If you loved Zone of the Enders: Idolo, try Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth

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.

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Zone of the Enders: Idolo

2001 · dir. Tetsuya Watanabe

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Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth

1997 · 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

Both films are directed by Tetsuya Watanabe, and they sit in Animation / Science Fiction territory. If that's the register that drew you to Zone of the Enders: Idolo, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth is

Brooklyn meets Evangelion. A teenage pilot confronts an apocalyptic force but the real battle is the weight of his own mind. Neon noir and robot ballet collide in a fragile human story.

If you loved Zone of the Enders: Idolo, try Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth

Zone of the Enders: Idolo

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth

What they share

What Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth is

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