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Note, this IS the official Funimation release. Some of these reviews are from a bootleg copy and not for the official release. The bootleg is from Malaysia, listed as a DVD, and has a picture of Asuka on the cover. The official release is listed as being from Funimation and has the Funimation logo clear on the cover. The movie itself is a big departure from the original TV series but if you are a fan, I am sure you will still get some enjoyment.
A Mind-Bending Masterpiece of Anime
What's to be said about the "Evangelion" franchise that hasn't been already? It's a classic, it redefined what we expect from anime, and it set a standard that arguably no mecha anime has even come close to touching. But what a precarious position this puts the reboots in, then. Should we treat them as a separate entity, unrelated to the original franchise, and thus something new and fresh? If so, then Hideaki Anno's original 1996 classic and its brilliant follow-up, "End of Evangelion", have already been surpassed. With "Evangelion: 3.0", Gainax has bested itself and turned out one of the most groundbreaking, brilliant films ever created. Shocking, jarring, and powerful, it's a tour-de-force that simply cannot be ignored.
Picking up fourteen years after "2.0", the penultimate entry in the "Rebuild" series starts off with protagonist Shinji waking up from a mysterious coma. The world has essentially ended, the Third Impact NERV tried so desperately to prevent come and gone...
You Will (Not) Be Disappointed
This is probably the most polarizing Evangelion output since the last two episodes that forced director Hideaki Anno to create The End of Evangelion. 14 years after 2.22 and the changes are jarring. The audience almost feels like Shinji, confused and troubled about basically destroying the world. And with 3.33, the bodies only stack up even more. It's dark and strange and alot of people were disappointed. Personally, it's my favorite Evangelion feature yet, and that's saying alot considering how much I love EoE and 2.22. A lot of people seemed to be confused: The Rebuild movies are NOT remakes. With 1.11, things start off pretty much exactly how they do in the original NGE series but by the time we get to 2.22, we began to see the diversions. It's almost like a different world but with a constant twinge of dreadful nostalgia. Some have even theorized that after Shinji rejects Human Instrumentality in EoE, he gives the world another chance to emerge from the LCL, the primoridial soup,...
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