FUNimation Entertainment Announces Directors and Cast of Animated Sci-Fi Action-Thriller EVANGELION 1.0: YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE

Created by the same production team behind the hugely successful Neon Genesis Evangelion series, EVANGELION 1.0: YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE is a futuristic tale which tells the story of schoolboy Shinji Ikari as he is summoned by his estranged father to the vast city of Tokyo-3. The tearful reunion he was hoping for does not materialize as his father has a far more nefarious reason for wanting his son by his side again. Led down into the underground labyrinth of NERV headquarters, he learns that he is one of only a few children that can pilot one of the enormous Evangelion robots against a terrifying enemy. Tokyo-3 is under attack from the terrifying Angels, creatures of an unknown origin bent on laying waste to anything they find. However, there are greater forces at work behind the scenes, and is the true enemy the angels, NERV, the mysterious SEELE, or the demons held within the hearts of the people involved?

Directed by Hideaki Anno and produced by Khara, Inc., FUNimation has veteran producer Mike McFarland leading production of the U.S. dub of the film as line producer. John Burgmeier is head writer on the team.

Cast
MISATO: Allison Keith-Shipp
SHINJI: Spike Spencer
RITSUKO: Colleen Clinkenbeard
IBUKI: Caitlin Glass
GENDO: John Swasey
REI: Brina Palencia
HYUUGA: Mike McFarland
FUYUTSUKI: Kent Williams
KENSUKE: Greg Ayres
TOJI: Justin Cook
AOBA: Phil Parsons
KIEL: Bill Jenkins
HIKARI: Leah Clark
KAWORU: Jerry Jewell
YUI: Stephanie Young
EVA: Mike McFarland

ADDITIONAL VOICES:
Scott Freeman, Maeghan Albach, Charles Baker, Trina Nishimura, Wendy Powell, Carli Mosier, Bill Flynn, Duncan Brannan, John Burgmeier, Brian Mathis, Joel McDonald, Eric Vale, Chuck Huber, Scott Hinze, Juli Erickson, Kate Oxley, Alexis Tipton, Andy Mullins, Bob Carter, Johnny Bruce Lewis, Chris Burnett, Clarine Harp, Cynthia Cranz, Dana Schultes, Jasper Dutt, Jeff Johnson, Jonathan Osborne, Kristi Bingham, Kyle Hebert, Laura Bailey, Lydia Mackay, Mark Stoddard, Monica Rial, R Bruce Elliott, Sonny Strait

FUNimation Entertainment will release EVANGELION 1.0: YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE in Fall 2009.