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Revision as of 03:04, 10 March 2008

Part of a series of articles on the
Rebuild of Evangelion
movie series

Rebuild of Evangelion (ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版 Evangelion Shin Gekijōban?, lit. "Evangelion New Theatrical Version") is a series of four movies by the creators of Neon Genesis Evangelion, which form an alternate retelling of the original TV series. "Rebuild of Evangelion" constitutes a separate continuity from the continuity of the original TV series and associated movies, Evangelion: Death and Rebirth and The End of Evangelion. The first movie in the series was released in Japan on September 1st, 2007, and the remaining three will be released over the next year.

The Rebuild movie series is intended to be more accessible and understandable to non-fans of the original series, even if new viewers have never seen the original series at all, while at the same time satisfying fans of the original series.

Production History

On February 17, 2007 series creator Hideaki Anno released an official statement [1] in a form of a movie poster that was shown in 50 cinemas in Japan, providing an explanation for his motivations in creating a new version of the franchise, and stating that the release date for the first film in Japanese theaters was September 1st, 2007.

Many who worked on the original Evangelion production team returned to work on Rebuild. Hideaki Anno has writen the script for the first movie and will be the general director and manager for the entire project. Kazuya Tsurumaki and Masayuki directed the movies while Yoshiyuki Sadamoto provides character designs and Ikuto Yamashita provides mechanical designs. Shinji Higuchi and Tomoki Kyoda provided storyboards for the first movie.

Films

There are four films in the Rebuild of Evangelion series. The first is titled “Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone”. Working titles for the remaining three films are “Evangelion 2.0”, “Evangelion 3.0”, and “Evangelion: Final”

Episode Japanese Title English Translations Release date
Evangelion 1.0
Your Are (Not) Alone
ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:序 (Evangelion Shin Gekijōban: Jo) Evangelion New Theater Edition: Preface September 1st, 2007 (in Japan)
Evangelion 2.0: ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:破 (Evangelion Shin Gekijōban: Ha) Evangelion New Theater Edition: Breaking Up 2008 (Japan)
Evangelion 3.0: ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:急 (Evangelion Shin Gekijōban: Kyū) Evangelion New Theater Edition: Rush Not Fixed
Shown with "Final"
Evangelion: Final ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:? (Evangelion Shin Gekijōban: ?) Evangelion New Theater Edition: ? Not Fixed
Shown with "3.0"

Storyline

“Rebuild of Evangelion” is an alternate retelling of the original Neon Genesis Evangelion: the first three movies are intended to be an “alternate retelling” of the series, while the fourth and final film is promised to be an entirely new, alternate ending to the series.

Major differences include that while Kaworu Nagisa was originally introduced very late in the series in Episode 24, in Rebuild of Evangelion he was present in the first film.

The plot of the first Rebuild film ends with “Operation Yashima”, the battle against the Angel Ramiel in Episode 06 which concluded the introductory storyarc.