The second option seems much more likely, and in such a case I could say that it was executed well. This is itself is not a bad aspect of the movie, as it can be attributed to two thingsĪ) Studio Khara wants us to ask a lot of questions and get curious so that we'll buy 4.0ī) Anno is trying to be clever and allow the viewers to emulate Shinji's confusion after 14 years in sleep by giving the viewers that same confusion. I am in no way exaggerating when I say that the movie was better at taking away things that we previously knew rather than clarifying anything for us in the Rebuild series. So I went to re-watch the movie again with aīit more acuity and that's when I came to a conclusion:Įvangelion 3.0 answered no questions.

Recently however (coinciding with the UTW BD subs release), there has been an influx of discussion posts about 3.0, and I figured that there had to be a reason for such a community reaction to the movie there must be more to think about.

The action was intense, the plot seemed interesting at the time, the animation quality was superb.

It was just another movie in the series, and I didn't analyze it to any significant extent. I saw Rebuild 3.0 about a month ago, and during that time I didn't think much of it. In this bitter confrontation to determine the future of the world, Shinji will learn first-hand that the past truly cannot be undone. But Shinji and Kaworu's brief respite lies on the eve of a new battle, one in which Shinji finds that his enemies are no longer Angels but former comrades. There, he meets and quickly befriends the enigmatic Kaworu Nagisa, who offers him warmth and insight into the state of Nerv's war with the Angels. Cold and bitter, his former allies view him with suspicion and refuse to support him as he comes to terms with the consequences of his actions.Ī hurt and confused Shinji is rescued from Wille by Rei and returned to Nerv headquarters. Trapped inside Evangelion Unit-01, he is recovered from space by Asuka and Mari, only to find himself a prisoner of Wille, a military faction led by his former guardian Misato Katsuragi. Fourteen years after the Third Impact, the Earth is a post-apocalyptic wasteland, human civilization is in ruins, and the people Shinji knows are almost unrecognizable.

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