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is a 1997 Japanese animated science fiction film written and directed by Hideaki Anno, animated by Production I.G, released as a finale for the mecha-based television series ''Neon Genesis Evangelion''. The film is divided into two episodes: ''Episode 25': Air / Love is Destructive'' and ''Episode 26': My Purest Heart for You, Sincerely Yours / ONE MORE FINAL: I need you''. They effectively replace or coincide with the series' controversial final two episodes with a more "real world" account of the story's apocalyptic climax. Gainax originally proposed titling the film ''Evangelion: Rebirth 2''. ''The End of Evangelion'' initially received polarizing reviews, with the film obtaining the Animage Anime Grand Prix in 1997 (among other awards) and reviews that ranged from glowing to antipathetic. A 2014 ''Time Out New York'' poll of filmmakers saw ''The End of Evangelion'' voted one of the 100 best animated films of all time. ==Plot== Shinji Ikari, the teenage pilot of a giant Evangelion cyborg, is distraught over the death of his friend Kaworu Nagisa. He visits fellow pilot Asuka Langley Soryu in a hospital and masturbates to her comatose body. The shadowy committee SEELE has discovered that commander Gendo Ikari intends to use NERV, the paramilitary organization that deploys the Evangelion units, for his own ends. SEELE dispatches the Japanese Strategic Self-Defense Force (JSSDF) to seize control of NERV, killing most of the staff. NERV major Misato Katsuragi has Asuka moved to the cockpit of Evangelion Unit 02 and placed at the bottom of a lake, then rescues the catatonic Shinji from JSSDF troops. Determined to have him pilot Unit 01, Misato brings Shinji to its bay doors, but is wounded by more soldiers. She convinces Shinji to pilot the unit, kisses him, and pushes him into the elevator before dying. However, Unit 01 is encased in JSSDF bakelite and is unable to launch. Gendo concludes that NERV's defeat is inevitable. He retrieves the Evangelion pilot Rei Ayanami, whom he plans to use to initiate Third Impact, a cataclysmic event that will kill everyone on earth, and reunite with his dead wife. NERV scientist Ritsuko Akagi tries to destroy NERV to stop Gendo initiating Third Impact, but her computer command is overridden by Casper, a computer core modeled on Ritsuko's mother. Gendo kills her. Inside Evangelion Unit 02, Asuka realizes her mother has "always been with her" and re-activates the unit. She destroys the JSSDF forces, but SEELE's new mass-produced Evangelion units dismember her and Unit 02. Unit 01 breaks free of the bakelite and ascends above NERV headquarters. From the cockpit, Shinji is mortified by the mass-produced Evangelion units carrying the mutilated remains of Unit 02 and screams. Gendo attempts to merge with Rei, who has the soul of Lilith, an angel hidden beneath the NERV headquarters, to begin Third Impact. Gendo has already merged with another angel, Adam, and will become a god if he merges with Lilith. However, Rei rejects Gendo, absorbs Adam and reunites with Lilith; her body grows to gargantuan size. The mass-produced Evangelion units pull Unit 01 into the sky and crucify it, beginning the ritual to initiate Third Impact. After several dreamlike contemplations, including a fight with Asuka, Shinji decides that he is alone and everyone in the world should die. In response, Rei/Lilith dissolves all of humanity back into primordial soup. The souls of humanity are absorbed and form a single existence. Shinji initially accepts this new state, believing there could never be happiness in the real world, but eventually realizes that to live is to experience joy as well as pain. He rejects Third Impact and Rei/Lilith dies. Asuka and Shinji rematerialize in an apocalyptic landscape. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The End of Evangelion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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