Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance

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Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance

Released Jan 21, 2011

1h 53m

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Mari Illustrious-Makinami pilots Provisional Unit-05 to defeat the excavated Third Angel. Asuka Langley-Shikinami and EVA-02 defeat the Seventh Angel. The Eighth Angel appears and attacks Nerv HQ. EVA-03 is taken over by the Ninth Angel during testing and Shinji deploys to stop it, but learns Asuka is aboard. Gendo switches EVA-01's controls over to the Dummy System and begins fighting EVA-03.

Ethan Gilsdorf

Boston Globe

Like a surly teen pilot, you, too, might find yourself bored and muttering, "Honestly, maybe the fate of humanity and the world isn't important to me, either.''

Rated: 2/4

Mar 3, 2011

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Simon Abrams

Slant Magazine

Sets the stage for new, apocalyptic changes in the next "Rebuild" feature, and they appear to be the kind of changes fans have been waiting on for years.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jan 22, 2011

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Mike Hale

New York Times

It's strictly for the fans, who will furiously parse the changes in the narrative (including a new female pilot) and the nonsensical stew of philosophical and religious symbolism.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 20, 2011

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Ard Vijn

ScreenAnarchy

It is a fever dream for sure, but one that has been lovingly embellished with details and technically polished until it has become its own weird-yet-beautiful thing.

Rated: 8/10

Jan 9, 2022

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Chase Burns

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

The Evangelion franchise is almost incomprehensibly dense, encompassing, among many things...

Jan 5, 2022

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Annalee Newitz

io9.com

You don't have to be a giant Evangelion fan to enjoy Evangelion 2.0...it asks whether it's possible to take on grown-up responsibilities and stay human at the same time. And the answer is as complicated as the mystery of the angels.

May 23, 2018

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THE NASHVILLE I

Evangelion STILL wont offer any origin story or explanation for the hundreds of details in this fantasy world. It’s entertaining, but how about some character development? How about a story arc????? It’s rockem sockem robots at this point.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

05/10/25

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O&R m

Way better than the first rebuild entry. The visuals are stunning at the end. The animation is even cleaner also.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/08/25

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OverRex E

The best of the 4, holy moly guacamole, peak animation for 2009, wow. The story advances differently, and man, its amazing.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/08/25

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Ryan W

Mostly the same as the show, but I liked the song near the end.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/17/24

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aRandomShyGuy

An absolute masterpiece of a film with the most tear-jerking and beautiful ending I've ever witnessed. It never ceases to make me cry. Make sure to watch Evangelion 1.11 before you watch this though.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/21/24

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Chanr3y k

A huge improvement from it's prequel, with a visually stunning and beautiful ending, absolutely must watch.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/16/24

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Rei Ayanami

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Synopsis

Mari Illustrious-Makinami pilots Provisional Unit-05 to defeat the excavated Third Angel. Asuka Langley-Shikinami and EVA-02 defeat the Seventh Angel. The Eighth Angel appears and attacks Nerv HQ. EVA-03 is taken over by the Ninth Angel during testing and Shinji deploys to stop it, but learns Asuka is aboard. Gendo switches EVA-01's controls over to the Dummy System and begins fighting EVA-03.

Director: Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki
Screenwriter: Hideaki Anno
Distributor: Eleven Arts
Production Co: Khara, Inc.
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Animation
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 21, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 29, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $113.9K
Runtime: 1h 53m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital