Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion vs The Following Year

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 5.5/10 for The Following Year). The Following Year is the shorter watch at 24m compared with 1h 27m. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion is the older of the two (1997 against 2021). Both are science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion posterNeon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion1997 VS The Following Year posterThe Following Year2021
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of EvangelionThe Following Year
Audience score★ 8.3/10★ 5.5/10
Year19972021
Length1h 27m24m
GenresAction, Animation, Drama, Science FictionScience Fiction
Country––
DirectorHideaki Anno, Kazuya TsurumakiMiguel Campana
Main castAkira Ishida, Megumi Ogata, Koichi Yamadera, Megumi Hayashibara, Fumihiko TachikiRachel Keller, Kieran O'Brien

Synopsis

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion

SEELE orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can advance his own plans for the Human Instrumentality Project. Shinji is pushed to the limits of his sanity as he is forced to decide the fate of humanity.

The Following Year

In a dystopian future, a farmer receives a clone of someone important from his past.

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