The Evangelion Twitter account has revealed some images from Evangelion: 3.0 (−46h), the previously announced video that is included as a special feature for the upcoming Blu-ray and DVD release of Evangelion: 3.0+1.11 Thrice Upon A Time.

One of the three images depicts Asuka with a blindfold-like visor, while another features a girl with a cap.

The Evangelion: 3.0+1.11 Blu-ray and DVD will be released on March 8, 2023. The format of Evangelion: 3.0 (−46h)‘s title is similar to the Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) manga prequel for Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, suggesting that the video is a short anime prequel for Evangelion: 3.0+1.11.  

Evangelion: 3.0+1.11 premiered in Japanese theaters as Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 on March 8, 2021, almost a decade after 2012’s Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo. An updated version titled Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 was released on June 12, 2021 and was streamed internationally via Amazon Prime on August 13, 2021.

Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 is the fourth and final film in the Khara-produced Rebuild of Evangelion series, which began in 2007 and serves as a retelling of the 1995 Neon Genesis Evangelion series. GKIDS describes the plot as:

Misato and her anti-NERV group Wille arrive at Paris, a city now red from core-ization. Crew from the flagship Wunder land on a containment tower. They only have 720 seconds to restore the city. When a horde of NERV Evas appear, Mari’s improved Eva Unit 8 must intercept. Meanwhile, Shinji, Asuka, and Rei (Provisional Name) wander about Japan.

The film’s staff includes Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno as chief director and scriptwriter, Atsushi Nishigori (The Idolmaster and Darling in the Franxx director) as chief animation director, Deho Gallery’s Tatsuya Kushida (Evangelion 1.0 and Evangelion 2.0 co-art director) as art director, T2 studio’s Tooru Fukushi (Rebuild of Evangelion) as photography director, Daisuke Onitsuka (Rebuild of Evangelion co-CG director) as CG director, and Shirou Sagisu (SSSS.Gridman, Neon Genesis Evangelion) as the music composer.

Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 earned 10.28 billion yen (~US$71 million) at the Japanese box office, making it the 39th highest-grossing movie in the country.