MetroidPrimeRib
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End of Evangelion is the GOAT
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John Kowalski
Banned
Doesn't Death have the scenes from the director's cut of the show? I remember thinking it does.
The DC is worth watching, the new scenes are pretty interesting, if not exactly necessary.
It does an impressive job of world-building, its character and mechanical designs are good, and its scenes are put together really well for a TV series.
Too bad both of its endings are so unsatisfying. It's like they were making up all the show's Deep Mysteries as they went along. So when it came time for a conclusion they exited in a pile of symbolism and technobabble like some sort of ninja smoke bomb - twice.
Too bad both of its endings are so unsatisfying. It's like they were making up all the show's Deep Mysteries as they went along. So when it came time for a conclusion they exited in a pile of symbolism and technobabble like some sort of ninja smoke bomb - twice.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
I like some parts of Rebuild 1.0 better, the changes to the Ramiel fight were really cool.
QueenOfThorns
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Ghibli a terrible introduction to anime as it actually has taste and decency.
The manga technically wins out in terms of the most of satisfying conclusion to the story, but it does so in a way that betrays the overall tone/theme of the series (especially EoE).
John Kowalski
Banned
I really prefer the original Ramiel.
I didn't hate Shinji until Rebuild came. Though its partly fault of everyone around because they didn't fucking explain anything, specially in 3.33 everyone told him he shouldn't pilot an Eva again but they didn't tell why, then Kaworu tells him to stop trying to get the lances and he fucking does it anyway! I think that's the worst part, just by talking the problems would be solved, but everyone became Gendo in 3.33 
Sibersk Esto
Banned
No evangelion thread is complete without:
A bike horn cover of cruel angel's thesis
A bike horn cover of komm susser todd
Goofy sings a cruel angel's thesis
A bike horn cover of cruel angel's thesis
A bike horn cover of komm susser todd
Goofy sings a cruel angel's thesis
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
The EoE ending is perfect. I can understand people not liking the TV ending but the EoE last scene is like, the greatest. There is a very fine line for making a story while leaving plot threads unanswered and EoE is a great example of that as a success while 3.33 is a great example of that falling flat on its ass. if you want your audience to ask questions, the question shouldn't be "What the fuck?"
Edit: Okay, more like "What the fuck why did this suck so bad"
It should be able to end in a satisfying way without feeling like a lack of an explanation hampered the overall narrative.
Edit: Okay, more like "What the fuck why did this suck so bad"
It should be able to end in a satisfying way without feeling like a lack of an explanation hampered the overall narrative.
Gaylord Sweetwood
Member
Haven't watched this series since it was first released on DVD.
Tempted to re-watch as I'm sure I didn't pick up on everything my first go around.
Do you see this series getting the special boxset treatment after the last movie is released?
Tempted to re-watch as I'm sure I didn't pick up on everything my first go around.
Do you see this series getting the special boxset treatment after the last movie is released?
Look for Space Runaway Ideon, it's a much better example, also an inspiration for Eva.
DrForester
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Barajas_201
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I still don't understand the story! I watched it like 3 years ago and I thought it was good and the animation made me nostalgic for that old school anime but man I laughed so hard at the ending of the series and immediately afterwards I watched EoE and the beginning with that scene, I was on the floor laughing and that kinda ruined the mood for the rest of the movie because I didn't take anything seriously. I've watched the Re: movies but there is a gap in my memory were I don't remember anything about 2.22 because 3.33 is like a completely different story and its going to repeat again when 4 comes out because I already forgot what happened at the end of 3.33. Anno's mind is 2deep4me.
wait, so Evangelion and Yoshi's Island debuted on the same day?!?
what a coincidence.
also the reason i watched Evangelion about 4 years ago was a silly one. i watched it because there were constant gags about it in Gintama and i wanted to have more context for the gags (also, it's not the only anime i've watched due to Gintama)
what a coincidence.
also the reason i watched Evangelion about 4 years ago was a silly one. i watched it because there were constant gags about it in Gintama and i wanted to have more context for the gags (also, it's not the only anime i've watched due to Gintama)
Astral/H3X
Member
My god... Its perfect.Obligatory.
djcatskratch
Member
I made a really popular (at the time) AMV to Evangelion back in 98-99. Used Pink Floyd's Mother. Won a bunch of awards for it back then. Sorry for the crappy youtube quality, but it's all I could find:
https://youtu.be/w2RuSgObZB0
https://youtu.be/w2RuSgObZB0
AnathemicOne
Banned
Episodes 25-26 are shit, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. End of Evangelion came out for a reason.
GKSilKamina
Member
My favorite part about Eva is slowly watching the budget collapse on itself until we're left with nothing but squiggles and storyboard panels.
It is a great anime regardless. I watch the TV series every year.
It is a great anime regardless. I watch the TV series every year.
Frozenprince
Banned
GET IN THE FUCKING ROBOT.
Dice//
Banned
Great show, great concept, and I always liked how to EVAs use was both powerful but very limited (that 5 min battery). Despite the praise I'm happy to give, I'd love to see the final movie and have them done with the whole ordeal finally.
darkwing-buck
Member
Never thought about it like that, but it's true!
John Kowalski
Banned
Oooh, thanks. I needed that today.
Frozenprince
Banned
The ending is so hilariously bad it's great, people defend it to death but it wasn't a style choice it was one borne of necessity. They made EoE basically to make sense of the ending they had to make because they had no money left.
Hurt and Scared
Member
John Kowalski
Banned
Hmm. If we're talking rebuild, i think the best is still Beautiful World, if we're talking movies i think it's Tamashii no Refrain.
Instrumentals are too good and too many to judge frankly but 3.0's OST stands out in particular, if nothing else because it reused the Nadia soundtrack.
I think it's time to use an Asuka avatar again...
Anyone else got a chuckle everytime the SEELE conference scene got parodied by another anime?
Example from Himouto! Umaru-chan.
Truly iconic.
Example from Himouto! Umaru-chan.
(Credits to CheapJuice)
Truly iconic.
I posted this in the other thread and I'll post it in this one! My favorite scene from any anime ever!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITvbC_dnPV0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITvbC_dnPV0
I remember in Attack on Titan when the kids are about to get killed by the cowardly military and the not-Shinji kid throws his hand up and his Titan materializes a torso to block the fire and that's a straight rip-off of actual-Shinji accidentally driving the EVA to block some debris from killing Worst Girl Rei.
I think that's the first time I ever noticed an homage to an anime and I felt pretty
about it.
I think that's the first time I ever noticed an homage to an anime and I felt pretty
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Best Evangelion song is Everything You've Ever Dreamed
Unused, but originally written and performed for End of Eva
manipulate
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The greatest; no question.
Long live End of Evangelion.
Long live End of Evangelion.
NHarmonic.
Member
So overrated and nonsensical, but legendary nonetheless.
SoulUnison
Banned
Sometimes I play this song in the shower in the morning, looped a couple times.
Also, people who are desperate for even an inkling of new Rebuild material should see this short piece by Khara. (skip to 1:30)
Obligatory.
I say this every time and I keep saying it, Shinji is the only human characters in the series that is not a giant tool (PenPen is the best), I am glad someone on the internet have the same arguments as I do.
I may be wrong but this was pretty much the point of Evangelion. It was a deconstruction of giant robot anime. While Gundam took giant robots into a more realistic world, Evangelion took all the cliches of giant robot anime, singled them out, and turned them all up to 11 with existential meaning or dread behind each piece and with more symbolism than you'd think you could fit on a single screen. For this, it was truly unique.
Mediocre... Well this may be attributed to the long silent set pieces meant to evoke thought or what seems like hastily written endings. Some believe this is done intentionally because of the same thought that went into everything else and some believe they just ran out of road. Who knows.
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