- Actors: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yûko Miyamura, Kotono Mitsuishi, Fumihiko Tachiki
- Directors: Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Masayuki
- Writers: Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Amanda Winn Lee, Shinji Higuchi
- Producers: Amanda Winn Lee
- Format: Box set, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language: English, Japanese
- Subtitles: English
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 2
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- Studio: Manga Video
- Release Date: July 26 2005
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (88 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0009S4J5K
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#41,338 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
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- #55 in DVD > Animation > Anime & Manga > By Studio > Manga
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Death & Rebirth, the bizarre ending of the television series Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995), pleased no one, including creator Hideaki Anno. Shortly after it aired, Anno began remaking the final episodes as an OAV and then decided to release them as a theatrical feature. At the climax of the series, Shinji met and destroyed Kaoru, who was both the Fifth Child and 17th Angel--then collapsed into schizophrenia. Death retraces these events through clips, many of them set to new dialogue performed by the same English cast as the series. Rebirth depicts the aftermath of Shinji's victory over the final Angel: Seele attacks NERV headquarters as part of their plot to advance human evolution. The feature ends as inconclusively as the series, with Rei in limbo beside Dr. Ikari, the traumatized Shinji nearly catatonic, and a reawakened Asuka fighting Seele. It sets up the final film, The End of Evangelion. Unrated; suitable for ages 14 and up: Violence, brief nudity, profanity.
Anno brought his watershed epic to its conclusion in the final installment, End of Evangelion. It begins where the series ended: with the Angels defeated, the sinister cabal SEELE attacks NERV headquarters to seize the Evas and realize their plan for humanity. Misato and Ritsuko fight from inside while Asuka decimates a new Eva series. But when Rei merges with Lilith, and Shinji seems to fuse with Unit 01, the final traces of a coherent storyline dissolve into a protracted collage of fantastic images, played against discussions involving Rei, Shinji, Asuka, and Kaoru. Anno's dazzling apocalyptic vision forms a weird but oddly logical finale that ultimately means whatever the viewer chooses to read into it. This unrated feature, suitable for ages 17 and older, contains considerable violence, profanity, grotesque imagery, and sexual situations.
Extras in this set include a gallery of still artwork, short biographies of the main characters, descriptions of the Angels and Evas, and a glossary of terms used in the series. In the voice-over commentary, Amanda Winn Lee (producer-director of the English dub and the voice of Rei Ayanami), co-producer Jason C. Lee and "anime enthusiast" Taliesin Jaffe make a lot of dumb jokes that suggest a lack of respect for both Anno's work and the audience. --Charles Solomon
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Please read the following carefully!,
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This review is from: Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth - The End of Evangelion (DVD)
First off: Do NOT buy this set as a way of trying out the series. These two movies are intended to be watched AFTER viewing the series, and have a very different vibe to them than the series had.So, if you want awesome anime to watch, please go get the series instead, and stop reading about Death & Rebirth/End of Eva. Alright, you've watched the series, were seriously ticked off at how it "ended", and like many, you want to know what "really" happened. Well, you're not going to find out everything that you want to know, so don't expect to. Death and Rebirth is not just a recap of the show. It fills in small yet very important details that were missed in the series, such as explanations for Asuka's depression/breakdown. It links the series with the *actual* ending movie, End of Evangelion. The most violent anime of its time is in these movies. It has sexual content and innuendo that will likely disturb those that have a sense for double meaning and psychology. These two movies are incredibly dark and very adult. This boxset is a good deal, but do yourself a favour and do NOT watch the so-called commentary. They could have brought in fansubbers and got a better commentary. (If you thought you were an Amanda Winn Lee fan, it'll end that for ya.) For that reason, I only give this boxset a rating of 4 stars. If it only had a decent commentary it'd easily get 5.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Talk about lazy...,
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This review is from: Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth - The End of Evangelion (DVD)
Yay, Manga just put the two movies in a box along with some artwork and a thin mousepad. Overall, the movies themselves are fine, but overall, this package is a joke.Same poor letterbox transfer and DVD menu glitches. I can't believe they didn't bother using the renewal footage (For those who don't know, the japanese have anamorphic widescreen versions of these movies). Pure laziness, but what can I expect from Manga Entertainment.
2.0 out of 5 stars
well....,
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This review is from: Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth (Widescreen) (DVD)
I agree this was a rip off! I rented this movie and after 3 minutes or less I turned it off. Why shoulden't you see this? well, for a whole 60 minutes they show nothing but flashbacks of old episodes! They call this a movie? Though, I think unless your a die hard eva fan skip to rebirth cause thats where it truely begins. But still This is a complete rip off. I think you should just skip to the end of evangelion the "REAL" full lengh movie!
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