Shinseiki Evangelion

Fifteen years after a cataclysmic event known as the Second Impact, the world faces a new threat: monstrous celestial beings called Angels invade Tokyo-3 one by one. Mankind is unable to defend themselves against the Angels despite utilizing their most advanced munitions and military tactics. The only hope for human salvation rests in the hands of NERV, a mysterious organization led by the cold Gendou Ikari. NERV operates giant humanoid robots dubbed "Evangelions" to combat the Angels with state-of-the-art advanced weaponry and protective barriers known as Absolute Terror Fields.

Years after being abandoned by his father, Shinji Ikari, Gendou's 14-year-old son, returns to Tokyo-3. Shinji undergoes a perpetual internal battle against the deeply buried trauma caused by the loss of his mother and the emotional neglect he suffered at the hands of his father. Terrified to open himself up to another, Shinji's life is forever changed upon meeting 29-year-old Misato Katsuragi, a high-ranking NERV officer who shows him a free-spirited maternal kindness he has never experienced.

A devastating Angel attack forces Shinji into action as Gendou reveals his true motive for inviting his son back to Tokyo-3: Shinji is the only child capable of efficiently piloting Evangelion Unit-01, a new robot that synchronizes with his biometrics. Despite the brutal psychological trauma brought about by piloting an Evangelion, Shinji defends Tokyo-3 against the angelic threat, oblivious to his father's dark machinations.

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Souryuu, Asuka Langley Main

Miyamura, Yuko Japanese

Ayanami, Rei Main

Hayashibara, Megumi Japanese

Ikari, Shinji Main

Ogata, Megumi Japanese

Katsuragi, Misato Main

Mitsuishi, Kotono Japanese

Nagisa, Kaworu Supporting

Ishida, Akira Japanese

Pen Pen Supporting

Hayashibara, Megumi Japanese

Ikari, Gendou Supporting

Tachiki, Fumihiko Japanese

Kaji, Ryouji Supporting

Yamadera, Kouichi Japanese

Akagi, Ritsuko Supporting

Yamaguchi, Yuriko Japanese

Suzuhara, Touji Supporting

Seki, Tomokazu Japanese

Anno, Hideaki Producer, Director, Script, Storyboard, Mechanical Design, Key Animation, Original Creator

Yamaga, Hiroyuki Producer

Kobayashi, Noriko Producer

Uchiyama, Shuuji Producer

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Nov 23, 2024

Gar_A_Bage

Recommended

Daddy issues will cause the 3rd impact.

Story

The story starts of as a simple monster of the week deal and following the main cast with a slice of life elements which is nice after watching robot go brr on angel. Also it is nice seeing biblically accurate angel.

Then it gets stupidly weird and shows us that these characters are so traumatized that at any single moment during a fight will cause a domino effect.

No chat. You cannot fix any of these characters. They in fact will make you worse.

...
It's weird. I know the Kingdom Hearts timeline and a bit of Metal Gear Solid timeline. I am so confused on what is actually canon and what isn't. I still enjoyed my time watching it, it is just a little issue that I am thinking about post watch.


Animation

It is from the 90s. At the time it was groundbreaking and it is a very good looking show for the most part.

The character designs for everyone is top notch and unique. Is it because this is one of the few surviving shows that somehow lived though to today? That helps it out a lot

Overall

9/10 Misato is the only good choice. If you picked anyone else, please pack your bags and leave. Your lobotomy will be scheduled on your behalf.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Nov 1, 2024

Agathusian

Mixed Feelings

If we start from the beginning; the first 20 episodes start as a nice mecha anime and as it progresses, the story gets more complicated and draws you in, the episodes flow beautifully. However, we gradually see that the story goes to a completely different place in terms of tension and psychology. The story is very impressive and deep. The characters are also beautifully written. There are many annoying situations and events. However, even they flow until the 20th/23rd episodes due to their ages and current situations. Then, with all the stroboscopic effects, intense psychological scenes, deep messages, inner worlds and the scattered psychologies of ... the characters, we come to the last 3 episodes.
I didn't like the finale or the last 3 episodes very much. The narrative may be artistic, but "not telling" is something else at some point. Especially the finale... While there were so many things that were wondered about and wanted to be explained, we suddenly ended up in the inner selves of the people. Now I will go and watch The End of Evangelion, maybe they explain it in detail there, but I personally didn't like this series and its finale.
In general, I can say that it is a nice experience, it should be watched.

En baştan başlarsak; ilk 20 bölüm güzel bir meka animesi olarak başlıyor ve ilerledikçe de karmaşıklaşan hikayesi içine çekiyor, güzel şekilde akıyor bölümler. Ancak yavaş yavaş hikayenin gerilim ve psikolojik açısından bambaşka bir yerlere gittiğini görüyoruz. Hikaye çok etkileyici ve derin. Aynı şekilde karakterler de güzel şekilde yazılmış. Birçok sinir bozucu durum ve olay var. Ancak yaşları ve mevcut durumlar içerisinde onlar bile 20/23. bölümlere kadar akıyor. Devamında ise tamamen stroboskopik efekt ile, yoğun psikolojik sahneler, derin mesajlar, iç dünya ve karakterlerin dağılan psikolojileri derkeen, geldik son 3 bölüme.
Ben finali de, son 3 bölümü de çok beğenemedim. Anlatı sanatsal olabilir ancak "anlatmamak" başka bir şey bir noktada. Özellikle final... O kadar merak edilen, açıklanması istenen şey varken, bir anda kişilerin iç benliklerinde final yaptık. Şimdi gidip The End of Evangelion izleyeceğim, orada detaylı açıklar belki ancak bu seri ve finali için kendi adıma beğenemedim.
Genel anlamda güzel bir tecrübe, izlenmesi lazım diyebilirim.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Nov 25, 2024

cgraaf

Not Recommended

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Neon Genesis: Evangelion (NGE/Eva/Shinseiki) starts as a rather interesting mecha anime, it being unlike most others. Only young teens can operate the super-strong, impressive, and stunning mega-robots called Evangelions (Eva) in the fight against Angels, the bizarre mighty creatures attacking Earth. The beginning contains unique and interesting elements that give NGE the potential to be an amazing anime.

Sadly, the creators chose for it to be horrible. In almost every episode some more intriguing plot is introduced, often by arbitrarily throwing in some vague concepts without further explanation. This would've been fine if any of these plot threads/concepts were ever explained. Instead, the show just moves ... on to the next episode, introducing some more confusion without ever answering any of the questions the viewer may have.

Somewhere halfway the mecha anime spirals into some experimental post-modernistic atrocity, of course, one of the defining properties of post-modernism is believing that knowledge is not certain or objective, often pushing seeming standards we have established as the human race. This CAN be very cool, like with the design of the Angels. However, the creators also decided to push the definition of good storytelling and character writing. Watching NGE is like reading a book with 10 chapters of which chapters 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 are ripped out, which is definitely NOT cool. There's a tipping point in the show after which in every episode you will think to yourself: "How did we get here???". They'll introduce certain plans or events which seem very important and defining for the show, the climax even you could say. They'll then state that there exists a set of steps required to execute/reach these plans or events. They'll however not mention what any of these steps are, and then suddenly, plan/event X has happened, no buildup, no climax, it has just happened. How? An epic fight? No. It just happened.

For what is supposedly a mecha anime the fight scenes are nothing special, they're also short and quite sparse. If you're looking for action, you won't find it here.

The characters are infuriating, they do not act as normal human beings, and for most people, in order to be able to connect on an emotional level with a character, one must first recognize these characters as valid humans. The characters in NGE are just too unbelievable, there is no way people like these could exist in real life, and if they did, you'd want them to perish. All the main characters have severe parental issues as if the writer couldn't possibly imagine a person not having any. And they're so emotionally incompetent you want to beat some sense into them. They undergo very little character progression, and thus become stale very quickly, turning into a huge frustration. Witnessing certain characters doing the same infuriating shit over and over again gets old really fast. Some of the characters are portrayed as just being the issues they have, rather than also being human.

As the anime progresses it becomes noticeable that money was running out; certain scenes are repeated up to 5 times, consecutively, especially towards the end, where it'll just be a text appearing for .5 seconds, followed by a character philosophizing, on repeat. Some call this a genius piece of art outing the philosophy known as post-modernism, to many it will feel like what it is, money ran out, and they had to make something that looks like one's DVD player repeating because of a scratch on the disc.

The ending is arguably the worst part of NGE, some people argue it's amazing for being so abstract, complicated, and philosophizing about complex human emotions and thoughts. To me, it is just a horribly failed experiment, dramatizing and exaggerating basic human thoughts that are poorly processed by unrealistically incompetent people.

NGE is a mecha anime on one end, and a philosophical/psychological anime on the other. It failed on both ends. Regardless of the impressive piece of art some people consider it to be, it is simply not entertaining, which is what anime is supposed to be.

If you love banana taped-to-the-wall art for the deep meaning behind it, you'll love this anime, if you don't, I advise you to stay away from it.

On another note, the animation quality is fine, and the audio is really good, when watching this anime I can really recommend doing so in 5.1 surround.

Animation: 7
Sound: 9
Characters: 1
Story: 2

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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