History Anime / RebuildOfEvangelion

--->'''Mari:''' ([[CatSmile Catsmiling]]) You sure you didn't visit him ''just'' to see his face?\\

** The enormous red streak running across the moon's surface, mirroring the blood spray that Rei/Lilith left on the moon in ''End'' when she died.

* AmbiguousSituation: Fuyutsuki keeps a photo of Yui with a young Shinji surrounded by other people, among which there is an unidentified adult woman with long brown hair, red hair clips and matching glasses. She looks enough like an older version of Asuka to be believably meant to be Kyoko, whose appearance was never clearly shown in the original series, but her glasses and hair color also evoke Mari. What does this mean, if it even means something, remains unknown. The manga's bonus chapter reveals [[spoiler:Mari met Yui as a 16 years old]], but the anime continuity doesn't seem to follow this due to the woman in the photo being clearly not a teenager.

* AmbiguousSituation: Fuyutsuki keeps a photo of Yui with a young Shinji surrounded by other people, among which there is an unidentified adult woman with long brown hair, red hair clips and matching glasses. She looks enough like an older version of Asuka to be believably meant to be Kyoko, whose appearance was never clearly shown in the original series, but her glasses and hair color also evoke Mari. What does this mean, if it even means something, remains unknown. The manga's bonus chapter reveals [[spoiler:Mari met Yui as a 16 years old]], but the anime continuity doesn't seem to follow this due to the woman in the photo being clearly not a teenager. It is later revealed in ''3.0 + 1.0'' that the woman in the photo is actually [[spoiler: ''Mari'', who hasn't aged at all due to exposure to LCL and being a pilot for so long.]]

* AmbiguousSituation: Fuyutsuki keeps a photo of Yui with a young Shinji surrounded by other people, among which there is an unidentified adult woman with long brown hair, red hair clips and matching glasses. She looks enough like an older version of Asuka to be believably meant to be Kyoko, whose appearance was never clearly shown in the original series, but her glasses and hair color also evoke Mari. What does this mean, if it even means something, remains unknown. The manga's bonus chapter reveals [[spoiler:Mari met Yui as a 16 years old]], but the anime continuity doesn't seem to follow this due to the woman in the photo being clearly not a teenager.

* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: [[spoiler:Kaji Ryoji Jr]]. The revelation of his existence in ''3.0 + 1.0'' is the first and only proof that his parents were even a couple (''2.0'' shows them as exes without any sign that they ended up reconciling like they more explicitly did in the original anime).

[[caption-width-right:1000: [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore You Can (Not) Rebuild]].]]

%%The page image provided is taken from [[Creator/YokoTakahashi Yoko Takahashi]]'s "EVANGELION EXTREME" mini-album for the ''Rebuild of Evangelion'' movie tetralogy.
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[YouAreNotAlone You are (not) alone]].]]

* {{Reconstruction}}: Of the source material. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It's even right there in the title]]. Seemingly used as an apology for [[DysfunctionJunction everything the]] [[TearJerker original series did]] [[MindScrew to the viewer]], though those things are still there just much milder - in fact, a good analogy for the reconstruction is that the flaws and cracks of the characters and setting are still there, they're just much less prone to breaking, and when they do its not without good reason. [[spoiler: Even though there's ''3.0'', reminding everyone that this is indeed an Evangelion series, some of the aspects of the movie indicate that things may turn for the better.]] Perhaps the most moving reimagining is that they what they do with the theme that the characters simply seek love and affection from others - rather than wallowing in this desire until things are too late, it's that exact desire that ''means'' they're willing to reach out to others, even if first, they need to take baby steps or even regress. Shinji is more considerate of others and proactive in helping those he loves, Asuka isn't the borderline-violent tsundere she once was when she starts growing closer to others, and even Gendo gets this treatment [[spoiler: finally realizing he is to blame for his own emotional isolation and reconciling with his son; ''this'' is what earns him the right to be with Yui, rather than remaining the distant, manipulative planner he did in the original series. And ultimately, is what ensures a positive ending for everyone, because Shinji was willing to move on and reach out rather than hang on to the pain his father caused him.]]

* {{Reconstruction}}: Of the source material. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It's even right there in the title]]. Seemingly used as an apology for [[DysfunctionJunction everything the]] [[TearJerker original series did]] [[MindScrew to the viewer]], though those things are still there just much milder - in fact, a good analogy for the reconstruction is that the flaws and cracks of the characters and setting are still there, they're just much less prone to breaking, and when they do its not without good reason. [[spoiler: Even though there's ''3.0'', reminding everyone that this is indeed an Evangelion series, some of the aspects of the movie indicate that things may turn for the better.]] Perhaps the most moving reimagining is the fact that, ultimately, the theme is all the characters simply seek love and affection from others - rather than wallowing in this desire until things are too late, it's that exact desire that ''means'' they're willing to reach out to others, even if they're taking baby steps first. Shinji is more considerate of others and proactive in helping those he loves, Asuka isn't the borderline-violent tsundere she once was when she starts growing closer to others, and even Gendo gets this treatment [[spoiler: finally realizing he is to blame for his own emotional isolation and reconciling with his son; ''this'' is what earns him the right to be with Yui, rather than remaining the distant, manipulative planner he did in the original series. And ultimately, is what ensures a positive ending for everyone, because Shinji was willing to move on and reach out rather than hang on to the pain his father caused him.]]

* {{Reconstruction}}: Of the source material. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It's even right there in the title]]. Seemingly used as an apology for [[DysfunctionJunction everything the]] [[TearJerker original series did]] [[MindScrew to the viewer]], though those things are still there just much milder.
** [[spoiler:And then there's 3.0, reminding everyone that this is indeed an Evangelion series, that said, some of the aspects of the movie indicate that things may turn for the better.]]

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** That one could also be seen as an [[InvertedTrope Inversion]]. Kaworu clearly tells to Shinji that "something isn't right", that [[spoiler:they need both the Lances of Cassius and Longinus to undo the Near-Third Impact, but those two lances are supposed to look different while the two in front of them are identical]], and while he doesn't seems to know what would happen if they [[spoiler:pull the twin Spears of Longinus from Lilith]] he begs Shinji to stop and listen. But Shinji is too determined [[TheAtoner to atone]] for his [[MyGreatestFailure his biggest failure]] to be able to process the thought that ''he can not redo'' the past.

** How much of the ''3.0.'' teaser in ''2.0.'' ended up getting used in the movie proper? ''None'' of it.[[note]]Though certain elements in the trailers were used in the movie, such as Asuka with an eyepatch.[[/note]] [[spoiler:More accurately, none of the ''visuals'' make it into the movie, but everything Misato says except for "the NERV staff are incarcerated" ''does''.]]

** Fuyutsuki keeps a photo of Yui with a young Shinji surrounded by other people, [[spoiler:the only other girl in the photo has red glasses and brown hair similar to Mari. Turns out, that actually ''is'' Mari.]]

* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:Asuka and Mari in ''3.0.'' have not physically aged due to piloting the Evangelion, which stunts their aging in some way. Asuka even starts calling Shinji "brat" instead of "stupid" now that she's 14 years older than him mentally.]]
** [[spoiler:''3.0+1.0'' reveals that Mari has been thus since her first appearance in ''2.0'', having actually been a friend of Yui]].

* ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer: This gets deconstructed in 3.0 + 1.0 in which Shinji's attempts to fight [[spoiler: Gendo are either [[FearfulSymmetry evenly matched]] or either [[CurbstompBattle get him thrown around like a ragdoll.]] It's only when Shinji finally forced to understand Gendo that he's able to finally end the Additional Impact.

** ''3.0+1.0'' had an updated ''3.0+1.01'' release as a patched theatrical release near the end of the film's theatrical run, and would be later released on Creator/AmazonPrimeVideo. This release, however, was not made for the IMAX standard and was only shown in standard formats. An upcoming ''3.0+1.11'' version is also made which further updates the film for [=DVD=], Blu-ray, and in IMAX Enhanced standards like the original ''3.0+1.0'' and ''3.333'' for 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray.

* DeathWorld: [[spoiler:The Earth goes from being simply post-apocalyptic to a much more empty wasteland after the Near Third Impact. However, it may not be as bad as Shinji is led to believe. The Wunder's fleet consists of at least 40 ships, including multiple aircraft carriers and submarines, and several helicopters are seen delivering supplies. Plus Wille has the resources to launch space missions and maintain at least two Evangelions, which were noted to be huge money pits. They're getting significant resources from somewhere. The fourth film clarifies that there are scattered pockets of civilization left, behind special "L-Nullification Barriers" that prevent the landscape from being affected by an Impact, but even these are predicted to eventually fail.]]

* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:Unit-13 is seemingly this to Unit-01. Not only do they have the same coloration, armor design and Shinji as pilot, both enter into a [[SuperMode "pseudo-evolved form"]] after consuming an Angel (Zeruel for Unit-01, Twelfth Angel for Unit-13), starting an Impact in the process. The only difference is that Unit-01 triggering Third Impact was accidental, while Unit-13's triggering of Fourth Impact was completely deliberate, if not with the desired outcome]]. Practically enforced in ''3.0 + 1.0'', [[spoiler:with Gendo ''himself'' piloting Eva-13 and fighting Shinji, who's piloting Eva-01, and their movements mirror each other in every hit.]]

* FanDisservice: [[spoiler:After consuming Eva-00 and Rei, Zeruel [[MythologyGag grows a hundred foot-tall female body]]. The unnaturally long arms and Angel-body for a head only reinforce just how ''wrong'' it is.]]

** [[spoiler:The Imaginary Evangelion, which is the new version of 'Giant Naked Rei'. Still gigantic, still stark naked, but now rendered in a ''very unsettling photorealistic style''.]]

* FishOutOfTemporalWater: [[spoiler:A major part of ''3.0.'' is Shinji waking up 14 years after ''2.0.'' and realizing/coming to terms with just how much has changed- and how much of it is his own fault.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In ''3.0'', Shinji ends up playing a game of shogi against Fuyutsuki, and Fuyutsuki tells Shinji that he will lose in 31 turns. Exactly 31 minutes later in the film, [[spoiler:Kaworu dies and Shinji is sent into another traumatic coma, with Gendo and SEELE's plan going on unhindered]].

* TakeThat: ''3.33'' has the honour of actually slapping both ends of the Idealism and Cynicism scale.

* UpgradeVsPrototypeFight: The trailer for ''3.0+1.0'' shows Unit-01 -- the test-type Evangelion -- duelling Unit-13 with the two Lances of Longinus.

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** Even then, ''3.33'', while incredibly bleak, is still lighter than it's original counterpart, at least in some regards. In the series, Kaworu's advent was marked by pretty much the entire cast in shambles (Asuka was catatonic, Ritsuko was a shameful wreck, Misato ''seemed'' to be stable, but was still grieving the loss of Kaji, Rei was [[CloningBlues different]], and Shinji was left all alone and confused). In this version, most of the (surviving) cast is mentally stable (if immensely [[KnightInSourArmor bitter]]) and in top form, most of the cast isn't killed off (the exceptions being Toji, Kensuke, and Hikari, and even then it's left ambiguous), Kaworu is much less of an AntiVillain and much more of a genuine NiceGuy, and even though things get much, ''much'' worse at the end, things still seem to be somewhat hopeful.

* TwoBeingsOneBody: Evangelion Unit-13 is piloted by both Shinji and Kaworu. In addition, the preview for ''Evangelion 3.0+1.0'' shows an [=EVA=] composed of one half of Unit-02's body and one half of Unit-08's body stuck together, entitled Unit 8+2. [[spoiler:It turns out to be a RedHerring - until Unit-08 enters an "overlapping mode" and proceeds to cannibalize several other Evas. Unit-13 also gets back in the game as, in addition to Kaworu, it now also somehow contains Asuka's [[CloningBlues original]], with Gendo as the sole pilot.]]

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish
** The opening of ''2.0'' is almost entirely in fluent, clear English (except for [[GratuitousEnglish Kaji]]). Mari's phone call later in the movie is also in English, albeit accented.
** Mari's voice actress -- the reknowned Creator/MaayaSakamoto -- is actually fairly fluent with English and ''finally'' gets to show it off for a major production.
** All of the English ''and''' Russian on the computer screens is grammatically and semantically accurate, too. There ''were'' a couple of typos in the original release... which were all fixed for the Blu-ray. Some of the English in the Bethany Base sequence is still a ''little'' off, but only compared to what a "real" computer display would read like. (For instance, "bound for Akron" when the actors are obviously saying "Acheron" is the most obvious.)
** The songs that play in background music in certain fight scenes had surprisingly good English as well.

'''Note:''' When released on home media (or theaters & streaming services in the case of '3.0'' and ''3.0+1.0''), each film received a few enhancements to its audio and visuals. The film's number receives an update to reflect this: ''1.0'' became ''1.01'' (DVD) and ''1.11'' (BD), ''2.0'' became ''2.22'', ''3.0'' became ''3.33'' (BD/DVD) and ''3.333'' (theaters and UHD BD), and ''3.0+1.0'' became ''3.0+1.01'' (theaters and streaming) and ''3.0+1.11'' (BD/DVD). The films also received other minor, plot-irrelevant additions. Both sets of numbers are used interchangeably on all the pages related to ''Rebuild'' for this reason.

'''Note:''' When released on home media (or theaters & streaming services in the case of ''3.0+1.0''), each film received a few enhancements to its audio and visuals. The film's number receives an update to reflect this: ''1.0'' became ''1.01'' (DVD) and ''1.11'' (BD), ''2.0'' became ''2.22'', ''3.0'' became ''3.33'', and ''3.0+1.0'' became ''3.0+1.01'' (theaters and streaming) and ''3.0+1.11'' (BD/DVD). The films also received other minor, plot-irrelevant additions. Both sets of numbers are used interchangeably on all the pages related to ''Rebuild'' for this reason.