Well this is an unexpected delight. Spidey isn't wrong. Fucked up is not even the word for where NGE is going to take you. All time great anime. Micky, I will say this, NGE's writers knew exactly what they were doing - the lesson wasn't "face your fears", it was "sucks to be you, kid" Also, because it is required: "Get in the fucking robot Shinji"
Americans in a nutshell. There's a giant world-ending monster and they refer to the only chance to defeat it as "child abuse". The ability of Americans to reduce every complex topic into their preferred moral narrative is fascinating.
@@miigi-p4939 Ah, yes, child abuse. It's one of the terms people use to remove all context from a situation. And what the Ukrainian soldiers are doing is murder, arson and destruction of public property, right? How fucked up is that!?
I'm Japanese. Thank for your nice reaction. This anime became a great monument in Japan anime due to the introduction of a deep world view into the anime and the thoughtful placement of characters. If you watch this anime, you may know it because it is a well-known problem, but there are points to be aware of. This anime was broadcast in 1995 and 1996 and consists of 26 episodes. However, the drawing could not be done in time, and episodes 25 and 26 became like sketches. And they produced and aired episodes 25 and 26 as a theatrical version in 1997, so you had better watch both.😄
My phycology professor referenced this series in a conversation about trauma representation in media when I was in college. This was years after I was already obsessed with this incredible series. I really hope you all enjoy this series (and selfishly mentally prepare yourselves to challenge yourselves to REALLY dive deep with this!) 🥰
IT BEGINS! EVA, one of the most critically acclaimed pieces of media to exist! Can't wait to watch along with you guys on this wild ride. And remember, it isn't giving up if you have to research what everything meant after the end...we all had to do that.
I'll be honest with you, the fact us viewers have to do a bunch of wiki research on the show to understand wtf is even going on makes this not a great anime.
@@MichellBollinger I'm not flexing media illiteracy. I don't need to be spoon fed what a story is about but I do expect a series to have reasonable transitions and explain basic plot/lore references that the characters make so that us viewers understand wtf is going on. I didn't even realize the human instrumentality project was even happening in the last two episodes until the end of the last episode.
It was awesome to see Chris get FLCL vibes from this because EVA and FLCL was made by the same studio, Gainax which later on would also make Gurren Lagann which I hope you guys would react to some day.
@@yingyang7448they are great mecha shonen. There are many different types of anime and maybe to you they are not that great. In their category they are very good.
Evangelion is straight up one of the most important franchises I've ever gotten into. To where I can confidently say: it changed my life. And I only watched last year! It's a series I can't promise you'll fall head over heels in love with, but it's an unforgettable ride I think everyone should experience at least once. Pro tip: if you don't understand everything that's happening (and believe me, buckle up), it's OK. Not getting Eva is part of the experience. You don't watch Eva to understand it necessarily. You watch it to FEEL it.
"You don't watch Eva to understand it necessarily. You watch it to FEEL it." That's the thing I legit don't understand about the series and it's fans. I also watched it for the first time last year in January. The first few episodes were great. Then it became mid by the end of the first half. Then it became genuinely a slog to get through each episode by the end of the second half. The fans that keep saying, "just do some research after the series, bro" are unfathomable. Why do we need to do a whole lot of wiki research on basic plot/lore questions when the show itself should have done that?
@@yingyang7448 That's not what the OP is saying though? If you aren't feeling it while you're watching it, then no amount of looking up matters. The ones who are interested in looking up are the ones who felt a certain way while experiencing it(especially EOE in my case) and want more context to make sense of what I saw and felt.
in early 2000's there was a project to make a live action NGE movie in the US. Gainax (the owners) pulled out for some reason. The word is the script was heavily modified to avoid copyright issues and ended up in the first Pacific Rim. Once you get to know the character and details you'll see why this rumor existed.
Pacific Rim is basically the closest to a live-action NGE we'll get. I like the original movie (I've avoided the sequel like the plague) for what it is, so not too upset.
@@names_are_useless actually PR is pretty good, I disliked a few bits where some things made no sense and it was obvious something carried over from previous iterations of the script, like the sync thing, it is super important in NGE but in PR feels like some shit just tucked in for no reason. And yea, i wont ever watch PR2 xD
After watching this, really excited to watch your reactions on this. Like, "Quit being a pussy and save the world!" and child abuse are like, yeah, Eva in a nutshell. 🤣
I was going to give this show a 8/10 until that finale. Now I see it as a 6/10, maybe even 5. The movie ending is definitely better but still leaves you with many questions
@@zachlapinski5266 nah I actually like it, but I can understand why some people don't it's just hard to digest and I liked it more on successive viewings, I do think what they were going for could have been executed better though
Well... Pacific Rim copied EVA. Evangelion is one of the most influential animes ever, alongside Gundam, Dragon Ball and such titans. Glad to see y'all reacting to it! Prepare for the ride of a lifetime! A N² Mine is a bomb just as powerful as a nuke, minus the radiation. So, it's technically "fine" to detonate one... Fooly Cooly is by the same studio as Eva, Gainax, so you're right.
I got recommended this on Google and I'm so glad! NGE is my favorite anime series and I love seeing people experience it for the first time! I also love hearing their theories and feelings on the show! I'm so binging these 5 episodes y'all got out now and looking forward to seeing y'all finish the series!
When I saw they were doing this I got so hyped. After having seen this reaction I can guarantee that they are so not ready and it’s making me giddy. I hope you guys like this one because it’s honestly one of the most artful shows I’ve ever watched.
As someone who went into this almost completely blind, thinking that it was “ shows that were hyped up the hell back in the day, but haven’t really aged all that well compared to modern contemporary is”, and the boy was I wrong. Have to say this is one of the greatest shows of all time, both in terms of Anime, Tv, hell maybe even media. I hope you enjoy as this show goes from kind of weird, but interesting to “ really dark, like oh my God, how did this even get made like shockingly dark” to “fuck is going”. Also, fun tip in the future: the final episodes and the movie happen concurrently so keep that in mind as the story goes off the fucking rails. Have I said the F word more than I normally should? Yes , but that is only because I absolutely love the show. 10/10 would watch with anyone just to get the reaction.
YES! What a great surprise this is! Evangelion is such a wild ride, some people hate it, some love it, but it is undoubtedly iconic. You guys talked a lot about seeing different tropes/clichés pop up here and there like the useless Japanese military, the glasses push-up that Gendo does etc, most of those tropes were not tropes before Evangelion did them first. Can't wait to see you react more!
I'll always have a place in my heart and preference for the classic 90s dub, Spike Spencer, Tiffany Grant, but whatever language, old dub, new dub, or sub, this is a great one to experience at least once, especially with the addition of the Rebuild films. IMHO anyway. Cool to see you guys reacting to this.
I too am fond of the original 90s dub cast! Tiffany and Spike were so nice in person when my brother and I met them at a con. My brother cosplayed Shinji so Tiffany Grant definitely gave him hell!
Omg im fanboying here, Eva is one of my 2 fav animes of all time. EVA is the original "iceberg meme" anime, theres a hidden meaning or hidden reason in almost everything that happen. FLCL is made by the same studio, extint Gainax. Also, the N2 mine is basically a non-radioactive nuke. Can wait to see you guys reacting to the rest of episodes.
Eva was a game changer for anime, probably the biggest influencer on what came afterwards. Yeah, Pacific Rim was influenced by Evangelion. They didnt nuke the whole city - the N2 mine is a localized, radiation free nuke. They call it a mine, buts dropped by an aircraft or missile. There is a lot of English technobabble mixed with religious terms in the series, but it isnt always literal to English. Tokyo 3 is a Lego city, knock it down and put it back together... mostly. In japanese, the title of the show is actually "Gospel for the new century" - how we get Neon genesis Evangelion? IDK
Holy shit this is going to be one of the most awesome and frustrating reactions to watch. Suraj isn't part of this so I guess they might not get too confused...
Yeah, there's definitely big Evangelion vibes in Pacific Rim, which is kinda strange considering Del Toro went on record saying he had never watched the show, and PacRim was more of his Gundam love-letter than anything (that said, there's also a LOT of Gundam vibes in PacRim).
3 of my favorite shows have been added to your guys channel in the past 1-2 months and I couldn’t be any happier Young Justice, Castlevania, and now this!! 🔥 🔥 🔥 Keep it up Normies! Edit: Make sure you guys watch End of Evangelion after finishing the show!!
yes, Evangelion it's a Rorschach test in anime. Each viewer is going to interpret something different, it's one of those series that I hated the first time I saw it, and I loved it the second time I saw it. A bit of context is needed, when you understand that episode 25 and 26 show what happens in the minds of the protagonists and the "End Of Evangelion" movie shows the same events from the viewer's perspective. then you get more substance.
Maybe if you don't understand the themes, the show seems all over the place. The show literally points out the central theme: People are lonely and want to socialize and connect but eventually they get hurt or betrayed by other people. Called the "hedgehog dilemma" - so is it better to embrace being hurt, manipulated or abused by other people (like Shinji) or to abandon human connections and feelings (like Gendo)? The angel giant monsters are all sideplot to that central theme. The show in the end is really about the characters selfishly manipulating or abusing each other to get what they want. Even from episode 1 - Gendo forces Shinji to do what needs to be done. If you notice - all the characters in the show have psychological damage and problems because they have past trauma or problems with people. They were all mentally hurt from previous situations. The theme is how people hurt other people even though they want to have healthy relationships.
Oh boy. This is one where you see folks start a show and you just gotta know how they'll all take it once it's over. I feel like they'll benefit from having discussions built in as opposed to anyone whose first watch was solo. Glad Chris J is on the couch. Can't know if he'll like it or hate it, but I feel like he'll be good at parsing the show.
I am literally so hyped right now. The not use weekly reactions at current are so stacked it’s unbelievable. Castlevania finally, new Demon Slayer, Attack on titan, AND NOW EVA?!? holy shit!
Once you get to watch all of the episodes and the movies you understand the themes and what is really the core of evangelion and how shinji grows and learns about life.
This show is both the cause and the cure of my depression, can't wait for you guys to react to it👍 Also, this show has a lot of vague and philosophical aspects, so not everything will make a lot of sense :)
Oh boy. You guys are in for a ride to say the very least. I only finished it in the last two months and I can't stop thinking about it. It is now one of my all time favourite favourites. Without a shred of hyperbole this is the work of absolute genius and raw unfiltered imagination.
"It's 1997, you just got this DVD from your cousin" I first watched this on VHS tapes I borrowed from the nerdy kid at school who barely knew me. He seemed so annoyed about it too, his friend told him to lend them to me. I was like a year or two younger than him. This was my first anime XD
This is simultaneously the weirdest anime in the best way and the weirdest anime in a bad way. Its fantastic and confusing, hype and uncomfortable, action and slow points. But its also the most thought provoking show I've ever watched. You guys are in for a serious ride.
I grew up with this show when I was a kid, it was a long journey and I cried when I reached its end. I hope you guys enjoy this show because it is a tough one but definitely a unforgettables experience.
Woa, that's one of the greatest and I never would have expected this! 🤩 Hopefully the movies are in their radar too. At the very least they need to watch the Rebuild of Evangelion at some point.
Hey, good call on the FLCL vibes. I'm not sure if it's the same studio or just the director, but they in fact do have some of the same creative minds behind them. I was genuinely excited to see this, I've been looking for more reactions to anime that weren't made so recently (it seems pretty much everyone does the same 5 shows), or especially were huge when I as getting into anime like Eva was. It was insanely popular, and everything amazingly animated. The OP on its own was a sensation actually, lol. There is (was?) a warning siren in Japan that plays this opening theme song instead of the usual tune for its testing system. Watching the dub of it is painful, Rei's Japanese voice actress is a woman I followed the career of for years, owned several of her CD's, and Shinji is kinda.... Eh... But it's still worth it to watch how you guys are gonna react to this, I think, so I'm looking forward to more anyway lol.
What?! My favorite reacting crew, doing my favorite series and franchise?! My only hope is that I live long enough to see you go through the whole thing, including the End of Evangelion and the Rebuild movies. Evangelion is my most important franchise, and I hope you get many complicated things out of it, as all do who experience it.
I watched this a year ago, going in completely blind. I knew it's a 90s Anime about giant robots and that's it. I'm not sure if the stuff I saw near the end really happens or if I had some kind of fever dream - still kind of processing where the whole thing went. I couldn't yet bring myself to watch any explainer videos but think I'll watch your guys' reaction just to make sure I'm not the one who lost his mind here. 😅 Some of this imagery really stuck with me. Also, I don't blame you for going with the dub but that'll take some time getting used to. ^^
The recent Evangerlion movies that just released are my favourite iteration of the Evangelion story. I wish there were more people that reacted to them on youtube. I'm always happy to see more people experiencing Eva though :)
Its funny how chris stated the FLCL vibes, considering this is Gainax and theres alot of Eva staff who went on to do FLCL. Actually Hiroyuki Imaishi(who would go on to animate on FLCL and direct Gurren Lagann) and Yoh Yoshinori of left Gainax to form studio Trigger.
OH MY GOD!! THIS IS REAL!? Reaction of EVA°!? 😱😱😱😱😱🥳 Congratulations. I hope that later they will also see the 4 movies with the new version of the series.
No, its because he takes medication for anxiety. I know this because I have the same condition. I had to stop the medication because I couldn't enjoy "tense" or depressing shows anymore.
@@Blazee2897 but he was more tame and concentrated in TLOU reactions. And that's a depressing show. Idk if it's because of meds, but imo it's just him trying to be funny. Chris and Suraj are the same way sometimes
@@KurotsuchiDClown I mean think about it. Avatar is one of the first things they reacted to and its a really old channel. I brought the anxiety thing up because he mentioned it in one podcast which they started doing only recently. So its safe to assume he wasn't on medication at the start of this channel.
Not sure if this gets addressed later on, but the N2 Mine they use against the Angel in this episode is "Non-Nuclear," hence N2. They have the same power output, but without the radiation. The mine in this episode was set in the path of the Angel, so it's not like it'd been just sitting there for years.
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Watching this first episode while remembering where the story ends up going is enough to give you a whiplash embolism
It's like Gurren Laggan, you watch the first episode and have immediate whiplash as to how the hell things got the way they did
@@neloverg3774 That and "who the hell do you think i am? " will never be the same again.
I thought I got it and then I read a wiki and, yeah, I got some of it but there was some more I diiiidn't get!
Gurren Lagan I'd easy to follow, Neon is fucking trash garbage compared to that.
More like a universal emotional damage
Well this is an unexpected delight. Spidey isn't wrong. Fucked up is not even the word for where NGE is going to take you. All time great anime.
Micky, I will say this, NGE's writers knew exactly what they were doing - the lesson wasn't "face your fears", it was "sucks to be you, kid"
Also, because it is required: "Get in the fucking robot Shinji"
it was created by someone who was depressed and then this came to be ngl still impressed
If you think the lesson of NGE is “your life sucks and it sucks to be you,” you clearly didn’t understand the show lol
@@Swampy24945 I assume he was talkin about this particular episode not the series as a whole. chill bro.
@@Swampy24945 ''you clearly didnt understand the show'' ☝️🤓
@@Swampy24945 Not the lesson of the show as a whole, the lesson of this specific episode
I died when the '"This is a CHILD ABUSE" Eva in a Nutshell' lower third came up 🤣
Americans in a nutshell. There's a giant world-ending monster and they refer to the only chance to defeat it as "child abuse". The ability of Americans to reduce every complex topic into their preferred moral narrative is fascinating.
@@JsJdvAir Force pilots exist, but go off
@@JsJdvthis is literally child abuse tho? The anime calls. It out how fucked up this is
@@miigi-p4939 Ah, yes, child abuse. It's one of the terms people use to remove all context from a situation. And what the Ukrainian soldiers are doing is murder, arson and destruction of public property, right? How fucked up is that!?
@@JsJdv It can be child abuse and necessary, in this weird-ass circumstance. Both are possible
I'm Japanese. Thank for your nice reaction.
This anime became a great monument in Japan anime due to the introduction of a deep world view into the anime and the thoughtful placement of characters.
If you watch this anime, you may know it because it is a well-known problem, but there are points to be aware of.
This anime was broadcast in 1995 and 1996 and consists of 26 episodes.
However, the drawing could not be done in time, and episodes 25 and 26 became like sketches. And they produced and aired episodes 25 and 26 as a theatrical version in 1997, so you had better watch both.😄
Episodes 25 and 26 were horrendous. It is unfathomable some people consider this anime in the top 10 of all time.
@@yingyang7448 You're just not cultured enough. Probably a FMAB fan.
@@takanara7
I have not seen it all of the way through. I've seen the original series though.
@@takanara7tf is with the FMAB slander? You sound uncultured for saying this
@@yingyang7448 i liked it
"I'm getting FLCL vibes." Same studio, pretty much same staff. Gainax made some absolute bangers of anime back in the day.
My phycology professor referenced this series in a conversation about trauma representation in media when I was in college. This was years after I was already obsessed with this incredible series. I really hope you all enjoy this series (and selfishly mentally prepare yourselves to challenge yourselves to REALLY dive deep with this!) 🥰
IT BEGINS! EVA, one of the most critically acclaimed pieces of media to exist! Can't wait to watch along with you guys on this wild ride. And remember, it isn't giving up if you have to research what everything meant after the end...we all had to do that.
I'll be honest with you, the fact us viewers have to do a bunch of wiki research on the show to understand wtf is even going on makes this not a great anime.
@@yingyang7448 it isn’t hard to understand. don’t flex media illiteracy
@@MichellBollinger
I'm not flexing media illiteracy. I don't need to be spoon fed what a story is about but I do expect a series to have reasonable transitions and explain basic plot/lore references that the characters make so that us viewers understand wtf is going on.
I didn't even realize the human instrumentality project was even happening in the last two episodes until the end of the last episode.
@@MichellBollinger lmao. I finished the original 25 episodes plus the movies. And i still don't understand a goddamn thing about the lore.
@@user-pm2b47ar8d it isn’t complicated at all tho
Editor is right. Ikari is THE anime dad.
Worse than Goku 😂
@@EddieDexterStewartalmost worse than Shou Tucker. Insane.
@@SunnyhuunS88Personally, I’d say that Gendo is worse. But Shou is also awful.
@@LucreciaCrescentIsBestGirlShou ruined his Family's lives
Gendo ruined SEVERAL FAMILIES LIVES
@@flaminginferno6641 EXACTLY, Gendo is like Shou up to eleven
It was awesome to see Chris get FLCL vibes from this because EVA and FLCL was made by the same studio, Gainax which later on would also make Gurren Lagann which I hope you guys would react to some day.
Gurren Lagann. Another overrated series like Evangelion.
@@yingyang7448 nah youre just a moron
@@yingyang7448they are great mecha shonen. There are many different types of anime and maybe to you they are not that great. In their category they are very good.
"Its 1997, youre getting this DVD from youre cousin, you have no idea whats going on" I lost it, exactly how it happened for me
Evangelion is straight up one of the most important franchises I've ever gotten into. To where I can confidently say: it changed my life. And I only watched last year! It's a series I can't promise you'll fall head over heels in love with, but it's an unforgettable ride I think everyone should experience at least once.
Pro tip: if you don't understand everything that's happening (and believe me, buckle up), it's OK. Not getting Eva is part of the experience. You don't watch Eva to understand it necessarily. You watch it to FEEL it.
"You don't watch Eva to understand it necessarily. You watch it to FEEL it."
That's the thing I legit don't understand about the series and it's fans. I also watched it for the first time last year in January. The first few episodes were great. Then it became mid by the end of the first half. Then it became genuinely a slog to get through each episode by the end of the second half.
The fans that keep saying, "just do some research after the series, bro" are unfathomable. Why do we need to do a whole lot of wiki research on basic plot/lore questions when the show itself should have done that?
@@yingyang7448 That's not what the OP is saying though? If you aren't feeling it while you're watching it, then no amount of looking up matters. The ones who are interested in looking up are the ones who felt a certain way while experiencing it(especially EOE in my case) and want more context to make sense of what I saw and felt.
in early 2000's there was a project to make a live action NGE movie in the US. Gainax (the owners) pulled out for some reason. The word is the script was heavily modified to avoid copyright issues and ended up in the first Pacific Rim. Once you get to know the character and details you'll see why this rumor existed.
I think the writers were just huge weebs.
Pacific Rim is basically the closest to a live-action NGE we'll get. I like the original movie (I've avoided the sequel like the plague) for what it is, so not too upset.
@@names_are_useless actually PR is pretty good, I disliked a few bits where some things made no sense and it was obvious something carried over from previous iterations of the script, like the sync thing, it is super important in NGE but in PR feels like some shit just tucked in for no reason.
And yea, i wont ever watch PR2 xD
Yay I get to relive Shinji's trauma once more with few of my fav reactors. Let's goooooo
Evangelion reactions are so damn rare. What a ride.
Predicting Marketa MVP for this series
Yeah just like Code Geass
I am glad you guys like Shinji and think his reactions are realistic. Thats 99% of the anime.
After watching this, really excited to watch your reactions on this. Like, "Quit being a pussy and save the world!" and child abuse are like, yeah, Eva in a nutshell. 🤣
ngl I'm not sure y'all are ready for this, it starts out relatively digestible but by the end it evolves into pretty abstract arthouse lmao
I was going to give this show a 8/10 until that finale. Now I see it as a 6/10, maybe even 5. The movie ending is definitely better but still leaves you with many questions
@@zachlapinski5266 nah I actually like it, but I can understand why some people don't it's just hard to digest and I liked it more on successive viewings, I do think what they were going for could have been executed better though
@@zachlapinski5266 was going to give this show a 8/10 until that finale, then it became 10/10
@@jithinkmohan2757 based
@@zachlapinski5266
Implying that ambiguity is a bad thing? I’d hate to see what you’d rate a David Lynch movie
Merketa: This is child abuse.
Gendo: Hello child abuse, I'm dad.
Shou Tucker: am i a joke to you?
Well...
Pacific Rim copied EVA.
Evangelion is one of the most influential animes ever, alongside Gundam, Dragon Ball and such titans.
Glad to see y'all reacting to it!
Prepare for the ride of a lifetime!
A N² Mine is a bomb just as powerful as a nuke, minus the radiation. So, it's technically "fine" to detonate one...
Fooly Cooly is by the same studio as Eva, Gainax, so you're right.
I got recommended this on Google and I'm so glad! NGE is my favorite anime series and I love seeing people experience it for the first time! I also love hearing their theories and feelings on the show! I'm so binging these 5 episodes y'all got out now and looking forward to seeing y'all finish the series!
When I saw they were doing this I got so hyped. After having seen this reaction I can guarantee that they are so not ready and it’s making me giddy. I hope you guys like this one because it’s honestly one of the most artful shows I’ve ever watched.
You are now watching something fantastic, deep and beautiful. This show is like Cowboy Bebop - unique. This made me feel sense of wonder few times. :)
Well, it was in english... so it's just insulting filth.
@@tsogobauggi8721 edgy guy
As someone who went into this almost completely blind, thinking that it was “ shows that were hyped up the hell back in the day, but haven’t really aged all that well compared to modern contemporary is”, and the boy was I wrong. Have to say this is one of the greatest shows of all time, both in terms of Anime, Tv, hell maybe even media. I hope you enjoy as this show goes from kind of weird, but interesting to “ really dark, like oh my God, how did this even get made like shockingly dark” to “fuck is going”.
Also, fun tip in the future: the final episodes and the movie happen concurrently so keep that in mind as the story goes off the fucking rails. Have I said the F word more than I normally should? Yes , but that is only because I absolutely love the show. 10/10 would watch with anyone just to get the reaction.
That's interesting because I thought the same thing going in and after watching the series, my mind didn't change at all.
I'm so excited you guys are finally watching this masterpiece, i have been waiting for years!!
YES! What a great surprise this is! Evangelion is such a wild ride, some people hate it, some love it, but it is undoubtedly iconic. You guys talked a lot about seeing different tropes/clichés pop up here and there like the useless Japanese military, the glasses push-up that Gendo does etc, most of those tropes were not tropes before Evangelion did them first. Can't wait to see you react more!
🔥🔥🔥 OMG! I can't believe in you guys reacting to this legend. I thought everyone has already watched this show. Thanks everyone who voted for this. ❤
Surprisingly the perfect people to watch this. I'd include Rana as well. Feel like she picks up stuff that the others tend to miss out on
She would probably just call shinji a pathetic loser every episode.
Rana looks at spoilers. She always knows how the shows will end.
@@centripetal6157 she told you this?
@@Kickinthescience it's obvious how she predicts things 50+ episodes in the future after watching one or two episodes
The only other person I would add to a show like this is Navi
I'll always have a place in my heart and preference for the classic 90s dub, Spike Spencer, Tiffany Grant, but whatever language, old dub, new dub, or sub, this is a great one to experience at least once, especially with the addition of the Rebuild films. IMHO anyway. Cool to see you guys reacting to this.
OG dub was goated. I will always remember that "baloney pony" line lol
@@loco_logic 🤣 right??? "Are you riding his baloney pony?" Lmfao.
I too am fond of the original 90s dub cast! Tiffany and Spike were so nice in person when my brother and I met them at a con. My brother cosplayed Shinji so Tiffany Grant definitely gave him hell!
i hope they switch if they insist on dub, especially if they plan on watching the movie dubbed
I tend to agree. The new Netflix dub and subtitles are not necessarily the best ones. The original English or Japanese would be better.
Omg im fanboying here, Eva is one of my 2 fav animes of all time. EVA is the original "iceberg meme" anime, theres a hidden meaning or hidden reason in almost everything that happen.
FLCL is made by the same studio, extint Gainax.
Also, the N2 mine is basically a non-radioactive nuke.
Can wait to see you guys reacting to the rest of episodes.
Eva was a game changer for anime, probably the biggest influencer on what came afterwards. Yeah, Pacific Rim was influenced by Evangelion. They didnt nuke the whole city - the N2 mine is a localized, radiation free nuke. They call it a mine, buts dropped by an aircraft or missile. There is a lot of English technobabble mixed with religious terms in the series, but it isnt always literal to English. Tokyo 3 is a Lego city, knock it down and put it back together... mostly. In japanese, the title of the show is actually "Gospel for the new century" - how we get Neon genesis Evangelion? IDK
Neon/neo genesis evanelion = new beginning gospel
Evangelion is one of those animes where EVERYTHING could be solved with family counseling
Family counseling would not exactly help against physical gods who absolutely would and could instantly delete the entirety of Earthly life.
The ED, for the original running of the show, was fly me to the Moon by Frank Sinatra
Holy shit this is going to be one of the most awesome and frustrating reactions to watch. Suraj isn't part of this so I guess they might not get too confused...
Lol Chris saying borrowing dvd's in 97. HA! I was renting these in VHS...
Yeah, there's definitely big Evangelion vibes in Pacific Rim, which is kinda strange considering Del Toro went on record saying he had never watched the show, and PacRim was more of his Gundam love-letter than anything (that said, there's also a LOT of Gundam vibes in PacRim).
"Oh god Eren, just shut up and get in the god damn titan!"
I’m very excited you guys are starting this, this should be a fun watch along
It's fitting that the big subtitles of "THE ANIME DAD" appeared. Gendo basically standardized the archetype of really bad dads.
3 of my favorite shows have been added to your guys channel in the past 1-2 months and I couldn’t be any happier
Young Justice, Castlevania, and now this!! 🔥 🔥 🔥
Keep it up Normies!
Edit: Make sure you guys watch End of Evangelion after finishing the show!!
That opening brings me back to my early 20's, when I first watched this mentally scarring series
Man I didn't expect this at all! I'm so glad you're reacting to this
yes, Evangelion it's a Rorschach test in anime. Each viewer is going to interpret something different, it's one of those series that I hated the first time I saw it, and I loved it the second time I saw it. A bit of context is needed, when you understand that episode 25 and 26 show what happens in the minds of the protagonists and the "End Of Evangelion" movie shows the same events from the viewer's perspective. then you get more substance.
Maybe if you don't understand the themes, the show seems all over the place. The show literally points out the central theme:
People are lonely and want to socialize and connect but eventually they get hurt or betrayed by other people. Called the "hedgehog dilemma" - so is it better to embrace being hurt, manipulated or abused by other people (like Shinji) or to abandon human connections and feelings (like Gendo)?
The angel giant monsters are all sideplot to that central theme. The show in the end is really about the characters selfishly manipulating or abusing each other to get what they want. Even from episode 1 - Gendo forces Shinji to do what needs to be done.
If you notice - all the characters in the show have psychological damage and problems because they have past trauma or problems with people. They were all mentally hurt from previous situations.
The theme is how people hurt other people even though they want to have healthy relationships.
I WAS HERE. Btw yeah y'all ain't ready for any of this and I'm here for it tbh lmao.
Oh boy. This is one where you see folks start a show and you just gotta know how they'll all take it once it's over. I feel like they'll benefit from having discussions built in as opposed to anyone whose first watch was solo. Glad Chris J is on the couch. Can't know if he'll like it or hate it, but I feel like he'll be good at parsing the show.
I am literally so hyped right now. The not use weekly reactions at current are so stacked it’s unbelievable. Castlevania finally, new Demon Slayer, Attack on titan, AND NOW EVA?!? holy shit!
You all are in for a wild ride oh my goodness
Oh boy they are in for a wild and mindfuck of a ride.
oh my god i predicted the future. I saw an eva shirt in a buffy reaction and joked about "so whens the eva reaction"
I can't believe this!! My favourite channel and my all time favourite anime! Thanks to you guys
What a blast from the past! I didn’t even have to hear the intro music, still burned into my memory.
Once you get to watch all of the episodes and the movies you understand the themes and what is really the core of evangelion and how shinji grows and learns about life.
Oh God. This rabbit hole. I can't wait
This show is both the cause and the cure of my depression, can't wait for you guys to react to it👍
Also, this show has a lot of vague and philosophical aspects, so not everything will make a lot of sense :)
Oh boy. You guys are in for a ride to say the very least. I only finished it in the last two months and I can't stop thinking about it. It is now one of my all time favourite favourites. Without a shred of hyperbole this is the work of absolute genius and raw unfiltered imagination.
"It's 1997, you just got this DVD from your cousin" I first watched this on VHS tapes I borrowed from the nerdy kid at school who barely knew me. He seemed so annoyed about it too, his friend told him to lend them to me. I was like a year or two younger than him. This was my first anime XD
I remember first watching this in 1996 or 1997…. For me greatest anime ever. It warms my heart to see a reaction.
YES, the promised time has arrived! I'm sure your discussions for this will be veeeery interesting.
This is simultaneously the weirdest anime in the best way and the weirdest anime in a bad way. Its fantastic and confusing, hype and uncomfortable, action and slow points. But its also the most thought provoking show I've ever watched. You guys are in for a serious ride.
I grew up with this show when I was a kid, it was a long journey and I cried when I reached its end.
I hope you guys enjoy this show because it is a tough one but definitely a unforgettables experience.
My favorite series!!! So glad I found you guys before you started this.
The Journey you are about to embark on is one of darkness, depression, and courage of a boy named Shinji Akari
I've waited ... I've waited 85 years ... FINALLY!!!!!!
This is the start of many anime trope. The quiet girl, the tsundere, the shut in protag, and the anime dad of all anime dads.
SO HAPPY YOU’RE REACTING TO THIS!!!
Marketa: "I'm confused."
Get ready to say that A LOT lol
"Dad you could just say I love you" pretty much summarizes this show 😂
I was not expecting this. Hopefully you enjoy it and definitely watch the rebuild movies!
Agreed. Can't truly appreciate the rebuild movies without seeing the original show, IMO.
Woa, that's one of the greatest and I never would have expected this! 🤩
Hopefully the movies are in their radar too. At the very least they need to watch the Rebuild of Evangelion at some point.
Hey, good call on the FLCL vibes. I'm not sure if it's the same studio or just the director, but they in fact do have some of the same creative minds behind them.
I was genuinely excited to see this, I've been looking for more reactions to anime that weren't made so recently (it seems pretty much everyone does the same 5 shows), or especially were huge when I as getting into anime like Eva was. It was insanely popular, and everything amazingly animated. The OP on its own was a sensation actually, lol. There is (was?) a warning siren in Japan that plays this opening theme song instead of the usual tune for its testing system.
Watching the dub of it is painful, Rei's Japanese voice actress is a woman I followed the career of for years, owned several of her CD's, and Shinji is kinda.... Eh... But it's still worth it to watch how you guys are gonna react to this, I think, so I'm looking forward to more anyway lol.
I literally just finished this series for ther first time and am SO CONFUSED. So glad I can see yall go through the journey.
The editing in this video is so much fun, I love it!!
Oh shit, it's time to GET IN THE GODDAMN ROBOT, SHINJI
N2 mines are nuclear mines without radiation. So just as destructive, but doesn't poison the world.
What?! My favorite reacting crew, doing my favorite series and franchise?! My only hope is that I live long enough to see you go through the whole thing, including the End of Evangelion and the Rebuild movies. Evangelion is my most important franchise, and I hope you get many complicated things out of it, as all do who experience it.
Marketa: The dad could just say 'i love you'/ oh you dont know anime do you...
Oh my god, this is my favorite anime of all time, and I didn't know until now that you were reacting to it!
We going all the way with OVA's and Movies?! Let's GO!
Wasn't expecting this in my notifications,, oh boy here we go
Editor-San a Real one
We getting Third Eva-Fan Omnicient narrative-
And I'm here for it!
“I feel like it’s gonna be a fucked up show.” You have no idea. Glad you’re watching it 🙂.
I really hope y'all do all of it. And the five movies they made.
I watched this a year ago, going in completely blind. I knew it's a 90s Anime about giant robots and that's it. I'm not sure if the stuff I saw near the end really happens or if I had some kind of fever dream - still kind of processing where the whole thing went. I couldn't yet bring myself to watch any explainer videos but think I'll watch your guys' reaction just to make sure I'm not the one who lost his mind here. 😅 Some of this imagery really stuck with me. Also, I don't blame you for going with the dub but that'll take some time getting used to. ^^
Normies about to learn the meme "Get in the f'n robot, Shinji!"
The recent Evangerlion movies that just released are my favourite iteration of the Evangelion story. I wish there were more people that reacted to them on youtube. I'm always happy to see more people experiencing Eva though :)
Its funny how chris stated the FLCL vibes, considering this is Gainax and theres alot of Eva staff who went on to do FLCL. Actually Hiroyuki Imaishi(who would go on to animate on FLCL and direct Gurren Lagann) and Yoh Yoshinori of left Gainax to form studio Trigger.
Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think you guys would react to this! 🤩
And so, the countdown to Gurren Lagann begins.....
They're doing gurren after this?
@@alexmartin6561 lol no they’ve never said they would… I am just making assumptions because it would logically make sense to I’d think…
@@Pavi132 Oh, lol. Imo given how much they're diggin the 90s art style, gun buster with shinji's female counterpart would be a good follow up.
Upvote!!!!
OH MY GOD!! THIS IS REAL!? Reaction of EVA°!? 😱😱😱😱😱🥳
Congratulations.
I hope that later they will also see the 4 movies with the new version of the series.
2:08, Me as a 27 year old born in 1995 reading that, I was like waaait a minute???
Dope you guys are starting this show!
YOOOO? They about to dive into something wild
GET IN THE MECH SHINJI!! I’m so hype y’all are doing this show.
Auska and her Eva are my favorite character can’t wait for y’all to meet her
She's an insecure and egotistical narcissist
N2 mines are actually non-nuclear, so don't worry, no one's getting irradiated.
Mickey reacts to shows like he's coming up with material for a stand up routine 😂
He reacts to everything like that. Dude just can't stop making jokes on everything
@@adityaagarwal3313 yea and the shows he's seen like the office and iasip, he just giggles constantly lol
No, its because he takes medication for anxiety. I know this because I have the same condition. I had to stop the medication because I couldn't enjoy "tense" or depressing shows anymore.
@@Blazee2897 but he was more tame and concentrated in TLOU reactions. And that's a depressing show. Idk if it's because of meds, but imo it's just him trying to be funny. Chris and Suraj are the same way sometimes
@@KurotsuchiDClown I mean think about it. Avatar is one of the first things they reacted to and its a really old channel. I brought the anxiety thing up because he mentioned it in one podcast which they started doing only recently. So its safe to assume he wasn't on medication at the start of this channel.
Welcome to Depression: The Anime
Not sure if this gets addressed later on, but the N2 Mine they use against the Angel in this episode is "Non-Nuclear," hence N2. They have the same power output, but without the radiation.
The mine in this episode was set in the path of the Angel, so it's not like it'd been just sitting there for years.
Oh wow are you going to react to the whole anime? I’m excited! This is one of my favourites!!
When you think about it the manual he read had nothing to do with the assignment he was tasked with, kinda like a real exam💀💀💀
"This is a child abuse" one second in, safe to say they're picking up on some of the themes...