Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone

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Type	Film
Directed by	Hideaki Anno Kazuya Tsurumaki Masayuki
Written by	Hideaki Anno
Release Information
Release Date	01 September 2007
Length	98 mins.

Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone is the first film in the Rebuild of Evangelion movie series. It premiered in Japan on September 1, 2007.

Overview

Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone is a retelling of the original series from episodes 1 to 6. While the later movies diverged from the plot of Neon Genesis Evangelion, 1.0 stayed true in many ways, from identical characterization to scenes reanimated shot-for-shot from the source material. A large change from the TV series was the use of CGI in place of traditional animation in several scenes, such as the Tokyo-3 skyline and the Angels Shamshel and Ramiel.

Plot

Shinji arrives in an empty Tokyo-3

Shinji Ikari receives a message from his father, asking him to come to Tokyo-3. He is picked up by Misato Katsuragi, and taken to meet his father, at the headquarters of his organization, Nerv. Meanwhile, the city of Tokyo-3 is attacked by a strange creature, the Angel Sachiel. At Nerv HQ, Shinji is shown what his father has been working on: A giant "robot," Evangelion Unit-01. Shinji's father, Gendo Ikari, forces him to pilot it, saying he is the only one who can. Shinji fails to defeat the Angel, and blacks out in pain, but Eva-01 goes berserk and defeats the Angel on its own.

Soon afterwards, Shinji wakes up in hospital and is officially instated as the pilot of Eva-01, the Third Child. Shinji runs into problems in school with Toji, whose sister was injured in the battle. The Fifth Angel, Shamshel, attacks Tokyo-3, and Shinji is forced to battle again. He defeats it, but he disobeyed orders during the fight, and decides to run away. After making his way to an under construction bridge (whether or not Shinji was contemplating suicide seems to be individual interpretation), he is brought back by Nerv employees. At school, Toji decides that Shinji isn't a bad person, and they become friends. Following this, Shinji interacts with his fellow pilot, the mysterious Rei Ayanami for the first time. Another powerful Angel appears, Ramiel, who nearly kills Shinji with its beam attack. It then proceeds to drill down into the Geo-Front cavern below. When Shinji recovers, Misato takes him down to Central Dogma (instead of Terminal Dogma in the series), where she shows him Lilith, a white giant hanging from a cross. She explains that if an Angel were to unite with Lilith, it would cause Third Impact. This encourages Shinji to pilot Eva-01 again. A plan is developed to defeat Ramiel by using all of the electrical power of Japan to power an experimental positron rifle which Eva-01 will use to snipe Ramiel while Rei, in Eva-00 supports by blocking its attack. After his first shot fails to kill the Angel, Shinji is successfully able to fire a second shot and destroy the Angel.

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The 6th Angel approaches

The final scene cuts to the moon, where a line of coffins lie on the lunar surface, and a giant bloodstain intersects the landscape through the middle of the row of boxes. Out of one of these rises Kaworu Nagisa, who begins talking to Seele 01's monolith communicator. Behind them appears to be a secret Seele moon base, with a white giant similar to Lilithrestrainedbehindthemin a scaffolding pit. Kaworu says that the "Third" hasn't changed, and he can't wait to meet Shinji.

Soundtrack

Main article: Music from Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone

Main article: Evangelion:1.0 You Are (Not) Alone Original Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack was released in two formats. The first contained uncut recordings of most of the songs. The second contained every song in the film cut to sync with the on-screen length. Hikaru Utada's song "Beautiful World" is theme song for the movie, playing during the credits.

Reception

On its opening weekend in Japan, Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone took the #1 spot at the box office with an equivalent of $2.4 million, despite playing at only 84 theaters. Many theaters were filled to capacity. The film went on to gross $15,343,699 in total earnings.

Notes and references

• The first trailer for the film was released online on July 13, 2007.
• A spelling error: when Misato and Shinji are in the elevator, right before it opens and they meet Ritsuko for the first time, the instructions printed next to the level display clearly say "Emargency" instead of "Emergency". Another spelling error is seen briefly during Operation Yashima, where "Storage" is misspelled "Strage". These errors have been rectified in the video release.