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# Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)

Sep 13, 2025 | Rated 4 out of 5 | Dir. Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki

I think I’m gonna need a couple months to wrap my mind around what just happened in that movie. The movie made some bold choices for an animated film about Mecha robots wild nihilistic and I think the ending is post apocalyptic. I’m not sure where it goes from here.

Sanji is a difficult character for me to wrap my mind around.

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