1997 · mecha · apocalyptic · psychological
The End of Evangelion
Directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki, Hideaki Anno1h 27m1997
SEELE orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can advance his own plans for the Human Instrumentality Project. Shinji is pushed to the limits of his sanity as he is forced to decide the fate of humanity.
Our read: The End of Evangelion (1997) reads as a heavy, kinetic, surreal mecha · apocalyptic · psychological entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme mecha / apocalyptic, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, epic, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- surreal
- bleak
- cold
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