Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)

The fate of destruction is also the joy of rebirth.

SEELE orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can advance his own plans for the Human Instrumentality Project. Shinji is pushed to the limits of his sanity as he is forced to decide the fate of humanity.

Animation Science Fiction Drama Fantasy Action philosophy insanity post-apocalyptic future futuristic end of the world mecha avant-garde meaningless existence rebirth anime psychological terror anxious

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sirdoriuson TMDB · Nov 20253/10
Evangelion: Shinji is completely useless and whimpers for 90 minutes straight If you thought the series' ending was bad... This is somehow even worse! I think Shinji is depressed and hates his father... we can't really know for sure from the 100 times he told us that. I wish they really pushed the message one more time to be sure. Quality "deep" writing and peak anime story telling!
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Cast

Megumi OgataShinji Ikari (voice)
Megumi HayashibaraRei Ayanami / Yui Ikari (voice)
Kotono MitsuishiMisato Katsuragi (voice)
Yuko MiyamuraAsuka Langley Soryu (voice)
Fumihiko TachikiGendo Ikari (voice)
Miki NagasawaMaya Ibuki (voice)
Takehito KoyasuShigeru Aoba (voice)
Hiro YuukiMakoto Hyouga (voice)
Yuriko YamaguchiRitsuko Akagi (voice)
Motomu KiyokawaKozo Fuyutsuki (voice)

Crew

Kazuya TsurumakiDirector
Hideaki AnnoDirector
Hideaki AnnoScreenplay
Hisao ShiraiDirector of Photography
Shiro SagisuOriginal Music Composer
Sachiko MikiEditor
Mitsuhisa IshikawaProducer

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