Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time currently dominates KPop Demon Hunters 75–25
Anno's four-film reckoning overwhelms the genre mashup.
The Verdict
Hideaki Anno spent twenty-six years rebuilding Evangelion — the original series, the Rebuild films, the delays that became part of the mythology — and Thrice Upon a Time closes that arc with a finality that carries the weight of a director reconciling with his own depression on screen. The Rebuild films' evolving visual language isn't just spectacle; it's Anno dismantling the franchise's animation grammar and reassembling it as a statement about creative renewal — each film redefining what Evangelion looks like as the director himself changes. Appelhans and Kang's KPop Demon Hunters fuses idol culture and horror with playful genre confidence. The gap reflects the distance between a film that closes a quarter-century of personal mythology and one that opens a new genre premise.
The Numbers
| Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time | KPop Demon Hunters | |
|---|---|---|
| Head-to-Head | 75% | 25% |
| Overall Win Rate | 65% | 44% |
| Championships | 13 | 3 |
| Avg Decision | 0.9s | 1.7s |
| Budget | $30M | $100M |
| Box Office | $94M | $25M |
Where This Matchup Sits
In the 2020s on BingeBracket: Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time at #5 and KPop Demon Hunters is in the lower half, out of 43 films.
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time with 13 titles and KPop Demon Hunters with 3 — the tournament record and the head-to-head point the same direction.
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time earned $94M on a $100M budget while KPop Demon Hunters made $25M on $30M. The bracket result tracks the money — Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time wins both.
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