Just months before its sequel premiers , Evangelion 1.0 : You Are ( Not ) Alone has advance the Animation of the Year award at the Tokyo International Anime Fair . The picture , which mixes traditional brio with new - uncommitted 3-D computing machine bring forth imaging , begin a four - film reboot of the teens vs. aliens Neon Genesis Evangelon serial collectively called Rebuild of Evangelion , and has been enough of a hit in its aboriginal country to appear on the cover of the Japanese edition of Rolling Stone .
You Are ( Not ) Alone , which was relinquish in the US under the much less interesting deed of conveyance of Evangelion The New Movie : Preface , does n’t just retell the story intimate to fans of the original ’ 90s series ; the novel IV of movies updates the original story to make it more understandable for non - fans , and leads to a fourth movie that will contain an all - raw conclusion to the series . The second flick , Division , trailed at the close of the first movie , is due to debut in Japan later this year .
Tokyo Anime Fair announces winners[Variety ]
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