Japan Synopsis
ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版：序
After the Second Impact, Tokyo-3 is being attacked by giant monsters called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind. The child Shinji's objective is to fight the Angels by piloting one of the mysterious Evangelion mecha units. A remake of the first six episodes of GAINAX's famous 1996 anime series. The film was retitled "Evangelion: 1.01" for its home video version and "Evangelion: 1.11" for a release with additional scenes.
Audience Engagement
826 audience reviews — more than 96% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 90th percentile among Japan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
7 sharedEvangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
★ 7.8 · Japan
5 sharedEvangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
★ 8.3 · Japan
4 sharedEvangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
★ 7.3 · Japan
4 sharedNeon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth
★ 7.5 · Japan
4 sharedMobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island
★ 6.5 · Japan
3 sharedNeon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
★ 8.3 · Japan
Other Titles From khara
Animation + Science Fiction in Japan
314 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Science Fiction genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone itself).
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
★ 8.3 · 1997Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
★ 8.3 · 2021
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War
★ 8.3 · 1993
The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Seiran 2
★ 8.2 · 2019
Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya
★ 8.0 · 2013
Date A Live: Mayuri Judgment
★ 8.0 · 2015
The 2006–2008 Japan Window
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone holds position #84 of 372 Japan films in the 2006–2008 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone premiered alongside 112 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 112 other Japan films in 2007.
The 1986th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- post apocalypse · 4
- alien monster · 3
- giant robot · 24
- alien invasion · 24
- father son conflict · 9
- anime · 711
- remake · 101
- mecha · 68
- parent child relationship · 46
- based on tv series · 37
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,028 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (78th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.7 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #826 of 2,532 (top 33%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | khara |
| Runtime | 1h 41m |
| Release Date | September 1, 2007 |
| IMDb | tt0923811 |
| Official Site | www.evangelion.co.jp |