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Evangelion Films Return to Japanese Theaters in 2025-2026

The website for the Evangelion anime franchise announced on Monday the "Monthly Eva: Evangelion 30th Movie Fest. 2025-2026," which features monthly revival screenings of the franchise's six films in theaters throughout Japan. The festival celebrates the 30th anniversary of the franchise and will run from October to February.

The screening will be on the following schedule:

• October 10-16: Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth [Death (True)² & Rebirth version]
• October 24-30: The End of Evangelion
• November 14-20: Evangelion: 1.0 You Are [Not] Alone [1.11 version]
• December 12-18: Evangelion: 2.0 You Can [Not] Advance [2.22 version]
• January 9-15: Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo [3.333 version with Evangelion : 3.0(-46h) short、Evangelion: 3.0(-120min.) motion comic]
• February 13-19: Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time [3.0＋1.01 version]

GKIDS screened The End of Evangelion film in U.S. theaters in March 2024. The End of Evangelion was first released in 1997 as an alternate ending to the television anime. GKIDS licensed the North American theatrical, home video, and EST rights for the film in 2020 and released it on Blu-ray Disc and digital download-to-own later that year.

The company screened the Evangelion: 3.0+1.01: Thrice Upon A Time (Shin Evangelion Gekijō-ban :||), the final film in Anno's reimagined Evangelion tetralogy, in select IMAX theaters in the U.S. in November 2022. The film then screened in U.S. theaters that December. GKIDS released the Evangelion: 3.0+1.01: Thrice Upon A Time (Shin Evangelion Gekijō-ban :||) film on Blu-ray Disc and Collector's Edition 4K UHD in October 2023.

Anno speculated last year in May "there may be plans" for more in the Evangelion anime franchise, but possibly with "someone other than [himself]" at the helm.

Sources: Evangelion's website, Comic Natalie