Neon Genesis Evangelion

Season 1 Episode 28

The End of Evangelion

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The End of Evangelion
The End of Evangelion is an alternate version of the final two episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion. The first half of the movie is the alternate episode 25, which is called "Air". With all 17 Angels destroyed, NERV and Gendo Ikari now hold all the cards. Possessing Rei, Eva Unit 1, Lillith, and Adam, Gendo can now initiate his own version of Instrumentality (Third Impact). However, before Gendo can realize his dream, SEELE uses the Japanese Strategic Self-Defence Forces (JSSDF) to launch an assault on NERV itself. The second half of the movie is the alternate episode 26, which is called "My Purest Heart for You". Third Impact is initiated as Eva Unit 1 is put into use for the last time. As the pilot of Eva Unit 1, Shinji controls the fate of the world.moreless
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  • The beginning and the end are one in the same, all is right with the world.

    10
    By suikoherodrake, Feb 03, 2006
    As many EVA fans would say, this was the best ending to the series, though the TV series was good too in my opinion. I watched this movie with my younger brother and older sister the day I bought it and we were all in shock. This movie has changed my views on life itself, also making me wonder when our time will truly come (if you don't know what I'm talking about, watch this movie). The only thing I can recommend for this movie is that you watch most or all of the EVA-series, including the TV ending, since those episodes tie in there somewhere, and don't forget the popcorn and soda. If you're too lazy to watch every episode, I recommend then to watch Death and Rebirth for a brief recap of the series, as well as getting a sneak peek to this great movie.moreless

  • Brutal, disturbing, and sometimes just wrong, but answers some series questions

    10
    By ProtoCashino, Sep 02, 2005
    This is probably the most vicious and brutal (not to mention disturbing) movie that I\'ve ever seen and gotten addicted to. Vicious and brutal because all the fight/invasion/massacre sequences are shown in an absolutely brutal and honest detail with near to literally perfect transition. Disturbing is by the Eva Series (Units 05 through 13) look creepy and absolutely freakish (the angels had forms that actually look more pleasent than these things) Think of a whale\'s head, remove the eyes, place the mouth between the top and bottom of said head, and put the head on a human-like body, replacing the normal head. (It\'s hard to imagine, watch the movie and it you\'ll see.) The first half is pretty much pure violence and slaughter, while the second half is Third Impact and what\'s going on in Shinji\'s phyche as he tries to solve some of his questions and why he always runs away but always comes back, even though he knew he would get hurt again. Lots of symbolism, philosophy, blood, sexually references, and self-discovery. (Slight spoiler: End of Evangelion is what was happening physically while Episodes 25 and 26 were the phyches of the people.moreless

  • Quite possibly the most twisted conclusion to date.

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    By ZaleIsBackAgain, Aug 21, 2005
    The last two epsiodes in the series discussed the fate of humanity through the Human Instrumentality Project, but in a very poor effort. Various cheap tricks were used to possibly stall for the much better and more comprehendable movie, but it did give us a good idea of what is about to happen. SEELE has penetrated NERV headquarters rather deeply using a SWAT force not even they can repel. Their mission was to stop third impact from occuring by killing the three children who are able to trigger it, but secretly SEELE wanted it to happen, and the soldiers were merely their rats. Rei is within the basement alongside Gendou, who had a change of heart towards third impact; Asuka is loosing her will to live and was captivated within her EVA in order to be sheltered; Shinji once again within his deep state of depression shies away from everyone, only to be found by SEELE members. Though the mighty Misato saves him, telling him that he's now the only one capable of saving humanity. Though when she was about to greet Shinji farewell, she was shot, and gave him an "adult kiss" before finally dying. Ritsuko also died for attempting to murder Gendou. All the staff members were being slaughtered senselessly without chance and reason. Not even the helpless women who try to save her coworkers were given mercy.



    Meanwhile, Asuka's EVA makes contact with her, opening up her heart and mind, giving her reason and existence. Asuka fought like a warrior, destroying the majority of SEELE forces in the same manner as the third angel in the first episode handled it. But she was outnumbered by the now completed EVA series, and in a horrifying scene, they've eaten her EVA completely. Shinji shortly arrives to the scene, screaming his lungs out at what he has observed. His roar summoned forth the Spear of Longinus, the last key to initiating third impact. In another dreadful and foul scene, the ritual to destroying every living thing in the world was starting, and the only hope for humanity was for Shinji to realize there's still value in reality. Though Rei and Kaoru do a good job of convincing why he should join the other souls under one. It seemed too late as the gigantic anti AT field grasped the entire world, collecting all the souls into its gigantic white body. What is to become of the human race?



    I've never seen anything so twisted in my life. Twisted not in the manner of human torture beyond understanding, but twisted beyond human morality. The ritual is not like any other you've seen before. There's nothing grostque about it, but the entire concept of it just crawls onto your skin and itches the edges of your mind. Though this is without a doubt one of the best conclusions you'll ever come by, as it scraps what Neon Genesis was before, yet somehow strings it together with other deep ideas. While many may see the movie fairly anticlimatic, the story is rather intriguing that takes life as we see it, and questions every single action using EVA as a metaphor.



    What truly makes the story so successful is its brilliant acting. Yeah it is a cartoon, but I've never been so attached to a cast in my life before. I'll always remember Misato as a strong heroine; Asuka as the prime example of a person who bathes in admiration and loves recognition; Rei the strong silent type who talks when necessary and lives because she was born; Shinji as a person who seeks friends and makes it his primary goal in life to find some; Gendou as a father who makes use of his resources, caring little of their emotions. I've never encountered such a large sophisticated amount of characters in my life, and having watching Neon Genesis and its movies made this one of my favourites of all time. Though the movie exceeds everything within the main TV series, and your empathy level for everyone, especially Asuka and Misato, makes a sudden rise. This is truly one of the best movies ever; with some of the best anime acting ever, and a sudden change in story that makes it satisfying, it's worth it to watch the entire series just to see the movies.moreless
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Cast & Crew: STARS

Aaron Krohn

Aaron Krohn

Ryoji Kaji (Dub)
Tiffany Grant

Tiffany Grant

Asuka Langley Soryu (Dub)
Kurt Stoll

Kurt Stoll

Kensuke Aida (Dub)
Allison Keith-Shipp

Allison Keith-Shipp

Misato Katsuragi (Dub)
Megumi Hayashibara

Megumi Hayashibara

Rei Ayanami/Yui Ikari/Pen Pen (JP)
Megumi Ogata

Megumi Ogata

Shinji Ikari (JP)
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    • The Japanese titles for episodes 25 and 26 are "Air" and "My Purest Heart for You" respectively. Episode 25's English title is "Love is destructive" while Episode 26's English title is "I need you".

    • The members of SEELE knew that opening Heaven's Chamber of Guf (a reference to the Kabbalah) would result in the annihilation and reincarnation of the human race, which goes back to the quote "the fate of destruction is also the joy of rebirth".

    • When Hugo says that the "pilot's destrado is beginning to manifest", destrado is the desire and energy to destroy everything, including ones self; it's the opposite of libido, which is the desire and energy to create life.

    • Due to fan outrage after the abysmal episodes 25 and 26, Studio GAINAX decided to make a remake of the final two episodes. This became the movie The End of Evangelion which is not really a remake, but an alternate version - and an alternate ending for the series.

    • It appears that there was another Angel after the 17th, the only one that would stop humanity from the "Constructive Impact". This was the human who pilots the Evangelion chosen as the path of humanity rejoining it's "mother". That Evangelion was EVA-1, the only Evangelion created from Lilith's body, making Shinji in a way the 18th Angel.

      Gendo's agenda was to make himself a living god, replacing Lilith in the Third impact. But Rei-3 merged into Lilith as her way of cheating Gendo out of his goal to have his wife be a part of him.

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    • When Keel says "all is right with the world", he references the saying God's in His Heaven, All's Right With the World. It is the last line from the 1841 poem Pippa's Song, written by Robert Browning. More information.

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