History Trivia / RebuildOfEvangelion

* QueerCharacterQueerActor: The openly gay Creator/DamanMills portrays the queer-coded Kaworu Nagisa.

** Returning from the ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' TV series are Creator/MegumiOgata as Shinji Ikari, Creator/YukoMiyamura as Asuka Shikinami Langley, Creator/MegumiHayashibara as Rei Ayanami, Creator/KotonoMitsuishi as Misato Katsuragi, Creator/YurikoYamaguchi as Ritsuko Akagi, Creator/FumihikoTachiki as Gendo Ikari, Creator/{{Mugihito}} as Keel Lorenz, Creator/JunkoIwao as Hikari Horaki, Creator/HiroYuki as Makoto Hyuga, Creator/TakehitoKoyasu as Shigeru Aoba, Creator/TetsuyaIwanaga as Creator/MikiNagasawa, Creator/TomokazuSeki as Toji Suzuhara as Creator/KoichiYamadera as Ryoji Kaji, and Creator/AkiraIshida as Kaworu Nagisa.

** The 2021 Amazon English dubs were produced by Dubbing Brothers USA in Los Angeles, but recording also took place in multiple other studios in different regions due to actor availability and the COVID-19 pandemic. Spike Spencer (Shinji) recorded from a studio in Gold Coast, Australia, where he was living at the time, Allison Keith (Misato) and John Swasey (Gendo) recorded from a studio in Houston, where they're both based out of, Tiffany Grant (Asuka) recorded from a studio in Atlanta, and some others (including Brett Weaver, who lives in Austin) recorded from their home studios.

** All of the original Japanese actors in the TV series returned to reprise their roles in the films, including Creator/MegumiOgata as Shinji Ikari, Creator/YukoMiyamura as Asuka Shikinami Langley, Creator/MegumiHayashibara as Rei Ayanami, Creator/KotonoMitsuishi as Misato Katsuragi, Creator/YurikoYamaguchi as Ritsuko Akagi, Creator/FumihikoTachiki as Gendo Ikari, Creator/{{Mugihito}} as Keel Lorenz, Creator/KoichiYamadera as Ryoji Kaji, and Creator/AkiraIshida as Kaworu Nagisa.
** Creator/SpikeSpencer, Creator/TiffanyGrant and Creator/AllisonKeith respectively reprise their roles as Shinji, Asuka and Misato for both the Funimation and Amazon Prime dubs. Creator/JohnSwasey is also back as Gendo Ikari for both after voicing the character in the "Director's Cut" episodes of the original series.
** In the Prime Video release, Creator/AmandaWinnLee (Rei), Amy Seeley (Maya), Creator/BrettWeaver (Toji), Jason C. Lee (Aoba), Michael Ross (Fuyutsuki), Kimberly Yates (Hikari) and Tom Booker (Keel) also reprise their roles again for the first time since the original ''End of Eva'' dub in 2002.

** Creator/SpikeSpencer, Creator/TiffanyGrant and Creator/AllisonKeith respectively reprise their roles as Shinji, Asuka and Misato for the final time in the English dub. Creator/JohnSwasey is also back as Gendo Ikari after voicing the character in the "Director's Cut" episodes of the original series.
** In the Prime Video release, Creator/AmandaWinnLee (Rei), Amy Seeley (Maya), Creator/BrettWeaver (Toji), Jason C. Lee (Aoba), Michael Ross (Fuyutsuki), Kimberly Yates (Hikari) and Tom Booker (Keel) reprise their roles again.
** Creator/FeleciaAngelle (Sakura) remains as the only new cast member from the Funimation dub to reprise her role in the Amazon Prime Video redub.

* WinBackTheCrowd: The 2021 Amazon English dubs of all four films brings back as many of the original voice actors as possible, more than even Funimation brought back for their original dubs of the first three films. According to ADR director Joe Fria, this was due to the controversy the Netflix redub of the original series received for using new voice actors.

* Zima's release had most of the cast recorded their dialogue at the now-defunct Elefante Films in Cuernavaca,[[note]]including Creator/VictorUgarte (Shinji), Creator/CirceLuna (Rei) and Azucena Martínez (Asuka)[[/note]] while only five actors recorded their dialogue at [=CBAudio=] in Mexico City[[note]]including Creator/JesusBarrero (Toji), Marú Guerrero (Ritsuko), Ernesto Lezama (Kaworu) and Jesse Conde (Fuyutsuki)[[/note]].
* For the Amazon Prime Video release, Creator/VictorUgarte (Shinji), Creator/CirceLuna (Rei), Georgina Sánchez (Asuka) and Mireya Mendoza (Mari) recorded their lines in Mexico while the rest of the cast recorded their dialogue at Marmac Group in Argentina.

* CrossRegionalVoiceActing: In the Latin American Spanish dub:
** Zima's release had most of the cast recorded their dialogue at the now-defunct Elefante Films in Cuernavaca,[[note]]including Creator/VictorUgarte (Shinji), Creator/CirceLuna (Rei) and Azucena Martínez (Asuka)[[/note]] while only five actors recorded their dialogue at [=CBAudio=] in Mexico City[[note]]including Creator/JesusBarrero (Toji), Marú Guerrero (Ritsuko), Ernesto Lezama (Kaworu) and Jesse Conde (Fuyutsuki)[[/note]].
** For the Amazon Prime Video release, Creator/VictorUgarte (Shinji), Creator/CirceLuna (Rei), Georgina Sánchez (Asuka) and Mireya Mendoza (Mari) recorded their lines in Mexico while the rest of the cast recorded their dialogue at Marmac Group in Argentina.

*** In a similar vein, Joe Fria directed the Prime Video release's English dub and voiced Hyuga.

** Two English dubs of ''You Can (Not) Redo'' were produced by Funimation using the same voice cast. The first was for its North American theatrical release in 2013. However, due to the negative reception of that release, Khara re-translated the film and worked with Funimation to re-record some of the English dialogue for an eventual home media release in North America in February 2016.
** For the Amazon Prime Video release, another English dub was recorded at Dubbing Brothers USA. Creator/SpikeSpencer, Creator/AllisonKeith, Creator/TiffanyGrant, Creator/JohnSwasey and Creator/AmandaWinnLee reprised their roles as Shinji, Misato, Asuka, Gendo and Rei from their previous releases. This also meant that ''Redo'' got a '''[[RuleOfThree third]]''' English dub from most of the same cast.

* WinBackTheCrowd: The 2021 Amazon English dubs of all four films brings back as many of the original voice actors as possible, more than even Funimation brought back for their original dubs of the first three films. According to ADR director Joe Fria, this was due to the controversy the Netflix redub of the original series and films received for using new voice actors.

** In Brazil, the first two movies were released through home-video dubbed by Clone (also carrying most of the cast from the Animax dub, but [[TheOtherDarrin with the voices of Rei and Kaworu changed in the second movie]]). Years later those movies were redubbed in Vox Mundi for Prime Video release, resulting also in the [[LateExportForYou then-unseen release of the third movie in the country with a dub]].

* DelayedReleaseTieIn: The "Evatchi" (an ''Evangelion''-themed VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}}) was released in June 2020, tying into the fourth film's original release date prior to its delay.

* GodCreatedCanonForeigner: Anno apparently thought up Mari specifically for the ''Rebuild'' movies, and has described her as the only character who is not "a part of him." It has been made more or less apparent that, just as Shinji is a bit of an AuthorAvathar for Anno, Mari is for his wife Moyoco.

*** "Weva", short for "Wevangelion", has been used to refer the movie occasionally; see XtremeKoolLetterz on [[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion the main page]] for why.
** Seele's formal names for each Angel ("Sachiel", "Ramiel", etc.) were only revealed toward the end of the original series, during an [[FreezeFrameBonus extremely brief]] review scene. Who knows if this scene will have an equivalent in ''Rebuild''; at this point official merchandise only refers to the Angels by ordinal number, even for the ones identical to the series (e.g. the Angel from the beginning of ''1.11'' is the "Fourth Angel", never "Sachiel"). Fans tend to use the original series names where applicable (so the Fourth Angel ''would'' be called "Sachiel", the Tenth "Zeruel", etc.), while the new Angels are nicknamed: the Third is "Tunniel" (it appears in a tunnel), the Seventh is "Clockiel" (it resembles a huge pendulum clock), etc.

* GodCreatedCanonForeigner: Anno apparently thought up Mari specifically for the ''Rebuild'' movies, and has described her as the only character who is not "a part of him."

** In the European Spanish dub by Selecta Visión, after being replaced by Graciela Molina for ''You Can (Not) Advance'', Ana Pallejà returned to reprise her role as Asuka Shikinami Langley from the original TV series for ''You Can (Not) Redo'', and stayed there for the Prime Video release of the tetralogy. The latter redub also brought back other actors from the TV series, specifically Juan Carlos Gustems (Gendo), Jordi Ribes (Fuyutsuki), María Moscardó (Misato), Claudi Domingo (Kensuke) and Alex Meseguer (Aoba). Eduard Itchart was also brought back by both dubs, albeit with a different character (he voiced Aoba in the original series, but SV put him as Kaji in ''Rebuild'' and it sticked for APV), as well as Aleix Estadella (he voiced background characters in the series, but he plays Hyuga now), and solely in the SV dub, Ángel de Gracia (he played Touji in the series, but was put to voice Hyuuga in '2.22'').

** For the European Spanish dub, everyone besides Creator/AlbertTrifolSegarra (Shinji Ikari) was completely changed, with some characters getting a new voice either in the original movies (like Misato, who was played by Creator/CarmenCalvell in ''Death and Rebirth''), or at some point during ''Rebuild'' (like Rei, who changed in ''You Can (Not) Advance'').

** For the Amazon Prime Video release, another English dub was recorded at Dubbing Brothers USA. Creator/SpikeSpencer, Creator/AllisonKeith, Creator/TiffanyGrant, Creator/JohnSwasey and Creator/AmandaWinnLee reprised their roles as Shinji, Misato, Asuka, Gendo and Rei from their previous releases. This also meant that ''Redo'' got a '''third''' English dub from most of the same cast.

* ExecutiveMeddling: After ''You Can (Not) Redo'' ended its theatrical run in North America, Funimation worked directly with Dan Kanemitsu to re-translate the film and re-record some of the English dialogue for its home video release, reportedly due to the negative audience reception of the initial release. Then when Amazon re-dubbed the initial three movies, '''including''' ''Redo'', Kanemitsu further rewrote the script for the cast and crew to redub, on top of him handling the localization of the then-untranslated ''Thrice Upon a Time''. [[HostilityOnTheSet Tiffany Grant and some of the voice cast had to fight]] to keep certain elements in.

* RemakeCameo: In the English dub, Creator/MonicaRial (the voice of Maya in the "Director's Cut" episodes) voices Pen-Pen and Taliesin Jaffe returns from the Manga dub of the first two films to provide additional voices.

*** After being voiced by Creator/BrinaPalencia, Creator/JustinCook and Phil Parsons for the Funimation release of the first three films and by Creator/RyanBartley, Creator/JohnnyYongBosch and Creator/BillyKametz for the Netflix release of the original series, Creator/AmandaWinnLee, Creator/BrettWeaver and Jason C. Lee are back as Rei Ayanami, Toji Suzuhara and Shigeru Aoba, respectively.

* ExecutiveMeddling: After ''You Can (Not) Redo'' ended its theatrical run in North America, Funimation worked directly with Dan Kanemitsu to re-translate the film and re-record some of the English dialogue for its home video release, reportedly due to the negative audience reception of the initial release. Then when Amazon re-dubbed the initial three movies, '''including''' ''Redo'', Kanemitsu further rewrote the script for the cast and crew to redub, on top of him handling the localization of the then-untranslated ''Thrice Upon a Time''. Some of the cast had to fight to keep certain elements in, Creator/TiffanyGrant included.

* ExecutiveMeddling: After ''You Can (Not) Redo'' ended its theatrical run in North America, Funimation worked directly with Dan Kanemitsu to re-translate the film and re-record some of the English dialogue for its home video release, reportedly due to the negative audience reception of the initial release. Then when Amazon re-dubbed the initial three movies, '''including''' ''Redo'', Kanemitsu further rewrote the script for the cast and crew to redub, on top of him handling the localization of the then-untranslated ''Thrice Upon a Time''. Internally, it's said that some of the cast had to fight to keep certain elements in.

** Many correctly guessed that Funimation was working with Khara to re-record some of the English dub's dialogue for the North American home media release of ''You Can (Not) Redo''.
** A lot of people guessed that all four ''Rebuild'' films would be streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
** [[spoiler:Many who have read the ''Evangelion'' manga have predicted correctly that the final film would end in a similar fashion, albeit with minor and major differences]].

** For the Amazon Prime Video release, another English dub was recorded at Dubbing Brothers USA. Creator/SpikeSpencer, Creator/AllisonKeith, Creator/TiffanyGrant, Creator/JohnSwasey and Creator/AmandaWinnLee reprised their roles as Shinji, Misato, Asuka, Gendo and Rei from their previous releases.

* ExecutiveMeddling: After ''You Can (Not) Redo'' ended its theatrical run in North America, Funimation worked directly with Dan Kanemitsu to re-translate the film and re-record some of the English dialogue for its home video release, reportedly due to the negative audience reception of the initial release.

** And then came the unbelievable ScheduleSlip that sank in for the final installment of the tetralogy, which has been delayed over and over and may finally come out on June 27, 2020... until the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world and forced Anno to delay it yet again to January 23, 2021, only to be delayed ''one last time'' to March 8 due to "emergency concerns" in regards to COVID-19. That film can't catch a break, can it?

** In the European Spanish dub, Creator/AlbertTrifolSegarra reprises his role as Shinji Ikari from the original TV series and earlier films.

* UnfinishedDub: The Funimation dub by all accounts, as Amazon and Studio Khara opted to produce a new dub for the series rather than have Funimation finish off the series with their own dub.

** In the European Spanish dub, after being replaced by Graciela Molina for ''You Can (Not) Advance'', Ana Pallejà returns to reprise her role as Asuka Shikinami Langley from the original TV series for ''You Can (Not) Redo'' and the Prime Video release of the tetralogy.

** For the European Spanish dub, everyone besides Creator/AlbertTrifolSegarra (Shinji Ikari) was completely changed, with some characters getting a new voice either in the original movies (like Misato, who was played by Carmen Calvell in ''Death and Rebirth''), or at some point during ''Rebuild'' (like Rei, who changed in ''You Can (Not) Advance'').

** In Brazil, the first two movies were released through home-video dubbed by Clone (also carrying most of the cast from the Animax dub, but [[TheOtherDarrin with the voices of Rei and Kaworu changed in the second movie]]). Years later those movies were redubbed in VoxMundi for Prime Video release, resulting also in the [[LateExportForYou then-unseen release of the third movie in the country with a dub]].

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Creator/{{Funimation}} released the first three films on Blu-ray and DVD in North America. As of 2021, they are now out of print. In addition, their first dub of ''You Can (Not) Redo'', which was made for its initial theatrical release, remains unavailable on video.