^{The End of Evangelion} is an anime movie made in 1997, with writing and direction by Kazuya Tsurumaki and Hideaki Anno. Considered by many anime fans as the true ending of Neon Genesis Evangelion series, this film depicts basically two alternative final episodes - 25 & 26 - to the original Evangelion Series.

If you watched Neon Genesis Evangelion already you must remember those two final episodes. They we're... strange... Going against the the action-oriented style of the show, the directors ended showing an internal struggle of the main characters with intense psychological nuances regarding the conclusion of the Human Instrumentality Project - and even so the decision Shinji reaches remains dubious, to say the least.

Some say Anno chose to do this final two episodes because she was going through a depression and this kind of self-doubts reflected her own. Others say the main factor for it was budget and schedule related. Hideaki Anno herself says she avoided an "action" ending because of the Sarin gas atack that occurred in Tokyo when the series was being aired, as she feared some images could be too similar to the real-life event.

Whatever the reason, the fact was those two last episodes are very weird and many fans complained about it (some even sent death threats to Anno o.O) and thus End of Evangelion movie was born, it's expectancy scoring some prizes, like the Animage grand prix award of 1997 and that year's academy prize for popularity in Japan.

Of course, I recommend our anime fans not to watch The End of Evangelion before viewing the whole series of Neon Genesis Evangelion - and if you haven't seen that yet, you are missing A LOT - otherwise this movie will be incomprehensible to you.

Heck, even if you saw it, you will be left with some doubts after seeing this one (it's still Evangelion, so expect lots of psychological, philosophical and even religious concepts, mixed in a bag of chaotic imagery and incredibly complex scenes).

I won't put plot spoilers here. Being such a complex work, I expect every person will have a different interpretation after seeing The End of Evangelion - especially the final sequence. It won't please everyone, and I think it never will, no matter how many versions of it they do.

Now grab yourself a seat. Here comes the flick.

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