The new story follows Eva pilots trying to find new sources of energy on a devastated Earth
Kodoani.com – Evangelion Beyond, theatrical play for the brand Neon Genesis Evangelion, revealed on Thursday that the stage play will tell an original story, set on Earth on the brink of ruin after a long period of unchecked development and conflict. The Evangelion units, controlled by 14-year-olds and operating under the supreme command of the special agency Mensch, are humanity’s last hope in finding a powerful new source of energy. The Evas struggle against the Ikimono, giant creatures that emerge from the underground.
Masataka Kubota, one of the play’s main actors, said in a comment that although the play changes its setting and characters, it maintains Evangelion’s themes of “divine, human, conflict, invasion, destruction and rebirth.”
The cast includes (picture above starting from top left to right, phonetic name unconfirmed):
Masataka Kubota as Sō̄shi Watamori Shizuka Ishibashi as Yū Mizuho Nijirō Murakami as Tan Hasumi Tetsushi Tanaka as Masatsugu Sugō
The play will run from May 6 to May 28 at Tokyo’s Kabukicho Tower. The play will be the first theatrical production for the new performing arts venue of the Milano-za Theatre. The play will then run from June 3-4 at the Matsumoto Performing Arts Center in Nagano and from June 10-19 at the Morinomiya Piloti Hall in Osaka. Tokyu Business Group and its subsidiary Tokyu Recreation Co., Ltd. are producing plays. Promotions for Evangelion Kabukicho Impact, including the play, will begin April 28.
The building is located on the former site of Shinjuku Milano-za, a theater that screened the Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth recompile. Audience footage was famously used as part of the climactic scene in the following Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion film.
Belgian artist and theater director Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui will direct and choreograph the play. Seiji Nozoe is writing the script.
Evangelion: 3.0+1.01: Thrice Upon A Time (Shin Evangelion Gekijō-ban :||), the final film in Hideaki Anno’s Evangelion quartet, premiered in Japan on March 8, 2021 and ranked #1 upon release. show weekends. The film surpassed the 10 billion yen mark (about US$74 million) at the Japanese box office. New Evangelion Version: 3.0+1.01 movies to begin playing in June 2021 for the film’s “final run”. The new version contains “minor modifications” to some animated scenes, but does not change the story of the film. The film launches on the Amazon Prime Video service worldwide in August 2021.
GKIDS screened Evangelion: 3.0+1.01: Thrice Upon A Time (Shin Evangelion Gekijō-ban :|| ) in select IMAX theaters in the United States on November 30. It was later shown in theaters in United States on December 6, 8, and 11. GKIDS will release the film on home video at a later date.
