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It's Christmas, and the lives of young couple Haruka Mishima & Ayato Kamina are about to change, drastically. Tokyo comes onder attack by the Mu, beings from an alternate dimension, causing millions of people (Haruka among them) to flee the city. Ayato is left behind, trapped inside the phenomenon known as Tokyo Jupiter that engulfs the city...

Years later, and the Bahbem Foundation is making plans for what they term the 'tuning' of the world - plans that will bring Haruka and Ayato together again, under unexpected circumstances...

Rather than being a project on it's own (like the Escaflowne movie), RahXephon opts for the 'clip show' treatment - while there are a few new scenes scattered here and there throughout the movie, most of the show is scenes from the TV show editied together to tell the story in two hours instead of thirteen. The new scenes concentrate on two aspects that have been changed for the movie: Quon, who plays far less of a role here, and Haruka, whose part is 'merged' with Reika Mishima's to add a little bit of lost-love spice to the story. The conclusion to the story has also been pretty much re-animated, although the story for that part hasn't changed significantly from the TV show.

While the new scenes & the changes made to the characters are interesting enough in themselves, this still feels too much like one long recap episode to really be worthwhile. It's probably best recommended for those who haven't already seen the TV series and want a cheap & quick way to see what the show is about - if you have already seen the TV series, there's not enough here to make it a worthwhile purchase on its own. For completeists only.