Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
Synopsis
After the Second Impact, Tokyo-3 is being attacked by giant monsters called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind. The child Shinji’s objective is to fight the Angels by piloting one of the mysterious Evangelion mecha units. A remake of the first six episodes of GAINAX’s famous 1996 anime series. The film was retitled “Evangelion: 1.01” for its DVD release and “Evangelion: 1.11” for a release with additional scenes.
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Cast
- Megumi OgataShinji Ikari (voice)
- Megumi HayashibaraRei Ayanami / Yui Ikari (voice)
- Kotono MitsuishiMisato Katsuragi (voice)
- Yuriko YamaguchiRitsuko Akagi (voice)
- Akira IshidaKaworu Nagisa (voice)
- Fumihiko TachikiGendo Ikari (voice)
- Motomu KiyokawaKozo Fuyutsuki (voice)
- Miki NagasawaMaya Ibuki (voice)
- Takehito KoyasuShigeru Aoba (voice)
- Tomokazu SekiToji Suzuhara (voice)
Recommendations
- 80
Los Angeles Times
The story possesses a true depth of character; there is every reason to hope that Anno’s multiple meanings become increasingly clear in the subsequent installments. - 70
Village Voice
As a visceral experience, it’s entrancing, especially during Shinji’s fight sequences, when his anxieties are cruelly exacerbated by having his body and mind symbiotically bonded to his father’s combat toy. - 63
Slant Magazine
There are no new explanations here, just a better packaged version of what Anno already delivered, which makes You Are (Not) Alone very attractive but fundamentally pointless. - 50
The New York Times
When the material is condensed, nearly everything that made the first two-thirds of the television series distinctive _ the deliberate pace, the wry humor, the subtle (for anime) characterizations is lost. “Evangelion” becomes just another giant-robot story.
