NEW YORK (Wednesday February 21, 2024) – GKIDS, the acclaimed producer and distributor of artist-driven and award-winning global animation, announced today it will bring END OF EVANGELION, to select theaters nationwide for event showings on March 17 & 20th, 2024. This release marks the first time the acclaimed film bows in theaters in North America. The film will be screened in its original Japanese language with English subtitles. Tickets are on sale now.
Created by Hideaki ANNO, the NEON GENESIS EVANGELION television series is one of the most influential animated series of all time. Since its 1995 premiere in Japan, the story of teenager Shinji Ikari has emerged as one of the most iconic titles in animation history and a global pop culture phenomenon.
Originally released in 1997, this final movie version was created as an alternative ending to the NEON GENESIS EVANGELION TV series, remaking the final two episodes from the series. Since its release, much like its series predecessor, the theatrical alternative ending to the NEON GENESIS EVANGELION series has cemented itself in animation history, and has continued to awe new and returning audiences with every viewing.
In 2022, GKIDS released the original twenty-six episode television series, NEON GENESIS EVANGELION, as well as the films EVANGELION:DEATH (TRUE)2 and THE END OF EVANGEION on Blu-ray and digital download-to-own for the first time in North America. In 2022, GKIDS released the fourth and final installment of the new theatrical “Rebuild” editions of the EVANGELION franchise, EVANGELION:3.0+1.11 THRICE UPON A TIME, in theaters and on Blu-ray and digital download-to-own. GKIDS also handles North American distribution for creator Hideaki Anno’s prior series NADIA: The Secret of Blue Water.
Synopsis
This final movie version was created as an alternative ending to the NEON GENESIS EVANGELION TV series, remaking the final two episodes from the series. SEELE plans an attack on NERV after failing to create a man-made Third Impact. After reaffirming both her own and her mother’s existence in a state of despair, Asuka returns and begins the counterattack. However, new enemies descend from the heavens. Meanwhile, Shinji witnesses the horrifying wreckage of Asuka’s EVA-02 while piloting EVA-01. Mass production models surround EVA-01 and perform a solemn ceremony. What does it mean to complete a human heart?
About GKIDS
GKIDS is the producer and distributor of artist-driven and award-winning animation from around the world. The company has scored an astounding 13 Beat Animated Feature Oscar nominations with The Secret of Kells in 2010, A Cat in Paris and Chico & Rita in 2012, Ernest & Celestine in 2014, The Tale of The Princess Kaguya and Song of the Sea in 2015, Boy and the World and When Marnie Was There in 2016, My Life as a Zucchini in 2017, The Breadwinner in 2018, Mirai in 2019, Wolfwalkers in 2021, and now The Boy and the Heron in 2024. GKIDS handles North American distribution for the famed Studio Ghibli library of films, one of the world’s most coveted animation collections with the titles Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke and others, as well as the critically acclaimed television series, NEON GENESIS EVANGELION. Also, GKIDS is the founder and host of ANIMATION IS FILM, the annual LA-based film festival which embraces animation as a cinematic art form and is a vocal advocate for filmmakers who push the boundaries of the medium to its fullest range of artistic expressions. www.gkids.com
