The Evangelion anime follows 14-year-old Shinji Ikari, who was recruited by his father to battle giant monsters called Angels. On his shoulders lie the fate of mankind, in a world that is continuously threatened by mysterious creatures and deadly monsters.
The anime from the late 90s that made our childhood awesome is coming back one last time with a final movie titled “Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time.” The film is set to be released on January 23, 2021.
On Wednesday, the official website for Studio Khara’s Evangelion films revealed that Hikaru Utada is performing the theme song “One Last Kiss” for Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time.
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The song will be digitally released on January 24, and its EP release will be shipped on January 27.
Utada has been performing the theme songs for all three previous Evangelion films and gained much popularity through them.
Netflix announced an original series titled First Love, inspired by Utada’s debut album “First Love.”
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 film was initially scheduled to be released on June 27 but got delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation.
Studio Khara stated that that the film has finished recording dialogue, including retakes.
The first 10 minutes and 40 seconds of the film was screened at the Japan Expo event in Paris at a “Yoko Takahashi x Evangelion Stage” presentation.
The video was also screened in Shanghai, Los Angeles and 6 other locations throughout Japan.
The first three films of the franchise, Evangelion: 1.0 You Are [Not] Alone, Evangelion: 2.0 You Can [Not] Advance, and Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, premiered in 2007, 2009, and 2012 respectively.
The upcoming film will be the fourth and final film in the Rebuild of Evangelion movie series.
The staff and cast of the movie include:
| Position | Staff | Other Works |
| Director | Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Masayuki | |
| Production | Studios Khara | Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (movie) |
| Script | Hideaki Anno | Shin Godzilla |
| Characters | Cast | Other Works |
| Souryuu Asuka Langley | Miyamura Yuko | Tooyama Kazuha (Detective Konan) |
| Ikari, Shinji | Ogata, Megumi | Naoi Ayat (Angel Beats) |
| Makinami, Mari Illustrious | Sakamoto, Maaya | Malcal Leila (Code Geass: Boukoku no Akito 1 – Yokuryuu wa Maiorita |
Initially, the film was set to be released along with 3.0 as one film. But it will be released separately since there was too much content left to cram into a single movie.
In this film, Evangelion Unit 8+2 will be taking on enemies that look somewhat like green versions of the Mark.06.
The Evas are heavily equipped with large assault rifles having progressive knives attached to them as crude bayonets. They suddenly appear and engage with Evangelion Unit 8+2.
It is expected that Eva 8+2 will defeat them quite easily. However, a much larger group of unknown Evas is seen surrounding them in the Evangelion 3.0 preview video.
About Neo Genesis Evangelion
Neon Genesis Evangelion is a Japanese anime television series produced by Gainax and Tatsunoko Production, directed by Hideaki Anno and broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 1995 to March 1996.
This series revolves around Shinji Ikari, who was recruited by his father to battle giant monsters (called Angels) in enormous mecha suits (called Evangelion).
Shinji has a hard time bearing this responsibility, and his inner conflict about these events leads to introspective episodes covering a range of religious and existential questions.
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