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Director
Hideaki Anno
Cast
Megumi Ogata,
Yuko Miyamura,
Megumi Hayashibara,
Maaya Sakamoto,
Kotono Mitsuishi,
Yuriko Yamaguchi
Genre
Action,
Animation,
Drama,
Science Fiction
A team from the Willie organization is rebuilding post-apocalyptic Paris. Attacked by Nerv forces, they need help from the Wunder fleet to ward off the enemy. Despite his crew's protests, Shinji Ikari is determined to join the Wunder fleet and help restore the world.
IndieWire by Rafael Motamayor
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time brings the long-delayed, highly anticipated tetralogy to a close with a bold, messy, uplifting, audacious, and emotional film that expands, complements, and comments upon what came before, while giving fans a fitting close not only to the movie series, but the entirety of “Evangelion.”
New York Magazine (Vulture)
The cumulative result of all this inventive intercutting is a nostalgic reminder of everything that makes Evangelion not just psychologically complex, but balls-to-the-wall fun. It recognizes that Evangelion is both a cerebral meta-narrative and a mecha action anime.
Paste Magazine by Mary Beth McAndrews
Rarely do anime franchises end on such a pitch perfect note, but Anno shows it is possible with Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time. After decades of grappling with what this series means to him and using it as a mechanism to process his own emotional baggage, Anno has finally found closure within his broken world full of angst and hope.
Austin Chronicle by Richard Whittaker
Operatic, overblown, and yet still touching, Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time may be a mouthful, but it's also full of heart.
Polygon by Siddhant Adlakha
It’s bold, dazzling, introspective, and occasionally disturbing, which makes it a fitting capper to not only the new film series, but to the Evangelion story as a whole.
IGN
The themes of hope and positivity introduced are a welcome change for the franchise, and help give a sense of closure for the characters we’ve come to know and love. A sometimes inscrutable final act overflowing with extremely busy visuals and a never-ending barrage of new in-universe terms is the only major gripe in an otherwise satisfying and life-affirming finale to this beloved series.
The Film Stage by Eli Friedberg
Evangelion 3.0 + 1.01: Thrice Upon a Time is so bewilderingly maximalist in its ambitions, so conflicted in its heart, so dense and idiosyncratic from its title on down that it’s hard to know where to even begin gauging one’s own reaction to it except by probing inward.
Slant Magazine by Jake Cole
The film synthesizes the nihilistic tone of The End of Evangelion with the more hopeful terms of the anime’s original intended finale.
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