In the face of increasingly bizarre and powerful Angel attacks, Shinji Ikari and his partner Rei Ayanami are assisted by two new pilots: the fiery Asuka Langley Shikinami and the mysterious ... Read allIn the face of increasingly bizarre and powerful Angel attacks, Shinji Ikari and his partner Rei Ayanami are assisted by two new pilots: the fiery Asuka Langley Shikinami and the mysterious Mari Illustrious Makinami.In the face of increasingly bizarre and powerful Angel attacks, Shinji Ikari and his partner Rei Ayanami are assisted by two new pilots: the fiery Asuka Langley Shikinami and the mysterious Mari Illustrious Makinami.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
- Shinji Ikari
- (voice)
- Rei Ayanami
- (voice)
- …
- Gendo Ikari
- (voice)
- Maya Ibuki
- (voice)
- Ryoji Kaji
- (voice)
- Makoto Hyuga
- (voice)
- Shigeru Aoba
- (voice)
- Kensuke Aida
- (voice)
- Toji Suzuhara
- (voice)
- Kiel Lorenz
- (voice)
- Hikari Horaki
- (voice)
- Kaworu Nagisa
- (voice)
- Additional Voices
- (English version)
- (voice)
Storyline
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- TriviaIn the many changes that the original plot had, the most dramatic changes are: In the anime, when the girls are in an elevator, Asuka slaps Rei for their passivity, while in this film, she tries to slap her and Rei stops the slap with her hand. In the series, Shinji only threatens to destroy the Geo-front, in the film, he does manage to meet this threat and he is seen destroying part of the Geo-front. Toji's younger sister is seen fully recovered in the film, but in the series, the fate of her is never know. In the film, Asuka is much more open with Shinji. For example, the scene of the series in which she lies beside him, she falls asleep and Shinji moves away, but the film she stays in bed and they counted each other's fears, with greater harmony between them that at other times. In the series, when the EVA-01 match against Zeruel, EVA-01 goes into Berserk mode alone, while in the film, Shinji does so at their own will. In the the series the EVA-01 also rebuilds the lost arm with a piece of Zeruel's ripped body, while in the film, the EVA 01 creates a sort of "condensed energy arm" which is also used as "cannon momentum" against Zeruel.
- GoofsMari is supposed to be British, but in the scene where she speaks in English, the accent is American.
- Quotes
Unit-01 Dummy Plug System: [during start-up, in reverse] Freedom is an illusion. All you will lose is the emotion of pride. To be dominated by me is not as bad for human pride as to be dominated by others of your species.
- Crazy creditsAt the end of the credits, there is a scene where EVA-01 is pierced with the LLance of Longinus, thrown by Kaworu Nagisa piloting the Evangelion Mark.06, who says that he will show Shinji "true happiness."
- ConnectionsFollowed by Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012)
- SoundtracksBeautiful World -PLANiTb Acoustica Mix
Performed by Hikaru Utada
The second film in Hideaki Anno's Rebuild of Evangelion, Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance covers the material from episodes 8-19 of the TV series but also is the part where the rebuild begins to veer away from its source material. A post credit scene in Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone showing the awakening of Kaworu Nagisa was a telling sign of Anno's intent on creating new spins on the series characters and would not be beholden to the layout as presented in the original series. While the characters remain mostly intact, Anno takes them through different directions story wise as well as expanding and adjusting the character and story progression to meet the needs of feature film format. For the most part the movie does this very well, but there are a few hiccups in the translation.
If there's a central theme present in You Can (Not) Advance, it's in Shinji's relationship with his father, Gendo. The story begins proper with Shinji and Gendo visiting Yui Ikari's (Shinji's mother and Gendo's wife) grave, it effectively establishes the dynamic in Shinji and Gendo's estrangement with Shinji having processed his grief with feelings with isolation, inadequacy and worthlessness, and Gendo having sever ties to things he considers "frivolous" down to the fact Gendo has discarded any photos or mementos of Yui's existence which is yet another point of unspoken contention in their relationship. Shinji's complicated relationship with his father is further examined via his relationships with characters such as Asuka and Rei, who both give their input to Shinji in different ways. Asuka's abrasive personality is mostly in tact here, but admittedly it has had its edges softened in comparison to the TV series with remixes on scenes such as her sleeping in Shinji's room now with added exchanges including Asuka exhibiting a greater level of vulnerability in not just this scene, but also a remix of the elevator scene with Rei.
While the movie mostly gets the major story developments right and the new elements presented are mostly unintrusive, there are some stumbling points that I was disappointed by. For those familiar with the original series, the two most horrific scenes by far from that show involved were in regards to episodes 18 and 19 with Eva Unit 1's brutal evisceration of Angel hijacked Eva Unit 3 or Eva Unit 1's devouring of the Angel Zeruel. While both scenes are still present, the soundtrack choice of what sounds like a children's choir in place of the original score doesn't fit all that well and I found it had the effect of lessening the impact of these sequences. In the case of the Zeruel scene there's also been a major change for the sake of I guess making it feel like a suitable ending climax which I suppose makes sense to a degree, but I'm not sure where I fall on liking or disliking the direction.
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance continues Anno's Rebuild of Evangelion revisiting and remixing elements with contemporary polish and designs. While the character dynamics are on point with some good expansions on Shinji's relationships with Rei and Asuka in particular yielding some strong emotional pathos, certain presentational decisions I felt called attention to themselves and lessened their impact. Overall Evangelion: 2.0 is a worthy entry in the series and makes for satisfying if flawed viewing for series veterans and franchise newcomers.
- IonicBreezeMachine
- Dec 1, 2021
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $133,640
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $84,157
- Jan 23, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $41,780,025
- Runtime1 hour 52 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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