Evangelion: 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance (2009)

Evangelion: 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance: Directed by Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Hideaki Anno. With Kotono Mitsuishi, Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yûko Miyamura. Under constant attack by Angels, NERV introduces two new pilots: the mysterious Makinami Mari Illustrous and the intense Asuka Langley Shikinami. Parallel to the incursion, Gendo Ikari and SEELE proceed the secret project that involves both Rei and Shinji.

“This movie is an interesting take on how to do a reimagining of a original story. While it hits most of the original story beats but in a different order and some are just tweaked. It is a bit better in my opinion than the first rebuild, it adds back in some downtime and relationship building between the characters rather than the first ones take on just going fight scene to fight scene. The visuals are still beautiful and the fight scenes have added a fun amount of gore to make up for the added down time for the fans looking just to see big robots fight kaiju. Definitely worth the watch.”