"Shin seiki evangerion" Saigo no shisha (1996)

User Rating:

8.8/10   

Directors:

Masayuki
Hideaki Anno

Writers:

Hideaki Anno (creator)
Hideaki Anno (screenplay)

TV Series:

"Shin seiki evangerion" (1995)

Original Air Date:

13 March 1996 (Season 1, Episode 24)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

A despondent Shinji encounters a kind-hearted boy named Kaworu, who quickly becomes his close friend. However, Kaworu (selected earlier as the replacement pilot for EVA-02) is soon revealed to be the final Angel. This turn of events leaves Shinji with a cruel dilemma: saving humanity will mean he must kill his only true friend in the world. |

Plot Keywords:

Anime | Manga | Decapitation | Cyberpunk | Loneliness

Cast

Megumi Ogata	...	Shinji Ikari (voice: Japanese version)
Spike Spencer	...	Shinji Ikari (voice: English version)
Megumi Hayashibara	...	Rei Ayanami / Yui Ikari / Pen Pen (voice: Japanese version)
Allison Keith	...	Misato Katsuragi (voice: English version)
Kotono Mitsuishi	...	Misato Katsuragi (voice)
Sue Ulu	...	Ritsuko Akagi (voice: English version)
Yûko Miyamura	...	Asuka Langley Sôryû (voice: Japanese version)
Amanda Winn Lee	...	Rei Ayanami (voice)
Tiffany Grant	...	Asuka Langly Soryu (voice: English version)
Yuriko Yamaguchi	...	Ritsuko Akagi (voice: Japanese version)
Tristan MacAvery	...	Gendo Ikari (voice)
Guil Lunde	...	Kozo Fuyutsuki (voice)
Fumihiko Tachiki	...	Gendô Ikari (voice: Japanese version)
Matt Greenfield	...	Makoto Hyuga (voice)
Motomu Kiyokawa	...	Kôzô Fuyutsuki (voice: Japanese version)

Series Cast

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Kôichi Yamadera	...	Ryôji Kaji (voice: Japanese version)
Tomokazu Seki	...	Tôji Suzuhara (voice: Japanese version)
Tetsuya Iwanaga	...	Kensuke Aida (voice: Japanese version)
Junko Iwao	...	Hikari Horaki (voice: Japanese version)
Tomomichi Nishimura	...	O.T.R. Admiral (voice: Japanese version)
Hôchû Ôtsuka	...	Shirô (voice: Japanese version)
Kyle Sturdivant	...	Kaworu Nagisa (voice: English version)
Gene Kato	...	OTR Admiral (voice: English version)
Charles Campbell	...	Commitee Member (voice: English version)
Rob Mungle	...	The Commander (voice: English version)
John Swasey	...	Asuka's Father, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
John Tyson	...	Asuka's Father - 2004 Director's Cut (voice: English version)
Yvonne Aquire	...	Nurse, Asuka's Mother, Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Yvonne Aguirre)
Melinda DeKay	...	Asuka's Grandmother, Additional Voices (voice: English version)

Also Known As:

Shin seiki evangerion: The Beginning and the End, or 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door' (#1.24) (USA)

Runtime:

26 min (director's cut)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M

Company:

Gainax

Quotes:

[Unit-01 grips Kaworu in its left hand]
Shinji Ikari: Kaworu-kun, why?
Kaworu Nagisa: Because it's my destiny to continue to live, even if it may result in the destruction of humanity. But I can also die here. Life and death are of equal value to me. Dying of your own will. That is the one and only absolute freedom there is.
Shinji Ikari: What? Kaworu-kun, I don't understand what you're saying! Kaworu-kun...
Kaworu Nagisa: And, you are not a being who should die. Your people need the future. Thank you. I'm glad I met you.
[for a long, long moment, Shinji and the EVA hold still, as Kaworu looks up at them. Then, the fist closes with a loud crush]

Movie Connections:

Edited into Shin seiki Evangelion Gekijô-ban: Shito shinsei (1997)