Shin seiki Evangelion Gekijô-ban: Air/Magokoro wo, kimi ni (1997)

Directors:

Hideaki Anno
Kazuya Tsurumaki

Writers:

Hideaki Anno (writer)
Shinji Higuchi (writer)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The fate of destruction is also the joy of rebirth

Plot:

Concurrent theatrical ending of the TV series "Shin Seiki Evangelion" (1995).

Plot Keywords:

Insanity | Breaking The Fourth Wall | Anti Hero | Memory | No Ending Credits

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Megumi Ogata	...	Shinji Ikari (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara	...	Rei Ayanami / Yui Ikari (voice)
Yûko Miyamura	...	Asuka Langley Sôryû (voice)
Kotono Mitsuishi	...	Misato Katsuragi (voice)
Yuriko Yamaguchi	...	Ritsuko Akagi (voice)
Fumihiko Tachiki	...	Gendô Ikari (voice)
Akira Ishida	...	Kaworu Nagisa (voice)
Motomu Kiyokawa	...	Kôzô Fuyutsuki (voice)
Mugihito	...	Keel Lorentz (voice)
Takehito Koyasu	...	Shigeru Aoba (voice)
Hiro Yuuki	...	Makoto Hyûga (voice)
Miki Nagasawa	...	Maya Ibuki (voice)
Spike Spencer	...	Shinji Ikari (voice: English version)
Amanda Winn Lee	...	Rei Ayanami / Yui Ikari (voice: English version) (as Amanda Winn)
Tiffany Grant	...	Asuka Langley Sohryuu (voice: English version)

Also Known As:

End of Evangelion (Japan: English title)
End of Evangelion: Air/Sincerely Yours (informal English title)
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (USA)

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Korea:18 (cable rating) | Finland:K-15 | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Italy:T (DVD rating) | Canada:18A (DVD rating) (2007) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Finland:K-15 (original rating) | Australia:M | France:-12 | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:15 | Germany:16

Company:

Gainax

Trivia:

While advertised as comprising of two episodes, it actually is three episodes, the first one being there only to keep the narrative intact for people who are only able to get hold of this film.

Quotes:

Misato Katsuragi: Giving up halfway is worse than never trying at all. Come on! Get up! MOVE IT!
Shinji Ikari: I want to die. Just leave me here.
Misato Katsuragi: Stop talking like a stubborn little brat! Like it or not, you're still alive. Get moving and DO something! You can die later!

Movie Connections:

References Gekido no showashi: Okinawa kessen (1971)

Soundtrack:

Taikyou e no Kinkyuuhihan

The deepest film I've ever seen

This is the official ending for the saga, meaning the last two episodes weren't after the mass disappointment from many of the fans of the NEON GENESIS EVANGELION TV series. This time, we now take-off where episode 24 left us, where we find Shinji in a traumatised state after killing the final Angel and Asuka in a coma. The soldiers of SEELE and the 9 new Eva units created by SEELE have been sent to attack NERV, whilst Gendou Ikari tries to bring Third Impact into the world with the help of Rei. Nothing is able to stop Third Impact, except for mankind's only hope, which is in the hands of the disturbed Shinji Ikari so he can bring an end to the destruction. Can Shinji save the world in the final battle of mankind or will the world be turned back to nothing? When I saw this, I was blown away. It was absolutely impossible for me to look away from the screen, even after sitting through the end credits, I was just sitting there with tears rolling down my cheeks and thinking of nothing, except for what I just saw. It was also really hard to put the DVD back in its case after finishing the NEON GENESIS EVANGELION saga with this film. It was so sad to see the series end like this, yet it was so good to see the series end like this. The soundtrack was even more haunting than any of the songs played in the TV series, especially songs like 'Komm, Susser Tod' and 'Thanatos - If I Can't be Yours'. The dialogue was excellent, including the conversations between Shinji and the people he cared for. The battle scene between Asuka and SEELE's 9 Eva units is very bloody but beautiful as well (sorry to sound like psycho). It was also really sad (for the EVANGELION fans that is) to see a lot of the characters who we got know and care for a long time in the TV series, see them for the last time on the screen.

This film can really make you ask questions to yourself like 'will we be reborn after we die?', 'would everything be better if humanity ended and then reborn?', 'is destruction really a bad thing?' etc.

NEON GENESIS EVANGELION: THE END OF EVANGELION is without a doubt, the deepest film I've ever seen and probably ever will see and thankfully there is not going to be a sequel to this film, and that's the way it should be.

Thank you so much Hideaki Anno for giving us the proper end to this awesome saga.