The Essential Evangelion Chronicle: Side B

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On October 3, 2020, North American anime distributor GKIDS announced it had licensed the original TV series, Death (True)² and The End of Evangelion for home video, theatrical, and digital download release with an Ultimate Edition to be released in 2021, making this the first Blu-ray release of the franchise in North America. The ending theme of the series is " Fly Me to the Moon", arranged and sung by Claire Littley and various other singers from the main vocal cast. Critic Zac Bertschy remarked in 2003 that "Most of the backlash against Evangelion existed because people don't like to think".

Sagisu rearranged the compositions, incorporating spoken interludes and vocal samples of characters from the series. The soundtrack features songs by Mitsuishi, Misato Katsuragi's original voice actress, including "You are the only one", [65] [66] "Aoi legend", "Toi sora no yakusoku" ( 遠い空の約束, lit. As a little girl, Asuka discovered the body of her mother shortly after she committed suicide, leading the child to repress her emotions and vow never to cry.The album included several pieces from the Rebuild soundtrack rearranged for piano and performed under Sagisu's supervision. D型装備（耐熱耐圧耐核装甲）) Used in Episode 10; a giant diving suit filled with coolant tubes which allows an Eva to be lowered into the magma of an active volcano, serving to protect it from extreme heat and pressure.

Hayashibara stated that in singing the song, she was thinking of the scene in which Rei smiles for the first time at Shinji Ikari in the film version of Evangelion, avoiding giving the impression of a cold character.

Vithia created his own label Repression Records to have full artistic and musical control over RISE OF THE NORTHSTAR. These episodes feature heavy use of abstract animation, [54] flashbacks, [55] simple line drawings, photographs [56] and fixed image scenes with voice-over dialogue. Jonathan Mays of Anime News Network positively reviewed Neon Genesis Evangelion II; Mays particularly praised "Both of You, Dance Like You Want to Win! In the first scenario, the first episode presented the battle between an Angel and Rei, while the character of Shinji was only introduced after the Angel had been temporarily defeated.

According to Anno, "as the symbols are mixed together, for the first time something like an interrelationship or a meaning emerges". Mike Hale of The New York Times described it in 2009 as "a superior anime, a giant-robot tale of unusual depth, feeling and detail.The Platinum Edition release was announced by ADV in 2004, [132] consisting of seven DVDs [133] released between July 27, 2004, and April 19, 2005. Their relationship was initially modeled on the one between Jean, Nadia's love interest and eventual husband in the earlier Nadia. He is revealed to be the final foretold Angel, Tabris, and fights Shinji, realizing that he must die to allow humanity to survive. Evangelion: The Birthday of Rei Ayanami was released on 30 March 2001 to celebrate Rei Ayanami's birthday. The thirteen English VHS tapes, released from August 20, 1996, to July 7, 1998, contained two episodes each and were released using the same "Genesis 0:(volume number)" titling convention as the first Japanese home video release.