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Ghibliotheque Hosts Introduce End of Evangelion London Screening on April 4
posted on by Andrew Osmond
Tickets are available for a London screening of The End of Evangelion on Tuesday April 4 at 8.30 p.m., introduced by Michael Leader and Jake Cunningham, the presenters of the Ghibliotheque podcast. The venue is the Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square.
The End of Evangelion film provided a new ending to the story from the Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series in 1997. From the cinema's website:
"With its distinctive mixture of religious mysticism, psychoanalytic theory and awkward teenagers piloting giant robots, the anime TV series Neon Genesis Evangelion was a cultural sensation on its initial broadcast in 1995. However, the original series ending caused a rupture within its passionate fanbase. Two years later, creator Hideaki Anno returned to retell the ‘true’, definitive ending on the big screen.
"The result was The End of Evangelion, a bold, challenging and confrontational feature that delivered cinematic spectacle while also digging deeper than ever before into the series' psychological and emotional bedrock...
"A word to the wise: this feature is essentially a retelling of the final two episodes of a 26-episode anime series. While it has many qualities that can be experienced out of context, it is not recommended as a starting point if you haven't yet seen the original run of Neon Genesis Evangelion."
The episodes of the Ghibliotheque podcast are available here. As well as covering films by and related to Ghibli, the podcast has also covered the anime of Satoshi Kon, the films of the Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon, and the stop-motion animation of Henry Selick.
