| Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Hideaki Anno Masayuki Kazuya Tsurumaki |
| Written by | Hideaki Anno |
| Produced by | Mitsuhisa Ishikawa |
| Starring | Megumi Ogata Megumi Hayashibara Yūko Miyamura Kotono Mitsuishi |
| Cinematography | Hisao Shirai Yōichi Kuroda |
| Edited by | Sachiko Miki |
| Music by | Shirō Sagisu |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Toei Company |
Release dates |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | ¥1.87 billion[1] |
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン 劇場版 DEATH & REBIRTH シト新生, Shin seiki Evangerion Gekijō-ban: Shi to Shinsei), romanized in Japan as Evangelion: Death and Rebirth, is a 1997 Japanese animated film. It is the first installment of the Neon Genesis Evangelion film series and consists of two parts, Death and Rebirth, separated by a short intermission. It was released, along with the follow-up, The End of Evangelion, in response to the success of the TV series and a strong demand by fans for another ending. It has since been re-edited and re-released several times.
Plot[]
Death[]
The first part, Death, is a 67-minute-long edit of the first 24 episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion in the form of a clip show, with additional footage not seen in the original broadcast. (The footage would later be integrated into the Japanese Laserdisc and the American and European Platinum Collection releases of the series, as "Director's Cut" versions of episodes 21–24.)
Rebirth[]
The second part, Rebirth, consists of 27 minutes of entirely new animation that would eventually form the first third of the film The End of Evangelion, released four months later. Because of time constraints, Rebirth only covers the initial preparations of the Human Instrumentality Project and the invasion of the Geofront by the JSSDF, ending with the arrival of the Mass Production Evas. (In The End of Evangelion, the final version of episode 25 concludes with the end of Asuka's fight with the Mass Production Evas.)
Cast[]
| Character[citation needed] | Japanese | English (Gaijin Productions/Manga) | English (VSI Group/Netflix) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shinji Ikari | Megumi Ogata | Spike Spencer | Casey Mongillo |
| Rei Ayanami | Megumi Hayashibara | Amanda Winn-Lee | Ryan Bartley |
| Asuka Langley Soryu | Yūko Miyamura | Tiffany Grant | Stephanie McKeon |
| Kaworu Nagisa | Akira Ishida | Aaron Krohn | Clifford Chapin |
| Misato Katsuragi | Kotono Mitsuishi | Allison Keith | Carrie Keranen |
| Gendo Ikari | Fumihiko Tachiki | Tristan MacAvery | Ray Chase |
| Ryoji Kaji | Kōichi Yamadera | Aaron Krohn | Greg Chun |
| Ritsuko Akagi | Yuriko Yamaguchi | Sue Ulu | Erica Lindbeck |
| Kozo Fuyutsuki | Motomu Kiyokawa | Michael Ross | JP Karliak |
| Toji Suzuhara | Tomokazu Seki | Brett Weaver | Johnny Yong Bosch |
| Kensuke Aida | Tetsuya Iwanaga | Kurt Stoll | Ben Diskin |
| Makoto Hyuga | Hiro Yūki | Keith Burgess | Daniel MK Cohen |
| Shigeru Aoba | Takehito Koyasu | Jason C. Lee | Billy Kametz |
| Maya Ibuki | Miki Nagasawa | Amy Seeley | Christine Marie Cabanos |
| Keel Lorentz | Mugihito | Tom Booker | D.C. Douglas |
| Naoko Akagi | Mika Doi | Laura Chapman | |
| Hikari Horaki | Junko Iwao | Kimberly Yates | Abby Trott |
| Yui Ikari | Megumi Hayashibara | Amanda Winn-Lee | |
| Kyoko Zeppelin Soryu | Maria Kawamura | Kimberly Yates | |
| Pen Pen | Megumi Hayashibara | Amanda Winn-Lee | Cherami Leigh |
Release[]
Between March and October 1997, Death and Rebirth grossed ¥1.1 billion.[2] The film had a final lifetime gross of ¥1.87 billion.[1]
On July 30, 2002, Manga Entertainment released Death and Rebirth on VHS and DVD in both dub and sub.
On July 26, 2005, Manga Entertainment released Death and Rebirth and The End of Evangelion together in the United States as a two-disc set.
The English production made similar creative changes in the dubbing of the film, as had been made to The End of Evangelion. One notable change was the alteration of the sound effect between the scene featuring Kaji to one of Shinji informing Asuka of his death. According to the DVD commentary, English ADR director Amanda Winn-Lee, also the voice of Rei in the dub, felt the sound was not a proper "gunshot" and replaced it with a more overt effect. However, the Japanese screenplay mentions that the sound effect is not a gunshot at all, but rather the sound of a slap (the following scene implies Asuka has slapped Shinji's face).
Versions[]
Evangelion: Death(True) screened on January 2, 1998 on the Japanese satellite TV channel WOWOW; this version of Evangelion: Death was personally re-edited by Masayuki, removing much of the new footage from episodes 21–24.
Revival of Evangelion promotional poster
Another version titled Revival of Evangelion was released on March 8, 1998 and is a unification of the movies Death(True)2 (a further edit of Death(true), with a few removed shots edited back in) and The End of Evangelion. It is considered the final form of the Evangelion movies, which had been released in several forms prior to Revival. The two were released on the ninth and tenth discs of the Renewal of Evangelion box set with the labels of Revival of Evangelion and Evangelion – The Feature Film. Death(true)2 is also the version released in the west.
Reception[]
Chris Beveridge from Mania gave it an overall "A-" score.[3] Robert Nelson of T.H.E.M. Anime Reviews gave it a 3 out of 5.[4] Japan Cinema gave the film a C+.[5] Adam Arnold from Animefringe gave the film an overall score of 72%.[6]
See also[]
- Evangelion: Death (OST)
- The End of Evangelion
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "アニメが映画界をけん引!?最近のアニメ映画事情" (in ja-JP). Merumo (GMO Internet Group). 2015-06-19. https://news.merumo.ne.jp/article/genre/3019391. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ↑ December 1997 Newtype, p.90
- ↑ "Neon Genesis Evangelion Death and Rebirth". Mania. Archived from the original on 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
{{cite web}}: ; deadurl - ↑ "Neon Genesis Evangelion Death and Rebirth". T.H.E.M. Anime Reviews. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Neon Genesis Evangelion Death and Rebirth - Review". Japan Cinema. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Neon Genesis Evangelion Death and Rebirth DVD". animefringe. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
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External links[]
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth at the Internet Movie Database
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth at MusicBrainz (list of releases)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (film) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Anime Jump! review
| Works directed by Hideaki Anno | ||
|---|---|---|
| Feature films | Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (1997) • The End of Evangelion (1997) • Love & Pop (1998) • Ritual (2000) • Cutie Honey (2004) • Gunbuster vs. Diebuster (2006) • Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007) • Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009) • Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012) • Shin Godzilla (2016) • Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 (2020) • Shin Ultraman (2021) | |
| Animated series | Gunbuster (1988–89) • Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990–91) • Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–96) • His and Her Circumstances (1998–99) | |
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| Feature films | 009 Re: Cyborg • Blood-C: The Last Dark • Blood: The Last Vampire • Book Girl • Broken Blade • Cyber Team in Akihabara: Summer Holidays of 2011 • Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic • Dead Leaves • The End of Evangelion • Ghost in the Shell • Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence • Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society • Ghost in the Shell: Arise • Giovanni's Island • Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade • Kick-Heart • Kill Bill: Volume 1 (animated sequence) • A Letter to Momo • Loups=Garous • Nadesico: Prince of Darkness • Mass Effect: Paragon Lost • Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth • Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror • MiniPato • Patlabor: The Movie • Patlabor 2: The Movie • Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom • Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice • Sakura Wars: The Movie • Sengoku Basara: The Last Party • Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters • Tennis no Ōjisama – Futari no Samurai • The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom • The Sky Crawlers • The Weathering Continent • Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike • xxxHolic: A Midsummer Night's Dream | ||
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| Video games | Children of Mana • Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance • Ghost in the Shell • Infinite Space • Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū 12 • Namco × Capcom • Professor Layton and the Curious Village • Sands of Destruction • Sonic Riders • Star Ocean: First Departure • Star Ocean: The Second Story • Summon Night 4 • Surveillance Kanshisha • Tales • Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria • Valkyria Chronicles III • Wario Land: Shake It! • Xenogears | ||
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| Founders | Hideaki Anno • Hiroyuki Yamaga • Shinji Higuchi • Takami Akai • Toshio Okada • Yasuhiro Takeda • Yoshiyuki Sadamoto | |
| Television series | Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990–1991) • Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996) • Kare Kano (1998–1999) • Modern Love's Silliness (1999) • Oruchuban Ebichu (1999) • Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden (2001–2002) • Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi (2002) • Mahoromatic: Something More Beautiful (2002–2003) • Petite Princess Yucie (2002–2003) • This Ugly yet Beautiful World (2004) • Melody of Oblivion (2004) • He Is My Master (2005) • Ani*Kuri15 (animated sequence) (2007–2008) • Gurren Lagann (2007) • Shikabane Hime: Aka (2008) • Shikabane Hime: Kuro (2009) • Hanamaru Kindergarten (2010) • Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (2010) • The Mystic Archives of Dantalian (2011) • Medaka Box (2012) • Medaka Box Abnormal (2012) • Stella Women’s Academy, High School Division Class C³ (2013) • Magica Wars (2014) • Wish Upon the Pleiades (2015) | |
| OVA/ONAs | Appleseed (1988) • Mahjong Hishō-den: Naki no Ryū (1988–1990) • Gunbuster (1988–1989) • Beat Shot (1989) • Circuit no Ōkami II: Modena no Tsurugi (1990) • Blazing Transfer Student (1991) • Money Wars (1991) • Otaku no Video (1991) • K.O. Beast (1992–1993) • Casshan: Robot Hunter (1993–1994) • Debutante Detective Corps (1996) • FLCL (2000–2001) • Anime Tenchou (2002) • Mahoromatic: Summer, Special (2003) • Re: Cutie Honey (2004) • Diebuster (2004–2006) • Mahoromatic: I'm Home, Special (2009) • Wish Upon the Pleiades (2011) | |
| Films | Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise (1987) • Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1991) • Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (1997) • The End of Evangelion (1997) • Revival of Evangelion (1998) • Gunbuster vs. Diebuster (2006) • Gurren Lagann The Movie: Childhood's End (2008) • Gurren Lagann The Movie: The Lights in the Sky are Stars (2009) • The Zero Century (2020–2026) | |
| Video games | Alisia Dragoon • Musashi: Samurai Legend • Princess Maker | |
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