Nearly 14 years after kicking off hisRebuild of Evangelionmovie saga, Hideki Anno found closure with the release ofEvangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon A Time, but even that doesn’t mean he’s ready to fully call it quits on one of the greatest franchises inanimehistory.
Of course, since3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon A Timepremiered five months ago in Japanese theaters, Anno has probably had a lot of time to think aboutEvangelion’slegacy even if the film’s ending was deemed controversial enough forsome fans to threaten Studio Khara employeesover it. Now that3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon A Timeand the entireRebuild of Evangelionare coming to Amazon Prime Video on August 13, Anno has a lot to say to Western journalists.
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During a group interview set up to discuss the new movie, Anno told Collider he’s confident he won’t continue theEvangelionstory from where it ends after3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon A Time. As for what happened before3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, that’s an entirely different matter because according to Anno “There’s always the 14-year gap in the story, so in some form, I want to shed light into that”, further indicating in other interviews that “the story has not yet ended” in his mind.
That time gap Anno is referring to is what’s supposed to happen between the second and third movies of the rebuild saga, 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance and 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, where all the chosen children skip past a 13-year aging process. That time jump is precisely the reason why all thoseRei and Asuka cosplayslook exactly the same, no matter if they’re inspired by the original anime or the film series.
Back in 1996 whenNeon Genesis Evangelionended, a lot of fans were left disappointed by the finale’s psychological approach that departed from some of thebest mecha anime battles everput out across the previous 24 episodes. That led toThe End of Evangelionbeing released a year later, a film which was considered the series first true canon ending before Anno’s retelling in the Rebuild saga.
Both the complete anime andThe End of Evangelionare available worldwide on Netflix, while Amazon is already offering the first threeRebuild of Evangelionfilms in select locations. Considering3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon A Timeand its predecessors will all feature dubbed English dialogue, there’s never been a better time to catch up withEvangelion, especially if Anno keeps on changing it.
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