Евангелион: Смерть и Возрождение (Evangelion: Death & Rebirth)

1997 film directed by Hideaki Anno

The second section, Evangelion: Rebirth, consists of approximately 24 minutes of entirely new animation that would eventually form the first third of the alternate ending film The End of Evangelion, released four months later as the second stage in the Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth project. Serving as a preview while End was still in production, Rebirth only covers the initial preparations of the Human Instrumentality Project and the invasion of the Geofront by the JSSDF, ending with the arrival of the Mass Production Evas. Because of its unfinished state, there are differences between Rebirth and the portion of the finished The End of Evangelion it covers. These differences include editing, shots that were later re drawn entirely, and soundtrack cues that were replaced or further edited. The section ends with credits accompanied by the song “Tamashii No Refrain” by Yoko Takahashi.

CharacterJapaneseEnglish Gaijin Productions/Manga (2002) VSI/Netflix (2019) Shinji Ikari Megumi Ogata Spike Spencer Casey Mongillo Misato Katsuragi Kotono Mitsuishi Allison Keith Carrie Keranen Rei Ayanami Megumi Hayashibara Amanda Winn Lee Ryan Bartley Asuka Langley Soryu Yūko Miyamura Tiffany Grant Stephanie McKeon Kaworu Nagisa Akira Ishida Aaron Krohn Clifford Chapin Gendo Ikari Fumihiko Tachiki Tristan MacAvery Ray Chase Ryoji Kaji Kōichi Yamadera Aaron Krohn Greg Chun Ritsuko Akagi Yuriko Yamaguchi Sue Ulu Erica Lindbeck Kozo Fuyutsuki Motomu Kiyokawa Michael Ross JP Karliak Toji Suzuhara Tomokazu Seki Brett Weaver Johnny Yong Bosch Kensuke Aida Tetsuya Iwanaga Kurt Stoll Ben Diskin Makoto Hyuga Hiro Yūki Keith Burgess Daniel MK Cohen Shigeru Aoba Takehito Koyasu Jason C. Lee Billy Kametz Maya Ibuki Miki Nagasawa Amy Seeley Christine Marie Cabanos Keel Lorentz Mugihito Tom Booker D. C. Douglas Hikari Horaki Junko Iwao Kimberly Yates Abby Trott Pen Pen Megumi Hayashibara Amanda Winn Lee Cherami Leigh Naoko Akagi Mika Doi Laura Chapman Yui Ikari Megumi Hayashibara Amanda Winn Lee Kyoko Zeppelin Soryu Maria Kawamura Kimberly Yates

Death and Rebirth were co produced by Kadokawa Shoten, Gainax, TV Tokyo, Sega, and Toei Company. The film opened in second place at the Japanese box office, just behind the opening of 101 Dalmatians. Between March and October 1997, Death and Rebirth earned a distributor rental income of The feature had a total gross of
On July 30, 2002, Manga Entertainment released Death and Rebirth on VHS and DVD in both dub and sub under the title Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth. On July 26, 2005, Manga Entertainment released Death & Rebirth and The End of Evangelion together in the United States as a two disc set. The English production made similar creative changes in the dubbing of the film as had been made to The End of Evangelion. One notable change was the alteration of the sound effect between the scene featuring Kaji to one of Shinji informing Asuka of his death. According to the DVD commentary, English ADR director Amanda Winn Lee, also voiced of Rei in the dub, felt the sound was not a proper "gunshot" and replaced it with a more overt effect. However, the Japanese screenplay mentions that the sound effect is not a gunshot at all, but rather the sound of a slap (the following scene implies Asuka has slapped Shinji's face).

The final stage of the New Era Evangelion: The Movie project, a theatrical revival with the romanized title Revival of Evangelion was released on March 8, 1998, consisting of Death (True)² (a third, further edit of Death(True), with a few removed shots crucial to the plot edited back in) followed by a four minute intermission and then the finished The End of Evangelion. Some home video releases of Revival from the mid 2000s were given the title Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Feature Film. In 2015, Revival was released on the Japanese Renewal of Evangelion Blu ray box set along with End and the original theatrical cuts of Death and Rebirth. Robert Nelson of T. H. E. M. Anime Reviews gave it a 3 out of 5. Japan Cinema gave the film a C+. Adam Arnold from Animefringe gave the film an overall score of 72%.