A enterprise over a decade within the making, Hideaki Anno’s “rebuild” of his seminal apocalyptic mecha sequence, Neon Genesis Evangelion, as a four-part film sequence got here to an finish earlier this 12 months in Japan, when, after many (many) delays, Thrice Upon a Time lastly launched again in March. But worldwide followers have been left hanging… till now.

Amazon has confirmed that its Prime Video streaming platform will host the worldwide debut of Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time, the fourth movie within the Evangelion Shin Gekijōban sequence on August 13, each in Japanese with English subtitles (and 27 different languages), in addition to dubs in English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian. Written and directed mainly by Evangelion architect Hideaki Anno, alongside co-directors Kazuya Tsurumaki, Katsuichi Nakayama, and Mahiro Maeda, Thrice Upon a Time follows younger mecha pilots Shinji Ikari, Asuka Langley Shikinami, Rey Ayanami, and Mari Illustrious Makinami within the wake of a devastating cataclysmic extinction occasion generally known as Third Impact, and their battle towards the mysterious, monstrous creatures generally known as Angels seeking to result in humanity’s extinction.

The Rebuild of Evangelion sequence is a unfastened adaptation of Anno and Studio Gainax’s seminal 26-episode sequence Neon Genesis Evangelion (and its controversial cinematic conclusion, End of Evangelion), telling a modernized model of the iconic sequence’ narrative, however growing alongside a wildly divergent path over the course of the four-movie sequence. To mark the launch of Thrice Upon a Time, Amazon may even stream the primary three motion pictures within the sequence—1.0: You Are (Not) Alone, 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance, and 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo—for the primary time, letting followers get caught up earlier than saying goodbye to one of the crucial well-known anime franchises round… or so its creator would have us consider, for now, as he strikes on to different pursuits, together with live-action movie variations of Anno’s beloved tokusatsu franchises, Shin Ultraman and Shin Kamen Rider, due out someday this 12 months and in 2023 respectively.

Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time—particularly the “latest” model of the movie, together with new scenes, that was launched for a second theatrical run in Japan earlier this 12 months—is about to hit Amazon on August 13, with Evangelion 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 set to additionally hit the service a while within the run as much as its launch.

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