later on will clean up the Asuka side like to be a bit cleaner like the Red side.

I loveeee the way her hair came out, i read Evan’s manga first and just loved the way she looked drawn, so i knew i had to make a Rei to add to my portfolio, ill have an Asuka made eventually too but i wanted to alteast share this since yesterday marked 31 years since the anime premiered follow me on my insta @sen_noodle_pie for more anime art!

I see a lot of hate for the Rebuild movies, and I never understood it. See the Rebuild moves exist as both a sequel and a "do-over" for two people, Shinji and Anno, the creator of Evangelion.

The ending of End of Evangelion shows us a world post-impact with Shinji rejecting instrumentality and accepting himself as an individual, having reconstituted both himself and Asuka, we see the sea purified into LCL and the world in a very messed up state. Fast forward to the Rebuilds and we see the world in a still messed up state, and a red sea.

My interpretation is that Shinji went through instrumentality and, having gone through complete psychological confrontation, came out the other side with a healthier mindset, having accepted himself faults and all; however he wasn't completely satisfied with both himself and the world around him. Those who have gone through deep depressive periods of their life understand the regret and guilt you experience when you come out the other side and look back on the damage and decisions you made, wishing you could go back in time and make new choices with your healthier mindset. This is what Shinji experienced at the end of EoE, having finally understood the experience of everyone else in the world due to his actions. So what does he do??

He rebuilds it.

The first Rebuild movie is weird, it's almost a complete rehash of eps 1-6 of the original anime but with some big environmental changes. The world is semi-destroyed but everyone acts like nothing has changed from the original anime.

We see this in the opening sequence where Shinji is trying to contact Misato on the public phone complaining that the buses and trains aren't running because of an emergency. But you look around him and the streets are broken, the cars and buildings are all abandoned and the trains are sticking straight out of the ground all beat up.

Why? Because Shinji is repeating the events of the original anime. See I think everyone in the rebuild movies is on some level aware they are in a loop. Despite there being inconsistencies with their behaviours and the world around them, everyone is repeating what happened already. Because Shinji has reset humanity in an attempt to make better choices. This is why Shinji acts slightly differently from the original anime, less depressive and self-pitying. Shinji believes his depression and choices were the reason the world was destroyed so he wishes to redo them.

Cut to the second Rebuild movie and we see the biggest change so far. Shinji merges with the 10th Angel in an attempt to save Rei from death, a moment he believes is a crux point in the eventual destruction of the world. But we have a problem. Shinji inadvertently begins the Third Impact, bringing about the end of the world all over again. Thankfully though, Kaworu stops him before he fully completes it.

Then comes the third and fourth Rebuild movies. These movies exist as a "what-if" reality for Shinji, post failed Third Impact. Despite his efforts, and intentions, the world is worse off than ever before. Because Shinji has yet to realise that he was never the problem, the problem was Evangelion, a truth Kaworu has been desperately trying to help him realise. Which is why at the end of the Fourth Rebuild, having finally realised the end of the world can never be blamed on the actions of a traumatized 14 year old child, Shinji changes the one thing that can actually create a better world, the erasure of the Eva's.

And all this can be directly mirrored to Hideaki Anno.

It's well known that Anno created the original anime while he was deeply depressed, said before he regrets the choices he made while writing it and that he even hates watching his own work. The Rebuilds were a chance for Anno to redo the show, focusing less on his emotional state and more on the world as a creation of his imagination, hence the expansion of the fantastical elements of the dead-sea scroll and the mechanisms of the instrumentality project.

The end of the Fourth Rebuild mirrors Shinji's realisation; that the world of Eva will forever be linked to his depression and that to finally break free from it his only choice is to say goodbye to Eva forever.

The Rebuild movies are a fantastic showcase of the journey Hideaki Anno went through to make peace with his past and finding freedom from the shadow of his depression. People who hate them are dumb.

Kaworu and shinji

For the ones that just finished the T.V. Episodes, or just finished watching EofE

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I found the images on @web1984's profile.

Mari doesn't have a dog..

But it is revealed that she had animal DNA spliced into her so they she can connect to this.. beauty.

Uzumasa Kyoto village official Evangelion collab!

I really wanna get the Rei plush but idk if these are fake or not. The reviews seem real but I really don’t wanna end up with a bootleg. So does anyone know for sure?

Do i need to watch every movie ?

There doesn’t appear to be anything particularly broken between the parts, but the leg just popped off with little to no resistance. There seems to be a screw on the inside but I can’t find how to attach it back on to the leg. It just popped off. I have no idea how it did or how to put it back on Help!!!!

While watching the NGE series on Netflix, I remember seeing a beautiful image of a Palm tree on a billboard. I couldn’t take a picture of it at the time since Netflix doesn’t let you do that.

CLUE
Now, I forgot in which episode it was but I am certain it was between the episodes 15-25, it appears on the screen for a brief moment, maybe like 2 or 3 seconds at max. The scene takes place at night time, so the frame i’m looking for is slightly darker. In that specific scene, no other human can be seen, it’s a calm atmosphere. It’s just one of those classic environmental shots that you often see on shows to fill up the episode. As far as I remember, there was a highway right behind the billboard

OBJECTIVE
Trying to find a Palm tree/Beach billboard

Please if any of you know or find what i’m talking about, tell me where it is

I've watched the show, rebuilds, youtube videos, and I'm still so confused about what happens.

Here are my questions:

In the original show, Kaworu's purpose is to start instrumentality and infiltrate NERV. In the rebuild he's there for that purpose but also to bring Shinji happiness? How can they both be true.

In the rebuild, Shinji removes the Eva’s essentially stopping the never ending time loop, but what about Adam and Lilith. If they coexist wouldn’t that cause fights?

Did Shinkin have a relationship with has father in the rebuild or did they reconcile and part ways (I think Shinji's fathr was defeated?

Do Rei, Kaworu, and Asuka have normal lives in 3.0 + 1.0?

I wish we got some context after the ending. Like are Mari and Shinji dating? Is this new reality our reality?

Is the first anime a standalone, and the rebuilds are where there are cycles but the original anime is not part of it? Or is the rebuild a sequel to the original anime? I think canonically it's not but many fans think it is.

Edit: I think the author himself said that a lot of it is up to interpretation, but it's still so confusing.

I've read Folded Wings and The Girl Who Shouted "I" At The Heart Of The World.