Episode 05 – Beyond Rei’s Heart (レイ、心のむこうに)
Rei and Unit 00′s synchronisation test
Gendo overseeing the synchronisation test, and he nudged his glasses up his face – a signature gesture of his that frequently haa
Initiation of the test as Ritsuko issued commands.
Close up view of Unit 00. We can see that the armour plates on Unit 00 has been slightly changed in the remake, with more patches of white added to the orange armour.
Shortly into the synchronisation test, Unit 00 went berserk. It tore itself from the restraining harnesses that fixed the body to the wall.
Seeing that things were spiralling out of control, Ritsuko immediately broke the glass covering the handle bar – once pulled, it will immediately cut off the power supply to the Eva unit, giving it at most 5 minutes of operational time before stopping.
Once it broke free of its restraints, it clutches its head and seemed to be in great pain.
The view of the control room from the testing chamber.
Unit 00 punches the control room windows, and they took the full hit. Ritsuko warns Gendo of the danger and asks him to step back from the shattering glass panes.
Mari initiating the entry plug ejection from Unit 00.
Before enough LCL is pumped into the experiment chamber, the entry plug carrying Rei fell from a great height, much to Gendo’s horror.
Gendo rushed to the fallen entry plug to extricate Rei from the scaldingly hot entry plug. The heat of the exterior of the plug not also caused Gendo’s palms to suffer from burns, but also to cause his fallen glasses to melt. Rei kept the glasses as a remembrance to his effort to save her.
The stop plug in Unit 00, which is meant to stop any transmission between the Eva’s brain and the rest of the body.
In the school
This scene highlights Rei’s odd personality and her inability to communicate with her female classmates. She’s shown sitting by the swimming pool while the other girls cheer their classmates on.
Shinji looked up to the hill as his female classmates called out to him.
However, Rei doesn’t seem to be bothered with the commotion going around her.
Shinji visually tracking Rei
Shinji visually tracking Rei as he sat in Unit 01′s entry plug.
Gendo approaches Rei, and her face immediately lights up. Rei seemed to converse with Gendo at ease, while Shinji felt that he could not communicate with his father the same way Rei did.
Shinji visits Rei
Ritsuko asked Shinji for his help to pass Rei’s new NERV ID card to her. Shinji visited Rei at the rundown apartment complex where she was staying – in fact, the complex was in the midst of being demolished.
Shinji arrived at Rei’s unit, but failed to get a response from her as he rang the bell. He entered her unit to find that it was very messy and unorganized inside.
Shinji spotted Gendo’s broken glasses on Rei’s upboard. Curious, he tried it on at the very moment Rei exited the bathroom, clad in towel and underwear.
Rei didn’t react angrily to Shinji’s intrusion into her private space. She walked up to Shinji silently and calmly, took the glasses off his face. Shinji slipped and fell on Rei.
One of my personal favourite scene – the curtain draws open and as sunlight filters through the opening, reflects off the glass (scientifically speaking, it’s a beaker) and into the ‘camera’. Very quaint, isn’t it? They’ve added volume markings on the beaker this time round.
Rei carefully stored the glasses in a case.
Confrontation between Rei and Shinji
On the way down the escalator, Shinji and Rei had a brief conversation. When Rei asked Shinji what he thinks about Gendo, Shinji berated his father in front of her and told her how he disliked him. Embarrassed and angry, Rei slapped Shinji in the face.
The Fifth Angel arrives in Tokyo 3
The 5th Angel, Ramiel, appears over the Pacific Ocean and moves towards Tokyo-3. In the remake they’ve lengthened the approach sequence as well as beautified Ramiel, which includes adding glaring reflections off it’s octahedral body (absent in the original anime stillshot). The producers dumped the original version and went ahead with the new one. I absolutely adore the new 3D effect! Note: for some unknown reason, the film labels angel Ramiel as the 6th angel instead of the 5th in the original anime and manga.
When Unit 01 was sent to the ground to neutralize the Angel’s AT field and defeat it, a strong energy reaction was detected in the core of the angel.
Shinji in Unit 01 was oblivious to the danger the angel posed.
Immediately before the attack, Ramiel transforms from its octahedral shape into complex geometry that corresponds to the type and severity of the attack beam. The beam was strong enough to melt through buildings standing between the angel and Unit 01.
Unit 01 is directly hit by Ramiel’s high energy beam, probably exposing the Eva’s core.
Shinji screamed in agony as the high energy beam immediately brings the LCL in the entry plug to boil (as seen by air bubbling out of the solution). The warning messages have been visually improved and enhanced in the new remake.
It is One of my favourites which include Naruto too … Watch it 3 years ago … “The new edition”
The only regret is cannot really get the ending of the anime, even after watching it twice … “Haha …”
Really hope can watch it again …
U ever watch Gundam Series ?
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I never really got into evangelion – I was more into sakura wars – and even gundam wing to a certain extent!
I’m gettin gback into my anime atm though – watching cardcaptor sakura and sailor moon atm! vintage stuff! :P
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Beautiful changes. They’ve 2000-ified an ancient anime! The drawings are definitely better though I don’t like the green accent on the 01. It makes it look like a cheap toy from a vending machine. I also don’t like the change in Lilith’s mask. I mean, isn’t her mask the logo of the organization?! It takes away from the meaning of the logo then! -__-;;
I’ve watched NGE so many time I think I’ll skip on the rebuilt versions. Maybe I’ll watch the final movie if there will be changes in the ending. :)
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@Eric: Yay! I actually enjoyed the Naruto anime too, but the filler episodes bored me because the anime was catching up with the manga’s publishing. It just puzzles me that why so many animes have to get progressively darker… like how Sasuke turned to Orochimaru for power, and how the storyline starts to wrap around psychological hardships of the Evangelion pilots. The ‘new edition’ that you’re mentioned – are you referring to the director’s cut? They’ve included a lot of bonus scenes from Episode 21 to 24 for the director’s cut. Oh and for the ending of NGE, do you mean the original Episodes 25 and 26 or the later version of the film (Evangelion: Death and Rebirth)? The old one is very confusing (and disappointing as well)… the later version suits the context of the anime better :) I am yet to watch Gundam, but I heard it’s awesome!
@Han: Cardcaptor Sakura! One of the greatest animes around, but sadly I couldn’t find a friend who has it (so I can get from them instead of using my crappy Internet connection to download it). I’ve watched Sailormoon when I was a kid, but mom banned me from it later because she thought that it’ll make me… girlish / unmasculine. Whatever :roll:
@Ivy: “They’ve 2000-ified an ancient anime!” – Well said! They’ve redrawn the scenes and make them even better. For now, we don’t have to settle for odd shapes of the characters’ faces finally (the body shape and facial structures of the characters change subtly among different episodes). Yea I don’t quite get the reason why they’ve traded the good ol’ purple for a helluva neon green on Unit01! And the neon green makes Unit01 glow in the dark, which makes it a better target for the Angels, heh. For the same thing, I’m appalled by the change in Lilith’s mask. I heard that they’ve now used that design for SEELE’s new logo instead. Have you seen the new NERV logo? It’s the same old one but have an inverted apple in the background. Rebuild of Evangelion 4.0 is speculated to have an alternate ending (or a continuity to the last two episodes of the anime)… now I’m looking forward to that!
Wow, Lilith looks freaky! :shock: Note to self: Do not look at eerie things after having two days of nightmares. =P
My brother used to be into NGE. He was more of the anime person out of the both of us! However, I have sat down and watched some eps with him and.. well, I still am not an anime person, but I am not the person who disses those who are.
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the camera in the Toji and Kensuke screen shot also looks more modern! spot the differences game :lol:
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@Id: Yea Lilith does look a little freaky, but it’ll be freakier in the original anime episode because it has seven eyes (that got me stunned a little when I first saw Lilith). I didn’t watch any animes besides Naruto (and stopped when they started releasing the filler episodes – I find them a little boring) before being introduced to NGE by my ex-roommate. He was watching halfway through the series when I knew about it, so after that I rewatched the entire thing 3 times :) but that doesn’t make me an otaku! Haha. I don’t go great lenghts to participate in cosplay events or stock up huge amounts of NGE memorabilia. Anyway for the WP2.5 thing, you’re welcome! The new features are really exciting, although a little inconvenient to new WP users because the old admin layout is almost completely scrapped.
@lix: Yes! It has larger lenses this time, and has a more metallic feeling to it. In the original anime, his camera looks like, no offence, a piece of cheap plastic :razz: lol!
Haha … Me watching long time ago which borrow from a friend …
I think should be the latest one … About the detail … Sorry I really forgotten.
I am plan to get myself a copy of the whole set later but not so soon … May be next year …
The Gundam series, the latest one is “00″ … Just finish watching it last few weeks which consist 25 episodes for the part 1 … Part 2 will only start in end of this year …
Totally recommended …!
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I never knew that NGE had a remake of it!! I gotta go and download it now too!
I most definitely agree… it was such a huge hit because of the psychological state of each child’s sufferings. Though I am disappointed the Rebuild doesn’t have Asuka, as she doesn’t come in until many episodes afterwards anyhow. Thanks for sharing this!
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@Eric: Same here! I didn’t have the NGE DVD with me, so I borrowed it from a friend (and ripped it into my harddisk, in case I needed it later). Since I had the Director’s Cut version, I’m not intending to purchase a collector’s copy for the original anime, but I would love to wait for all the 4 promised Rebuild of Evangelion films to be released, purchase the whole DVD set :) heh.
@Destiny: Same here! I only got to know about it a month ago when I was searching Youtube for NGE when a whole list of new trailers came out. But I spent another month finding where to download the movie! The one I’ve downloaded is a camera rip from a Japan cinema with no subtitles. But since I’ve watched the original anime version, I know more or less what they’re talking about :) teehee. The first film doesn’t have Asuke because she only appears after Episode 8 (?) and the first film only covers the first six episodes of the anime. I love Asuka because she’s very noisy and brings some life into the anime :D
wow, those changes are awesome. and I never watched this anime. I watched Naruto for like 2 years but I stopped because I had my SPM examinations. I wish I could start watching Naruto back! isk..isk..isk…
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@Aisyah: Yep! They’ve redrawn everything, which justifies the need for a remake. I’ve watched Naruto for 2+ years too, but gave up along the way as I got busier towards the end of my college studies. Now I’m so out of touch with Naruto, I couldn’t muster enough interest to continue. How sad :sad:
hey teddy :grin:
i am also an eva-lover!
though i haven’t watched the movie yet :oops:
i’ll have to when summer comes around! :mrgreen:
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@tina: High-five!!! :razz: teehee. The film is relatively new, and I think there’s no reputable subtitle release yet (for non-Japanese-speaking audience). You’ll have to wait a little now, but I think it’ll be done by summer!
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it the 6th angel as Nerv started with 3 in their pocket and not 2 in the new story. i guess they are pumping up the “infighting” abit more… we should be getting more backstory on this version.
Where can i download the Rebuild Of Evangelion:Destruction(Episode 2)???????????????????????????????????please help me!! :sad:
As far as I know, it’s not out yet.
But i have a 2nd rebuild movie right?If the movie is out please do tell me…..i am the evanglion hardfans………k thanx 4 d information……… :wink:
I’m sorry what i mean is IT MUST HAVE THE SECOND MOVIE OUT right?thanx… :???:
Very nice comparison, thanks! I noticed two places where the image addresses are incorrect (they link to the images right above them):
episode one — Sachiel’s leap
episode two — Gendo’s meeting with Seele members
The images are there, they’re just not linked correctly.
@virtus: Thanks for informing me of the problem. I’ve rectified it. Oh, and new screenshots and comparisons for Episodes 3 to 6 will be coming soon as well :)
Hey there! These comparison shots are fantastic. I’ve heard a lot about the making of this, and it’s actually not just a remake, though they’re trying hard not to make that sound like a sequel either, hence ‘Rebuild’.
The changes that are beyond cosmetic are likely very intentional, given the chalk-outline opening scene. Making the water red in pretty much all scenes, for example, and moving Lilith’s mask from her to the Seele monoliths. Also strange things I don’t get, like the track number and time change of Shinji’s music player. Only the seconds remain the same number. When everything is so faithfully re-rendered, a change like this is suspicious.
While I don’t know because I haven’t seen the rest, could this be the result of Shinji’s wish…? A chance to try again? It’s my speculations :p
Thanks for the compliments, Chris! Actually I’m not done with the comparison yet (I’m stuck around episode 3 or something), I couldn’t find the time to crop the screenshots and composite them into images and then upload them.
Many people got this impression that Gainax is just treating the Evangelion series as an awesome cash cow, since the Rebuild, with largely similar storyline for the first installment of the 4-film series (as compared to the original anime), had earned them considerable amount of money.
Cosmetic changes aside, there are indeed several aspects of the new storyline that might signify a change in how things turn out for the next few films – like how they’ve axed a few angels out of the series, the puzzling change of Lilith’s face, the change in the SEELE and NERV logos and etc. Indeed, it’s suspicious when the animators took great pain to faithfully recreate many of the insignificant minute details (like the passengers on the train, the clutter on Misato’s apartment).
I can’t help but speculate too!
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Great side-by-side comparison- but this could have done with some discussion of vitally important scenes in the original that *weren’t* in Rebuild, perhaps most interestingly the failure of EVA-01 to reach out by itself and deflect the falling beams from hitting Shinji.
Thanks for the compliments! My review is more on the aesthetic and visual aspect of the remake, and less on the technicalities. I’m not an Eva expert too so I guess it shouldn’t weigh on the storyline changes, but I’m excited to see how the next few films play out differently from the animated series :)
This was a pretty awesome series it reminded me of Gundam Wing. I miss old shows like this on toonami and adult swim.
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