Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth DVD

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth
Hideaki Anno directs this hallucinogenic animated feature, created mostly through a compilation of clips from the wildly popular series Neon Genesis Evangelion. Spliced together with minor amounts of new footage, the film is meant to be viewed after the ending of the TV series, but before watching Neon Genesis Evangelion: End of Evangelion, to offer a new perspective on the surreal conflux of symbols, metaphors, and subtext. Death & Rebirth recounts the TV series' story of monstrous, destructive angels and spiritually imbued robots, beginning in the year 2000, when an angel named Adam is discovered in the depths of the South Pole. After uncovering him causes a metaphysical breach resulting in an impact that melts the ice shelf -- flooding the world and darkening the skies with ash -- half the world's population is dead, and humanity is now locked in a pitched battle for its existence against these so-called messengers of God. Only 14-year-old children can synch themselves mentally and physically with the giant robots called Evas that humanity utilizes to fight the angels, and just what power lies within the Evas is unclear. In 2015, teenaged Shinji is instructed by his scientist father to pilot an Evangelion, alongside Asuka, a beautiful, but haughty red-headed German lass, and Rei, a quiet girl whose past appears to be connected to Shinji's in strange and unnatural ways. Each of these children has his or her own questions about identity and love, but as the story swells to its climax, the larger questions become ones about who or what God is, and what humanity is afraid of. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide

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Crew Hideaki Anno - Director

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth
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General Specifications: Language Options: English, Japanese Subtitle Options: English Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel DD2: Dolby Digital Stereo Additional Features: Letterbox 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound (English) English & Japanese stereo Subtitle options for dialogue & onscreen text Audio commentary by Amanda Winn Lee (English-language director and voice of Rei Ayanami) In-depth index of characters, angels, terms Photo gallery Original Japanese trailers Japanese production credtis The end of Evangelion preview Manga previews Web links Manga fan club MPAA Rating: DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 2 DVD DVD Region Code: Content Length: 115 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- Disc #1: Alpha 1. Death Scene Access: Second Impact [3:27] 2. Overture [3:57] 3. First Movement [3:47] 4. Misato [7:46] 5. Asuka [8:54] 6. Rei [10:18] 7. Yui [1:52] 8. Ritsuko [6:28] 9. Toji [4:55] 10. Kaji [2:47] 11. Kaworu [9:23] 12. Credits [5:22] 13. Intermission [4:24] 14. Rebirth Scene Access: Hostile Takeover: Phase I [8:48] 15. Hostile Takeover: Phase II [6:35] 16. The Beginning of the End [10:46] 17. Credits [8:05] Side #2 -- Disc #2: Omega 1. Second Impact 2. Overture 3. First Movement 4. Misato 5. Asuka 6. Rei 7. Yui 8. Ritsuko 9. Toji 10. Kaji 11. Kaworu 12. Credits 13. Intermission 14. Rebirth: Hostile Takeover: Phase I 15. Rebirth: Hostile Takeover: Phase II 16. The Beginning of the End 17. Credits