Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time Review
Nearly 26 years afterNeon Genesis Evangelionsaw the light of day, Hideki Anno brings hisRebuildsaga to an end with the long-awaitedEvangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time, and he achieves that by borrowing and enhancing narrative elements from the first two finales he conceived for his masterful creation, that remains to this dayone of the best anime ever made. At its finest,3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Timerecreates the simple charm of day to day life sometimes seen in the original anime when its protagonists were not immersed in fighting off impending apocalyptic doom, all before spiraling on an all-action Eva blowout that crescendoes into introspective musings on human existence, consciousness, nihilism, and the meaning of life....