Dec 19, 2014
Okey, I haven't watched this one in a year or two so the details are a bit blurry, but hey! No spoilers!
I love this series, in my opinion it absolutely deserves the praise and title of 'groundbreaking' that it has, but i can definitely understand why people don't feel the same way.
Story: 10/10
I find the story very hard to rate, I mean if I look at it like the genres suggests, a action series, and judge it after those standards (aliens attacking, humans fighting, humans having a emotional roller coaster between winning and losing), I would say it's very mediocre. But the real attractiveness of
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this show is the character stories, which I would normally judge in the 'character' section but i felt that it was such a big and important part of the show that i slapped on a label saying 'drama' and let it pass. So, the 'drama', I can't help but to love it, the symbolism and the overall smartness of the show is so captivating that i to this day has yet to find something that gives me the same epic-feelings when i watched it.
Art: 7/10
I'll admit it, I'm a very 'new agey'-otaku, I like very pretty art and to be honest the older style don't sit very right with me. But despite this I got used to it pretty quickly and wasn't really bothered by it again.
Sound: 6/10
I like the opening song, but I never payed much attention to it. (bad me, baaad)
Character 9/10
I have two characters that i feel should get a special mention, but generally all of the characters in Neon Genesis is interesting and unique.
I'll start with one of my all-time favorite anime character: Asuka Langley
Very interesting character. She very much comes across as a playful tsundere but she has a reason! A tsundere with a reason! Yeah! No, but seriously, she's so well written that I can actually relate to her, feel sorry for her and just basically understand her, which i find very difficult with similar characters.
Next is Shinji Ikari, a character i feel get unnecessary hate a lot of the time. I can agree to the statement that he's a very realistic character, but I find myself wondering, is that really a good thing? Personally, i find Shinji to be a very good change to the usual "I'll hesitate for five minutes but we all know I'll be doing it" Who we've all seen. Shinji however struggles between really not wanting to do it (a side-effect of not liking 'the world') and moral standings (he can't just NOT do it, since no one else can) Which to me feels very real. Shinji is not a hero, he's not supposed to be a hero, but it seems many tries to judge him as one.
Enjoyment: 10/10 and Overall: 10/10
All in all, you should definitely watch this as it's one of the best anime's ever made, but remember, it's not an action anime so don't judge it like one.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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