Hikaru Utada‘s long-awaited track “One Last Kiss” will be released as a theme song for the film “Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice upon a Time.” on Wednesday — the 10th of March. Fans who heard the music earlier with advanced streaming from Tuesday the 9th of March were already reacting with excitement! The music video of “One Last Kiss” was directed by Hideaki Anno — the author, screenwriter, and director of the film “Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice upon a Time.”.

This video was released on Tuesday the 9th of March at midnight, the same time as the song was released. The collaboration that has finally come to fruition with the conclusion of the “Evangelion: New Theatrical Edition” series has received rave reviews from fans of both Hikaru Utada and Evangelion, and has already garnered 200,000 views in just 30 minutes since its premiere.　

After accepting Hikaru Utada’s offer to make a music video, Mr. Anno proposed her to send the material shot by Hikaru herself without any on-site direction, and then he cut it up and joined it together to make the video. After receiving a bare minimum of instructions from Anno via e-mail, such as looking at the camera and lip-syncing, Hikaru Utada took meticulous measures to prevent COVID-19 infection, and shot the film in the suburbs of London with only a few staff members.

The film was then edited in Japan by Anno and his team, who received the video material shot with a variety of non-professional equipment including smart phones. The result is a work that evokes bittersweet emotions, as if tracing an important memory from the private past. Fans are encouraged watch and enjoy the music video along with the film!

“One Last Kiss” International-edition Vinyl Announced!

“One Last Kiss” will be available in both CD and LP formats, with covers featuring Eva characters Shinji and Rei. With the huge amount of requests from overseas, the release of the International edition vinyl of “One Last Kiss” wasalso announced. The album cover is different from the Japanese edition and features Asuka. This vinyl is planned to be released in the summer of 2021.

Evangelion General Playlist Election Starts!

In commemoration of the release of “Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice upon a Time.”, the release of the theme song “One Last Kiss”, and the worldwide digital release of “Evangelion: New Theatrical Edition”-related songs, fans can now create and share playlists with Eva related songs available on various ubscription services such as Apple Music, Amazon Music, AWA, KKBOX, LINE MUSIC, Spotify, YouTube Music and dhits!

Create a playlist featuring any of the 26 Evangelion-related songs, follow the official Eva account @evangelion_co on Twitter, use the hashtag #evaplaylist, and post the title and the URL of the playlist on Twitter. Fans can also include messages and thoughts about the movie currently in theaters, as well as your memories of your favorite songs.

The messages sent will be posted on the official EVA-EXTRA app. Amazing prizes are in store for lucky participants via random draw!

About “Evangelion: New Theatrical Edition”

The TV anime series “Neon Genesis EVANGELION” was first broadcast in 1995, taking the world by storm. The “Evangelion: New Theatrical Edition” film series started in 2007 with “EVANGELION: 1.0 YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE.” followed by “EVANGELION: 2.0 YOU CAN (NOT) ADVANCE.” and “EVANGELION: 3.0 YOU CAN (NOT) REDO. “all becoming record hits at the box office.

The TV anime and each of the feature films have since continued to garner new fans and are very lucky to be popular among various generations along the way, and the newest and feature film finale is now in theaters in Japan from 8th March 2021.