Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth at IMDb.^ "Neon Genesis Evangelion Death and Rebirth DVD".^ "Neon Genesis Evangelion Death and Rebirth – Review".^ "Neon Genesis Evangelion Death and Rebirth".^ a b "Neon Genesis Evangelion's New Japanese Blu-ray & DVD Sets Outlined".Adam Arnold from Animefringe gave the film an overall score of 72%. Death (True)² is also the version most widely released in the West, having been opted by Netflix and GKIDS for its distribution service and Blu-ray box set respectively (however, Death (True)² and End are separated in these releases, losing the intermission between the films).Ĭhris Beveridge from Mania gave it an overall "A−" score. Revival of Evangelion and the original theatrical cut of Death and Rebirth were both released on Blu-ray alongside other materials as part of the 2015 Neon Genesis Evangelion box set. Revival and End were released on the ninth and tenth discs of the Renewal of Evangelion box set with the latter titled Evangelion – The Feature Film. The promotional poster of Revival of EvangelionĪnother theatrical presentation titled Revival of Evangelion was released on March 8, 1998, consisting of Death (True)² (a further edit of Death (True), with a few removed shots edited back in) followed by a 4-minute intermission and then the finished The End of Evangelion. This was released on home video for the first time as part of the Archives of Evangelion DVD box set in 2015.
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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).Įvangelion: Death (True) screened on Januon the Japanese satellite TV channel WOWOW this version of Evangelion: Death was personally re-edited by Masayuki, removing some of the extra footage new to the feature. 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. One notable change was the alteration of the sound effect between the scene featuring Kaji to one of Shinji informing Asuka of his death. The English production made similar creative changes in the dubbing of the film, as had been made to The End of Evangelion. 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. On July 30, 2002, Manga Entertainment released Death and Rebirth on VHS and DVD in both dub and sub. The film had a final lifetime gross of ¥1.87 billion. The part ends with credits accompanied by the song Tamashii No Refrain by Yoko Takahashi.ĭeath and Rebirth was co-produced by Kadokawa Shoten, Gainax, TV Tokyo, Sega, and Toei Company.īetween March and October 1997, Death and Rebirth grossed ¥1.1 billion. These differences include editing, shots that were later re-drawn entirely, and soundtrack cues that were replaced or further edited. Because of its unfinished state, there are differences between Rebirth and the portion it covers of the finished Episode 25' that makes up the first half of The End Of Evangelion. Serving as a preview while the film was still in production, 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.
The second part, Evangelion: Rebirth, consists of approximately 24 minutes of entirely new animation that would eventually form the first third of the film The End of Evangelion, released four months later.