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Name: Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Director: Hideaki Anno
Genre: animation, drama, fantasy, science-fiction
Released: 1997
Duration: 1 h 27 min
Rating: 8.1

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion has an iRankMovies score of 84.9/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)

新世紀エヴァンゲリオン劇場版 Air／まごころを、君に

The fate of destruction is also the joy of rebirth.

Release:1997

Runtime:1h 27m

Country:Japan

Director:Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki

Language:Japanese

Genre

AnimationDramaFantasy

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Keywords

PhilosophyInsanityPost Apocalyptic FutureFuturisticEnd Of The WorldMechaAvant GardeMeaningless Existence

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Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8.1/10· 75K votes

Rotten Tomatoes92%

TMDb8.252/10· 2K votes

With 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8.1/10 on IMDb, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion

SEELE orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can advance his own plans for the Human Instrumentality Project. Shinji is pushed to the limits of his sanity as he is forced to decide the fate of humanity.

Cast of Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion

Megumi Ogata
as Shinji Ikari (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara
as Rei Ayanami / Yui Ikari (voice)
Kotono Mitsuishi
as Misato Katsuragi (voice)
Yuko Miyamura
as Asuka Langley Soryu (voice)
Fumihiko Tachiki
as Gendo Ikari (voice)
Miki Nagasawa
as Maya Ibuki (voice)
Takehito Koyasu
as Shigeru Aoba (voice)
Hiro Yuuki
as Makoto Hyouga (voice)
Yuriko Yamaguchi
as Ritsuko Akagi (voice)
Motomu Kiyokawa
as Kozo Fuyutsuki (voice)
Akira Ishida
as Kaworu Nagisa (voice)
Mugihito
as Keel Lorenz (voice)

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion facts

Original title: 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン劇場版 Air／まごころを、君に
Box office: $20.6M
Collection: Neon Genesis Evangelion Collection

Our take on Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion

This 1997 film delivers an alternate, apocalyptic finale to Neon Genesis Evangelion, plunging into Instrumentality with shattering imagery and raw psychological extremity. Divisive, brilliant and overwhelming, it's one of anime's most ambitious and disturbing endings. If the series' blend of mecha spectacle and existential dread gripped you, seek out bold, cerebral anime that push apocalypse and the human mind to the breaking point.

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