This means that all screenings for the day have to be finished by that time, making midnight screenings impossible.
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time is still scheduled to be released in Japanese cinemas on January 23 with the anime film already 100% complete.
The poorly thought out screenings were revealed in December 2020 to be the “World’s Fastest Screening” of the film, scheduled for midnight on January 22, the night before the film is scheduled to premiere.