GR Anime Review: Neon Genesis Evangelion
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- Опубліковано 3 бер 2013
- A Glass Reflection Anime Review of Neon Genesis Evangelion
Originally Released: March 4th 2013
Don't be a dick Shinji.
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Shinji: "I'm an average 14 year old teenager with social anxiety, depression and possibly some deeper mental problems. Could you cut me some slack?"
Evangelion: "LOL NOPE!"
Shinji: "O-okay, I'll try to get better."
Evangelion: "And you'll fail each time you try!"
Shinji: "W-why?! What the hell do you want from me?!"
Evangelion: "I want you to scream!"
*****
And that's deconstruction in a nutshell.
OUTOOOOOOU SAN!!! NANDE?????
*proceeds to tear apart the eva of his friend*
Arexion5293 Evangelion: P.S. *GET IN THE FUCKING ROBOT, SHINJI*
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
nono don't....please....dontnt
I didn't even consider Shinji that whiny. 9 times out of 10, he's the first one in his EVA.
Doesn't he whine and run away at least 3 times leaving the other pilots and all the world almost doomed. Think that breaks your 9 out of 10 statistic.
That whole "Shinji get in the damn robot" meme is done to fool people who haven't watched it.
um... what?
+codafett This is the first statement on a UA-cam video that I consider to be absolutely wrong. Not troll, sarcastic or cynic, just wrong.
He killed the most Angels and Save Humanity..Yeah.. 9 of 10 for sure.
_Neon Genesis Evangelion_ in one sentence:
_"What appears to be just another mecha anime soon devolves into a honest-to-god psychological horror that will have you questioning your own sanity."_
This is the most accurate statement about Evangelion that I have ever seen 👌
I finished it earlier this year as it was on Netflix and this is one of the best psychological anime I have seen it subverted my expectations in a good way because the only interaction I ever had with the series was the fact that I always saw statues that looked cool and so far I loved it I wouldn’t put it in the best mecha anime as I would say is in a category of its own .
I’m in love-
That's pretty common in mecha
Just finished the original show and the end of evangalian movie. I'm scared and confused
I unironically *LOVE* the opening.
wtf is unironically lmao
+InferiorG a word
+daPOOFS lol
It's one of the best anime themes out there IMO.
I've watched it every time
I kind of understand why people hate Shinji, but personally I really like his character.
People call Shinji a pussy as if they wouldn't try to run away too.
Good point sir
the real problem with shinji is that he never develops until the very, very end of the show. this should have been done after the first hundred times they address shinji's psyche. The same goes for all of the other characters
HashSlingingSlasher How would someone develop in a scenario like this? He's essentially a broken person. He's being manipulated by his estranged father to fight monsters with other children who are equally broken.
Realistically no one would develop in a positive way when put in that situation. And that might not make for the most interesting or likable character, it's pretty incredible to see such a real character.
HashSlingingSlasher Neon Genesis takes place over the course of about one year. That's not a lot of time for a person, a teenager no less to develop.
In that time small amount of time he witnesses Toji get mutilated by his own Eva and kills Kaworu, the only person that ever understood him.
You may argue that the amount of time doesn't matter and the amount of episodes does, but that's where I disagree.
Sean Snyder eh I personally think it should go by episode than actuall time but whatever. im done
I just finished this series and I don't understand why everybody hates Shinji so much. He literally complained like 4 times throughout the entire show. Plus he was always in the robot first.
Yeah. Shinji kicked more angel ass than any other pilot in the show. It's weird that he has a reputation for running away, when his real problem is that he follows orders in an attempt to get validated by others.
+xSonicSeedrian If you meant 4 times an episode, then yeah. Shinji's a little bitch with daddy issues the whole time.
legoman7041
I don't blame the kid. A boy with mental problems who is forced to activate a robot in a battle that can kill him and his friends.I'd say the way he acts makes him the most human character ever.
legoman7041
And I'm really glad the anime community is starting to hate him less. He does not deserve it.
+xSonicSeedrian Oh I agree. I don't believe they should have just let him pilot Eva. Kid is way to emotionally unstable. NERV doesn't understand that soldiers are people with problems. They never give Shinji therapy, or some way to alleviate his pain.
Considering Hideaki Anno was going through severe depression and anxiety when he was making this, Shinji literally being the personification of himself and everyone else isn't a suprise.
So bearing that in mind he had no business bearing anywhere near a studio and should've confined to the nearest padded cell and force fed Prozac.
kamenridernephilim I don't think you're supposed to put depressed people in padded cells
kamenridernephlim the fuck lmao
@@kamenridernephilim Fuck you
That Niga Across The Street why would you say something so controversial yet so brave
Anyone who would say NGEs soundtrack is mediocre is a fool, you have no idea what you're talking about.
Komm, Susser Todd is a fucking masterpiece
Amen.
Yes I agree
LIKE THE FUCKING SCENE WHEN SHINJI IS ABOUT TO KICK ASS AND YOU HEAR THOSE FUCKING TRUMPETS
I have all of the cd's
So Shinji is a bad character because he acts like some people do and not like a generic anime hero.
i don't think it that people find Shinji a bad character, its that they find them an annoying character
as someone with depression i actually completey understand him. this is a case of mentally stable people not being able to relate to mental health problems
@@hunkyfunkyletsgetmonkey7464 that and it hits far too close to home.
Marcus Jr Yeah. When your confronted with yourself it’s not unusual to be repulsed by it. Especially our darker aspects.
@@hunkyfunkyletsgetmonkey7464 honestly I see him as a character anyone can relate too, the show shoves the anxiety everyone gets multiplied by a hundred into viewers throats until they feel bad both for shinji and themselves.
I've just finished the anime... I really was prepared for an annoying whiny bitchy main character with shinji b/c of this review and other haters... what was all the hate about? shinji is just a troubled teenager with no self-respect due to his dad's absence. yes, he ran away, but he always, always came back in the end. ya haters out there- i guess we just have different perspectives and expectation of what a good main character is.
I agree, in context of the show it makes sense. The problem most people have is in context for the genre it does not. Usually character development from tragic backstory looks more like things such as Guren Laggan. But deconstructions play all tropes straight and in a more realistic light, it really comes down to how many other mech shows you watch for how much it would bother you.
I felt the same way! I just ended up feeling bad for Shinji more than anything.
How very Freudian of you
I kinda think Shinji is a bad ass.
With all this self-loathing, he still pushed through and did what had to be done in the end.
Not a lot of mopey teenagers can do that.
Ruben Remelgado If you think about it hard enough... they end the same way
watching neon genesis evangelion is like having sex in the dark. most of the time you have no idea what's going on, but you're loving every second of it
I know i'm gonna get hate for this, but Shinji is one of the best things in Eva.
I agree. It wouldn't be the same show/story if he wasn't depressed
I agree, Shinji's mental state is what drive the series
I think Shinji is the only character in the show that really got developed, He´s the best thing of the show by far.
Agreed with all you, Shinji is just really well written.
To me Shinji is the best character because he behaves like a real 14 year old kid would. Most anime's don't have a main character that you can truly relate to in a psychological level.
My final verdict for this anime is.....................ITS AN ANGERU
***** OH MY GOD ITS GODZILLA!!!
Angel it's an!
Lightspeeds
Lol no...IT'S A GUNDAM
Supreme FINAL VERDICT: Get in the fucking robot Shinji!!!!!
just because you're atheist doesn't mean you can't appreciate the religious symbolism. as an atheist myself, religion interests me a lot and I'm sure many Atheists feel the same way. after all, most Atheists are Atheists because they have a greater understanding for religion than your average person. so you being an atheist shouldn't devalue the religious symbolism.
same here
We are four!
I think that he meant that he literally wasn't very religious; which in my opinion can be very, very different from being an atheist. A lot of people who aren't religious can be categorized as atheist without identifying as so simply because religion has little to no meaning to them. In contrast, a self-identified atheist is so often because they have, as you said, a greater understanding of religion and have decided to reject it. That is at least how I understood what he said (and I could be wrong about that).
Yeah, all the symbolism was extremely obvious. I don't know why he thought people wouldn't get it.
i feel it adds much more to this anime in the sense that the "angels" are already pretty christian in the sense that they were created by adam? havent watched in a bit. but they are titanic nefelem (w.e the spelling) esque beings. then having them ascend into true angels? pretty sweet take on the whole god seeding earth and other planets thing. i found it fairly intriguing tbh.
It's painful that the author of the video will realize one day he is not smart at all. Then he will lose the only thing he had... his delusions...
Well that was rude
Did you actually see the whole review?
Ladies and gentlemen, another close-minded kid that thinks his/her opinion is a dead set fact.
Hey try make one of your own reviews. Oh you have no time for that? STFU.
Oh you mean "Artificial Person" vs. "Natural Person" much like "Angry Video Game Nerd" vs. "James Rolfe"...or better: "Nosty Critic" vs. "Doug Walker", since he reviewed Sailor Moon HILIAROUSLY!!! (Totally not my opinion, but I L M F A O!!!!)
But that "Anime (Manga?) Stereotype"...you defined it as some sorta "Humanified Brainy Smurf Extension Whatever"...hmm I'm just doin research within my anime memories, which are not THAT huge, I do admit...
- Astro Boy and his Brother Kimba...nope
- Attack No1...hmpf doesn't fit whatsoever into your scheme
- Seiyushi Bismarck...maybe Bill Wilcox...a little bit
- World Masterpiece Theater...Anne Shirley, Princess Sara and stuff...nope
- Dragonball...ok but there's much satire in it, so...nope
- Ranma 1/2...it's satire, so nope
- Golden Boy...ok, maybe a little bit, tho it's satire
- Detective Conan...ok Mori Kogoro maybe
- Hellsing...ok cliche up the rectum BUT IT IS FUN HEGG!!
- Ikki Tousen...no comment
- Dr. Slump...satire, so nope
- Alfred Jodocus Kwak...nopenopenope
- Lady Oscar...hmm nope
- Sailor Moon...ok target destroyed I admit
- so are DoReMi, Wedding Peach...
- so do Pokemon, Digimon....hmm YuGiOh?
- Hamtaro is again satire...
- and since Akira with it's Neo-Tokyo-Automobile-Elevator LOLROFL we have the Evangelion-Era!!
(And there are many many more that I really do not know well enough to judge!)
But: As far as I see..."Anime cliche" does not fit too well don't ya think?
//grin//wink//
This show can get on my "Nerv's" some times. Heh.
Marques Lewis-Shelton :l
I give your joke a "SEELE" of approval.
Marques Lewis-Shelton
Nerv stands for
Nervous
Erection
Reaches
Vagina
Goddammit Barbara...
@@bilguun7993 "I'm sorry sir?"
"And that's how I lost my virginity!"
I suffer from depression and quite regularly I have suicidal thoughts and personally I love every character because I see myself in them. Just like Shinji I always blame every mistake, every failure, every horrible situation on myself. Just like Asuka I expect everyone to now how I feel and understand me and I get upset and angry when they don't, but how will they understand me when I don't say anything. And just like Misato I try to keep upbeat and smile but I am always sad and depressed inside.
Same.
+TheOptimisticSonicFan I haven't watched the show but I think I will, because I often feel useless. I'm not sure if I have depression but either way, this show interests me a lot now thanks to this review!
Osmosis Wright Definitely, its a must watch. From the beginning to the end and if you like what you see watch the movie "End Of Evangelion" but don't bother with "Evangelion Death and Rebirth" though. Its basically a recap and filler.
Which is a real problem with this show
shure shure "I wanna die" "SAYYMMMMM GIRLLLLLLLLL"
"I am your father" would've been a lot less complicated, honestly.
To this day I still don't know what he said. That was intentional right? (Edit: After doing research, it wasn't)
Just finished this show, and it's probably the weirdest anime I've ever seen, but it's great. Once you understand its concept and underlying themes you'll see why its lives up to its legacy.
ikr
ashvanee prabhudial This. So much this. It's an absolutely shitty, fucked up anime when you first watch it, but once you get the backstory you finally understand why it's one of the most spoken about anime ever.
Most influential anime ever
@@yaltschuler well enlighten me
Serial experiments Lain says hi
What GR thinks good character development would be:
"Hey Shinji, cheer up!"
"Wow, I never thought of that, I'm not depressed any more. And I have a cool robot to pilot, that's cool as well! I'm suddenly going to become a radically different, heroic person!"
Also, "movement good". Can't he just appreciate the aesthetics? It's beautiful. If there were more funds for animation, the show would honestly be worse for it.
Gundam is the generally accepted mother of Mecha. Evangelion is the sister of that mother, making her your aunt, that tore apart your ideas of Mecha and put in a screwed up yet well done execution. And then you have the twice removed gone to prison at least seven times, with a few trips to the asylum, Uncle of Mecha; Gurren Lagann, who told your aunt to learn just who the Hell she thinks he is, took your ideas of anime, jacked off to them, and fused his testosterone with the ideals, polished it with limitless badassery, and drilled the ideas right back into your head.
I like the way your brain works :D
Merci beaucoup :D
If gundam
this, x1000 this
But there was mecha before Gundam.
A couple of things: Despite the *huge* drop in production value at the end, I really enjoyed the ending. Without spoilers, I'd describe it as being a fly on the wall for a stream-of-consciousness therapy session/interrogation for each of the characters. I think they did the best they could out of what they had, and it gave us (or at least *me*) a fair amount of closure to the psychological issues of the characters, which was what attracted me to Evangelion.
Also, I don't think that the religious symbolism had that much of a bearing on the overall thematic structure, except for the Human Instrumentality Project.
So I watched End of Evangelion, and I was completely wrong about the religious symbolism. I still prefer the first ending though.
there was no drop in production value
2015 in the anime. we dont have robots yet! nice try ^^
In back to the future 2 is in 2015 on my birthday... no hoverboards
Johsty Bach HA HA!
ダグちゃん～ America in Japan are literally about to have a giant mech battle next year.......
evangelion battle?
ダグちゃん～ we don't have hoverboards or flying cars either
Came and re-watched this, and had to appreciate "its not legally available on streaming services, except maybe netflix eventually or something" and here we are 5 years later and its gonna be on netflix in a couple months
And they screwed it up...
I'm watching it on gogoanime. The End Of Evangelion made the series much more enjoyable, while the Rebuild is actually good (halfway through 2nd film at the moment).
Shinji's dad: the ultimate savage.
Vandal Savage?
*LOUD SIGHING* Okay everyone, gather around and let me explain why pilots are all 14 years olds. Now, this refers to the original series, and not the recent movies.
WARNING SPOILERS
So let me get one thing straight, there are no mothers in the Japan, or rather, there are very few to "mother" the 14 year generation. Why this, you say? Mainly since NERV collected a lot of them for testing, and since EVA were still in the BETA stages, they absorbed pieces of souls, and the human themselves. Two prime exampes are Asuka's mother, and Shinji mother, Yui.
While Asuka mother did live, she was not in the correct mental state. She worked for NERV, and developed the EVAs, so it makes sense that she would pilot it. She devoted her time into this, and due to that, the EVA ( Unit 02 in fact ) absorbed a bit of her soul. The reason I say Unit two, is that when Yui died, Shinji was barely a toddler. Unit 01 was almost developed, so that meant Uni 02 was on its was after. In Asuka's flashback scenes, we see her as a young child ( around 4 or 5 ) so being placed in Germany were Unit 02 was developed, it makes sense.
Now onto Yui. She was completely absorbed into Unit 01. Her soul was still inside Unit 01 while Shinji was piloting it. So when Shinji had that big realization that his mother was always with him, SHE LITERALLY WAS. She was trapped inside the EVA. The same with Asuka, but not to the same degree. Because in the "End of Evangelion" she is talking about how her mother was always with her. Because Asuka's mother's soul ( a bit of it at least ) was trapped inside the EVA.
Now that was have the basics down, we can move on. Now there are two missing pieces. Rei and Touji. Rei is a being created from Yui, so it would stand to reason why the dummy plug system would work on Unit 01, and she could pilot Unit 00. The origins of Unit 00 are unknown, so we aren't really sure who was absorbed into it.
Now Touji. He doesn't have mother, and the pattern so far elludes to that. It would make sense that in Tokyo 3 that a lot of the parents would work at Nerv.
As for WHY the need the mother's souls, a mother provides comfort to a child. So it would stand to reason why they would pick the mother's soul. Also, they did this to give the EVAs a soul, since beforehand they were just robots. But adding a soul made it a being. It was NERV's plan from the beginning.
Now that is just the strongest theroy. There are others, such as Second Impact took place 14 years before the anime, and all the characters are 14 years old ( duh ). Also the AT field is speculated to stand for "Absolute Terror". When Kaworu asks Shinji if he knew what an AT field was, he was trying to explain the physical barrier someone puts up when they are scared and or hurt. Like having an emotional breakdown, which all of them did. Some more than others, but, it still makes sense.
Now this is just a quick overview of the whole thing, but the gist of it is
"NERV killed the mother, or extracted the the souls so that their children could pilot the EVAs safely."
The End
THANK YOU
Aside from this, another explanation is that after the 2nd impact happened they weren't sure when the angels would attack again, therefore they decided it would be safest for children to be the pilots, as they would have the longest possible life ahead of them, and it would give them the longest time coverage, thats my reasoning.
Shinji ran away once. Plus he did the most shit out of anyone.
Everyone has a shinji in them. People don’t like confronting a flawed version of themselves on screen.
In what way did Shinji not grow a backbone? If anything, his problem was recklessness. The dude's almost always the first to volunteer going out on the front line. This is a kid who was so emotionally scarred and broken, that he could only find self-worth in throwing himself into combat (as it was the only thing his piece of shit father ever praised or even noticed him for). In this way he and Asuka are two sides of the same coin; only difference being she protects herself by lashing out in social situations rather than withdrawing (until that one sense of self-worth is taken from her and she becomes catatonic ... still the most tragic part of the anime for me).
Shinji has one of the most complex character developments I've ever seen, and it baffles me how people dismiss him as a whiny little bitch. I'll take another Shinji over a simple-minded shounen protagonist any day.
Fruit Punch Samurai G word
griffith did nothing wrong on god like what’s the point of having him bitch if he’s just gonna get back in the Eva
I really can't say I agree with this guy, maybe he didn't have enough time to fully deconstruct parts which he originally wanted, but he really liked to nitpick and gloss over the parts that make Evangelion a unforgettable anime
So I watched Neon Genesis Evangelion (and End of Evangelion)...
What
did
I
just
watch
Dragonmots people having mental breakdowns
+Dan B So...incest?
Shinji nutting over his comatose friend
Some wierd religious allegory or something. What confuses me is why they would fight off the angles only to trigger the instrumentality project? Like wtf NERV and that Seele group or whatever they are prevented the end of the world and now they just destroy the world in their own hands? Thats just fucking pointless. I love evangelion and im someone who watches a lot of anime but doesnt really like the genre. Its sooooo rewatchable but i can understand why some people hate it--the fanservice, the emo "its deep high iq required" shit, asukas insanely high pitched voice acting and cringeworthy over the top behavoir, and the fact its basically david lynch: the cartoon.
Recommendations school days and boku no piko... I wonder how many confused people actually searched for those :D
+Lugmillord School Days is one thing, but I feel sorry for the poor souls that decided to look up Boku No Piko. :P
+Lugmillord School Days is one thing, but I feel sorry for the poor souls that decided to look up Boku No Piko. :P
+German Hamster92
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Why do we even exist, just to suffer...
There was the elevator scene and I was like.. are you girls going to move or talk? xD They stood there for almost a whole minute lol
(No Spoilers included) In my opinion, I thought that Neon Genesis Evangelion was brilliant. I found that the plot was incredibly complex and interesting, likely because I have a good understanding and knowledge of the book of Genesis (yet I'm not particularly religious, but I do find the concept to be worthy of thought).
As an (somewhat) introverted person, I found it satisfying to contemplate the meaning behind this anime, for example with the large psychological aspect and the different perspectives on life that this show provided, I took a while to consider all of this, and I once again found myself captivated and interested in how things would progress.
Another reason why I found this anime to be good is that I took my time with it, only watching 2 or 3 episodes at a time, with breaks to watch something more upbeat and to simply process the events (I should note that I watched the subbed version, so I had to focus more on reading, unfortunately - but from what I've seen, the subbed is certainly better than the dubbed version).
And finally (yes, finally - I tend to ramble and get lost in thought too often), I made sure to take this slowly, so that any hype I had prior to going into this would dissipate, which, upon reflection, I would say positively contributed to my overall enjoyment of the show (P.S. I did find Shinji to be slightly irritating at times, but it was because he was so unusual did I find interest in "dissecting" his character).
I'm not a troll I just don't find the show very appealing to my tastes you can like it and I can see why other people like it but I'm just not a fan
I feel ya, have had people get angry at me because I am not personally a fan of the show. I find there to be a huge distinction between understanding the importance of something and finding it enjoyable. Eva is an incredibly important anime that has in many way shaped the anime scene after it...but I find some of the characters to be very annoying, selfish or uninteresting. And the religious symbolism is a lot of times used more because it looks cool than because it has a point.
True it's preferences I prefer good stories with lots of character development and dialogue. I can enjoy blatant action ones here and there but I like interesting characters.
True it's preferences I prefer good stories with lots of character development and dialogue. I can enjoy blatant action ones here and there but I like interesting characters.
True it's preferences I prefer good stories with lots of character development and dialogue. I can enjoy blatant action ones here and there but I like interesting characters.
gamer42j Are implying that Evangelion is a story with lots of character development and dialog or blatant action? I apologize, but your comment left me a little confused.
I believe that this review misinterprets the ending of evangelion's original series (as I believe many people do). This is primarily because as the show starts as a mecha story with psycological elements mixed in it, one may think that the "religious" symbolism is only for religious people. However, I do believe that other is the case. In fact, I believe that the ending of the original series is the answer to the general philosophical problem that the rest of the story represents: the problem about the rebellion against unavoidable death established by an unkown cause (be it God, nature, Destiny...). In fact, in the original series it is never explained the angels origin. By building the evas, humans try to rebel against such death, trying to live BEYOND god, not as created beings but by "being themselves". Thats why, in the last 2 episodes, the "solution" to the rebelion is not an Super Uber Mega Mecha fight, but the realization of Shinji´s freedom from god ("I want to be me"). It is the absolute freedom, which is only understood in the end.
Before that (as this review clearly shows), Shinji is haunted by GUILT, the guilt that results from the absolute responsability implied by this rebellion and independence from God. As such, man lives beyond god´s wishes, and becomes fully responsible for his acts and (Hedgehog´s dilemma), others. Evangelion shows how Shinji passes from the guilt caused by his inability to recognize or accept his responsability as man-beyond-god, to the final realization that in such responsability of himself lies absolute freedom.
The fact is that this interpretation (that I believe to be correct) closes the philosophical under-plot of the show, while many people expected only the mecha-plot ending or a clear ending to the action plot. While I understand that the original series ending does not give closure to such plot, I believe that gives a clear view of the general plot as a whole (and ultimately, the meaning of the whole story: the event of human rebellion against god).
I agree with your view. The original ending is the thing that made it a legendary show for me. T said if Shinji could face his flaws and become a better human, then you can too, so keep your hopes up. Also, Shinji's mother literally said, answering to Gendo wondering if Shinji could live through the hell that's post-second impact Earth, she said if you are still living, you will have the chance to find love and the goodness in life.
I only got into the show because I really like kaiju films and I thought it was TOTALLY worth it and I actually felt for the characters.
I got my copy from a friend a few Years ago, which she gave to me due to her NOT liking the show.
I still have my copy to this day, which is the *Platinum Complete* Box Set.
I just haven't watched it in over 13+ Years(as of this comment)
I really liked the ending. It was, of course, quite abstract. But it was really cool. And I really didn't notice the animation problems throughout.
I fucking hated the ending with all my guts
I personally don't find Shinji to be whiny. As someone who was also depressed at the age of 14, I thought he was a really good portrayal of someone who's going through a period of depression at that age.
Whenever the EVA goes berserk that was my favorite theme.
I'm a Christian and most of the religious symbolism I either didn't notice or didn't think was important. What made this show truly brilliant was how it deconstructed the mecha genre and explored the complexities of the human mind. While it isn't really the most entertaining series, it's certainly one of the most brilliant ones. I must also say that I think that the last three episodes are spectacular and one of the best endings I've ever seen. I've yet to see End of Evangelion though, so I can't make that comparison.
cartoonswim Yeah don't worry about the christian symbolism, it was strictly added to look cool. Also go watch the end of evangelion as soon as you can, it's pretty amazing...even if I do think it's a complete and utter mindfuck.
same bro
there is not a whole lot to "analyze" about the religious symbolism, it's just a stylistic choice the creators did without much depth to it. It just parallels concepts in the story with concepts in the bible. They're references that make the story seem more universal, and more deeply rooted in human history. It was a very clever choice although I personally think they overdid it a bit with the endless crosses at times (comin from someone who still considers Evangelion to be possibly the best anime of all time)
The pilots are young because they have to of been born after the second impact and the eldest of people compatible would be 14
I literally just finished watching the series. Where exactly is Shinji this whiny wimp everyone says he is? He does what he's asked almost all the time. He almost never runs away and when he did, it was after his piloting was currently done. He never abandons his duty when it's required and he even picks up the pieces when others fuck up. It's everyone else who has the massive flaws. Honestly, I was disappointed, not confused at the end because it tries to force characteristics that were pretty minor or nonexistent.
What doesn't make sense is how he is treated by others, particularly the adults. They NEED him, not the other way around and yet they act like tools saying go away if you don't like the horrible things we force you to do. But this is for the fate of the world, so why even give him the option? They literally could not have survived without him.
In almost every episode
For an accurate review of this series, simply stop watching this video at the one minute mark and take a cue to go read Ender's Game instead.
Honestly Ender's Game is what got me into this series in the first place. Unfortunately as trippy as some of the scenes in the latter half of that book got I wasn't NEARLY prepared for the latter half of this series.
Also lack of sleep from my marathon of the series (going straight into EoE) made for a rather....disturbing experience haha.
Of course
Spring 2019 and you can finally stream this series on Netflix.
2 years later and we're still waiting on 3.33 to get to the United States.
Ark, yer gonna have a bit of a wait before that Rebuild project happens. At this rate if you run out of material you might as well start doing every other Gundam first. It'll take less time
Aquire 3.33 in other ways. Fuck the dub.
If I can get an import that has an English sub, than I'd do it. Most of the time, I find that imports of DVDs/Blu-Rays are either of superior quality, have neat extras that come with them, or both. However, you have to be careful when you're importing anime / anime merchandise, as sometimes you'll get counterfeit items. I once tried to import a figure and opened it to find that the painting was real crappy compared to what I saw on the box.
Wow that's insane. I've got the German version since November 2013.
th3_c0k3_m4st3r Torrents are always an option
Torrents are great, but I feel that if something is worth buying, then I'll most likely buy it.
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+Shinji Ikari
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YuhNinja ok
YuhNinja alrighty
CYKA BLYATTTT
Congratulations
"hideaki anno must have not liked this ending or else he wouldn't have tried to remake it. twice"
he remade it the first time because he got death threats, and the second time because he was no longer depressed ?
I finished this anime yesterday and I didn't understand anything. And everyone in the anime has parental issues. This is perhaps the most fucked up thing I've watched since the movie π.
I love Evangelion and pi was strange as fuck however
Alex Delarge Huhuhu that's so fucking true. This anime digs a hole in my head everytime I watch it and a MRI would probably reveal a Swiss cheese at that point ^^.
Clebardman a few months after finishing it, I literally booked an appointment with a clinical counsellor after an existential crisis.
BlackTusk Watch Utena if you're a masochist :p.
erigor11 You don't even know what you're talking about, friend. Anno put so much careful thought into every bit of symbolism. The only "flashy" use of it was the christian cross. Yes, THAT was devoid of any deep subject matter. Everything else though; a creatively drawn out narrative that really just boils down to growing up and accepting yourself for your faults and weaknesses. You can dislike the show and that's cool, but when you say "any deep thought about it will only be a rationalization from your own mind" you come of as such a pompous bigot that resorts to calling people who do find deeper meaning in things "fags". Please grow up.
is this the anime that everyone says has a fucked up ending ?
yep
6:09 A Trope originator. You don’t see that every day.
I liked it your review. It was very objective. You got all the points that make this anime great and the obvious bad things as well, without being a fanboy or a hater.
they tried to make the anime unnecessarily complex while the story was not, it's not a bad story but it would have been much better if they just told it in a different way instead of putting weird scenes together which are sometimes not even correlated to each other, just so anyone in the end is like "hmm... it was hard to understand this anime, it must be pretty damn good"
It's not a bad anime, but c'mon. - 7/10 (imo)
I completely agree. It got unnecessarily convoluted for its own good at times and it ended up dragging the plot down imo.
10:34 My reaction to the last two episodes.
last two episodes is literally a slide show
I was bored
Welcome back to another edition of Shinji's Happy Happy Fun Time with Kaiju!
"For the love of Haruhi." I know she's... yeah. What she is, but that line just caught me of guard xD
Perfect troll in the beginning
you had me for a second there...
He talks about the hype factor but honestly the amount of people that shit on this almost put me off and when I did finally get around to watching it I enjoyed it immensely, much more so than I thought I would.
I'm glad I found this channel :)
i have to say i watched Evangelion to the end (only because i hate leaving things have way done) and i really didnt like it.....i mean i see what they tried to do but i just......meh it wasnt for me it was waaaay to fucked up for my brain to handle.......i prefer gundam waaaaaaaaay over this but just because i dont like it dosent mean its bad actually its quite good.....i just dont like it personally
Edit : after rewatching it I like it it just really dicks the brain hard
Chris Zoldyck i just saw the 3rd rebuild movie last night (dont ask how) and the shit that goes on that............i........it...........my brain lol..........but on a serious not this show is popular enough that i can see a company picking it up redo the entire series i can see that coming true.....but before that happens i DEMAND my full scale kenshin remake lol
Charles Harris
Did you see End of Evangelion? Now THAT movie is f***** up.
I suppose. I've only seen it once, so maybe I should watch it again.
Even though I thought it was EXTREMELY messed up, I still loved it.
I guess I'm weird LOL
manga version is better, ending wise, but it's like consolation price.All we know is Shinji don't want Human Instrumentality Project, and that's it.
Charles Harris It's a show that you have to watch multiple times with EOE either with or replacing the last two episodes. I see the last 2 episodes as mostly what happens in the inside of the main characters minds and third impact while EOE is more of the outside along with the inside.
After I have watched the entire story, I can definitively say that Neon Genesis Evangelion is one of the best anime ever made. The plot is certainly interesting, with all the intrigue of Seele and Gendo while seeing our main characters try to save humanity when in reality nothing they do can stop the Third Impact (spoiler to End of Evangelion, sorry). The characters are the real thing that thus show excels at, giving even minor characters development and an interesting psyche (examples: Toji Suzuhara and Ritsuko Akagi). Even the main villains have a fantastic reason as to why they will do everything that they do. Pause: Gendo Ikari is not a bad character, he is just someone who has only ever loved one person and will even end the human race if it means that he can be with Yui again. The main characters also get a lot of development and insight into their psyche, with the best of the bunch having to be Shinji. An absolute masterpiece that I'd say is required viewing if you want to know what the anime medium can do.
P.s. For the love of God, please watch End of Evangelion after finishing the series. It answers almost all unanswered questions and provides a feeling of closure to this great series (the last two episodes are not bad, but End of Eva is a much better conclusion.
Also, if you say Shinji's character type is overused, then you have to understand that even though it has been used much since then, Shinji is still one of if not the best portrayal of that character, with legitimate regions as to why he acts the way he does.
I can't find any good reason for him to act like he does beside being a total selfish bitch. Which undercut the emotional drama when I kinda hate his guts but that's my personal view on it. Problem with me is that human are known to adapt to situations and Shinji does not adapt period and refuses to adapt even when the fate of the world is on the line. That is in fact not common or realistic if we talking average human beings. So we are focusing on the total bitches of humanity and trying to make me feel sympathetic about them is a lost cause XD
Zehao He always complains because the world around him is unfair. His mother died; his gather doesn't care about his life at all (only his abilities to pilot hi eva); all his friends die and collapse around him; and all of this is combined with the fact that he is fighting for an organization that claims to save humanity while acting to destroy it. When he states that he is worthless, it is referring to the fact that there is nothing he can do to save the world, as either way it will die. All these are good reasons as to why one would be depressed or feel worthless, as the world is cruel and there is nothing within one's individual power to prevent the suffering and evil around them. This is an extremely realistic aspect to the show, as in the real world suffering and evil happens all the time within the world. pretending like no one complains about this is clear denial, as almost everything you hear on television (and even in day-to-day conversation) is people bitching and complaining about their everyday lives, which pail in comparison to the problems that Shinji Ikari has to face. However, despite his depression and worthlessness, Shinji still is able to connect with people and push through his problems (showed in both the middle parts of the series and in the end of evangelion). I am not aware of any part of Shinji's character that is not realistic and interesting. He is one of the best protagonists in anime in my opinion (only toppled by Reinhard von Lohengramm).
Vincent Proctor
Human are extremely adaptable creatures, far more than people think. Many people in way shitter situations than Shinji have manage to grow the fuck up. Shinji's issue is literally him being a moody brat. Aside from his family issue (my god so many people probably dealt with worse) he had a pretty well off life before the show.
And even through out the show he made friends (his two team mate) and people who care about him (his mentor) and even friends at school. But no he still acts like the world is out to get him coz that makes him tragic and give him excuse to lay the blame on something else.
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Ya they should because winning never get anything done. You have a problem you find a way to solve it or get help solve it not sit there and whining about it and doing nothing because that's what Shinji does.
Here after binge watching it via Netflix
I can't tell if I made a great choice or a mistake by making this the first ever anime I ever watched
Why havent Arcada alredy made a welcome to the nhk review?
He has. It was on Blip until the site got taken down. He'll be uploading those episodes in January.
Breaking this argument now. Some guy showed the real reason why anyone would dislike the show perfectly and their statement showed it clearly. Cin Runners "theres this thing called character presentation. depression & low self-esteem can be presented in way that does not frustrate or annoy the viewers, this show has poor presentation of its characters that alienates a large majority of viewers plain and simple." In my opinion viewer, your "view" is plain and simple, but it makes sense why you would think like this. Now turn it around and ask yourself, what is the Character presentation trying to portray? What is the difference between the people that like Shinji? and the ones that don't? The people that like Evangelion and like Shinji are the ones that come to accept that Shinji Ikari is a true representation of a teen who's chronically depressed and has abandonment issues & E.T.C. on the disorders.
The others who dislike the aspects of Evangelion are the ones who get "annoyed" by the fact that Shinji and many other characters/messages are "over-the-top" and seem pretentious as if they were trying too hard and now it's just annoying. Here is where being open-minded helps, coming from personal experience Shinji without a doubt is a representation of people with disorder's, I've dealt with so many hospitalized patients who were going through these similar traits and my GOD they were annoying and "OVER THE TOP". Have you ever met someone who has a chemical imbalance and literally CANT be happy? Some of the most annoying people I've ever met, and to me it seems like a cycle. As if they could actually help themselves and that it's their own fault for being sad.
So in my opinion and analysis, OF COURSE these people hate Shinji and think Evangelion might be this bad or pretentious. Because they don't understand what it means to be that fucking crazy. And i remember one other person said it perfectly, when we scream and say "Im tired of all these gung-ho character's who are 2-dimensional!" and then turn around and say "Well damn, this is annoying i don't like this bitch kid shinji" when they do get a character. not knowing that this is how people with disorders and especially in a situation like SAVING THE WORLD would act. Then some people like to tell me well yeah I know its a true representation, i know its deep....I still don't like it. Now your just hating something with no logical/rational reason and your an idiot. Sorry friend 2deep4u -___-.
One of My Recommended Viewing Orders
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01. Neon Genesis Evangelion (Episodes 01-20)
02. New Production Cut [Director's Cut] Versions of Episodes 21-24
03. Neon Genesis Evangelion (Episodes 25-26)
04. The End of Evangelion [Watch With The Japanese Dub]
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Also you need to do FLCL and conclusively explain to us whether it's furi or kuri.
He has already done a Fooly Cooly review. If that one wasn't enough, you could also see Gigguk's review of FLCL as well.
lmfao, he predicted Netflix getting Eva 17:49
Holy shit, I love your Gankutsuou poster!
And ... I have the collector's tin. But it was a present so I can't complain.
Excellent review, spot on.
a great example of budget cutting in the ways of fan service and no animation is in episode 20. Do not worry this is not spoilers at all but if you don't want any info at all then don't read the rest of this comment.
Anyway, misato is having sex offscreen while all you can see is a table with an ash tray and beer on it. This goes on for a minute and a half with no animation and just sex noises. It's just bad. Just bad.
It's worse considering that the anime shows you 14 years old girls totally naked.
Elalmadebudin that parts weren't really just fanservice, because everytime a character was naked it had a reason. Like showing that Rei doesn't know what embarrassing is in the beginning or in instrumentality to show clearly the point that they were in a form of existance where nobody could say where someone begins and the other one ends.
I can't remember one "nude" scene where it was there ....just because fanservice
Vetras Tsuriai The bath house?
If I remember that right there weren't any body parts shown...just their faces.
And even there that scenario showed a sudden trust that Shinji had towards Kaworu, that was very unusual for a character like him.
Vetras Tsuriai Wrong scene although that the one you are thinking of is very obvious fan service too but easier to give a reason for. I meant the one early on in the series with Asuka and Misato are in the bath house together. Their tits are only covered and it is insinuated that Shinji gets a boner listening to them cleaning each other.
See, I feel all of the people complaining about Shinji missed the entire point of the anime. Eva focuses so much more on the human condition and deep emotions rather than plain action and fighting. Going in and expecting action rather than an emotional study is a mistake.
Can someone please help me? I've bought a copy of End of Evangelian that was a combo disk with Death and Rebirth included with it. The DVD looks shady, almost as if it was a bootleg.The point of this message is that at the end of the move (End of Evangelian) it does not show a scene that apears to be a huge Rei laying in a pool of blood, but rather shows a "to be contenued" message once Shinji awakens Eva unit 01. Is this the correct ending, and the the one with the huge Rei is an alternative ending? If so please let me know it has been troubling me immensely.
I know it's pointless to mention it, but there budget got cut during the show due to controversial content in the show, so it was not intentional or know from the beginning
Ok, where's our Eureka Seven review?
Soul Eater a couple months ago
Here's a short review of your review: I like your relatively high production value, objective reviewing skill, interesting facts added and a bit of jokes. My pointer made it to the Subscribe button and I clicked it. On a side note I saw Evangelion in it's entirety about 8 years ago, a rather dark time of my life since I suffered a severe depression and though of ending my life. I sort of identified myself with Shinji because he was pretty similar to me. The final episodes brought my brain into a state of euphoria and made me rethink my life in a different way. I won't say that Evangelion cured me of my depression because that would be bullshit but It did make me reconsider certain things and gave a slight nudge into the right direction. For this I think Evangelion id one of the greatest anime shows that I have ever seen because it's rare for an anime to trigger strong emotions in me, especially with the newest shows that are coming out.
ok I need help. I've been searching for this for a long time.
When I was a kid I saw an episode of what I can only remember as being anime. it was this robot girl but she looked human for the most part. the episode was sort of orange and it looked like she was dying and a guy was trying to save her but she fell or something. I really can't explain it better except that it was on tv and dubbed. probably on toonami. you know that snippet of a movie or tv show you saw as a kid that you can't remember the name at all but it slowly eats at the back of your head? I NEED TO KNOW
could possibly have been a gundam series or robotech, but i think a show called Outlaw Star fits your description best.
I finally watched the series and EoE an hour ago and I have no idea how to react to it. I'm completely shocked, mindfucked and confused all at the same time but funnily enough I didn't find the anime bad..quite the contrary I actually liked it.
Good thing I had to go and youtube a few videos for them to explain the ending and overall plot in more detail so I would understand exactly wtf happened at the end of EoE and I actually rather liked it.
Gonna hold off on watching Rebuild series until the final movie comes out in 2015.
Thanks for the review Arkada!
Yet another great review. Although the financial problems were pretty obvious near the end I'm not sure how much of the final two episodes would've been different. Especially since the "End of Evangelion"-movie looked more like Anno trolling his fanbase and saying:"So you want a different ending? Here I'll give you an ending" and then lured the viewer with one of the most fantastic battle scenes in anime history, just to dump them straight back into introspective mindfuck-city during the second half of the movie. Although weirdly enough I understood the ending of EoE much better than that of the show. The only thing in this review that I can really disagree on is the soundtrack which to me has some of the most memorable tracks in anime history, with the various numbered "Rei"-tracks, "the Beast II", "Thanatos" or even the more relaxed character themes from the beginning of the show, or the hauting/creepy ones from the more mindfucking scenes. But well maybe that's just a difference in personal musical taste, as for example the Baccano OST does absolutely nothing for me, and yet everyone else seems to love it. Also my judgment concerning this show is very clouded, since it has been my absolutely favourite Anime since I started watching, and probably still is.
so true...
Holy shit I watched the sub for this, and never realized how bad the dub sounded. Shngi's dad's voice is like 8 octaves higher than it was in the sub
I never watched the last two episodes of NGE and skipped directly to End of Evangelion. I'm going to watch Rebuild but I wanted to see NGE once more. Should I watch the last two episodes now just to experience the mind screw?
12:44 I think they utilized the lack of funds in a really creative way. I definitely think the production value is due to budget cuts, but I really think they handled their losses in a very Evangelion way.
:^) Feels good to own this on DVD.
No more having to look all over the internet for this damned anime.
>That superior feeling when you've had an hd rip on your hard drive for several years,
I have it on my HDD for over maybe a year, but could pass up the chance to have on DVD.
D Perete The orignal is in 4;3, but I'm assuming that he used a video editing software to make it 16;9. There is suppose to be an HD collection on the way, but I don't got many details.
This entire anime should be called “therapy, these kids really need to get some”. Like I know that there’s been a kind of apocalypse on this Earth but like did every single psychologist die out in that apocalypse lol?!
Contrived shit like that is what really makes it a frustrating watch, not the characters
Any advice on how to get the box set
the only ones I could find on amazon were $300+ and I don't know much about prdering from other sites
So finally getting around to buying it. Any suggestions to get good quality OG series in prices less than $100. Dammit amazon.
I think giving it "Certified Frosty" is a bit much. Rarely, have I watched a series that so shamelessly runs its audience around in circles while leading them on for a payoff which never materializes. Don't get me wrong, it's definitely not a bad series and it certainly has many qualities I find groundbreaking. However, I think there are too many flaws for it to be included among the greats.
the show is a mess! i couldnt watch the last 2 episodes, cause i seriously didnt understand a thing that was happening. but you made a very valid point....this show is from '95. my expectations were too high.
also the budget tanked in the last episodes of the show.
***** Totally supporting your comment. Then, after finishing NGE, go watch the EvaBriged parodies, heck of a fun to watch. Plus, they balance things up for that heavily psychological anime.
man, if you don`t understand it, it is your problem, the fact you are not intelligent enough to understand the ending (or at least not trying to), doesn`t make the ending actually bad. (sorry for my english, this is not my native language)
diego lanzarin No, i dont understand it. despite the appearance of the show, it's not a mecha or even war anime....it has a deep religious background. those who understand that background are more likely to understand and like the anime better. i however, dont. and no, i didnt even try the understand the ending.2 things i am sure of after watching it, is that it truly is highly overrated, and that it's a mess. i've seen anime from around that time that were better put together. so the fact that it's from the 90s is no excuse for it being mess.
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since evangelion was remade twice what r the names of the remakes and should i watch them instead of the original or watch the original
I know there would have been spoiler issues - but has anyone thought of studying or treating the EVA's as characters in their own right? The thought only just occurred to me and that approach might be quite interesting, especially for Unit 01.
To be fair that scene from episode 4 was probably my favourite
18:00 that moment when you predict the future
i just wanna know the piano music used in the background.
I grew up with anime from the late 80s thru the mid 90s. I love mecha anime and somehow some way I never watched evangelion. Also I am a Godzilla fan and the creator of Evagalion just Co directed what I think is a masterpiece, Shin Godzilla. this has spiked my interest in going back and watching Evagalion. should I just start from the beginning and watch the original run, or is there a better place to start?
I don't hate the series, I don't hate shinji as a character, but I can understand why people do
Not gonna lie, hated Asuka when I first saw her in 2.22 (different story, I know), but the bed scene made me realize she was very similar to Shinji who I related to very well. But the rouge Eva scene in that movie completely made me feel pity with her and made me a fan of Evangelion. Having watched the original series as well, I think this scene was much better in the movie. Shinji is hit or miss, some people want to give him a hug and others want to take his lunch money. As a fan who can relate to being an antisocial teenager, I fall into the former.
Good perspective on everything! I can definitely see how someone that will watch NGE for the first time after seeing a review on it may walk away not getting what they thought they would. For me it’s crazy to think that I watched NGE for the first time when I was 14 turning 15 and had no real foundation of knowledge of anime so this series hit me hard mentally. It made me think about many things that a typical teen might not think about. But I think that’s one of the great things about anime that is different from standard American television. And I’m not even a huge anime fan at all.
So which collection is best to purchase: Perfect or Platinum?