Evangelion creator reveals franchise could return, but with one major change Amazon Prime VideoNeon Genesis Evangelion could make another return, according to creator Hideaki Anno, but if it does, he probably won\u2019t be as involved. The last we saw of Evangelion was in the 2021 anime movie Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time. The final part of the Rebuild of Evangelion, the film gave us what seemed like a definitive end to the franchise, tying together the disparate timelines and giving Shinji a happy ending. Hideaki Anno, the mastermind and director of Evangelion, from the original anime show through to The End of Evangelion and Rebuild, now says another chapter might emerge one day. Speaking to Asahi, he stated \u201cthere may be plans\u201d for another installment of Evangelion, though with \u201csomeone other than [him]\u201d in the director\u2019s chair. He\u2019s clear that no concrete plans have been put together, but the possibility is there. Hideaki transitioned to live-action filmmaking during the making of Thrice Upon A Time, co-directing 2016\u2019s Shin Godzilla. That\u2019s since become a de facto franchise in itself, since he was screenwriter on 2022\u2019s Shin Ultraman, before co-directing 2023\u2019s Shin Kamen Rider. As such, his creative interests seem to be drifting from not only Evangelion, a franchise he\u2019s been overseeing since the early \u201990s, but anime in general. That said, he suggests he\u2019ll be taking a break from filmmaking altogether for the next while, as putting out two blockbusters on the trot really took it out of him. He adds that he \u201cwas physically and mentally exhausted from having to release new works\u201d after the global shutdown. Evangelion is a demanding property, melding mecha and gigantic monsters with heady concepts of spirituality, alternate timelines, and human consciousness. Likewise, the animation has always been on the cutting edge, the later films utilizing CGI with hand-drawn sequences to a degree that was surely time-consuming. So, his choice to allow someone else take control on Evangelion might be one of self-preservation as much as anything else, as Hideaki carefully picks where to spend his energy next. He\u2019s certainly earned a break, and if Evangelion does come back, it\u2019ll likely be in capable hands. Check out our guide to Tower of God Season 2 and Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 for franchise due to return more immediately, and our lists of the best anime on Crunchyroll and the best upcoming anime have plenty more viewing options as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Evangelion creator reveals franchise could return, but with one major change Amazon Prime VideoNeon Genesis Evangelion could make another return, according to creator Hideaki Anno, but if it does, he probably won\u2019t be as involved. The last we saw of Evangelion was in the 2021 anime movie Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time. The final […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11695\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}