The Unit's dummy plug system is manufactured at Golgotha Base, which is named for the hill also known as Calvary where Jesus was crucified.
Mari the Illustrious wasn't originally intended to appear in this film but rather in the third movie, Evangelion: 3. It was because of overwhelming fan-response to her appearance in Evangelion: 1.
The character, Makinami Illustrious Mari, is a secondary character entirely created for this film. Yoshiyuki Sadamoto designed her to look British, and added glasses as a 'simple yet effective way to set her apart from the other characters'and continuing the tradition of using names based on ships of the second world war, Makinami is the name of one of the destroyers of World War II Ayanami class.
Navy and in the English navy. Misato now holds the rank of colonel in this film, instead of the rank of captain who ascends to the rank of major that she has in the television series.
This change in the Asuka's last name seems to establish a link between surname initials of the three female pilots presented in the film: Ayanami,Shikinami and Makinami.
Originally it was planned that Asuka and Mari would pilot Eva Unit 02 together during the battle with Zeruel. In the final film Mari pilots it by herself since Asuka is hospitalized. The scene was storyboarded but not filmed. The Japanese film poster is identical to the poster of the first film, but adds Asuka and Mari to the artwork.
The older last name "Soryu" came from the "Japanese aircraft carrier Soryu" one of the famous aircrafts Sunk by air attack at the battle of Midway in 4 June, FAQ 1.
Who's the brown-haired girl in the trailer? Details Edit. Release date June 27, Japan. Japanese German. Evangelion: 2. Box office Edit. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 1 hour 52 minutes. Dolby Digital EX. Related news. Mar 15 ScreenDaily. Contribute to this page Suggest an edit or add missing content. Top Gap. Contrary to her, though, his behaviour remains the same, turning him into the indecisive brat that he was so long unjustly made out to be.
But the film's main problem lies with the story as a whole. Its narrative structure and pacing are inept. The film's opening bombards the audience with new impressions, but everything after that is just spread-out exposition.
This blatancy culminates with Fuyutsuki straight up telling Shinji what the Evas truly are; one of the most central elements to the "Evangelion" lore, a shocking reveal only hinted at in the show, here spelled out as plainly as possible. The climax that caps these 50 minutes of explanation is based around misconception and comes down to the avoidance, rather than the execution of an actual event.
That means that the bigger picture doesn't change, leaving our characters in exactly the same position they have been in since the first 15 minutes, merely talked up-to-date. Then what was "Evangelion 3. Setting up the next film, I guess, like the last two films' point was. We have now passed the three-quarter mark in the "Rebuild" tetralogy and the only original writing so far barely hangs together.
Maybe if "Evangelion 4. Finally new material after years of remakes and recycled material and reshuffled scenes. It is glorious to behold! But, at the same time, it was a whole lot of setup and build up for the final part in the series. So, it didn't have as much bang as I would have liked. Overall, it's very true to what came before, and it's nice to see these characters doing something new even if it was a bit of a tease to wait for the final movie.
NicolasTheWolf 16 August I just can't explain how good this is. I don't know what else to say but this, I'm ready probably not for Evangelion: 3. Disappointing and I really hated this film, the Rebuild Series looked so promising but this completely killed it for me. I mean to me its as if everyone has just gotten completely nuts! Also Third Impact was not Shinji's fault at all, it was Gendo's. Honestly Shinji didn't know what he was doing and only ones who knew what was going to happen were Gendo and Fuyutsuki.
Yet everyone treats Shinji like crap not caring about their own contributions or even how much their behaviour is playing into Gendo's hands. No matter what they claim to be WILLE are just plain tools of Gendo whether they know or not, their stupidity and pathetic behaviour confounds me. Shinji is even more unstable and easily manipulated yet the only really sane one in this is Kaworu Nagisa.
Frankly the series has turned into one of those where I am actually rooting for the antagonists, part of me wondered throughout the movie is 'Would Fourth Impact really be so bad? Kind of scary, huh? I have never been so disappointed as the series started quite promising and yet they pull up this crap.
Other disappointment with the Evangelion franchise included End of Evangelion and the awful manga! HardLight 14 September There's a lot to consider with the series Neon Genesis Evangelion. Quite a lot to deal with as well. The philosophy, the symbolism, the serious talks of the self, of understanding the world and trusting people. To do a full and detailed analysis of this - mind bending - story, you need to take things into their proper context and the funny thing about Hideki Anno is that he gives you the proper context.
He just does it in the very beginning, doesn't tell you about it and then when the series is over he says something to pop the knowledge there for those who can pick it up. He's sort of a genius The sentence is "Eva is a story that repeats" And you have to take into consideration that he has and will continue to do things that misdirect you.
The hint for this is at the series start, I'm not going to say it, but its mirrored at the end too. After Third Impact Now. Since we have had what we expect with the series. That Aliens sent 7 giant containers of their species souls out into the universe and unfortunately 2 fell on the same planet, those warring factions clash against each other and they want to defeat each other so they can "fix things" This is a misdirection It isn't the "truth" and, dear reader Eva 3.
Because this iteration of Evangelion is not the one where Shinji Ikari caused Third Impact after seeing the woman he loves lying dead because he couldn't help her. This iteration of Evangelion is something different, its actually impossible to really guess what it is without the final piece, there are hints but again its not something that I am willing to discuss because it leads into massive levels of philosophy, understanding of the self, time, space, self-identity and reality as we perceive it.
There is far too much going on here for you to understand it and it is a nightmare to try and understand for a fan of the series. Lets just put it this way We've got an asteroid coming in November and the Fanta Man needs to be elected so that we can get Third Impact. With a plot full of holes like Swiss cheese, setting and setup that will confuse even the staunchest long-time fans, script on the level of a bad fan fiction, countless disrepancies and abandoned plot lines from the first two movies and characterization taking degree turns every two seconds, Evangelion 3.
It's a colossal failure as its own story, as a follow-up, as a remake and a movie in general that renders the previous two movies and all their accomplishments completely pointless.
Almost nothing from the previous films is resolved in any meaningful way: Shinji's relationships with his friends and slowly growing confidence, Kaji's shady dealings with NERV, the Key of Nebuchadnezzar, Rei coming out of her shell, Asuka warming up to people, the growing threat of Angel attacks and much more are completely abandoned and forgotten about. In their place we get an endless barrage of new terms and plot elements which the characters talk about, but none of which are ever adequately explained or established.
The first 30 minutes consist of nothing but action scenes with only the tiniest amount of context or setup, just a bunch of flashy stuff for the viewer to look at. The characters have taken a total nosedive. Mari, who had a strange foreboding about her in 2. Despite the year gap, Asuka is still her old bratty self despite now being 28 years old. The justification for her and Mari not having aged is so ridiculous you have to wonder if the writers are actually pulling a prank.
Misato is so far removed from her previous persona she might as well be an entirely new character. Rei's character actually regresses, as all her development from the previous movies is rendered nonexistent, and is never properly explained how. Gendo has become a caricature of himself. In the original series he had an enigmatic presence and there were hints of his deeper motives, but here there's nothing under the surface: he's just a cartoon villain, practically twirling his moustache and cackling "JUST AS PLANNED".
But the change of setting is undoubtedly the thing that shoots this film in the leg and then some. So many questions rise and are never answered that the viewer is completely lost. The last 20 minutes will be spent in utter confusion as the viewer tries to grasp even the flimsiest straw of what is supposed to be going on, and why it should mean anything. Bombastic music playing over certain scenes is the only signal of something meaningful happening, but since the setting is so unestablished the viewer is just left thinking "I guess that's important because the characters act like it is, but why should I care?
But that makes it only so much worse when you think what other projects this clearly great amount of talent could have been used for, rather than this minute fart in the audience's face. At one point Fuyutsuki, the one character who gives the only direct exposition in the film, says "'Tis a wretched role I'm playing" to himself. It's almost if he's meta talking about his character having been reduced to a useless exposition device.
Add to all this meaningless shoutouts to the original like recycled shots from the series and Gendo's new choice of eyewear, occasional pseudo-philosophical lines which don't mean anything and some completely out of place piano playing scenes that add nothing to the story and you have an indulgent, incomprehensible, poorly told, plot less, pretentious, forced mess that doesn't even have a proper ending.
Stuff explodes, characters talk about things you don't understand, Shinji sulks, some piano playing, stuff explodes again and then the movie just stops. Nothing has been achieved, learned or accomplished and you just don't care.
Ekul 20 January When you watched the preview to 3. Whatever you watched before, you will be shocked at how 3. I was fortunate enough to watch Evangelion 3. The story is set 14 years after the second film, many things have changed, a lot of the characters have switched sides and people that Shinji came to know is no longer those same person. Misato and the rest of the characters along with the new characters are now his enemies. Only people that seems to be on his sides is his father Gendo, Fuyutsuki, Kaworu, and Rei.
Even the mighty Seele is nothing more then AIs and are on Gendo's side this time. The new Evangelion No. As the story goes, Shinji is the main focus of the movie and we see him having to deal with the future while everybody else is 14 years older then him. Everything has completely changed for him and the city that we see in Evangelion 1 and 2 is completely gone. None of the characters are explored like we don't know why Misato and the rest have switch side other then she is a commander in the organization called Willie whose mission is to destroy Nerv and its Evangelion.
Interestingly, Willie has its own Evangelions piloted by Asuka and Mari. The color of the animation is just as modern as ever, computer graphics mixed in gives this movie a life in itself and thats what I loved about the three movies. Lively is also key to movie's success. The music also drives the movie too and the composer did a fantastic job in being the proper background as well as mixing the great master's like Beethoven into the mix.
Sadly, because I watched the subtitle, the English voice actors won't be available until the movie hits the United States. I have no doubt when it hits the state, I'll be back in line to watch the movie again as well as buy the DVD or Blue Ray.
Some people have complained that the movie is completely different from the Evangelion that we all know and love, but this is a different road Evangelion is taking and the creator has already said there will be lots of surprises and shock like how Yamato is turning out. No doubt all Evangelion fans should watch the movie. Miasmakoala 26 July I was rewatching the previous Rebuild's ending from the tube and after almost peeking into the comments I had to put this on.
I was pretty nervous to watch this because of the bad reviews. Had Anno finally lost it? Was Evangelion doomed to fail just like all that is good? Yeah no. Just like the last episodes of the original series this, too, was so painful to watch, in a good way. Visually it is the best Evangelion has ever looked. The soundtrack and the ambient and drone sound effects complimented the complex visuals perfectly.
The first two Rebuilds were great but were pretty much the original series polished into movies. This movie manages to capture exactly the same harrowing feeling within that was when I saw the original series for the first time from Netflix lol. It demanded attention at every scene. The bonding between her and Shinji has been watered down too, so strongly it is virtually non-existent but for their sexual tension. Considering that their relation in the third film has diverged significantly from the series, this choice could have been defended, had Asuka not been the very reason for Shinji to trigger this film's climax she takes on Toji's in a certain incident.
And so, the lack of development she undergoes undermines the plot itself. This detrimental smoothing is indicative of all writing. In an attempt to be slightly less impenetrable, more exposition is thrown in, which will go over the head of those who don't know the story, and slap those who do in the face with its obviousness.
Shinji mentioning that his Eva's smell reminds him of his mother, or Rei merging with the form of said mother in Gendo's imagination are good examples of this. It is a relief that "Evangelion: 2. By simplifying some of the deepest writing in anime, Hideaki Anno has created a serviceable action anime, but seems oblivious to what made his creation great in the first place.
It is a film not recommendable for its own accomplishments, but merely as the set-up of something that is hopefully more interesting. A final note: Don't make the climax of your story a post-credits scene. I had to watch this film twice to find out that it even had and ending.
NicolasTheWolf 15 August Where the first movie was prett much just like the beginning of the series, You Can Not Advance takes another direction. Not only that, also the character develop different than in the original series. Hideaki Anno executed this amazing so it's on the same level as the series. I love 2. Adele 30 April This 1st movie was a lot better than the 2nd because they stuck to the original series and changed few things but this movie changed too much.
The movie is a continuation of the second and we are greeted to Asuka and Ms. Fanservice as the 3rd and 4th Eva pilots. The movie is very confusing, like the original series but you don't care enough to try to understand what is happening.
Most of the characters are underdeveloped and are bland and boring. The show is much less psychological and has much more action in it. Just watch the original series. First let me state that I was not a fan of the Neo Genisis Evangelion series. I found the main character's constant self pitying weak and annoying.
Hence I couldn't connect with the character which of course affected the story and the philosophy behind the story. Out of boredom I decided to watch the rebuilds 1. The rebuilds basically takes story archs from the series to make into a new movie with some new graphics, new characters and new story arch.
I found the new graphics and the new story arch very interesting as its faster pace and of course with new graphics.
It also left out a lot of Shinji's self pitying patheticness which allowed me to actually connect with the story instead of trying not to throw up with disgust. The battle scenes are superb. I cant wait for rebuild 3. HardLight 4 September Hideki Anno seems to be the Japanese equivalent of Christopher Nolan I'd argue that its reversed where Nolan is the Western version of Anno as he has high concept ideas that are intensely difficult to process on their own.
Like with 1. Yet there was a problem, the story of Evangelion being adapted here has things that need longer than the runtime to develop so some serious parts had to both be cut and squashed together, sections that were meant to develop characters interests are left out and things that have little meaning are kept in.
There are understandable cuts made, like the missing Jet Alone project, it didn't really develop anything of the main story in the series other than deepen the mystery of what NERV is willing to go to, so removing it is understandable.
But with the removal of this, the introduction of the BEST character of the Franchise has to take a hit. Yes, I'm an Asuka fan. I like redheads and Tsundere's okay. Without this interaction, Asuka is given full front stage on defeating an Angel on her own and she knows who Shinji is and insults him for not being there to help her. While fitting for her character, it doesn't really work in a narrative sense, it has her using a form of Deus Ex Machina of knowing who Shinji is before meeting him and in the series she had to be informed of who he is.
And from here we miss the real reason why Shinji and Asuka move in together, it is glossed over in the movie but there's an entire episode of them needing to learn to be in sync with each other, so living together, working together, doing everything together down to even sleeping in the same room was done to show they both had stresses on them but wanted to be able to work with each other. It was a character development that worked. Then there's the rushed development of Asuka's mental issues, the shots of the doll her mother gave to her and the use of it.
All of this seeks to have issues which should have been given time to develop, are rushed. And its here where changes begin to mount up, see at the very start of the movie we are introduced to the 4th child, Mari. And its here where we begin to see the new direction that Evangelion is going, we see the outrage from Shinji and his abandoning of things in realisation he was just used to potentially kill someone he cares about.
He then leaves and is hiding when the next Angel attacks, with Rei's Unit 00 still inoperable, its on Mari have to be the self sacrificial type, yet we don't know enough about her so its more a thrill of fighting that doesn't do anything. We get to the point where Shinji gets back in the damn robot and fights, then wins. So we're well off the beaten track for Evangelion in this part and the story has rushed two-thirds of the story we had known to change it in places. We'd known that this wasn't a complete remake of the series with the changes to the sea and certain actions.
But It had been following a mainline story that fans had loved since it first aired in Changing things this drastically is going to set nerves on edge in many places, original fans like myself who enjoy the story of the original Eva are going to see things from a vastly different viewpoint when the story they love is messed with.
And then there comes part 3, and the point where everything breaks down immensely. Where the genius of Hideki Anno and his story telling hits the wall and we see the same problems arise again.
I won't go into detail here but the argument he made about time constraints and budget issues is now bunk, there's no excuse for the argument anymore. In summary, Evangelion 2. Yet it falls down at the story telling hurdle somewhat again with the rushed plot, argumentative symbolism and meaning and a complete and total rug pull of the lore of the Evangelion story.
Watching them back to back will give you a story that is intriguing and will make you want more. But with what is to come, I can't say its worth the investment, either as a fan of the series or as a fan of good story telling.
I mentioned above that Hideki Anno shares a lot of traits with Christopher Nolan in developing high concept ideas and stories. And just like Nolan, if left to his own devices and unchecked, his ideas take on a life of their own and lose focus on a better overall story.
Script doctors and editors are needed for both men to keep their gigantic worlds in check so that they make logical sense for everyone, not just their creator. This review is based on the Blu-Ray release version 2. While the first remake film 1.
Everything is smoother, more refined and simply better. The animation is gorgeous. The plot is more understandable. The characters are actually all likable this time. Many elements of the story are different, and the pretentious biblical gibberish seems to have taken a back seat.
There is also warmth that was largely missing in the series: the characters seem to be genuinely content with their lives. Shinji isn't constantly mumbling about hating himself. Rei isn't a completely emotionless robot. Even Gendo seems more human. As a very small, but important detail we see his eyes through his shades far more than in the series, which may not sound like much, but it really makes a difference if you've watched the series.
The story remains mostly the same. The events cover mostly what happens in the episodes of the series, but with all the filler cut out. Only the most meaningful angel battles are left. Instead of feeling episodic like the first film, 2.
The animation is top of the class. The level of detail is simply eye- popping, especially when watched in HD. With the help of CGI the angel battles look cooler than ever, and the evas are particularly impressive.
The fairly simplistic characters are something of a letdown in comparison, but don't drag the overall presentation down. The sound is also vastly improved from the series. The music this time is appropriately epic, matching the scale and size of the evas and angels. The voice acting is on par with the series with most of the original cast reprising their roles. The ending song, an acoustic version of Utada Hikaru's "Beautiful World" feels perfect for the film, as if letting out a sigh of relief yet still leaving the feeling there's more to come.
Yet there are still problems Evangelion can't seem to get rid of. The biblical imagery and names, though downplayed in this film, still feel somewhat goofy and superficial. Though the plot is more coherent, it still is very weird and it can be hard to grasp what exactly the big picture is. There is some weird dialogue and lines like "Do you hate pain? Still, the rest of the film is good enough that the viewer is willing to overlook most of the flaws.
Evangelion 2. I recommend seeing the 2. Highly recommended for both fans of the series and newcomers alike. Ekul 17 January Well after watching the first Rebuild, onward to the second Evangelion movie. Like the first film, the tone is a bit serious, touching, and more background on to the characters.
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