Peaceful Times (F02) Petit Film

Synopsis

This short film showcases previously unseen storyboard artwork from Evangelion. Evangelion director Hideaki Anno supervised the "petit film," while Mahiro Maeda directed and storyboarded it. Shiro Sagisu composed the music, and voice actress Megumi Hayashibara narrates the Japanese version of the English lyrics. Sagisu shared comments about the video on his website and posted the Japanese lyrics. According to him, while they were finishing work on Q, Anno mentioned that this would be the last time they used the F2 (Next Episode) theme, inspiring Sagisu to create an extended version. He notes that the video actually includes four versions of the song: an unreleased recording by the London Studio Orchestra (at the beginning), the Takahashi version from Xpressions, the version from Piano Forte #1, and Hayashibara’s narrated version.