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Please note that this review covers Neon Genesis Evangleion(series) + End Of Evangelion (movie)

It is said that the story needs to be great for an anime to be considered a masterpiece.But,Neon Genesis Evangelion takes a huge dump on that notion.The characters is the story.The characters is the anime.The plot is secondary.

Story-8

Post apocalyptic world ! Hasn't this setting been used several times? Even for a show of the 90s,it was. The story is as simple as it gets.The series is set in a futuristic Tokyo fifteen years after a worldwide cataclysm. The story centers on Shinji, a teenage boy who is recruited by the shadowy organization ... NERV to pilot a giant bio-machine called an Evangelion in combat against monstrous beings known as Angels.
The synopsis was not something that swept me of my feet even though it had badass mechas fighting against it.The characters did

Characters-10

I wished I could rate this higher than 10.I know I'm probably of the lesser crowd,when I say SHINJI is one of the best written characters of all time.Yes,he was a bitch.Yes,he was annoying.Yes,he was a pussy.But ask yourself:What would you have done if you were in his place?The guy had no military training,lived a lonely life,his father abandoned him,no motherly love and yet he wanted to prove to everyone that he is capable of something.In one of the episodes you can see how happy he was when his father appreciated him.He longed for that.I can understand why people don't like his character,but I've never seen such a realistic potrayal of any character.

As of other side characters,they were just as good as Shinji.Each had their own issues and the show managed to give brilliant characterisation to each one of them.It's unlike any other shows I've seen.
Fuck GENDO

Animation-6

Gainax did a pretty good job for the art and animation,even though they ran out of budget buy the end of the series and had to use paper clippings in the final episode which really worked well.I had no major issues with the animation.

Sound-8

That opening song!! That fricking opening song is truly a gem.As of the other OSTs they were great as well

Enjoyment-10

I have seen many threads where people say that the series get good around episode 8-10,but I felt the series was brilliant right of the bat.As the show gets deeper,the show becomes more psychological.You feel for the characters.You connect with them.Indeed,the final 2 episodes make you want to kill someone,but thankfully the End Of Evangelion movie make up for it.It manages to cover most of the plot holes and has a better ending than the series

Final Thoughts:
EVA isn't an anime,it's an experience.I've never felt so depressed while watching an anime.The series will tear your heart apart and grind it into pieces.

It's 2015.You know what time it is:Get in the fucking robot,SHINJI

Toriko is one of the best ongoing shonen manga. Many people disregard this series as typical shonen because they think it's just about cooking or have watched the awful anime series.But in reality,this is a top-tier shonen

The driving force behind the series is the immense world building and intense fights.There are rarely any asspull with characters relying on strategy and their immense strength.Unlike the anime,the fights are very gory with limbs flying off and characters not giving a shit pf whatever happens to them.Cool shit happens.The COOKING FESTIVAL arc is one of the best shonen arcs of all time with many people ... comparing it to the great MARINEFORD arc in One Piece.Although,Cooking Festival was slight better because of the fights

The GOURMET WORLD in Toriko straight up lives up to the hype the author created in the series.With wild beasts being as big as one huge mountain.The readers are always kept at the edge of their seat.

The characters are bit of a let down in the series.I still haven't found myself attached to any of the major characters but that doesn't stop me from loving this series

If you love ONE PIECE or HUNTER x HUNTER, you should definitely give this series a try.This is truly one of the gems of the shonen genre.

PLEASE AVOID THE ANIME,coz TOEIpieceofshit censored a lot of fights and made majors changes in the original story.

Hope you enjoy the greatness that is TORIKO