The official Twitter account of EVA: The New Movie released an announcement regarding defamation, slander and threatening behavior

At present, "Neon Genesis Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Notify Others) of defamation, slander and threats against the production staff of "Neon Genesis Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Notify Others)" in three languages: Japanese, English and Chinese.

Original announcement:

Thank you for your attention and support for "Neon Genesis Evangelion: 3.0+1.0".

It has been confirmed that there have been a number of cases in recent days where the relevant production staff have been slandered, threatened, and even incited to commit crimes due to the misunderstanding of the content of this work and related interview articles.

This work was completed by Kaile Co., Ltd. with the participation of many production staff. We have always regarded your views and interpretations of this fictional story as your feelings and opinions, and sincerely accept them.

However, we solemnly protest against any acts that damage the dignity of the relevant producers, slander, threaten, or even incite them to commit crimes due to personal interpretation and inference, or dissatisfaction caused by the violation of personal wishes, regardless of our position.

For speech that clearly constitutes criminal acts such as defamation, threats, and intimidation to kill, Japan will report the case to the police within Japan and to relevant agencies in various countries overseas, and reserves relevant legal rights such as applying for compensation.

It is reported that the defamation and threats may be related to the character relationship settings of "Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 You Can (Not) Redo", and some fans seem to be dissatisfied with some designs. Some foreign netizens also pointed out some reasons under the tweet:

"Some people are dissatisfied because the film does not meet their own expectations, analysis and predictions. Then some people take this dissatisfaction to the creators, and even resort to threats."

"Originally I didn't want to mention some of the reasons, but I still have to say that although everyone has freedom of speech, some people have begun to turn this freedom into threats and harassment, which is a very scary thing. You can disagree with something, but please don't attack others because of it."