The Beginning and the End, or 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door'
Original title: Saigo no Shisha
- Episode aired Mar 13, 1996
- TV-MA
- 24m
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8.7/10
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A despondent Shinji encounters a kind-hearted boy named Kaworu, who quickly becomes his close friend.A despondent Shinji encounters a kind-hearted boy named Kaworu, who quickly becomes his close friend.A despondent Shinji encounters a kind-hearted boy named Kaworu, who quickly becomes his close friend.
Megumi Ogata
- Shinji Ikari
- (voice)
Spike Spencer
- Shinji Ikari
- (English version)
- (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara
- Rei Ayanami
- (voice)
- …
Allison Keith-Shipp
- Misato Katsuragi
- (English version)
- (voice)
- (as Allison Keith)
Sue Ulu
- Ritsuko Akagi
- (English version)
- (voice)
Amanda Winn Lee
- Rei Ayanami
- (voice)
Tiffany Grant
- Asuka Langly Soryu
- (English version)
- (voice)
Tristan MacAvery
- Gendo Ikari
- (voice)
Guil Lunde
- Kozo Fuyutsuki
- (voice)
Fumihiko Tachiki
- Gendô Ikari
- (voice)
Matt Greenfield
- Makoto Hyuga
- (voice)
Kendra Benham
- Maya Ibuki
- (voice)
Akira Ishida
- Kaworu Nagisa
- (voice)
Jason Lee
- Shigeru Aoba
- (voice)
- Directors
- Hideaki Anno
- Masayuki
- Kazuya Tsurumaki(opening sequence)
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
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- GoofsAll entries contain spoilers
- Quotes
Kaworu Nagisa: Humans constantly feel pain in their hearts. Because the heart is so sensitive to pain, humans also feel that to live is to suffer. You're so delicate, like glass, especially your heart.
Shinji Ikari: Me?
Kaworu Nagisa: Yes, and you have my regard for it.
Shinji Ikari: Regard?
Kaworu Nagisa: In other words, I love you.
- Crazy creditsA different version of "Fly Me to the Moon" is played in each episode.
- ConnectionsEdited into Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)
- SoundtracksA Cruel Angel's Thesis
Performed by Yôko Takahashi
Written by Neko Oikawa, Hidetoshi Sato and Toshiyuki Ohmori
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Didn't like it on first watch
I think that was because I didn't know how to process the emotions it made me feel - it was vastly complex and often confusing.
What they speak about is so monumental that it can often leave you with this indescribable sense of dread - I also think this wonderful sense of dread has the location design to thank; there are these big, futuristic, open spaces in this episode (the showers, where Lilith is etc) that are so vast and isolating yet beautiful at the same time.
The music asserts its cosmic power over the episode, and helps elevate the wonderfully written dialogue and action sequence to divine heights. You really get the sense that something important is happening, you may not be sure WHAT exactly is happening, but that almost doesn't matter.
I am really struggling to express what I like about this episode, but I think that is what makes it so great; it's intangible and cosmic, yet extremely human. IDK.
What they speak about is so monumental that it can often leave you with this indescribable sense of dread - I also think this wonderful sense of dread has the location design to thank; there are these big, futuristic, open spaces in this episode (the showers, where Lilith is etc) that are so vast and isolating yet beautiful at the same time.
The music asserts its cosmic power over the episode, and helps elevate the wonderfully written dialogue and action sequence to divine heights. You really get the sense that something important is happening, you may not be sure WHAT exactly is happening, but that almost doesn't matter.
I am really struggling to express what I like about this episode, but I think that is what makes it so great; it's intangible and cosmic, yet extremely human. IDK.
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- bardy9
- Apr 11, 2021
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