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The _Rebuild of Evangelion_ series of films (3 of which have been released
here in the USA) are a sort of reboot/retelling of the _Neon Genesis
Evangelion_ story. As films, they have less time to tell the story and a
higher budget, so the style of storytelling is decidedly different from the
original TV series.

The original _Evangelion_ has been discussed and analyzed in the many years
since its release, and I'm curious whether the new films shed any new light on
the original work.

Have the _Rebuild_ films revealed new things about the original _Evangelion_
series?


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Have the Rebuild of Evangelion films revealed anything new about the original Evangelion TV series?


The 3rd movie is so radically different than the original series that there's
probably nothing from it that can be applied to the original series. There are
a lot of in-world mechanics that seemed to have changed, for example:

  * Angels all explode into blood
  * Souls of the pilot's mothers in their Evas (Eva-05, Eva-02)
  * Impact mechanics are different, the (near) 3rd Impact being generated by Eva-01 and Rei

> \- 4th Impact initiated by 2 spears and a double Eva-13  
>  \- There's a new set of Angels called the "Nemesis series"

Additionally, aside from Misato and Shinji's backstories which seem to be
similar enough to the TV series, it's either unclear or outright different
(Asuka) for the histories of the other characters.

There could be small arguments made that can be applied to the original TV
series. For example, Bardiel is clearly inside the entry plug in the 2nd
movie, so one can argue that this can be applied to Bardiel in the TV series
which leaves things more vague. Or in the new movies it's revealed that the
S-DAT player once belonged to Gendo and Shinji values it because it was his
father's. But for the most part, I don't think there's going to be that many
new things revealed about the original series thanks to the new movies.


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