SolitaryHyena Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Has anyone watched the anime, or saw the movie(s)? Personally, its like my second favorite anime of all time so far. Despite its extreme content such as gore, suggestive scenes, swearing(including F-bombs in the End of Evangelion), it's such an awsome series. My favorite charecter, well im not sure, Shinji would be my least favorite out of all the children. I would say Mari is my fav, cuz she's just so awsome, and smart by using all her anger and mental thoughts as her advantage, like when she fought in Eva 02 in Evangelion 2.22, she used "Beast Mode" which was pretty much just going beserk, by that she helped Rei defeat the angel(i forgot which one). What do you think of the series, and who is your favorite charecter, bad or good? Quote "And where does the newborn go from here? The net is vast and infinite." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAZMAT Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Nope, never heard of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krayzikk Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Nope, never heard of it. Liar. Anyway, I've heard of it, but I've never actually watched it. Quote On this eve, the thirtieth anniversary of that first colony, many are left to wonder; is the world fast approaching a breaking point? Breaking Point: An OTC Mecha RPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminus Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Eva is awesome. I'm very excited for Evangelion 3.0: You Can (not) Redo to come out in Japan this summer, as it will hopefully come out in other regions fairly soon after.Anyways, Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Shinji Ikari Raising Project is the single most hilarious thing on this planet (For those of you that don't know, it's a spinoff manga based on the alternate reality in the last episode). After volume 3... I lost it. I was dying of laughter on nearly every single page. I'm hopefully getting the next two volumes soon for my birthday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolitaryHyena Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 (edited) ME too, im dying for evangelion 3.33. This might be one of the anime movies i might just actually watch subbed because i REALLY don't want to wait for a dub for like months...I kinda read Shinji Ikari raising project, but i read the first chapter on angelic days. pretty good stuff i guess. Edited February 24, 2012 by Kv195 Quote "And where does the newborn go from here? The net is vast and infinite." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLuke Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I have never seen a single episode of Evangelion. This fact will not keep me from acting as if I have seen it already. Quote BZPRPG Profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodor Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Most of the anime fans here are EVA fans. Seriously, a noticeable chunk our Anime General is discussion about EVA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valyou Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 (edited) Oh, hello thread! Don't mind if I post here!My friend who's insane for such an anime got me into this, and it's probably one of my favorite animes now.Rei is certainly my favorite Child, just because of many strange reasons.I really gotta get the Rebuild movies, I've got a less-than-Perfect box-set here on my desk, probably won't bother getting the Platinum collection, and the Unit 01 and Zeruel (Zeruel's the angel the OP's talking about) fight in Rebuild made me INSTANTLY want to buy them, but I hadn't the cash to get them though. Edited February 25, 2012 by Valyou Quote Please enjoy a series of on signals and off signals sent from a far off computer to yours, forming short messages that may disturb and amuse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLuke Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Most of the anime fans here are EVA fans. Seriously, a noticeable chunk our Anime General is discussion about EVA.Of course, most of that discussion is about how bizarre a lot of the spin off comics are... Quote BZPRPG Profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminus Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 (edited) Rebuild puts the amazing original series TO SHAME!!! The animation is much better, plus it has Mari, Unit-02's Beast Mode, and Eyepatch Asuka WITH A GIANT SWORD!!! I own 1.11 and 2.22 on DVD, might get 1.01 soon because a store in town has tons of copies dirt cheap, and I'm also planning on getting the Blu-Ray versions of the films. Of course, 4.0 will be the deciding factor in the overall quality of Rebuild, as it will be a new ending- and Eva has never really had a great ending...Also, since when is anything Eva-related not bizarre? Edited February 25, 2012 by Terminus24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLuke Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 (edited) Evangelion's mindscrewy-ness is usually over stated. Most of the bizarreness is in the last two episodes (or so I've heard...).FLCL on the other hand... Edited February 25, 2012 by BenLuke-116 Quote BZPRPG Profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamJackssplitpersonality Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Eva has never had a great ending? End of Evangelion was incredible, so I beg to differ.I'm very much enjoying the rebuild series, although it certainly misses a lot of what made the original series great in the character development area, it has beautiful animation, and fantastic fight scenes. I'm not a huge Mari fan though, since so far, she has no real purpose. Quote I want you to hit me as hard as you can. Something on your mind, Dear? Hey, you created me. I didn't create some loser alter-ego to make myself feel better. Take some responsibility! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminus Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 The end of End of Eva was too "what the hack just happened?" for me, but it was a huge improvement over the original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamJackssplitpersonality Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 I thought it was a pretty straight forward ending. I view Evangelion like I do Inception. They're both pretty easy to follow if you pay attention. Quote I want you to hit me as hard as you can. Something on your mind, Dear? Hey, you created me. I didn't create some loser alter-ego to make myself feel better. Take some responsibility! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLuke Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 (edited) The end of End of Eva was too "what the hack just happened?" for me, but it was a huge improvement over the original.Better?But everyone turns into Tang! Edited February 25, 2012 by BenLuke-116 Quote BZPRPG Profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminus Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 (edited) I've never actually seen the entirety of EoE, just the first and last like, 15 or so minutes of it. I've read story synopsi, but I need to get around to seeing the whole thing... I'll hopefully be able to use birthday money to get it off of amazon...And from what I've seen, it's way better than every single character saying Congratulations to Shinji... Edited February 25, 2012 by Terminus24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAZMAT Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 I've read story synopsi, but I need to get around to seeing the whole thing...text would certainly not do it justice, you really do need to see it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25K Now! Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 HAZMAT speaks truth. Text cannot convey the brilliance and complete What? the movie provides. Quote http://vimeo.com/198967785 BZPRPG Profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobui Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Not to mention that you have to seeAsuka's last fight (especially the music)for yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolitaryHyena Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 Oh Asuka's last fight was pretty brutal, but i did enjoy EOE, it showed the real ending of Evangelion i suppose, well sometimes i like to think it was just continued after episode 25 and 26, but its not really, but the end of it really mind-raped me. The Rebuild of Evangelion is definitly, well better than the original in my opinion, but the original was a pretty awsome series. Though Rebuild of Evangelion leaves out lots of fights, such as the fight with the angel that sucks things into its Shadows or something like that i think. Animation is very fantastic as well, in both series. Also, im trying to but the Evangelion manga, but im not sure where to buy the Second Edition, since the first edition is flipped to read left to right, and special collectors edition i heard was like a comic book, but i really want it its original manga style, reading left to right, but English sound effects too, but since the second edition only have japanese sound effects, oh well I just want it read from right to left and be an actual manga book. So, doesn anyone know where i can buy the second edition of Evangelion manga? Quote "And where does the newborn go from here? The net is vast and infinite." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comment Expired Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 It's a nice series that descends into garbage by the halfway point. The EoE film was one giant joke.Hope rebuild fixes the problems. Quote Tumblr: Where facts and logic go to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25K Now! Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 It's a nice series that descends into garbage by the halfway point. The EoE film was one giant joke.Hope rebuild fixes the problems.By garbage you mean that it stops making sense, which was due to Anno descending into depression. Quote http://vimeo.com/198967785 BZPRPG Profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminus Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Where Rebuild is at now is pretty much where the series went downhill. That's why You Can (not) Redo will be so incredibly important. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLuke Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 (edited) I'm looking at wiki pages for some of the Eva spin-off manga:WHAT.Let me repeat myself:WHAT. Edited February 28, 2012 by BenLuke-116 Quote BZPRPG Profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminus Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 I believe you mean spin-off manga. :PAnyways, yes, it's quite messed up. I didn't really like Campus Apocalypse, but that's understandable since it is a Shojo manga. I haven't read Angelic Days yet, but I love Shinji Ikari Raising Project, which is probably the most messed-up of all of them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25K Now! Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Anything related to Studio Gainax WILL make you go "WHAT?"NO EXCEPTIONS. Quote http://vimeo.com/198967785 BZPRPG Profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLuke Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 ^ Right, if it's not absurd conspiracies involving the dead see scrolls it's people killing their enemies with car Mecha keys or robots popping out of some kid's head. Quote BZPRPG Profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminus Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Anyways, Eva is relatively sane, by Gainax standards. Compare it to FLCL or TTGL, and both of those trump Eva in the insanity department by quite a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolitaryHyena Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 Anyways, Eva is relatively sane, by Gainax standards. Compare it to FLCL or TTGL, and both of those trump Eva in the insanity department by quite a lot. What TTGL? Anyways i watched FLCL, since my friend reccomended it to be, so i watched it, very short but pretty funny at times, and just weird but still awsome! Quote "And where does the newborn go from here? The net is vast and infinite." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminus Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, aka the demented spawn of Eva, and the most epic combination of mindscrews and sheer epicness.Basically Eva on crack with giganto mecha that make the Eva units look like less than ants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jala12 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 TTGL was also heavily influenced by the likes of Gunbuster and especially Diebuster, of which it borrowed a number of visual and thematic elements from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25K Now! Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Think of TTGL as what you get if you got the sheer WHAT from Eva, mixed it with the HOT BLOODEDNESS of Gunbuster and Diebuster and stir it with a Super Inazuma Kick. Quote http://vimeo.com/198967785 BZPRPG Profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodor Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Gurren Lagann is pretty much Getter Robo (mainly Shin, Go, and Arc/Ah), but lighter and fluffier with more drills to replace the Buddhist musings Ishikawa threw in and the general utter insanity of the Getter Team. Still a fun watch.Evangelion is a surprisingly straight forward Super Robot anime, despite claims of 'deconstruction' of the genre (has some interesting takes on the ideas of the genre, yes, but it didn't really deconstruct them), with emotionally scarred teenagers piloting giant fleshy cyborg thingies that contain the souls of their mothers against Lovecraftian horrors. Copious amounts of mind screw, anime/toku references, meaningless Christian symbolism (as said by the staff members. They thought it looked cool) and Freudian psychology ensues. While considered very cynical, it ultimately has a hopeful message to it (despite how HORRIBLY DEPRESSING it's considered). An interesting watch that you will either love or hate.Gainax shows are generally straightforward and aren't really too confusing, provided you know what you're getting into and remember Gainax is a studio of Otakus.Except FLCL. I seriously have no idea what the heck was going on in that series beyond 'VACATION AFTER EoE'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobui Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Well, Eva pretty well fits the idea of a deconstruction, at least for me. I see deconstructions as asking two questions: "What would be some real-world consequences of this event?" and "What kind of person would actually act like this?" Eva seems to do a lot of that, showing who someone like Gendo really is, and the effects that placing the responsibility of saving the world on a group of emotionally damaged middle schoolers would actually have. The deconstruction in Eva isn't so much about consequences than about the psychology of the characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLuke Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 (edited) ^ A REAL Deconstruction of Giant Robots would be "Man, Mechas are kinda inefficient, lets build tanks instead!"The deconstruction in Eva isn't so much about consequences than about the psychology of the characters.What "what are the consequences?" it's more or less what deconstruction Site with forums removed. -B6 is about. Edited March 1, 2012 by Black Six Quote BZPRPG Profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobui Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 (edited) ^ A REAL Deconstruction of Giant Robots would be "Man, Mechas are kinda inefficient, lets build tanks instead!"The deconstruction in Eva isn't so much about consequences than about the psychology of the characters.What "what are the consequences?" is more or less what deconstruction Site with forums removed. -B6 is about.But if you look at deconstructions of the character type tropes, it often includes a breakdown of psychological issues that might cause a person to act that way, so deconstruction may include a "what might be the cause of this?" definition. Or I could just be being stubborn. Edited March 1, 2012 by Black Six Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolitaryHyena Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 Wow i really gotta watch TTGL, but after im done with this arc in the anime im watching. There seems to be lots of pretty messed up anime, i mean i looked up Elfen Lied, that seems to be pretty messed up so i gotta watch it soon. But anyways, I think the Rebuild series is my favorite Evangelion series so far, seems much more, umm less mind-eating, and well has a different twist on the story which i like where its going. Better animation buts thats cuz its more modern i guess. Quote "And where does the newborn go from here? The net is vast and infinite." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminus Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Rebuild is better for a number of reasons:1: The animation is really great, much better than what they had back in 1995.2: Rebuild has a story that Is slightly different, but better (in most opinions)3: Asuka is no longer obsessed with Kaji (I'm hoping he doesn't die this time around).4: The biggest one, ANNO IS NOW COMPLETELY SANE. Because Anno's depression pulled the series downhill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobui Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 (edited) Well word has it 3.0 is going to be significantly darker, so I guess only time can tell at this point which way it's gonna go. If it's Eva-related, it's pretty much impossible to predict. But I'm enjoying it so far. Edited March 1, 2012 by Cobui Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminus Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Finally got 1.01 today, so I'm going to watch 1.01 and 1.11 at the same time and spot the differences, 1.11 is only 2 minutes longer.I'm pretty sure doing that will destroy my mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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