More a revamp than a retelling of the 1995/1996 anime series NEON GENESIS EVANGELION, the REBUILD OF EVANGELION series is a Mankind vs Alienkind vs Humanity epic told in four movies. At the present, the first three have been released: 2007’s EVANGELION 1.0: YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE, 2009’s EVANGELION 2.0: YOU CAN (NOT) ADVANCE, and 2012’s EVANGELION 3.0: YOU CAN (NOT) REDO, which can all be seen at a special (nearly) all day screening at the Brattle.

For veterans of the series, the biggest change is probably the animation quality. Compared to the grainy, Saturday-morning cartoon look of the original series, these films are glorious. Another major difference is the new character introduced in the second film as a fourth pilot, but no spoilers on her here!

For those who have not seen the series, think a more mature PACIFIC RIM and go buy your ticket already.

EVANGELION 1.0: YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE @ 2:30PM

EVANGELION 2.0: YOU CAN (NOT) ADVANCE @ 4:45PM

EVANGELION 3.0: YOU CAN (NOT) REDO @12:00PM & 7:00PM

$20 for all three, $ome Cost for single screenings.

– Alex Schab