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

Directors:

Hideaki Anno
Kazuya Tsurumaki

Writers:

Hideaki Anno (writer)
Shinji Higuchi (writer)
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Genre:

Animation | Action | Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

...Do you really want to stay here?

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Apocalypse | Shot In The Head | Father Son Relationship | Hopeless Cause | Dream Like

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)
Allison Keith	...	Misato Katsuragi (voice: English version)
Sue Ulu	...	Ritsuko Akagi (voice: English version)
Tristan MacAvery	...	Gendo Ikari (voice: English version)
Aaron Krohn	...	Ryoji Kaji / Kaoru Nagisa (voice: English version)
Amy Seeley	...	Maya Ibuki (voice: English version)
Laura Chapman	...	Dr. Akagi (voice: English version)
Brett Weaver	...	Toji (voice: English version)
Kurt Stoll	...	Kensuke (voice: English version)
Kimberly Yates	...	Hikari (voice: English version)
Tom Booker	...	Keel Lorenz (voice: English version)
Keith Burgess	...	Makoto Hyuga (voice: English version)
Riley Barber	...	JSSDF Commander (voice: English version)
Jason Lee	...	Shigeru Aoba (voice: English version)
Taliesin Jaffe	...	JSSDF Soldier (voice: English version)
Michael Ross	...	Professor Fuyutsuki (voice: English version)
Dave Wittenberg	...	Seele (voice: English version)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Thomas Greene	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Ryan Paregien	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Traci Shannon	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)

Directed by
Hideaki Anno		(segment "Magokoro o, kimi ni")
Kazuya Tsurumaki		(segment "Air")

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Hideaki Anno		writer
Shinji Higuchi		writer
Kazuya Tsurumaki		writer

Produced by
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa	....	producer
Tsuguhiko Kadokawa	....	producer
Miyuki Nanri	....	line producer

Original Music by
Shirô Sagisu

Cinematography by
Hisao Shirai

Film Editing by
Sachiko Miki

Art Direction by
Hiroshi Kato

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Masayuki	....	assistant director

Art Department
Hideaki Anno	....	storyboard artist
Kiichi Hadame	....	storyboard artist
Shinji Higuchi	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Hideyuki Tanaka	....	sound director

Animation Department
Hideaki Anno	....	animation director
Hideaki Anno	....	animator
Naoya Furukawa	....	assistant animation director
Takayuki Gorai	....	animator
Takayuki Goto	....	animator
Shinya Hasegawa	....	animator
Takashi Hashimoto	....	animator
Hisashi Hirai	....	animator
Tadashi Hiramatsu	....	animation director
Tadashi Hiramatsu	....	animator
Kazunobu Hoshi	....	animator
Hiroyuki Imaishi	....	animator
Satoru Iriyoshi	....	animator
Kanta Kamei	....	animator
Toshio Kawaguchi	....	animator
Makiko Kojima	....	animation finisher
Mamoru Kurosawa	....	animator
Masayuki	....	animator
Shôichi Masuo	....	animator
Yûji Moriyama	....	animator
Katsuichi Nakayama	....	animator
Takehiro Noda	....	animator
Nobutoshi Ogura	....	animator
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto	....	character designer
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto	....	layout assistant
Mamoru Sasaki	....	animator
Kôji Sugiura	....	animator
Shunji Suzuki	....	animation director
Hideki Takahashi	....	animator
Manabu Tanzawa	....	animator
Kigen Tokura	....	animator
Katsuyuki Tsubouchi	....	animator
Naoya Yoshida	....	animator
You Yoshinari	....	animator
You Yoshinari	....	assistant animation director

Other crew
Hideaki Anno	....	executive director
Masayuki	....	visual water artist

Production Companies

• Gainax
• Production I.G.
• Project Eva
• TV Tokyo

Distributors

• Manga Video
• Toei Company

Other Companies

• Production I.G.  digital ink and paint
• Star Child Recording  music production
• Studio Biho  background art
• Tokyo TV Center  music production

Also Known As:

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (USA)
New Century Evangelion Theatrical Edition: Air/Sincerely Yours (Japan) (literal English title)
The End of Evangelion (Japan: English title) (short title)
The End of Evangelion: Episode 25': Love is Destructive/One More Final: I Need You (Japan: English title)

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

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

Company:

Gainax

Trivia:

One shot in the live-action sequence shows three women with their backs turned to the camera who are dressed exactly like the characters Rei, Asuka, and Misato.

Quotes:

Asuka Langley Sohryuu: I'll-kill-you-I'll-kill-you-I'll-kill-you- I'll-kill-you-I'll-kil - -
[Asuka's upraised arm splits in half as EVA-02's arm is split by a Lance of Longinus]

Movie Connections:

Edited from "Shin seiki evangerion: Saigo no shisha (#1.24)" (1996)

Soundtrack:

Tanin no Kanshou

The Magnus Opus of anime

I am at a loss for words to describe this work. It does for anime what Beethoven's 9th or Wagner's Ring cycle did for classical music. End of Evangelion combines intense action with emotional drama superbly. A number of scenes depicting graphic violence and sexual content will probably bother some viewers. These scenes, however, serve to underscore the themes of the movie for the most part.

The animation is excellent and the music is great (and features a number of nice works by Bach) and the symbolism is truly rich and elaborate, involving many elements of Christianity and Judaism as the entire series is sort of a take on the Apocalypse. However, as many have already mentioned, watching the anime series before hand is necessary to even remotely understand what is going on.