and the Ultimate Edition, all of which were released on Blu-ray on November 9, 2021. GKids also included extra content, such as the deleted live-action scene and a short documentary about its making. In the United Kingdom, the company Anime Limited screened Death (True)² and The End of Evangelion in theaters on November 11 and 14, 2021. Reception Box office and public response In 1997, Neon Genesis Evangelion in Japan was at the center of national debates and became a social phenomenon. It thus attracted to theaters a large number of people who were intrigued by the controversy surrounding the original ending. The film version also drew the attention of newspapers, as well as people who were not normally interested in animation. The End of Evangelions audience exceeded that of Death and Rebirth, drawing 400,000 viewers in the first three days of its release. The movie earned about one-and-a-half billion yen in Japanese distributor rentals, equivalent to about at the time, becoming the fourth-highest-grossing Japanese feature film of 1997. Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke, which also has mature and violent themes, was released in theaters at the same time as The End of Evangelion; Japanese media were attracted by the contrast between the two films' posters, one of which said "Live!" and The End of Evangelion which reported the line "Wouldn't it be nice if everyone would just die?". Anticipation was high; In Japan, long lines formed for tickets to the premiere, drawing additional media attention. The End of Evangelion became controversial due to its scenes of sex and violence. Discussions were generated by the opening scene, in which Shinji masturbates over Asuka's body, which fans considered one of the most unpleasant in the history of Japanese animation. The debate on the two endings of Evangelion continued, remaining a source of controversy on the Internet even twenty years after the film's release. Further controversy occurred when the film aired at midnight on August 25, 2014, on Nippon Television. NTV cut and censored some sequences, provoking protests from both fans and the authors. On August 30 of the same year, it was broadcast on the TBS television network at 2:53 am, gaining an audience share of 0.9%. The film's soundtrack album, which was released in September 1997, sold over 100,000 copies in its debut week. Sales exceeded expectations and the album entered the top-three albums on the Oricon charts, which no anime