New Evangelion movie scores big at Japanese box office

The first (out of four) of the new Evangelion movies (titled “Evangelion: 1.0 You Are [Not] Alone”) opened in Japan late last week and wasted no big in impacting on the national box office – it went straight in at number one, in the process collecting 2.4 million US dollars!

Many have essentially described the apocalyptic mecha movie as a re-animating of the first six TV episodes, while the now hugely anticipated second movie (due for release in 2008) is said to feature new characters and a fresh narrative direction.

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