The Best: Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time
The final entry in Evangelion’s long-in-the-making “Rebuild” movie had a lot to live up to, tying up not just the four-part saga but seemingly the entire franchise as we know it. And while not perfect, it somehow managed to pull off providing a satisfying and emotionally sincere conclusion to its characters and themes with a blockbuster finale that veered between wild action and stunning intimacy and reflection. Few Eva fans perhaps expected that Thrice Upon a Time could live up to the expectations built up in the near-decade it took to hit the big screen that even not being an incoherent disaster would’ve been a major surprise. That it seemed to be able to provide a peaceful sense of closure to one of the most beloved anime series of all time to boot was even better.
