New Neon Genesis Evangelion Anime Announced

31 years after it first aired and revolutionised anime, Neon Genesis Evangelion is coming back. Unveiled at the Evangelion:30+; 30th Anniversary of Evangelion festival, the project is described as Evangelion's "Next Genesis". The festival also featured the world premiere of Evangelion Broadcast 30th Anniversary Special Screening, a new 13-minute short starring fan-favourite character Asuka.

Several staff members were also announced. Yokō Tarō will be script supervisor and screenwriter, Kazuya Tsurumaki and Tōko Yatabe will be the directors.  Keiichi Okabe will compose the music. Studio Khara and Cloverworks will be on animation duties. It's not clear at this point if it will be a TV series or movie(s),

The original anime aired for 26 episodes in 1995-1996. It was followed by two feature films Death and Rebirth and The End Of Evangelion. But that wasn't the end of Evangelion as the Rebuild Of Evangelion rebooted the series as a series of four films released between 2007 and 2021. The series has also spun off multiple manga series, video games and a metric ton of merchandise.

The series followed Shinji and his fellow traumatised teens strapped to giant experimental bio-weapons (not giant robots) and forced to fight off The Angels, mysterious invaders sent from an unknown source and seemingly bent on destroying humanity.

The series is well known for its Judeo-Christian and other religious imagery and its deep themes of psychological trauma and mental health, loneliness, depression and identity. It's a long way from your average mecha show.

What form the new anime will take remains to be seen. But presumably it would have to be (another) reboot, as -spoilers- there isn't really much room for a sequel to the original. Will it be a close remake with shinier animation or will it be something more radical? Evangelion has rarely taken the easy route in the past so this looks like an exciting prospect.

Studio Khara released a teaser trailer for the new project:

Translation (from Anime News Network):

Text: Teaser

Credits: Production: Studio Khara x CloverWorks

Text: The eternal summer vacation

Text: This is our paradise

Text: This is our graveyard

Text: What you hear is a song of eternal punishment

Credits: Music: Keiichi Okabe (NieR:Automata, NieR Replicant/Gestalt, Summer Time Rendering)

Credits: Series Script Supervisor/Writer: Yokō Tarō (NieR:Automata, NieR Replicant/Gestalt, Drakengard franchise)

Credits: Directors: Kazuya Tsurumaki (Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX, Rebuild of Evangelion tetralogy)

Credits: Tōko Yatabe (Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time, The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe)

Text: Production on a brand-new Evangelion series launches

Text: May those souls rest in peace

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