Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon A Time (2021; anime)

Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon A Time (2021; anime)

a.k.a Shin Evangerion Gekijōban

Director: Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Katsuichi Nakayama, & Mahiro Maeda

Plot Synopsis

The fourth and final installment of the Rebuild of Evangelion. Misato (Kotono Mitsuishi/Allison Keith) and her anti-Nerv group Wille arrive in Paris, a city now red from core-ization. Crew from the flagship Wunder land on a containment tower.

Male Deaths

• Sean Burgos [Ryoji Kaji] (English Dub)
• John Swasey [Gendo Ikari] (English Dub)
• Fumihiko Tachiki [Gendo Ikari] (Japanese Voice]
• Kôichi Yamadera [Ryoji Kaji] (Japanese Voice)

Female Deaths

• Megumi Hayashibara [Rei Ayanami & Yui Ikari] (Japanese Voice)
• Allison Keith [Misato Katsuragi] (English Dub)
• Amanda Winn Lee [Rei Ayanami & Yui Ikari] (English Dub)
• Kotono Mitsuishi [Misato Katsuragi] (Japanese Dub)

Trivia

1. This movie was shelved until director Hideaki Anno finished Shin Godzilla (2016). After working on Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012) Anno fell into another bout of depression and initially rejecting the offer to direct Godzilla. However, his long time friend Shinji Higuchi convinced him to join the project and Anno credited working on Godzilla as revitalizing him. After the film was finished, Anno apologized to the fans for the delay and began working on this film.
2. The film's theme song "One Last Kiss" has a music video directed by Hideaki Anno.
3. Originally slated for a 2013 release.
4. In late 2014 it was reported that Hikaru Utada, was in talks to contribute a new theme song for the movie as she had done for the prior two films and the movie was now slated for a Fall or Winter release of 2015. Utada had been in a hiatus since 2010.
5. Clocking in at 154 minutes, this the second longest film in the franchise, behind Revival of Evangelion (1998) and the longest of the Rebuild series.
6. In order to create the scene in the film where the characters fight while free-falling through the sky, the staff went skydiving.
7. Amanda Winn Lee returns as Rei Ayanami for the Amazon Prime release. Rei was played by Brina Palencia in the first three Rebuild movies.
8. After its Amazon Prime release, the film entered the top 250 highest rated narrative films on Letterboxd, joining Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)

Gallery

Fumihiko Tachiki/Sean Burgos

Megumi Hayashibara/Amanda Winn Lee (Rei Ayanami)

Kotono Mitsuishi/Allison Keith

Fumihiko Tachiki/John Swasey

Megumi Hayashibara/Amanda Winn Lee (Yui Ikari) & Fumihiko Tachiki/John Swasey

Posters

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