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I thought I had started an Eva thread but I can't find it...

This is the best show of all time.

I've watched it over and over, and with probably 5 people with me, all thinking like.. man, the first couple episodes.. this is going to be some slow, but decent, anime, whatever, nothing special. Then, FUCK. It just blows your fucking brain apart. Keep in mind almost all the actual drama doesn't happen until episode 13 or so. The last half of the series is just one earth-shattering psychological revelation after another, just completely blowing your brain to tiny fragments. The way the whole thing had built, this dynamic between the characters, and then the last two episodes... which, in a sense, seem like a huge fuck-you to EVERYONE, but at the same time, couldn't have ended the series in any better way. But then when you watch End of Evangelion -- which I think is one of the most disturbing, shocking, and insane things ever produced (and not in any cliche way) -- everything makes sense even more, and it's honestly kind of ... depressing. Just a holy-shit piece of art, historically significant, that will probably never be bettered, because I think a lot of the "problems" with the series (the cost cutting and whatever) add to the charm. Take the scene in one of the last episodes, where the last angel is in the grips of Shinji's Eva, and there is a freeze frame for a good MINUTE or so before anything happens. Completely silent. You're just waiting and waiting.. and when it happens, it's terrifying, soul crushing, mind destroying, and just awesome. But also sad. I've never seen a series pull out my heartstrings, and damage my brain, like this one. I have Serial Experiments Lain, Paranoia Agent, Boogiepop Phantom, all kinds of neat little "psychological and dark" animes, but man... nothing even comes CLOSE to Eva. Except maybe that video game Xenogears. Heheh :)

haven't watched the series in years ( started collecting but never bought them all ) but yes it's pretty fucking awesome. I should see if I can buy the set cheaper somewhere now and re watch.

....rei is like my ultimate anime cosplay fetish. I know she's pretty popular, but.. there is no end to the awesome. I'm just too white to do her properly though.

I'd like to makeout with a girl who was a really good rei match RP. That'd be hot. Sadly I probably look more like asuka. I guess it could be rei/asuka softcore.

she's kind of too plump/big to be rei though. ^^

Neon Genesis Evangelion is easily my favorite anime of all time. I used to watch a whole lot of anime, but I lost interest bit by bit in the the past couple years. But I realize that I don't need to, because I've already seen the best.

Wouldn't let me rep you, but yes, Neon Genesis Evangelion is fucking fantastic. Two of my other favorite anime are done by the same studio (Gainax): 'FLCL' and 'Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.' If you haven't seen either, I highly fucking recommend them.

Loved FLCL. Great music, awesome visuals...too bad it was so short.

Paranoia Agent and Boogiepop Phantom are two of my favorites must get this. I hope I can find it cheaps.

Yeah agreed, Neon Genesis was great! It's been years and years though. Gundam Wing Mobile Suit was always my fav!

My friend made me watch the entire series + The End Of.. a few years ago and I NEED to watch it again. One of the best things ever. So so so good. I should buy it.

Mind you, this morning I was thinking about starting an Evangelion thread.
Sad to say, I watched the whole thing with a quite annoying sub-par freakin' italian dubbing... I kept feeling a lot of stuff went lost in translation (especially in the last couple episodes), but I guess there's not much to do about that unless you know japanese...

i watched the first two episodes, it just seemed kind of lame to me

Um, okay.

In 2010, Lawson opened a temporary Evangelion-only store in the Hakone region (site in the anime of Tokyo-3);[37] due to excessive popularity & demand, it was shut down within days

according to wikipedia.

No one here acknowledges the greatness of dragon ball z??? Yer all mad

I'm pretty sure Evangelion 2.0 is coming out on DVD this week. Anno is redoing the series in 4 movies; the first one has been out on DVD for a while and is pretty much the first 4 or 5 episodes redone with better animation. But I hear 2.0 is a completely different direction with new EVA pilots and different characterization (Shinji is apparently quite a badass)

TL;DR One more mindfuck of an ending I bet. And I will love it.

Same here. If you really want excessive Gainax eyeball viagra, I suggest Dead Leaves also. INTENSE.

Loved Evangelion: 1.0 You Are Not (Alone). The minor tweaks and refinements, pushed it over the top. I only hated the shameless Pizza Hut and Doritos promotion. From what I hear Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance's events are drastically changed for the original series. I gotta download it asap, I gotta see what's up.



Rei Ayanami easily my fav anime character.

evangelios is awesome The End Of Evangelion - Komm Süsser Tod http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEq8wa1Oydc

Yeah, Dead Leaves is the craziest anime of all time. Brilliant.