Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone

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Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone

2007

1h 40m

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Scarred by the Second Impact, the Fourth Angel attacks Tokyo III and humanity's fate is left in the hands of Special Government Agency Nerv. Young Shinji Ikari is forced to pilot EVA-01. He and EVA-00 pilot Rei Ayanami are tasked to fight, but EVA-01 is damaged by the Sixth Angel. Misato Katsuragi draws up a plan to focus all of Japan's electricity into EVA-01's positron cannon to defeat the Angel.

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Kevin Thomas

Los Angeles Times

09/25/2009

3/5

Despite largely effective English dialogue that allows key characters to acquire dimension, the plot is hard to follow, especially early on. Yet the film pulls you in as it explores Shinji's perplexing dilemma and his maturing.

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Mike Hale

New York Times

09/18/2009

2.5/5

Just another giant robot movie.

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Aaron Hillis

Village Voice

09/15/2009

This is mighty perplexing nerd kibble, its highfalutin' philosophical and psychological banter way too outlandish to seriously engage. Yet as a visceral experience, it's entrancing.

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Chase Burns

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

12/09/2021

It obviously moves at a much quicker pace than the anime, for better and for worse, but the final battle between a giant floating crystal pyramid and a sexy purple mecha with a supergun is enough to hook even the anime-phobic.

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

07/04/2015

7/10

While [it's] absolutely promising as the first movie in a series, it signs far too many IOUs to pretend that it's a great stand-alone movie in and of itself.

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Stephen Lambrechts

Neon Maniacs

08/21/2013

5/5

Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone adapts the original story with new, cutting edge, CG-assisted animation that proves to be the pinnacle of the format thus far. Thankfully, all of these new bells and whistles haven't tarnished the story.

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kish b

Nov 17

★★★★★ Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone is the perfect re-entry point into the nightmare: a film that feels both comfortingly familiar and quietly, unsettlingly different. At first glance it looks like a faithful, gorgeously remastered retelling of episodes 1–6, and in many ways it is. The animation has been completely redrawn with a level of polish and detail that still looks jaw-dropping today: the Tokyo-3 cityscapes, the Entry Plug sequences, the Angel battles, everything gleams. The new 5.1 sound mix makes Sachiel’s footsteps feel like earthquakes in your chest, and the updated soundtrack choices are flawless. But look closer. There are subtle, deliberate changes everywhere: new shots, altered dialogue, tiny character moments that weren’t in the original. Gendo is colder, Misato is warmer, Shinji’s loneliness feels even more suffocating. The final new scene on the blood-red beach with Rei is chillingly beautiful and plants seeds that will explode years later. 1.11 works brilliantly on every level: as a stunning introduction for newcomers, as a love letter to longtime fans, and as the calm before the Rebuild storm that’s about to tear the entire franchise apart. It’s comfort food laced with poison, and you can feel the shift coming. Gorgeous, haunting, and deceptively gentle. The best possible way to begin the journey all over again. 10/10. Welcome back to Evangelion. You never really left.

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Thomas H

Sep 29

Evangelion 1.11 is not a bad film it dosent really adds anything like the later rebuilds do but at least its a cool reanimation of the original 6 episodes and its a part of the rebuilds so dont skip it

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THE NASHVILLE I

@Nshvlleindie May 10

Evangelion is fine. Unfortunately it’s 95% action and 5% story. There is stunningly NO origin story and very little background for this fantasy version of earth.

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O&R m

Apr 2

It’s only really an improved and more accessible remake of the first few episodes of the original series, but the animation is soooo improved and cleaner, and exceptionally so. And it was also nice watching something related to Evangelion again.

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OverRex E

Feb 8

Peak rebuild, I like the changes alot.

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Ryan W

@RuiguangW 10/12/2024

Almost a 1-to-1 remake, nothing exciting. The ending fight looked cool, I suppose.

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Megumi Ogata

Shinji Ikari

Megumi Hayashibara

Rei Ayanami

Kotono Mitsuishi

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Synopsis

Scarred by the Second Impact, the Fourth Angel attacks Tokyo III and humanity's fate is left in the hands of Special Government Agency Nerv. Young Shinji Ikari is forced to pilot EVA-01. He and EVA-00 pilot Rei Ayanami are tasked to fight, but EVA-01 is damaged by the Sixth Angel. Misato Katsuragi draws up a plan to focus all of Japan's electricity into EVA-01's positron cannon to defeat the Angel.

Director: Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Hideaki Anno
Screenwriter: Hideaki Anno
Production Co: Gainex
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Anime
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 1, 2007, Limited
Release Date (DVD): Nov 17, 2009
Runtime: 1h 40m

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