Neon Genesis Evangelion
Original title: Shin seiki Evangelion Gekijô-ban: Air/Magokoro wo, kimi ni / Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
“The fate of destruction is also the joy of rebirth.”
1997 · 1 h 27 min
Directed by 
Hideaki Anno
Hideaki AnnoCast
Megumi Ogata Megumi Hayashibara Yûko Miyamura Kotono Mitsuishi Yuriko Yamaguchi Fumihiko Tachiki
Plot
A 14-year-old boy is recruited to pilot a giant biomechanical robot, to fight alien beings called Angels, in a psychological and apocalyptic film that presents the series' end.
Sinekatalog’s take
A dense, emotional and influential anime film.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 8.1 / 10 (79,471 votes)
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