After the Second Impact, Tokyo-3 is being attacked by giant monsters called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind. The child Shinji’s objective is to fight the Angels by piloting one of the mysterious Evangelion mecha units. A remake of the first six episodes of GAINAX’s famous 1996 anime series. The film was retitled “Evangelion: 1.01” for its DVD release and “Evangelion: 1.11” for a release with additional scenes.
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Waste of time
Perfect cast and a good story
A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."
It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.
i watched the series in 2003 and i saw this movie recently in early 2009.the impression i got after the series is that those are really worth watched and it does have a quite good storyline. a great anime of its time.but then this movie come... what is this? why even they did create this one? i was quite sad and i just cant decide whether i should wait for the next sequel or just go away & forget it.for you who don't know what evangelion is, i suggest you to ONLY watch the series and PASS this one. Eva series is really great...if you don't watch the movie
Basically is the same as the first chapters of the series. I personally think that the series's main story is still better (it's longer)and the same with some of the music (not all) (the climax music is the best ever!!).However, improvements in animation, sound, etc are incredible, just amazing. The best thing about this movie, actually, what makes this movie really really good is the climax (operation yashima). I had never seen a more exiting climax, even if you are familiar with the series (or not) you feel great. Not just this, the music and the angel used for operation yashima are amazing , I just don't have words to describe them. I recommend this movie to every one, even if you have never seen the series. I have not much more to say except that I cant wait for the next one. oh, and that beautiful world is a really nice ending song.
Rebuild of Evangelion has great animation. And I guess that's the best thing that can be said about it.The original show was so full of ideas and emotion that even a 25 minutes episode could make you feel drained and confused. The first movie of the remake packs together about six episodes and this means that a lot of scenes had to be cut in order to fit the much shorter time frame and keep the story flowing. The result is that the characters have less depth and we are going too fast from one angel killing to another. It almost seems like a Hollywood remake with great computer-generated imagery and a lot of action. This is missing some of the spirit of the original.The series was imperfect and highly uneven but in a bizarre way this was also one of the things that made it great. I think Anno should have Evangelion untouched why remake something that is already as good as it can be? Rebuild of Evangelion is not a failure but it's kind of pointless.
I knew it was supposed to be a summarized version of first quarter of the original Evangelion TV series, but I expected more new scenes or at least major difference in every scene like the Doraemon remake "Nobita no kyôryû 2006" (Nobita's Dinosaur 2006). The animation retains the original 1995 style and definitely more detailed compared to anything made in the '90s, but nothing remarkable compared to most other 2007 anime films. Practically all scenes are produced using the original storyboard and layouts devoid of any new camera angles or cuts. In fact, it's better to prepare yourself for a "digitally remastered recap" release than anything new. TV-anime/OVA and theatrical features work on completely different level of budgets and deadlines. Animation quality in this film is so-so at best in movie standards. The new 3D Angels, especially Ramiel, were protrusive against the 2D cel animation in the background.I have only watched the TV series twice, when it was aired in 1995 (missed 3 or 4 episodes), and once more in 2003. For me, it was a carbon copy of the TV series, except a few new scenes of mechanical aspects of "New Tokyo 3" and the teaser in last 30 seconds of the film. Other than slight improvement in graphics, which I can barely notice because my eyes are used to much better animation in recent years, I have detected no difference in 98% of the screen time. What I'm trying to say, is that I wasted 100 minutes of my life watching a long rerun.To be honest, I didn't like the TV series at all. I enjoyed the first few episodes as I did for many Japanese mecha series, but they focused too much on Ikari Shinji's hesitation and despair in piloting Eva after that point. I watched this film in hope that maybe I was too young to fully appreciate this series back then, and enjoy more this time, but even after 26 episodes and a rerun movie, Ikari Shinji only seems nothing more than a really dumb and weak kid who likes to exaggerate his emotions all the time. It was frustrating to watch, and in the end, the only thing I gained from watching this 'movie' was a 30 second teaser for the upcoming sequel.Maybe anime otakus who watched the TV series over and over can spot subtle differences and get a kick out of it, but for a casual anime viewer like me, it was a 100 minute long rerun. It wasn't even a movie. I don't understand why the producers felt the need to make this so-called cinematic release other than reviving a dead franchise for the sole purpose of making more money.Frankly, I am very shocked and disappointed to see this so-called movie's comments on IMDb were all rave reviews. I hope I Am (Not) Alone in this sentiment.