The Japanese cast includes Kotono Mitsuishi as Misato Katsuragi, Megumi Hayashibara as Rei Ayanami, Megumi Ogata as Shinji Ikari, Akira Ishida as Kaworu Nagisa, Fumihiko Tachiki as Gendou Ikari, Megumi Hayashibara as Pen Pen, Motomu Kiyokawa as Kouzou Fuyutsuki, Takehito Koyasu as Shigeru Aoba, Tetsuya Iwanaga as Kensuke Aida, Tomokazu Seki as Touji Suzuhara and Yuriko Yamaguchi as Ritsuko Akagi.
The first film of the Rebuild slate was originally released in 2007 and directed by Hideaki Anno with Kazuya Tsurumaki and Masayuki based on the screenplay by Anno.
With Evangelion 3.0 arriving in 2012, Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 had a June 27th, 2020 Japanese theatrical debut and as one can guess, that was out the window thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic.