Evangelion: Death and Rebirth (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン DEATH & REBIRTH Shin seiki Evangerion Gekijo-ban: Shito shinsei) is the first movie spin-off of the Neon Genesis Evangelion television show. It consists of two parts, Death and Rebirth, respectively. The first part, Death, consists of a 60 minute edit of the first 24 episodes of television show, including several new scenes. The second part, Rebirth, consists of an entirely new animation and storyline, following episode 24. Due to time constraints, this new animation wasn't fully completed when the movie was released: only the first 27 minutes out of the total 40 minutes were shown in Rebirth. 4 months later, The End of Evangelion, the second Evangelion movie, featured the complete Rebirth animation, named as Episode 25' : Air.
It was released, along with the follow-up, The End of Evangelion, in response to the success of the TV series, and also of a strong demand of the fans for another ending. It has since been re-edited and rereleased several times.
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