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Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth

1997 · 101 min

A haunting, fragmented plunge into psychological and apocalyptic dread, demanding close attention as it shifts between memory and impending catastrophe.

Tagline: Welcome to the apocalypse.
Overview: Originally a collection of clips from the Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series, Death was created as a precursor to the re-worked ending of the series. Rebirth was intended as that re-worked ending, but after production overruns Rebirth became only the first half of the first part of The End of Evangelion, with some minor differences.

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
identity
trauma
exploration
fate
Places: big city
Era: near-future
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	5
Horror	5
Humour	2
Realism	4
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	9
Complexity	9
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: animation, drama, science fiction
Directed by: Ken Ando, Tetsuya Watanabe, Masahiko Otsuka, Hiroyuki Ishido, Tsuyoshi Kaga, Naoyasu Habu
Written by: Shinji Higuchi, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Yoji Enokido, Hideaki Anno
Starring: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yuko Miyamura, Kotono Mitsuishi, Fumihiko Tachiki, Koichi Yamadera, Miki Nagasawa, Takehito Koyasu
Music: Shiro Sagisu
Cinematography: Hisao Shirai
Runtime: 101 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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