If you loved Swallowtail Butterfly, try Revival of Evangelion

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

You already loved

Revival of Evangelion

1998 · dir. Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Masayuki, Tensai Okamura, Seiji Mizushima, Masahiko Otsuka, Hiroyuki Ishido, Shoichi Masuo, Naoyasu Habu, Tetsuya Watanabe, Minoru Ohara, Tsuyoshi Kaga, Ken Ando, Akira Takamura, Keiichi Sugiyama

What they share

Theyboth carry the foreign gem mood tag, and they sit in Drama / Science Fiction territory. If that's the register that drew you to Swallowtail Butterfly, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Revival of Evangelion is

You watch the last days of humanity collide with teenage nerves in a Tokyo under siege. Then events spiral toward annihilation. A studio note: the film only feels complete once you’ve faced the abyss between despair and purpose.

If you loved Swallowtail Butterfly, try Revival of Evangelion

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What they share

What Revival of Evangelion is

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