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Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth

Welcome to the apocalypse.

19977.41h 41m

Overview

Originally a collection of clips from the Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series, Death was created as a precursor to the re-worked ending of the series. Rebirth was intended as that re-worked ending, but after production overruns Rebirth became only the first half of the first part of The End of Evangelion, with some minor differences.

Directed by Hideaki Anno
Written by Akio Satsukawa, Hideaki Anno, Yoji Enokido
Produced by Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Yamaga
Box Office0Revenue: $16K

Top Cast

Megumi Ogata

Megumi Ogata

Shinji Ikari (voice)

Megumi Hayashibara

Megumi Hayashibara

Rei Ayanami / Yui Ikari (voice)

Yuko Miyamura

Yuko Miyamura

Asuka Langley Soryu (voice)

Kotono Mitsuishi

Kotono Mitsuishi

Misato Katsuragi (voice)

Fumihiko Tachiki

Fumihiko Tachiki

Gendo Ikari (voice)

Koichi Yamadera

Koichi Yamadera

Ryouji Kaji (voice)

Miki Nagasawa

Miki Nagasawa

Maya Ibuki (voice)

Takehito Koyasu

Takehito Koyasu

Shigeru Aoba (voice)

Tetsuya Iwanaga

Tetsuya Iwanaga

Kensuke Aida (voice)

Junko Iwao

Junko Iwao

Hikari Horaki (voice)

Themes & Keywords

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About Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth is a animation, drama, science fiction film released in 1997 exploring themes of surrealism, mecha, giant robot, piloted robot, compilation, edited from tv series. Directed by Hideaki Anno, it stars Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yuko Miyamura. Originally a collection of clips from the Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series, Death was created as a precursor to the re-worked ending of the series. Rebirth was intended as that re-worked ending, but after production overruns Rebirth became only the first half of the first part of The End of Evangelion, with some minor differences.

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