> It was later clarified that the official runtime would instead be 155 minutes. <ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/910897/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#p910896</ref><br />
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On June 21, 2021, Shin Eva became the 49th highest grossing Japanese film, marking its entry into the top 50. <ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/06/shin-eva-becomes-49th-highest-grossing/</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
[[Image:Shin op0706 C080 kick.jpg|thumb|right|Eva-08 attacking Eva 44A]]<br />
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===Assault on Paris===<br />
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The film begins with [[Wille]] stopping in [[Paris Assault Mission|Paris, France]], which much like the outskirts of former Tokyo-3 has been converted into [[Core (Rebuild)|core material]]. A team descends from the [[AAA Wunder|Wunder]] -- comprised of [[Ritsuko Akagi (Rebuild)|Ritsuko]], [[Maya Ibuki|Maya]], three of Maya's male underlings, and [[Mari Makinami Illustrious|Mari]] in [[Evangelion Unit-08|Eva-08]] -- and lands on top of a mysterious black pillar. Ritsuko acts as a look-out while Maya and her men connect to the black pillar via laptop to resume the activation of an [[L Barrier|"Anti-L System"]] -- something a team of Europeans had previously died while attempting. As the operation begins, large numbers of a never-before-seen Eva type, [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44A|the aerial 44As]], appear in four waves, and Mari holds them off, assisted by helmsman [[Minor_Characters_(Rebuild)#Sumire_Nagara|Sumire Nagara]] utilizing the Wunder's intricate "cable flight" capabilities. Once the Evas have all been defeated, two more new enemy Eva types appear from a camouflaged cocoon: a [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_4444C|4444C unit]] with a Positron Cannon and the small army of generator-equipped [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44B|Eva 44Bs]] that supply power to it. While cable-suspended warships equipped with [[Evangelion Equipment (Rebuild)|ESVs]] are used to block the first shot, the team is left defenseless for the immediate second shot, as all the ships have been destroyed by the first shot. With Nagara's assist, Eva-08 charges the 4444C with the felled Eiffel Tower and before it can charge up fully, Mari is able to twist the tower down the 4444C's gun barrel, destroying both it and the 44Bs, at the cost of minor damage to Eva-08's legs. <br />
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Maya and the others successfully activate the pillar, which was actually a giant version of the sealing pillars seen in the two previous films. A radius of effect is created that pushes back the core-conversion, restoring part of the city. A large collection of E.U. Nerv storage lockers emerges from underground, filled with Eva spare parts, munitions, and components for what appears to be an upgraded model of [[Jet Alone]]. The Wunder and its support fleet descends, with two teams being dispatched to retrieve the parts and spares, and Mari muses that Eva-02 can be repaired and Eva-08 will be modified for "Overlap" compatibility. The scene ends with Mari promising to come back for [[Shinji]] <ref>''Evangelion: 3.0+1.0'', Avant 1, Operation 0706 Ver. [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English subtitles.]] Translated by Maryno_penguin, [[User:Reichu|Reichu]], sackboy71 et al.</ref>.<br />
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===Wandering, and Village-3===<br />
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The opening credits play over a montage of the red Earth, showing locations that have been turned to core. [[Failures of Infinity]] litter the landscape, with an anti-gravity effect manifesting in small areas, causing objects around them to float. Shinji, [[Rei Q]] and [[Asuka Shikinami Langley|Asuka]] walk together across its surface, with Asuka using the device in her hand as a compass to find their way. They are picked up by an adult in an SUV and wearing a protective suit. <br />
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[[File:Evangelion.3.0-1.01 Village 3 023.png|thumb|Panoramic view of Village-3|320px]]<br />
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Shinji wakes up to the sight of a child and a dog. He is examined by an adult Toji, who is highly surprised to see him, and with Hikari, who has since married him. The child is Toji and Hikari's daughter Tsubame<ref>The name literally means "Swallow" and is quite possibly a reference to the Tsubame service on the Kyushu Shinkansen[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsubame_(train)], continuing the Shinkansen reference in Hikari's name</ref>, and the dog is Toji's pet. It is revealed that they are in a settlement that has been kept free of the coreification proces, named Village-3, with Toji as the settlement's doctor and Kensuke as a technician/handyman, who is revealed to be the one who rescued the trio earlier. The village is being supported by an organization named [[Kredit]], which works together with Wille to provide supplies and facilitate trade with other settlements. Toji and Hikari greet Rei Q warmly, but she lacks of memory of either of them and is openly confused over the state of the world. Both of them realize that she is not the same Rei they knew, and they nickname her "lookalike". Neither Toji nor Kensuke show Shinji any hatred over Third Impact, and try to help him recover from his trauma, however, Shinji remains catatonic and is starting to feel physically sick, not talking to anyone and not eating anything, much to the annoyance of Hikari's father Bunzaemon, who lives with Toji and Hikari. Tsubame is the cause of much curiosity for Rei Q, who goes out and explores the world within the settlement with an almost childlike sense of curiosity, looking at such things as stray dogs and books. She also begins to learn more about her world, expressing continued confusion over the existence of a pregnant cat, baby Tsubame, and greetings such as "good morning" and "good night". She eventually settles down into village life, learning to farm alongside the older ladies of the village, working in the village rice paddies.<br />
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Kensuke offers to take the catatonic Shinji to his place, so that he might have some time to recover on his own. On arriving at Kensuke's residence (a small abandoned train station), Shinji sees Asuka leaving the shower naked, and she expresses irritation at Shinji's inaction, even at her current state. Shinji realizes Asuka has a DSS choker fitted on her as well, the sight of it causing Shinji to vomit due to traumatic memories of Kaworu's death. Kensuke cleans up the mess, and Asuka talks to him about Shinji's condition, calling him "kenken". She eventually has no option but to force-feed him protein bars due to his refusal to eat, and references her own inability to consume anything other than water. While doing so, she says that Shinji, as a fellow Pseudo-Lilin<ref>The Japanese term used here is Lilin-modoki, where modoki can variously mean "fake", "an imitation", "something that looks similar but is not the same".</ref>, may eventually join her and neither eat nor grow any longer. He goes out and spends entire days silently the ruins of Nerv-02, which is inhabited by a number of hot spring penguins, including a backpack-less Pen-Pen, while Asuka silently keeps a watch on him. Rei Q comes to Kensuke's house looking for Shinji, but finds only Asuka, who informs her that her feelings for the Third Child have been programmed into the Ayanami-Series since the beginning, as part of their inherent Eva-like restrictors as Eva pilots (notably, Asuka includes herself in these statements as well). Rei tells her she doesn't mind the artificial feelings, as they feel real to her, and Asuka gives in and tells her where Shinji is. Rei then goes to Shinji to return his SDAT along with some rations, but Shinji is still too distraught and knocks it away. Rei leaves with the SDAT, but leaves the rations behind. Overcome by hunger, Shinji eventually gives and eats the rations. Over the next few days, Rei gets better at farming and grows closer to the village folk, becoming more expressive. Eventually, she is able to get Shinji to talk to her, where he claims that he was the one who destroyed everything, and that he just wants to be left alone, and expresses confusion as to why people were being nice to him even after everything that happened, to which Rei replies that it is because they all like him. The response stuns Shinji, and he starts to become more active. Kensuke takes the slowly-recovering Shinji out fishing and on an infrastructure check to show him the massive [[Angel-sealing Hex Pillar]]s that are generating an [[L Barrier|Anti-L Field]] keeping the settlement and its surrounding areas safe from the coreification and the wandering [[Failures of Infinity]], which he says have started moving only recently. Shinji and Toji have a talk, and Toji reveals that he's not really a doctor, but only working with a basic knowledge of medicine and the machines that Kredit give them. He says that there are lives even he could not save, and that shouldering the anger and grief of those moments is what he believes he does best, so for the sake of his family and the village, he would continue to shoulder those burdens. He tells Shinji that he has already fought enough for everyone, and that he is welcome to stay in the Village if he wishes.<br />
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Some time later, Kensuke takes Shinji and Asuka to the grave of his father, Hajime Aida, and advises Shinji to try to talk to his own father so he has no regrets about not understanding him. Asuka scoffs at the idea, noting that the other party is "Gendo Ikari", and that it's impossible, but Shinji remains silent.<br />
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Rei Q eventually asks Shinji to help give her a proper name rather than "lookalike", and Shinji decides to call her "Ayanami" anyway. During a regular trip to check on the Anti-L System, Kensuke takes Shinji to a Wille Outdoor Laboratory that maintains the Anti-L System, and introduces him to "Ryoji Kaji", who is Misato's son with the original [[Ryoji Kaji]]. The younger Kaji works at repairing the Wille-built machines keeping the village free from being turned to core. On the way back, Kensuke talks to Shinji and explains the situation with the elder Kaji's death and Misato's current state, stating that Kaji Sr. sacrificed himself to stop Third Impact, and Misato now stays away from him so that she can protect him from afar, also adding that she regrets making Shinji shoulder all the burdens, and that is why (he thinks) she doesn't want Shinji to pilot an Eva again. Rei Q is revealed to require constant exposure to LCL to maintain her existence, and thanks Shinji for helping her find happiness before turning into LCL before his eyes. Shinji is shocked but Rei's experience is implied to help Shinji recover from his previous trauma.<br />
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AAA Wunder arrives to unload non-essential personnel. Kensuke reminds Shinji that he can stay in the village if he chooses to, but Shinji decides to go aboard the Wunder with Asuka, SDAT in hand, and Asuka tases him as per her orders. [[Sakura Suzuhara|Sakura]] looks him over in the medical wing, and slaps him when he awakens, infuriated at getting into [[Eva-13]] in the [[Evangelion 3.0|previous movie]], and eventually breaks down. Shinji is placed in isolation and under surveillance again, and both Asuka and Sakura express puzzlement at his return after discovering Kaworu's demise from the DSS Choker operational records. The bridge crew discusses the ongoing situation, with Midori expressing distaste over the Captain's decision to keep Shinji alive. Mari greets Asuka, who expresses the sentiment that Shinji "needs a mother, not a girlfriend". Ritsuko and Misato discuss their intentions in a space aboard Wunder dedicated to preserving seeds of life for all species, which is mentioned to be the original purpose of the vessel. Elsewhere, Fuyutsuki monologues about the Black Moon and Fourth Impact as well as Shinji and the fate of "Ayanami-type 6", wondering if Gendo deliberately made Shinji experience the same loss as him.<br />
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===Wille vs Nerv: Final===<br />
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Gendo and Fuyutsuki steer the Black Moon towards the epicenter of Second Impact, at Nerv's former Calvary Base in Antarctica, intending to restart Eva-13. Misato and Ritsuko discover this and have completed a "signal suspension plug" to stop this event. Misato and the bridge crew reminisce about Kaji's death and their determination to fight Nerv and restore the world to its original state. The Wunder takes off and heads into the upper atmosphere for repair and refit, and also to launch a number of seeds containing Earth's plant life into outer space. Misato and Ritsuko have a conversation about Wunder's purpose as an ark and it is revealed that the seed vault on the Wunder also includes seeds of the watermelons planted in Tokyo-3 by Ryoji Kaji. Mari and Asuka get their new plugsuits, and Mari reintroduces herself to Shinji. Asuka and Shinji talk and Shinji reveals that he understands Asuka's anger at his inaction in the previous movie. Asuka says that she appreciated Shinji's bento and used to like him in the past, but she has now grown up. Mari and Asuka, satisfied, get into their Evas. A vision of Kaworu appears to Shinji saying that they will meet again, and Shinji agrees. AAA Wunder descends from orbit towards Antarctica with the objective being the neutralization of Eva-13, in what Misato calls "Operation Yamato". The Wunder breaks through a hexagonal barrier that encloses an area of "high L density". <br />
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As it nears Antarctica, Wunder is attacked by two Nerv ships of the Erlösung-class, the same as the Wunder - Erbsünde (Original Sin) and Erlösung (Salvation), apparently under Fuyutsuki's control, and with different turret arrangements. The Wunder is also approached by a swarm of Eva Series 7. During the battle, the Wunder resorts to using the guided-missile destroyers in its support fleet as giant guided missiles. Asuka and Mari sortie and battle their way through the swarm of Nerv Evas towards Eva-13. Asuka attacks Eva-13 with the stop signal plug, but Eva-02 is afraid of Eva-13 and puts up an entirely unexpected A.T. Field of its own will. Wunder is ambushed by the fourth Nerv warship, Gebet (Prayer), with Fuyutsuki on board, and reverts to its original state as the first Nerv warship, the Buße (Penance or atonement). Wings of light appear from the four Nerv warships in a manner much like the Adams at Second Impact, indicating an attempted Impact, not in Seele's scenario. Asuka removes her eyepatch and removes a restraint within her eye that keeps the Ninth Angel under control, transforming into a new Ninth Angel and converting Eva-02 into a previously unseen radiant giant state. However, it is revealed that she plays into Gendo's plan in the process as Eva-13 awakens just as Asuka erodes Eva-02's A.T. Field with her own, and destroys Eva-02 in much the same manner as Eva-01 destroyed Eva-03. During the process, Asuka is approached by "her original", revealing that she is a clone of the Shikinami series, and is absorbed by Eva-13. Wunder is taken over by a new Eva Mark.09, which Fuyutsuki is implied to have been responsible for <ref>Based on currently available information, the Mark.09A Evangelion was possibly created from the remains of the original Mark.09, which was subject to Eva-02's self-destruct explosion at the end of Evangelion 3.0. </ref>.<br />
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Gendo floats down to the Wunder himself, and Misato and Ritsuko confront him. Ritsuko shoots Gendo through his visor, however, her bullets are entirely ineffective and he simply scoops his blown-out brains and puts them into the hole in the back of his head. It is revealed that Gendo has used the Key of Nebuchadnezzar and has thrown away his humanity by adding "information that surpassed the logic of the world" to his body, and it is shown that there is only a cross-shaped glowing void where his eyes used to be. Gendo monologues about the purpose of the impacts and about the Human Instrumentality Project, before hitting the Wunder's engine with an Angel-like optical blast to retrieve Unit-01, and entering Eva-13 through its mouth.<br />
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===Human Instrumentality: Father and Son===<br />
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Shinji turns to Misato and asks to pilot Eva-01 to stop Gendo. Midori Kitakami and Sakura are appalled at the prospect of Shinji entering the Eva and fire at him, but Misato blocks Sakura's bullet with her own body. Misato thanks Shinji for saving them all from destruction using Eva-01 fourteen years previously, and explains that as his superior, the responsibility for his actions was ultimately hers, and since Shinji is still her subordinate, she will take responsibility for his actions. Misato and Shinji have a conversation in which Misato asks Shinji to take care of her son. Meanwhile, Mari takes Eva-08 into an "overlapping" state where it merges with Eva-09, 10, 11, and 12 after partially consuming them, giving Eva-08 the ability to navigate the space beyond the [[Guf (Rebuild)| Doors of Guf]]. Shinji enters Eva-01 out of nowhere and the original Rei Ayanami appears to him inside, with her hair grown very long. She apologizes to him for not being able to make it so that he wouldn't have to get into an Eva, but Shinji thanks her and says he will take care of the rest. Ritsuko and Maya are shocked to discover that Shinji, rather than having a zero percent synchro rate with Eva-01 like they previously thought, has in fact attained a previously impossible infinite synchro-rate with Eva-01, as Shinji restores Eva-01's limbs and begins to strangle Eva-13, prompting Gendo to remark that "Unit-01's Pilot has awakened, has he?".<br />
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Gendo shows Shinji an "imaginary Evangelion" that takes the form of a Black Lilith due to Shinji's memories. This being was predicted by the theories of Dr. Katsuragi. The twin spears of Longinus and Cassius enter the imaginary Evangelion and transform it into a giant Rei with a floating decapitated head. Fuyutsuki recognizes Mari and addresses her as "Maria of Iscariot", and Mari refers to him as "Fuyutsuki-sensei" and adds that it has been a long time since anyone called her by that name. He tells Mari that he has given her what she requested, and addresses Yui with his last words before turning to LCL.<br />
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Gendo and Shinji fight in an "alternate universe" where LCL gives shape to perception, entering a surreal fight where they clash in multiple different locations across space and time that take form from Shinji's memories, but the rest of the world is revealed to be little more than a ''tokusatsu'' movie set complete model warships and Evangelion costumes for suit actors. Eva-01 and Eva-13 are in synch with each other, and Shinji fails to prevail over Gendo during the entire surreal fight. When they reach a location that is based on Shinji's memories of the village, he remembers the conversations he had with Toji and Kensuke and appeals to Gendo to stop and talk. Gendo is revealed to be afraid of Shinji as he puts up an A.T. Field of his own, but Shinji breaks through by handing over Gendo's old SDAT. <br />
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Gendo reveals his past; he was a lonely individual who grew up without parents, and the only loves in his life were books and the piano. A slightly older Mari - who is revealed to be a friend of Gendo's - introduces him to Fuyutsuki as well as Yui, whom he falls in love with. Shinji sees a vision of Gendo's past experiences and life, and learns how Yui's loss traumatized him. The setting is now on the KuMoHa42 rail car. Misato prepares to turn the AAA Wunder into another Spear to hurl at a giant Red Rei, using Ritsuko's knowledge to transform Wunder's spinal linkage system. Mari in the overlapping Eva-08 scuttles the other three Nerv warships and bids goodbye to them, referring to them as "Adams". Eva-08 boards the spinal system as Misato uses the Wunder to ram the eye of the giant Rei-being. Misato sacrifices herself to hold back Gendo's [[Additional Impact]] and manifest the Spear of Gaius, representing humanity's will. The Gaius materializes in miniature form between Shinji's hands as Misato completes her sacrifice.<br />
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Shinji helps Gendo find closure, and similarly for a now-adult Asuka, helping her find closure as well <ref> While this scene is set on a beach resembling the final scene in End of Evangelion, this is [[Shikinami Asuka Langley]] and '''not''' [[Asuka Langley Soryu]].</ref> We learn the backstory behind Asuka Shikinami, that she is the last surviving clone of the Shikinami series, having survived past all the combat training that the other clones failed and were eliminated for. Asuka is old enough to remember seeing Gendo, Yui and a little Shinji visit the Euro-Nerv facilities. Shinji tells the now-adult Asuka that he ''used'' to like her - making it clear, that like Asuka, any romantic or sexual feelings between them are in the past, and asks Asuka to say hi to Kensuke for him. Shinji talks to Kaworu and gives Kaworu the closure he seeks; In a scene that is indicative of what happened during the 14-year timeskip, Kaworu and the elder Kaji speak to each other. Kaworu is dressed in the same Nerv commander uniform as Gendo and the Bethany base commander, with Kaji in the same vice-commander uniform as Fuyutsuki and the Bethany base vice-commander. Kaworu, whom the elder Kaji calls "Commander Nagisa", agrees to go to the settlement where the younger Kaji farms<ref>Interviews have confirmed that Kaworu took over as commander of Nerv with Kaji as his vice-commander soon after the events of [[Evangelion 2.0]], with Gendo and Fuyutsuki being deposed.</ref>. Shinji eventually settles upon a complete reset of the world, a "Neon Genesis", a world without Evangelions. Shinji prepares to stab himself with the Spear of Gaius. Shinji is then pushed out of Eva-01 by his mother Yui, who is revealed to have been with him the entire time, and they are embraced from behind by Gendo in Eva-13. Gendo and Yui, Eva-01 and Eva-13 together sacrifice themselves to finish what Shinji began, spearing all Evangelions that ever were created at once. Their actions return all Evangelions and Failures of Infinity back into human and animal forms, restoring the world to its original state before the impacts.<br />
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In the final sequence, Asuka, Rei and Kaworu are seen on the platform of a train station with the [[KuMoHa42]] approaching, and an older Shinji is approached by Mari from behind. Mari closes his eyes and asks him to guess who she is, referring to her initial meeting with him and her meeting with him on the Wunder. The grown-up Shinji (voiced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%ABnosuke_Kamiki Ryunosuke Kamiki]) answers correctly, and Mari takes the DSS Choker that adult Shinji wears off his neck. Shinji holds Mari's hands and both of them head out of the train station together, and the sequence transitions into both Shinji and Mari escaping into a live-action sequence of Anno's hometown of Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, implying that all the Children have found closure in our reality.<br />
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==Production History and Development==<br />
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===Early development and delays===<br />
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The film was announced alongside Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo for release in 2008 as the final part of the Rebuild series under the working title Evangelion: Final. After delays of the first three films, Evangelion: Final was expected for release in 2015. In 2014, director and producer Hideaki Anno announced that due to other commitments, the film would be further delayed to an unknown date. Following the troubled production of the third film, director and producer Hideaki Anno became depressed and stated publicly in 2015 that he could not work on another film. As part of his recovery, Anno had also worked on Studio Ghibli's The Wind Rises under his mentor Hayao Miyazaki. Toho (which co-distributes the film in Japan with Toei) also approached Anno with an offer to direct a reboot of its Godzilla film series, Shin Godzilla, which also contributed to the delay on 3.0+1.0. Financial reasons also played a part. In 2014, Anno's Studio Khara loaned his former company Studio Gainax 100 million yen ($916,400). In 2016, Anno filed a claim for debt collection, fearing not only for the return of the money but also because of Gainax selling production materials to third parties, after a precedent of other sales of intellectual property without informing him. This was part of several legal issues surrounding Gainax and Evangelion.<br />
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Production on Evangelion resumed after the production of Shin Godzilla ended in late 2016. After a formal apology, animation director Takeshi Honda stated that the last film had resumed development. Studio Khara tweeted on April 5, 2017, that development was going smoothly. In May 2018, the studio put out a job listing for animation staff to work on 3DCG, VFX, and 2D animation starting on June 30, 2018. Animation was going through the final check by October 2, 2020. Dialogue recording wrapped on November 19, 2020. On December 16, 2020, Studio Khara announced that compositing and editing work had finished. In 2019 the film was scheduled for a June 27, 2020 release date but received two delays due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, first scheduled for a January 23, 2021 release, before being released on March 8, 2021.<br />
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===Development===<br />
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Anno was very reluctant to return to work on the film in 2016. In 2018, Anno had asked for the opinion of voice actors like Megumi Ogata (Shinji) on how to move the plot forward after 3.0. Anno felt he could no longer understand Shinji and by now his current self was closer to Gendo than Shinji, and needed Ogata's input on how Shinji could recover after the events of 3.0. Anno felt that at that point the only people who could understand Shinji's feelings were Ogata herself and his personal assistant, Ikki Todoroki. Anno himself had intended to go to Paris for Japan Expo 2019, but the film's continuing delays in production prevented him. Anno had often visited the film's music composer Shirō Sagisu, who lives half the year in Paris, and wished to pay homage to the city in the opening 10 minutes of the movie, entitled AVANT1 ("before" in French), seeking to surpass his earlier depiction in Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. At the event, Ogata also recounted Anno had asked what ending she preferred "as Shinji". AVANT1+2, including a further 2 minutes of the opening sequence, was also streamed on Khara's YouTube channel and Japanese Amazon Prime Video for free for two weeks.<br />
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Dialogue for Parts A and B, set after AVANT, started recording in March 2019. As there were several changes to the plot, many voice actors had to come back and record lines again. In 2020, due to the pandemic restrictions, production slowed down further and recording was mostly done by the voice actors separately as many dozens of takes were necessary, and they organized themselves through a Line group. This created a bond between the cast that was unprecedented in previous productions. At the end of recording, Anno thanked the cast for their contributions. Yūko Miyamura, who played Asuka, was instructed to treat her character as completely separate from the series' Asuka Langley Soryu, and the last thing asked of her was to write the character's full name in cursive herself to be used in the movie. She had lived in Australia for the past two decades, but was still unsure of how to write "Langley". Miyamura expressed her surprise at Anno's behavior near the end of production, in contrast to his behavior during the making of End of Evangelion: "Anno-san is amazing. He has become an adult".<br />
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Anno sought to bring in new talent and people outside the usual Evangelion core crew, like Darling in the Franxx creator Atsushi Nishigori, a protégé of his, while other core staffers like chief editor Masayuki largely stepped down in order to allow new talents to gain more experience. In addition, the series' original character designer, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, has had diminishing involvement since 3.0, and the new character designs are mostly done by Hidenori Matsubara. Anno had long stated his wish to revitalize the anime industry, and saw the sponsorship of new creators as a prime way of achieving this, as well as the promotions of events backed by Studio Khara like the Japan Animator Expo. Director Mahiro Maeda recounted Anno wanted him to figure out specific details of the plot on his own when asked. Similarly to production in the series, Anno would take ideas from staffers but have the final word in plot decisions. Anno had also been an advocate of employing new and innovative animation technologies, combined with extensive use of motion capture and computer-generated imagery, and employed them in the film. Maeda and others noted nonetheless that Anno seemed to be directing the film more like a live action film than animation, including in the way he directed the voice actors, taking cues from theatre techniques, after his previous experience outside Evangelion, despite the staff's own limited experience, something he had previously attempted in Cutie Honey. He thought Anno "wanted to get out of here the most", but expressed his feelings in film sincerely.<br />
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Director Kazuya Tsurumaki details Anno wanted to try a new process for the film. Instead of first creating storyboards and then developing the animation based on them as is traditional, Anno proposed to first draw the animation cels and then draw the scenes from them. This technique was generally referred to by staff as "pre-visualization". He was once more inspired from the usual process in live action, where scenes are first shot from multiple angles and then stories are created and then selected during editing. The latter half of the film, however, progressively returned to the traditional anime style. Tsurumaki noted the original intention was that "the first 80%" of the Rebuild series would be a "compilation" of the original anime series, and the changes would only start with the last film, in keeping with earlier comments in 2006 by producer Toshimichi Ohtsuki regarding the intention that only the ending would be a major departure from the series, as staff felt End of Evangelion could not receive a sequel, and the Rebuild movies were not going to be "metaphysical" like the original anime, but rather "oriented towards entertainment". This eventually changed, and major changes started happening as early as Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance. He also noted that the previously stated goal of "destroying Evangelion" through the character of Mari was entrusted to an external party. Anno would ask the opinion of many parts of staff, including those not involved in the actual film like office staff for their opinions on several nuances. Anno's wife Moyoco Anno provided early designs for some characters. Studio Ghibli also provided assistance to scenes set in the survivor's village. For the village itself, Khara had a box model custom-built to orientate the artists, and Anno personally adjusted it to the smallest details like individual house layout, road with and utility posts to make it as realistic as possible. Staff consulted with multiple professionals and conducted research like sky-diving for maximum accuracy.<br />
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A making-of documentary aired on Japanese broadcaster NHK in March 22, 2021, with the crew following production for 1214 days. BS Japan also broadcast an extended version of the documentary on April 29, 2021, totaling 100 minutes of runtime, featuring unused footage. Amazon Prime Video included the extended version of documentary in its international release of the film in August. When production started in 2016, Anno initially intended to not involve himself much in the film, wishing to delegate most of it to his directors, particularly Tsurumaki, generally considered Khara's second-in-command, but as the release date approached with mounting production problems he progressively took more control and took on more tasks directly, also driven by his perfectionism. Maeda was also not initially serving as a director, but was brought in the middle of production. Kim Morrisy of Anime News Network described it as tumultuous: "There were several occasions shown when he decided that the work he had done at the time was insufficient and would scrap it entirely. The [final] D part of the script was eventually completed in early 2019, at the latest possible stage it could have been done to meet the deadline."<br />
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In the documentary, Anno is depicted as frequently late or absent from the studio, or would often stay overnight adjusting individual scenes he was unsatisfied with. Part A had been rewritten multiple times, and at one point Anno was so lost on how to resolve the story lines he considered restarting it from scratch after nine months of work. Anno believed he wouldn't miss working on the franchise and said everything he needed to, feeling finishing his work remained a priority, even at the expense of his well-being. Anno told Ogata later at post-production that he'd indeed miss it. Hayao Miyazaki described Anno, as an apprentice of his, as "one who sheds blood for his films". Gainax co-founder Toshio Okada criticized the documentary as "sloppy" and "propaganda" trying to make Anno look better, claiming Anno's live-action approach in fact took inspiration from Hiroyuki Yamaga's work in Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise instead of being sui generis as the documentary implied, and Anno noted the crew was in fact not present during the highly intense production of Part D for several months, nor did it cover him thanking the staff at the end.<br />
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On March 28, 2021, the cast was fully reunited for the first time in 14 years and held a stage greeting, commenting on the film and their bond to the characters. On April 12, 2021, directors Anno, Tsurumaki and Maeda, as well as Ogata, held another stage greeting. On June 26, 2021, Anno held a live stream on singer Hikaru Utada's Instagram page, and debated the film. On June 27, 2021, another cast greeting was held. Mari's voice actress Maaya Sakamoto explained she had been absent from the previous events because she felt apprehensive over the details she knew about Mari's character that Anno told her, but refused to share them: "I will take secrets to my grave". A last stage greeting was held on July 11, 2021. Anno felt he had now done everything he could with anime, and accordingly Khara denied reports that he was working on a reboot of a popular animation series. He also noted he initially attempted a shorter two hour runtime, but had to extend it.<br />
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===Future of the franchise===<br />
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Anno had originally intended on making a new Evangelion story since 2000<ref>https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_1.0_Complete_Records_Collection</ref> and has intended to open-up the franchise in the future to new creators and turn Eva into a "new Gundam", using the Rebuilds as a foundation for this, but 3.0+1.0 is intended to be his final Evangelion work. The Animator Expo already featured two independent works based on the franchise: Evangelion – Another Impact and Neon Genesis IMPACTS, as well as until You come to me, a short film intended to showcase the talent of younger Khara animators, not as an official trailer. In an interview in August 2021, Anno stated other parts of the franchise and story might be revisited later. In Hikari Utada's live stream featuring Anno, he comments that "the New Eva isn't 100% what I want it to be." Additionally, the 3.0+1.01 re-release and the Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) prequel manga can already be seen as early examples of additions to the franchise with Anno's blessing and involvement, with the former started a mere month after the film's initial release at Anno's initiative. Popular interest also remains extremely high, as can be seen NHK's making-off documentary, EVANGELION: 3.333 Breakdown (under Anno's supervision), the high number of interviews and articles done in the 6 months between Japanese and international release, with more on the way.<br />
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==Different Versions==<br />
===3.0+1.01===<br />
On June 7, 2021, an updated version was released for cinema with overhauled animations. It accompained the one-shot manga [[Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)]], set 2 hours before the events of the third movie.<br />
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===3.0+1.11===<br />
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On March 8, 2023, the two year anniversary of the movie, the home video version titled <i>3.0+1.11</i> was released in Japan. The movie is sold in both the 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray format and the standard Blu-ray disc. GKIDS plans to release this version in the United States in 2023, along with other territories.<ref>[https://twitter.com/GKIDSfilms/status/1608553570663555072 GKIDS' official Twitter account posting about the release year]</ref> The movie is largely untouched with only minor visual changes. The two standout bonus features of this release are a new ten-minute short titled <i>[[Evangelion: 3.0 (-46h)]]</i> focusing on Sumire Nagara, and a colored and voiced version of <i>[[Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)]]</i>. <br />
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Other bonus features include a behind-the-scenes video titled "Rebuild of EVANGELION:3.0+1.0", a recording of 3.0+1.0's stage greeting with Megumi Ogata, Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki, and Mahiro Maeda, as well as various commercials and voice messages from the cast.<br />
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==See Also==<br />
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* [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English Translation of "Avant 1" Sequence]]<br />
* [[Guides:Evangelion 3.0%2B1.0_FAQ|FAQ for Evangelion:3.0+1.0]]<br />
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| japanese_title_k = シン・エヴァンゲリオン劇場版:<nowiki>||</nowiki><br />
| japanese_title_r = Shin Evangelion Gekijōban: <nowiki>||</nowiki><br />
| japanese_title_e = New Evangelion Theatrical Edition: <nowiki>||</nowiki><br />
| english_title = Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon a Time<br />
| image = [[File:4.0 title.jpg|350px]]<br />
| written_by = [[Hideaki Anno]]<br />
| directed_by = [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]], [[Katsuichi Nakayama]]<br />
| theatrical_release = March 8, 2021<br />
| streaming_release = August 13, 2021 (Amazon Prime Video) <br />
| video_release = 3.0+1.11: March 8, 2023 (Japan)<br />
2023 (Worldwide)<br />
| angels = <br />
| eva_sorties = [[Evangelion Unit-02 (Rebuild)|Eva-02]], [[Evangelion Unit-08|Eva-08]], [[Evangelion Mark.09|Mark.09]], [[Eva Series 7]], [[Evangelion 13|Eva-13]], [[Evangelion Unit-01|Eva-01]]<br />
| prev = [[Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo|Evangelion 3.0]]<br />
| next = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon a Time''' is the title for the fourth and final film in the [[Rebuild of Evangelion]] movie series, formerly known by the working title '''Evangelion: Final'''. Upon its initial announcement, It was planned to be released in Japan alongside the third film, [[Evangelion 3.0]], at an unspecified date. Previously, the name had been changed to what could be interpreted as either the symbol for "End" or "Repeat" in sheet music.<ref>http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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Unlike the three previous movies, the title is rendered in Katakana as "Evangelion" in the same manner as the TV series. Starting with "<i>Shin</i>", just like Anno's involved live-action titles like <i>Shin Godzilla</i> or <i>Shin Ultraman</i>. The previous three movies had Katakana that spelled "Wevangeliwon". Speculation by fans based on the Jo-Ha-Kyu structure of Japanese drama suggests that Final will incorporate the fourth and fifth acts of the Japanese drama cycle, depicting a long journey and coming to a quick conclusion<ref>http://forum.evageeks.org/post/663128/Did-Q-Fail-Thematically/#663128</ref>. Alternatively, the series may be following the Kishotenketsu<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kish%C5%8Dtenketsu</ref> narrative pattern which concludes in the fourth arc. Whether or not the movie actually follows either pattern of Japanese drama remains for further analysis once the movie is released outside of Japan. <br />
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In September 2014, the title of the final film was revealed to be "Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0", based on a title card shown at the end of the TV screening of Evangelion 3.0, followed by the subsequent update of the main Evangelion site with the new title.<ref>http://www.evageeks.org/2014/09/no-new-sneak-peaks-in-evangelion-finals-preview/</ref> The final title was revealed on December 27, 2019, along with the initial release date of June 27, 2020.<br />
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==Release Date==<br />
With the release of Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon A Time on March 8, 2021, the section below has been largely left as it is to show timeline information from past years, and chronicle the release of said timeline information to fans. <br />
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On December 31st, 2011 the Japanese website was updated to show a 2013 release date<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120101082254/http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>, but that has been removed when the site was updated after [[Evangelion 3.0]]'s release <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20121118180135/http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>. The website no longer features any tentative date and none have been announced<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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At the 2014 Tokyo Film Festival Anno joked that the final film might be released 4-6 years after [[Evangelion 3.0]]<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2014-10-27/anno-jokes-that-4th-new-evangelion-film-might-be-4-6-years-after-3rd-one/.80406</ref>. <br />
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Actual news on the film's production had been hard to come by during the period between 2012 and 2019. Various miscellaneous projects had been done, including two animated shorts that may or may not have been pertinent to the film's own details as well as the end of Sadamoto's manga adaption. However, during this period, the film itself saw no details except for the news that Utada Hikaru, who has been the musical artist for Rebuild's credit themes, would be returning in 2015 from her hiatus to write the final film's credits theme. The source also indicated that the film would release in autumn/winter 2015, but this claim was then refuted by the source, who then stated that no ''official'' announcement had been made.<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-26/magazine-final-evangelion-film-slated-for-fall-winter-2015-with-utada-song/.82629</ref> Prior to the new title announcement, this was the only solid news (or any news at all) that had been released.<br />
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On July 19th, 2016 Anno directly apologized to the fans of Evangelion. He stated ''"To all the Evangelion fans, I’m really, really keeping you all waiting, I am truly sorry."'' Anno then went on to say he felt "trapped" while making ''Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo'', saying he couldn't recharge. ''“Up until then, after doing the third entry Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, I thought I wasn’t going to make any more,”'' After being offered the job to work on ''Godzilla Resurgence'', he stated ''“At that time, I went into talks with Toho, and it saved me. I think this is how I’m able to keep making Evangelion. However, since it is a fact that I’m making everyone wait, I deeply apologize for that.”'' <ref>http://kotaku.com/an-apology-to-evangelion-fans-from-hideaki-anno-1783903322</ref><br />
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On July 20th 2018, the official Evangelion website was updated to reflect a 2020 theatrical release.<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/news.html</ref><br />
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On July 6th 2019, Khara screened the first ten minutes of the film on Japan Expo in Paris, Anime Expo in Los Angeles, and CCG Expo in Shangai. The film was originally scheduled for release on June 27, 2020.<br />
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On July 18th 2019, during showings of Makoto Shinkai's new film "Weathering with You", a new trailer was shown for 3.0 + 1.0 featuring the new June 2020 release. The trailer was later shared officially online.<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1152417665979277313</ref><br />
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On April 17th 2020, the official Evangelion website was updated to announced that the release date was being delayed by an unspecified amount of time due to the COVID-19 pandemic<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-17/evangelion-3.0-1.0-film-delayed-due-to-covid-19-concerns/.158693</ref><ref>https://www.gamespot.com/articles/evangelion-3010-film-release-delayed-due-to-corona/1100-6476186/</ref>. The announcement of the delay was accompanied by an updated staff/credits list, the release of the official poster in both Japanese and English and the reveal of the English title "Thrice Upon a Time" and the additional message "Bye-bye, all of EVANGELION"<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251064479816708096</ref>. Hideaki Anno posted a letter to healthcare workers expressing gratitude for fighting the disease, apologizing to fans for the added delay due to the unprecedented situation and encouraging all readers to persevere<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251066917495861248</ref>.<br />
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On October 15, 2020, Studio Khara sent out a tweet announcing that January 23, 2021 would be the new release date. The tweet contained a link to a new trailer for the movie<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/10/evangelion-3-01-0-has-a-new-release-date-in-2021/</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1316921806540996610</ref>.<br />
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On December 17, 2020, it was announced that all shooting and editing work for the movie was complete. This was followed by tweets from Studio Khara announcing that the movie had been screened to staff as well as select non-staff members, with the warning that spoilers on social media were a possibility by this point. <ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc2/status/1339355724669808640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref><ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/903217/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#903217</ref><br />
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Another trailer was released on December 24, 2020, featuring the "One Last Kiss" theme song.<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/12/3-0-1-0-xmas-trailer-with-one-last-kiss/</ref><br />
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On January 14, 2021, Studio Khara announced that the movie was to be indefinitely delayed again due to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, and that the scheduled release of the soundtrack on February 10 would not take place. <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/shineva2/</ref><ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/01/3-0-1-0-bad-news-and-a-little-good/</ref><br />
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On 26 February, 2021, it was announced that the film would be released on March 8, 2021<ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc/status/1365270814640148480</ref>. This became the actual, finalized date of release for the movie.<br />
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An updated version of the film, titled ''Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time'', was released in Japanese theaters on June 12, 2021. This version features updated cuts of various scenes. It also accompanied the distribution of a 36-page booklet called ''Eva-Extra-Extra'', including non-canon illustrations by staff and a prequel manga set before the events of the previous film, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, called Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) written by director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]] under Anno's supervision.<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/210607-2/</ref><br />
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Internationally, Amazon Prime Video acquired exclusive streaming rights to the film; it would be released in worldwide on August 13, 2021, excluding Japan.<ref>https://variety.com/2021/streaming/asia/evangelion-thrice-anime-movie-to-amazon-prime-video-1235009631/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-01/amazon-prime-video-to-stream-final-evangelion-film-on-august-13/.174666</ref> However, on July 20, 2021, Amazon Prime Video announced that would also stream the film in Japan on the same day as its international release.<ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2021-07-20/amazon-prime-video-also-streams-final-evangelion-film-in-japan-on-august-13/.175346</ref><br />
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==Publicity==<br />
[[Image:Evangelion 3.0+1.0, Final Visual.png|thumb|left|Final promotional image (Japanese)]]<br />
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On July 6, 2019, the event '''Operation 0706''' took place, the film's opening scene (having the production code "Avant 1") was simulcast on screens in Paris, France (Japan Expo) and throughout Japan, following a live event in Paris with Yoko Takahashi and Megumi Ogata. This was followed up later at other locations such as Los Angeles, CA's Anime Expo. A phone application was made available days before to drum up hype for the event, wherein the user was asked to choose between Team Nerv or Team Wille. After the event, their choice affected when they would have access to limited-access freebies: the four Shiro Sagisu pieces that debuted during Op0706, and the first three New Theatrical films. <br />
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On April 17, 2020, the announcement of the delay in the release date was accompanied by the revelation of the movie poster and the English title "Thrice Upon a Time". The poster features an image of Shinji in the distant background, walking down branching train tracks in bright sunlight. The location appears to be Ube-Shinkawa station, the main train station in the city of Ube, Yamaguchi Province, where [[Hideaki Anno]] was born. <br />
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On October 15, 2020, the announcement of the new release date was accompanied by the revelation of a new trailer, showing additional imagery of the characters, locations and Evangelions.<br />
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On December 9, 2020, the official Evangelion website announced that the theme song for the movie would be "One Last Kiss", performed by [[Hikaru Utada]] <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/onelastkiss/</ref>.<br />
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On December 23, 2020, the official Twitter announced that 3.0 + 1.0 would be screened simultaneously with [[Evangelion 3.333]] in back-to-back midnight IMAX screenings in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo, with the official website having a list of double-screenings for both movies. <ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1341941672704266240</ref> However, this double-screening did not materialize due to the delay caused in the movie's release date.<br />
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On February 16, 2021, Eirin (the Film Classification and Rating Organization) revealed the film's runtime to be 154 minutes. <ref>https://twitter.com/macgyjp/status/1361558394860040193 </ref> It was later clarified that the official runtime would instead be 155 minutes. <ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/910897/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#p910896</ref><br />
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On June 21, 2021, Shin Eva became the 49th highest grossing Japanese film, marking its entry into the top 50. <ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/06/shin-eva-becomes-49th-highest-grossing/</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
[[Image:Shin op0706 C080 kick.jpg|thumb|right|Eva-08 attacking Eva 44A]]<br />
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===Assault on Paris===<br />
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The film begins with [[Wille]] stopping in [[Paris Assault Mission|Paris, France]], which much like the outskirts of former Tokyo-3 has been converted into [[Core (Rebuild)|core material]]. A team descends from the [[AAA Wunder|Wunder]] -- comprised of [[Ritsuko Akagi (Rebuild)|Ritsuko]], [[Maya Ibuki|Maya]], three of Maya's male underlings, and [[Mari Makinami Illustrious|Mari]] in [[Evangelion Unit-08|Eva-08]] -- and lands on top of a mysterious black pillar. Ritsuko acts as a look-out while Maya and her men connect to the black pillar via laptop to resume the activation of an [[L Barrier|"Anti-L System"]] -- something a team of Europeans had previously died while attempting. As the operation begins, large numbers of a never-before-seen Eva type, [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44A|the aerial 44As]], appear in four waves, and Mari holds them off, assisted by helmsman [[Minor_Characters_(Rebuild)#Sumire_Nagara|Sumire Nagara]] utilizing the Wunder's intricate "cable flight" capabilities. Once the Evas have all been defeated, two more new enemy Eva types appear from a camouflaged cocoon: a [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_4444C|4444C unit]] with a Positron Cannon and the small army of generator-equipped [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44B|Eva 44Bs]] that supply power to it. While cable-suspended warships equipped with [[Evangelion Equipment (Rebuild)|ESVs]] are used to block the first shot, the team is left defenseless for the immediate second shot, as all the ships have been destroyed by the first shot. With Nagara's assist, Eva-08 charges the 4444C with the felled Eiffel Tower and before it can charge up fully, Mari is able to twist the tower down the 4444C's gun barrel, destroying both it and the 44Bs, at the cost of minor damage to Eva-08's legs. <br />
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Maya and the others successfully activate the pillar, which was actually a giant version of the sealing pillars seen in the two previous films. A radius of effect is created that pushes back the core-conversion, restoring part of the city. A large collection of E.U. Nerv storage lockers emerges from underground, filled with Eva spare parts, munitions, and components for what appears to be an upgraded model of [[Jet Alone]]. The Wunder and its support fleet descends, with two teams being dispatched to retrieve the parts and spares, and Mari muses that Eva-02 can be repaired and Eva-08 will be modified for "Overlap" compatibility. The scene ends with Mari promising to come back for [[Shinji]] <ref>''Evangelion: 3.0+1.0'', Avant 1, Operation 0706 Ver. [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English subtitles.]] Translated by Maryno_penguin, [[User:Reichu|Reichu]], sackboy71 et al.</ref>.<br />
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===Wandering, and Village-3===<br />
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The opening credits play over a montage of the red Earth, showing locations that have been turned to core. [[Failures of Infinity]] litter the landscape, with an anti-gravity effect manifesting in small areas, causing objects around them to float. Shinji, [[Rei Q]] and [[Asuka Shikinami Langley|Asuka]] walk together across its surface, with Asuka using the device in her hand as a compass to find their way. They are picked up by an adult in an SUV and wearing a protective suit. <br />
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[[File:Evangelion.3.0-1.01 Village 3 023.png|thumb|Panoramic view of Village-3|320px]]<br />
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Shinji wakes up to the sight of a child and a dog. He is examined by an adult Toji, who is highly surprised to see him, and with Hikari, who has since married him. The child is Toji and Hikari's daughter Tsubame<ref>The name literally means "Swallow" and is quite possibly a reference to the Tsubame service on the Kyushu Shinkansen[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsubame_(train)], continuing the Shinkansen reference in Hikari's name</ref>, and the dog is Toji's pet. It is revealed that they are in a settlement that has been kept free of the coreification proces, named Village-3, with Toji as the settlement's doctor and Kensuke as a technician/handyman, who is revealed to be the one who rescued the trio earlier. The village is being supported by an organization named [[Kredit]], which works together with Wille to provide supplies and facilitate trade with other settlements. Toji and Hikari greet Rei Q warmly, but she lacks of memory of either of them and is openly confused over the state of the world. Both of them realize that she is not the same Rei they knew, and they nickname her "lookalike". Neither Toji nor Kensuke show Shinji any hatred over Third Impact, and try to help him recover from his trauma, however, Shinji remains catatonic and is starting to feel physically sick, not talking to anyone and not eating anything, much to the annoyance of Hikari's father Bunzaemon, who lives with Toji and Hikari. Tsubame is the cause of much curiosity for Rei Q, who goes out and explores the world within the settlement with an almost childlike sense of curiosity, looking at such things as stray dogs and books. She also begins to learn more about her world, expressing continued confusion over the existence of a pregnant cat, baby Tsubame, and greetings such as "good morning" and "good night". She eventually settles down into village life, learning to farm alongside the older ladies of the village, working in the village rice paddies.<br />
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Kensuke offers to take the catatonic Shinji to his place, so that he might have some time to recover on his own. On arriving at Kensuke's residence (a small abandoned train station), Shinji sees Asuka leaving the shower naked, and she expresses irritation at Shinji's inaction, even at her current state. Shinji realizes Asuka has a DSS choker fitted on her as well, the sight of it causing Shinji to vomit due to traumatic memories of Kaworu's death. Kensuke cleans up the mess, and Asuka talks to him about Shinji's condition, calling him "kenken". She eventually has no option but to force-feed him protein bars due to his refusal to eat, and references her own inability to consume anything other than water. While doing so, she says that Shinji, as a fellow Pseudo-Lilin<ref>The Japanese term used here is Lilin-modoki, where modoki can variously mean "fake", "an imitation", "something that looks similar but is not the same".</ref>, may eventually join her and neither eat nor grow any longer. He goes out and spends entire days silently the ruins of Nerv-02, which is inhabited by a number of hot spring penguins, including a backpack-less Pen-Pen, while Asuka silently keeps a watch on him. Rei Q comes to Kensuke's house looking for Shinji, but finds only Asuka, who informs her that her feelings for the Third Child have been programmed into the Ayanami-Series since the beginning, as part of their inherent Eva-like restrictors as Eva pilots (notably, Asuka includes herself in these statements as well). Rei tells her she doesn't mind the artificial feelings, as they feel real to her, and Asuka gives in and tells her where Shinji is. Rei then goes to Shinji to return his SDAT along with some rations, but Shinji is still too distraught and knocks it away. Rei leaves with the SDAT, but leaves the rations behind. Overcome by hunger, Shinji eventually gives and eats the rations. Over the next few days, Rei gets better at farming and grows closer to the village folk, becoming more expressive. Eventually, she is able to get Shinji to talk to her, where he claims that he was the one who destroyed everything, and that he just wants to be left alone, and expresses confusion as to why people were being nice to him even after everything that happened, to which Rei replies that it is because they all like him. The response stuns Shinji, and he starts to become more active. Kensuke takes the slowly-recovering Shinji out fishing and on an infrastructure check to show him the massive [[Angel-sealing Hex Pillar]]s that are generating an [[L Barrier|Anti-L Field]] keeping the settlement and its surrounding areas safe from the coreification and the wandering [[Failures of Infinity]], which he says have started moving only recently. Shinji and Toji have a talk, and Toji reveals that he's not really a doctor, but only working with a basic knowledge of medicine and the machines that Kredit give them. He says that there are lives even he could not save, and that shouldering the anger and grief of those moments is what he believes he does best, so for the sake of his family and the village, he would continue to shoulder those burdens. He tells Shinji that he has already fought enough for everyone, and that he is welcome to stay in the Village if he wishes.<br />
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Some time later, Kensuke takes Shinji and Asuka to the grave of his father, Hajime Aida, and advises Shinji to try to talk to his own father so he has no regrets about not understanding him. Asuka scoffs at the idea, noting that the other party is "Gendo Ikari", and that it's impossible, but Shinji remains silent.<br />
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Rei Q eventually asks Shinji to help give her a proper name rather than "lookalike", and Shinji decides to call her "Ayanami" anyway. During a regular trip to check on the Anti-L System, Kensuke takes Shinji to a Wille Outdoor Laboratory that maintains the Anti-L System, and introduces him to "Ryoji Kaji", who is Misato's son with the original [[Ryoji Kaji]]. The younger Kaji works at repairing the Wille-built machines keeping the village free from being turned to core. On the way back, Kensuke talks to Shinji and explains the situation with the elder Kaji's death and Misato's current state, stating that Kaji Sr. sacrificed himself to stop Third Impact, and Misato now stays away from him so that she can protect him from afar, also adding that she regrets making Shinji shoulder all the burdens, and that is why (he thinks) she doesn't want Shinji to pilot an Eva again. Rei Q is revealed to require constant exposure to LCL to maintain her existence, and thanks Shinji for helping her find happiness before turning into LCL before his eyes. Shinji is shocked but Rei's experience is implied to help Shinji recover from his previous trauma.<br />
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AAA Wunder arrives to unload non-essential personnel. Kensuke reminds Shinji that he can stay in the village if he chooses to, but Shinji decides to go aboard the Wunder with Asuka, SDAT in hand, and Asuka tases him as per her orders. [[Sakura Suzuhara|Sakura]] looks him over in the medical wing, and slaps him when he awakens, infuriated at getting into [[Eva-13]] in the [[Evangelion 3.0|previous movie]], and eventually breaks down. Shinji is placed in isolation and under surveillance again, and both Asuka and Sakura express puzzlement at his return after discovering Kaworu's demise from the DSS Choker operational records. The bridge crew discusses the ongoing situation, with Midori expressing distaste over the Captain's decision to keep Shinji alive. Mari greets Asuka, who expresses the sentiment that Shinji "needs a mother, not a girlfriend". Ritsuko and Misato discuss their intentions in a space aboard Wunder dedicated to preserving seeds of life for all species, which is mentioned to be the original purpose of the vessel. Elsewhere, Fuyutsuki monologues about the Black Moon and Fourth Impact as well as Shinji and the fate of "Ayanami-type 6", wondering if Gendo deliberately made Shinji experience the same loss as him.<br />
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===Wille vs Nerv: Final===<br />
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[[File:Rebuild-of-evangelion-1-3-thrice-upon-a-time-002-pn-n.jpg|thumb|Asuka and Mari preparing for the final battle|250px]]<br />
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Gendo and Fuyutsuki steer the Black Moon towards the epicenter of Second Impact, at Nerv's former Calvary Base in Antarctica, intending to restart Eva-13. Misato and Ritsuko discover this and have completed a "signal suspension plug" to stop this event. Misato and the bridge crew reminisce about Kaji's death and their determination to fight Nerv and restore the world to its original state. The Wunder takes off and heads into the upper atmosphere for repair and refit, and also to launch a number of seeds containing Earth's plant life into outer space. Misato and Ritsuko have a conversation about Wunder's purpose as an ark and it is revealed that the seed vault on the Wunder also includes seeds of the watermelons planted in Tokyo-3 by Ryoji Kaji. Mari and Asuka get their new plugsuits, and Mari reintroduces herself to Shinji. Asuka and Shinji talk and Shinji reveals that he understands Asuka's anger at his inaction in the previous movie. Asuka says that she appreciated Shinji's bento and used to like him in the past, but she has now grown up. Mari and Asuka, satisfied, get into their Evas. A vision of Kaworu appears to Shinji saying that they will meet again, and Shinji agrees. AAA Wunder descends from orbit towards Antarctica with the objective being the neutralization of Eva-13, in what Misato calls "Operation Yamato". The Wunder breaks through a hexagonal barrier that encloses an area of "high L density". <br />
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As it nears Antarctica, Wunder is attacked by two Nerv ships of the Erlösung-class, the same as the Wunder - Erbsünde (Original Sin) and Erlösung (Salvation), apparently under Fuyutsuki's control, and with different turret arrangements. The Wunder is also approached by a swarm of Eva Series 7. During the battle, the Wunder resorts to using the guided-missile destroyers in its support fleet as giant guided missiles. Asuka and Mari sortie and battle their way through the swarm of Nerv Evas towards Eva-13. Asuka attacks Eva-13 with the stop signal plug, but Eva-02 is afraid of Eva-13 and puts up an entirely unexpected A.T. Field of its own will. Wunder is ambushed by the fourth Nerv warship, Gebet (Prayer), with Fuyutsuki on board, and reverts to its original state as the first Nerv warship, the Buße (Penance or atonement). Wings of light appear from the four Nerv warships in a manner much like the Adams at Second Impact, indicating an attempted Impact, not in Seele's scenario. Asuka removes her eyepatch and removes a restraint within her eye that keeps the Ninth Angel under control, transforming into a new Ninth Angel and converting Eva-02 into a previously unseen radiant giant state. However, it is revealed that she plays into Gendo's plan in the process as Eva-13 awakens just as Asuka erodes Eva-02's A.T. Field with her own, and destroys Eva-02 in much the same manner as Eva-01 destroyed Eva-03. During the process, Asuka is approached by "her original", revealing that she is a clone of the Shikinami series, and is absorbed by Eva-13. Wunder is taken over by a new Eva Mark.09, which Fuyutsuki is implied to have been responsible for <ref>Based on currently available information, the Mark.09A Evangelion was possibly created from the remains of the original Mark.09, which was subject to Eva-02's self-destruct explosion at the end of Evangelion 3.0. </ref>.<br />
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Gendo floats down to the Wunder himself, and Misato and Ritsuko confront him. Ritsuko shoots Gendo through his visor, however, her bullets are entirely ineffective and he simply scoops his blown-out brains and puts them into the hole in the back of his head. It is revealed that Gendo has used the Key of Nebuchadnezzar and has thrown away his humanity by adding "information that surpassed the logic of the world" to his body, and it is shown that there is only a cross-shaped glowing void where his eyes used to be. Gendo monologues about the purpose of the impacts and about the Human Instrumentality Project, before hitting the Wunder's engine with an Angel-like optical blast to retrieve Unit-01, and entering Eva-13 through its mouth.<br />
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===Human Instrumentality: Father and Son===<br />
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[[File:Eva_vs_Eva.jpg|thumb|Eva-13 vs. Eva-01, Father vs. Son|250px]]<br />
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Shinji turns to Misato and asks to pilot Eva-01 to stop Gendo. Midori Kitakami and Sakura are appalled at the prospect of Shinji entering the Eva and fire at him, but Misato blocks Sakura's bullet with her own body. Misato thanks Shinji for saving them all from destruction using Eva-01 fourteen years previously, and explains that as his superior, the responsibility for his actions was ultimately hers, and since Shinji is still her subordinate, she will take responsibility for his actions. Misato and Shinji have a conversation in which Misato asks Shinji to take care of her son. Meanwhile, Mari takes Eva-08 into an "overlapping" state where it merges with Eva-09, 10, 11, and 12 after partially consuming them, giving Eva-08 the ability to navigate the space beyond the [[Guf (Rebuild)| Doors of Guf]]. Shinji enters Eva-01 out of nowhere and the original Rei Ayanami appears to him inside, with her hair grown very long. She apologizes to him for not being able to make it so that he wouldn't have to get into an Eva, but Shinji thanks her and says he will take care of the rest. Ritsuko and Maya are shocked to discover that Shinji, rather than having a zero percent synchro rate with Eva-01 like they previously thought, has in fact attained a previously impossible infinite synchro-rate with Eva-01, as Shinji restores Eva-01's limbs and begins to strangle Eva-13, prompting Gendo to remark that "Unit-01's Pilot has awakened, has he?".<br />
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Gendo shows Shinji an "imaginary Evangelion" that takes the form of a Black Lilith due to Shinji's memories. This being was predicted by the theories of Dr. Katsuragi. The twin spears of Longinus and Cassius enter the imaginary Evangelion and transform it into a giant Rei with a floating decapitated head. Fuyutsuki recognizes Mari and addresses her as "Maria of Iscariot", and Mari refers to him as "Fuyutsuki-sensei" and adds that it has been a long time since anyone called her by that name. He tells Mari that he has given her what she requested, and addresses Yui with his last words before turning to LCL.<br />
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Gendo and Shinji fight in an "alternate universe" where LCL gives shape to perception, entering a surreal fight where they clash in multiple different locations across space and time that take form from Shinji's memories, but the rest of the world is revealed to be little more than a ''tokusatsu'' movie set complete model warships and Evangelion costumes for suit actors. Eva-01 and Eva-13 are in synch with each other, and Shinji fails to prevail over Gendo during the entire surreal fight. When they reach a location that is based on Shinji's memories of the village, he remembers the conversations he had with Toji and Kensuke and appeals to Gendo to stop and talk. Gendo is revealed to be afraid of Shinji as he puts up an A.T. Field of his own, but Shinji breaks through by handing over Gendo's old SDAT. <br />
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Gendo reveals his past; he was a lonely individual who grew up without parents, and the only loves in his life were books and the piano. A slightly older Mari - who is revealed to be a friend of Gendo's - introduces him to Fuyutsuki as well as Yui, whom he falls in love with. Shinji sees a vision of Gendo's past experiences and life, and learns how Yui's loss traumatized him. The setting is now on the KuMoHa42 rail car. Misato prepares to turn the AAA Wunder into another Spear to hurl at a giant Red Rei, using Ritsuko's knowledge to transform Wunder's spinal linkage system. Mari in the overlapping Eva-08 scuttles the other three Nerv warships and bids goodbye to them, referring to them as "Adams". Eva-08 boards the spinal system as Misato uses the Wunder to ram the eye of the giant Rei-being. Misato sacrifices herself to hold back Gendo's [[Additional Impact]] and manifest the Spear of Gaius, representing humanity's will. The Gaius materializes in miniature form between Shinji's hands as Misato completes her sacrifice.<br />
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Shinji helps Gendo find closure, and similarly for a now-adult Asuka, helping her find closure as well <ref> While this scene is set on a beach resembling the final scene in End of Evangelion, this is [[Shikinami Asuka Langley]] and '''not''' [[Asuka Langley Soryu]].</ref> We learn the backstory behind Asuka Shikinami, that she is the last surviving clone of the Shikinami series, having survived past all the combat training that the other clones failed and were eliminated for. Asuka is old enough to remember seeing Gendo, Yui and a little Shinji visit the Euro-Nerv facilities. Shinji tells the now-adult Asuka that he ''used'' to like her - making it clear, that like Asuka, any romantic or sexual feelings between them are in the past, and asks Asuka to say hi to Kensuke for him. Shinji talks to Kaworu and gives Kaworu the closure he seeks; In a scene that is indicative of what happened during the 14-year timeskip, Kaworu and the elder Kaji speak to each other. Kaworu is dressed in the same Nerv commander uniform as Gendo and the Bethany base commander, with Kaji in the same vice-commander uniform as Fuyutsuki and the Bethany base vice-commander. Kaworu, whom the elder Kaji calls "Commander Nagisa", agrees to go to the settlement where the younger Kaji farms<ref>Interviews have confirmed that Kaworu took over as commander of Nerv with Kaji as his vice-commander soon after the events of [[Evangelion 2.0]], with Gendo and Fuyutsuki being deposed.</ref>. Shinji eventually settles upon a complete reset of the world, a "Neon Genesis", a world without Evangelions. Shinji prepares to stab himself with the Spear of Gaius. Shinji is then pushed out of Eva-01 by his mother Yui, who is revealed to have been with him the entire time, and they are embraced from behind by Gendo in Eva-13. Gendo and Yui, Eva-01 and Eva-13 together sacrifice themselves to finish what Shinji began, spearing all Evangelions that ever were created at once. Their actions return all Evangelions and Failures of Infinity back into human and animal forms, restoring the world to its original state before the impacts.<br />
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In the final sequence, Asuka, Rei and Kaworu are seen on the platform of a train station with the [[KuMoHa42]] approaching, and an older Shinji is approached by Mari from behind. Mari closes his eyes and asks him to guess who she is, referring to her initial meeting with him and her meeting with him on the Wunder. The grown-up Shinji (voiced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%ABnosuke_Kamiki Ryunosuke Kamiki]) answers correctly, and Mari takes the DSS Choker that adult Shinji wears off his neck. Shinji holds Mari's hands and both of them head out of the train station together, and the sequence transitions into both Shinji and Mari escaping into a live-action sequence of Anno's hometown of Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, implying that all the Children have found closure in our reality.<br />
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==Production History and Development==<br />
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===Early development and delays===<br />
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The film was announced alongside Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo for release in 2008 as the final part of the Rebuild series under the working title Evangelion: Final. After delays of the first three films, Evangelion: Final was expected for release in 2015. In 2014, director and producer Hideaki Anno announced that due to other commitments, the film would be further delayed to an unknown date. Following the troubled production of the third film, director and producer Hideaki Anno became depressed and stated publicly in 2015 that he could not work on another film. As part of his recovery, Anno had also worked on Studio Ghibli's The Wind Rises under his mentor Hayao Miyazaki. Toho (which co-distributes the film in Japan with Toei) also approached Anno with an offer to direct a reboot of its Godzilla film series, Shin Godzilla, which also contributed to the delay on 3.0+1.0. Financial reasons also played a part. In 2014, Anno's Studio Khara loaned his former company Studio Gainax 100 million yen ($916,400). In 2016, Anno filed a claim for debt collection, fearing not only for the return of the money but also because of Gainax selling production materials to third parties, after a precedent of other sales of intellectual property without informing him. This was part of several legal issues surrounding Gainax and Evangelion.<br />
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Production on Evangelion resumed after the production of Shin Godzilla ended in late 2016. After a formal apology, animation director Takeshi Honda stated that the last film had resumed development. Studio Khara tweeted on April 5, 2017, that development was going smoothly. In May 2018, the studio put out a job listing for animation staff to work on 3DCG, VFX, and 2D animation starting on June 30, 2018. Animation was going through the final check by October 2, 2020. Dialogue recording wrapped on November 19, 2020. On December 16, 2020, Studio Khara announced that compositing and editing work had finished. In 2019 the film was scheduled for a June 27, 2020 release date but received two delays due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, first scheduled for a January 23, 2021 release, before being released on March 8, 2021.<br />
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===Development===<br />
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Anno was very reluctant to return to work on the film in 2016. In 2018, Anno had asked for the opinion of voice actors like Megumi Ogata (Shinji) on how to move the plot forward after 3.0. Anno felt he could no longer understand Shinji and by now his current self was closer to Gendo than Shinji, and needed Ogata's input on how Shinji could recover after the events of 3.0. Anno felt that at that point the only people who could understand Shinji's feelings were Ogata herself and his personal assistant, Ikki Todoroki. Anno himself had intended to go to Paris for Japan Expo 2019, but the film's continuing delays in production prevented him. Anno had often visited the film's music composer Shirō Sagisu, who lives half the year in Paris, and wished to pay homage to the city in the opening 10 minutes of the movie, entitled AVANT1 ("before" in French), seeking to surpass his earlier depiction in Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. At the event, Ogata also recounted Anno had asked what ending she preferred "as Shinji". AVANT1+2, including a further 2 minutes of the opening sequence, was also streamed on Khara's YouTube channel and Japanese Amazon Prime Video for free for two weeks.<br />
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Dialogue for Parts A and B, set after AVANT, started recording in March 2019. As there were several changes to the plot, many voice actors had to come back and record lines again. In 2020, due to the pandemic restrictions, production slowed down further and recording was mostly done by the voice actors separately as many dozens of takes were necessary, and they organized themselves through a Line group. This created a bond between the cast that was unprecedented in previous productions. At the end of recording, Anno thanked the cast for their contributions. Yūko Miyamura, who played Asuka, was instructed to treat her character as completely separate from the series' Asuka Langley Soryu, and the last thing asked of her was to write the character's full name in cursive herself to be used in the movie. She had lived in Australia for the past two decades, but was still unsure of how to write "Langley". Miyamura expressed her surprise at Anno's behavior near the end of production, in contrast to his behavior during the making of End of Evangelion: "Anno-san is amazing. He has become an adult".<br />
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Anno sought to bring in new talent and people outside the usual Evangelion core crew, like Darling in the Franxx creator Atsushi Nishigori, a protégé of his, while other core staffers like chief editor Masayuki largely stepped down in order to allow new talents to gain more experience. In addition, the series' original character designer, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, has had diminishing involvement since 3.0, and the new character designs are mostly done by Hidenori Matsubara. Anno had long stated his wish to revitalize the anime industry, and saw the sponsorship of new creators as a prime way of achieving this, as well as the promotions of events backed by Studio Khara like the Japan Animator Expo. Director Mahiro Maeda recounted Anno wanted him to figure out specific details of the plot on his own when asked. Similarly to production in the series, Anno would take ideas from staffers but have the final word in plot decisions. Anno had also been an advocate of employing new and innovative animation technologies, combined with extensive use of motion capture and computer-generated imagery, and employed them in the film. Maeda and others noted nonetheless that Anno seemed to be directing the film more like a live action film than animation, including in the way he directed the voice actors, taking cues from theatre techniques, after his previous experience outside Evangelion, despite the staff's own limited experience, something he had previously attempted in Cutie Honey. He thought Anno "wanted to get out of here the most", but expressed his feelings in film sincerely.<br />
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Director Kazuya Tsurumaki details Anno wanted to try a new process for the film. Instead of first creating storyboards and then developing the animation based on them as is traditional, Anno proposed to first draw the animation cels and then draw the scenes from them. This technique was generally referred to by staff as "pre-visualization". He was once more inspired from the usual process in live action, where scenes are first shot from multiple angles and then stories are created and then selected during editing. The latter half of the film, however, progressively returned to the traditional anime style. Tsurumaki noted the original intention was that "the first 80%" of the Rebuild series would be a "compilation" of the original anime series, and the changes would only start with the last film, in keeping with earlier comments in 2006 by producer Toshimichi Ohtsuki regarding the intention that only the ending would be a major departure from the series, as staff felt End of Evangelion could not receive a sequel, and the Rebuild movies were not going to be "metaphysical" like the original anime, but rather "oriented towards entertainment". This eventually changed, and major changes started happening as early as Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance. He also noted that the previously stated goal of "destroying Evangelion" through the character of Mari was entrusted to an external party. Anno would ask the opinion of many parts of staff, including those not involved in the actual film like office staff for their opinions on several nuances. Anno's wife Moyoco Anno provided early designs for some characters. Studio Ghibli also provided assistance to scenes set in the survivor's village. For the village itself, Khara had a box model custom-built to orientate the artists, and Anno personally adjusted it to the smallest details like individual house layout, road with and utility posts to make it as realistic as possible. Staff consulted with multiple professionals and conducted research like sky-diving for maximum accuracy.<br />
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A making-of documentary aired on Japanese broadcaster NHK in March 22, 2021, with the crew following production for 1214 days. BS Japan also broadcast an extended version of the documentary on April 29, 2021, totaling 100 minutes of runtime, featuring unused footage. Amazon Prime Video included the extended version of documentary in its international release of the film in August. When production started in 2016, Anno initially intended to not involve himself much in the film, wishing to delegate most of it to his directors, particularly Tsurumaki, generally considered Khara's second-in-command, but as the release date approached with mounting production problems he progressively took more control and took on more tasks directly, also driven by his perfectionism. Maeda was also not initially serving as a director, but was brought in the middle of production. Kim Morrisy of Anime News Network described it as tumultuous: "There were several occasions shown when he decided that the work he had done at the time was insufficient and would scrap it entirely. The [final] D part of the script was eventually completed in early 2019, at the latest possible stage it could have been done to meet the deadline."<br />
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In the documentary, Anno is depicted as frequently late or absent from the studio, or would often stay overnight adjusting individual scenes he was unsatisfied with. Part A had been rewritten multiple times, and at one point Anno was so lost on how to resolve the story lines he considered restarting it from scratch after nine months of work. Anno believed he wouldn't miss working on the franchise and said everything he needed to, feeling finishing his work remained a priority, even at the expense of his well-being. Anno told Ogata later at post-production that he'd indeed miss it. Hayao Miyazaki described Anno, as an apprentice of his, as "one who sheds blood for his films". Gainax co-founder Toshio Okada criticized the documentary as "sloppy" and "propaganda" trying to make Anno look better, claiming Anno's live-action approach in fact took inspiration from Hiroyuki Yamaga's work in Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise instead of being sui generis as the documentary implied, and Anno noted the crew was in fact not present during the highly intense production of Part D for several months, nor did it cover him thanking the staff at the end.<br />
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On March 28, 2021, the cast was fully reunited for the first time in 14 years and held a stage greeting, commenting on the film and their bond to the characters. On April 12, 2021, directors Anno, Tsurumaki and Maeda, as well as Ogata, held another stage greeting. On June 26, 2021, Anno held a live stream on singer Hikaru Utada's Instagram page, and debated the film. On June 27, 2021, another cast greeting was held. Mari's voice actress Maaya Sakamoto explained she had been absent from the previous events because she felt apprehensive over the details she knew about Mari's character that Anno told her, but refused to share them: "I will take secrets to my grave". A last stage greeting was held on July 11, 2021. Anno felt he had now done everything he could with anime, and accordingly Khara denied reports that he was working on a reboot of a popular animation series. He also noted he initially attempted a shorter two hour runtime, but had to extend it.<br />
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===Future of the franchise===<br />
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Anno had originally intended on making a new Evangelion story since 2000<ref>https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_1.0_Complete_Records_Collection</ref> and has intended to open-up the franchise in the future to new creators and turn Eva into a "new Gundam", using the Rebuilds as a foundation for this, but 3.0+1.0 is intended to be his final Evangelion work. The Animator Expo already featured two independent works based on the franchise: Evangelion – Another Impact and Neon Genesis IMPACTS, as well as until You come to me, a short film intended to showcase the talent of younger Khara animators, not as an official trailer. In an interview in August 2021, Anno stated other parts of the franchise and story might be revisited later. In Hikari Utada's live stream featuring Anno, he comments that "the New Eva isn't 100% what I want it to be." Additionally, the 3.0+1.01 re-release and the Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) prequel manga can already be seen as early examples of additions to the franchise with Anno's blessing and involvement, with the former started a mere month after the film's initial release at Anno's initiative. Popular interest also remains extremely high, as can be seen NHK's making-off documentary, EVANGELION: 3.333 Breakdown (under Anno's supervision), the high number of interviews and articles done in the 6 months between Japanese and international release, with more on the way.<br />
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==Different Versions==<br />
===3.0+1.01===<br />
On June 7, 2021, an updated version was released for cinema with overhauled animations. It accompained the one-shot manga [[Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)]], set 2 hours before the events of the third movie.<br />
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===3.0+1.11===<br />
An upcoming Home media is scheduled to be released on March 8, 2023, on the two-year anniversary of the movie, with the updated title of <i>3.0+1.11</i>. Some bonus features will be included in this new, updated edition, such as a new short animation called <i>[[Evangelion: 3.0 (-46h)]]</i>. Set two days before the events of the third movie. Little is know about this new feature, and its runttime is still unknown.<br />
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==See Also==<br />
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* [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English Translation of "Avant 1" Sequence]]<br />
* [[Guides:Evangelion 3.0%2B1.0_FAQ|FAQ for Evangelion:3.0+1.0]]<br />
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| english_title = Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon a Time<br />
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| written_by = [[Hideaki Anno]]<br />
| directed_by = [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]], [[Katsuichi Nakayama]]<br />
| theatrical_release = March 8, 2021<br />
| streaming_release = August 13, 2021 (Amazon Prime Video) <br />
| video_release = 3.0+1.11: March 8, 2023 (Japan)<br />
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'''Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon a Time''' is the title for the fourth and final film in the [[Rebuild of Evangelion]] movie series, formerly known by the working title '''Evangelion: Final'''. Upon its initial announcement, It was planned to be released in Japan alongside the third film, [[Evangelion 3.0]], at an unspecified date. Previously, the name had been changed to what could be interpreted as either the symbol for "End" or "Repeat" in sheet music.<ref>http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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Unlike the three previous movies, the title is rendered in Katakana as "Evangelion" in the same manner as the TV series. Starting with "<i>Shin</i>", just like Anno's involved live-action titles like <i>Shin Godzilla</i> or <i>Shin Ultraman</i>. The previous three movies had Katakana that spelled "Wevangeliwon". Speculation by fans based on the Jo-Ha-Kyu structure of Japanese drama suggests that Final will incorporate the fourth and fifth acts of the Japanese drama cycle, depicting a long journey and coming to a quick conclusion<ref>http://forum.evageeks.org/post/663128/Did-Q-Fail-Thematically/#663128</ref>. Alternatively, the series may be following the Kishotenketsu<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kish%C5%8Dtenketsu</ref> narrative pattern which concludes in the fourth arc. Whether or not the movie actually follows either pattern of Japanese drama remains for further analysis once the movie is released outside of Japan. <br />
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In September 2014, the title of the final film was revealed to be "Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0", based on a title card shown at the end of the TV screening of Evangelion 3.0, followed by the subsequent update of the main Evangelion site with the new title.<ref>http://www.evageeks.org/2014/09/no-new-sneak-peaks-in-evangelion-finals-preview/</ref> The final title was revealed on December 27, 2019, along with the initial release date of June 27, 2020.<br />
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==Release Date==<br />
With the release of Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon A Time on March 8, 2021, the section below has been largely left as it is to show timeline information from past years, and chronicle the release of said timeline information to fans. <br />
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On December 31st, 2011 the Japanese website was updated to show a 2013 release date<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120101082254/http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>, but that has been removed when the site was updated after [[Evangelion 3.0]]'s release <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20121118180135/http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>. The website no longer features any tentative date and none have been announced<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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At the 2014 Tokyo Film Festival Anno joked that the final film might be released 4-6 years after [[Evangelion 3.0]]<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2014-10-27/anno-jokes-that-4th-new-evangelion-film-might-be-4-6-years-after-3rd-one/.80406</ref>. <br />
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Actual news on the film's production had been hard to come by during the period between 2012 and 2019. Various miscellaneous projects had been done, including two animated shorts that may or may not have been pertinent to the film's own details as well as the end of Sadamoto's manga adaption. However, during this period, the film itself saw no details except for the news that Utada Hikaru, who has been the musical artist for Rebuild's credit themes, would be returning in 2015 from her hiatus to write the final film's credits theme. The source also indicated that the film would release in autumn/winter 2015, but this claim was then refuted by the source, who then stated that no ''official'' announcement had been made.<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-26/magazine-final-evangelion-film-slated-for-fall-winter-2015-with-utada-song/.82629</ref> Prior to the new title announcement, this was the only solid news (or any news at all) that had been released.<br />
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On July 19th, 2016 Anno directly apologized to the fans of Evangelion. He stated ''"To all the Evangelion fans, I’m really, really keeping you all waiting, I am truly sorry."'' Anno then went on to say he felt "trapped" while making ''Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo'', saying he couldn't recharge. ''“Up until then, after doing the third entry Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, I thought I wasn’t going to make any more,”'' After being offered the job to work on ''Godzilla Resurgence'', he stated ''“At that time, I went into talks with Toho, and it saved me. I think this is how I’m able to keep making Evangelion. However, since it is a fact that I’m making everyone wait, I deeply apologize for that.”'' <ref>http://kotaku.com/an-apology-to-evangelion-fans-from-hideaki-anno-1783903322</ref><br />
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On July 20th 2018, the official Evangelion website was updated to reflect a 2020 theatrical release.<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/news.html</ref><br />
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On July 6th 2019, Khara screened the first ten minutes of the film on Japan Expo in Paris, Anime Expo in Los Angeles, and CCG Expo in Shangai. The film was originally scheduled for release on June 27, 2020.<br />
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On July 18th 2019, during showings of Makoto Shinkai's new film "Weathering with You", a new trailer was shown for 3.0 + 1.0 featuring the new June 2020 release. The trailer was later shared officially online.<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1152417665979277313</ref><br />
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On April 17th 2020, the official Evangelion website was updated to announced that the release date was being delayed by an unspecified amount of time due to the COVID-19 pandemic<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-17/evangelion-3.0-1.0-film-delayed-due-to-covid-19-concerns/.158693</ref><ref>https://www.gamespot.com/articles/evangelion-3010-film-release-delayed-due-to-corona/1100-6476186/</ref>. The announcement of the delay was accompanied by an updated staff/credits list, the release of the official poster in both Japanese and English and the reveal of the English title "Thrice Upon a Time" and the additional message "Bye-bye, all of EVANGELION"<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251064479816708096</ref>. Hideaki Anno posted a letter to healthcare workers expressing gratitude for fighting the disease, apologizing to fans for the added delay due to the unprecedented situation and encouraging all readers to persevere<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251066917495861248</ref>.<br />
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On October 15, 2020, Studio Khara sent out a tweet announcing that January 23, 2021 would be the new release date. The tweet contained a link to a new trailer for the movie<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/10/evangelion-3-01-0-has-a-new-release-date-in-2021/</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1316921806540996610</ref>.<br />
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On December 17, 2020, it was announced that all shooting and editing work for the movie was complete. This was followed by tweets from Studio Khara announcing that the movie had been screened to staff as well as select non-staff members, with the warning that spoilers on social media were a possibility by this point. <ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc2/status/1339355724669808640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref><ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/903217/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#903217</ref><br />
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Another trailer was released on December 24, 2020, featuring the "One Last Kiss" theme song.<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/12/3-0-1-0-xmas-trailer-with-one-last-kiss/</ref><br />
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On January 14, 2021, Studio Khara announced that the movie was to be indefinitely delayed again due to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, and that the scheduled release of the soundtrack on February 10 would not take place. <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/shineva2/</ref><ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/01/3-0-1-0-bad-news-and-a-little-good/</ref><br />
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On 26 February, 2021, it was announced that the film would be released on March 8, 2021<ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc/status/1365270814640148480</ref>. This became the actual, finalized date of release for the movie.<br />
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An updated version of the film, titled ''Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time'', was released in Japanese theaters on June 12, 2021. This version features updated cuts of various scenes. It also accompanied the distribution of a 36-page booklet called ''Eva-Extra-Extra'', including non-canon illustrations by staff and a prequel manga set before the events of the previous film, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, called Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) written by director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]] under Anno's supervision.<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/210607-2/</ref><br />
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Internationally, Amazon Prime Video acquired exclusive streaming rights to the film; it would be released in worldwide on August 13, 2021, excluding Japan.<ref>https://variety.com/2021/streaming/asia/evangelion-thrice-anime-movie-to-amazon-prime-video-1235009631/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-01/amazon-prime-video-to-stream-final-evangelion-film-on-august-13/.174666</ref> However, on July 20, 2021, Amazon Prime Video announced that would also stream the film in Japan on the same day as its international release.<ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2021-07-20/amazon-prime-video-also-streams-final-evangelion-film-in-japan-on-august-13/.175346</ref><br />
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==Publicity==<br />
[[Image:Evangelion 3.0+1.0, Final Visual.png|thumb|left|Final promotional image (Japanese)]]<br />
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On July 6, 2019, the event '''Operation 0706''' took place, the film's opening scene (having the production code "Avant 1") was simulcast on screens in Paris, France (Japan Expo) and throughout Japan, following a live event in Paris with Yoko Takahashi and Megumi Ogata. This was followed up later at other locations such as Los Angeles, CA's Anime Expo. A phone application was made available days before to drum up hype for the event, wherein the user was asked to choose between Team Nerv or Team Wille. After the event, their choice affected when they would have access to limited-access freebies: the four Shiro Sagisu pieces that debuted during Op0706, and the first three New Theatrical films. <br />
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On April 17, 2020, the announcement of the delay in the release date was accompanied by the revelation of the movie poster and the English title "Thrice Upon a Time". The poster features an image of Shinji in the distant background, walking down branching train tracks in bright sunlight. The location appears to be Ube-Shinkawa station, the main train station in the city of Ube, Yamaguchi Province, where [[Hideaki Anno]] was born. <br />
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On October 15, 2020, the announcement of the new release date was accompanied by the revelation of a new trailer, showing additional imagery of the characters, locations and Evangelions.<br />
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On December 9, 2020, the official Evangelion website announced that the theme song for the movie would be "One Last Kiss", performed by [[Hikaru Utada]] <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/onelastkiss/</ref>.<br />
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On December 23, 2020, the official Twitter announced that 3.0 + 1.0 would be screened simultaneously with [[Evangelion 3.333]] in back-to-back midnight IMAX screenings in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo, with the official website having a list of double-screenings for both movies. <ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1341941672704266240</ref> However, this double-screening did not materialize due to the delay caused in the movie's release date.<br />
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On February 16, 2021, Eirin (the Film Classification and Rating Organization) revealed the film's runtime to be 154 minutes. <ref>https://twitter.com/macgyjp/status/1361558394860040193 </ref> It was later clarified that the official runtime would instead be 155 minutes. <ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/910897/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#p910896</ref><br />
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On June 21, 2021, Shin Eva became the 49th highest grossing Japanese film, marking its entry into the top 50. <ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/06/shin-eva-becomes-49th-highest-grossing/</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
[[Image:Shin op0706 C080 kick.jpg|thumb|right|Eva-08 attacking Eva 44A]]<br />
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===Assault on Paris===<br />
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The film begins with [[Wille]] stopping in [[Paris Assault Mission|Paris, France]], which much like the outskirts of former Tokyo-3 has been converted into [[Core (Rebuild)|core material]]. A team descends from the [[AAA Wunder|Wunder]] -- comprised of [[Ritsuko Akagi (Rebuild)|Ritsuko]], [[Maya Ibuki|Maya]], three of Maya's male underlings, and [[Mari Makinami Illustrious|Mari]] in [[Evangelion Unit-08|Eva-08]] -- and lands on top of a mysterious black pillar. Ritsuko acts as a look-out while Maya and her men connect to the black pillar via laptop to resume the activation of an [[L Barrier|"Anti-L System"]] -- something a team of Europeans had previously died while attempting. As the operation begins, large numbers of a never-before-seen Eva type, [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44A|the aerial 44As]], appear in four waves, and Mari holds them off, assisted by helmsman [[Minor_Characters_(Rebuild)#Sumire_Nagara|Sumire Nagara]] utilizing the Wunder's intricate "cable flight" capabilities. Once the Evas have all been defeated, two more new enemy Eva types appear from a camouflaged cocoon: a [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_4444C|4444C unit]] with a Positron Cannon and the small army of generator-equipped [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44B|Eva 44Bs]] that supply power to it. While cable-suspended warships equipped with [[Evangelion Equipment (Rebuild)|ESVs]] are used to block the first shot, the team is left defenseless for the immediate second shot, as all the ships have been destroyed by the first shot. With Nagara's assist, Eva-08 charges the 4444C with the felled Eiffel Tower and before it can charge up fully, Mari is able to twist the tower down the 4444C's gun barrel, destroying both it and the 44Bs, at the cost of minor damage to Eva-08's legs. <br />
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Maya and the others successfully activate the pillar, which was actually a giant version of the sealing pillars seen in the two previous films. A radius of effect is created that pushes back the core-conversion, restoring part of the city. A large collection of E.U. Nerv storage lockers emerges from underground, filled with Eva spare parts, munitions, and components for what appears to be an upgraded model of [[Jet Alone]]. The Wunder and its support fleet descends, with two teams being dispatched to retrieve the parts and spares, and Mari muses that Eva-02 can be repaired and Eva-08 will be modified for "Overlap" compatibility. The scene ends with Mari promising to come back for [[Shinji]] <ref>''Evangelion: 3.0+1.0'', Avant 1, Operation 0706 Ver. [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English subtitles.]] Translated by Maryno_penguin, [[User:Reichu|Reichu]], sackboy71 et al.</ref>.<br />
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===Wandering, and Village-3===<br />
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The opening credits play over a montage of the red Earth, showing locations that have been turned to core. [[Failures of Infinity]] litter the landscape, with an anti-gravity effect manifesting in small areas, causing objects around them to float. Shinji, [[Rei Q]] and [[Asuka Shikinami Langley|Asuka]] walk together across its surface, with Asuka using the device in her hand as a compass to find their way. They are picked up by an adult in an SUV and wearing a protective suit. <br />
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[[File:Evangelion.3.0-1.01 Village 3 023.png|thumb|Panoramic view of Village-3|320px]]<br />
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Shinji wakes up to the sight of a child and a dog. He is examined by an adult Toji, who is highly surprised to see him, and with Hikari, who has since married him. The child is Toji and Hikari's daughter Tsubame<ref>The name literally means "Swallow" and is quite possibly a reference to the Tsubame service on the Kyushu Shinkansen[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsubame_(train)], continuing the Shinkansen reference in Hikari's name</ref>, and the dog is Toji's pet. It is revealed that they are in a settlement that has been kept free of the coreification proces, named Village-3, with Toji as the settlement's doctor and Kensuke as a technician/handyman, who is revealed to be the one who rescued the trio earlier. The village is being supported by an organization named [[Kredit]], which works together with Wille to provide supplies and facilitate trade with other settlements. Toji and Hikari greet Rei Q warmly, but she lacks of memory of either of them and is openly confused over the state of the world. Both of them realize that she is not the same Rei they knew, and they nickname her "lookalike". Neither Toji nor Kensuke show Shinji any hatred over Third Impact, and try to help him recover from his trauma, however, Shinji remains catatonic and is starting to feel physically sick, not talking to anyone and not eating anything, much to the annoyance of Hikari's father Bunzaemon, who lives with Toji and Hikari. Tsubame is the cause of much curiosity for Rei Q, who goes out and explores the world within the settlement with an almost childlike sense of curiosity, looking at such things as stray dogs and books. She also begins to learn more about her world, expressing continued confusion over the existence of a pregnant cat, baby Tsubame, and greetings such as "good morning" and "good night". She eventually settles down into village life, learning to farm alongside the older ladies of the village, working in the village rice paddies.<br />
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Kensuke offers to take the catatonic Shinji to his place, so that he might have some time to recover on his own. On arriving at Kensuke's residence (a small abandoned train station), Shinji sees Asuka leaving the shower naked, and she expresses irritation at Shinji's inaction, even at her current state. Shinji realizes Asuka has a DSS choker fitted on her as well, the sight of it causing Shinji to vomit due to traumatic memories of Kaworu's death. Kensuke cleans up the mess, and Asuka talks to him about Shinji's condition, calling him "kenken". She eventually has no option but to force-feed him protein bars due to his refusal to eat, and references her own inability to consume anything other than water. While doing so, she says that Shinji, as a fellow Pseudo-Lilin<ref>The Japanese term used here is Lilin-modoki, where modoki can variously mean "fake", "an imitation", "something that looks similar but is not the same".</ref>, may eventually join her and neither eat nor grow any longer. He goes out and spends entire days silently the ruins of Nerv-02, which is inhabited by a number of hot spring penguins, including a backpack-less Pen-Pen, while Asuka silently keeps a watch on him. Rei Q comes to Kensuke's house looking for Shinji, but finds only Asuka, who informs her that her feelings for the Third Child have been programmed into the Ayanami-Series since the beginning, as part of their inherent Eva-like restrictors as Eva pilots (notably, Asuka includes herself in these statements as well). Rei tells her she doesn't mind the artificial feelings, as they feel real to her, and Asuka gives in and tells her where Shinji is. Rei then goes to Shinji to return his SDAT along with some rations, but Shinji is still too distraught and knocks it away. Rei leaves with the SDAT, but leaves the rations behind. Overcome by hunger, Shinji eventually gives and eats the rations. Over the next few days, Rei gets better at farming and grows closer to the village folk, becoming more expressive. Eventually, she is able to get Shinji to talk to her, where he claims that he was the one who destroyed everything, and that he just wants to be left alone, and expresses confusion as to why people were being nice to him even after everything that happened, to which Rei replies that it is because they all like him. The response stuns Shinji, and he starts to become more active. Kensuke takes the slowly-recovering Shinji out fishing and on an infrastructure check to show him the massive [[Angel-sealing Hex Pillar]]s that are generating an [[L Barrier|Anti-L Field]] keeping the settlement and its surrounding areas safe from the coreification and the wandering [[Failures of Infinity]], which he says have started moving only recently. Shinji and Toji have a talk, and Toji reveals that he's not really a doctor, but only working with a basic knowledge of medicine and the machines that Kredit give them. He says that there are lives even he could not save, and that shouldering the anger and grief of those moments is what he believes he does best, so for the sake of his family and the village, he would continue to shoulder those burdens. He tells Shinji that he has already fought enough for everyone, and that he is welcome to stay in the Village if he wishes.<br />
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Some time later, Kensuke takes Shinji and Asuka to the grave of his father, Hajime Aida, and advises Shinji to try to talk to his own father so he has no regrets about not understanding him. Asuka scoffs at the idea, noting that the other party is "Gendo Ikari", and that it's impossible, but Shinji remains silent.<br />
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Rei Q eventually asks Shinji to help give her a proper name rather than "lookalike", and Shinji decides to call her "Ayanami" anyway. During a regular trip to check on the Anti-L System, Kensuke takes Shinji to a Wille Outdoor Laboratory that maintains the Anti-L System, and introduces him to "Ryoji Kaji", who is Misato's son with the original [[Ryoji Kaji]]. The younger Kaji works at repairing the Wille-built machines keeping the village free from being turned to core. On the way back, Kensuke talks to Shinji and explains the situation with the elder Kaji's death and Misato's current state, stating that Kaji Sr. sacrificed himself to stop Third Impact, and Misato now stays away from him so that she can protect him from afar, also adding that she regrets making Shinji shoulder all the burdens, and that is why (he thinks) she doesn't want Shinji to pilot an Eva again. Rei Q is revealed to require constant exposure to LCL to maintain her existence, and thanks Shinji for helping her find happiness before turning into LCL before his eyes. Shinji is shocked but Rei's experience is implied to help Shinji recover from his previous trauma.<br />
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AAA Wunder arrives to unload non-essential personnel. Kensuke reminds Shinji that he can stay in the village if he chooses to, but Shinji decides to go aboard the Wunder with Asuka, SDAT in hand, and Asuka tases him as per her orders. [[Sakura Suzuhara|Sakura]] looks him over in the medical wing, and slaps him when he awakens, infuriated at getting into [[Eva-13]] in the [[Evangelion 3.0|previous movie]], and eventually breaks down. Shinji is placed in isolation and under surveillance again, and both Asuka and Sakura express puzzlement at his return after discovering Kaworu's demise from the DSS Choker operational records. The bridge crew discusses the ongoing situation, with Midori expressing distaste over the Captain's decision to keep Shinji alive. Mari greets Asuka, who expresses the sentiment that Shinji "needs a mother, not a girlfriend". Ritsuko and Misato discuss their intentions in a space aboard Wunder dedicated to preserving seeds of life for all species, which is mentioned to be the original purpose of the vessel. Elsewhere, Fuyutsuki monologues about the Black Moon and Fourth Impact as well as Shinji and the fate of "Ayanami-type 6", wondering if Gendo deliberately made Shinji experience the same loss as him.<br />
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===Wille vs Nerv: Final===<br />
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[[File:Rebuild-of-evangelion-1-3-thrice-upon-a-time-002-pn-n.jpg|thumb|Asuka and Mari preparing for the final battle|250px]]<br />
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Gendo and Fuyutsuki steer the Black Moon towards the epicenter of Second Impact, at Nerv's former Calvary Base in Antarctica, intending to restart Eva-13. Misato and Ritsuko discover this and have completed a "signal suspension plug" to stop this event. Misato and the bridge crew reminisce about Kaji's death and their determination to fight Nerv and restore the world to its original state. The Wunder takes off and heads into the upper atmosphere for repair and refit, and also to launch a number of seeds containing Earth's plant life into outer space. Misato and Ritsuko have a conversation about Wunder's purpose as an ark and it is revealed that the seed vault on the Wunder also includes seeds of the watermelons planted in Tokyo-3 by Ryoji Kaji. Mari and Asuka get their new plugsuits, and Mari reintroduces herself to Shinji. Asuka and Shinji talk and Shinji reveals that he understands Asuka's anger at his inaction in the previous movie. Asuka says that she appreciated Shinji's bento and used to like him in the past, but she has now grown up. Mari and Asuka, satisfied, get into their Evas. A vision of Kaworu appears to Shinji saying that they will meet again, and Shinji agrees. AAA Wunder descends from orbit towards Antarctica with the objective being the neutralization of Eva-13, in what Misato calls "Operation Yamato". The Wunder breaks through a hexagonal barrier that encloses an area of "high L density". <br />
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As it nears Antarctica, Wunder is attacked by two Nerv ships of the Erlösung-class, the same as the Wunder - Erbsünde (Original Sin) and Erlösung (Salvation), apparently under Fuyutsuki's control, and with different turret arrangements. The Wunder is also approached by a swarm of Eva Series 7. During the battle, the Wunder resorts to using the guided-missile destroyers in its support fleet as giant guided missiles. Asuka and Mari sortie and battle their way through the swarm of Nerv Evas towards Eva-13. Asuka attacks Eva-13 with the stop signal plug, but Eva-02 is afraid of Eva-13 and puts up an entirely unexpected A.T. Field of its own will. Wunder is ambushed by the fourth Nerv warship, Gebet (Prayer), with Fuyutsuki on board, and reverts to its original state as the first Nerv warship, the Buße (Penance or atonement). Wings of light appear from the four Nerv warships in a manner much like the Adams at Second Impact, indicating an attempted Impact, not in Seele's scenario. Asuka removes her eyepatch and removes a restraint within her eye that keeps the Ninth Angel under control, transforming into a new Ninth Angel and converting Eva-02 into a previously unseen radiant giant state. However, it is revealed that she plays into Gendo's plan in the process as Eva-13 awakens just as Asuka erodes Eva-02's A.T. Field with her own, and destroys Eva-02 in much the same manner as Eva-01 destroyed Eva-03. During the process, Asuka is approached by "her original", revealing that she is a clone of the Shikinami series, and is absorbed by Eva-13. Wunder is taken over by a new Eva Mark.09, which Fuyutsuki is implied to have been responsible for <ref>Based on currently available information, the Mark.09A Evangelion was possibly created from the remains of the original Mark.09, which was subject to Eva-02's self-destruct explosion at the end of Evangelion 3.0. </ref>.<br />
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Gendo floats down to the Wunder himself, and Misato and Ritsuko confront him. Ritsuko shoots Gendo through his visor, however, her bullets are entirely ineffective and he simply scoops his blown-out brains and puts them into the hole in the back of his head. It is revealed that Gendo has used the Key of Nebuchadnezzar and has thrown away his humanity by adding "information that surpassed the logic of the world" to his body, and it is shown that there is only a cross-shaped glowing void where his eyes used to be. Gendo monologues about the purpose of the impacts and about the Human Instrumentality Project, before hitting the Wunder's engine with an Angel-like optical blast to retrieve Unit-01, and entering Eva-13 through its mouth.<br />
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===Human Instrumentality: Father and Son===<br />
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[[File:Eva_vs_Eva.jpg|thumb|Eva-13 vs. Eva-01, Father vs. Son|250px]]<br />
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Shinji turns to Misato and asks to pilot Eva-01 to stop Gendo. Midori Kitakami and Sakura are appalled at the prospect of Shinji entering the Eva and fire at him, but Misato blocks Sakura's bullet with her own body. Misato thanks Shinji for saving them all from destruction using Eva-01 fourteen years previously, and explains that as his superior, the responsibility for his actions was ultimately hers, and since Shinji is still her subordinate, she will take responsibility for his actions. Misato and Shinji have a conversation in which Misato asks Shinji to take care of her son. Meanwhile, Mari takes Eva-08 into an "overlapping" state where it merges with Eva-09, 10, 11, and 12 after partially consuming them, giving Eva-08 the ability to navigate the space beyond the [[Guf (Rebuild)| Doors of Guf]]. Shinji enters Eva-01 out of nowhere and the original Rei Ayanami appears to him inside, with her hair grown very long. She apologizes to him for not being able to make it so that he wouldn't have to get into an Eva, but Shinji thanks her and says he will take care of the rest. Ritsuko and Maya are shocked to discover that Shinji, rather than having a zero percent synchro rate with Eva-01 like they previously thought, has in fact attained a previously impossible infinite synchro-rate with Eva-01, as Shinji restores Eva-01's limbs and begins to strangle Eva-13, prompting Gendo to remark that "Unit-01's Pilot has awakened, has he?".<br />
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Gendo shows Shinji an "imaginary Evangelion" that takes the form of a Black Lilith due to Shinji's memories. This being was predicted by the theories of Dr. Katsuragi. The twin spears of Longinus and Cassius enter the imaginary Evangelion and transform it into a giant Rei with a floating decapitated head. Fuyutsuki recognizes Mari and addresses her as "Maria of Iscariot", and Mari refers to him as "Fuyutsuki-sensei" and adds that it has been a long time since anyone called her by that name. He tells Mari that he has given her what she requested, and addresses Yui with his last words before turning to LCL.<br />
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Gendo and Shinji fight in an "alternate universe" where LCL gives shape to perception, entering a surreal fight where they clash in multiple different locations across space and time that take form from Shinji's memories, but the rest of the world is revealed to be little more than a ''tokusatsu'' movie set complete model warships and Evangelion costumes for suit actors. Eva-01 and Eva-13 are in synch with each other, and Shinji fails to prevail over Gendo during the entire surreal fight. When they reach a location that is based on Shinji's memories of the village, he remembers the conversations he had with Toji and Kensuke and appeals to Gendo to stop and talk. Gendo is revealed to be afraid of Shinji as he puts up an A.T. Field of his own, but Shinji breaks through by handing over Gendo's old SDAT. <br />
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Gendo reveals his past; he was a lonely individual who grew up without parents, and the only loves in his life were books and the piano. A slightly older Mari - who is revealed to be a friend of Gendo's - introduces him to Fuyutsuki as well as Yui, whom he falls in love with. Shinji sees a vision of Gendo's past experiences and life, and learns how Yui's loss traumatized him. The setting is now on the KuMoHa42 rail car. Misato prepares to turn the AAA Wunder into another Spear to hurl at a giant Red Rei, using Ritsuko's knowledge to transform Wunder's spinal linkage system. Mari in the overlapping Eva-08 scuttles the other three Nerv warships and bids goodbye to them, referring to them as "Adams". Eva-08 boards the spinal system as Misato uses the Wunder to ram the eye of the giant Rei-being. Misato sacrifices herself to hold back Gendo's [[Additional Impact]] and manifest the Spear of Gaius, representing humanity's will. The Gaius materializes in miniature form between Shinji's hands as Misato completes her sacrifice.<br />
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Shinji helps Gendo find closure, and similarly for a now-adult Asuka, helping her find closure as well <ref> While this scene is set on a beach resembling the final scene in End of Evangelion, this is [[Shikinami Asuka Langley]] and '''not''' [[Asuka Langley Soryu]].</ref> We learn the backstory behind Asuka Shikinami, that she is the last surviving clone of the Shikinami series, having survived past all the combat training that the other clones failed and were eliminated for. Asuka is old enough to remember seeing Gendo, Yui and a little Shinji visit the Euro-Nerv facilities. Shinji tells the now-adult Asuka that he ''used'' to like her - making it clear, that like Asuka, any romantic or sexual feelings between them are in the past, and asks Asuka to say hi to Kensuke for him. Shinji talks to Kaworu and gives Kaworu the closure he seeks; In a scene that is indicative of what happened during the 14-year timeskip, Kaworu and the elder Kaji speak to each other. Kaworu is dressed in the same Nerv commander uniform as Gendo and the Bethany base commander, with Kaji in the same vice-commander uniform as Fuyutsuki and the Bethany base vice-commander. Kaworu, whom the elder Kaji calls "Commander Nagisa", agrees to go to the settlement where the younger Kaji farms<ref>Interviews have confirmed that Kaworu took over as commander of Nerv with Kaji as his vice-commander soon after the events of [[Evangelion 2.0]], with Gendo and Fuyutsuki being deposed.</ref>. Shinji eventually settles upon a complete reset of the world, a "Neon Genesis", a world without Evangelions. Shinji prepares to stab himself with the Spear of Gaius. Shinji is then pushed out of Eva-01 by his mother Yui, who is revealed to have been with him the entire time, and they are embraced from behind by Gendo in Eva-13. Gendo and Yui, Eva-01 and Eva-13 together sacrifice themselves to finish what Shinji began, spearing all Evangelions that ever were created at once. Their actions return all Evangelions and Failures of Infinity back into human and animal forms, restoring the world to its original state before the impacts.<br />
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In the final sequence, Asuka, Rei and Kaworu are seen on the platform of a train station with the [[KuMoHa42]] approaching, and an older Shinji is approached by Mari from behind. Mari closes his eyes and asks him to guess who she is, referring to her initial meeting with him and her meeting with him on the Wunder. The grown-up Shinji (voiced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%ABnosuke_Kamiki Ryunosuke Kamiki]) answers correctly, and Mari takes the DSS Choker that adult Shinji wears off his neck. Shinji holds Mari's hands and both of them head out of the train station together, and the sequence transitions into both Shinji and Mari escaping into a live-action sequence of Anno's hometown of Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, implying that all the Children have found closure in our reality.<br />
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==Production History and Development==<br />
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===Early development and delays===<br />
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The film was announced alongside Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo for release in 2008 as the final part of the Rebuild series under the working title Evangelion: Final. After delays of the first three films, Evangelion: Final was expected for release in 2015. In 2014, director and producer Hideaki Anno announced that due to other commitments, the film would be further delayed to an unknown date. Following the troubled production of the third film, director and producer Hideaki Anno became depressed and stated publicly in 2015 that he could not work on another film. As part of his recovery, Anno had also worked on Studio Ghibli's The Wind Rises under his mentor Hayao Miyazaki. Toho (which co-distributes the film in Japan with Toei) also approached Anno with an offer to direct a reboot of its Godzilla film series, Shin Godzilla, which also contributed to the delay on 3.0+1.0. Financial reasons also played a part. In 2014, Anno's Studio Khara loaned his former company Studio Gainax 100 million yen ($916,400). In 2016, Anno filed a claim for debt collection, fearing not only for the return of the money but also because of Gainax selling production materials to third parties, after a precedent of other sales of intellectual property without informing him. This was part of several legal issues surrounding Gainax and Evangelion.<br />
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Production on Evangelion resumed after the production of Shin Godzilla ended in late 2016. After a formal apology, animation director Takeshi Honda stated that the last film had resumed development. Studio Khara tweeted on April 5, 2017, that development was going smoothly. In May 2018, the studio put out a job listing for animation staff to work on 3DCG, VFX, and 2D animation starting on June 30, 2018. Animation was going through the final check by October 2, 2020. Dialogue recording wrapped on November 19, 2020. On December 16, 2020, Studio Khara announced that compositing and editing work had finished. In 2019 the film was scheduled for a June 27, 2020 release date but received two delays due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, first scheduled for a January 23, 2021 release, before being released on March 8, 2021.<br />
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===Development===<br />
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Anno was very reluctant to return to work on the film in 2016. In 2018, Anno had asked for the opinion of voice actors like Megumi Ogata (Shinji) on how to move the plot forward after 3.0. Anno felt he could no longer understand Shinji and by now his current self was closer to Gendo than Shinji, and needed Ogata's input on how Shinji could recover after the events of 3.0. Anno felt that at that point the only people who could understand Shinji's feelings were Ogata herself and his personal assistant, Ikki Todoroki. Anno himself had intended to go to Paris for Japan Expo 2019, but the film's continuing delays in production prevented him. Anno had often visited the film's music composer Shirō Sagisu, who lives half the year in Paris, and wished to pay homage to the city in the opening 10 minutes of the movie, entitled AVANT1 ("before" in French), seeking to surpass his earlier depiction in Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. At the event, Ogata also recounted Anno had asked what ending she preferred "as Shinji". AVANT1+2, including a further 2 minutes of the opening sequence, was also streamed on Khara's YouTube channel and Japanese Amazon Prime Video for free for two weeks.<br />
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Dialogue for Parts A and B, set after AVANT, started recording in March 2019. As there were several changes to the plot, many voice actors had to come back and record lines again. In 2020, due to the pandemic restrictions, production slowed down further and recording was mostly done by the voice actors separately as many dozens of takes were necessary, and they organized themselves through a Line group. This created a bond between the cast that was unprecedented in previous productions. At the end of recording, Anno thanked the cast for their contributions. Yūko Miyamura, who played Asuka, was instructed to treat her character as completely separate from the series' Asuka Langley Soryu, and the last thing asked of her was to write the character's full name in cursive herself to be used in the movie. She had lived in Australia for the past two decades, but was still unsure of how to write "Langley". Miyamura expressed her surprise at Anno's behavior near the end of production, in contrast to his behavior during the making of End of Evangelion: "Anno-san is amazing. He has become an adult".<br />
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Anno sought to bring in new talent and people outside the usual Evangelion core crew, like Darling in the Franxx creator Atsushi Nishigori, a protégé of his, while other core staffers like chief editor Masayuki largely stepped down in order to allow new talents to gain more experience. In addition, the series' original character designer, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, has had diminishing involvement since 3.0, and the new character designs are mostly done by Hidenori Matsubara. Anno had long stated his wish to revitalize the anime industry, and saw the sponsorship of new creators as a prime way of achieving this, as well as the promotions of events backed by Studio Khara like the Japan Animator Expo. Director Mahiro Maeda recounted Anno wanted him to figure out specific details of the plot on his own when asked. Similarly to production in the series, Anno would take ideas from staffers but have the final word in plot decisions. Anno had also been an advocate of employing new and innovative animation technologies, combined with extensive use of motion capture and computer-generated imagery, and employed them in the film. Maeda and others noted nonetheless that Anno seemed to be directing the film more like a live action film than animation, including in the way he directed the voice actors, taking cues from theatre techniques, after his previous experience outside Evangelion, despite the staff's own limited experience, something he had previously attempted in Cutie Honey. He thought Anno "wanted to get out of here the most", but expressed his feelings in film sincerely.<br />
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Director Kazuya Tsurumaki details Anno wanted to try a new process for the film. Instead of first creating storyboards and then developing the animation based on them as is traditional, Anno proposed to first draw the animation cels and then draw the scenes from them. This technique was generally referred to by staff as "pre-visualization". He was once more inspired from the usual process in live action, where scenes are first shot from multiple angles and then stories are created and then selected during editing. The latter half of the film, however, progressively returned to the traditional anime style. Tsurumaki noted the original intention was that "the first 80%" of the Rebuild series would be a "compilation" of the original anime series, and the changes would only start with the last film, in keeping with earlier comments in 2006 by producer Toshimichi Ohtsuki regarding the intention that only the ending would be a major departure from the series, as staff felt End of Evangelion could not receive a sequel, and the Rebuild movies were not going to be "metaphysical" like the original anime, but rather "oriented towards entertainment". This eventually changed, and major changes started happening as early as Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance. He also noted that the previously stated goal of "destroying Evangelion" through the character of Mari was entrusted to an external party. Anno would ask the opinion of many parts of staff, including those not involved in the actual film like office staff for their opinions on several nuances. Anno's wife Moyoco Anno provided early designs for some characters. Studio Ghibli also provided assistance to scenes set in the survivor's village. For the village itself, Khara had a box model custom-built to orientate the artists, and Anno personally adjusted it to the smallest details like individual house layout, road with and utility posts to make it as realistic as possible. Staff consulted with multiple professionals and conducted research like sky-diving for maximum accuracy.<br />
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A making-of documentary aired on Japanese broadcaster NHK in March 22, 2021, with the crew following production for 1214 days. BS Japan also broadcast an extended version of the documentary on April 29, 2021, totaling 100 minutes of runtime, featuring unused footage. Amazon Prime Video included the extended version of documentary in its international release of the film in August. When production started in 2016, Anno initially intended to not involve himself much in the film, wishing to delegate most of it to his directors, particularly Tsurumaki, generally considered Khara's second-in-command, but as the release date approached with mounting production problems he progressively took more control and took on more tasks directly, also driven by his perfectionism. Maeda was also not initially serving as a director, but was brought in the middle of production. Kim Morrisy of Anime News Network described it as tumultuous: "There were several occasions shown when he decided that the work he had done at the time was insufficient and would scrap it entirely. The [final] D part of the script was eventually completed in early 2019, at the latest possible stage it could have been done to meet the deadline."<br />
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In the documentary, Anno is depicted as frequently late or absent from the studio, or would often stay overnight adjusting individual scenes he was unsatisfied with. Part A had been rewritten multiple times, and at one point Anno was so lost on how to resolve the story lines he considered restarting it from scratch after nine months of work. Anno believed he wouldn't miss working on the franchise and said everything he needed to, feeling finishing his work remained a priority, even at the expense of his well-being. Anno told Ogata later at post-production that he'd indeed miss it. Hayao Miyazaki described Anno, as an apprentice of his, as "one who sheds blood for his films". Gainax co-founder Toshio Okada criticized the documentary as "sloppy" and "propaganda" trying to make Anno look better, claiming Anno's live-action approach in fact took inspiration from Hiroyuki Yamaga's work in Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise instead of being sui generis as the documentary implied, and Anno noted the crew was in fact not present during the highly intense production of Part D for several months, nor did it cover him thanking the staff at the end.<br />
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On March 28, 2021, the cast was fully reunited for the first time in 14 years and held a stage greeting, commenting on the film and their bond to the characters. On April 12, 2021, directors Anno, Tsurumaki and Maeda, as well as Ogata, held another stage greeting. On June 26, 2021, Anno held a live stream on singer Hikaru Utada's Instagram page, and debated the film. On June 27, 2021, another cast greeting was held. Mari's voice actress Maaya Sakamoto explained she had been absent from the previous events because she felt apprehensive over the details she knew about Mari's character that Anno told her, but refused to share them: "I will take secrets to my grave". A last stage greeting was held on July 11, 2021. Anno felt he had now done everything he could with anime, and accordingly Khara denied reports that he was working on a reboot of a popular animation series. He also noted he initially attempted a shorter two hour runtime, but had to extend it.<br />
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===Future of the franchise===<br />
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Anno had originally intended on making a new Evangelion story since 2000<ref>https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_1.0_Complete_Records_Collection</ref> and has intended to open-up the franchise in the future to new creators and turn Eva into a "new Gundam", using the Rebuilds as a foundation for this, but 3.0+1.0 is intended to be his final Evangelion work. The Animator Expo already featured two independent works based on the franchise: Evangelion – Another Impact and Neon Genesis IMPACTS, as well as until You come to me, a short film intended to showcase the talent of younger Khara animators, not as an official trailer. In an interview in August 2021, Anno stated other parts of the franchise and story might be revisited later. In Hikari Utada's live stream featuring Anno, he comments that "the New Eva isn't 100% what I want it to be." Additionally, the 3.0+1.01 re-release and the Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) prequel manga can already be seen as early examples of additions to the franchise with Anno's blessing and involvement, with the former started a mere month after the film's initial release at Anno's initiative. Popular interest also remains extremely high, as can be seen NHK's making-off documentary, EVANGELION: 3.333 Breakdown (under Anno's supervision), the high number of interviews and articles done in the 6 months between Japanese and international release, with more on the way.<br />
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==See Also==<br />
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* [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English Translation of "Avant 1" Sequence]]<br />
* [[Guides:Evangelion 3.0%2B1.0_FAQ|FAQ for Evangelion:3.0+1.0]]<br />
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| japanese_title_k = ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:Q<br />
| japanese_title_r = Evangelion Shin Gekijōban: Q<br />
| japanese_title_e = Evangelion New Theatrical Edition: Quickening<br />
| english_title = Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo<br />
| image = [[File:30title.png|350px]]<br />
| written_by = [[Hideaki Anno]]<br />
| directed_by = [[Masayuki]], [[Mahiro Maeda]], [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]<br />
| theatrical_release = November 17, 2012<br />
| streaming_release = August 13, 2021 (Amazon Prime Video)<br />
| video_release = 3.33: April 24, 2013<br>3.333: August 25, 2021<br />
| angels = [[Twelfth Angel|12th]], [[Kaworu Nagisa|13th]]<br />
| eva_sorties = [[Evangelion Unit-02 (Rebuild)|Eva-02]], [[Evangelion Unit-08|Eva-08]], [[Evangelion Mark.09|Mark.09]], [[Evangelion 13|Eva-13]]<br />
| prev = [[Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance|Evangelion 2.0]]<br />
| next = [[Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon a Time|Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0]]<br />
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'''Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo''' (ヱヴァンゲリオン新劇場版:Q) is the third film in the [[Rebuild of Evangelion]] movie series, released to Japanese cinemas on November 17, 2012. Initial press releases for the new film series announced that the third and fourth installments would be half-length and shown together. On January 1st 2012, the official Evangelion website revealed the movies would be released separately<ref>http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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The storyline departs markedly from where [[Evangelion 2.0]] had ended, and is the first film in the Rebuild series to comprise of entirely new work. Its position in the telling of the story appears to correspond to the [[End of Evangelion]] segment of the [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|original series]]. Very few of the story elements hinted at in the original preview from ''2.0'' remain in the final work. However, it is under speculation as to whether or not some of these events actually occurred ''prior'' to the story in 3.0.<br />
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[[File:Evangelion 3.0 poster.jpg|200px|thumb|Theatrical Poster|right]]<br />
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==Plot==<br />
=== Operation US, Wille, and the AAA Wunder ===<br />
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The story begins 14 years after the events of the previous film. Most of Nerv's original adult staff, sans Gendo and Fuyutsuki, now belong to an organization called [[Wille]] (German for "will"), led by Captain Misato Katsuragi, and including Eva pilots Asuka (in Eva-02) and Mari (in the new Eva-08), [[Sakura Suzuhara|Toji's sister Sakura]], and several new characters. Shinji has been absorbed inside Eva-01 all this time, which is now orbiting earth inside a giant cuboidal cross-shaped satellite. <br />
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Wille uses its Evas, equipped with special rocket booster equipment, in [[Operation US]], an attempt to retrieve Eva-01 from its low earth orbit. Asuka pilots Eva-02 through several [[Evangelion Mark.04]] units, a collection of autonomous orbital drones, and with Eva-08's support, successfully manages to grapple onto the satellite. Eva-02 uses its boosters to decelerate the cross satellite, changing its orbit so that it will fall back to earth. Following this, a Mark.04 B unit, camouflaged inside the satellite, reveals itself and begins to attack Eva-02. With no measures against it, and with Eva-08 too far away to support, Asuka pleas for "stupid" Shinji to do something. At this Eva-01 rouses briefly, destroying the Mark.04 unit with a beam of light through a crack in its container as a stunned Asuka looks on. Eva-02 and the satellite fall to Earth, as Kaworu watches and says, "Welcome home, Ikari Shinji-kun. I've been waiting for you."<br />
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Events skip ahead to the [[AAA Wunder]] (Wille's giant battleship) and her fleet of warships and aircraft carriers, currently positioned in polar waters. The crew salvages Shinji from Eva-01, labeling him BM-03, and equipping him with the [[DSS Choker]], a collar device meant to monitor his activities and prevent him from piloting an Evangelion, specifically by terminating him if anything goes amiss. Once his identity and memories are confirmed, he is brought before Misato, Ritsuko, and the bridge crew of Wunder. Shinji is distraught over both the cold treatment he receives from everyone except [[Sakura]], and the strange device on his neck. <br />
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Before he can be debriefed any further, the [[Evangelion Mark.04|Nemesis Series]] attack the Wille fleet from all sides. Misato launches an initiative to activate the Wunder's main engine -- with Eva-01 serving as the power core -- that is carried out through via a cooperative effort between Eva-02, who prepares the engine and manually ignites it, and the bridge crew. The Wunder becomes airborne, and its main weapons destroy the Nemesis Series' four core blocks. <br />
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After the battle, Shinji is given a formal debriefing, behind quarantine glass. He is informed that his [[Synchronization|synchronisation rate]] with Eva-01 is now zero, and told the purpose of the DSS Choker. Sakura introduces herself as [[Toji|Toji's]] ''younger'' sister, and finally Asuka arrives to reveal that 14 years have passed since he merged with Eva-01. Asuka throws a punch at Shinji from behind the glass, cracking it. Shinji asks why Asuka's face hasn't changed, which she attributes to the "Curse of Eva". Shinji demands repeatedly to know Rei's whereabouts, firm in his conviction that he saved her, but Ritsuko claims that Eva-01 yielded no trace of her, and only produced Shinji and the [[SDAT|SDAT player]]. Ritsuko returns the player to Shinji at this time. <br />
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Soon after, [[Evangelion Mark.09]] breaks through the hull of Shinji's cell in an attempt to retrieve him. Believing the Eva is the destroyed [[Eva-00]], Shinji hears Rei's voice over its loudspeakers, telling him to come with her. Brandishing the DSS detonator, Misato commands Shinji to stay, guaranteeing his safety if he remains. Confronting her, Shinji learns that he is not at [[Nerv]], and that Wille and Nerv are at war. When Misato insists that Rei is dead, Shinji is incredulous and resolves to leave with "Rei" in Mark.09. As he moves to leave, Sakura tells him to do as he wants, but begs him not to pilot an Eva to "give us a break".<br />
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As Mark.09 moves to escape, Wille sorties [[Mari]] in [[Evangelion Unit-08]]. Eva-08 manages to decapitate Mark.09 it with gunfire, but the unit is unhindered and escapes with Shinji. Despite Ritsuko's warnings not let Nerv recapture him, Misato cannot bring herself to detonate the DSS Choker, as it and Shinji pass out of range. Observing his departure, Asuka dubs Shinji a "brat", her [[Asuka_Shikinami_Langley#Glowing_Eyepatch|eyepatch shown glowing blue]].<br />
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=== New Nerv Headquarters ===<br />
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Shinji wakes up in a hospital bed with Rei standing by silently. She takes him to [[New Nerv HQ]], and Shinji catches a brief glimpse of the ruined pyramid. HQ itself appears abandoned, with large parts of the base in ruin. They walk for a time, passing familiar landmarks, including an Eva cage (apparently Eva-01's) now open to the sky. On the floor of the cage, Shinji sees [[Kaworu Nagisa]] playing on a [[Kaworu Nagisa#Kaworus piano|Yamaha piano]], and is seen in turn when Kaworu looks up.<br />
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Eventually, Rei leads Shinji a huge area housing a biomechanical "womb" containing the under-construction [[Evangelion 13]]. Gendo appears, wearing an [[Gendo_Ikari#Gendo.27s_Visor|unusual visor]] instead of glasses, bluntly orders Shinji to pilot the Eva with Kaworu when the time comes, and just as quickly vanishes. Shinji calls after his father, but is ignored.<br />
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Shinji is given [[New Nerv HQ#Shinji's Room|quarters]] at New Nerv HQ and is left to freely bide his time. Processed food substances and clothes are provided by an automated system through a portal in the wall. He wanders the grounds looking for Rei, finding no traces of human life, although there are abundant signs of past conflict and evidence that Evangelions are being mass-produced at the facility. Eventually, he happens upon Rei's special LCL-immersion facility, where she lives in a makeshift room containing little more than a sleeping bag and a lamp. Shinji attempts to engage Rei in conversation, but finds her unusually unresponsive, similarly ignorant of what is occurring at the base and having no memory of her past life. She does nothing but wait for orders.<br />
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Gendo and Fuyutsuki are shown observing the Seele monoliths, which are now silent. [[Fuyutsuki]] says that he will continue to follow Gendo's plans.<br />
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Shinji attempts to use the [[SDAT]], but discovers that it's broken. He ruminates upon words he's recently heard from others -- Misato, Asuka, Sakura, Gendo, Rei -- which produces visible distress, due to his current state of ignorance and alienation. Hoping to assist Rei's memory, Shinji tries to encourage her to do something Rei once enjoyed: read. He selects books from Nerv's disheveled library and stacks them neatly outside Rei's room. But with nothing else to do, he loiters around the Eva-01 cage. <br />
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Here, Kaworu invites him for a chat at the piano and encourages Shinji to attempt playing piano, because trying new things is an important part of living. Despite initial hesitations, Shinji quickly shows talent, and he and Kaworu play a duet. Afterwards, the two exchange names for the first time. Shinji checks in on Rei with more books, but finds that she is absent from the facility, and the original pile of books remains untouched. He then returns to the Eva cage for more piano training with Kaworu. Over the course of a montage, Kaworu shares various kernels of wisdom, and Shinji learns to play piano duet with him.<br />
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The next time they talk, Shinji asks Kaworu if he can fix the SDAT player, to which Kaworu obliges. The two end up staying at the cage until nightfall and watching the stars. Here, Shinji shares that he finds the starry sky reassuring because it's the only thing in his world that's remained constant, from which Kaworu deduces Shinji's fear of change. Kaworu eventually tells Shinji, "I really was born to meet you." The day after, the automatic dispenser gives Shinji a shirt that he notices is too large, only to find [[Toji|Toji's]] nametag sewn to the inside; this comes as an enormous shock.<br />
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That morning, Kaworu returns the now working SDAT, but notices that Shinji looks sullen. Shinji reveals that he is worried about what has happened to [[Tokyo-3]] and his friends who lived there. Kaworu asks if Shinji wants to know, and Shinji accepts. The two travel down a precarious stairway outside of New Nerv HQ, with Shinji wearing an environment suit. They eventually reach a platform, and the clouds around HQ part to reveal the landscape.<br />
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Shinji observes the [[Theory and Analysis:Third Impact (NTE)|post Third Impact world]]: The moon now appears enormous, orbiting far closer to the earth and spinning rapidly about itself. Its surface is covered in new bloodstains and a strange pulsing red grid. The landscape itself fares even worse, having been turned completely red (into core material), the ground covered with crevices, one of which has somehow morphed into a colossal mouth complete with teeth. Enormous red crosses are scattered all over the landscape, as far as the eye can see. Nerv HQ itself now sits at cloud level, thousands of metres above the ground atop its old main shaft, emerging from the center of what looks like a giant blue iris. [[Failures of Infinity|Headless red creatures]] resembling Eva-01 stand frozen among the core-ified ruins of the town below.<br />
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Kaworu explains that this is the result of the Nerv's [[Human Instrumentality Project#NTE|Human Instrumentality Project]], and tells Shinji that he began the process when he rescued Rei from [[Zeruel]] 14 years ago. Shinji is stunned, expressing disbelief and denying any involvement, and that he only wanted to save Rei. Kaworu says that the rest of humanity thinks otherwise, as evidenced by the DSS Choker, but that no sin is beyond forgiveness.<br />
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In the ruins of Gendo's office, Fuyutsuki comments on the situation developing between Shinji and Kaworu, and expresses his disapproval over how Gendo keeps his son in the dark. Here, we also see that Gendo still has the case -- presumably still containing the [[Key of Nebuchadnezzar]] -- with him. At night, Shinji is shown trying to sleep, wondering how everything has become so wrong, but convincing himself that at least he did save Rei. Rei is shown waking in her LCL tank, and she briefly sees another Rei standing outside the tank, wearing an old school uniform. A moment later, the other Rei is gone.<br />
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After Shinji find Rei's books again unread, he encounters Fuyutsuki in a corridor. After a brief bow to the old man from Shinji, Fuyutsuki proposes that the two play a game of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogi shogi]. As they play, Fuyutsuki reveals that the game was a pretense; his real purpose is to tell Shinji about even more truths from which he's been shielded. He explains that Shinji's mother, whose maiden name was [[Yui|Yui Ayanami]], conducted a "direct entry" experiment on Eva-01's core and is now the unit's control system; that an Ayanami Series was based on Yui's genetic information; and that the Rei that Shinji knew is being preserved within Eva-01 like Yui; and that all is part of Gendo's plan. A stunned Shinji exits with a bow and silently walks away.<br />
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We then see Gendo in the ruins of the Command Center, the Key of Nebuchadnezzar's case by his side, vowing upon a giant Rei-shaped head surrounded by red Evas, "The time of the final contract is upon us. We will soon meet again, Yui."<br />
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Shinji confronts Rei at her quarters, asking why she has not read any of the books, knocking the accumulated books over in rage at her terse reply that she "had not been ordered to". He finally asks whether he really did save her from Zeruel, and Rei replies that she does not know. It finally sinks in that this is not "his" Rei, and Shinji storms off. He ambles down a catwalk and in a daze, spinning about and hearing himself bombarded by voices. Back at his quarters, he flings his SDAT across the room.<br />
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Gendo and Fuyutsuki watch as the completed Eva-13 is extracted from its "womb". Fuyutsuki calls it "the final executor". As if in response, Kaworu plays an ominous chord on the piano and says, "The time has come. This is it, Ikari Shinji-kun."<br />
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Kaworu visits Shinji in his quarters, apparently having brought him the news that Eva-13 is finished and, as per Gendo's earlier orders, they're both to pilot it. Shinji ardently resists the idea: last time he piloted, only bad things happened, and if tries to do it again, the [[DSS Choker]] will kill him besides. Kaworu mysteriously removes the device from Shinji and puts it on himself, leaving Shinji both shocked and relieved. At this point, Kaworu offers Shinji redemption [[Theory and Analysis:Kaworu in Eva 3.0|through a plan to retrieve two Spears from Central Dogma and use them to restore the world.]] Shinji is eventually persuaded to agree. The two boys begin to go on a first name basis.<br />
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=== Eva-13; Showdown ===<br />
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Shinji and Kaworu board [[Evangelion 13]] and activate it using the [[Entry_Plug#In_Rebuild|Double Entry System]] and begin the descent to [[Central Dogma]], accompanied by a scythe-equipped, headless [[Eva Mark.09]]. Eventually the walls of the Main Shaft yield to a mass of red Evas, which Kaworu calls "[[Failures of Infinity]]", that look like they've been cut through to permit passage. Working in unison, the two pilots harness Eva-13's innate power to destroy the giant seal that has blocked access to [[Lilith's Chamber (NTE)|Lilith's chamber]] for the past fourteen years. <br />
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Within, they find [[Lilith|Lilith's]] giant, headless corpse merged at the neck with [[Evangelion Mark.06]], each skewered by a [[Spear of Longinus]]. The chamber's floor is covered in countless human-shaped, but Eva sized skulls. According to Kaworu, they should have found one Spear of Longinus and one [[Spear of Cassius]], and the two Longinus types indicates that something is amiss. Before he can get to the bottom of things, however, [[Eva-02#Eva-02.27|Eva-02']] piloted by [[Asuka (NTE)|Asuka]] attacks from above. <br />
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Eva-13's [[RS Hopper]] drones emerge from containers on the Eva's pylons and deploy four separate A.T. Fields, preventing Eva-02' from touching its opponent. Eva Mark.09 attempts to intervene further, but is soon kept in check by [[Eva-08]], sharp-shooting from a large crevice in the ceiling. Asuka soon manages to destroy two of the drones, and as she struggles with the remaining two, Shinji divulges his hopes for redemption and shows dismay that Asuka is trying to stop him; but to her, he is just a naïve brat. She keeps asking Shinji if he is trying to start another Impact. Kaworu does not help in the fight, lost in thought over how the two Spears could be the same. <br />
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Asuka at last destroys the final drones and splits her weapon into two blades, which Eva-13 grips in its hands. Before Eva-02' can break through, it runs low on power and goes into energy conservation mode, enabling Shinji to easily cast the unit aside with a backhand. Seeing this as an opening, Shinji resolves to retrieve the Spears, and Eva-13 begins to ascend Lilith's corpse. Kaworu shares his unease, but Shinji is fixated on using the spears to repair the world -- and Misato's opinion of him. Somehow, he cuts Kaworu out of Eva-13's controls and, deploying Eva-13's second set of arms, pulls the Spears out as both Kaworu and Asuka (helpless as Eva-02' [[Evangelion_Power_Sources#Spare_Batteries|recharges its power]]) beg him to stop. <br />
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Both Lilith and the giant Rei head at the command center -- in fact, Lilith's missing head -- explode into LCL, and Gendo says that it's begun. [[Mark.06]] begins to revolve in midair over the pool of Lilith's remains, as if possessed, and the [[12th Angel|12th Angel's]] presence is detected inside. [[Mark.09]] quickly decapitates the unit, with Rei saying it was done on orders, and two dark, serpentine clusters begin to form out of Mark.06's neck stub and head. They join in midair and wrap around the levitating Eva-13, creating a massive sphere. When Eva-02' attacks the sphere with its gun-arm, the dark appearance yields to a gigantic, almost fluid core, completely impervious to the bullets.<br />
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The Twelfth Angel swells in size until it breaches the pool of Lilith's LCL and, possibly influenced by it, it begins to take on Rei's form -- giggling and morphing into a massive, eyeless Rei head. Kaworu begins to manifest as the [[Kaworu_Nagisa#In_Rebuild_of_Evangelion|Thirteenth Angel]] (despite originally being the First Angel), putting the [[DSS Choker]] on alert. Eva-13 becomes unresponsive to its controls, its pylons bursting off so that red, crystalline wings can grow. Both Kaworu and Mari attribute this turn of events to [[Gendo]], whom Kaworu calls "King of the Lilin". As Asuka feared, [[Fourth Impact]] is starting. The scene cuts over to Gendo delivering a farewell speech to the [[Seele#New_Theatrical_Edition_.28Rebuild.29|Seele monoliths]], who are ritualistically being terminated as preparation for the Human Instrumentality they believe will soon come.<br />
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The Twelfth Angel as next seen is a gigantic red fetus, which quickly compresses into a core within Eva-13's open mouth. The Eva bites down, killing the Angel and apparently absorbing its power. Mari says that one of the surviving [[Adams]] has awakened, as Eva-13 begins to glow white, its wings lengthening dramatically, and two halos appearing over it. The Eva begins to ascend up the Main Shaft, destroying it as it goes, and emerges out of the top of [[New Nerv HQ]] with a haloed Eva Mark.09 in quick pursuit. [[Fourth Impact]] begins. The [[Guf (Rebuild)|Door of Guf]] opens above the Eva, turning the skies red, and the [[Black Moon]] is pulled out of the ground. Countless [[Failures of Infinity]] are vented out of the Black Moon and spiral through the sky.<br />
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The [[AAA Wunder]] appears, with [[Misato]] in command, and attempts to attack Eva-13 in the hopes of keeping the Impact in check. Mark.09 intervenes, bombarding the Wunder with explosive attacks, causing the ships wing to crash into the ground. Mark.09 regenerates a head, as [[Ritsuko]] declares that the Eva, as the [[Vessel of the Adams]], is the Wunder's true master and will try to take control of the ship. Wille's two Evas reach the surface, and Asuka assigns them separate duties: [[Eva-02#Eva-02.27|Eva-02']] will assist the Wunder, and Mari in [[Eva-08]] will go after Eva-13. Still inside Mark.09, Rei's control link has not been restored, as the now autonomous Vessel of the Adams descends on Wunder's starboard side and takes root, sending blue tendrils out of its legs and into the main engine holding Eva-01, infecting the ship with Seele's control program and wresting control from Wille.<br />
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Eva-02' boards the Wunder via its grounded wing, and fires at the Vessel of the Adams to no effect, narrowly avoiding a devastating counter shot. Asuka quickly activates Beast Mode with "Code 777", causing Eva-02' to metamorphose into a feline form, allowing it to deflect the Vessel's blasts. Eva-02' manages to re-behead the Vessel, rebooting its program, which allows Rei, after Asuka's cue, to eject from the Eva unit. Asuka uses the empty slot to target the Eva's core, but Mark.09 regenerates almost instantaneously, from which Asuka deduces that the whole thing is a core. Low on power and time, she regretfully ejects, with Eva-02' set to detonate. Mark.09 is destroyed in the blast, and Wille's control of the Wunder restored. Misato orders the ship to pursue Eva-13, but Ritsuko says that the engine must be allowed to recover.<br />
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Within Eva-13, the [[DSS Choker]] has deployed gemstone-like charges that revolve around Kaworu's neck. As Kaworu delivers his final words to Shinji, he has Eva-13 impale itself with both of the Spears. He claims that they will meet again. The choker then detonates, killing Kaworu instantly in a wash of blood, leaving Shinji raw shock. Eva-13's bottom set of eyes close and the unit begins to fall, but the Door of Guf remains open. Pursuing in Eva-08, Mari says that Shinji must have been Seele's backup to keep the doors open. Eva-08 jumps after Eva-13 as it plummets down the side of the Black Moon. As it catches the still glowing Eva-13, Eva-08's hands start to corrode into core, but Mari successfully manages to eject Shinji's [[entry plug]], and Shinji glimpses a vision of Kaworu as he exits. Deprived of both its pilots, Eva-13 fades back to its regular color and crashes to the ground. The Door of Guf starts to close, and the Black Moon and the floating Failures of Infinity all fall to the earth.<br />
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Gendo and Fuyutsuki, situated in an area resembling the Wunder's bridge, briefly comment on the situation. Fuyutsuki says that almost everything went as Seele intended, but Gendo says that Seele's boy has been eliminated and Eva-13 awakened. On the AAA Wunder, both Eva-02's remains and Eva-08 are secured, and Ritsuko and Misato share a couple of words as well.<br />
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Shinji's entry plug has landed somewhere, and he is curled up silently in the darkness. The hatch opens, revealing an exhausted Asuka. Asuka berates Shinji for acting like a baby and running away from his responsibilities, then, disgruntled by his lack of responses, motions to leave, but she doesn't get far before she sighs and returns to more forcefully extract him. Once the two are outside the plug, Asuka spots Rei approaching, and recognizes her as the pilot from the earlier conflict with Mark.09. After taking some measurements, Asuka concludes that they won't be rescued due to "L barrier density", and they have to travel somewhere where "Lilin" can pick them up.<ref>As of 10/26/13, opinions vary for what the actual translation of this line is.</ref> Pulling Shinji along, Asuka takes off over the endless red waste, and Rei follows.<br />
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==New Evangelion Theatrical Edition: || Preview==<br />
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[[Image:Eva3-33_jikai_C12_atfs.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Eva-Unit 8+2]]<br />
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The preview shows a composite Eva 8+2 fighting multiple gray-green copies of Mark.06 in red city ruins, wielding a Magorox sword. In the last two cuts, the Eva dashes past an entourage of the enemy Evas and jumps over a precipice, revealing a vast sea of the Mark.06 copies generating compound A.T. Fields, and the fallen Black Moon lying beyond them.<br />
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==Preview Summaries==<br />
[[File:Kaworu ritual.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Kaworu appears in a kind of ritual.]]<br />
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[[Image:Eva2.0 TV Ver Q Preview.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Asuka in the TV Preview.]]<br />
Misato announces the following for the Next Time Preview of [[Evangelion 3.0|Evangelion Q/Quickening]]: "Eva-01 is frozen with Shinji and Rei still trapped inside. The fortress city is abandoned. Nerv personnel are held in confinement. Eva-06 is dropped into Dogma. The quickening Eva-08 and its pilot. And finally, the children fated to meet are gathered at last. Where will this story of people wishing to live lead?" Along with a promise of more fan service next time. However, none of the scenes from the next time preview made it into the final cut of Evangelion 3.0 that was released.<br />
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The TV edition of Eva 2.0, which aired in Japan on August 26th 2011, revealed an updated Next Time Preview for Q, which gave a tentative theatrical release for Fall 2012. The updated (16 second) Next Time Preview included images of a bandaged and eye patch wearing Asuka flying through space in her slightly altered Eva-02. During this preview, Misato says: "Shinji Ikari awakens. Beside him stands a mysterious boy. And then, a new world waits for him."<br />
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==Evangelion 3.333==<br />
On December 23, 2020, it was announced that Evangelion 3.333 would be screened at IMAX theaters on January 8, 2020. This is a full 2K version of Evangelion 3.0 that includes numerous small changes to the lighting and coloring of various scenes, and some alteration of the plugsuit colors for Asuka and Mari<ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/903177/EVANGELION3333-discussion-thread/#903177</ref>.<br />
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==Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min)==<br />
[[Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)]] is a prequel manga to Evangelion 3.0 that tells the story of what happened before the start of the movie. Before launch, Asuka is convinced by Mari to wear her old plugsuit, improvising a repair, and to lead the operation instead of her as originally intended. This is in an attempt to make it easier for Shinji to recognize them, though they're unsure of being able to recover him. <ref>[https://forum.evageeks.org/post/924437/Evangelion-manga-day-before-Q-what-can-we-expect-in-that-manga/#924437 translation at Evageeks]. The poem Asuka recites is from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man%27y%C5%8Dsh%C5%AB ''Manyoshu''], about wanting to meet someone again. </ref><br />
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==Notes==<br />
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*The working Japanese title was ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:急 (''Evangelion Shin Gekijōban: Kyū'', Evangelion New Theatrical Edition: Rush). With the preview included in ''Eva 2.0'', the ''Kyū'' was replaced with the identically-pronounced letter "Q" followed by the subtitle "Quickening", which has the same basic meaning as "Rush" with the added nuance of an unborn child's first movements. (Additionally, in Japan, the stylistic choice to substitute "Q" for the kanji 急 is not uncommon.) The full international title '''You Can (Not) Redo''' was announced on January 1st 2012<ref>http://www.evangelion.co.jp/news.html</ref><br />
**The Japanese title, literally translated, is: ''Evangelion New Theatrical Edition: Q&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Quickening'')<br />
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==Guides==<br />
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[[Guides:Evangelion 3.33 FAQ|Guides: Evangelion 3.33 FAQ]]<br />
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[[Theory and Analysis:Kaworu in Eva 3.0]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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| japanese_title_k = ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:Q<br />
| japanese_title_r = Evangelion Shin Gekijōban: Q<br />
| japanese_title_e = Evangelion New Theatrical Edition: Quickening<br />
| english_title = Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo<br />
| image = [[File:30title.png|350px]]<br />
| written_by = [[Hideaki Anno]]<br />
| directed_by = [[Masayuki]], [[Mahiro Maeda]], [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]<br />
| theatrical_release = November 17, 2012<br />
| streaming_release = August 13, 2021 (Amazon Prime Video)<br />
| video_release = 3.33: April 24, 2013<br>3.333: August 25, 2021<br />
| angels = [[Twelfth Angel|12th]], [[Kaworu Nagisa|13th]]<br />
| eva_sorties = [[Evangelion Unit-02 (Rebuild)|Eva-02]], [[Evangelion Unit-08|Eva-08]], [[Evangelion Mark.09|Mark.09]], [[Evangelion 13|Eva-13]]<br />
| prev = [[Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance|Evangelion 2.0]]<br />
| next = [[Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon a Time]]<br />
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'''Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo''' (ヱヴァンゲリオン新劇場版:Q) is the third film in the [[Rebuild of Evangelion]] movie series, released to Japanese cinemas on November 17, 2012. Initial press releases for the new film series announced that the third and fourth installments would be half-length and shown together. On January 1st 2012, the official Evangelion website revealed the movies would be released separately<ref>http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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The storyline departs markedly from where [[Evangelion 2.0]] had ended, and is the first film in the Rebuild series to comprise of entirely new work. Its position in the telling of the story appears to correspond to the [[End of Evangelion]] segment of the [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|original series]]. Very few of the story elements hinted at in the original preview from ''2.0'' remain in the final work. However, it is under speculation as to whether or not some of these events actually occurred ''prior'' to the story in 3.0.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
=== Operation US, Wille, and the AAA Wunder ===<br />
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The story begins 14 years after the events of the previous film. Most of Nerv's original adult staff, sans Gendo and Fuyutsuki, now belong to an organization called [[Wille]] (German for "will"), led by Captain Misato Katsuragi, and including Eva pilots Asuka (in Eva-02) and Mari (in the new Eva-08), [[Sakura Suzuhara|Toji's sister Sakura]], and several new characters. Shinji has been absorbed inside Eva-01 all this time, which is now orbiting earth inside a giant cuboidal cross-shaped satellite. <br />
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Wille uses its Evas, equipped with special rocket booster equipment, in [[Operation US]], an attempt to retrieve Eva-01 from its low earth orbit. Asuka pilots Eva-02 through several [[Evangelion Mark.04]] units, a collection of autonomous orbital drones, and with Eva-08's support, successfully manages to grapple onto the satellite. Eva-02 uses its boosters to decelerate the cross satellite, changing its orbit so that it will fall back to earth. Following this, a Mark.04 B unit, camouflaged inside the satellite, reveals itself and begins to attack Eva-02. With no measures against it, and with Eva-08 too far away to support, Asuka pleas for "stupid" Shinji to do something. At this Eva-01 rouses briefly, destroying the Mark.04 unit with a beam of light through a crack in its container as a stunned Asuka looks on. Eva-02 and the satellite fall to Earth, as Kaworu watches and says, "Welcome home, Ikari Shinji-kun. I've been waiting for you."<br />
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Events skip ahead to the [[AAA Wunder]] (Wille's giant battleship) and her fleet of warships and aircraft carriers, currently positioned in polar waters. The crew salvages Shinji from Eva-01, labeling him BM-03, and equipping him with the [[DSS Choker]], a collar device meant to monitor his activities and prevent him from piloting an Evangelion, specifically by terminating him if anything goes amiss. Once his identity and memories are confirmed, he is brought before Misato, Ritsuko, and the bridge crew of Wunder. Shinji is distraught over both the cold treatment he receives from everyone except [[Sakura]], and the strange device on his neck. <br />
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Before he can be debriefed any further, the [[Evangelion Mark.04|Nemesis Series]] attack the Wille fleet from all sides. Misato launches an initiative to activate the Wunder's main engine -- with Eva-01 serving as the power core -- that is carried out through via a cooperative effort between Eva-02, who prepares the engine and manually ignites it, and the bridge crew. The Wunder becomes airborne, and its main weapons destroy the Nemesis Series' four core blocks. <br />
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After the battle, Shinji is given a formal debriefing, behind quarantine glass. He is informed that his [[Synchronization|synchronisation rate]] with Eva-01 is now zero, and told the purpose of the DSS Choker. Sakura introduces herself as [[Toji|Toji's]] ''younger'' sister, and finally Asuka arrives to reveal that 14 years have passed since he merged with Eva-01. Asuka throws a punch at Shinji from behind the glass, cracking it. Shinji asks why Asuka's face hasn't changed, which she attributes to the "Curse of Eva". Shinji demands repeatedly to know Rei's whereabouts, firm in his conviction that he saved her, but Ritsuko claims that Eva-01 yielded no trace of her, and only produced Shinji and the [[SDAT|SDAT player]]. Ritsuko returns the player to Shinji at this time. <br />
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Soon after, [[Evangelion Mark.09]] breaks through the hull of Shinji's cell in an attempt to retrieve him. Believing the Eva is the destroyed [[Eva-00]], Shinji hears Rei's voice over its loudspeakers, telling him to come with her. Brandishing the DSS detonator, Misato commands Shinji to stay, guaranteeing his safety if he remains. Confronting her, Shinji learns that he is not at [[Nerv]], and that Wille and Nerv are at war. When Misato insists that Rei is dead, Shinji is incredulous and resolves to leave with "Rei" in Mark.09. As he moves to leave, Sakura tells him to do as he wants, but begs him not to pilot an Eva to "give us a break".<br />
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As Mark.09 moves to escape, Wille sorties [[Mari]] in [[Evangelion Unit-08]]. Eva-08 manages to decapitate Mark.09 it with gunfire, but the unit is unhindered and escapes with Shinji. Despite Ritsuko's warnings not let Nerv recapture him, Misato cannot bring herself to detonate the DSS Choker, as it and Shinji pass out of range. Observing his departure, Asuka dubs Shinji a "brat", her [[Asuka_Shikinami_Langley#Glowing_Eyepatch|eyepatch shown glowing blue]].<br />
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=== New Nerv Headquarters ===<br />
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Shinji wakes up in a hospital bed with Rei standing by silently. She takes him to [[New Nerv HQ]], and Shinji catches a brief glimpse of the ruined pyramid. HQ itself appears abandoned, with large parts of the base in ruin. They walk for a time, passing familiar landmarks, including an Eva cage (apparently Eva-01's) now open to the sky. On the floor of the cage, Shinji sees [[Kaworu Nagisa]] playing on a [[Kaworu Nagisa#Kaworus piano|Yamaha piano]], and is seen in turn when Kaworu looks up.<br />
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Eventually, Rei leads Shinji a huge area housing a biomechanical "womb" containing the under-construction [[Evangelion 13]]. Gendo appears, wearing an [[Gendo_Ikari#Gendo.27s_Visor|unusual visor]] instead of glasses, bluntly orders Shinji to pilot the Eva with Kaworu when the time comes, and just as quickly vanishes. Shinji calls after his father, but is ignored.<br />
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Shinji is given [[New Nerv HQ#Shinji's Room|quarters]] at New Nerv HQ and is left to freely bide his time. Processed food substances and clothes are provided by an automated system through a portal in the wall. He wanders the grounds looking for Rei, finding no traces of human life, although there are abundant signs of past conflict and evidence that Evangelions are being mass-produced at the facility. Eventually, he happens upon Rei's special LCL-immersion facility, where she lives in a makeshift room containing little more than a sleeping bag and a lamp. Shinji attempts to engage Rei in conversation, but finds her unusually unresponsive, similarly ignorant of what is occurring at the base and having no memory of her past life. She does nothing but wait for orders.<br />
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Gendo and Fuyutsuki are shown observing the Seele monoliths, which are now silent. [[Fuyutsuki]] says that he will continue to follow Gendo's plans.<br />
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Shinji attempts to use the [[SDAT]], but discovers that it's broken. He ruminates upon words he's recently heard from others -- Misato, Asuka, Sakura, Gendo, Rei -- which produces visible distress, due to his current state of ignorance and alienation. Hoping to assist Rei's memory, Shinji tries to encourage her to do something Rei once enjoyed: read. He selects books from Nerv's disheveled library and stacks them neatly outside Rei's room. But with nothing else to do, he loiters around the Eva-01 cage. <br />
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Here, Kaworu invites him for a chat at the piano and encourages Shinji to attempt playing piano, because trying new things is an important part of living. Despite initial hesitations, Shinji quickly shows talent, and he and Kaworu play a duet. Afterwards, the two exchange names for the first time. Shinji checks in on Rei with more books, but finds that she is absent from the facility, and the original pile of books remains untouched. He then returns to the Eva cage for more piano training with Kaworu. Over the course of a montage, Kaworu shares various kernels of wisdom, and Shinji learns to play piano duet with him.<br />
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The next time they talk, Shinji asks Kaworu if he can fix the SDAT player, to which Kaworu obliges. The two end up staying at the cage until nightfall and watching the stars. Here, Shinji shares that he finds the starry sky reassuring because it's the only thing in his world that's remained constant, from which Kaworu deduces Shinji's fear of change. Kaworu eventually tells Shinji, "I really was born to meet you." The day after, the automatic dispenser gives Shinji a shirt that he notices is too large, only to find [[Toji|Toji's]] nametag sewn to the inside; this comes as an enormous shock.<br />
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That morning, Kaworu returns the now working SDAT, but notices that Shinji looks sullen. Shinji reveals that he is worried about what has happened to [[Tokyo-3]] and his friends who lived there. Kaworu asks if Shinji wants to know, and Shinji accepts. The two travel down a precarious stairway outside of New Nerv HQ, with Shinji wearing an environment suit. They eventually reach a platform, and the clouds around HQ part to reveal the landscape.<br />
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Shinji observes the [[Theory and Analysis:Third Impact (NTE)|post Third Impact world]]: The moon now appears enormous, orbiting far closer to the earth and spinning rapidly about itself. Its surface is covered in new bloodstains and a strange pulsing red grid. The landscape itself fares even worse, having been turned completely red (into core material), the ground covered with crevices, one of which has somehow morphed into a colossal mouth complete with teeth. Enormous red crosses are scattered all over the landscape, as far as the eye can see. Nerv HQ itself now sits at cloud level, thousands of metres above the ground atop its old main shaft, emerging from the center of what looks like a giant blue iris. [[Failures of Infinity|Headless red creatures]] resembling Eva-01 stand frozen among the core-ified ruins of the town below.<br />
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Kaworu explains that this is the result of the Nerv's [[Human Instrumentality Project#NTE|Human Instrumentality Project]], and tells Shinji that he began the process when he rescued Rei from [[Zeruel]] 14 years ago. Shinji is stunned, expressing disbelief and denying any involvement, and that he only wanted to save Rei. Kaworu says that the rest of humanity thinks otherwise, as evidenced by the DSS Choker, but that no sin is beyond forgiveness.<br />
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In the ruins of Gendo's office, Fuyutsuki comments on the situation developing between Shinji and Kaworu, and expresses his disapproval over how Gendo keeps his son in the dark. Here, we also see that Gendo still has the case -- presumably still containing the [[Key of Nebuchadnezzar]] -- with him. At night, Shinji is shown trying to sleep, wondering how everything has become so wrong, but convincing himself that at least he did save Rei. Rei is shown waking in her LCL tank, and she briefly sees another Rei standing outside the tank, wearing an old school uniform. A moment later, the other Rei is gone.<br />
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After Shinji find Rei's books again unread, he encounters Fuyutsuki in a corridor. After a brief bow to the old man from Shinji, Fuyutsuki proposes that the two play a game of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogi shogi]. As they play, Fuyutsuki reveals that the game was a pretense; his real purpose is to tell Shinji about even more truths from which he's been shielded. He explains that Shinji's mother, whose maiden name was [[Yui|Yui Ayanami]], conducted a "direct entry" experiment on Eva-01's core and is now the unit's control system; that an Ayanami Series was based on Yui's genetic information; and that the Rei that Shinji knew is being preserved within Eva-01 like Yui; and that all is part of Gendo's plan. A stunned Shinji exits with a bow and silently walks away.<br />
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We then see Gendo in the ruins of the Command Center, the Key of Nebuchadnezzar's case by his side, vowing upon a giant Rei-shaped head surrounded by red Evas, "The time of the final contract is upon us. We will soon meet again, Yui."<br />
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Shinji confronts Rei at her quarters, asking why she has not read any of the books, knocking the accumulated books over in rage at her terse reply that she "had not been ordered to". He finally asks whether he really did save her from Zeruel, and Rei replies that she does not know. It finally sinks in that this is not "his" Rei, and Shinji storms off. He ambles down a catwalk and in a daze, spinning about and hearing himself bombarded by voices. Back at his quarters, he flings his SDAT across the room.<br />
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Gendo and Fuyutsuki watch as the completed Eva-13 is extracted from its "womb". Fuyutsuki calls it "the final executor". As if in response, Kaworu plays an ominous chord on the piano and says, "The time has come. This is it, Ikari Shinji-kun."<br />
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Kaworu visits Shinji in his quarters, apparently having brought him the news that Eva-13 is finished and, as per Gendo's earlier orders, they're both to pilot it. Shinji ardently resists the idea: last time he piloted, only bad things happened, and if tries to do it again, the [[DSS Choker]] will kill him besides. Kaworu mysteriously removes the device from Shinji and puts it on himself, leaving Shinji both shocked and relieved. At this point, Kaworu offers Shinji redemption [[Theory and Analysis:Kaworu in Eva 3.0|through a plan to retrieve two Spears from Central Dogma and use them to restore the world.]] Shinji is eventually persuaded to agree. The two boys begin to go on a first name basis.<br />
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=== Eva-13; Showdown ===<br />
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Shinji and Kaworu board [[Evangelion 13]] and activate it using the [[Entry_Plug#In_Rebuild|Double Entry System]] and begin the descent to [[Central Dogma]], accompanied by a scythe-equipped, headless [[Eva Mark.09]]. Eventually the walls of the Main Shaft yield to a mass of red Evas, which Kaworu calls "[[Failures of Infinity]]", that look like they've been cut through to permit passage. Working in unison, the two pilots harness Eva-13's innate power to destroy the giant seal that has blocked access to [[Lilith's Chamber (NTE)|Lilith's chamber]] for the past fourteen years. <br />
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Within, they find [[Lilith|Lilith's]] giant, headless corpse merged at the neck with [[Evangelion Mark.06]], each skewered by a [[Spear of Longinus]]. The chamber's floor is covered in countless human-shaped, but Eva sized skulls. According to Kaworu, they should have found one Spear of Longinus and one [[Spear of Cassius]], and the two Longinus types indicates that something is amiss. Before he can get to the bottom of things, however, [[Eva-02#Eva-02.27|Eva-02']] piloted by [[Asuka (NTE)|Asuka]] attacks from above. <br />
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Eva-13's [[RS Hopper]] drones emerge from containers on the Eva's pylons and deploy four separate A.T. Fields, preventing Eva-02' from touching its opponent. Eva Mark.09 attempts to intervene further, but is soon kept in check by [[Eva-08]], sharp-shooting from a large crevice in the ceiling. Asuka soon manages to destroy two of the drones, and as she struggles with the remaining two, Shinji divulges his hopes for redemption and shows dismay that Asuka is trying to stop him; but to her, he is just a naïve brat. She keeps asking Shinji if he is trying to start another Impact. Kaworu does not help in the fight, lost in thought over how the two Spears could be the same. <br />
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Asuka at last destroys the final drones and splits her weapon into two blades, which Eva-13 grips in its hands. Before Eva-02' can break through, it runs low on power and goes into energy conservation mode, enabling Shinji to easily cast the unit aside with a backhand. Seeing this as an opening, Shinji resolves to retrieve the Spears, and Eva-13 begins to ascend Lilith's corpse. Kaworu shares his unease, but Shinji is fixated on using the spears to repair the world -- and Misato's opinion of him. Somehow, he cuts Kaworu out of Eva-13's controls and, deploying Eva-13's second set of arms, pulls the Spears out as both Kaworu and Asuka (helpless as Eva-02' [[Evangelion_Power_Sources#Spare_Batteries|recharges its power]]) beg him to stop. <br />
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Both Lilith and the giant Rei head at the command center -- in fact, Lilith's missing head -- explode into LCL, and Gendo says that it's begun. [[Mark.06]] begins to revolve in midair over the pool of Lilith's remains, as if possessed, and the [[12th Angel|12th Angel's]] presence is detected inside. [[Mark.09]] quickly decapitates the unit, with Rei saying it was done on orders, and two dark, serpentine clusters begin to form out of Mark.06's neck stub and head. They join in midair and wrap around the levitating Eva-13, creating a massive sphere. When Eva-02' attacks the sphere with its gun-arm, the dark appearance yields to a gigantic, almost fluid core, completely impervious to the bullets.<br />
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The Twelfth Angel swells in size until it breaches the pool of Lilith's LCL and, possibly influenced by it, it begins to take on Rei's form -- giggling and morphing into a massive, eyeless Rei head. Kaworu begins to manifest as the [[Kaworu_Nagisa#In_Rebuild_of_Evangelion|Thirteenth Angel]] (despite originally being the First Angel), putting the [[DSS Choker]] on alert. Eva-13 becomes unresponsive to its controls, its pylons bursting off so that red, crystalline wings can grow. Both Kaworu and Mari attribute this turn of events to [[Gendo]], whom Kaworu calls "King of the Lilin". As Asuka feared, [[Fourth Impact]] is starting. The scene cuts over to Gendo delivering a farewell speech to the [[Seele#New_Theatrical_Edition_.28Rebuild.29|Seele monoliths]], who are ritualistically being terminated as preparation for the Human Instrumentality they believe will soon come.<br />
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* [[Fourth Impact]] begins<br />
* [[Mark.09]] tries to seize the Wunder<br />
* Fourth Impact Averted<br />
* Eva-13 Awakens<br />
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The Twelfth Angel as next seen is a gigantic red fetus, which quickly compresses into a core within Eva-13's open mouth. The Eva bites down, killing the Angel and apparently absorbing its power. Mari says that one of the surviving [[Adams]] has awakened, as Eva-13 begins to glow white, its wings lengthening dramatically, and two halos appearing over it. The Eva begins to ascend up the Main Shaft, destroying it as it goes, and emerges out of the top of [[New Nerv HQ]] with a haloed Eva Mark.09 in quick pursuit. [[Fourth Impact]] begins. The [[Guf (Rebuild)|Door of Guf]] opens above the Eva, turning the skies red, and the [[Black Moon]] is pulled out of the ground. Countless [[Failures of Infinity]] are vented out of the Black Moon and spiral through the sky.<br />
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The [[AAA Wunder]] appears, with [[Misato]] in command, and attempts to attack Eva-13 in the hopes of keeping the Impact in check. Mark.09 intervenes, bombarding the Wunder with explosive attacks, causing the ships wing to crash into the ground. Mark.09 regenerates a head, as [[Ritsuko]] declares that the Eva, as the [[Vessel of the Adams]], is the Wunder's true master and will try to take control of the ship. Wille's two Evas reach the surface, and Asuka assigns them separate duties: [[Eva-02#Eva-02.27|Eva-02']] will assist the Wunder, and Mari in [[Eva-08]] will go after Eva-13. Still inside Mark.09, Rei's control link has not been restored, as the now autonomous Vessel of the Adams descends on Wunder's starboard side and takes root, sending blue tendrils out of its legs and into the main engine holding Eva-01, infecting the ship with Seele's control program and wresting control from Wille.<br />
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Eva-02' boards the Wunder via its grounded wing, and fires at the Vessel of the Adams to no effect, narrowly avoiding a devastating counter shot. Asuka quickly activates Beast Mode with "Code 777", causing Eva-02' to metamorphose into a feline form, allowing it to deflect the Vessel's blasts. Eva-02' manages to re-behead the Vessel, rebooting its program, which allows Rei, after Asuka's cue, to eject from the Eva unit. Asuka uses the empty slot to target the Eva's core, but Mark.09 regenerates almost instantaneously, from which Asuka deduces that the whole thing is a core. Low on power and time, she regretfully ejects, with Eva-02' set to detonate. Mark.09 is destroyed in the blast, and Wille's control of the Wunder restored. Misato orders the ship to pursue Eva-13, but Ritsuko says that the engine must be allowed to recover.<br />
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Within Eva-13, the [[DSS Choker]] has deployed gemstone-like charges that revolve around Kaworu's neck. As Kaworu delivers his final words to Shinji, he has Eva-13 impale itself with both of the Spears. He claims that they will meet again. The choker then detonates, killing Kaworu instantly in a wash of blood, leaving Shinji raw shock. Eva-13's bottom set of eyes close and the unit begins to fall, but the Door of Guf remains open. Pursuing in Eva-08, Mari says that Shinji must have been Seele's backup to keep the doors open. Eva-08 jumps after Eva-13 as it plummets down the side of the Black Moon. As it catches the still glowing Eva-13, Eva-08's hands start to corrode into core, but Mari successfully manages to eject Shinji's [[entry plug]], and Shinji glimpses a vision of Kaworu as he exits. Deprived of both its pilots, Eva-13 fades back to its regular color and crashes to the ground. The Door of Guf starts to close, and the Black Moon and the floating Failures of Infinity all fall to the earth.<br />
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Gendo and Fuyutsuki, situated in an area resembling the Wunder's bridge, briefly comment on the situation. Fuyutsuki says that almost everything went as Seele intended, but Gendo says that Seele's boy has been eliminated and Eva-13 awakened. On the AAA Wunder, both Eva-02's remains and Eva-08 are secured, and Ritsuko and Misato share a couple of words as well.<br />
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Shinji's entry plug has landed somewhere, and he is curled up silently in the darkness. The hatch opens, revealing an exhausted Asuka. Asuka berates Shinji for acting like a baby and running away from his responsibilities, then, disgruntled by his lack of responses, motions to leave, but she doesn't get far before she sighs and returns to more forcefully extract him. Once the two are outside the plug, Asuka spots Rei approaching, and recognizes her as the pilot from the earlier conflict with Mark.09. After taking some measurements, Asuka concludes that they won't be rescued due to "L barrier density", and they have to travel somewhere where "Lilin" can pick them up.<ref>As of 10/26/13, opinions vary for what the actual translation of this line is.</ref> Pulling Shinji along, Asuka takes off over the endless red waste, and Rei follows.<br />
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==New Evangelion Theatrical Edition: || Preview==<br />
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[[Image:Eva3-33_jikai_C12_atfs.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Eva-Unit 8+2]]<br />
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The preview shows a composite Eva 8+2 fighting multiple gray-green copies of Mark.06 in red city ruins, wielding a Magorox sword. In the last two cuts, the Eva dashes past an entourage of the enemy Evas and jumps over a precipice, revealing a vast sea of the Mark.06 copies generating compound A.T. Fields, and the fallen Black Moon lying beyond them.<br />
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==Preview Summaries==<br />
[[File:Kaworu ritual.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Kaworu appears in a kind of ritual.]]<br />
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[[Image:Eva2.0 TV Ver Q Preview.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Asuka in the TV Preview.]]<br />
Misato announces the following for the Next Time Preview of [[Evangelion 3.0|Evangelion Q/Quickening]]: "Eva-01 is frozen with Shinji and Rei still trapped inside. The fortress city is abandoned. Nerv personnel are held in confinement. Eva-06 is dropped into Dogma. The quickening Eva-08 and its pilot. And finally, the children fated to meet are gathered at last. Where will this story of people wishing to live lead?" Along with a promise of more fan service next time. However, none of the scenes from the next time preview made it into the final cut of Evangelion 3.0 that was released.<br />
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The TV edition of Eva 2.0, which aired in Japan on August 26th 2011, revealed an updated Next Time Preview for Q, which gave a tentative theatrical release for Fall 2012. The updated (16 second) Next Time Preview included images of a bandaged and eye patch wearing Asuka flying through space in her slightly altered Eva-02. During this preview, Misato says: "Shinji Ikari awakens. Beside him stands a mysterious boy. And then, a new world waits for him."<br />
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==Evangelion 3.333==<br />
On December 23, 2020, it was announced that Evangelion 3.333 would be screened at IMAX theaters on January 8, 2020. This is a full 2K version of Evangelion 3.0 that includes numerous small changes to the lighting and coloring of various scenes, and some alteration of the plugsuit colors for Asuka and Mari<ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/903177/EVANGELION3333-discussion-thread/#903177</ref>.<br />
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==Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min)==<br />
[[Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)]] is a prequel manga to Evangelion 3.0 that tells the story of what happened before the start of the movie. Before launch, Asuka is convinced by Mari to wear her old plugsuit, improvising a repair, and to lead the operation instead of her as originally intended. This is in an attempt to make it easier for Shinji to recognize them, though they're unsure of being able to recover him. <ref>[https://forum.evageeks.org/post/924437/Evangelion-manga-day-before-Q-what-can-we-expect-in-that-manga/#924437 translation at Evageeks]. The poem Asuka recites is from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man%27y%C5%8Dsh%C5%AB ''Manyoshu''], about wanting to meet someone again. </ref><br />
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==Notes==<br />
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*The working Japanese title was ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:急 (''Evangelion Shin Gekijōban: Kyū'', Evangelion New Theatrical Edition: Rush). With the preview included in ''Eva 2.0'', the ''Kyū'' was replaced with the identically-pronounced letter "Q" followed by the subtitle "Quickening", which has the same basic meaning as "Rush" with the added nuance of an unborn child's first movements. (Additionally, in Japan, the stylistic choice to substitute "Q" for the kanji 急 is not uncommon.) The full international title '''You Can (Not) Redo''' was announced on January 1st 2012<ref>http://www.evangelion.co.jp/news.html</ref><br />
**The Japanese title, literally translated, is: ''Evangelion New Theatrical Edition: Q&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Quickening'')<br />
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==Guides==<br />
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[[Guides:Evangelion 3.33 FAQ|Guides: Evangelion 3.33 FAQ]]<br />
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[[Theory and Analysis:Kaworu in Eva 3.0]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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| japanese_title_k = ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:Q<br />
| japanese_title_r = Evangelion Shin Gekijōban: Q<br />
| japanese_title_e = Evangelion New Theatrical Edition: Quickening<br />
| english_title = Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo<br />
| image = [[File:30title.png|350px]]<br />
| written_by = [[Hideaki Anno]]<br />
| directed_by = [[Masayuki]], [[Mahiro Maeda]], [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]<br />
| theatrical_release = November 17, 2012<br />
| streaming_release = August 13, 2021 (Amazon Prime Video)<br />
| video_release = 3.33: April 24, 2013<br>3.333: August 25, 2021<br />
| angels = [[Twelfth Angel|12th]], [[Kaworu Nagisa|13th]]<br />
| eva_sorties = [[Evangelion Unit-02 (Rebuild)|Eva-02]], [[Evangelion Unit-08|Eva-08]], [[Evangelion Mark.09|Mark.09]], [[Evangelion 13|Eva-13]]<br />
| prev = [[Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance|Evangelion 2.0]]<br />
| next = [[Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0]]<br />
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'''Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo''' (ヱヴァンゲリオン新劇場版:Q) is the third film in the [[Rebuild of Evangelion]] movie series, released to Japanese cinemas on November 17, 2012. Initial press releases for the new film series announced that the third and fourth installments would be half-length and shown together. On January 1st 2012, the official Evangelion website revealed the movies would be released separately<ref>http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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The storyline departs markedly from where [[Evangelion 2.0]] had ended, and is the first film in the Rebuild series to comprise of entirely new work. Its position in the telling of the story appears to correspond to the [[End of Evangelion]] segment of the [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|original series]]. Very few of the story elements hinted at in the original preview from ''2.0'' remain in the final work. However, it is under speculation as to whether or not some of these events actually occurred ''prior'' to the story in 3.0.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
=== Operation US, Wille, and the AAA Wunder ===<br />
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The story begins 14 years after the events of the previous film. Most of Nerv's original adult staff, sans Gendo and Fuyutsuki, now belong to an organization called [[Wille]] (German for "will"), led by Captain Misato Katsuragi, and including Eva pilots Asuka (in Eva-02) and Mari (in the new Eva-08), [[Sakura Suzuhara|Toji's sister Sakura]], and several new characters. Shinji has been absorbed inside Eva-01 all this time, which is now orbiting earth inside a giant cuboidal cross-shaped satellite. <br />
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Wille uses its Evas, equipped with special rocket booster equipment, in [[Operation US]], an attempt to retrieve Eva-01 from its low earth orbit. Asuka pilots Eva-02 through several [[Evangelion Mark.04]] units, a collection of autonomous orbital drones, and with Eva-08's support, successfully manages to grapple onto the satellite. Eva-02 uses its boosters to decelerate the cross satellite, changing its orbit so that it will fall back to earth. Following this, a Mark.04 B unit, camouflaged inside the satellite, reveals itself and begins to attack Eva-02. With no measures against it, and with Eva-08 too far away to support, Asuka pleas for "stupid" Shinji to do something. At this Eva-01 rouses briefly, destroying the Mark.04 unit with a beam of light through a crack in its container as a stunned Asuka looks on. Eva-02 and the satellite fall to Earth, as Kaworu watches and says, "Welcome home, Ikari Shinji-kun. I've been waiting for you."<br />
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Events skip ahead to the [[AAA Wunder]] (Wille's giant battleship) and her fleet of warships and aircraft carriers, currently positioned in polar waters. The crew salvages Shinji from Eva-01, labeling him BM-03, and equipping him with the [[DSS Choker]], a collar device meant to monitor his activities and prevent him from piloting an Evangelion, specifically by terminating him if anything goes amiss. Once his identity and memories are confirmed, he is brought before Misato, Ritsuko, and the bridge crew of Wunder. Shinji is distraught over both the cold treatment he receives from everyone except [[Sakura]], and the strange device on his neck. <br />
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Before he can be debriefed any further, the [[Evangelion Mark.04|Nemesis Series]] attack the Wille fleet from all sides. Misato launches an initiative to activate the Wunder's main engine -- with Eva-01 serving as the power core -- that is carried out through via a cooperative effort between Eva-02, who prepares the engine and manually ignites it, and the bridge crew. The Wunder becomes airborne, and its main weapons destroy the Nemesis Series' four core blocks. <br />
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After the battle, Shinji is given a formal debriefing, behind quarantine glass. He is informed that his [[Synchronization|synchronisation rate]] with Eva-01 is now zero, and told the purpose of the DSS Choker. Sakura introduces herself as [[Toji|Toji's]] ''younger'' sister, and finally Asuka arrives to reveal that 14 years have passed since he merged with Eva-01. Asuka throws a punch at Shinji from behind the glass, cracking it. Shinji asks why Asuka's face hasn't changed, which she attributes to the "Curse of Eva". Shinji demands repeatedly to know Rei's whereabouts, firm in his conviction that he saved her, but Ritsuko claims that Eva-01 yielded no trace of her, and only produced Shinji and the [[SDAT|SDAT player]]. Ritsuko returns the player to Shinji at this time. <br />
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Soon after, [[Evangelion Mark.09]] breaks through the hull of Shinji's cell in an attempt to retrieve him. Believing the Eva is the destroyed [[Eva-00]], Shinji hears Rei's voice over its loudspeakers, telling him to come with her. Brandishing the DSS detonator, Misato commands Shinji to stay, guaranteeing his safety if he remains. Confronting her, Shinji learns that he is not at [[Nerv]], and that Wille and Nerv are at war. When Misato insists that Rei is dead, Shinji is incredulous and resolves to leave with "Rei" in Mark.09. As he moves to leave, Sakura tells him to do as he wants, but begs him not to pilot an Eva to "give us a break".<br />
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As Mark.09 moves to escape, Wille sorties [[Mari]] in [[Evangelion Unit-08]]. Eva-08 manages to decapitate Mark.09 it with gunfire, but the unit is unhindered and escapes with Shinji. Despite Ritsuko's warnings not let Nerv recapture him, Misato cannot bring herself to detonate the DSS Choker, as it and Shinji pass out of range. Observing his departure, Asuka dubs Shinji a "brat", her [[Asuka_Shikinami_Langley#Glowing_Eyepatch|eyepatch shown glowing blue]].<br />
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=== New Nerv Headquarters ===<br />
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Shinji wakes up in a hospital bed with Rei standing by silently. She takes him to [[New Nerv HQ]], and Shinji catches a brief glimpse of the ruined pyramid. HQ itself appears abandoned, with large parts of the base in ruin. They walk for a time, passing familiar landmarks, including an Eva cage (apparently Eva-01's) now open to the sky. On the floor of the cage, Shinji sees [[Kaworu Nagisa]] playing on a [[Kaworu Nagisa#Kaworus piano|Yamaha piano]], and is seen in turn when Kaworu looks up.<br />
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Eventually, Rei leads Shinji a huge area housing a biomechanical "womb" containing the under-construction [[Evangelion 13]]. Gendo appears, wearing an [[Gendo_Ikari#Gendo.27s_Visor|unusual visor]] instead of glasses, bluntly orders Shinji to pilot the Eva with Kaworu when the time comes, and just as quickly vanishes. Shinji calls after his father, but is ignored.<br />
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Shinji is given [[New Nerv HQ#Shinji's Room|quarters]] at New Nerv HQ and is left to freely bide his time. Processed food substances and clothes are provided by an automated system through a portal in the wall. He wanders the grounds looking for Rei, finding no traces of human life, although there are abundant signs of past conflict and evidence that Evangelions are being mass-produced at the facility. Eventually, he happens upon Rei's special LCL-immersion facility, where she lives in a makeshift room containing little more than a sleeping bag and a lamp. Shinji attempts to engage Rei in conversation, but finds her unusually unresponsive, similarly ignorant of what is occurring at the base and having no memory of her past life. She does nothing but wait for orders.<br />
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Gendo and Fuyutsuki are shown observing the Seele monoliths, which are now silent. [[Fuyutsuki]] says that he will continue to follow Gendo's plans.<br />
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Shinji attempts to use the [[SDAT]], but discovers that it's broken. He ruminates upon words he's recently heard from others -- Misato, Asuka, Sakura, Gendo, Rei -- which produces visible distress, due to his current state of ignorance and alienation. Hoping to assist Rei's memory, Shinji tries to encourage her to do something Rei once enjoyed: read. He selects books from Nerv's disheveled library and stacks them neatly outside Rei's room. But with nothing else to do, he loiters around the Eva-01 cage. <br />
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Here, Kaworu invites him for a chat at the piano and encourages Shinji to attempt playing piano, because trying new things is an important part of living. Despite initial hesitations, Shinji quickly shows talent, and he and Kaworu play a duet. Afterwards, the two exchange names for the first time. Shinji checks in on Rei with more books, but finds that she is absent from the facility, and the original pile of books remains untouched. He then returns to the Eva cage for more piano training with Kaworu. Over the course of a montage, Kaworu shares various kernels of wisdom, and Shinji learns to play piano duet with him.<br />
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The next time they talk, Shinji asks Kaworu if he can fix the SDAT player, to which Kaworu obliges. The two end up staying at the cage until nightfall and watching the stars. Here, Shinji shares that he finds the starry sky reassuring because it's the only thing in his world that's remained constant, from which Kaworu deduces Shinji's fear of change. Kaworu eventually tells Shinji, "I really was born to meet you." The day after, the automatic dispenser gives Shinji a shirt that he notices is too large, only to find [[Toji|Toji's]] nametag sewn to the inside; this comes as an enormous shock.<br />
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That morning, Kaworu returns the now working SDAT, but notices that Shinji looks sullen. Shinji reveals that he is worried about what has happened to [[Tokyo-3]] and his friends who lived there. Kaworu asks if Shinji wants to know, and Shinji accepts. The two travel down a precarious stairway outside of New Nerv HQ, with Shinji wearing an environment suit. They eventually reach a platform, and the clouds around HQ part to reveal the landscape.<br />
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Shinji observes the [[Theory and Analysis:Third Impact (NTE)|post Third Impact world]]: The moon now appears enormous, orbiting far closer to the earth and spinning rapidly about itself. Its surface is covered in new bloodstains and a strange pulsing red grid. The landscape itself fares even worse, having been turned completely red (into core material), the ground covered with crevices, one of which has somehow morphed into a colossal mouth complete with teeth. Enormous red crosses are scattered all over the landscape, as far as the eye can see. Nerv HQ itself now sits at cloud level, thousands of metres above the ground atop its old main shaft, emerging from the center of what looks like a giant blue iris. [[Failures of Infinity|Headless red creatures]] resembling Eva-01 stand frozen among the core-ified ruins of the town below.<br />
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Kaworu explains that this is the result of the Nerv's [[Human Instrumentality Project#NTE|Human Instrumentality Project]], and tells Shinji that he began the process when he rescued Rei from [[Zeruel]] 14 years ago. Shinji is stunned, expressing disbelief and denying any involvement, and that he only wanted to save Rei. Kaworu says that the rest of humanity thinks otherwise, as evidenced by the DSS Choker, but that no sin is beyond forgiveness.<br />
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In the ruins of Gendo's office, Fuyutsuki comments on the situation developing between Shinji and Kaworu, and expresses his disapproval over how Gendo keeps his son in the dark. Here, we also see that Gendo still has the case -- presumably still containing the [[Key of Nebuchadnezzar]] -- with him. At night, Shinji is shown trying to sleep, wondering how everything has become so wrong, but convincing himself that at least he did save Rei. Rei is shown waking in her LCL tank, and she briefly sees another Rei standing outside the tank, wearing an old school uniform. A moment later, the other Rei is gone.<br />
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After Shinji find Rei's books again unread, he encounters Fuyutsuki in a corridor. After a brief bow to the old man from Shinji, Fuyutsuki proposes that the two play a game of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogi shogi]. As they play, Fuyutsuki reveals that the game was a pretense; his real purpose is to tell Shinji about even more truths from which he's been shielded. He explains that Shinji's mother, whose maiden name was [[Yui|Yui Ayanami]], conducted a "direct entry" experiment on Eva-01's core and is now the unit's control system; that an Ayanami Series was based on Yui's genetic information; and that the Rei that Shinji knew is being preserved within Eva-01 like Yui; and that all is part of Gendo's plan. A stunned Shinji exits with a bow and silently walks away.<br />
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We then see Gendo in the ruins of the Command Center, the Key of Nebuchadnezzar's case by his side, vowing upon a giant Rei-shaped head surrounded by red Evas, "The time of the final contract is upon us. We will soon meet again, Yui."<br />
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Shinji confronts Rei at her quarters, asking why she has not read any of the books, knocking the accumulated books over in rage at her terse reply that she "had not been ordered to". He finally asks whether he really did save her from Zeruel, and Rei replies that she does not know. It finally sinks in that this is not "his" Rei, and Shinji storms off. He ambles down a catwalk and in a daze, spinning about and hearing himself bombarded by voices. Back at his quarters, he flings his SDAT across the room.<br />
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Gendo and Fuyutsuki watch as the completed Eva-13 is extracted from its "womb". Fuyutsuki calls it "the final executor". As if in response, Kaworu plays an ominous chord on the piano and says, "The time has come. This is it, Ikari Shinji-kun."<br />
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Kaworu visits Shinji in his quarters, apparently having brought him the news that Eva-13 is finished and, as per Gendo's earlier orders, they're both to pilot it. Shinji ardently resists the idea: last time he piloted, only bad things happened, and if tries to do it again, the [[DSS Choker]] will kill him besides. Kaworu mysteriously removes the device from Shinji and puts it on himself, leaving Shinji both shocked and relieved. At this point, Kaworu offers Shinji redemption [[Theory and Analysis:Kaworu in Eva 3.0|through a plan to retrieve two Spears from Central Dogma and use them to restore the world.]] Shinji is eventually persuaded to agree. The two boys begin to go on a first name basis.<br />
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=== Eva-13; Showdown ===<br />
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Shinji and Kaworu board [[Evangelion 13]] and activate it using the [[Entry_Plug#In_Rebuild|Double Entry System]] and begin the descent to [[Central Dogma]], accompanied by a scythe-equipped, headless [[Eva Mark.09]]. Eventually the walls of the Main Shaft yield to a mass of red Evas, which Kaworu calls "[[Failures of Infinity]]", that look like they've been cut through to permit passage. Working in unison, the two pilots harness Eva-13's innate power to destroy the giant seal that has blocked access to [[Lilith's Chamber (NTE)|Lilith's chamber]] for the past fourteen years. <br />
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Within, they find [[Lilith|Lilith's]] giant, headless corpse merged at the neck with [[Evangelion Mark.06]], each skewered by a [[Spear of Longinus]]. The chamber's floor is covered in countless human-shaped, but Eva sized skulls. According to Kaworu, they should have found one Spear of Longinus and one [[Spear of Cassius]], and the two Longinus types indicates that something is amiss. Before he can get to the bottom of things, however, [[Eva-02#Eva-02.27|Eva-02']] piloted by [[Asuka (NTE)|Asuka]] attacks from above. <br />
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Eva-13's [[RS Hopper]] drones emerge from containers on the Eva's pylons and deploy four separate A.T. Fields, preventing Eva-02' from touching its opponent. Eva Mark.09 attempts to intervene further, but is soon kept in check by [[Eva-08]], sharp-shooting from a large crevice in the ceiling. Asuka soon manages to destroy two of the drones, and as she struggles with the remaining two, Shinji divulges his hopes for redemption and shows dismay that Asuka is trying to stop him; but to her, he is just a naïve brat. She keeps asking Shinji if he is trying to start another Impact. Kaworu does not help in the fight, lost in thought over how the two Spears could be the same. <br />
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Asuka at last destroys the final drones and splits her weapon into two blades, which Eva-13 grips in its hands. Before Eva-02' can break through, it runs low on power and goes into energy conservation mode, enabling Shinji to easily cast the unit aside with a backhand. Seeing this as an opening, Shinji resolves to retrieve the Spears, and Eva-13 begins to ascend Lilith's corpse. Kaworu shares his unease, but Shinji is fixated on using the spears to repair the world -- and Misato's opinion of him. Somehow, he cuts Kaworu out of Eva-13's controls and, deploying Eva-13's second set of arms, pulls the Spears out as both Kaworu and Asuka (helpless as Eva-02' [[Evangelion_Power_Sources#Spare_Batteries|recharges its power]]) beg him to stop. <br />
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Both Lilith and the giant Rei head at the command center -- in fact, Lilith's missing head -- explode into LCL, and Gendo says that it's begun. [[Mark.06]] begins to revolve in midair over the pool of Lilith's remains, as if possessed, and the [[12th Angel|12th Angel's]] presence is detected inside. [[Mark.09]] quickly decapitates the unit, with Rei saying it was done on orders, and two dark, serpentine clusters begin to form out of Mark.06's neck stub and head. They join in midair and wrap around the levitating Eva-13, creating a massive sphere. When Eva-02' attacks the sphere with its gun-arm, the dark appearance yields to a gigantic, almost fluid core, completely impervious to the bullets.<br />
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The Twelfth Angel swells in size until it breaches the pool of Lilith's LCL and, possibly influenced by it, it begins to take on Rei's form -- giggling and morphing into a massive, eyeless Rei head. Kaworu begins to manifest as the [[Kaworu_Nagisa#In_Rebuild_of_Evangelion|Thirteenth Angel]] (despite originally being the First Angel), putting the [[DSS Choker]] on alert. Eva-13 becomes unresponsive to its controls, its pylons bursting off so that red, crystalline wings can grow. Both Kaworu and Mari attribute this turn of events to [[Gendo]], whom Kaworu calls "King of the Lilin". As Asuka feared, [[Fourth Impact]] is starting. The scene cuts over to Gendo delivering a farewell speech to the [[Seele#New_Theatrical_Edition_.28Rebuild.29|Seele monoliths]], who are ritualistically being terminated as preparation for the Human Instrumentality they believe will soon come.<br />
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The Twelfth Angel as next seen is a gigantic red fetus, which quickly compresses into a core within Eva-13's open mouth. The Eva bites down, killing the Angel and apparently absorbing its power. Mari says that one of the surviving [[Adams]] has awakened, as Eva-13 begins to glow white, its wings lengthening dramatically, and two halos appearing over it. The Eva begins to ascend up the Main Shaft, destroying it as it goes, and emerges out of the top of [[New Nerv HQ]] with a haloed Eva Mark.09 in quick pursuit. [[Fourth Impact]] begins. The [[Guf (Rebuild)|Door of Guf]] opens above the Eva, turning the skies red, and the [[Black Moon]] is pulled out of the ground. Countless [[Failures of Infinity]] are vented out of the Black Moon and spiral through the sky.<br />
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The [[AAA Wunder]] appears, with [[Misato]] in command, and attempts to attack Eva-13 in the hopes of keeping the Impact in check. Mark.09 intervenes, bombarding the Wunder with explosive attacks, causing the ships wing to crash into the ground. Mark.09 regenerates a head, as [[Ritsuko]] declares that the Eva, as the [[Vessel of the Adams]], is the Wunder's true master and will try to take control of the ship. Wille's two Evas reach the surface, and Asuka assigns them separate duties: [[Eva-02#Eva-02.27|Eva-02']] will assist the Wunder, and Mari in [[Eva-08]] will go after Eva-13. Still inside Mark.09, Rei's control link has not been restored, as the now autonomous Vessel of the Adams descends on Wunder's starboard side and takes root, sending blue tendrils out of its legs and into the main engine holding Eva-01, infecting the ship with Seele's control program and wresting control from Wille.<br />
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Eva-02' boards the Wunder via its grounded wing, and fires at the Vessel of the Adams to no effect, narrowly avoiding a devastating counter shot. Asuka quickly activates Beast Mode with "Code 777", causing Eva-02' to metamorphose into a feline form, allowing it to deflect the Vessel's blasts. Eva-02' manages to re-behead the Vessel, rebooting its program, which allows Rei, after Asuka's cue, to eject from the Eva unit. Asuka uses the empty slot to target the Eva's core, but Mark.09 regenerates almost instantaneously, from which Asuka deduces that the whole thing is a core. Low on power and time, she regretfully ejects, with Eva-02' set to detonate. Mark.09 is destroyed in the blast, and Wille's control of the Wunder restored. Misato orders the ship to pursue Eva-13, but Ritsuko says that the engine must be allowed to recover.<br />
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Within Eva-13, the [[DSS Choker]] has deployed gemstone-like charges that revolve around Kaworu's neck. As Kaworu delivers his final words to Shinji, he has Eva-13 impale itself with both of the Spears. He claims that they will meet again. The choker then detonates, killing Kaworu instantly in a wash of blood, leaving Shinji raw shock. Eva-13's bottom set of eyes close and the unit begins to fall, but the Door of Guf remains open. Pursuing in Eva-08, Mari says that Shinji must have been Seele's backup to keep the doors open. Eva-08 jumps after Eva-13 as it plummets down the side of the Black Moon. As it catches the still glowing Eva-13, Eva-08's hands start to corrode into core, but Mari successfully manages to eject Shinji's [[entry plug]], and Shinji glimpses a vision of Kaworu as he exits. Deprived of both its pilots, Eva-13 fades back to its regular color and crashes to the ground. The Door of Guf starts to close, and the Black Moon and the floating Failures of Infinity all fall to the earth.<br />
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Gendo and Fuyutsuki, situated in an area resembling the Wunder's bridge, briefly comment on the situation. Fuyutsuki says that almost everything went as Seele intended, but Gendo says that Seele's boy has been eliminated and Eva-13 awakened. On the AAA Wunder, both Eva-02's remains and Eva-08 are secured, and Ritsuko and Misato share a couple of words as well.<br />
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Shinji's entry plug has landed somewhere, and he is curled up silently in the darkness. The hatch opens, revealing an exhausted Asuka. Asuka berates Shinji for acting like a baby and running away from his responsibilities, then, disgruntled by his lack of responses, motions to leave, but she doesn't get far before she sighs and returns to more forcefully extract him. Once the two are outside the plug, Asuka spots Rei approaching, and recognizes her as the pilot from the earlier conflict with Mark.09. After taking some measurements, Asuka concludes that they won't be rescued due to "L barrier density", and they have to travel somewhere where "Lilin" can pick them up.<ref>As of 10/26/13, opinions vary for what the actual translation of this line is.</ref> Pulling Shinji along, Asuka takes off over the endless red waste, and Rei follows.<br />
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==New Evangelion Theatrical Edition: || Preview==<br />
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The preview shows a composite Eva 8+2 fighting multiple gray-green copies of Mark.06 in red city ruins, wielding a Magorox sword. In the last two cuts, the Eva dashes past an entourage of the enemy Evas and jumps over a precipice, revealing a vast sea of the Mark.06 copies generating compound A.T. Fields, and the fallen Black Moon lying beyond them.<br />
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==Preview Summaries==<br />
[[File:Kaworu ritual.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Kaworu appears in a kind of ritual.]]<br />
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[[Image:Eva2.0 TV Ver Q Preview.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Asuka in the TV Preview.]]<br />
Misato announces the following for the Next Time Preview of [[Evangelion 3.0|Evangelion Q/Quickening]]: "Eva-01 is frozen with Shinji and Rei still trapped inside. The fortress city is abandoned. Nerv personnel are held in confinement. Eva-06 is dropped into Dogma. The quickening Eva-08 and its pilot. And finally, the children fated to meet are gathered at last. Where will this story of people wishing to live lead?" Along with a promise of more fan service next time. However, none of the scenes from the next time preview made it into the final cut of Evangelion 3.0 that was released.<br />
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The TV edition of Eva 2.0, which aired in Japan on August 26th 2011, revealed an updated Next Time Preview for Q, which gave a tentative theatrical release for Fall 2012. The updated (16 second) Next Time Preview included images of a bandaged and eye patch wearing Asuka flying through space in her slightly altered Eva-02. During this preview, Misato says: "Shinji Ikari awakens. Beside him stands a mysterious boy. And then, a new world waits for him."<br />
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==Evangelion 3.333==<br />
On December 23, 2020, it was announced that Evangelion 3.333 would be screened at IMAX theaters on January 8, 2020. This is a full 2K version of Evangelion 3.0 that includes numerous small changes to the lighting and coloring of various scenes, and some alteration of the plugsuit colors for Asuka and Mari<ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/903177/EVANGELION3333-discussion-thread/#903177</ref>.<br />
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==Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min)==<br />
[[Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)]] is a prequel manga to Evangelion 3.0 that tells the story of what happened before the start of the movie. Before launch, Asuka is convinced by Mari to wear her old plugsuit, improvising a repair, and to lead the operation instead of her as originally intended. This is in an attempt to make it easier for Shinji to recognize them, though they're unsure of being able to recover him. <ref>[https://forum.evageeks.org/post/924437/Evangelion-manga-day-before-Q-what-can-we-expect-in-that-manga/#924437 translation at Evageeks]. The poem Asuka recites is from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man%27y%C5%8Dsh%C5%AB ''Manyoshu''], about wanting to meet someone again. </ref><br />
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==Notes==<br />
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*The working Japanese title was ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:急 (''Evangelion Shin Gekijōban: Kyū'', Evangelion New Theatrical Edition: Rush). With the preview included in ''Eva 2.0'', the ''Kyū'' was replaced with the identically-pronounced letter "Q" followed by the subtitle "Quickening", which has the same basic meaning as "Rush" with the added nuance of an unborn child's first movements. (Additionally, in Japan, the stylistic choice to substitute "Q" for the kanji 急 is not uncommon.) The full international title '''You Can (Not) Redo''' was announced on January 1st 2012<ref>http://www.evangelion.co.jp/news.html</ref><br />
**The Japanese title, literally translated, is: ''Evangelion New Theatrical Edition: Q&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Quickening'')<br />
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==Guides==<br />
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[[Guides:Evangelion 3.33 FAQ|Guides: Evangelion 3.33 FAQ]]<br />
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[[Theory and Analysis:Kaworu in Eva 3.0]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Rebuild of Evangelion]]<br />
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| japanese_title_k = ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:序<br />
| japanese_title_r = Evangelion Shin Gekijōban: Jo<br />
| japanese_title_e = Evangelion New Theatrical Edition: Prelude<br />
| english_title = Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone<br />
| image = [[Image:Eva1-0 logos.png|350px]]<br />
| written_by = [[Hideaki Anno]]<br />
| directed_by = [[Hideaki Anno]] (general director), [[Masayuki]] (Part A), [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]] (Part B)<br />
| theatrical_release = September 1, 2007 (Japan)<br />
| video_release = 1.01: April 25, 2008<br> 1.11: May 27, 2009<br />
| streaming_release = August 13, 2021 (Amazon Prime Video)<br />
| angels = [[Sachiel|Fourth Angel]], [[Shamshel|Fifth Angel]], [[Ramiel|Sixth Angel]], [[Lilith|Second Angel (Lilith)]]<br />
| eva_sorties = [[Eva-00]], [[Eva-01]]<br />
| prev = <br />
| next = [[Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance|Evangelion 2.0]]<br />
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'''Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone''' (ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版: 序, <i>lit. Evangerion Shin Gekijōban: Jo</i>) 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.<br />
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The film focuses on a young teenager named [[Shinji Ikari]], who is asked to pilot a giant mecha known as "[[Evangelion Unit-01 (NTE)|Evangelion Unit-01]]" to protect the world from mysterious creatures known as [[Angels]]. The plot is largely a point-for-point adaptation of episode [[Episode 01|01]] up to episode [[Episode 06|06]] of the original anime. While most scenes and events are replications of the original series, some unfold differently with new or omitted scenes.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
[[Image:Rebuild trailer shinji telephone.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Shinji on the telephone after arriving in Tokyo 3.]]<br />
[[Image:Rebuild trailer battery power.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Remaining battery power timer running down.]]<br />
[[Image:Rebuild trailer sad misato.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Misato at a bar with Ritsuko (not shown).]]<br />
[[Image:Rebuild trailer ramiel.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Ramiel heading toward Tokyo 3.]]<br />
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 [[Angel]] [[Sachiel]], 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. <br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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. <br />
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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. <br />
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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.<br />
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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. <br />
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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.<br />
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===The Final Scene===<br />
[[Image:Rebuild trailer kaworu.jpg|250px|left|thumb|A brief shot of Kaworu.]]<br />
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.<br />
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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.<br />
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Some of the questions raised by this scene would be answered in subsequent films, while others remain unanswered.<br />
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==Different Versions==<br />
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[[Image:Evangelion 1.0 poster.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Evangelion 1.0 poster.]]<br />
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===1.01===<br />
1.01 was released on DVD in Japan on April 25, 2008 in a Two-Disc Box. The first disc includes the original movie with some enhancements and the second includes Explanation of Evangelion 1.01. The enhancements of this versions include 266 shots redone, tunings in picture, editing, and sound quality.<ref>[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-26/eva-movie-remake-gets-theatrical-remake-of-its-own Eva movie remake gets Theatrical Remake of its own]</ref><br />
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[[Image:Explanation of 1-01 003.jpg|thumb|right|Monstrous kanji lineup typical of ''Explanation'''s captions.]] [[Resources:Explanation of Evangelion 1.01|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).<br />
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===1.11===<br />
On May 27, 2009, 1.11 was released in Blu-Ray and DVD. The film was given a re-transfer to fix some darkness issues in the previous DVD release and roughly 3 minutes of new animation was added to the first 15 minutes of the original film.<br />
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<i>See: [[Guides:Evangelion 1.01 vs. Evangelion 1.11]] for some shot by shot comparison</i><br />
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==Evangelion 2.0: Next Time Preview==<br />
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[[Image:Eva1-0 jikai C08B adams.jpg|thumb|left|The "ADAMS" during the Second Impact flashback.]] [[Image:Eva1-0 jikai C18.jpg|thumb|right|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. <br />
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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 "[[Evangelion equipment|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|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.<br />
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==Trailer Summaries==<br />
[[File:Shamshel revised.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Shamshel's revised design.]]<br />
===Theatrical Trailer #1===<br />
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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|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.<br />
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===Theatrical Trailer #2===<br />
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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).<br />
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==Development History==<br />
In September 2006, the October edition of the Japanese anime magazine Newtype announced the first film of the [[Rebuild of Evangelion]] series to be released in the summer of 2007 with an expected running time of 90 minutes.<ref>[http://mizuki.onmitsu.jp/warehouse/festival/10th/index.html Evangelion New Theatrical Version: Introduction EVANGELION: 1.0 YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE.]</ref><br />
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During pre-production, Toshimichi Ohtsuki stated that director Hideaki Anno rewatched the entire original television series back to back. It was revealed the success of the series had caused misunderstanding and disarray amongst fans and the new films would clear up any confusion. In the December 2006 issue of ''Newtype'', Anno revealed he was happy to finally recreate Eva "as he wanted it to be" in the beginning and that he was no longer constrained by technological and budget limitations.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101025021050/http://www.animenewsservice.com/archives/decx.htm Anime News Service Nov-Dec]</ref><br />
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In September 2006, it was revealed that most of the staff from the original TV series had returned to work on the movie, along with the entire Japanese voice cast of the original series. The film's climax, Operation Yashima, was created as per Anno's original concept for the sequence, with collaboration from the famed storyboarder [[Shinji Higuchi]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130615145909/http://www.animenewsservice.com/archives/septxo.htm Anime News Service Sept]</ref><br />
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In interviews in 2007 available on [[Evangelion 1.0 Complete Records Collection]], Tsurumaki reveals that the initial plans were for a new series, an "<i>Evangelion 2</i>" or "<i>Evangelion G</i>" (in references to the Gundam series). During the planning, however, Rebuild became something different, with greater links to the original series. The first movie becomes more of a compilation of the first story arc, from [[Episode 1]] to [[Episode 6]]. Masayuki directed Part A (first half) and Tsurumaki directed Part B (second half).<br />
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A particular challenge was the addition of greater 3D technology to the film. Tsurumaki described how CGI became more prominent for the second half and the difficulties in dealing with "natural movements": Eva-01, for example, is purely made in 3D. Tsurumaki said that, as he became more used to the technology, he had a preference to leave more and more scenes for it.<br />
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"I'd like to develop the use of digital more, and the fact that I was able to get quite into making the TOKYO-3 building in 3D was a great achievement, so I have a desire to try to fill in that direction. Anno's concept is to "use 3DCG like a miniature", but I think there are more possibilities there. If you try to pursue something more realistic, the difficulty level rises considerably, but if you can do it in a "model special effects-like" way, you can do something more interesting. It was a valuable discovery to me that 3DCG in this direction was a good match for Anno's direction."<br />
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Director Hideaki Anno was also interviewed the same year and his interview is also available on 1.0 CRC. He describes that the decision to make Rebuild of Evangelion started in 2005, getting inspired by Gundam series format. For his motivations, Anno says his goal is to turn Eva into something that sustains the anime industry:<br />
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"I hope that Eva can help as one of the contents that support the entire anime industry. If there was anything else, anything would have been fine, but objectively speaking, "Evangelion" has the highest potential."<br />
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Around the same time, Anno was leaving Gainax and founding Khara, where he would transfer planning for the Rebuild series.<ref>"In May of 2006, Anno established a new movie planning and production company, Khara Inc. In September 2006, Studio Khara is established. One year later, in September 2007, its first production film, Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone was released in theaters. In October of 2007, Anno resigned from Gainax Co. Ltd." Source: [https://www.gwern.net/docs/eva/2011-studiokhara-hideakiannopersonalbiography.html]</ref><br />
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==Notes==<br />
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*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 [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-09-03/japanese-box-office-august-25-26-september-1-2 ]<br />
*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. <br />
*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 "Em'''a'''rgency" 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.<br />
*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. <br />
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==Guides==<br />
*Many scenes were recreated almost shot-for-shot. See: "[[Guides:Neon Genesis Evangelion vs. Evangelion 1.0]]"<br />
*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]]"<br />
*For translations of some the "official designations" of people, locations, weapons, technology, and so forth, see: [[Resources:Explanation of Evangelion 1.01]]<br />
*For interviews of the staff about movie and Rebuild's production and ideas, see: [[Evangelion 1.0 Complete Records Collection]]<br />
*For major plot questions, see: [[Guides: Evangelion 1.11 FAQ]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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| japanese_title_k = ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:破<br />
| japanese_title_r = Evangelion Shin Gekijōban: Ha<br />
| japanese_title_e = Evangelion New Theatrical Edition: Break<br />
| english_title = Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance<br />
| image = [[Image:Eva2-0 logos.png|350px]]<br />
| written_by = [[Hideaki Anno]]<br />
| directed_by = [[Hideaki Anno]] (chief director), [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]], [[Masayuki]]<br />
| theatrical_release = June 27, 2009 (Japan)<br />
| streaming_release = August 13, 2021 (Amazon Prime Video)<br />
| video_release = 2.22: May 26, 2010<br />
| angels = [[Third Angel]], [[Seventh Angel]], [[Sahaquiel|Eighth Angel]], [[Bardiel|Ninth Angel]], [[Zeruel|Tenth Angel]]<br />
| eva_sorties = [[Evangelion Unit-05|Eva-05]], [[Evangelion Unit-02 (Rebuild)|Eva-02]], [[Evangelion Unit-01|Eva-01]], [[Evangelion Unit-00|Eva-00]], [[Evangelion Unit-03|Eva-03]], [[Evangelion Unit-06|Eva-06]]<br />
| prev = [[Evangelion:_1.0_You_Are_(Not)_Alone|Evangelion 1.0]]<br />
| next = [[Evangelion:_3.0_You_Can_(Not)_Redo|Evangelion 3.0]]<br />
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'''Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance''' (ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:破) is the second film in the [[Rebuild of Evangelion]] movie series. It premiered in Japan on June 27, 2009. The film was released to Japanese DVD and BD as ''Evangelion 2.22'' with new scenes and dozens of modified cuts.<br />
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The movie introduces [[Asuka Shikinami Langley]], [[Ryoji Kaji]], and the new character [[Mari Illustrious Makinami]]. A combination of familiar and newly-designed Angels appeared over the course of the film, with new locations [[Bethany Base]] and [[Tabgha Base]].<br />
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Evangelion 2.0 departs from the original much more extensively than 1.0, with a greater emphasis on new material. The first half of the film adapts "Action Arc" episodes [[Episode 08|08]] through [[Episode 12|12]]. The second half adapts the primary conflicts of [[Episode 18|18]], and [[Episode 19|19]], while incorporating material up through [[Episode 23|23]].<br />
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[[File:Evangelion 2.0 poster.jpg|100px|right|thumb|Theatrical Poster]]<br />
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==Plot==<br />
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[[image:Eva2-22 C0032.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Mari piloting during the [[Third Angel]] battle.]]<br />
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The movie opens in [[Bethany Base]], a joint U.S./Russian [[Nerv#Rebuild_Of_Evangelion|Nerv]] base, where Mari is introduced in [[Evangelion Unit-05]] fighting the [[Third Angel]] as it tries to escape. After a fierce battle, Mari is forced to eject and self-destruct the Eva to defeat the Angel. [[Ryoji Kaji#In Rebuild of Evangelion|Kaji]], who had been in communication with Mari during the fight, is then seen leaving the base via aircraft.<br />
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In a graveyard, for those lost during Second Impact, [[Shinji_Ikari#Rebuild_of_Evangelion|Shinji]] and [[Gendo_Ikari#In Rebuild_of_Evangelion|Gendo]] have a conversation infront of [[Yui Ikari#In Rebuild_of_Evangelion|Yui's]] empty grave; something which Shinji expresses his appreciation for. [[Misato_Katsuragi#In Rebuild_of_Evangelion|Misato]] takes Shinji home in the car, and en route they witness a battle between warships and the [[Seventh Angel]]. As Misato orders Nerv's Evas to intercept the Angel, [[Evangelion_Unit-02#In Rebuild_of_Evangelion|Eva-02]] arrives and proceeds to easily destroy it. The pilot of Eva-02, European Airforce Captain Asuka Langley Shikinami, introduces herself to Shinji, [[Toji_Suzuhara|Toji]] and [[Kensuke_Aida|Kensuke]], though she takes an immediate dislike to [[Rei_Ayanami#In Rebuild_of_Evangelion|Rei Ayanami]].<br />
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At Nerv Kaji hands a package to Gendo, the contents of which look like a human nervous system. Gendo calls it the "[[Key of Nebuchadnezzar]]," the Key to Human Instrumentality.<br />
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Asuka arrives at Misato's apartment believing herself to be replacing Shinji, but Misato reveals that both pilots will be living together as they are in need of learning teamwork. Something which neither child is pleased to discover. At night, Asuka is shown telling herself that she's special and she'll always be alone, while she plays with a doll.<br />
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Shinji and his classmates are taken to the maritime preservation zone where the last marine animals are kept alive and the red ocean water is purified in order to make it habitable once more. Kaji reveals to Shinji Misato's past and the events of [[Second Impact]]. Meanwhile, Gendo and Fuyutsuki visit [[Tabgha Base]], located on the moon. They see a topless Kaworu sitting atop [[Evangelion_Mark.06|Eva Mark.06]], who turns to Gendo and says "I'm pleased to meet you, father."<ref>[http://forum.evageeks.org/viewtopic.php?p=389045#389045 Evageeks.org: Kaworu calling Gendo "father".] Retrieved 2011/02/19.</ref><br />
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The [[Sahaquiel#In_Rebuild_of_Evangelion|Eighth Angel]] appears. Identified as a living bomb that will drop on Tokyo-3, Misato plans to intercept it with the Evas, despite Ritsuko's objections to the practicality of the plan. The Eva units rush to the impact zone and catch it with the use of their A.T. Fields. After the Angel is destroyed, Gendo praises his son via a voice only communication.<br />
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That night, Asuka is unable to sleep because of her inability to face the 8th Angel alone. She enters Shinji's room and lays behind him. Asuka decides they should refer to each other by their first names and asks why he pilots the Eva. Shinji replies that he isn't sure, but is happy that his father praised him - indicating that this might be the reason.<br />
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[[Image:Eva2-22 C0634.jpg|300px|thumb|left|The three pilots during a synch test.]]<br />
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While Rei and Gendo eat a meal together, she requests that she arrange a dinner party for Shinji and the others and that Gendo himself attends. Gendo agrees after being reminded of Yui. Soon afterwards, Mari arrives in Japan by parachute, landing on top of Shinji at his school's rooftop. She speaks in English on her phone about her landing point being diverted, then tells Shinji before leaving that he's interesting and she likes his smell of LCL.<br />
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[[Image:2.22 Shinji-Mari-meeting.png|300px|thumb|right|[[Shinji Ikari|Shinji's]] awkward first meeting with [[Mari Makinami Illustrious|Mari]].]]<br />
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Meanwhile, Rei is learning how to cook in preparation for the dinner party, cutting several fingers in the process. Asuka also attempts to learn how to cook, so that she may impress Shinji. Rei sends out invitations to the party to everyone, even Asuka, although Shinji has no idea that Rei invited Gendo.<br />
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Somewhere in the United States [[Evangelion_Unit-04#Rebuild_of_Evangelion|Eva-04]] disappears along with the American Nerv base. [[Evangelion_Unit-03#Rebuild_of_Evangelion|Eva-03]] is airlifted to Japan as a result. Nerv headquarters encloses Eva-02 because of the [[Vatican Treaty]], which states no more than three active Eva units are allowed in the same country. Asuka, angered over the decision, runs into Rei in the elevator. Rei explains what it means to be an Eva pilot and Asuka tries to slap her in frustration. She notices Rei has more cuts from cooking than she does and asks Rei what Shinji means to her. A jealous Asuka storms out of the elevator.<br />
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While having some drinks and dinner with Kaji, Misato asks him to tell her the details of Seele and the Human Instrumentality Project, though he only claims that he isn't sure. Misato broods about the pilots having to shoulder the burden of the Evas, and how testing for Eva-03 happens on the same day as Rei's dinner party. Eva-03 arrives and Asuka decides to be the test pilot to skip Rei's dinner party. During the testing Eva-03 is taken over by [[Bardiel#In_Rebuild_of_Evangelion|the Ninth Angel]], setting off an explosion at [[Matsushiro]]. Bringing an end to Rei's arrangement.<br />
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In [[Evangelion_Unit-01#Rebuild_of_Evangelion|Eva-01]] Shinji is faced against Eva-03 alone, but refuses to fight for fear of harming the pilot, despite being choked. Due to Shinji's refusal to retaliate, Gendo orders the [[Dummy System]] to be activated, forcing shinji to watch in horror while his Eva-01 brutalises Eva-03 and its core. When he regains the controls, Shinji begins attacking Nerv HQ and threatening his father. Gendo, unmoven, orders the LCL pressure to be increased disabling Shinji inside the Evangelion. Asuka is shown to be alive, but in urgent care.<br />
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Upon awakening in his hospital room, Shinji is brought before Gendo for his attack on Nerv. Gendo concludes that his son needs to grow up, and he responds by quitting as a pilot. Misato attempts to convince Shinji to stay, revealing that Rei held the dinner party so that he and his father might grow closer, but Shinji resolves to leave regardless.<br />
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While Shinji is leaving Tokyo-3 the arrival of the [[Zeruel#In_Rebuild_of_Evangelion|10th Angel]] is reported. At Nerv, Mari hijacks Eva-02 and launches into the [[Geofront]], while on the Moon, Kaworu prepares his descent to Earth, standing atop the Mark-06. Confronting the Tenth Angel in Eva-02 Mari can not harm it. She inputs a secret code that causes the Eva to enter the "[[Beast Mode]]" state, but it proves futile as she is severely damaged by the Tenth. In [[Evangelion_Unit-00#In Rebuild_of_Evangelion|Eva-00]] Rei arrives with an [[N² Weapon|N² Missile]]. Together the Eva units remove the Angel's [[AT Field]], but Rei pushes Eva-02 away to safety before a the missile detonates.<br />
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Mari crash-lands into a shelter, that Shinji had taken refuge in, and together they witness Eva-00 being devoured by the Tenth Angel, who begins to match Eva-00's identification signal. After urging from Mari, Shinji rushes to Nerv and insists that Gendo allow him pilot Eva-01. In the Eva he manages to stop the Tenth Angel from destroying the bridge and triumphantly battles with the angel until the Eva runs out of power - losing an arm in the process. Becoming increasingly angered In the darkened entry plug, Shinji's eyes begin to glow red as he yells "Give me back Ayanami!" at which Eva-01 suddenly reactivates. The Eva blocks the Angel's attacks with a strong AT Field and regrows its missing arm. Eva-01 proceeds to slice the Tenth Angel in half with eye beams, opening up the core that Shinji then enters.<br />
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[[Image:Eva2-22 C1756.jpg|300px|thumb|left|The awakened [[Evangelion_Unit-01|Eva-01]].]]<br />
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Inside, Shinji sees Rei cowering. Reaching out his hand, she tells him that she can be replaced. Shinji denies Rei's claim and continues to enter the Tenth Angel, causing it to fuse with Eva-01, determined to rescue her. As Shinji embraces Rei they begin to dissolve, Shinji thanks Rei for her efforts of bringing him and his father together. Rei apologizes that she couldn't do anything, but Shinji says things are okay the way they are.<br />
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[[Image:Eva2-22 C1862.jpg|300px|thumb|right|[[Evangelion Unit-06|Eva-06]] descends from the sky after lancing [[Evangelion_Unit-01|Eva-01]].]]<br />
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The body of Tenth Angel, now a giant, red naked Rei, is fully fused with Eva-01's core. The sky turns red, the Eva forms a halo and a black hole appears; sucking the damaged Tokyo-3 into it. Misato and the rest of Nerv realize that this is the beginning of [[Third Impact]].<br />
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After the credits, the Lance of Cassius impales Unit-01 from the sky, appearing to stop Third Impact as Unit-01's AT-arm disappears and the doors to the [[Guf (Rebuild)|Chamber of Guf]] close. The completed Mark-06, with the same halo as the awakened Unit-01, is shown descending from the sky. From the cockpit, Kaworu announces "The promised time has come, Shinji Ikari. This time, I'll be sure to bring you happiness." <ref> There's more than a little confusion as to whether Kaworu's line must be translated as "at this time" or "this time around," both of which have very different implications for the rest of the story.</ref>.<br />
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==Different Versions: Evangelion 2.22==<br />
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Eva 2.0 skipped the DVD-only "X.0X" treatment of its predecessor and was released straight to a DVD & BD 2.22 version supplemented with new scenes and dozens of modified cuts. New scenes include Shinji meeting Kaji at a Tokyo-3 train terminal<ref>This was done to correct a continuity error from the original cut where Shinji and Kaji would talk without a prior meeting, according do CRC interviews.</ref> and Eva-03 being air-lifted out of the American base.<br />
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==Evangelion Q: Next Time Preview==<br />
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[[Image:Eva2-22 jikai C21.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Rei during the [[Evangelion 3.0|Q]] Preview.]]<br />
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Misato announces the following for the Next Time Preview of [[Evangelion 3.0|Evangelion Q/Quickening]]: "Eva-01 is frozen with Shinji and Rei still trapped inside. The fortress city is abandoned. Nerv personnel are held in confinement. Eva-06 is dropped into Dogma. The quickening Eva-08 and its pilot. And finally, the children fated to meet are gathered at last. Where will this story of people wishing to live lead?" Along with a promise of more fan service next time. However, none of the scenes from the next time preview make it into the final cut of Evangelion 3.0 that was released.<br />
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<i>See more:[[Theory and Analysis:Evangelion "2.5"]]</i><br />
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==Trailer Summaries==<br />
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===Preview===<br />
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[[Image:Eva1-0 jikai C08B adams.jpg|thumb|left|The "ADAMS" during the Second Impact flashback.]] [[Image:Eva1-0 jikai C18.jpg|thumb|right|Mari looks at an array of glowing crosses (altered in the actual film).]] A preview following the credits of ''Eva 1.0'', structured the same as the "Next Episode Previews" in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', complete with the same musical theme, voice-over by Misato, and promise of more fan service. <br />
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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 "[[Evangelion equipment|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|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, a fleeing flock of birds reflected in her glasses.<br />
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===Theatrical Trailer #1===<br />
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Released in Japanese cinemas on March 14, 2009, set to "FLY ME TO THE MOON (IN OTHER WORDS) 2007 MIX" by Hikaru Utada (same as 1.0's theatrical trailer). Yahoo! Japan subsequently released a 27 second long "special version" edit, which rehashed some of the clips to a remix of the "Next Episode Preview" theme, along with hosting the original theatrical trailer<ref>[http://event.yahoo.co.jp/eva2/real/special.html Yahoo! Japan. Evangelion New Theater Edition: Breakup. Newsflash.] Retrieved 2009/04/28.</ref>.<br />
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[[Image:Eva2-0 trailer C46 mycom.jpg|thumb|right|Shinji at the maritime preservation zone with Kaji (off-screen).]]<br />
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Fans get their first glimpse of Mari in Eva-05, some Angel attacks, and several character shots. The trailer ends with an aerial shot of Shinji standing at his mother's grave, watching Gendo fly away. He walks off-camera and 2.0's title comes onscreen, thus ending 2.0's theatrical trailer much the same as 1.0's ended.<br />
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===Theatrical Trailer #2===<br />
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Released to Japanese cinemas on April 25, 2009, the Bandai Channel on May 8, 2009<ref>[http://extr.b-ch.com/freemv/view/eva_ha/index.html Bandai Channel. Evangelion New Theatrical Feature: Division, Trailers.] Retrieved 2009/05/09. A Japanese IP or proxy is required to view the trailer.</ref>, and set to a bombastic choral/instrumental piece, "The Final Decision We All Must Take" by Shiro Sagisu. Various Angel battles and character shots are shown throughout the trailer.<br />
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[[Image:Eva2-0 trailer2 C49.jpg|thumb|left|Mari during the Eva-05 versus 3rd Angel battle.]]<br />
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===DVD Promo===<br />
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[[Image:Eva 2.22 Promo Rei.png|thumb|right|Rei, before Shinji rescues her from the 10th Angel's core.]]<br />
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A minute-long DVD Promo was released in late March 2010 at the Tokyo Anime Fair.<ref name=TAF>[http://www.evageeks.org/2010/03/evangelion-2-22-promotional-video-at-taf/ Tokyo Anime Fair.] Retrieved 2011/02/19.</ref> The Official Evangelion website released the Promo online on April 14th, 2010.<ref name=2.0promo>[http://www.evageeks.org/2010/04/official-evangelion-2-22-promo-released/ Eva 2.22 Promo.] Retrieved 2011/02/19.</ref> The promo clip was set to a variation of Megumi Hayashibara's version of "Tsubasa o Kudasai" (entitled "Wings_HayashibaraNew_FullCD") while the images consisted of various spoiler scenes and examples of touch ups for 2.22 (including a new scene of Mari and Eva-02 jumping upside down as well as Eva-03 being air-lifted).<br />
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==References==<br />
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== Guides==<br />
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* [[Resources:Explanation of Evangelion 2.22]]<br />
* [[Guides: Evangelion 2.22 FAQ]]<br />
* [[Evangelion 2.0 Complete Records Collection]]<br />
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==External Links==<br />
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* [http://www.evangelion.co.jp/ Official Website]<br />
* [http://www.khara.co.jp/ Studio Khara Website]<br />
* [http://www.funimation.com/evangelion/ Official Funimation Site]<br />
* [http://blog-soth.blogspot.com/2009/06/evangelion-20-summary.html Soth's plot summary]<br />
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==See Also==<br />
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* [[Resources:Eva 2.0 Promotional Posters|Evangelion 2.0 Promotional Posters]]<br />
* [[Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance Original Soundtrack]]<br />
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| japanese_title_k = シン・エヴァンゲリオン劇場版:<nowiki>||</nowiki><br />
| japanese_title_r = Shin Evangelion Gekijōban: <nowiki>||</nowiki><br />
| japanese_title_e = New Evangelion Theatrical Edition: <nowiki>||</nowiki><br />
| english_title = Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon a Time<br />
| image = [[File:4.0 title.jpg|350px]]<br />
| written_by = [[Hideaki Anno]]<br />
| directed_by = [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]], [[Katsuichi Nakayama]]<br />
| theatrical_release = March 8, 2021<br />
| streaming_release = August 13, 2021 (Amazon Prime Video) <br />
| video_release = 3.0+1.11: March 8, 2023 (Japan)<br />
| angels = <br />
| eva_sorties = [[Evangelion Unit-02 (Rebuild)|Eva-02]], [[Evangelion Unit-08|Eva-08]], [[Evangelion Mark.09|Mark.09]], [[Eva Series 7]], [[Evangelion 13|Eva-13]], [[Evangelion Unit-01|Eva-01]]<br />
| prev = [[Evangelion 3.0:_You_Can_(Not)_Redo|Evangelion 3.0]]<br />
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'''Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon a Time''' is the title for the fourth and final film in the [[Rebuild of Evangelion]] movie series, formerly known by the working title '''Evangelion: Final'''. Upon its initial announcement, It was planned to be released in Japan alongside the third film, [[Evangelion 3.0]], at an unspecified date. Previously, the name had been changed to what could be interpreted as either the symbol for "End" or "Repeat" in sheet music.<ref>http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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Unlike the three previous movies, the title is rendered in Katakana as "Evangelion" in the same manner as the TV series. Starting with "<i>Shin</i>", just like Anno's involved live-action titles like <i>Shin Godzilla</i> or <i>Shin Ultraman</i>. The previous three movies had Katakana that spelled "Wevangeliwon". Speculation by fans based on the Jo-Ha-Kyu structure of Japanese drama suggests that Final will incorporate the fourth and fifth acts of the Japanese drama cycle, depicting a long journey and coming to a quick conclusion<ref>http://forum.evageeks.org/post/663128/Did-Q-Fail-Thematically/#663128</ref>. Alternatively, the series may be following the Kishotenketsu<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kish%C5%8Dtenketsu</ref> narrative pattern which concludes in the fourth arc. Whether or not the movie actually follows either pattern of Japanese drama remains for further analysis once the movie is released outside of Japan. <br />
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In September 2014, the title of the final film was revealed to be "Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0", based on a title card shown at the end of the TV screening of Evangelion 3.0, followed by the subsequent update of the main Evangelion site with the new title.<ref>http://www.evageeks.org/2014/09/no-new-sneak-peaks-in-evangelion-finals-preview/</ref> The final title was revealed on December 27, 2019, along with the initial release date of June 27, 2020.<br />
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==Release Date==<br />
With the release of Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon A Time on March 8, 2021, the section below has been largely left as it is to show timeline information from past years, and chronicle the release of said timeline information to fans. <br />
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On December 31st, 2011 the Japanese website was updated to show a 2013 release date<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120101082254/http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>, but that has been removed when the site was updated after [[Evangelion 3.0]]'s release <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20121118180135/http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>. The website no longer features any tentative date and none have been announced<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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At the 2014 Tokyo Film Festival Anno joked that the final film might be released 4-6 years after [[Evangelion 3.0]]<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2014-10-27/anno-jokes-that-4th-new-evangelion-film-might-be-4-6-years-after-3rd-one/.80406</ref>. <br />
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Actual news on the film's production had been hard to come by during the period between 2012 and 2019. Various miscellaneous projects had been done, including two animated shorts that may or may not have been pertinent to the film's own details as well as the end of Sadamoto's manga adaption. However, during this period, the film itself saw no details except for the news that Utada Hikaru, who has been the musical artist for Rebuild's credit themes, would be returning in 2015 from her hiatus to write the final film's credits theme. The source also indicated that the film would release in autumn/winter 2015, but this claim was then refuted by the source, who then stated that no ''official'' announcement had been made.<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-26/magazine-final-evangelion-film-slated-for-fall-winter-2015-with-utada-song/.82629</ref> Prior to the new title announcement, this was the only solid news (or any news at all) that had been released.<br />
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On July 19th, 2016 Anno directly apologized to the fans of Evangelion. He stated ''"To all the Evangelion fans, I’m really, really keeping you all waiting, I am truly sorry."'' Anno then went on to say he felt "trapped" while making ''Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo'', saying he couldn't recharge. ''“Up until then, after doing the third entry Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, I thought I wasn’t going to make any more,”'' After being offered the job to work on ''Godzilla Resurgence'', he stated ''“At that time, I went into talks with Toho, and it saved me. I think this is how I’m able to keep making Evangelion. However, since it is a fact that I’m making everyone wait, I deeply apologize for that.”'' <ref>http://kotaku.com/an-apology-to-evangelion-fans-from-hideaki-anno-1783903322</ref><br />
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On July 20th 2018, the official Evangelion website was updated to reflect a 2020 theatrical release.<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/news.html</ref><br />
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On July 6th 2019, Khara screened the first ten minutes of the film on Japan Expo in Paris, Anime Expo in Los Angeles, and CCG Expo in Shangai. The film was originally scheduled for release on June 27, 2020.<br />
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On July 18th 2019, during showings of Makoto Shinkai's new film "Weathering with You", a new trailer was shown for 3.0 + 1.0 featuring the new June 2020 release. The trailer was later shared officially online.<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1152417665979277313</ref><br />
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On April 17th 2020, the official Evangelion website was updated to announced that the release date was being delayed by an unspecified amount of time due to the COVID-19 pandemic<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-17/evangelion-3.0-1.0-film-delayed-due-to-covid-19-concerns/.158693</ref><ref>https://www.gamespot.com/articles/evangelion-3010-film-release-delayed-due-to-corona/1100-6476186/</ref>. The announcement of the delay was accompanied by an updated staff/credits list, the release of the official poster in both Japanese and English and the reveal of the English title "Thrice Upon a Time" and the additional message "Bye-bye, all of EVANGELION"<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251064479816708096</ref>. Hideaki Anno posted a letter to healthcare workers expressing gratitude for fighting the disease, apologizing to fans for the added delay due to the unprecedented situation and encouraging all readers to persevere<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251066917495861248</ref>.<br />
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On October 15, 2020, Studio Khara sent out a tweet announcing that January 23, 2021 would be the new release date. The tweet contained a link to a new trailer for the movie<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/10/evangelion-3-01-0-has-a-new-release-date-in-2021/</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1316921806540996610</ref>.<br />
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On December 17, 2020, it was announced that all shooting and editing work for the movie was complete. This was followed by tweets from Studio Khara announcing that the movie had been screened to staff as well as select non-staff members, with the warning that spoilers on social media were a possibility by this point. <ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc2/status/1339355724669808640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref><ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/903217/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#903217</ref><br />
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Another trailer was released on December 24, 2020, featuring the "One Last Kiss" theme song.<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/12/3-0-1-0-xmas-trailer-with-one-last-kiss/</ref><br />
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On January 14, 2021, Studio Khara announced that the movie was to be indefinitely delayed again due to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, and that the scheduled release of the soundtrack on February 10 would not take place. <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/shineva2/</ref><ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/01/3-0-1-0-bad-news-and-a-little-good/</ref><br />
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On 26 February, 2021, it was announced that the film would be released on March 8, 2021<ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc/status/1365270814640148480</ref>. This became the actual, finalized date of release for the movie.<br />
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An updated version of the film, titled ''Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time'', was released in Japanese theaters on June 12, 2021. This version features updated cuts of various scenes. It also accompanied the distribution of a 36-page booklet called ''Eva-Extra-Extra'', including non-canon illustrations by staff and a prequel manga set before the events of the previous film, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, called Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) written by director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]] under Anno's supervision.<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/210607-2/</ref><br />
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Internationally, Amazon Prime Video acquired exclusive streaming rights to the film; it would be released in worldwide on August 13, 2021, excluding Japan.<ref>https://variety.com/2021/streaming/asia/evangelion-thrice-anime-movie-to-amazon-prime-video-1235009631/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-01/amazon-prime-video-to-stream-final-evangelion-film-on-august-13/.174666</ref> However, on July 20, 2021, Amazon Prime Video announced that would also stream the film in Japan on the same day as its international release.<ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2021-07-20/amazon-prime-video-also-streams-final-evangelion-film-in-japan-on-august-13/.175346</ref><br />
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==Publicity==<br />
[[Image:Evangelion 3.0+1.0, Final Visual.png|thumb|left|Final promotional image (Japanese)]]<br />
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On July 6, 2019, the event '''Operation 0706''' took place, the film's opening scene (having the production code "Avant 1") was simulcast on screens in Paris, France (Japan Expo) and throughout Japan, following a live event in Paris with Yoko Takahashi and Megumi Ogata. This was followed up later at other locations such as Los Angeles, CA's Anime Expo. A phone application was made available days before to drum up hype for the event, wherein the user was asked to choose between Team Nerv or Team Wille. After the event, their choice affected when they would have access to limited-access freebies: the four Shiro Sagisu pieces that debuted during Op0706, and the first three New Theatrical films. <br />
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On April 17, 2020, the announcement of the delay in the release date was accompanied by the revelation of the movie poster and the English title "Thrice Upon a Time". The poster features an image of Shinji in the distant background, walking down branching train tracks in bright sunlight. The location appears to be Ube-Shinkawa station, the main train station in the city of Ube, Yamaguchi Province, where [[Hideaki Anno]] was born. <br />
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On October 15, 2020, the announcement of the new release date was accompanied by the revelation of a new trailer, showing additional imagery of the characters, locations and Evangelions.<br />
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On December 9, 2020, the official Evangelion website announced that the theme song for the movie would be "One Last Kiss", performed by [[Hikaru Utada]] <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/onelastkiss/</ref>.<br />
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On December 23, 2020, the official Twitter announced that 3.0 + 1.0 would be screened simultaneously with [[Evangelion 3.333]] in back-to-back midnight IMAX screenings in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo, with the official website having a list of double-screenings for both movies. <ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1341941672704266240</ref> However, this double-screening did not materialize due to the delay caused in the movie's release date.<br />
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On February 16, 2021, Eirin (the Film Classification and Rating Organization) revealed the film's runtime to be 154 minutes. <ref>https://twitter.com/macgyjp/status/1361558394860040193 </ref> It was later clarified that the official runtime would instead be 155 minutes. <ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/910897/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#p910896</ref><br />
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On June 21, 2021, Shin Eva became the 49th highest grossing Japanese film, marking its entry into the top 50. <ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/06/shin-eva-becomes-49th-highest-grossing/</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
[[Image:Shin op0706 C080 kick.jpg|thumb|right|Eva-08 attacking Eva 44A]]<br />
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===Assault on Paris===<br />
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The film begins with [[Wille]] stopping in [[Paris Assault Mission|Paris, France]], which much like the outskirts of former Tokyo-3 has been converted into [[Core (Rebuild)|core material]]. A team descends from the [[AAA Wunder|Wunder]] -- comprised of [[Ritsuko Akagi (Rebuild)|Ritsuko]], [[Maya Ibuki|Maya]], three of Maya's male underlings, and [[Mari Makinami Illustrious|Mari]] in [[Evangelion Unit-08|Eva-08]] -- and lands on top of a mysterious black pillar. Ritsuko acts as a look-out while Maya and her men connect to the black pillar via laptop to resume the activation of an [[L Barrier|"Anti-L System"]] -- something a team of Europeans had previously died while attempting. As the operation begins, large numbers of a never-before-seen Eva type, [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44A|the aerial 44As]], appear in four waves, and Mari holds them off, assisted by helmsman [[Minor_Characters_(Rebuild)#Sumire_Nagara|Sumire Nagara]] utilizing the Wunder's intricate "cable flight" capabilities. Once the Evas have all been defeated, two more new enemy Eva types appear from a camouflaged cocoon: a [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_4444C|4444C unit]] with a Positron Cannon and the small army of generator-equipped [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44B|Eva 44Bs]] that supply power to it. While cable-suspended warships equipped with [[Evangelion Equipment (Rebuild)|ESVs]] are used to block the first shot, the team is left defenseless for the immediate second shot, as all the ships have been destroyed by the first shot. With Nagara's assist, Eva-08 charges the 4444C with the felled Eiffel Tower and before it can charge up fully, Mari is able to twist the tower down the 4444C's gun barrel, destroying both it and the 44Bs, at the cost of minor damage to Eva-08's legs. <br />
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Maya and the others successfully activate the pillar, which was actually a giant version of the sealing pillars seen in the two previous films. A radius of effect is created that pushes back the core-conversion, restoring part of the city. A large collection of E.U. Nerv storage lockers emerges from underground, filled with Eva spare parts, munitions, and components for what appears to be an upgraded model of [[Jet Alone]]. The Wunder and its support fleet descends, with two teams being dispatched to retrieve the parts and spares, and Mari muses that Eva-02 can be repaired and Eva-08 will be modified for "Overlap" compatibility. The scene ends with Mari promising to come back for [[Shinji]] <ref>''Evangelion: 3.0+1.0'', Avant 1, Operation 0706 Ver. [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English subtitles.]] Translated by Maryno_penguin, [[User:Reichu|Reichu]], sackboy71 et al.</ref>.<br />
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===Wandering, and Village-3===<br />
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The opening credits play over a montage of the red Earth, showing locations that have been turned to core. [[Failures of Infinity]] litter the landscape, with an anti-gravity effect manifesting in small areas, causing objects around them to float. Shinji, [[Rei Q]] and [[Asuka Shikinami Langley|Asuka]] walk together across its surface, with Asuka using the device in her hand as a compass to find their way. They are picked up by an adult in an SUV and wearing a protective suit. <br />
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Shinji wakes up to the sight of a child and a dog. He is examined by an adult Toji, who is highly surprised to see him, and with Hikari, who has since married him. The child is Toji and Hikari's daughter Tsubame<ref>The name literally means "Swallow" and is quite possibly a reference to the Tsubame service on the Kyushu Shinkansen[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsubame_(train)], continuing the Shinkansen reference in Hikari's name</ref>, and the dog is Toji's pet. It is revealed that they are in a settlement that has been kept free of the coreification proces, named Village-3, with Toji as the settlement's doctor and Kensuke as a technician/handyman, who is revealed to be the one who rescued the trio earlier. The village is being supported by an organization named [[Kredit]], which works together with Wille to provide supplies and facilitate trade with other settlements. Toji and Hikari greet Rei Q warmly, but she lacks of memory of either of them and is openly confused over the state of the world. Both of them realize that she is not the same Rei they knew, and they nickname her "lookalike". Neither Toji nor Kensuke show Shinji any hatred over Third Impact, and try to help him recover from his trauma, however, Shinji remains catatonic and is starting to feel physically sick, not talking to anyone and not eating anything, much to the annoyance of Hikari's father Bunzaemon, who lives with Toji and Hikari. Tsubame is the cause of much curiosity for Rei Q, who goes out and explores the world within the settlement with an almost childlike sense of curiosity, looking at such things as stray dogs and books. She also begins to learn more about her world, expressing continued confusion over the existence of a pregnant cat, baby Tsubame, and greetings such as "good morning" and "good night". She eventually settles down into village life, learning to farm alongside the older ladies of the village, working in the village rice paddies.<br />
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Kensuke offers to take the catatonic Shinji to his place, so that he might have some time to recover on his own. On arriving at Kensuke's residence (a small abandoned train station), Shinji sees Asuka leaving the shower naked, and she expresses irritation at Shinji's inaction, even at her current state. Shinji realizes Asuka has a DSS choker fitted on her as well, the sight of it causing Shinji to vomit due to traumatic memories of Kaworu's death. Kensuke cleans up the mess, and Asuka talks to him about Shinji's condition, calling him "kenken". She eventually has no option but to force-feed him protein bars due to his refusal to eat, and references her own inability to consume anything other than water. While doing so, she says that Shinji, as a fellow Pseudo-Lilin<ref>The Japanese term used here is Lilin-modoki, where modoki can variously mean "fake", "an imitation", "something that looks similar but is not the same".</ref>, may eventually join her and neither eat nor grow any longer. He goes out and spends entire days silently the ruins of Nerv-02, which is inhabited by a number of hot spring penguins, including a backpack-less Pen-Pen, while Asuka silently keeps a watch on him. Rei Q comes to Kensuke's house looking for Shinji, but finds only Asuka, who informs her that her feelings for the Third Child have been programmed into the Ayanami-Series since the beginning, as part of their inherent Eva-like restrictors as Eva pilots (notably, Asuka includes herself in these statements as well). Rei tells her she doesn't mind the artificial feelings, as they feel real to her, and Asuka gives in and tells her where Shinji is. Rei then goes to Shinji to return his SDAT along with some rations, but Shinji is still too distraught and knocks it away. Rei leaves with the SDAT, but leaves the rations behind. Overcome by hunger, Shinji eventually gives and eats the rations. Over the next few days, Rei gets better at farming and grows closer to the village folk, becoming more expressive. Eventually, she is able to get Shinji to talk to her, where he claims that he was the one who destroyed everything, and that he just wants to be left alone, and expresses confusion as to why people were being nice to him even after everything that happened, to which Rei replies that it is because they all like him. The response stuns Shinji, and he starts to become more active. Kensuke takes the slowly-recovering Shinji out fishing and on an infrastructure check to show him the massive [[Angel-sealing Hex Pillar]]s that are generating an [[L Barrier|Anti-L Field]] keeping the settlement and its surrounding areas safe from the coreification and the wandering [[Failures of Infinity]], which he says have started moving only recently. Shinji and Toji have a talk, and Toji reveals that he's not really a doctor, but only working with a basic knowledge of medicine and the machines that Kredit give them. He says that there are lives even he could not save, and that shouldering the anger and grief of those moments is what he believes he does best, so for the sake of his family and the village, he would continue to shoulder those burdens. He tells Shinji that he has already fought enough for everyone, and that he is welcome to stay in the Village if he wishes.<br />
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Some time later, Kensuke takes Shinji and Asuka to the grave of his father, Hajime Aida, and advises Shinji to try to talk to his own father so he has no regrets about not understanding him. Asuka scoffs at the idea, noting that the other party is "Gendo Ikari", and that it's impossible, but Shinji remains silent.<br />
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Rei Q eventually asks Shinji to help give her a proper name rather than "lookalike", and Shinji decides to call her "Ayanami" anyway. During a regular trip to check on the Anti-L System, Kensuke takes Shinji to a Wille Outdoor Laboratory that maintains the Anti-L System, and introduces him to "Ryoji Kaji", who is Misato's son with the original [[Ryoji Kaji]]. The younger Kaji works at repairing the Wille-built machines keeping the village free from being turned to core. On the way back, Kensuke talks to Shinji and explains the situation with the elder Kaji's death and Misato's current state, stating that Kaji Sr. sacrificed himself to stop Third Impact, and Misato now stays away from him so that she can protect him from afar, also adding that she regrets making Shinji shoulder all the burdens, and that is why (he thinks) she doesn't want Shinji to pilot an Eva again. Rei Q is revealed to require constant exposure to LCL to maintain her existence, and thanks Shinji for helping her find happiness before turning into LCL before his eyes. Shinji is shocked but Rei's experience is implied to help Shinji recover from his previous trauma.<br />
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AAA Wunder arrives to unload non-essential personnel. Kensuke reminds Shinji that he can stay in the village if he chooses to, but Shinji decides to go aboard the Wunder with Asuka, SDAT in hand, and Asuka tases him as per her orders. [[Sakura Suzuhara|Sakura]] looks him over in the medical wing, and slaps him when he awakens, infuriated at getting into [[Eva-13]] in the [[Evangelion 3.0|previous movie]], and eventually breaks down. Shinji is placed in isolation and under surveillance again, and both Asuka and Sakura express puzzlement at his return after discovering Kaworu's demise from the DSS Choker operational records. The bridge crew discusses the ongoing situation, with Midori expressing distaste over the Captain's decision to keep Shinji alive. Mari greets Asuka, who expresses the sentiment that Shinji "needs a mother, not a girlfriend". Ritsuko and Misato discuss their intentions in a space aboard Wunder dedicated to preserving seeds of life for all species, which is mentioned to be the original purpose of the vessel. Elsewhere, Fuyutsuki monologues about the Black Moon and Fourth Impact as well as Shinji and the fate of "Ayanami-type 6", wondering if Gendo deliberately made Shinji experience the same loss as him.<br />
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===Wille vs Nerv: Final===<br />
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Gendo and Fuyutsuki steer the Black Moon towards the epicenter of Second Impact, at Nerv's former Calvary Base in Antarctica, intending to restart Eva-13. Misato and Ritsuko discover this and have completed a "signal suspension plug" to stop this event. Misato and the bridge crew reminisce about Kaji's death and their determination to fight Nerv and restore the world to its original state. The Wunder takes off and heads into the upper atmosphere for repair and refit, and also to launch a number of seeds containing Earth's plant life into outer space. Misato and Ritsuko have a conversation about Wunder's purpose as an ark and it is revealed that the seed vault on the Wunder also includes seeds of the watermelons planted in Tokyo-3 by Ryoji Kaji. Mari and Asuka get their new plugsuits, and Mari reintroduces herself to Shinji. Asuka and Shinji talk and Shinji reveals that he understands Asuka's anger at his inaction in the previous movie. Asuka says that she appreciated Shinji's bento and used to like him in the past, but she has now grown up. Mari and Asuka, satisfied, get into their Evas. A vision of Kaworu appears to Shinji saying that they will meet again, and Shinji agrees. AAA Wunder descends from orbit towards Antarctica with the objective being the neutralization of Eva-13, in what Misato calls "Operation Yamato". The Wunder breaks through a hexagonal barrier that encloses an area of "high L density". <br />
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As it nears Antarctica, Wunder is attacked by two Nerv ships of the Erlösung-class, the same as the Wunder - Erbsünde (Original Sin) and Erlösung (Salvation), apparently under Fuyutsuki's control, and with different turret arrangements. The Wunder is also approached by a swarm of Eva Series 7. During the battle, the Wunder resorts to using the guided-missile destroyers in its support fleet as giant guided missiles. Asuka and Mari sortie and battle their way through the swarm of Nerv Evas towards Eva-13. Asuka attacks Eva-13 with the stop signal plug, but Eva-02 is afraid of Eva-13 and puts up an entirely unexpected A.T. Field of its own will. Wunder is ambushed by the fourth Nerv warship, Gebet (Prayer), with Fuyutsuki on board, and reverts to its original state as the first Nerv warship, the Buße (Penance or atonement). Wings of light appear from the four Nerv warships in a manner much like the Adams at Second Impact, indicating an attempted Impact, not in Seele's scenario. Asuka removes her eyepatch and removes a restraint within her eye that keeps the Ninth Angel under control, transforming into a new Ninth Angel and converting Eva-02 into a previously unseen radiant giant state. However, it is revealed that she plays into Gendo's plan in the process as Eva-13 awakens just as Asuka erodes Eva-02's A.T. Field with her own, and destroys Eva-02 in much the same manner as Eva-01 destroyed Eva-03. During the process, Asuka is approached by "her original", revealing that she is a clone of the Shikinami series, and is absorbed by Eva-13. Wunder is taken over by a new Eva Mark.09, which Fuyutsuki is implied to have been responsible for <ref>Based on currently available information, the Mark.09A Evangelion was possibly created from the remains of the original Mark.09, which was subject to Eva-02's self-destruct explosion at the end of Evangelion 3.0. </ref>.<br />
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Gendo floats down to the Wunder himself, and Misato and Ritsuko confront him. Ritsuko shoots Gendo through his visor, however, her bullets are entirely ineffective and he simply scoops his blown-out brains and puts them into the hole in the back of his head. It is revealed that Gendo has used the Key of Nebuchadnezzar and has thrown away his humanity by adding "information that surpassed the logic of the world" to his body, and it is shown that there is only a cross-shaped glowing void where his eyes used to be. Gendo monologues about the purpose of the impacts and about the Human Instrumentality Project, before hitting the Wunder's engine with an Angel-like optical blast to retrieve Unit-01, and entering Eva-13 through its mouth.<br />
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===Human Instrumentality: Father and Son===<br />
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Shinji turns to Misato and asks to pilot Eva-01 to stop Gendo. Midori Kitakami and Sakura are appalled at the prospect of Shinji entering the Eva and fire at him, but Misato blocks Sakura's bullet with her own body. Misato thanks Shinji for saving them all from destruction using Eva-01 fourteen years previously, and explains that as his superior, the responsibility for his actions was ultimately hers, and since Shinji is still her subordinate, she will take responsibility for his actions. Misato and Shinji have a conversation in which Misato asks Shinji to take care of her son. Meanwhile, Mari takes Eva-08 into an "overlapping" state where it merges with Eva-09, 10, 11, and 12 after partially consuming them, giving Eva-08 the ability to navigate the space beyond the [[Guf (Rebuild)| Doors of Guf]]. Shinji enters Eva-01 out of nowhere and the original Rei Ayanami appears to him inside, with her hair grown very long. She apologizes to him for not being able to make it so that he wouldn't have to get into an Eva, but Shinji thanks her and says he will take care of the rest. Ritsuko and Maya are shocked to discover that Shinji, rather than having a zero percent synchro rate with Eva-01 like they previously thought, has in fact attained a previously impossible infinite synchro-rate with Eva-01, as Shinji restores Eva-01's limbs and begins to strangle Eva-13, prompting Gendo to remark that "Unit-01's Pilot has awakened, has he?".<br />
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Gendo shows Shinji an "imaginary Evangelion" that takes the form of a Black Lilith due to Shinji's memories. This being was predicted by the theories of Dr. Katsuragi. The twin spears of Longinus and Cassius enter the imaginary Evangelion and transform it into a giant Rei with a floating decapitated head. Fuyutsuki recognizes Mari and addresses her as "Maria of Iscariot", and Mari refers to him as "Fuyutsuki-sensei" and adds that it has been a long time since anyone called her by that name. He tells Mari that he has given her what she requested, and addresses Yui with his last words before turning to LCL.<br />
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Gendo and Shinji fight in an "alternate universe" where LCL gives shape to perception, entering a surreal fight where they clash in multiple different locations across space and time that take form from Shinji's memories, but the rest of the world is revealed to be little more than a ''tokusatsu'' movie set complete model warships and Evangelion costumes for suit actors. Eva-01 and Eva-13 are in synch with each other, and Shinji fails to prevail over Gendo during the entire surreal fight. When they reach a location that is based on Shinji's memories of the village, he remembers the conversations he had with Toji and Kensuke and appeals to Gendo to stop and talk. Gendo is revealed to be afraid of Shinji as he puts up an A.T. Field of his own, but Shinji breaks through by handing over Gendo's old SDAT. <br />
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Gendo reveals his past; he was a lonely individual who grew up without parents, and the only loves in his life were books and the piano. A slightly older Mari - who is revealed to be a friend of Gendo's - introduces him to Fuyutsuki as well as Yui, whom he falls in love with. Shinji sees a vision of Gendo's past experiences and life, and learns how Yui's loss traumatized him. The setting is now on the KuMoHa42 rail car. Misato prepares to turn the AAA Wunder into another Spear to hurl at a giant Red Rei, using Ritsuko's knowledge to transform Wunder's spinal linkage system. Mari in the overlapping Eva-08 scuttles the other three Nerv warships and bids goodbye to them, referring to them as "Adams". Eva-08 boards the spinal system as Misato uses the Wunder to ram the eye of the giant Rei-being. Misato sacrifices herself to hold back Gendo's [[Additional Impact]] and manifest the Spear of Gaius, representing humanity's will. The Gaius materializes in miniature form between Shinji's hands as Misato completes her sacrifice.<br />
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Shinji helps Gendo find closure, and similarly for a now-adult Asuka, helping her find closure as well <ref> While this scene is set on a beach resembling the final scene in End of Evangelion, this is [[Shikinami Asuka Langley]] and '''not''' [[Asuka Langley Soryu]].</ref> We learn the backstory behind Asuka Shikinami, that she is the last surviving clone of the Shikinami series, having survived past all the combat training that the other clones failed and were eliminated for. Asuka is old enough to remember seeing Gendo, Yui and a little Shinji visit the Euro-Nerv facilities. Shinji tells the now-adult Asuka that he ''used'' to like her - making it clear, that like Asuka, any romantic or sexual feelings between them are in the past, and asks Asuka to say hi to Kensuke for him. Shinji talks to Kaworu and gives Kaworu the closure he seeks; In a scene that is indicative of what happened during the 14-year timeskip, Kaworu and the elder Kaji speak to each other. Kaworu is dressed in the same Nerv commander uniform as Gendo and the Bethany base commander, with Kaji in the same vice-commander uniform as Fuyutsuki and the Bethany base vice-commander. Kaworu, whom the elder Kaji calls "Commander Nagisa", agrees to go to the settlement where the younger Kaji farms<ref>Interviews have confirmed that Kaworu took over as commander of Nerv with Kaji as his vice-commander soon after the events of [[Evangelion 2.0]], with Gendo and Fuyutsuki being deposed.</ref>. Shinji eventually settles upon a complete reset of the world, a "Neon Genesis", a world without Evangelions. Shinji prepares to stab himself with the Spear of Gaius. Shinji is then pushed out of Eva-01 by his mother Yui, who is revealed to have been with him the entire time, and they are embraced from behind by Gendo in Eva-13. Gendo and Yui, Eva-01 and Eva-13 together sacrifice themselves to finish what Shinji began, spearing all Evangelions that ever were created at once. Their actions return all Evangelions and Failures of Infinity back into human and animal forms, restoring the world to its original state before the impacts.<br />
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In the final sequence, Asuka, Rei and Kaworu are seen on the platform of a train station with the [[KuMoHa42]] approaching, and an older Shinji is approached by Mari from behind. Mari closes his eyes and asks him to guess who she is, referring to her initial meeting with him and her meeting with him on the Wunder. The grown-up Shinji (voiced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%ABnosuke_Kamiki Ryunosuke Kamiki]) answers correctly, and Mari takes the DSS Choker that adult Shinji wears off his neck. Shinji holds Mari's hands and both of them head out of the train station together, and the sequence transitions into both Shinji and Mari escaping into a live-action sequence of Anno's hometown of Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, implying that all the Children have found closure in our reality.<br />
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==Production History and Development==<br />
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===Early development and delays===<br />
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The film was announced alongside Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo for release in 2008 as the final part of the Rebuild series under the working title Evangelion: Final. After delays of the first three films, Evangelion: Final was expected for release in 2015. In 2014, director and producer Hideaki Anno announced that due to other commitments, the film would be further delayed to an unknown date. Following the troubled production of the third film, director and producer Hideaki Anno became depressed and stated publicly in 2015 that he could not work on another film. As part of his recovery, Anno had also worked on Studio Ghibli's The Wind Rises under his mentor Hayao Miyazaki. Toho (which co-distributes the film in Japan with Toei) also approached Anno with an offer to direct a reboot of its Godzilla film series, Shin Godzilla, which also contributed to the delay on 3.0+1.0. Financial reasons also played a part. In 2014, Anno's Studio Khara loaned his former company Studio Gainax 100 million yen ($916,400). In 2016, Anno filed a claim for debt collection, fearing not only for the return of the money but also because of Gainax selling production materials to third parties, after a precedent of other sales of intellectual property without informing him. This was part of several legal issues surrounding Gainax and Evangelion.<br />
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Production on Evangelion resumed after the production of Shin Godzilla ended in late 2016. After a formal apology, animation director Takeshi Honda stated that the last film had resumed development. Studio Khara tweeted on April 5, 2017, that development was going smoothly. In May 2018, the studio put out a job listing for animation staff to work on 3DCG, VFX, and 2D animation starting on June 30, 2018. Animation was going through the final check by October 2, 2020. Dialogue recording wrapped on November 19, 2020. On December 16, 2020, Studio Khara announced that compositing and editing work had finished. In 2019 the film was scheduled for a June 27, 2020 release date but received two delays due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, first scheduled for a January 23, 2021 release, before being released on March 8, 2021.<br />
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===Development===<br />
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Anno was very reluctant to return to work on the film in 2016. In 2018, Anno had asked for the opinion of voice actors like Megumi Ogata (Shinji) on how to move the plot forward after 3.0. Anno felt he could no longer understand Shinji and by now his current self was closer to Gendo than Shinji, and needed Ogata's input on how Shinji could recover after the events of 3.0. Anno felt that at that point the only people who could understand Shinji's feelings were Ogata herself and his personal assistant, Ikki Todoroki. Anno himself had intended to go to Paris for Japan Expo 2019, but the film's continuing delays in production prevented him. Anno had often visited the film's music composer Shirō Sagisu, who lives half the year in Paris, and wished to pay homage to the city in the opening 10 minutes of the movie, entitled AVANT1 ("before" in French), seeking to surpass his earlier depiction in Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. At the event, Ogata also recounted Anno had asked what ending she preferred "as Shinji". AVANT1+2, including a further 2 minutes of the opening sequence, was also streamed on Khara's YouTube channel and Japanese Amazon Prime Video for free for two weeks.<br />
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Dialogue for Parts A and B, set after AVANT, started recording in March 2019. As there were several changes to the plot, many voice actors had to come back and record lines again. In 2020, due to the pandemic restrictions, production slowed down further and recording was mostly done by the voice actors separately as many dozens of takes were necessary, and they organized themselves through a Line group. This created a bond between the cast that was unprecedented in previous productions. At the end of recording, Anno thanked the cast for their contributions. Yūko Miyamura, who played Asuka, was instructed to treat her character as completely separate from the series' Asuka Langley Soryu, and the last thing asked of her was to write the character's full name in cursive herself to be used in the movie. She had lived in Australia for the past two decades, but was still unsure of how to write "Langley". Miyamura expressed her surprise at Anno's behavior near the end of production, in contrast to his behavior during the making of End of Evangelion: "Anno-san is amazing. He has become an adult".<br />
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Anno sought to bring in new talent and people outside the usual Evangelion core crew, like Darling in the Franxx creator Atsushi Nishigori, a protégé of his, while other core staffers like chief editor Masayuki largely stepped down in order to allow new talents to gain more experience. In addition, the series' original character designer, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, has had diminishing involvement since 3.0, and the new character designs are mostly done by Hidenori Matsubara. Anno had long stated his wish to revitalize the anime industry, and saw the sponsorship of new creators as a prime way of achieving this, as well as the promotions of events backed by Studio Khara like the Japan Animator Expo. Director Mahiro Maeda recounted Anno wanted him to figure out specific details of the plot on his own when asked. Similarly to production in the series, Anno would take ideas from staffers but have the final word in plot decisions. Anno had also been an advocate of employing new and innovative animation technologies, combined with extensive use of motion capture and computer-generated imagery, and employed them in the film. Maeda and others noted nonetheless that Anno seemed to be directing the film more like a live action film than animation, including in the way he directed the voice actors, taking cues from theatre techniques, after his previous experience outside Evangelion, despite the staff's own limited experience, something he had previously attempted in Cutie Honey. He thought Anno "wanted to get out of here the most", but expressed his feelings in film sincerely.<br />
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Director Kazuya Tsurumaki details Anno wanted to try a new process for the film. Instead of first creating storyboards and then developing the animation based on them as is traditional, Anno proposed to first draw the animation cels and then draw the scenes from them. This technique was generally referred to by staff as "pre-visualization". He was once more inspired from the usual process in live action, where scenes are first shot from multiple angles and then stories are created and then selected during editing. The latter half of the film, however, progressively returned to the traditional anime style. Tsurumaki noted the original intention was that "the first 80%" of the Rebuild series would be a "compilation" of the original anime series, and the changes would only start with the last film, in keeping with earlier comments in 2006 by producer Toshimichi Ohtsuki regarding the intention that only the ending would be a major departure from the series, as staff felt End of Evangelion could not receive a sequel, and the Rebuild movies were not going to be "metaphysical" like the original anime, but rather "oriented towards entertainment". This eventually changed, and major changes started happening as early as Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance. He also noted that the previously stated goal of "destroying Evangelion" through the character of Mari was entrusted to an external party. Anno would ask the opinion of many parts of staff, including those not involved in the actual film like office staff for their opinions on several nuances. Anno's wife Moyoco Anno provided early designs for some characters. Studio Ghibli also provided assistance to scenes set in the survivor's village. For the village itself, Khara had a box model custom-built to orientate the artists, and Anno personally adjusted it to the smallest details like individual house layout, road with and utility posts to make it as realistic as possible. Staff consulted with multiple professionals and conducted research like sky-diving for maximum accuracy.<br />
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A making-of documentary aired on Japanese broadcaster NHK in March 22, 2021, with the crew following production for 1214 days. BS Japan also broadcast an extended version of the documentary on April 29, 2021, totaling 100 minutes of runtime, featuring unused footage. Amazon Prime Video included the extended version of documentary in its international release of the film in August. When production started in 2016, Anno initially intended to not involve himself much in the film, wishing to delegate most of it to his directors, particularly Tsurumaki, generally considered Khara's second-in-command, but as the release date approached with mounting production problems he progressively took more control and took on more tasks directly, also driven by his perfectionism. Maeda was also not initially serving as a director, but was brought in the middle of production. Kim Morrisy of Anime News Network described it as tumultuous: "There were several occasions shown when he decided that the work he had done at the time was insufficient and would scrap it entirely. The [final] D part of the script was eventually completed in early 2019, at the latest possible stage it could have been done to meet the deadline."<br />
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In the documentary, Anno is depicted as frequently late or absent from the studio, or would often stay overnight adjusting individual scenes he was unsatisfied with. Part A had been rewritten multiple times, and at one point Anno was so lost on how to resolve the story lines he considered restarting it from scratch after nine months of work. Anno believed he wouldn't miss working on the franchise and said everything he needed to, feeling finishing his work remained a priority, even at the expense of his well-being. Anno told Ogata later at post-production that he'd indeed miss it. Hayao Miyazaki described Anno, as an apprentice of his, as "one who sheds blood for his films". Gainax co-founder Toshio Okada criticized the documentary as "sloppy" and "propaganda" trying to make Anno look better, claiming Anno's live-action approach in fact took inspiration from Hiroyuki Yamaga's work in Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise instead of being sui generis as the documentary implied, and Anno noted the crew was in fact not present during the highly intense production of Part D for several months, nor did it cover him thanking the staff at the end.<br />
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On March 28, 2021, the cast was fully reunited for the first time in 14 years and held a stage greeting, commenting on the film and their bond to the characters. On April 12, 2021, directors Anno, Tsurumaki and Maeda, as well as Ogata, held another stage greeting. On June 26, 2021, Anno held a live stream on singer Hikaru Utada's Instagram page, and debated the film. On June 27, 2021, another cast greeting was held. Mari's voice actress Maaya Sakamoto explained she had been absent from the previous events because she felt apprehensive over the details she knew about Mari's character that Anno told her, but refused to share them: "I will take secrets to my grave". A last stage greeting was held on July 11, 2021. Anno felt he had now done everything he could with anime, and accordingly Khara denied reports that he was working on a reboot of a popular animation series. He also noted he initially attempted a shorter two hour runtime, but had to extend it.<br />
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===Future of the franchise===<br />
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Anno had originally intended on making a new Evangelion story since 2000<ref>https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_1.0_Complete_Records_Collection</ref> and has intended to open-up the franchise in the future to new creators and turn Eva into a "new Gundam", using the Rebuilds as a foundation for this, but 3.0+1.0 is intended to be his final Evangelion work. The Animator Expo already featured two independent works based on the franchise: Evangelion – Another Impact and Neon Genesis IMPACTS, as well as until You come to me, a short film intended to showcase the talent of younger Khara animators, not as an official trailer. In an interview in August 2021, Anno stated other parts of the franchise and story might be revisited later. In Hikari Utada's live stream featuring Anno, he comments that "the New Eva isn't 100% what I want it to be." Additionally, the 3.0+1.01 re-release and the Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) prequel manga can already be seen as early examples of additions to the franchise with Anno's blessing and involvement, with the former started a mere month after the film's initial release at Anno's initiative. Popular interest also remains extremely high, as can be seen NHK's making-off documentary, EVANGELION: 3.333 Breakdown (under Anno's supervision), the high number of interviews and articles done in the 6 months between Japanese and international release, with more on the way.<br />
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==See Also==<br />
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* [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English Translation of "Avant 1" Sequence]]<br />
* [[Guides:Evangelion 3.0%2B1.0_FAQ|FAQ for Evangelion:3.0+1.0]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Rebuild of Evangelion]]<br />
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| japanese_title_k = ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:破<br />
| japanese_title_r = Evangelion Shin Gekijōban: Ha<br />
| japanese_title_e = Evangelion New Theatrical Edition: Break<br />
| english_title = Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance<br />
| image = [[Image:Eva2-0 logos.png|350px]]<br />
| written_by = [[Hideaki Anno]]<br />
| directed_by = [[Hideaki Anno]] (chief director), [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]], [[Masayuki]]<br />
| theatrical_release = June 27, 2009 (Japan)<br />
| streaming_release = August 13, 2021 (Amazon Prime Video)<br />
| video_release = 2.22: May 26, 2010<br />
| angels = [[Third Angel]], [[Seventh Angel]], [[Sahaquiel|Eighth Angel]], [[Bardiel|Ninth Angel]], [[Zeruel|Tenth Angel]]<br />
| eva_sorties = [[Evangelion Unit-05|Eva-05]], [[Evangelion Unit-02 (Rebuild)|Eva-02]], [[Evangelion Unit-01|Eva-01]], [[Evangelion Unit-00|Eva-00]], [[Evangelion Unit-03|Eva-03]], [[Evangelion Unit-06|Eva-06]]<br />
| prev = [[Evangelion_1.0:_You_Are_(Not)_Alone|Evangelion 1.0]]<br />
| next = [[Evangelion 3.0:_You_Can_(Not)_Redo|Evangelion 3.0]]<br />
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'''Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance''' (ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:破) is the second film in the [[Rebuild of Evangelion]] movie series. It premiered in Japan on June 27, 2009. The film was released to Japanese DVD and BD as ''Evangelion 2.22'' with new scenes and dozens of modified cuts.<br />
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The movie introduces [[Asuka Shikinami Langley]], [[Ryoji Kaji]], and the new character [[Mari Illustrious Makinami]]. A combination of familiar and newly-designed Angels appeared over the course of the film, with new locations [[Bethany Base]] and [[Tabgha Base]].<br />
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Evangelion 2.0 departs from the original much more extensively than 1.0, with a greater emphasis on new material. The first half of the film adapts "Action Arc" episodes [[Episode 08|08]] through [[Episode 12|12]]. The second half adapts the primary conflicts of [[Episode 18|18]], and [[Episode 19|19]], while incorporating material up through [[Episode 23|23]].<br />
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[[File:Evangelion 2.0 poster.jpg|100px|right|thumb|Theatrical Poster]]<br />
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==Plot==<br />
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[[image:Eva2-22 C0032.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Mari piloting during the [[Third Angel]] battle.]]<br />
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The movie opens in [[Bethany Base]], a joint U.S./Russian [[Nerv#Rebuild_Of_Evangelion|Nerv]] base, where Mari is introduced in [[Evangelion Unit-05]] fighting the [[Third Angel]] as it tries to escape. After a fierce battle, Mari is forced to eject and self-destruct the Eva to defeat the Angel. [[Ryoji Kaji#In Rebuild of Evangelion|Kaji]], who had been in communication with Mari during the fight, is then seen leaving the base via aircraft.<br />
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In a graveyard, for those lost during Second Impact, [[Shinji_Ikari#Rebuild_of_Evangelion|Shinji]] and [[Gendo_Ikari#In Rebuild_of_Evangelion|Gendo]] have a conversation infront of [[Yui Ikari#In Rebuild_of_Evangelion|Yui's]] empty grave; something which Shinji expresses his appreciation for. [[Misato_Katsuragi#In Rebuild_of_Evangelion|Misato]] takes Shinji home in the car, and en route they witness a battle between warships and the [[Seventh Angel]]. As Misato orders Nerv's Evas to intercept the Angel, [[Evangelion_Unit-02#In Rebuild_of_Evangelion|Eva-02]] arrives and proceeds to easily destroy it. The pilot of Eva-02, European Airforce Captain Asuka Langley Shikinami, introduces herself to Shinji, [[Toji_Suzuhara|Toji]] and [[Kensuke_Aida|Kensuke]], though she takes an immediate dislike to [[Rei_Ayanami#In Rebuild_of_Evangelion|Rei Ayanami]].<br />
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At Nerv Kaji hands a package to Gendo, the contents of which look like a human nervous system. Gendo calls it the "[[Key of Nebuchadnezzar]]," the Key to Human Instrumentality.<br />
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Asuka arrives at Misato's apartment believing herself to be replacing Shinji, but Misato reveals that both pilots will be living together as they are in need of learning teamwork. Something which neither child is pleased to discover. At night, Asuka is shown telling herself that she's special and she'll always be alone, while she plays with a doll.<br />
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Shinji and his classmates are taken to the maritime preservation zone where the last marine animals are kept alive and the red ocean water is purified in order to make it habitable once more. Kaji reveals to Shinji Misato's past and the events of [[Second Impact]]. Meanwhile, Gendo and Fuyutsuki visit [[Tabgha Base]], located on the moon. They see a topless Kaworu sitting atop [[Evangelion_Mark.06|Eva Mark.06]], who turns to Gendo and says "I'm pleased to meet you, father."<ref>[http://forum.evageeks.org/viewtopic.php?p=389045#389045 Evageeks.org: Kaworu calling Gendo "father".] Retrieved 2011/02/19.</ref><br />
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The [[Sahaquiel#In_Rebuild_of_Evangelion|Eighth Angel]] appears. Identified as a living bomb that will drop on Tokyo-3, Misato plans to intercept it with the Evas, despite Ritsuko's objections to the practicality of the plan. The Eva units rush to the impact zone and catch it with the use of their A.T. Fields. After the Angel is destroyed, Gendo praises his son via a voice only communication.<br />
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That night, Asuka is unable to sleep because of her inability to face the 8th Angel alone. She enters Shinji's room and lays behind him. Asuka decides they should refer to each other by their first names and asks why he pilots the Eva. Shinji replies that he isn't sure, but is happy that his father praised him - indicating that this might be the reason.<br />
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[[Image:Eva2-22 C0634.jpg|300px|thumb|left|The three pilots during a synch test.]]<br />
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While Rei and Gendo eat a meal together, she requests that she arrange a dinner party for Shinji and the others and that Gendo himself attends. Gendo agrees after being reminded of Yui. Soon afterwards, Mari arrives in Japan by parachute, landing on top of Shinji at his school's rooftop. She speaks in English on her phone about her landing point being diverted, then tells Shinji before leaving that he's interesting and she likes his smell of LCL.<br />
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[[Image:2.22 Shinji-Mari-meeting.png|300px|thumb|right|[[Shinji Ikari|Shinji's]] awkward first meeting with [[Mari Makinami Illustrious|Mari]].]]<br />
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Meanwhile, Rei is learning how to cook in preparation for the dinner party, cutting several fingers in the process. Asuka also attempts to learn how to cook, so that she may impress Shinji. Rei sends out invitations to the party to everyone, even Asuka, although Shinji has no idea that Rei invited Gendo.<br />
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Somewhere in the United States [[Evangelion_Unit-04#Rebuild_of_Evangelion|Eva-04]] disappears along with the American Nerv base. [[Evangelion_Unit-03#Rebuild_of_Evangelion|Eva-03]] is airlifted to Japan as a result. Nerv headquarters encloses Eva-02 because of the [[Vatican Treaty]], which states no more than three active Eva units are allowed in the same country. Asuka, angered over the decision, runs into Rei in the elevator. Rei explains what it means to be an Eva pilot and Asuka tries to slap her in frustration. She notices Rei has more cuts from cooking than she does and asks Rei what Shinji means to her. A jealous Asuka storms out of the elevator.<br />
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While having some drinks and dinner with Kaji, Misato asks him to tell her the details of Seele and the Human Instrumentality Project, though he only claims that he isn't sure. Misato broods about the pilots having to shoulder the burden of the Evas, and how testing for Eva-03 happens on the same day as Rei's dinner party. Eva-03 arrives and Asuka decides to be the test pilot to skip Rei's dinner party. During the testing Eva-03 is taken over by [[Bardiel#In_Rebuild_of_Evangelion|the Ninth Angel]], setting off an explosion at [[Matsushiro]]. Bringing an end to Rei's arrangement.<br />
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In [[Evangelion_Unit-01#Rebuild_of_Evangelion|Eva-01]] Shinji is faced against Eva-03 alone, but refuses to fight for fear of harming the pilot, despite being choked. Due to Shinji's refusal to retaliate, Gendo orders the [[Dummy System]] to be activated, forcing shinji to watch in horror while his Eva-01 brutalises Eva-03 and its core. When he regains the controls, Shinji begins attacking Nerv HQ and threatening his father. Gendo, unmoven, orders the LCL pressure to be increased disabling Shinji inside the Evangelion. Asuka is shown to be alive, but in urgent care.<br />
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Upon awakening in his hospital room, Shinji is brought before Gendo for his attack on Nerv. Gendo concludes that his son needs to grow up, and he responds by quitting as a pilot. Misato attempts to convince Shinji to stay, revealing that Rei held the dinner party so that he and his father might grow closer, but Shinji resolves to leave regardless.<br />
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While Shinji is leaving Tokyo-3 the arrival of the [[Zeruel#In_Rebuild_of_Evangelion|10th Angel]] is reported. At Nerv, Mari hijacks Eva-02 and launches into the [[Geofront]], while on the Moon, Kaworu prepares his descent to Earth, standing atop the Mark-06. Confronting the Tenth Angel in Eva-02 Mari can not harm it. She inputs a secret code that causes the Eva to enter the "[[Beast Mode]]" state, but it proves futile as she is severely damaged by the Tenth. In [[Evangelion_Unit-00#In Rebuild_of_Evangelion|Eva-00]] Rei arrives with an [[N² Weapon|N² Missile]]. Together the Eva units remove the Angel's [[AT Field]], but Rei pushes Eva-02 away to safety before a the missile detonates.<br />
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Mari crash-lands into a shelter, that Shinji had taken refuge in, and together they witness Eva-00 being devoured by the Tenth Angel, who begins to match Eva-00's identification signal. After urging from Mari, Shinji rushes to Nerv and insists that Gendo allow him pilot Eva-01. In the Eva he manages to stop the Tenth Angel from destroying the bridge and triumphantly battles with the angel until the Eva runs out of power - losing an arm in the process. Becoming increasingly angered In the darkened entry plug, Shinji's eyes begin to glow red as he yells "Give me back Ayanami!" at which Eva-01 suddenly reactivates. The Eva blocks the Angel's attacks with a strong AT Field and regrows its missing arm. Eva-01 proceeds to slice the Tenth Angel in half with eye beams, opening up the core that Shinji then enters.<br />
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[[Image:Eva2-22 C1756.jpg|300px|thumb|left|The awakened [[Evangelion_Unit-01|Eva-01]].]]<br />
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Inside, Shinji sees Rei cowering. Reaching out his hand, she tells him that she can be replaced. Shinji denies Rei's claim and continues to enter the Tenth Angel, causing it to fuse with Eva-01, determined to rescue her. As Shinji embraces Rei they begin to dissolve, Shinji thanks Rei for her efforts of bringing him and his father together. Rei apologizes that she couldn't do anything, but Shinji says things are okay the way they are.<br />
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[[Image:Eva2-22 C1862.jpg|300px|thumb|right|[[Evangelion Unit-06|Eva-06]] descends from the sky after lancing [[Evangelion_Unit-01|Eva-01]].]]<br />
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The body of Tenth Angel, now a giant, red naked Rei, is fully fused with Eva-01's core. The sky turns red, the Eva forms a halo and a black hole appears; sucking the damaged Tokyo-3 into it. Misato and the rest of Nerv realize that this is the beginning of [[Third Impact]].<br />
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After the credits, the Lance of Cassius impales Unit-01 from the sky, appearing to stop Third Impact as Unit-01's AT-arm disappears and the doors to the [[Guf (Rebuild)|Chamber of Guf]] close. The completed Mark-06, with the same halo as the awakened Unit-01, is shown descending from the sky. From the cockpit, Kaworu announces "The promised time has come, Shinji Ikari. This time, I'll be sure to bring you happiness." <ref> There's more than a little confusion as to whether Kaworu's line must be translated as "at this time" or "this time around," both of which have very different implications for the rest of the story.</ref>.<br />
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==Different Versions: Evangelion 2.22==<br />
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Eva 2.0 skipped the DVD-only "X.0X" treatment of its predecessor and was released straight to a DVD & BD 2.22 version supplemented with new scenes and dozens of modified cuts. New scenes include Shinji meeting Kaji at a Tokyo-3 train terminal<ref>This was done to correct a continuity error from the original cut where Shinji and Kaji would talk without a prior meeting, according do CRC interviews.</ref> and Eva-03 being air-lifted out of the American base.<br />
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==Evangelion Q: Next Time Preview==<br />
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[[Image:Eva2-22 jikai C21.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Rei during the [[Evangelion 3.0|Q]] Preview.]]<br />
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Misato announces the following for the Next Time Preview of [[Evangelion 3.0|Evangelion Q/Quickening]]: "Eva-01 is frozen with Shinji and Rei still trapped inside. The fortress city is abandoned. Nerv personnel are held in confinement. Eva-06 is dropped into Dogma. The quickening Eva-08 and its pilot. And finally, the children fated to meet are gathered at last. Where will this story of people wishing to live lead?" Along with a promise of more fan service next time. However, none of the scenes from the next time preview make it into the final cut of Evangelion 3.0 that was released.<br />
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<i>See more:[[Theory and Analysis:Evangelion "2.5"]]</i><br />
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==Trailer Summaries==<br />
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===Preview===<br />
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[[Image:Eva1-0 jikai C08B adams.jpg|thumb|left|The "ADAMS" during the Second Impact flashback.]] [[Image:Eva1-0 jikai C18.jpg|thumb|right|Mari looks at an array of glowing crosses (altered in the actual film).]] A preview following the credits of ''Eva 1.0'', structured the same as the "Next Episode Previews" in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', complete with the same musical theme, voice-over by Misato, and promise of more fan service. <br />
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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 "[[Evangelion equipment|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|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, a fleeing flock of birds reflected in her glasses.<br />
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===Theatrical Trailer #1===<br />
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Released in Japanese cinemas on March 14, 2009, set to "FLY ME TO THE MOON (IN OTHER WORDS) 2007 MIX" by Hikaru Utada (same as 1.0's theatrical trailer). Yahoo! Japan subsequently released a 27 second long "special version" edit, which rehashed some of the clips to a remix of the "Next Episode Preview" theme, along with hosting the original theatrical trailer<ref>[http://event.yahoo.co.jp/eva2/real/special.html Yahoo! Japan. Evangelion New Theater Edition: Breakup. Newsflash.] Retrieved 2009/04/28.</ref>.<br />
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[[Image:Eva2-0 trailer C46 mycom.jpg|thumb|right|Shinji at the maritime preservation zone with Kaji (off-screen).]]<br />
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Fans get their first glimpse of Mari in Eva-05, some Angel attacks, and several character shots. The trailer ends with an aerial shot of Shinji standing at his mother's grave, watching Gendo fly away. He walks off-camera and 2.0's title comes onscreen, thus ending 2.0's theatrical trailer much the same as 1.0's ended.<br />
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===Theatrical Trailer #2===<br />
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Released to Japanese cinemas on April 25, 2009, the Bandai Channel on May 8, 2009<ref>[http://extr.b-ch.com/freemv/view/eva_ha/index.html Bandai Channel. Evangelion New Theatrical Feature: Division, Trailers.] Retrieved 2009/05/09. A Japanese IP or proxy is required to view the trailer.</ref>, and set to a bombastic choral/instrumental piece, "The Final Decision We All Must Take" by Shiro Sagisu. Various Angel battles and character shots are shown throughout the trailer.<br />
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[[Image:Eva2-0 trailer2 C49.jpg|thumb|left|Mari during the Eva-05 versus 3rd Angel battle.]]<br />
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===DVD Promo===<br />
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[[Image:Eva 2.22 Promo Rei.png|thumb|right|Rei, before Shinji rescues her from the 10th Angel's core.]]<br />
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A minute-long DVD Promo was released in late March 2010 at the Tokyo Anime Fair.<ref name=TAF>[http://www.evageeks.org/2010/03/evangelion-2-22-promotional-video-at-taf/ Tokyo Anime Fair.] Retrieved 2011/02/19.</ref> The Official Evangelion website released the Promo online on April 14th, 2010.<ref name=2.0promo>[http://www.evageeks.org/2010/04/official-evangelion-2-22-promo-released/ Eva 2.22 Promo.] Retrieved 2011/02/19.</ref> The promo clip was set to a variation of Megumi Hayashibara's version of "Tsubasa o Kudasai" (entitled "Wings_HayashibaraNew_FullCD") while the images consisted of various spoiler scenes and examples of touch ups for 2.22 (including a new scene of Mari and Eva-02 jumping upside down as well as Eva-03 being air-lifted).<br />
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==References==<br />
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== Guides==<br />
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* [[Resources:Explanation of Evangelion 2.22]]<br />
* [[Guides: Evangelion 2.22 FAQ]]<br />
* [[Evangelion 2.0 Complete Records Collection]]<br />
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==External Links==<br />
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* [http://www.evangelion.co.jp/ Official Website]<br />
* [http://www.khara.co.jp/ Studio Khara Website]<br />
* [http://www.funimation.com/evangelion/ Official Funimation Site]<br />
* [http://blog-soth.blogspot.com/2009/06/evangelion-20-summary.html Soth's plot summary]<br />
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==See Also==<br />
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* [[Resources:Eva 2.0 Promotional Posters|Evangelion 2.0 Promotional Posters]]<br />
* [[Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance Original Soundtrack]]<br />
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[[Category:Rebuild of Evangelion]]<br />
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| japanese_title_k = シン・エヴァンゲリオン劇場版:<nowiki>||</nowiki><br />
| japanese_title_r = Shin Evangelion Gekijōban: <nowiki>||</nowiki><br />
| japanese_title_e = New Evangelion Theatrical Edition: <nowiki>||</nowiki><br />
| english_title = Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon a Time<br />
| image = [[File:4.0 title.jpg|350px]]<br />
| written_by = [[Hideaki Anno]]<br />
| directed_by = [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]], [[Katsuichi Nakayama]]<br />
| theatrical_release = March 8, 2021<br />
| streaming_release = August 13, 2021 (Amazon Prime Video) <br />
| video_release = 3.0+1.11: March 8, 2023 (Japan)<br />
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| eva_sorties = [[Evangelion Unit-02 (Rebuild)|Eva-02]], [[Evangelion Unit-08|Eva-08]], [[Evangelion Mark.09|Mark.09]], [[Eva Series 7]], [[Evangelion 13|Eva-13]], [[Evangelion Unit-01|Eva-01]]<br />
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'''Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: Thrice Upon a Time''' is the title for the fourth and final film in the [[Rebuild of Evangelion]] movie series, formerly known by the working title '''Evangelion: Final'''. Upon its initial announcement, It was planned to be released in Japan alongside the third film, [[Evangelion 3.0]], at an unspecified date. Previously, the name had been changed to what could be interpreted as either the symbol for "End" or "Repeat" in sheet music.<ref>http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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Unlike the three previous movies, the title is rendered in Katakana as "Evangelion" in the same manner as the TV series. Starting with "<i>Shin</i>", just like Anno's involved live-action titles like <i>Shin Godzilla</i> or <i>Shin Ultraman</i>. The previous three movies had Katakana that spelled "Wevangeliwon". Speculation by fans based on the Jo-Ha-Kyu structure of Japanese drama suggests that Final will incorporate the fourth and fifth acts of the Japanese drama cycle, depicting a long journey and coming to a quick conclusion<ref>http://forum.evageeks.org/post/663128/Did-Q-Fail-Thematically/#663128</ref>. Alternatively, the series may be following the Kishotenketsu<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kish%C5%8Dtenketsu</ref> narrative pattern which concludes in the fourth arc. Whether or not the movie actually follows either pattern of Japanese drama remains for further analysis once the movie is released outside of Japan. <br />
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In September 2014, the title of the final film was revealed to be "Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0", based on a title card shown at the end of the TV screening of Evangelion 3.0, followed by the subsequent update of the main Evangelion site with the new title.<ref>http://www.evageeks.org/2014/09/no-new-sneak-peaks-in-evangelion-finals-preview/</ref> The final title was revealed on December 27, 2019, along with the initial release date of June 27, 2020.<br />
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==Release Date==<br />
With the release of Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon A Time on March 8, 2021, the section below has been largely left as it is to show timeline information from past years, and chronicle the release of said timeline information to fans. <br />
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On December 31st, 2011 the Japanese website was updated to show a 2013 release date<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120101082254/http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>, but that has been removed when the site was updated after [[Evangelion 3.0]]'s release <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20121118180135/http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>. The website no longer features any tentative date and none have been announced<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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At the 2014 Tokyo Film Festival Anno joked that the final film might be released 4-6 years after [[Evangelion 3.0]]<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2014-10-27/anno-jokes-that-4th-new-evangelion-film-might-be-4-6-years-after-3rd-one/.80406</ref>. <br />
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Actual news on the film's production had been hard to come by during the period between 2012 and 2019. Various miscellaneous projects had been done, including two animated shorts that may or may not have been pertinent to the film's own details as well as the end of Sadamoto's manga adaption. However, during this period, the film itself saw no details except for the news that Utada Hikaru, who has been the musical artist for Rebuild's credit themes, would be returning in 2015 from her hiatus to write the final film's credits theme. The source also indicated that the film would release in autumn/winter 2015, but this claim was then refuted by the source, who then stated that no ''official'' announcement had been made.<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-26/magazine-final-evangelion-film-slated-for-fall-winter-2015-with-utada-song/.82629</ref> Prior to the new title announcement, this was the only solid news (or any news at all) that had been released.<br />
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On July 19th, 2016 Anno directly apologized to the fans of Evangelion. He stated ''"To all the Evangelion fans, I’m really, really keeping you all waiting, I am truly sorry."'' Anno then went on to say he felt "trapped" while making ''Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo'', saying he couldn't recharge. ''“Up until then, after doing the third entry Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, I thought I wasn’t going to make any more,”'' After being offered the job to work on ''Godzilla Resurgence'', he stated ''“At that time, I went into talks with Toho, and it saved me. I think this is how I’m able to keep making Evangelion. However, since it is a fact that I’m making everyone wait, I deeply apologize for that.”'' <ref>http://kotaku.com/an-apology-to-evangelion-fans-from-hideaki-anno-1783903322</ref><br />
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On July 20th 2018, the official Evangelion website was updated to reflect a 2020 theatrical release.<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/news.html</ref><br />
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On July 6th 2019, Khara screened the first ten minutes of the film on Japan Expo in Paris, Anime Expo in Los Angeles, and CCG Expo in Shangai. The film was originally scheduled for release on June 27, 2020.<br />
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On July 18th 2019, during showings of Makoto Shinkai's new film "Weathering with You", a new trailer was shown for 3.0 + 1.0 featuring the new June 2020 release. The trailer was later shared officially online.<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1152417665979277313</ref><br />
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On April 17th 2020, the official Evangelion website was updated to announced that the release date was being delayed by an unspecified amount of time due to the COVID-19 pandemic<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-17/evangelion-3.0-1.0-film-delayed-due-to-covid-19-concerns/.158693</ref><ref>https://www.gamespot.com/articles/evangelion-3010-film-release-delayed-due-to-corona/1100-6476186/</ref>. The announcement of the delay was accompanied by an updated staff/credits list, the release of the official poster in both Japanese and English and the reveal of the English title "Thrice Upon a Time" and the additional message "Bye-bye, all of EVANGELION"<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251064479816708096</ref>. Hideaki Anno posted a letter to healthcare workers expressing gratitude for fighting the disease, apologizing to fans for the added delay due to the unprecedented situation and encouraging all readers to persevere<ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1251066917495861248</ref>.<br />
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On October 15, 2020, Studio Khara sent out a tweet announcing that January 23, 2021 would be the new release date. The tweet contained a link to a new trailer for the movie<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/10/evangelion-3-01-0-has-a-new-release-date-in-2021/</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1316921806540996610</ref>.<br />
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On December 17, 2020, it was announced that all shooting and editing work for the movie was complete. This was followed by tweets from Studio Khara announcing that the movie had been screened to staff as well as select non-staff members, with the warning that spoilers on social media were a possibility by this point. <ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc2/status/1339355724669808640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref><ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/903217/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#903217</ref><br />
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Another trailer was released on December 24, 2020, featuring the "One Last Kiss" theme song.<ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2020/12/3-0-1-0-xmas-trailer-with-one-last-kiss/</ref><br />
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On January 14, 2021, Studio Khara announced that the movie was to be indefinitely delayed again due to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, and that the scheduled release of the soundtrack on February 10 would not take place. <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/shineva2/</ref><ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/01/3-0-1-0-bad-news-and-a-little-good/</ref><br />
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On 26 February, 2021, it was announced that the film would be released on March 8, 2021<ref>https://twitter.com/khara_inc/status/1365270814640148480</ref>. This became the actual, finalized date of release for the movie.<br />
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An updated version of the film, titled ''Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time'', was released in Japanese theaters on June 12, 2021. This version features updated cuts of various scenes. It also accompanied the distribution of a 36-page booklet called ''Eva-Extra-Extra'', including non-canon illustrations by staff and a prequel manga set before the events of the previous film, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, called Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) written by director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]] under Anno's supervision.<ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/210607-2/</ref><br />
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Internationally, Amazon Prime Video acquired exclusive streaming rights to the film; it would be released in worldwide on August 13, 2021, excluding Japan.<ref>https://variety.com/2021/streaming/asia/evangelion-thrice-anime-movie-to-amazon-prime-video-1235009631/</ref><ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-01/amazon-prime-video-to-stream-final-evangelion-film-on-august-13/.174666</ref> However, on July 20, 2021, Amazon Prime Video announced that would also stream the film in Japan on the same day as its international release.<ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2021-07-20/amazon-prime-video-also-streams-final-evangelion-film-in-japan-on-august-13/.175346</ref><br />
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==Publicity==<br />
[[Image:Evangelion 3.0+1.0, Final Visual.png|thumb|left|Final promotional image (Japanese)]]<br />
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On July 6, 2019, the event '''Operation 0706''' took place, the film's opening scene (having the production code "Avant 1") was simulcast on screens in Paris, France (Japan Expo) and throughout Japan, following a live event in Paris with Yoko Takahashi and Megumi Ogata. This was followed up later at other locations such as Los Angeles, CA's Anime Expo. A phone application was made available days before to drum up hype for the event, wherein the user was asked to choose between Team Nerv or Team Wille. After the event, their choice affected when they would have access to limited-access freebies: the four Shiro Sagisu pieces that debuted during Op0706, and the first three New Theatrical films. <br />
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On April 17, 2020, the announcement of the delay in the release date was accompanied by the revelation of the movie poster and the English title "Thrice Upon a Time". The poster features an image of Shinji in the distant background, walking down branching train tracks in bright sunlight. The location appears to be Ube-Shinkawa station, the main train station in the city of Ube, Yamaguchi Province, where [[Hideaki Anno]] was born. <br />
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On October 15, 2020, the announcement of the new release date was accompanied by the revelation of a new trailer, showing additional imagery of the characters, locations and Evangelions.<br />
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On December 9, 2020, the official Evangelion website announced that the theme song for the movie would be "One Last Kiss", performed by [[Hikaru Utada]] <ref>https://www.evangelion.co.jp/news/onelastkiss/</ref>.<br />
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On December 23, 2020, the official Twitter announced that 3.0 + 1.0 would be screened simultaneously with [[Evangelion 3.333]] in back-to-back midnight IMAX screenings in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo, with the official website having a list of double-screenings for both movies. <ref>https://twitter.com/evangelion_co/status/1341941672704266240</ref> However, this double-screening did not materialize due to the delay caused in the movie's release date.<br />
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On February 16, 2021, Eirin (the Film Classification and Rating Organization) revealed the film's runtime to be 154 minutes. <ref>https://twitter.com/macgyjp/status/1361558394860040193 </ref> It was later clarified that the official runtime would instead be 155 minutes. <ref>https://forum.evageeks.org/post/910897/Shin-Eva-Official-Social-Media-222-You-Can-Not-Release/#p910896</ref><br />
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On June 21, 2021, Shin Eva became the 49th highest grossing Japanese film, marking its entry into the top 50. <ref>https://www.evageeks.org/2021/06/shin-eva-becomes-49th-highest-grossing/</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
[[Image:Shin op0706 C080 kick.jpg|thumb|right|Eva-08 attacking Eva 44A]]<br />
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===Assault on Paris===<br />
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The film begins with [[Wille]] stopping in [[Paris Assault Mission|Paris, France]], which much like the outskirts of former Tokyo-3 has been converted into [[Core (Rebuild)|core material]]. A team descends from the [[AAA Wunder|Wunder]] -- comprised of [[Ritsuko Akagi (Rebuild)|Ritsuko]], [[Maya Ibuki|Maya]], three of Maya's male underlings, and [[Mari Makinami Illustrious|Mari]] in [[Evangelion Unit-08|Eva-08]] -- and lands on top of a mysterious black pillar. Ritsuko acts as a look-out while Maya and her men connect to the black pillar via laptop to resume the activation of an [[L Barrier|"Anti-L System"]] -- something a team of Europeans had previously died while attempting. As the operation begins, large numbers of a never-before-seen Eva type, [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44A|the aerial 44As]], appear in four waves, and Mari holds them off, assisted by helmsman [[Minor_Characters_(Rebuild)#Sumire_Nagara|Sumire Nagara]] utilizing the Wunder's intricate "cable flight" capabilities. Once the Evas have all been defeated, two more new enemy Eva types appear from a camouflaged cocoon: a [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_4444C|4444C unit]] with a Positron Cannon and the small army of generator-equipped [[Evangelion_Mark.04#Eva_44B|Eva 44Bs]] that supply power to it. While cable-suspended warships equipped with [[Evangelion Equipment (Rebuild)|ESVs]] are used to block the first shot, the team is left defenseless for the immediate second shot, as all the ships have been destroyed by the first shot. With Nagara's assist, Eva-08 charges the 4444C with the felled Eiffel Tower and before it can charge up fully, Mari is able to twist the tower down the 4444C's gun barrel, destroying both it and the 44Bs, at the cost of minor damage to Eva-08's legs. <br />
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Maya and the others successfully activate the pillar, which was actually a giant version of the sealing pillars seen in the two previous films. A radius of effect is created that pushes back the core-conversion, restoring part of the city. A large collection of E.U. Nerv storage lockers emerges from underground, filled with Eva spare parts, munitions, and components for what appears to be an upgraded model of [[Jet Alone]]. The Wunder and its support fleet descends, with two teams being dispatched to retrieve the parts and spares, and Mari muses that Eva-02 can be repaired and Eva-08 will be modified for "Overlap" compatibility. The scene ends with Mari promising to come back for [[Shinji]] <ref>''Evangelion: 3.0+1.0'', Avant 1, Operation 0706 Ver. [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English subtitles.]] Translated by Maryno_penguin, [[User:Reichu|Reichu]], sackboy71 et al.</ref>.<br />
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===Wandering, and Village-3===<br />
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The opening credits play over a montage of the red Earth, showing locations that have been turned to core. [[Failures of Infinity]] litter the landscape, with an anti-gravity effect manifesting in small areas, causing objects around them to float. Shinji, [[Rei Q]] and [[Asuka Shikinami Langley|Asuka]] walk together across its surface, with Asuka using the device in her hand as a compass to find their way. They are picked up by an adult in an SUV and wearing a protective suit. <br />
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[[File:Evangelion.3.0-1.01 Village 3 023.png|thumb|Panoramic view of Village-3|320px]]<br />
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Shinji wakes up to the sight of a child and a dog. He is examined by an adult Toji, who is highly surprised to see him, and with Hikari, who has since married him. The child is Toji and Hikari's daughter Tsubame<ref>The name literally means "Swallow" and is quite possibly a reference to the Tsubame service on the Kyushu Shinkansen[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsubame_(train)], continuing the Shinkansen reference in Hikari's name</ref>, and the dog is Toji's pet. It is revealed that they are in a settlement that has been kept free of the coreification proces, named Village-3, with Toji as the settlement's doctor and Kensuke as a technician/handyman, who is revealed to be the one who rescued the trio earlier. The village is being supported by an organization named [[Kredit]], which works together with Wille to provide supplies and facilitate trade with other settlements. Toji and Hikari greet Rei Q warmly, but she lacks of memory of either of them and is openly confused over the state of the world. Both of them realize that she is not the same Rei they knew, and they nickname her "lookalike". Neither Toji nor Kensuke show Shinji any hatred over Third Impact, and try to help him recover from his trauma, however, Shinji remains catatonic and is starting to feel physically sick, not talking to anyone and not eating anything, much to the annoyance of Hikari's father Bunzaemon, who lives with Toji and Hikari. Tsubame is the cause of much curiosity for Rei Q, who goes out and explores the world within the settlement with an almost childlike sense of curiosity, looking at such things as stray dogs and books. She also begins to learn more about her world, expressing continued confusion over the existence of a pregnant cat, baby Tsubame, and greetings such as "good morning" and "good night". She eventually settles down into village life, learning to farm alongside the older ladies of the village, working in the village rice paddies.<br />
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Kensuke offers to take the catatonic Shinji to his place, so that he might have some time to recover on his own. On arriving at Kensuke's residence (a small abandoned train station), Shinji sees Asuka leaving the shower naked, and she expresses irritation at Shinji's inaction, even at her current state. Shinji realizes Asuka has a DSS choker fitted on her as well, the sight of it causing Shinji to vomit due to traumatic memories of Kaworu's death. Kensuke cleans up the mess, and Asuka talks to him about Shinji's condition, calling him "kenken". She eventually has no option but to force-feed him protein bars due to his refusal to eat, and references her own inability to consume anything other than water. While doing so, she says that Shinji, as a fellow Pseudo-Lilin<ref>The Japanese term used here is Lilin-modoki, where modoki can variously mean "fake", "an imitation", "something that looks similar but is not the same".</ref>, may eventually join her and neither eat nor grow any longer. He goes out and spends entire days silently the ruins of Nerv-02, which is inhabited by a number of hot spring penguins, including a backpack-less Pen-Pen, while Asuka silently keeps a watch on him. Rei Q comes to Kensuke's house looking for Shinji, but finds only Asuka, who informs her that her feelings for the Third Child have been programmed into the Ayanami-Series since the beginning, as part of their inherent Eva-like restrictors as Eva pilots (notably, Asuka includes herself in these statements as well). Rei tells her she doesn't mind the artificial feelings, as they feel real to her, and Asuka gives in and tells her where Shinji is. Rei then goes to Shinji to return his SDAT along with some rations, but Shinji is still too distraught and knocks it away. Rei leaves with the SDAT, but leaves the rations behind. Overcome by hunger, Shinji eventually gives and eats the rations. Over the next few days, Rei gets better at farming and grows closer to the village folk, becoming more expressive. Eventually, she is able to get Shinji to talk to her, where he claims that he was the one who destroyed everything, and that he just wants to be left alone, and expresses confusion as to why people were being nice to him even after everything that happened, to which Rei replies that it is because they all like him. The response stuns Shinji, and he starts to become more active. Kensuke takes the slowly-recovering Shinji out fishing and on an infrastructure check to show him the massive [[Angel-sealing Hex Pillar]]s that are generating an [[L Barrier|Anti-L Field]] keeping the settlement and its surrounding areas safe from the coreification and the wandering [[Failures of Infinity]], which he says have started moving only recently. Shinji and Toji have a talk, and Toji reveals that he's not really a doctor, but only working with a basic knowledge of medicine and the machines that Kredit give them. He says that there are lives even he could not save, and that shouldering the anger and grief of those moments is what he believes he does best, so for the sake of his family and the village, he would continue to shoulder those burdens. He tells Shinji that he has already fought enough for everyone, and that he is welcome to stay in the Village if he wishes.<br />
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Some time later, Kensuke takes Shinji and Asuka to the grave of his father, Hajime Aida, and advises Shinji to try to talk to his own father so he has no regrets about not understanding him. Asuka scoffs at the idea, noting that the other party is "Gendo Ikari", and that it's impossible, but Shinji remains silent.<br />
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Rei Q eventually asks Shinji to help give her a proper name rather than "lookalike", and Shinji decides to call her "Ayanami" anyway. During a regular trip to check on the Anti-L System, Kensuke takes Shinji to a Wille Outdoor Laboratory that maintains the Anti-L System, and introduces him to "Ryoji Kaji", who is Misato's son with the original [[Ryoji Kaji]]. The younger Kaji works at repairing the Wille-built machines keeping the village free from being turned to core. On the way back, Kensuke talks to Shinji and explains the situation with the elder Kaji's death and Misato's current state, stating that Kaji Sr. sacrificed himself to stop Third Impact, and Misato now stays away from him so that she can protect him from afar, also adding that she regrets making Shinji shoulder all the burdens, and that is why (he thinks) she doesn't want Shinji to pilot an Eva again. Rei Q is revealed to require constant exposure to LCL to maintain her existence, and thanks Shinji for helping her find happiness before turning into LCL before his eyes. Shinji is shocked but Rei's experience is implied to help Shinji recover from his previous trauma.<br />
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AAA Wunder arrives to unload non-essential personnel. Kensuke reminds Shinji that he can stay in the village if he chooses to, but Shinji decides to go aboard the Wunder with Asuka, SDAT in hand, and Asuka tases him as per her orders. [[Sakura Suzuhara|Sakura]] looks him over in the medical wing, and slaps him when he awakens, infuriated at getting into [[Eva-13]] in the [[Evangelion 3.0|previous movie]], and eventually breaks down. Shinji is placed in isolation and under surveillance again, and both Asuka and Sakura express puzzlement at his return after discovering Kaworu's demise from the DSS Choker operational records. The bridge crew discusses the ongoing situation, with Midori expressing distaste over the Captain's decision to keep Shinji alive. Mari greets Asuka, who expresses the sentiment that Shinji "needs a mother, not a girlfriend". Ritsuko and Misato discuss their intentions in a space aboard Wunder dedicated to preserving seeds of life for all species, which is mentioned to be the original purpose of the vessel. Elsewhere, Fuyutsuki monologues about the Black Moon and Fourth Impact as well as Shinji and the fate of "Ayanami-type 6", wondering if Gendo deliberately made Shinji experience the same loss as him.<br />
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===Wille vs Nerv: Final===<br />
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[[File:Rebuild-of-evangelion-1-3-thrice-upon-a-time-002-pn-n.jpg|thumb|Asuka and Mari preparing for the final battle|250px]]<br />
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Gendo and Fuyutsuki steer the Black Moon towards the epicenter of Second Impact, at Nerv's former Calvary Base in Antarctica, intending to restart Eva-13. Misato and Ritsuko discover this and have completed a "signal suspension plug" to stop this event. Misato and the bridge crew reminisce about Kaji's death and their determination to fight Nerv and restore the world to its original state. The Wunder takes off and heads into the upper atmosphere for repair and refit, and also to launch a number of seeds containing Earth's plant life into outer space. Misato and Ritsuko have a conversation about Wunder's purpose as an ark and it is revealed that the seed vault on the Wunder also includes seeds of the watermelons planted in Tokyo-3 by Ryoji Kaji. Mari and Asuka get their new plugsuits, and Mari reintroduces herself to Shinji. Asuka and Shinji talk and Shinji reveals that he understands Asuka's anger at his inaction in the previous movie. Asuka says that she appreciated Shinji's bento and used to like him in the past, but she has now grown up. Mari and Asuka, satisfied, get into their Evas. A vision of Kaworu appears to Shinji saying that they will meet again, and Shinji agrees. AAA Wunder descends from orbit towards Antarctica with the objective being the neutralization of Eva-13, in what Misato calls "Operation Yamato". The Wunder breaks through a hexagonal barrier that encloses an area of "high L density". <br />
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As it nears Antarctica, Wunder is attacked by two Nerv ships of the Erlösung-class, the same as the Wunder - Erbsünde (Original Sin) and Erlösung (Salvation), apparently under Fuyutsuki's control, and with different turret arrangements. The Wunder is also approached by a swarm of Eva Series 7. During the battle, the Wunder resorts to using the guided-missile destroyers in its support fleet as giant guided missiles. Asuka and Mari sortie and battle their way through the swarm of Nerv Evas towards Eva-13. Asuka attacks Eva-13 with the stop signal plug, but Eva-02 is afraid of Eva-13 and puts up an entirely unexpected A.T. Field of its own will. Wunder is ambushed by the fourth Nerv warship, Gebet (Prayer), with Fuyutsuki on board, and reverts to its original state as the first Nerv warship, the Buße (Penance or atonement). Wings of light appear from the four Nerv warships in a manner much like the Adams at Second Impact, indicating an attempted Impact, not in Seele's scenario. Asuka removes her eyepatch and removes a restraint within her eye that keeps the Ninth Angel under control, transforming into a new Ninth Angel and converting Eva-02 into a previously unseen radiant giant state. However, it is revealed that she plays into Gendo's plan in the process as Eva-13 awakens just as Asuka erodes Eva-02's A.T. Field with her own, and destroys Eva-02 in much the same manner as Eva-01 destroyed Eva-03. During the process, Asuka is approached by "her original", revealing that she is a clone of the Shikinami series, and is absorbed by Eva-13. Wunder is taken over by a new Eva Mark.09, which Fuyutsuki is implied to have been responsible for <ref>Based on currently available information, the Mark.09A Evangelion was possibly created from the remains of the original Mark.09, which was subject to Eva-02's self-destruct explosion at the end of Evangelion 3.0. </ref>.<br />
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Gendo floats down to the Wunder himself, and Misato and Ritsuko confront him. Ritsuko shoots Gendo through his visor, however, her bullets are entirely ineffective and he simply scoops his blown-out brains and puts them into the hole in the back of his head. It is revealed that Gendo has used the Key of Nebuchadnezzar and has thrown away his humanity by adding "information that surpassed the logic of the world" to his body, and it is shown that there is only a cross-shaped glowing void where his eyes used to be. Gendo monologues about the purpose of the impacts and about the Human Instrumentality Project, before hitting the Wunder's engine with an Angel-like optical blast to retrieve Unit-01, and entering Eva-13 through its mouth.<br />
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===Human Instrumentality: Father and Son===<br />
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[[File:Eva_vs_Eva.jpg|thumb|Eva-13 vs. Eva-01, Father vs. Son|250px]]<br />
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Shinji turns to Misato and asks to pilot Eva-01 to stop Gendo. Midori Kitakami and Sakura are appalled at the prospect of Shinji entering the Eva and fire at him, but Misato blocks Sakura's bullet with her own body. Misato thanks Shinji for saving them all from destruction using Eva-01 fourteen years previously, and explains that as his superior, the responsibility for his actions was ultimately hers, and since Shinji is still her subordinate, she will take responsibility for his actions. Misato and Shinji have a conversation in which Misato asks Shinji to take care of her son. Meanwhile, Mari takes Eva-08 into an "overlapping" state where it merges with Eva-09, 10, 11, and 12 after partially consuming them, giving Eva-08 the ability to navigate the space beyond the [[Guf (Rebuild)| Doors of Guf]]. Shinji enters Eva-01 out of nowhere and the original Rei Ayanami appears to him inside, with her hair grown very long. She apologizes to him for not being able to make it so that he wouldn't have to get into an Eva, but Shinji thanks her and says he will take care of the rest. Ritsuko and Maya are shocked to discover that Shinji, rather than having a zero percent synchro rate with Eva-01 like they previously thought, has in fact attained a previously impossible infinite synchro-rate with Eva-01, as Shinji restores Eva-01's limbs and begins to strangle Eva-13, prompting Gendo to remark that "Unit-01's Pilot has awakened, has he?".<br />
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Gendo shows Shinji an "imaginary Evangelion" that takes the form of a Black Lilith due to Shinji's memories. This being was predicted by the theories of Dr. Katsuragi. The twin spears of Longinus and Cassius enter the imaginary Evangelion and transform it into a giant Rei with a floating decapitated head. Fuyutsuki recognizes Mari and addresses her as "Maria of Iscariot", and Mari refers to him as "Fuyutsuki-sensei" and adds that it has been a long time since anyone called her by that name. He tells Mari that he has given her what she requested, and addresses Yui with his last words before turning to LCL.<br />
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Gendo and Shinji fight in an "alternate universe" where LCL gives shape to perception, entering a surreal fight where they clash in multiple different locations across space and time that take form from Shinji's memories, but the rest of the world is revealed to be little more than a ''tokusatsu'' movie set complete model warships and Evangelion costumes for suit actors. Eva-01 and Eva-13 are in synch with each other, and Shinji fails to prevail over Gendo during the entire surreal fight. When they reach a location that is based on Shinji's memories of the village, he remembers the conversations he had with Toji and Kensuke and appeals to Gendo to stop and talk. Gendo is revealed to be afraid of Shinji as he puts up an A.T. Field of his own, but Shinji breaks through by handing over Gendo's old SDAT. <br />
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Gendo reveals his past; he was a lonely individual who grew up without parents, and the only loves in his life were books and the piano. A slightly older Mari - who is revealed to be a friend of Gendo's - introduces him to Fuyutsuki as well as Yui, whom he falls in love with. Shinji sees a vision of Gendo's past experiences and life, and learns how Yui's loss traumatized him. The setting is now on the KuMoHa42 rail car. Misato prepares to turn the AAA Wunder into another Spear to hurl at a giant Red Rei, using Ritsuko's knowledge to transform Wunder's spinal linkage system. Mari in the overlapping Eva-08 scuttles the other three Nerv warships and bids goodbye to them, referring to them as "Adams". Eva-08 boards the spinal system as Misato uses the Wunder to ram the eye of the giant Rei-being. Misato sacrifices herself to hold back Gendo's [[Additional Impact]] and manifest the Spear of Gaius, representing humanity's will. The Gaius materializes in miniature form between Shinji's hands as Misato completes her sacrifice.<br />
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Shinji helps Gendo find closure, and similarly for a now-adult Asuka, helping her find closure as well <ref> While this scene is set on a beach resembling the final scene in End of Evangelion, this is [[Shikinami Asuka Langley]] and '''not''' [[Asuka Langley Soryu]].</ref> We learn the backstory behind Asuka Shikinami, that she is the last surviving clone of the Shikinami series, having survived past all the combat training that the other clones failed and were eliminated for. Asuka is old enough to remember seeing Gendo, Yui and a little Shinji visit the Euro-Nerv facilities. Shinji tells the now-adult Asuka that he ''used'' to like her - making it clear, that like Asuka, any romantic or sexual feelings between them are in the past, and asks Asuka to say hi to Kensuke for him. Shinji talks to Kaworu and gives Kaworu the closure he seeks; In a scene that is indicative of what happened during the 14-year timeskip, Kaworu and the elder Kaji speak to each other. Kaworu is dressed in the same Nerv commander uniform as Gendo and the Bethany base commander, with Kaji in the same vice-commander uniform as Fuyutsuki and the Bethany base vice-commander. Kaworu, whom the elder Kaji calls "Commander Nagisa", agrees to go to the settlement where the younger Kaji farms<ref>Interviews have confirmed that Kaworu took over as commander of Nerv with Kaji as his vice-commander soon after the events of [[Evangelion 2.0]], with Gendo and Fuyutsuki being deposed.</ref>. Shinji eventually settles upon a complete reset of the world, a "Neon Genesis", a world without Evangelions. Shinji prepares to stab himself with the Spear of Gaius. Shinji is then pushed out of Eva-01 by his mother Yui, who is revealed to have been with him the entire time, and they are embraced from behind by Gendo in Eva-13. Gendo and Yui, Eva-01 and Eva-13 together sacrifice themselves to finish what Shinji began, spearing all Evangelions that ever were created at once. Their actions return all Evangelions and Failures of Infinity back into human and animal forms, restoring the world to its original state before the impacts.<br />
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In the final sequence, Asuka, Rei and Kaworu are seen on the platform of a train station with the [[KuMoHa42]] approaching, and an older Shinji is approached by Mari from behind. Mari closes his eyes and asks him to guess who she is, referring to her initial meeting with him and her meeting with him on the Wunder. The grown-up Shinji (voiced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%ABnosuke_Kamiki Ryunosuke Kamiki]) answers correctly, and Mari takes the DSS Choker that adult Shinji wears off his neck. Shinji holds Mari's hands and both of them head out of the train station together, and the sequence transitions into both Shinji and Mari escaping into a live-action sequence of Anno's hometown of Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, implying that all the Children have found closure in our reality.<br />
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==Production History and Development==<br />
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===Early development and delays===<br />
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The film was announced alongside Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo for release in 2008 as the final part of the Rebuild series under the working title Evangelion: Final. After delays of the first three films, Evangelion: Final was expected for release in 2015. In 2014, director and producer Hideaki Anno announced that due to other commitments, the film would be further delayed to an unknown date. Following the troubled production of the third film, director and producer Hideaki Anno became depressed and stated publicly in 2015 that he could not work on another film. As part of his recovery, Anno had also worked on Studio Ghibli's The Wind Rises under his mentor Hayao Miyazaki. Toho (which co-distributes the film in Japan with Toei) also approached Anno with an offer to direct a reboot of its Godzilla film series, Shin Godzilla, which also contributed to the delay on 3.0+1.0. Financial reasons also played a part. In 2014, Anno's Studio Khara loaned his former company Studio Gainax 100 million yen ($916,400). In 2016, Anno filed a claim for debt collection, fearing not only for the return of the money but also because of Gainax selling production materials to third parties, after a precedent of other sales of intellectual property without informing him. This was part of several legal issues surrounding Gainax and Evangelion.<br />
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Production on Evangelion resumed after the production of Shin Godzilla ended in late 2016. After a formal apology, animation director Takeshi Honda stated that the last film had resumed development. Studio Khara tweeted on April 5, 2017, that development was going smoothly. In May 2018, the studio put out a job listing for animation staff to work on 3DCG, VFX, and 2D animation starting on June 30, 2018. Animation was going through the final check by October 2, 2020. Dialogue recording wrapped on November 19, 2020. On December 16, 2020, Studio Khara announced that compositing and editing work had finished. In 2019 the film was scheduled for a June 27, 2020 release date but received two delays due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, first scheduled for a January 23, 2021 release, before being released on March 8, 2021.<br />
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===Development===<br />
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Anno was very reluctant to return to work on the film in 2016. In 2018, Anno had asked for the opinion of voice actors like Megumi Ogata (Shinji) on how to move the plot forward after 3.0. Anno felt he could no longer understand Shinji and by now his current self was closer to Gendo than Shinji, and needed Ogata's input on how Shinji could recover after the events of 3.0. Anno felt that at that point the only people who could understand Shinji's feelings were Ogata herself and his personal assistant, Ikki Todoroki. Anno himself had intended to go to Paris for Japan Expo 2019, but the film's continuing delays in production prevented him. Anno had often visited the film's music composer Shirō Sagisu, who lives half the year in Paris, and wished to pay homage to the city in the opening 10 minutes of the movie, entitled AVANT1 ("before" in French), seeking to surpass his earlier depiction in Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. At the event, Ogata also recounted Anno had asked what ending she preferred "as Shinji". AVANT1+2, including a further 2 minutes of the opening sequence, was also streamed on Khara's YouTube channel and Japanese Amazon Prime Video for free for two weeks.<br />
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Dialogue for Parts A and B, set after AVANT, started recording in March 2019. As there were several changes to the plot, many voice actors had to come back and record lines again. In 2020, due to the pandemic restrictions, production slowed down further and recording was mostly done by the voice actors separately as many dozens of takes were necessary, and they organized themselves through a Line group. This created a bond between the cast that was unprecedented in previous productions. At the end of recording, Anno thanked the cast for their contributions. Yūko Miyamura, who played Asuka, was instructed to treat her character as completely separate from the series' Asuka Langley Soryu, and the last thing asked of her was to write the character's full name in cursive herself to be used in the movie. She had lived in Australia for the past two decades, but was still unsure of how to write "Langley". Miyamura expressed her surprise at Anno's behavior near the end of production, in contrast to his behavior during the making of End of Evangelion: "Anno-san is amazing. He has become an adult".<br />
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Anno sought to bring in new talent and people outside the usual Evangelion core crew, like Darling in the Franxx creator Atsushi Nishigori, a protégé of his, while other core staffers like chief editor Masayuki largely stepped down in order to allow new talents to gain more experience. In addition, the series' original character designer, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, has had diminishing involvement since 3.0, and the new character designs are mostly done by Hidenori Matsubara. Anno had long stated his wish to revitalize the anime industry, and saw the sponsorship of new creators as a prime way of achieving this, as well as the promotions of events backed by Studio Khara like the Japan Animator Expo. Director Mahiro Maeda recounted Anno wanted him to figure out specific details of the plot on his own when asked. Similarly to production in the series, Anno would take ideas from staffers but have the final word in plot decisions. Anno had also been an advocate of employing new and innovative animation technologies, combined with extensive use of motion capture and computer-generated imagery, and employed them in the film. Maeda and others noted nonetheless that Anno seemed to be directing the film more like a live action film than animation, including in the way he directed the voice actors, taking cues from theatre techniques, after his previous experience outside Evangelion, despite the staff's own limited experience, something he had previously attempted in Cutie Honey. He thought Anno "wanted to get out of here the most", but expressed his feelings in film sincerely.<br />
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Director Kazuya Tsurumaki details Anno wanted to try a new process for the film. Instead of first creating storyboards and then developing the animation based on them as is traditional, Anno proposed to first draw the animation cels and then draw the scenes from them. This technique was generally referred to by staff as "pre-visualization". He was once more inspired from the usual process in live action, where scenes are first shot from multiple angles and then stories are created and then selected during editing. The latter half of the film, however, progressively returned to the traditional anime style. Tsurumaki noted the original intention was that "the first 80%" of the Rebuild series would be a "compilation" of the original anime series, and the changes would only start with the last film, in keeping with earlier comments in 2006 by producer Toshimichi Ohtsuki regarding the intention that only the ending would be a major departure from the series, as staff felt End of Evangelion could not receive a sequel, and the Rebuild movies were not going to be "metaphysical" like the original anime, but rather "oriented towards entertainment". This eventually changed, and major changes started happening as early as Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance. He also noted that the previously stated goal of "destroying Evangelion" through the character of Mari was entrusted to an external party. Anno would ask the opinion of many parts of staff, including those not involved in the actual film like office staff for their opinions on several nuances. Anno's wife Moyoco Anno provided early designs for some characters. Studio Ghibli also provided assistance to scenes set in the survivor's village. For the village itself, Khara had a box model custom-built to orientate the artists, and Anno personally adjusted it to the smallest details like individual house layout, road with and utility posts to make it as realistic as possible. Staff consulted with multiple professionals and conducted research like sky-diving for maximum accuracy.<br />
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A making-of documentary aired on Japanese broadcaster NHK in March 22, 2021, with the crew following production for 1214 days. BS Japan also broadcast an extended version of the documentary on April 29, 2021, totaling 100 minutes of runtime, featuring unused footage. Amazon Prime Video included the extended version of documentary in its international release of the film in August. When production started in 2016, Anno initially intended to not involve himself much in the film, wishing to delegate most of it to his directors, particularly Tsurumaki, generally considered Khara's second-in-command, but as the release date approached with mounting production problems he progressively took more control and took on more tasks directly, also driven by his perfectionism. Maeda was also not initially serving as a director, but was brought in the middle of production. Kim Morrisy of Anime News Network described it as tumultuous: "There were several occasions shown when he decided that the work he had done at the time was insufficient and would scrap it entirely. The [final] D part of the script was eventually completed in early 2019, at the latest possible stage it could have been done to meet the deadline."<br />
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In the documentary, Anno is depicted as frequently late or absent from the studio, or would often stay overnight adjusting individual scenes he was unsatisfied with. Part A had been rewritten multiple times, and at one point Anno was so lost on how to resolve the story lines he considered restarting it from scratch after nine months of work. Anno believed he wouldn't miss working on the franchise and said everything he needed to, feeling finishing his work remained a priority, even at the expense of his well-being. Anno told Ogata later at post-production that he'd indeed miss it. Hayao Miyazaki described Anno, as an apprentice of his, as "one who sheds blood for his films". Gainax co-founder Toshio Okada criticized the documentary as "sloppy" and "propaganda" trying to make Anno look better, claiming Anno's live-action approach in fact took inspiration from Hiroyuki Yamaga's work in Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise instead of being sui generis as the documentary implied, and Anno noted the crew was in fact not present during the highly intense production of Part D for several months, nor did it cover him thanking the staff at the end.<br />
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On March 28, 2021, the cast was fully reunited for the first time in 14 years and held a stage greeting, commenting on the film and their bond to the characters. On April 12, 2021, directors Anno, Tsurumaki and Maeda, as well as Ogata, held another stage greeting. On June 26, 2021, Anno held a live stream on singer Hikaru Utada's Instagram page, and debated the film. On June 27, 2021, another cast greeting was held. Mari's voice actress Maaya Sakamoto explained she had been absent from the previous events because she felt apprehensive over the details she knew about Mari's character that Anno told her, but refused to share them: "I will take secrets to my grave". A last stage greeting was held on July 11, 2021. Anno felt he had now done everything he could with anime, and accordingly Khara denied reports that he was working on a reboot of a popular animation series. He also noted he initially attempted a shorter two hour runtime, but had to extend it.<br />
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===Future of the franchise===<br />
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Anno had originally intended on making a new Evangelion story since 2000<ref>https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_1.0_Complete_Records_Collection</ref> and has intended to open-up the franchise in the future to new creators and turn Eva into a "new Gundam", using the Rebuilds as a foundation for this, but 3.0+1.0 is intended to be his final Evangelion work. The Animator Expo already featured two independent works based on the franchise: Evangelion – Another Impact and Neon Genesis IMPACTS, as well as until You come to me, a short film intended to showcase the talent of younger Khara animators, not as an official trailer. In an interview in August 2021, Anno stated other parts of the franchise and story might be revisited later. In Hikari Utada's live stream featuring Anno, he comments that "the New Eva isn't 100% what I want it to be." Additionally, the 3.0+1.01 re-release and the Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) prequel manga can already be seen as early examples of additions to the franchise with Anno's blessing and involvement, with the former started a mere month after the film's initial release at Anno's initiative. Popular interest also remains extremely high, as can be seen NHK's making-off documentary, EVANGELION: 3.333 Breakdown (under Anno's supervision), the high number of interviews and articles done in the 6 months between Japanese and international release, with more on the way.<br />
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==See Also==<br />
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* [[Resources:Evangelion_3.0%2B1.0_Translation|English Translation of "Avant 1" Sequence]]<br />
* [[Guides:Evangelion 3.0%2B1.0_FAQ|FAQ for Evangelion:3.0+1.0]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Rebuild of Evangelion]]<br />
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{{Episode List}}</div>LinkingHeartZhttps://wiki.evageeks.org/index.php?title=Guides:Episode_25%27/26%27_Video_vs._The_End_of_Evangelion&diff=105820Guides:Episode 25'/26' Video vs. The End of Evangelion2021-03-14T17:21:52Z<p>LinkingHeartZ: fixed a tiny inconsistency</p>
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<div>The alternate ending of the series, [[The End of Evangelion]], has been released by Gainax in two slightly different versions.<br />
The most widely known of the two is the ''Theatrical Edition'', which premiered in theaters in July 19, 1997 and has been released in a number of different DVD editions (Theatrical Edition, Renewal, and the DTS Collector's Edition).<br />
The lesser known version, known as the ''Video Edition'', was originally only released in the VHS, LD, and the original pre-Renewal DVD editions of the series but then was surprising included on Disc 9 of the Blu-ray box set (KIXA-90501). The previous releases include the [[Japanese_Video_Releases|Genesis 0:13]] (25 and 25') and [[Japanese_Video_Releases|0:14]] (26 and 26') VHS/LD releases and on the [[Japanese_Video_Releases|KIBA-7]] pre-Renewal DVD<br />
<br />
While the two versions share practically all the same footage, there is a difference in their presentation.<br />
The ''Theatrical Edition'' is treated as a 1½ hour feature film, divided into two segments known as [[Episode 25']] and [[Episode 26']] separated by a credit sequence covering both halves, while the ''Video Edition'' treats Episode 25' and Episode 26' as if they were two regular episodes with separate (and different) credit sequences, altered title screens to tie in with the rest of the TV series, and a preview of Episode 26' after the credits of 25'.<br />
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Note: The screenshots for both the "Video Edition" and the "Theatrical Edition" are presented as they appear on the Blu-ray BOX set (KIXA-90501) in their native anamorphic 16:9 aspect ratio. The "Video Edition" appears on Disc 9 while the "Theatrical Edition" appears on Discs 7 and 8.<br />
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==Episode 25'==<br />
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<big>'''Eyecatch / Shin Seiki Evangelion Theatrical Edition'''</big><br><br />
''The End of Evangelion (00:01:19)''<br><br />
[[Image:25'_title1_video.jpg|300px]] [[Image:25'_title1_theatrical.jpg|300px]]<br />
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<br />
<br />
<big>'''Love is Destructive'''</big><br><br />
''The End of Evangelion (00:16:46)''<br><br />
[[Image:25'_title2_video.jpg|300px]] [[Image:25'_title2_theatrical.jpg|300px]]<br />
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<big>'''Episode 25' Credits (Video only)'''</big><br><br />
''&nbsp;''<br><br />
[[Image:25'_credits1_video.jpg|300px]]<br />
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[[Image:25'_credits2_video.jpg|300px]]<br />
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The ED sequence after 25' consists of credits for "Air". It has a falling red "snow" background with text scrolling straight upwards. The background audio is of ''Thanatos (Short Version)''.<br />
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<big>'''Episode 26' Preview (Video only)'''</big><br><br />
''&nbsp;''<br><br />
[[Image:25'_pre1_video.jpg|300px]]<br />
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[[Image:25'_pre2_video.jpg|300px]]<br />
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[[Image:25'_pre3_video.jpg|300px]]<br />
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The 26' preview is presented just like any other [[Category:FGC Next Episode Previews|Next Episode Previews]], immediately after end of the credits for 25' on the ''Video Edition'' version. The only video footage is from a live-action Steadycam moving backwards, apparently through Gainax's studios (in a variety of video aspect ratios), followed by the next episode's title card. See also [http://forum.evageeks.org/viewtopic.php?p=367423 this thread].<br />
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Here's a translation of the preview:<br />
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: ''Finally, Shinji Ikari faces the Pandemonium that is reality.''<br />
: ''Unable to cope with the trauma, he resigns himself to a fantasy world.''<br />
: ''Where there is no pain called 'reality'.''<br />
: ''Where there is no fiction called 'myself'.'' <br />
: ''Where there is no fear called 'other people'.''<br />
: ''Where there is no hope called 'others'.''<br />
: ''Where there is no existence called 'the self'.''<br />
: ''Next time, the finale: "My Pure Heart for You"''<br />
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Although the set it is contained in only includes the ''"Theatrical Version"'', this preview is also available as an extra on the 8th disc of the [[Renewal of Evangelion]] boxset, and Volume 8 of the Renewal single-disc releases.<br />
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<big>'''The End of Evangelion credits (Theatrical only)'''</big><br><br />
''The End of Evangelion (00:41:55)''<br><br />
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This is the only credit sequence in the theatrical version, right between 25' and 26'. The text is orange in a twisting single-helix pattern scrolling upwards. The credits cover both 25' and 26'. The background audio is of ''Thanatos''.<br />
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==Episode 26'==<br />
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<big>'''Neon Genesis Evangelion / The End of Evangelion'''</big><br><br />
''The End of Evangelion (00:46:50)''<br><br />
[[Image:26'_title1_video.jpg|300px]] [[Image:26'_title1_theatrical.jpg|300px]]<br />
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<big>'''"Iya"'''</big><br><br />
''The End of Evangelion (01:04:52)''<br><br />
[[Image:26'_iya_video.jpg|300px]] [[Image:26'_iya_theatrical.jpg|300px]]<br />
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This is the only cut which differs between the two versions. The cut in ''Video Edition'' is silent, with a NO (ーイヤ ''iya'') caption.<br />
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<br />
<big>'''One More Final'''</big><br><br />
''The End of Evangelion (01:23:33)''<br><br />
[[Image:26'_title2_video.jpg|300px]] [[Image:26'_title2_theatrical.jpg|300px]]<br />
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<br />
<big>'''The End'''</big><br><br />
''The End of Evangelion (01:26:38)''<br><br />
[[Image:26'_end_video.jpg|300px]] [[Image:26'_end_theatrical.jpg|300px]]<br />
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The ending card also differs. The video version uses "End" (完), while the theatrical version uses "End of the movie" (終劇).<br />
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<big>'''Episode 26' Credits (Video only)'''</big><br><br />
''&nbsp;''<br><br />
[[Image:26'_credits1_video.jpg|300px]]<br />
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[[Image:26'_credits2_video.jpg|300px]]<br />
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The ED sequence immediately after the white end card (just after ''kimochi warui'') consists of credits solely for ''Magokoro wo Kimi ni''. It has a falling white "snow" background with text scrolling straight upwards. The background audio is of ''Jesu Bleibet Meine Fruende (strings version)''.<br />
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[[Category:Guides]]<br />
[[Category:Comparison Pages]]</div>LinkingHeartZhttps://wiki.evageeks.org/index.php?title=Guides:Episode_25%27/26%27_Video_vs._The_End_of_Evangelion&diff=105819Guides:Episode 25'/26' Video vs. The End of Evangelion2021-03-14T17:20:11Z<p>LinkingHeartZ: I dunno why Video Edition was in italics but it isn't anymore, haha</p>
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<div>The alternate ending of the series, [[The End of Evangelion]], has been released by Gainax in two slightly different versions.<br />
The most widely known of the two is the ''Theatrical Edition'', which premiered in theaters in July 19, 1997 and has been released in a number of different DVD editions (Theatrical Edition, Renewal, and the DTS Collector's Edition).<br />
The lesser known version, known as the ''Video Edition'', was originally only released in the VHS, LD, and the original pre-Renewal DVD editions of the series but then was surprising included on Disc 9 of the Blu-ray box set (KIXA-90501). The previous releases include the [[Japanese_Video_Releases|Genesis 0:13]] (25 and 25') and [[Japanese_Video_Releases|0:14]] (26 and 26') VHS/LD releases and on the [[Japanese_Video_Releases|KIBA-7]] pre-Renewal DVD<br />
<br />
While the two versions share practically all the same footage, there is a difference in their presentation.<br />
The ''Theatrical Edition'' is treated as a 1½ hour feature film, divided into two segments known as [[Episode 25']] and [[Episode 26']] separated by a credit sequence covering both halves, while the ''Video Edition'' treats Episode 25' and Episode 26' as if they were two regular episodes with separate (and different) credit sequences, altered title screens to tie in with the rest of the TV series, and a preview of Episode 26' after the credits of 25'.<br />
<br />
Note: The screenshots for both the "Video Edition" and the "Theatrical Edition" are presented as they appear on Disc 9 of the Blu-ray BOX set (KIXA-90501) in their native anamorphic 16:9 aspect ratio.<br />
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[[Image:Eva_bluray_2015.jpg|400px]]<br />
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==Episode 25'==<br />
<br />
<br />
<big>'''Eyecatch / Shin Seiki Evangelion Theatrical Edition'''</big><br><br />
''The End of Evangelion (00:01:19)''<br><br />
[[Image:25'_title1_video.jpg|300px]] [[Image:25'_title1_theatrical.jpg|300px]]<br />
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<br />
<br />
<big>'''Love is Destructive'''</big><br><br />
''The End of Evangelion (00:16:46)''<br><br />
[[Image:25'_title2_video.jpg|300px]] [[Image:25'_title2_theatrical.jpg|300px]]<br />
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<big>'''Episode 25' Credits (Video only)'''</big><br><br />
''&nbsp;''<br><br />
[[Image:25'_credits1_video.jpg|300px]]<br />
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[[Image:25'_credits2_video.jpg|300px]]<br />
<br />
The ED sequence after 25' consists of credits for "Air". It has a falling red "snow" background with text scrolling straight upwards. The background audio is of ''Thanatos (Short Version)''.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<big>'''Episode 26' Preview (Video only)'''</big><br><br />
''&nbsp;''<br><br />
[[Image:25'_pre1_video.jpg|300px]]<br />
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[[Image:25'_pre2_video.jpg|300px]]<br />
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[[Image:25'_pre3_video.jpg|300px]]<br />
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The 26' preview is presented just like any other [[Category:FGC Next Episode Previews|Next Episode Previews]], immediately after end of the credits for 25' on the ''Video Edition'' version. The only video footage is from a live-action Steadycam moving backwards, apparently through Gainax's studios (in a variety of video aspect ratios), followed by the next episode's title card. See also [http://forum.evageeks.org/viewtopic.php?p=367423 this thread].<br />
<br />
Here's a translation of the preview:<br />
<br />
: ''Finally, Shinji Ikari faces the Pandemonium that is reality.''<br />
: ''Unable to cope with the trauma, he resigns himself to a fantasy world.''<br />
: ''Where there is no pain called 'reality'.''<br />
: ''Where there is no fiction called 'myself'.'' <br />
: ''Where there is no fear called 'other people'.''<br />
: ''Where there is no hope called 'others'.''<br />
: ''Where there is no existence called 'the self'.''<br />
: ''Next time, the finale: "My Pure Heart for You"''<br />
<br />
Although the set it is contained in only includes the ''"Theatrical Version"'', this preview is also available as an extra on the 8th disc of the [[Renewal of Evangelion]] boxset, and Volume 8 of the Renewal single-disc releases.<br />
<br />
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<big>'''The End of Evangelion credits (Theatrical only)'''</big><br><br />
''The End of Evangelion (00:41:55)''<br><br />
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This is the only credit sequence in the theatrical version, right between 25' and 26'. The text is orange in a twisting single-helix pattern scrolling upwards. The credits cover both 25' and 26'. The background audio is of ''Thanatos''.<br />
<br />
==Episode 26'==<br />
<br />
<br />
<big>'''Neon Genesis Evangelion / The End of Evangelion'''</big><br><br />
''The End of Evangelion (00:46:50)''<br><br />
[[Image:26'_title1_video.jpg|300px]] [[Image:26'_title1_theatrical.jpg|300px]]<br />
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<br />
<br />
<big>'''"Iya"'''</big><br><br />
''The End of Evangelion (01:04:52)''<br><br />
[[Image:26'_iya_video.jpg|300px]] [[Image:26'_iya_theatrical.jpg|300px]]<br />
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This is the only cut which differs between the two versions. The cut in ''Video Edition'' is silent, with a NO (ーイヤ ''iya'') caption.<br />
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<big>'''One More Final'''</big><br><br />
''The End of Evangelion (01:23:33)''<br><br />
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<big>'''The End'''</big><br><br />
''The End of Evangelion (01:26:38)''<br><br />
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The ending card also differs. The video version uses "End" (完), while the theatrical version uses "End of the movie" (終劇).<br />
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<big>'''Episode 26' Credits (Video only)'''</big><br><br />
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The ED sequence immediately after the white end card (just after ''kimochi warui'') consists of credits solely for ''Magokoro wo Kimi ni''. It has a falling white "snow" background with text scrolling straight upwards. The background audio is of ''Jesu Bleibet Meine Fruende (strings version)''.<br />
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<div>The alternate ending of the series, [[The End of Evangelion]], has been released by Gainax in two slightly different versions.<br />
The most widely known of the two is the ''Theatrical Edition'', which premiered in theaters in July 19, 1997 and has been released in a number of different DVD editions (Theatrical Edition, Renewal, and the DTS Collector's Edition).<br />
The lesser known version, known as the ''Video Edition'', was originally only released in the VHS, LD, and the original pre-Renewal DVD editions of the series but then was surprising included on Disc 9 of the Blu-ray box set (KIXA-90501). The previous releases include the [[Japanese_Video_Releases|Genesis 0:13]] (25 and 25') and [[Japanese_Video_Releases|0:14]] (26 and 26') VHS/LD releases and on the [[Japanese_Video_Releases|KIBA-7]] pre-Renewal DVD<br />
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While the two versions share practically all the same footage, there is a difference in their presentation.<br />
The ''Theatrical Edition'' is treated as a 1½ hour feature film, divided into two segments known as [[Episode 25']] and [[Episode 26']] separated by a credit sequence covering both halves, while the ''Video Edition'' treats Episode 25' and Episode 26' as if they were two regular episodes with separate (and different) credit sequences, altered title screens to tie in with the rest of the TV series, and a preview of Episode 26' after the credits of 25'.<br />
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Note: The screenshots for both the ''Video Edition'' and the "Theatrical Edition" are presented as they appear on Disc 9 of the Blu-ray BOX set (KIXA-90501) in their native anamorphic 16:9 aspect ratio.<br />
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==Episode 25'==<br />
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<big>'''Eyecatch / Shin Seiki Evangelion Theatrical Edition'''</big><br><br />
''The End of Evangelion (00:01:19)''<br><br />
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<big>'''Love is Destructive'''</big><br><br />
''The End of Evangelion (00:16:46)''<br><br />
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<big>'''Episode 25' Credits (Video only)'''</big><br><br />
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The ED sequence after 25' consists of credits for "Air". It has a falling red "snow" background with text scrolling straight upwards. The background audio is of ''Thanatos (Short Version)''.<br />
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<big>'''Episode 26' Preview (Video only)'''</big><br><br />
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The 26' preview is presented just like any other [[Category:FGC Next Episode Previews|Next Episode Previews]], immediately after end of the credits for 25' on the ''Video Edition'' version. The only video footage is from a live-action Steadycam moving backwards, apparently through Gainax's studios (in a variety of video aspect ratios), followed by the next episode's title card. See also [http://forum.evageeks.org/viewtopic.php?p=367423 this thread].<br />
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Here's a translation of the preview:<br />
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: ''Finally, Shinji Ikari faces the Pandemonium that is reality.''<br />
: ''Unable to cope with the trauma, he resigns himself to a fantasy world.''<br />
: ''Where there is no pain called 'reality'.''<br />
: ''Where there is no fiction called 'myself'.'' <br />
: ''Where there is no fear called 'other people'.''<br />
: ''Where there is no hope called 'others'.''<br />
: ''Where there is no existence called 'the self'.''<br />
: ''Next time, the finale: "My Pure Heart for You"''<br />
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Although the set it is contained in only includes the ''"Theatrical Version"'', this preview is also available as an extra on the 8th disc of the [[Renewal of Evangelion]] boxset, and Volume 8 of the Renewal single-disc releases.<br />
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<big>'''The End of Evangelion credits (Theatrical only)'''</big><br><br />
''The End of Evangelion (00:41:55)''<br><br />
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This is the only credit sequence in the theatrical version, right between 25' and 26'. The text is orange in a twisting single-helix pattern scrolling upwards. The credits cover both 25' and 26'. The background audio is of ''Thanatos''.<br />
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==Episode 26'==<br />
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<big>'''Neon Genesis Evangelion / The End of Evangelion'''</big><br><br />
''The End of Evangelion (00:46:50)''<br><br />
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<big>'''"Iya"'''</big><br><br />
''The End of Evangelion (01:04:52)''<br><br />
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This is the only cut which differs between the two versions. The cut in ''Video Edition'' is silent, with a NO (ーイヤ ''iya'') caption.<br />
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<big>'''One More Final'''</big><br><br />
''The End of Evangelion (01:23:33)''<br><br />
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<big>'''The End'''</big><br><br />
''The End of Evangelion (01:26:38)''<br><br />
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The ending card also differs. The video version uses "End" (完), while the theatrical version uses "End of the movie" (終劇).<br />
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<big>'''Episode 26' Credits (Video only)'''</big><br><br />
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The ED sequence immediately after the white end card (just after ''kimochi warui'') consists of credits solely for ''Magokoro wo Kimi ni''. It has a falling white "snow" background with text scrolling straight upwards. The background audio is of ''Jesu Bleibet Meine Fruende (strings version)''.<br />
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<div>== Summary ==<br />
An image containing all the contents of the 2015 Blu-ray set<br />
== Licensing ==<br />
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