What Is Evangelion (Objectively) About?

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  • Опубліковано 25 чер 2024
  • Trapped in the void between the 1’s and 0’s of cyberspace, one man undergoes a perilous journey in search for answers. Will he try and fail just like so many truth seekers before him have, or will he finally be the one to discover what Neon Genesis Evangelion is objectively about?
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    0:00 Intro
    2:02 Part 1 - What is Eva?
    12:22 Part 2 - What is Mecha?
    21:39 Part 3 - What is Symbolism?
    35:23 Part 4 - What is Canon?
    47:34 Part 5 - What is Authorial Intent?
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  • @SelectScreen
    @SelectScreen  4 роки тому +168

    [To the tune of, “Let’s All Go to the Lobby”]:
    Let’s all get in the robot,
    Let’s all get in the robot,
    Let’s all get in the roboooooot,
    To initiate Third Impact!

    • @IjiModo
      @IjiModo 4 роки тому +7

      Select Screen it takes a lot of pressure off knowing the best comment was already written.

    • @eyrist1369
      @eyrist1369 3 роки тому

      welcome to the terror dome, the upper echelon investing on these large balls,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

    • @crazydave318
      @crazydave318 3 роки тому

      Gol fish.

  • @thehedgehogsdilemma9478
    @thehedgehogsdilemma9478 4 роки тому +485

    Well that’s easy, the answer obviously is that It all returns to nothing, it all comes tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down.

    • @weberman173
      @weberman173 4 роки тому +16

      and that the best thing to do is to end it all, and leave forever.

  • @Amandauniversehub
    @Amandauniversehub 4 роки тому +203

    Gendo starts the 5th impact with his silky Smooth face

    • @pumpiikinglive
      @pumpiikinglive 4 роки тому +11

      alvis the drunk universe uh it’s called shave impact thank you very much

    • @machiavelli612
      @machiavelli612 3 роки тому +9

      SHAVEU IMPACTU

  • @timdolinger1352
    @timdolinger1352 4 роки тому +106

    One of my favorite details about the original anime is that the evas are never consistent in their size. Sometimes they're gigantic and towering like Godzilla, and sometimes they can use normal-sized apartment buildings as cover.

    • @cursedcliff7562
      @cursedcliff7562 Рік тому +10

      what if the buildings are just not consistent in their size?

    • @youtubecensorship842
      @youtubecensorship842 11 місяців тому +4

      What if the Shinji/Asuka hospital scene is the thing changing in length?

    • @keithlee1007
      @keithlee1007 11 місяців тому

      @@youtubecensorship842 what does that even mean?

  • @Dorian_sapiens
    @Dorian_sapiens 4 роки тому +70

    Getting trapped in cyberspace for a month is true dedication to the craft.

  • @wowee7233
    @wowee7233 4 роки тому +332

    I’ll never understand how people can call End of Eva cynical when the last 15 minutes of that film exist.

    • @TheNinjaSasquatch5
      @TheNinjaSasquatch5 4 роки тому +18

      Or last 10. Nice get to heaven pic btw. Love that album

    • @williamjackson460
      @williamjackson460 4 роки тому +3

      I didn't like the I feel sick scene like why was that there

    • @williamjackson460
      @williamjackson460 4 роки тому

      How was Aska alive

    • @SammytheawesomeILikePotatoes
      @SammytheawesomeILikePotatoes 4 роки тому +52

      william jackson because she came back. Everyone turned to lcl, even people who recently deceased (as shown by the slaughtered nerv agents turning to lcl too). So ausuka within the lcl decided to come back. And in a poetic way, two of the most broken people who have turned their back on society time and time again, are the first to come back.

    • @antonioscendrategattico2302
      @antonioscendrategattico2302 3 роки тому +36

      I agree tbh. Like, the last ten minutes of EoE are literally all about telling the viewer that actually, this story full of giant robots and monsters, conspiracies, mystery and murder had been about love all along. Seriously, Yui, Rei and Kaworu basically tell Gendo exactly that at the end. It really was all about love, how all humans need it and deserve it, and there's nothing to gain from closing yourself off. And that still holds true even when the world is ending.

  • @samjames6714
    @samjames6714 4 роки тому +137

    “A persons’s truth is so simple, that most ignore it to concentrate on what they think are deeper truths.”
    -Kaji.
    I think the same goes for this anime.

    • @antonioscendrategattico2302
      @antonioscendrategattico2302 3 роки тому +14

      Holy shit. If you pay attention just a bit it turns out that the real message of Evangelion was right there all along.

    • @zombiekiller225
      @zombiekiller225 3 роки тому +2

      I agree I could sum it up to just is existence and consciousness worth it? And EOE basically says probably

  • @johnpaulcross424
    @johnpaulcross424 3 роки тому +35

    I disagree with your sentiment that End of Eva replaces 25 and 26, rather they coexist with EoE taking place primarily in the physical world while 25 and 26 take place entirely within the character’s minds, and can be supported with the split second shots of the MC’s deaths in the latter being followed up on in EoE.

  • @eldritchangel4058
    @eldritchangel4058 4 роки тому +32

    "What would you do to shave the world?" Shave Impact!

  • @SEGAClownboss
    @SEGAClownboss 4 роки тому +88

    Your flannel really matches up your hair colour, it's really nice

    • @SelectScreen
      @SelectScreen  4 роки тому +8

      Ha, thank you. It is probably one of my favorite shirts that I own.

  • @jeezumcrow1007
    @jeezumcrow1007 4 роки тому +143

    In eoe shinji plays at the park by himself and there are studio lights all around him. This shows that gendo manipulated shinjis entire childhood to create the kind of person whose ego could be broken down to bring on third impact.

    • @auxometer
      @auxometer 3 роки тому +18

      big brain moment

    • @imtm
      @imtm 2 роки тому +1

      No fucking way

    • @IDontLikePplPlayinOnMyPhone
      @IDontLikePplPlayinOnMyPhone Рік тому +9

      Idk why ppl seem to forget this, but Shinji’s mother also insisted he was present the day she decided to become one with the Evangelion. I think there is absolutely an intentional traumatizing of Shinji by his parents to make him capable of disassociating for their later ambitions. The more I looked into that, the more I see Yuri, not Gendo, as the architect of the events we witness. She’s often treated like an NPC, or just, “she’s good cuz Gendo is bad and she’s a woman! His mom!” But watch the episode where it goes back to when his parents meet and are working together and pay close attention to the convo Yui has with the professor dude (later Gendo’s right hand man) under a tree

    • @jeezumcrow1007
      @jeezumcrow1007 Рік тому +3

      @@IDontLikePplPlayinOnMyPhone Their entire class is filled with children who lost their mothers. Sacrificed to create candidates for the Eva program. We know asuka found her mom, and Shinji was there during the experiment that took Yui. This is part of what you could call a ritual. It's never really explained why gender seems Shinji away. He was probably with handlers that helped mold him the way that was necessary.

    • @IDontLikePplPlayinOnMyPhone
      @IDontLikePplPlayinOnMyPhone Рік тому +2

      @@jeezumcrow1007 true but in shinji’s unique case, his mother was not only an active participant in the organizations that were behind 3rd impact and the HIP but she also knew some sort of crazy shenanigans were going to occur that one day she just so happened to want shinji to be present. We don’t exactly the know the context of the other kids losing their mothers, but I’m assuming it wasn’t nearly as intentionally as how Yui got herself “lost” (or immortalized or transcended her humanity to become godlike” etc

  • @Ravangers
    @Ravangers 4 роки тому +17

    ITS ABOUT PEN PEN! LOOK AT HIM DAMN IT! LOOK AT HIM!

    • @AndrewDasilvaPLT
      @AndrewDasilvaPLT Рік тому +1

      Fun fact, he was in the show a total of 4min18s.

  • @EyeoftheU
    @EyeoftheU 4 роки тому +145

    Regarding 45:38-45:51. I think it should be considered that there is indeed a gap between those two moments. A very literal gap, actually; one of time. EoE implies (very, _very_ subtly, admittedly, but the visual clues are there) that Shinji and Asuka doesn't return at the same time. In fact, it is indicated that Shinji has been alone in the post-3rd Impact wasteland for a considerable amount of time. Long enough time at least to come the conclusion that everyone he cared about were dead, and then erecting grave markers over them. It is really no wonder he is somewhat off his rocker in that scene.

    • @TahniZCat2
      @TahniZCat2 Рік тому +5

      This is true. The cross misato gives him ends up left on a post/tree, with the look of rust developing over it, even though the object was seen being recently given to him in movie.

  • @ironmountain7907
    @ironmountain7907 4 роки тому +122

    30:30 I feel like you missed the whole point of the way NGE uses sexuality. It’s very different from other anime because it specifically is *not* fan service- the sexuality is used to show tropes of what it’s like to grow up a confused teenager. Shinji’s whole wants to have sex with/acknowledges that misato is hot goes into the Freudian stuff about abandonment, and even more so rei. Not to mention that asuka uses her sexuality as a tool to manipulate people around her so she doesn’t have to face her real emotional turmoil.
    So I basically completely disagree with you, but I really enjoyed most of the video! It was very high quality and I think you have some pretty decent analysis skills, I’ll sub.

    • @mahmudmurad4655
      @mahmudmurad4655 3 роки тому +7

      Totally agree with you, and also i enjoy a ot this video.

    • @bannedmann4469
      @bannedmann4469 2 роки тому

      Yes.

    • @opera8479
      @opera8479 2 роки тому +3

      I like the video but it is by far the worst eva analysis so far.

    • @dani01949
      @dani01949 Рік тому

      NGE uses sexuality as a subversion. The rebuild movies, don't.

    • @razorslazor6021
      @razorslazor6021 4 місяці тому

      And then the Rebuild movies happen

  • @EnbyNomad
    @EnbyNomad 4 роки тому +22

    I love longform Video Essays like this

  • @jacobjensen7704
    @jacobjensen7704 4 роки тому +13

    Being a major fan of Gundam, I think one of the biggest differences I remember when watching both shows is that when watching the mechs fight in Gundam, the Gundam and the pilots almost always felt like they were totally stomping their opponents without even trying. The style of combat felt a lot more glorious, the good guys defeating the bad in a really obvious fashion. It didn't matter how much of a struggle it was for the good guys, 99% of the time, when they finally beat the bad guys, it was a happy ending. This might not be as true for the UC timeline, but it sure feels that way in most of the other ones.
    Eva didn't feel that way at all. I remember when watching the combat scenes in Eva where the pilots in the Eva's took on the Angels, it felt so much more desperate, and the outcomes never felt clean, or triumphant. It didn't have that same glory of battle that I saw in a lot of Gundam fights. It felt super messy, super short, super desperate, kinda what I imagine real fights would feel like.

  • @johnforkner
    @johnforkner 4 роки тому +26

    What was “sudden” about the final two episodes’ dives into the psychology of the characters? We’d been getting tastes of this all along with Shinji on the train etc. These episodes are so artistically bold that I can’t imagine this whole thing wasn’t completely intentional.

    • @burneraccount2240
      @burneraccount2240 3 роки тому

      they ran out of budget my nigga, you got duped into thinking dog shit animation was deep lmfao.

    • @scarlet7960
      @scarlet7960 2 роки тому

      Yep, they completely ran out of time and budget. Considering the circumstance they were pretty dam good episodes but still even calling them an "ending" is a stretch

    • @evanc8057
      @evanc8057 Рік тому +1

      @@scarlet7960 No they were absolutely the true intent of the show. The entire show is about how self-worth is important and how to create meaning from absolute freedom. Everything else is a side drama. EoE was created due to hate mail because fans didn’t understand the ending so he tried created it as a middle finger to the fans.

    • @scarlet7960
      @scarlet7960 Рік тому

      @@evanc8057 mabye, well never know for sure so it's up to different people's different interpretations, which is probably why Eva's so cool because 6 months later my views of the show have changed a ton

  • @definitelynotethan7959
    @definitelynotethan7959 3 роки тому +5

    the plot device of you being stuck in the void of endless fan theories is just so funny😂

  • @MrEgo-sl3fp
    @MrEgo-sl3fp 2 роки тому +10

    I think Shinji's realization that he can learn to love himself does happen both* in NGE and the movie, but in the movie it happens *after* Asuka's caress, while in the original series this happens mid-instrumentality, so really, this idea that Shinji from the movie and the series are radically different in their approach of instrumentality doesn't hold any water for me, knowing that in the end, they both end up on the same psychological page.

    • @dylon4906
      @dylon4906 10 місяців тому

      this comment right here helped me to finally understand the final scene of eoe. shinji's hate and apathy for other people and existence in general is represented by him strangling asuka. he is shown unconditional love from asuka caressing his face while he's literally strangling her. because of this, he relents, and I think he cries at the realization that he was wrong to have harbored this much hate for existence and that love makes life truly worth living. asuka calls him disgusting because his apathetic view on life really was disgusting

  • @tasogarerubica
    @tasogarerubica 4 роки тому +16

    There's a great biography... "observational" log of who Anno is like day to day. It's written by his wife, who is a manga author, and documents the day to day interaction with her husband. It really gives insight to how he usually conducts himself and ... well.. He's the geekiest nerd and objectively the first gen of the breed of otakus.

  • @ArchiduquesaMA
    @ArchiduquesaMA 3 роки тому +5

    The original ending will always be the best

  • @nameq
    @nameq 4 роки тому +14

    I'm genuinely impressed

  • @Dani-fl7hp
    @Dani-fl7hp 3 роки тому +8

    Me: Hey you should watch Evangelion!
    Person: Well what is it about?
    Me:

  • @patrickst.pierre3452
    @patrickst.pierre3452 3 місяці тому +1

    The effort in the intro alone hooked me. Great video and great analysis! This anime was pivotal in my high school years. It gave me a strange kind of existential hope.

  • @cameronzero
    @cameronzero 4 роки тому +8

    haha, the first time you said "i know what eva is about" i thought to myself "he's gonna either admit he doesn't know, or just book end the tirade to refrain from having to admit he doesn't"
    good stuff

  • @somebodyontheinternet1090
    @somebodyontheinternet1090 2 роки тому

    Thanks for taking the time and the effort to make this video

  • @griffin3826
    @griffin3826 Рік тому +1

    I really hope part 2 can be uploaded somewhere else or brought back, it’s a video I would come back to every once in a while because it’s so good. Sad to see it gone.

  • @smashbuddie
    @smashbuddie Рік тому

    This video was amazing!

  • @demogeymidge2997
    @demogeymidge2997 4 роки тому +55

    Og ending: Hopeful but technically hopeless as everyone is stuck in a state of constant intimacy and never capable of leaving.
    EoE ending: Hopeless but technically hopeful as everyone can leave that constant intimacy if they wish to.

    • @mehmetersahin9602
      @mehmetersahin9602 4 роки тому +9

      The of ending and the eoe are actually the same og takes place in shinjis head while eoe shows what is happening outside

    • @demogeymidge2997
      @demogeymidge2997 4 роки тому +8

      Episodes 25 & 26 aren’t actually in Shinji’s head, just the mandatory acceptance of his flaws as he failed to prevent or allowed instrumentality to take place and must become intimate with others whether he likes it or not. While Shinji in EoE only partially accepts his flaws and in a much more painful manner, having to accept the rest of his flaws and learning to be happy even with them during the remainder of his time alone with Asuka, which could be the rest of his life.

    • @speedtracker9556
      @speedtracker9556 3 роки тому

      @@demogeymidge2997 what does Og and EoE stand for?

    • @demogeymidge2997
      @demogeymidge2997 3 роки тому

      Why’d you click on the vid if you don’t know what they stand for

    • @33blue
      @33blue 3 роки тому

      @@speedtracker9556 Probably Original (ep 25/26 of the anime) and End of Evangelion (the movie)

  • @FemboyFloret
    @FemboyFloret 4 роки тому +51

    I really like this video but i had to look at something else while watching it because
    as soon as i noticed him reading his script off-camera I couldn't focus on anything but his eyes darting all over the place.

    • @zephyr1600
      @zephyr1600 4 роки тому +8

      FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE WHO NOTICED HIS EYES LITERALLY LOOK LIKE SOMEONE ROLLING ON MOLLY LMAO

    • @Giganfan2k1
      @Giganfan2k1 3 роки тому

      @@zephyr1600 It is all I could see. :/
      Listened to the first half. Then watched the second. I think it does better as a purely auditory essay.

    • @libertsiagian7685
      @libertsiagian7685 3 роки тому

      lol yeah at first i thought he hated his job 😂😂😂

    • @tomtramita2516
      @tomtramita2516 3 роки тому

      Thank you!!! :D

  • @alyssals2530
    @alyssals2530 3 роки тому +3

    wow i was so keen to get a “real” answer, but the way you didnt understand at all was so frustrating because that is the answer 😭😭

  • @satsivinarsharab5343
    @satsivinarsharab5343 4 роки тому +29

    I was mostly just disagreeing with you at the beginning, but since I listen to these vids more like podcasts, I decided to stay. I really liked that in the end you came to almost the same conclusion as me. You did an amazing job.
    I have just this one thing about your commentary on women's portrayal: I really do think it was intentional in that context. Despite the fact that Asuka and Rei represent similarities between waifu trends of that time, does it really mean that they are devoided of character? I strongly disagree. I also do really think that the show punishes you for viewing them as objects, or at least, trues to. After all you said yourself that Anno is a very sensitive person, so I think that he truly underestimated the extent to which otaku will go to protect their little world, which resulted in his dissatisfaction with his work, and REBuild movies as a comeback. I really recommend you look more into that theory (Rebuild as a "Eva done like you wanted" to once again make fans face the reality).
    You have too little subs, comments and views for such an amazing analysis. That's a pity.

    • @SelectScreen
      @SelectScreen  4 роки тому +13

      Thanks for the kind words, and as with basically any aspect of Evangelion, I will happily admit that the role of women in the series is a highly contested field. As I pointed out, I definitely do think there are parts of Eva that are very specifically meant to be critical of fanservice tropes in anime, and I would even agree on the whole, it handles this much better with Rei and Asuka as opposed to the other characters. But where I have a big problem fully buying into Eva on this level is how Misato and Ritsuko are portrayed, especially in the last handful of episodes. Even if they were trying to do something more subversive with those characters, it just doesn't work for me at all. It comes off as punishing any woman for daring to want any kind of a sex life or societal role outside of being a mother or parental figure, and it just feels really gross.

    • @satsivinarsharab5343
      @satsivinarsharab5343 4 роки тому +3

      Select Screen That is a really interesting point. I guess I was so aware that I, as a viewer, see them through Shinji, who has f-ed up thoughts about women, so I just rolled with it. I do see your point tho.
      And btw you have a great voice! I am a new sub ;)

  • @TOKYOTOYBANZAI
    @TOKYOTOYBANZAI 3 роки тому

    Great objective analysis!

  • @Comedyteamz
    @Comedyteamz 3 роки тому +6

    You sure end of eva is an alternative ending? I always felt it was the same ending but from a different perspective.

    • @jakstorm3180
      @jakstorm3180 3 роки тому

      That's how I see it.. when Shinji is at the end with everyone around him and EoE was what really was going on. A different perspective

  • @Abaddon_Narukami
    @Abaddon_Narukami 3 роки тому +4

    I came just wondering about Evangelion and I ended up watching the whole thing

  • @militiav6069
    @militiav6069 4 роки тому

    so glad I woke up to this at 1:30 AM.
    Subscribed

  • @Gabdube
    @Gabdube 4 роки тому +6

    Well, when presented with many contradicting interpretations about something, there is actually two possible situations: 1) Most are necessarily wrong and one or a few may be right; or 2) _all_ of them are wrong and nobody has been right so far.

  • @krspykreame1
    @krspykreame1 2 роки тому +1

    I think Eva for me is just about: "go outside baka"

  • @rossferguson9653
    @rossferguson9653 4 роки тому +11

    Eva means whatever you think it is. I recently watched NGE the entire way through. Now that i had already seen it once through, I can see past all the jargon and strange events, letting me understand as I feel it represents. I understand NGE as a show about motherhood, growing up and birth/rebirth. Like when shinji first 'gets in the robot', he has to learn to walk again, has to learn how to do something very basic, and I feel the angels represent different struggles that somebody growing up would have to deal with, such as leilel, the big shadow that traps shinji and unit 01, I feel represents depression, where shinji is all alone in this massive unending void. Another is Bardiel, the Unit 03/Tohji angel, who represents the struggle (and illusion) of choice, his father telling him to kill the angel (and in doing so probably killing tohji), but In the and he has no choice and is used to kill him, and almost forced to watch. It's somewhat flimsy but I don't care, cause that's how I represent it.
    Oh yea also bread video, you did a great job of trying to decide Eva without personal bias, which is extremely difficult.

    • @wyleong4326
      @wyleong4326 4 роки тому +1

      Ross Ferguson it is in its mysteries that gives form to the thoughts that reside in us. And that’s what makes it genius and timeless.
      As i grew up away from my parents and not having many friends - the theme of abandonment, depression and friendship rings sharply for me.
      However, I know as I live and experience life... NGE as the name suggests will bring a ‘new retelling of the good news’ which is Life itself. Therein, a hopeful message with a side tale of potential despair and destruction - if you let it.

  • @francescobilleci
    @francescobilleci 3 роки тому

    I’m only 10 minutes into the video, but I have to say I love your style.
    I’m glad it was in my recommendations.

  • @jon-laurencedecespedes2811
    @jon-laurencedecespedes2811 3 роки тому +1

    this is it. this is what i've been looking for. nothing else comes close..
    a true video discourse on the Evangelion franchise, the major fan theories, and the nitty gritty of the narrative itself from a Western, if not objective approach . most impressive. truly!

  • @hawkeyenextgen7117
    @hawkeyenextgen7117 Рік тому +6

    Neon Genesis Evangelion nearly drove me to suicide.
    Seeing Shinji suffering is like seeing myself suffer, because at one point in time I was almost exactly like him, especially back in 10th grade when I was bullied to the brink of suicide. I simply cannot tolerate watching Eva. I felt forced to relive my trauma upon viewing it. I’m deathly afraid of it. Twice I had a nightmare where I saw myself as Shinji choking Asuka and starting the Third Impact. I’ve been struggling with this newfound depression ever since.
    I was obsessed with the series for over a year to try and outwit the isolation of the Coronavirus pandemic. It only increased the burden, and kept the memory of my friend’s recent suicide alive.
    Watching the End of Evangelion was like peering into a broken mirror, and I was viewing the hell I would’ve put myself through had things turned out differently, had I decided to give up living. It still haunts me to this day.
    Sometimes I hated myself because I failed to appreciate what so many have claimed to idolize, and I would beat myself further for failing to prause what they call praiseworthy, I forced myself to watch a show that reminded me of nothing but pain just so I wouldn’t be alone anymore, I was willing to sacrifice my individuality for some company amidst the isolation of the pandemic.
    I sought emotional refuge in the Evangelion fandom on social media, hoping they’d understand me and provide me with answers that would grant me peace of mind. Instead, they downplayed my trauma, going so far as to spread a rumor of my past to shame me of my mental illness, spiraling me deeper into depression, which I’ve been struggling with for over a year now.
    I just wanted Shinji to be happy, so this past self of mine can be laid to rest once more. I’m afraid to decouple myself from him after losing my friend to suicide, which Eva made me feel responsible for, especially when I saw Shinji kill Kaworu, of which I fail to understand how anyone can call it praiseworthy. Until then, I feel nothing else mattered.
    There’s a reason why I keep coming back to Evangelion; something that reminds me of nothing but pain.
    I want to prove to myself I’m not crazy for feeling this way, that Evangelion really did force me to relive my trauma, that my depression is not just a figment of my imagination or another anime plot point. I want to feel that my fear and resentment towards Eva is justified.
    But the fact I’m the only one I know in existence who’s been traumatized by an anime makes me feel like I really am crazy.
    But finally, with Evangelion 3.0+1.0 released, I can rest easy knowing that Shinji has finally reached the light at the end of the tunnel. Evangelion is finished, and I want it to remain that way.
    But if things hadn’t turned out that way, I wouldn’t be here today.

  • @jackdunne6152
    @jackdunne6152 Рік тому +1

    One reason Evangelion subverts the mecha genre is that the evas aren't technically mecha. They're something else, completely different, but we don't learn that until later on.

  • @seastormsinger
    @seastormsinger 4 роки тому +13

    As a feminine female fan of anime (since the 90s) the defense of fan service and the misunderstanding of its purpose has plagued me.
    I was a grown ass woman before I even realized that it was there. I know.
    Much like deeper themes in kids cartoons, I just wasn't able to see past those things that I was actually interested in, which was mostly magic and plot and pretty clothing. Now that I have, I do get annoyed by it more than I used to, though this is partially due to the uptick in its prevalence.
    Back in the day it at least *tried* to be subtle sometimes.
    But really, at this point, I think its more a point against an anime if it has to rely on fan service. Anime fans who aren't there for the uncomfortable looking boob and butt shots (many of which are... not pleasant to imagine being in. Ow) exist, and even fans of such things aren't usually so shallow as to no watch a show simply because there isn't anatomically implausible female objectifying that is at best completely tangential to the plot. It sort of speaks to the quality of your show if it doesn't (or does) need to rely on cheep shots to draw an audience.
    Though, I gotta say, I do like it when people point out how gross it is to sexually objectify characters that are supposed to be children. I may not have noticed it when I was a kid, but serious. ew.

  • @ridleysomeliana-lauer5814
    @ridleysomeliana-lauer5814 4 роки тому +6

    I'm curious what your take on the three timelines actually being one continuous looping event is.

  • @bruhmingo
    @bruhmingo 3 роки тому +3

    Just here to remind everyone that both endings are canon. EoE didn’t retcon anything.

  • @bigrivet985
    @bigrivet985 4 роки тому +2

    "What is Evangelion about?"
    "Yes."

  • @Apathesis0
    @Apathesis0 Місяць тому

    Lol the cicadas. What a perfect intro.

  • @daddygrasshopper
    @daddygrasshopper Рік тому

    Excellent stuff, this video is so so underviewed! But what happened to Pt 2??

    • @SelectScreen
      @SelectScreen  Рік тому +1

      unfortunately... copyright claims happened.

    • @daddygrasshopper
      @daddygrasshopper Рік тому +1

      @@SelectScreen Noooo!! Any plans to reupload? Or is it lost to the UA-cam cosmos....

  • @fernando-sl7qm
    @fernando-sl7qm Рік тому

    That freaking cicada noise is my favorite part 😅

  • @jakenorthbriz
    @jakenorthbriz 4 роки тому

    Sweet vid bro! We've all asked that question, it's a fucking hard one. All I know is it's a nostalgic, complicated and beautiful masterpiece. Cool vid

  • @navivaldez6240
    @navivaldez6240 3 роки тому +1

    You rlly had to hit us with the evangelion dub 😳

  • @ChrisBeardcore
    @ChrisBeardcore 2 роки тому +1

    Anno always stated "the end of evangelion" is an alternative ending . No need to put em together like ep 25&26 is his inner mind dialog and End of eva is what happens outside around him nor try to figure out wich ending fits him more like his true nature and charackter ...they ment to be different , thats it, that simple xD

  • @asgads
    @asgads 3 місяці тому

    giant robots fighting monsters to stop the end of the world + sprinkled with a coming of age story the hard way

  • @mushymcmushington7176
    @mushymcmushington7176 3 роки тому +1

    Jesus Christ the Netflix dub is so, so, SO much better than the original dub.

  • @plebb2991
    @plebb2991 4 роки тому +2

    I don’t really agree with the things you’ve said, but it seems like you spent a lot of time with this. Nevertheless, it was a compelling and a well constructed analysis full of hard hitting questions and concepts! Keep up the great work!!

  • @sadia6503
    @sadia6503 4 роки тому +1

    I loved watching this and felt very validated by some of the conclusions you came to, especially when you disagree with the subversion idea and the religious symbolism as big parts because I also feel like that's a very small part of the whole.

  • @AndrewDasilvaPLT
    @AndrewDasilvaPLT Рік тому

    Seeing Lalah on screen makes me weep, any time I see her.
    PS: there are photos of Anno in Sunrise Studio in 1980-1 when Encounters In Space was wrapping up.

  • @RinocerontusReal
    @RinocerontusReal 4 роки тому +3

    8:29
    Coronavirus: *Allow me to introduce myself*

    • @SelectScreen
      @SelectScreen  4 роки тому

      Ha! I forgot about that part. Really glad I added the extra caveat at the end there.

  • @LiveHedgehog
    @LiveHedgehog 4 місяці тому

    It's hard to say whether 25/26 and End of Evangelion are both happening at the same time or not. The previews at the end of 24 show scenes from EoE, and scenes in 25/26 rely on context from EoE too.

  • @ridleysomeliana-lauer5814
    @ridleysomeliana-lauer5814 4 роки тому +2

    Altho I have to keep saying it til I die, Eva is NOT a Mecha anime.

  • @ajflink
    @ajflink 2 місяці тому

    It could just be about acceptance of one's existence instead of despising, hating, and/or questioning one's existence.

  • @greggoat6570
    @greggoat6570 4 роки тому

    Okay please for the love of god tell me the name of the music track with the bongos and shit. It places throughout episodes 25 and 26, and I’ve never been able to find its title or anything. Please help.
    Also cool video.

  • @jimmothypakistan5223
    @jimmothypakistan5223 2 місяці тому

    where are you getting that shinji rejects instrumentality in the TV show?

  • @nightknight-7768
    @nightknight-7768 4 роки тому +2

    I’m so used to the Netflix dub that the original dub sounds so funky

    • @SelectScreen
      @SelectScreen  4 роки тому

      I strongly prefer the original dub, but I'm not going to try and pretend like that's due to anything other than nostalgia.

    • @nightknight-7768
      @nightknight-7768 4 роки тому

      Select Screen Yeah It’s because the Netflix dub was my first exposure to eva. However, I do like Asuka’s 1990 VA, she’s far less “annoying”’ in tone

  • @kendricklyon9633
    @kendricklyon9633 Рік тому

    When shinji strangles asuka, is that him deciding to initiate instrumentality? Also, when was he even given that option? I’ve seen countless lore videos, I’ve watched end of eva so many times, I’ve seen the show twice and it still doesn’t make sense.

  • @KarolaTea
    @KarolaTea 3 роки тому +2

    Well all I know about it is that the title music is darn good. And I think that's the most important thing, right?
    Supposed to be out in 2020? ::chuckles::
    A decent guy who's a good teacher, or a creep... or maybe things aren't as black and white. Heh.
    Very interesting video, thank you! :D

    • @SelectScreen
      @SelectScreen  3 роки тому +1

      Turns out, A Cruel Angel's Thesis was the only objectively good thing in Eva.

    • @KarolaTea
      @KarolaTea 3 роки тому

      Although I'd argue it might maybe not be good. It's sounds way to cheery for what the series sounds to be. Then again, subversion of expectations, or expression hope... hmm... I'd say that song alone warrants another 30 minute analysis ;)

  • @this.is.lapc506
    @this.is.lapc506 3 роки тому

    53:32 for those of you who didn't grasp what the OP is talking about, search for self-concept, self-projection and introjection.

  • @rafflesia5165
    @rafflesia5165 4 роки тому

    Can someone please tell me the name of the song at 4:56?

  • @evilotto9200
    @evilotto9200 4 роки тому +3

    Part 6 - What's with that ending?

  • @niurandoneich
    @niurandoneich 4 роки тому +2

    Great video. Everyone of us that have bashed our heads against Eva's story and meaning completely understand your precautions when you talk about it.
    I just have a mild criticism. Even though I agree with what you said about the christian symbolism and how it doesn't even matter much in the grand scheme of the story unless you dig really deep into how it connects with everything else, I don't agree that it is a "recognizable pattern" of sorts to tell the story. If I remember correctly, Anno spent a lot of time studying christian religion and many of the references and names that appear in his work in any shape or form are actually outside of the bible and have a lot to do with how it was formed and what texts were refused to be "canon" in christian and judaic religions. For example, Guf, the Chamber of Guf and the Doors of Guf are relevant and most people that are christians probably know nothing at all about them if they even heard of them, so I believe that the christian and judeic references are no coincidence here. If they wanted something similar to be understood as a reference or an aestheic choice by the audience, they would have probably just repurposed and recontextualize purgatory or something similar within catholic "mainstream" religion and that would have been good enough to get their point across.
    That also drags me directly into Death of the Author points of views because Anno keeps saying that the judeochristian references are just for show in interviews still to this day, but I'm willing to give up the pursue of understanding Eva completely because it's more interesting and deeper this way.
    Sorry for bad englando no copy pasterino and all that.

  • @gormanls
    @gormanls 3 роки тому

    Nice ending.

  • @cooper4068
    @cooper4068 Рік тому

    new movie more or less confirms that og show and rebuild are the same timeline sorta maybe

  • @dannywhite9975
    @dannywhite9975 Рік тому

    12:08 - no way!

  • @emperorpalpatine1
    @emperorpalpatine1 4 роки тому +1

    Yes

  • @saadabdullah3225
    @saadabdullah3225 3 роки тому +1

    Refusing to say the word waifu? You earned a like, and potentially a sub.

  • @Crbrundidge
    @Crbrundidge 3 роки тому

    The Ragnarok Connection from Code Geass is literally the exact same thing as The Instrumentality Project.

  • @d3vilman555
    @d3vilman555 4 роки тому

    End of Eva was actually the original planned ending for the tv series tho

  • @lukejames7931
    @lukejames7931 3 роки тому

    Don't look at his eyes guys, once you do you can't unsee it

  • @zorrozombie667
    @zorrozombie667 4 роки тому +4

    did you grow a beard for the video scene?

    • @SelectScreen
      @SelectScreen  4 роки тому +5

      Well, it was more a matter of I usually have a beard, and then shaved it for the intro. (although I did let the beard get a bit more shaggy than usual for this one.)

  • @user-zp1cs3yr8e
    @user-zp1cs3yr8e 3 дні тому

    egotism ruins one's life. shinji looks humble but in reality he is not. he never did act against his feelings, he never take initiative to betray himself. that passivity and prolonged dream can not last forever. and in this case it's end with a catastrophe for humanity and metanarratively with suicide.

  • @dooshmasta
    @dooshmasta 4 роки тому +1

    Bro how big is your teleprompter?

  • @TheCoolhead27
    @TheCoolhead27 4 роки тому

    Some say if you enter the void there's no way out.

  • @kat8559
    @kat8559 3 роки тому +3

    Weird amount of bad faith in the comments. Here to add a little compliment to the sandwich. I definitely disagreed in parts and i think you may want to get more comfortable looking at the camera during line readings (it's difficult for me personally) but overall I enjoyed the video and subbed. Idk why people get mad when youtube video essayists are openly leftist. Who do they expect to be making video essays with critical theory in them? Alt right trolls who are 35 but still use the r word? Keep doing what ur doing m8.
    Edit: if anyone is looking for an answer, my subjective opinion of what evangelion is 'objectively' about in one word is: connection.

  • @scorinnotborin2652
    @scorinnotborin2652 2 роки тому +1

    Would you mind if I made a video about gurren lagann using a similar title to yours?

    • @SelectScreen
      @SelectScreen  2 роки тому +1

      Go for it. The title is nowhere near original enough that you need to ask permission. Drop me a link when/if you put it out.

    • @scorinnotborin2652
      @scorinnotborin2652 2 роки тому +1

      @@SelectScreen will do.

  • @Anatrok
    @Anatrok 4 роки тому +1

    Small nitpick...The episode scrapped due to aum sarin gas attack is just a rumor. I have never been able to find any sources on this. If ÿøû compare the series to the original proposal ÿøû’ll find there was some changes and rearrangements, but it mostly sticks to the same plot points until the last episodes. Even then 25’ Air (the first half of End of Evangelion) adheres to the proposal after a fashion. Also most of the “Death threat” letters flashed on the screen during 26’ まごころを、君に were actually letter of support, or at least neutral “loved the show, that ending was crazy lul”
    Other than that, I really enjoyed the video. I came in super skeptical, but don't regret the hour. I resent you for dismissing the manga, but respect the decision. Ÿøû got me for another 25 minutes...

  • @chernoalpha0481
    @chernoalpha0481 3 роки тому

    For me is a love story of Gedo that we see through shinji eyes xD

  • @razorslazor6021
    @razorslazor6021 4 місяці тому

    Maybe the real Evangelion was the friends we made (and possibly got killed) along the way

  • @blackzeus8176
    @blackzeus8176 4 роки тому

    Years later . we knooow whats its about.

  • @tesla3695
    @tesla3695 3 роки тому

    32:49 titillating...i see what you did there

  • @DaniJ2891
    @DaniJ2891 4 роки тому

    oh my god yes

  • @jacksoncarder8103
    @jacksoncarder8103 2 роки тому +1

    This sounds different, did Netflix redo the dub?

  • @zooblesdoobles7298
    @zooblesdoobles7298 3 роки тому

    nice video, althought your eye movements were super distracting

  • @jakstorm3180
    @jakstorm3180 3 роки тому

    Asuka didnt want to be with Shinji she was disgusted that they were the last two left to start over

  • @xxsinfulxbumxx6341
    @xxsinfulxbumxx6341 3 роки тому +2

    You get a like for dunking on moral relativists. Great stuff, my dude.

  • @dmitrysamoilov5989
    @dmitrysamoilov5989 2 роки тому

    It's about hideiki anno(shinji) who is in love with asuka, but neither of them are experienced/mature enough to have a relationship. Meanwhile, shinji also likes REI, but he ends up with Mari and let's go of his obsession of asuka. I assume the characters represent real people in anno's life.

  • @tapatiouo6384
    @tapatiouo6384 4 роки тому

    why does the speaker look like he's going to get hit or something
    it was a little distracting, but good info

  • @SentientAnomaly
    @SentientAnomaly 4 роки тому +3

    TL;DW: 57 minutes of talking and the guy does NOT say what Evangelion is objectively about.

  • @athilalthaf6222
    @athilalthaf6222 3 роки тому

    your presentation style reminds me of genetically modified skeptic.
    by the by i heard the religious allegories are mainly taken from Judaism.
    i am not sure if its true.

  • @adrian-qx4wy
    @adrian-qx4wy 4 роки тому

    good