Death and Rebirth, The End of Evangelion DVD Menus

[@bebopblue]

Because I'm sometimes often asked this, these are the tracks used. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pl6YdKd3q7l5Z7M kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGjEZnmKlpaIZ6M

[@blark5]

Thanks

[@DaudWardhana-jq7zv]

Classical music pattern

[@natesmith6871]

having my existence questioned by a dvd menu- my favorite past time.

[@3366catch]

Exactly this lmao, being 19 years old and watching this was the best and worst thing to ever happened to me.

[@jule77]

Fukkkkkkk

[@xjet112x]

I saw this when I was 11....I'm 30 now still fucks with me.

[@mr-dbs]

@@xjet112x glad to see the self help group all here having the same problems

[@Rokaishi]

ours favorite past time

[@TAGanimation]

Fun fact: the 1997 japanese theatrical poster for "End of Evangelion" is in nothing but multiple (unpleasant) shades of red and black and shows the characters drowning in red liquid, along with disturbingly depressing and existential tag lines (all in japanese of course). The biggest and main tag line on top translates to "wouldn't it be better if everyone would just die"? This DVD menu shares the EXACT same tone and energy as that 1997 movie poster.

[@skikes3033]

I remember the region 1 dvd had an insert leaflet of that poster.

[@Mr.Needle-Hamster]

Not gonna lie. That poster unnerves me even more than the beach one.

[@TAGanimation]

​@@Mr.Needle-Hamster agreed.

[@Aghjkddd]

You know you're in for a ride when the DVD menu alone is enough to scare people away.

[@marioquinoz7199]

Scare? 😐

[@bigcat5984]

@@marioquinoz7199 yes.

[@kinokatana]

@@marioquinoz7199 scare, creep, whatever yes

[@dwaterson21]

I mean, its Hideaki Anno. What were we ever expecting?

[@star.phased-h3art69]

More of a "displease"

[@LordFrostwind]

The End of Eva DVD menu, never has a movie said "Abandon all hope ye who press play" quite so well.

[@sonicfelipemt]

yup, reasonable.

[@BananaChicken21]

EOE Menu : Through me you watch the grief wracked film; Through me you go to everlasting pain; Through me you go among lost souls. Depression inspired my Creator: I am a creature of the Darkest despair, of Existentialism in the Highest and of Primal Hatred. Nothing till I was made was made, only eternal beings. And I endure eternally. Abandon all hope, Ye Who Press Play.

[@KnightofChaosDeck]

+zach10168 But from this pit of everlasting despair came a shinning hope for the future! A light that pierces the vault that traps us here in Evangelion and carves a path to a bright tommorrow! Nothing, not the Angels, not the Evas, not even Instrumentality shall shackle us anymore! Never give up hope, for that is how Team Dai-Gurren rolls!

[@BananaChicken21]

+KnightofChaosDeck ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWAH !!

[@KnightofChaosDeck]

zach10168 XD Indeed.

[@ecgameplayer]

This is the kind of DVD menu that tells you, "don't expect a good ending"

[@kokosammie]

when a dvd menu kills you internally

[@TheSirenNymph]

"Why do you exist? A world where nothing exist but myself. But everyone hates me. Everything is just a shape. So then what am I? I hate you!"

[@ihatenumberinemail]

Well that kinda says it all, doesn't it?

[@supermariologanfan6546]

XSiRenfieldX OK

[@vintheguy]

At 0:18 the options

[@Chernobog2]

You know what the one part of EoE that will haunt me forever is? Maya: Shinji! Unit-02 is... Asuka is... Oh God! Asuka! the delivery of that line was perfect. it will never leave me alone.

[@marioquinoz7199]

Absolutely 👏👏

[@somacruzin4474]

Well for me the most memorable moments were when Shinji was strangling asuka in misato's place Sums up pretty much how I feel

[@bigfarting]

Ibuki is the best

[@GreenDbz]

The japanese va made that sound so real

[@Mr.Needle-Hamster]

I felt so bad for Maya in that movie.

[@aortaplatinum]

This is fucking art. The technical aspects of Manga's releases were shoddy at best, but the menus are incredible. It sucks so much that menus have really fallen by the wayside recently. You barely even get special features anymore.

[@maxw5750]

Agreeed

[@Voidy592]

Those little notes that pop up at the DaR title screen. You know a movie is good when even the title screen confronts you with philosophic questions you can ask yourself while watching.

[@aortaplatinum]

seidl01 "hey kids! Here are some fun existential questions to ask yourself during the movie! And remember, if you don't feel like killing yourself after your first watchthrough, you're clearly doing something wrong!"

[@dwaterson21]

Not to mention the pictures drawn by abused children, the screaming, the eye torture, the living angel mechas driven by child soldier slaves forced to fight for the enjoyment of war profiteers, all that jazz. Yeah, NGE is one of the most vehemently anti-war shows TO EVER EXIST. Hideaki Anno proved with this that he is the David Lynch of anime. So controversial, yet so brave. Art in its purest form, violent and angry, a scream from the void toward the cesspool of filth that we call humanity.

[@sanctumscream372]

@@dwaterson21 You had me up until the "enjoyment of war profiteers" part. Where did you get that idea from? No one's really making a profit off of the Evangelions as far as I can tell. In fact that's a point brought up pretty often, that the Evas are a massive money sink, and that people in less fortunate nations are starving in order to keep them running. SEELE's ultimate goal wasn't to profit off of a war with the angels. Their ultimate goal was Human Instrumentality. To bring an end to all pain and suffering, all hatred and conflict and fear, to a point where wealth and material needs didn't matter. And that involved combining all of Humanity into a single entity/consciousness. And Gendo's goal was very simple; he just wanted to be reunited with his wife. Again, I'm not trying to come at you rudely, and I sincerely apologize if I come off that way. I just don't really understand where you're getting the idea Eva is anti-war. It's most certainly not pro-war either, but that doesn't really feel a part of its message regardless.

[@EvilEye501]

The music on side B of Death and Rebirth (specifically the tuning) is absolutely chilling- ESPECIALLY with Asuka's sobs in the background. It just about perfectly conveys the absolute horror and complete despair of Evangelion.

[@marchelsimangunsong656]

But whats the music name tho

[@gyzmo2157]

@@marchelsimangunsong656 Suiten für Violoncello solo Nr 1 G Dur, BWV 1007 1.Vorspier (it's track 02 of Death&Rebirth album)

[@quirkthekenku]

I remember renting this from Blockbuster when I was in 7th grade and just.....staring.....at the DVD menu (side A). The thing is, I hadn't even seen the series before watching DaR so I REALLY had no idea what was coming. It made me feel things that have stuck with me til this day.

[@linktheslayer1572]

+David Huettner do you regret watching it

[@quirkthekenku]

Not at all! It helped demonstrate the heights to which animation could reach.

[@DiloConHelio]

Duuude! The first I ever saw of this series was _The End of Evangelion._ I understood shit, but it was catharsic as fuck. I hummed the "reckoning scene" theme for years until I decided to watch the whole package: the original series with the director's cut episodes, so I could put at least some things together from this alternate finale. Point is I kinda infered from the start that the series intentions were cryptic and misleading, but I ended up as one of those quiet enthusiasts of this mindfuckery ever since.

[@jimbo7551]

Berserk honestly doesn’t have a single thing on the way this show can make you feel and i love berserk and cannot deny it has some of those very same elements but damnnnn this kind of nightmare fuel is way worse because of how almost realistic it comes across

[@hotelmario510]

Damnit, the DVD is questioning my existence again. Fucking hate it when it does that.

[@ditrmasaya6524]

I was born and raised in Japan and have a Japanese version of EOE dvd but this version's menu is far better than mine!! This makes me sentimental...

[@seismic808]

Fr I think I got a different version. Same music but it looks completely different

[@ButterFlyGardenBlossom]

What do the visuals look like in that version?

[@GLUBNOIR]

​@@ButterFlyGardenBlossom Probably the stuff of nightmares

[@bloodyidit4506]

"where's my reality" BA that just cracked me up, they tried a jump scare and it just ended up funny.

[@redjeik]

+Bloodyidit "BAAH"

[@nasanierulastname2997]

Bloodyidit ba black sheep

[@Karbonic]

They should have went with Shinji's Japanese scream. Would have probably made it more effective imo

[@PrincessNine]

You people are cartoon ish about this scream it's sad

[@vintheguy]

Ngl it worked fine for me

[@EvieCorwell]

Aw, I tried to find the comment that was mentioned on TV Tropes, but it's not here. Shame. I have nothing to say about the menus. They speak for themselves.

[@TheRedJadex]

I came here from tv tropes!

[@TheRedJadex]

***** Yep, you're not, buddy.

[@mmicb0b]

me 3

[@aortaplatinum]

Harbinger of your perfection oh God, don't even mention their Nightmare Fuel page on Evangelion. They get so many things wrong, and not just interpretative parts of the plot like the ending, but actual facts, spoken clearly in dialogue, are completely ignored just to make the story seem more hellish.

[@sykael]

You know, you're free to modify it.

[@TheSirenNymph]

Dear god, not even the menus of EOE are safe from the mind****ery

[@elchemistgaming4975]

"We are the hope, that one day people will be able understand each other." - Rei Ayanami

[@DanteWukong]

“And we are the words, 'I love you.'” - Kaworu Nagisa

[@RyutheWeredragon]

@@DanteWukong Of fucking course he is.

[@MeanBob22791]

I swear, End of Eva's DVD menu is just too damn perfect! It gives me chills! Really shows how crazy the movie is going to get and definitely sets the mood for what's going to happen and shows how deep it's gonna be

[@AntonioGomez-qg5xv]

For Real

[@AnthonySenpaikun]

A film ripped straight from hell. The insanity begins not when you press play but the moment you insert that DVD D:

[@ClayVDV]

This is why I love NGE.

[@matiasecheverria404]

ClayVDV me too..

[@kawanxros]

Same,its so scary and disturbing.

[@RhySinn]

Love the surrealism here.

[@Kemonokami]

Here's a fun fact: Those drawings that look like they were made by children? They _were_ made by children. _ABUSED CHILDREN._ The amount of detail that Gainax put into the sheer horror of it all is _staggering._

[@ArtistLisaM]

I knew about the children part, but I never heard that they were abused.

[@Kemonokami]

MsShadowPaint It's art therapy. Still, I can only imagine the reaction that psychologists got when they were asked for them by an animation studio.

[@mrphauker]

+Kemonokami I didn't know that, that is crazy! Where did you find this out from?

[@Kemonokami]

Kevin P. TVTropes.

[@mrphauker]

+Kemonokami thanks a lot of interesting things from tvtropes, you're right, according to the movies commentary those are drawings by abused children, for Gainax to include something like that is just crazy oh my god

[@LIQUIDFGC]

And here I was thinking that this DVD just questioned my exis-oh wait.

[@lonecom685]

Both menus were simply amazing and completely encapsulated their respective movies' feelings! Now, about The End of Evangelion one in specific, I already knew they were going to be using "Jesus Bleibet Meine Freude", even before I watched the DVD version for the first time! Just like the original Live Action trailer for the film shown, this music fits it perfectly.

[@MuseOfTheMoose]

The scene where Asuka got torn apart by the Eva Series just had to pop up, man... I was in mute shock the entire time.

[@domkovi]

This very video introduced me to the world of Evangelion. After the video, I thought I was ready. *I fucking wasn't.*

[@akend4426]

Neither was I bro…

[@GLUBNOIR]

​​@akend4426 Same here. I heard this series was quite the mouthful, but nothing could've prepared me for the hell I was about to bear witness when I got to End of Evangelion

[@TheOnlyMrFake]

The vid started buffering at 0:29 and shoved a huge "I HATE YOU" in my face for quite some time.

[@PurgatoryOnEarth]

"Oh, I hate you"-Hayden Christensen

[@BananaChicken21]

Guess who isn't sleeping tonight.

[@lithose1764]

Anyone who bought the DVD. Or watched this vid.

[@Christopher0184]

Pretty much.

[@supermariologanfan6546]

zach10168 You

[@nouvelle147]

When I bought this DVD I remember I couldn't wait and just decided to watch it that night.... At 9PM You could guess it was not a very pleasurable experience

[@MoonLoonie69]

@@lithose1764 I slept fine

[@EhCanadianGamer]

Evangelion is pure nightmare fuel. I'm serious don't watch this if you're depressed, or at least don't watch EOE, at least the series ending is uplifting. The idea that you can change and better yourself as a person.

[@allosaur_reborn]

Oof, I watched both the series and Death and Rebirth and EOE while in the worst depression of my life three years ago... On one hand I regret it yet I don't because it's such a great show.

[@lemonjelly1171]

_ohhh, too fucking late_

[@viennasavage9110]

@Rando it wasnt " bad " in quality, but it certainly was despair-inducing

[@nijuhinaa]

Oddly enough, watching Evangelion while I was depressed helped me get out of it. This artform disturbs the ones who are comforted in their lives, while it comforts the ones who are depressed. This show was made by a man who suffered extreme depression during production; and those who feel the same will understand the message Anno wanted to present. This isn't nightmare fuel; it's everything we've ever dreamed.

[@hasi706]

End of Evangelion ends with roughly the same message lol

[@robbys5236]

H O W? How is a movie so horrifying that even the DVD menu only exists to give you nightmares?

[@eletriky6715]

The movie was made as a f you to fans, so why NOT traumatize them for life?

[@mugiwaradarwin4504]

*CD is covered in slime* This menu is so f**ked up......

[@crumbleass]

THE END OF EVANGELION MENU HOLY FUCKING SHIT

[@Yonkage]

Very rarely does a DVD menu deliver a promise of insanity that the movie is able to cash in completely.

[@massproducedeva_]

Fuck this,the couch is already wet. -2 HOURS LATER- THE COUCH IS TANG

[@banzeyegaming2234]

*Screams can be heard from SPHESS*

[@massproducedeva_]

@@banzeyegaming2234 this ain’t an rp stupid

[@banzeyegaming2234]

@@massproducedeva_ I know that. I’m just saying that this way as a weak sort of mind screw.

[@massproducedeva_]

@@banzeyegaming2234 wait a minute, was SPHESS a funny way of saying space?

[@banzeyegaming2234]

@@massproducedeva_ “Ladies and gentlemen, we got him.” In layman terms? That’s a big, fat yes.

[@euhenyo4443]

NGE End of Evangelion DVD Menu: ..... Everyone: ...... Shinji: "AHHHH!"

[@GLUBNOIR]

Sums it up pretty well

[@dizner9518]

These are some of the best DVD menus I’ve ever seen.

[@le_severine_cox]

I wish that they made menus like these for the blu-rays. FUNIMATION GET ON THIS!!!! (I love your blu-rays even the bad upscales tend to look better than any torrent or dvd, but presentation is the key: give me elaborately animated menus along with slightly better box art.

[@MrYe-rn8ne]

0:29 “I HATE YOU!” is so damn hilarious

[@nasanierulastname2997]

THIS IS DVD AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU WATCH DVD

[@DSFARGEG00]

Evangelion, an anime about how the end of the world could be prevented if you make sure not to skimp on a base psychiatrist for your child soldiers.

[@alexandervandergriend7098]

This changed my life as a boy. Its art. The screaming mixed with Bach. Its absolutely art. It said just as much as the entire movie.

[@Direk_Carla]

TvTropes got me here, and hell those were really scary! These are the way that makes you ask why an anime show like this exist just to fuck up our belief and mentality. Guess breaking down and plotting revenge is all a human can do to cope with something traumatizing within their lives. Oh, yeah depression too and anxiety. WE ALL HAVE THAT, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

[@averyfields8183]

Ayyyyyyy, TV Tropes gang!

[@masterseal0418]

@@averyfields8183I am a part of the TV Tropes Troupe too ya know. The soundtrack dissonance page on anime brought me here.

[@Echoplex25]

I always come back to this occasionally. Now with gkids releasing the series and movies on blu ray, I wonder if they'll keep these as a homage or do something new.

[@zafool4997]

2:03 Perfectly cut scream

[@lawlz5828]

Me when I find out the cockroach in my room can fly

[@HipKonik]

you know the show is something else when you get an existential crisis just watching the dvd menu alone

[@Leetneo2000]

2:02 thank me later.

[@haleyleyley8951]

What's the music there tho?

[@haleyleyley8951]

@@shedcrawler2883 heck yeah bach

[@Frying1Pans]

2:03 shinji realizing he has no dream or reality

[@blackheartzerotheundergrou3225]

I'm cackling like a madman, that was awesome...!

[@zaragachizanparo4948]

This is the kind of menu you would expect from a Creepypasta DVD.

[@nightshardthefanguidebrony847]

god even the fucking DVD menus are riddled with the usual evangelion symbolism fuckery

[@akumashinobi2870]

Whenever I think I can't go further down the rabbit hole, this show proves me wrong

[@calicoelacanth]

"WHY DO YOU EXIST A WORLD WHERE NOTHING EXISTS BUT MYSELF BUT EVERYONE HATES ME EVERYTHING IS JUST A SHAPE SO THEN WHAT AM I I HATE YOU!"

[@Geassguy360]

They really outdid themselves with these menus.

[@braddye4983]

2:03 D’at Homer Simpson yell

[@micah3331]

DOH!

[@Narumisan02]

I hope Anno continues the legacy of this brilliant series in the Rebuild of Evangelion film series. So far, I haven't been disappointed. I loved Eva 1.0, and 2.0 is one of the best films from last year.

[@Rokaishi]

Finally shinji become chad & happy

[@STEP6192]

I respect Evangelion even more now

[@D3An-h7z]

I love how the end of Evangelion DVD menu is terrifying

[@yesyesyesyes4923]

If the DVD menu gives you chills, imagine what the movie is like

[@vantablack8468]

I think the menu mentally prepares you for the movie...and the horrors that come after death

[@jurrasic]

These are honestly two of the best DVD menus I've ever watched, and were more then anything else what drove me to actually buy the D&R/EoE DVDs instead of just pirating them. I've used them to terrify my daughters friends more then once, who think they know anime because they watched lots of Yu-Gi-Oh. ;-D

[@Andres_Y14]

That's so mean, dude. Good job!!!

[@internetual7350]

THAT'S SOMETHING I'D DO 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@Plixe]

imagine its a cold summer night and you wanna watch some evangelion. you boot up the end of evangelion dvd into your computer and just watch in horror

[@LordFrostwind]

I haven't seen End of Eva in four years, and I still think of the damned DVD menu every time I hear that song.

[@MarioManiac841]

"Where is my dream? Where is my reality?" "AA-"

[@Kimarnic]

2:03 A- Jumpscare Shinji

[@janerecluse4344]

Seeing this scare the hell out of so many people makes me feel better and worse about all the times I've written WHO ARE YOU? on walls.

[@tricofilms]

EoE menu is insane... I love it

[@AzariahRivera]

I have to say that death and rebirth is probably my top favorite menu from an anime. Of course end of evangelion is my second one too. I remember buying the set from target (I still have it) and no regretting it at all!!

[@gundam5281]

The end of Evangelion DVD menu is quite clever in foreshadowing the horrific events that awaits in the film.

[@memeymeme3645]

These menus basically tell you that, once you press PLAY, you're in for one hell of a ride.

[@bluedragon9925]

Am I the only one who thinks that the piano piece that plays in EoE sounds like a depressing version of the Wii Sports theme?

[@bebopblue]

This was the opposite for me when I first played Wii Sports.

[@Watchmanskey]

Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring. If you're interested

[@supermariologanfan6546]

One of the weirdest DVD menus I’ve experienced

[@mdavis5826]

This series & dvd menu showed me my favourite piece of music.

[@queens2nd2none]

My God... Why is Anno playing games with my soul. Godzilla bro? Seriously? Godzilla? Finish Rebuild please!!!! You Can (Not) Abandon Us

[@The_Based_Batman]

Shin was lit as fuck though.

[@mireya0269]

He hates Evangelion because all of you.

[@sonicfelipemt]

and after watching it 3 times, still creeps me out

[@azizsaidy1135]

That moment when just the play menu freaks you out...

[@Ahmed-og2jm]

Man the confusion and shock i witnessed after first watching this movie....it's a chaotic masterpiece

[@karen-chan]

Something interesting I've noticed in the End of Evangelion dvd menu: the first section before Eva 02 activates is mirrored using the right side of the scene. You can see this with some of the shots they left unaltered and especially if you focus on the center of the screnn but I found this detail pretty interesting, especially since I want to recreate everything in this menu (except maybe the text since I'm not sure where to start for that). Another interesting thing (since I mentioned text): The font used is called "Hello Gorgeous Font Trio Serif". The shots/frames they use in the very quick cutaways still kinda get me (the drawings from the second part of the movie, shinji choking asuka, the shot of lilth then the mass graves, the shinji scream, and Gendo saying "The Time Has Come" as Eva 02 activates)

[@eddievillegas4825]

Yeah , Anno isn't even trying "Yeah , this is not your standard mecha series , press Play"

[@cb1677]

This was the best, and worst thing to fall asleep to. And here I am, almost 20 years later.

[@epsilonice5233]

From thrilling angel slaying To horror

[@Termina2018]

My favorite combination 😋

[@xxultimatebonapartexx2821]

Doki Doki Evangelion Club... 0__0

[@largeslappy]

i get the split-second of shinji screaming is meant to be scary but just the close-up of him accompanied by the panicked "BA" made me lose my shit laughing

[@user-wmsmtepaumdpw124]

2:03

[@sanctumscream372]

Homer Simpson Shinji

[@MrEgo-sl3fp]

Holy shit, that's one intense DVD meniu :DD

[@inspektorgadzet9167]

Great, great, great!!! That was AWESOME!!!

[@xxzachlxx]

I have NEVER seen a better dvd menu than EoE's....NEVER. Not only is it just insanely cool, but it sets the mood for the movie PERFECTLY. When I introduce my friends to the series and play this, I make up some bullshit excuse to go get something and leave them in the room to just watch the menu.

[@1Up2081]

Stephen King would do well to learn from this DVD menu on what true horror is.

[@the_afro_man874]

Uhhh... Yeah, I'm just going to go back to Gurren Laggan now.

[@LovecraftianToenail]

You can find analysis of the pictures on the interwebs if you look for it. It's actually from the movie itself, during Instrumentality. Pretty sure the pictures were drawn by kids from abused and/or neglectful households, but I don't have a source for it. Like I said, though--you can find out online. EVA wikis, in particular.

[@chickenman404]

EOE's is especially unsettling.

[@pogsothoth]

Bach Chello Suite No. 1 if you're wondering

[@Underqualified_Gunman]

They certainly manged to channel the confusion and discomfort of the end of the series into those menus.

[@omkr0122]

Did... did the menu options just ask me why I exist? I-I'm afraid to watch this movie. It's not even a horror movie and this thing's freaking me out. Hell, it's the damn dvd MENU and it's freaking me out! I'm gonna go curl up in the fetal position and sob quietly to myself now.

[@averyfields8183]

Hey guess what buddy? Your comment got on TV Tropes!

[@mayhare9754]

How it feels to chew 5 Gum.

[@TruthinessChibiOtaku]

I've never even seen Silence of the Lambs, but I am honestly going to say EOE is the most beautiful and terrifying movie I have ever seen. I only need to see some good old Satoshi Kon films and Goddess bless its soul when it comes out, the third Madoka film and 3.33. :)

[@punkyfuzz9707]

wow. hasta la pantalla de dvd es arte,,,

[@Jeffreyover-9000]

Darn it, the DVD menu's questioning my existence again. Hate it when it does that.

[@drx737]

shinji might be depressed but he be fire with that violin

[@helloeverynyanz]

he plays the cello

[@NCTStudio]

The time when Japan had DreamWorks-level creativity in their DVD menus

[@LoveLynx-s9r]

"You have no image of self." Oh boy how I love being questioned about reality

[@gavinhayesdinofang1276]

The letters in the End of Evangelion DVD menu are falling apart one by one. Just like your mind.