 As was done with episode titles in the original series, each film has an original Japanese title and a separate English international title picked out by the Japanese studio itself.Anno initially began work on "Rebuild" films in the fall of 2002, spending nearly six months on pre-production before being delayed by various other projects (such as "Cutie Honey", the "" OVA, and even a few movie roles).This included watching the entire original series back-to-back.