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Summary: EVA is AMAZING!
Review: This has got to be one of the greatest anime series of all time!
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Summary: Evangelion... something that will grab you and never let go
Review: Sure, I had heard about anime before, mainly from my friend,Brad, but I wasn't jumping for joy. That is until I began watching Neon Genesis Evangelion. After watching the first episode I was hooked and new where my money was going. While it may seem a bit expensive, I paid a lot more buying individually for 27.50 each, it is well worth it. It starts out with Shinji the main character having some family issues. The setting is Tokyo 3, a very futuristic city that shelters NERV Headquarters. NERV is a secret organization against the angels, huge monstrocities that little is known about. While NERV's goal seems simple, destroy an angel when it comes, there is something much deeper going on that only the higher ups know about. Gendo Ikari who is Commander of NERV is Shinji's father and is in on the strange things happening in NERV. Shinji and Gendo are not your typical father-son duo. Shinji with no other choice has to help his dad achive goals he doesn't even know about. This is Neon Genesis Evangelion, the series that is perfect in everyway, both animation, PLOT, music, and characters that you actually get to know(GENDO is the best.) Don't make a mistake and not get this series.
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Summary: Of all the anime I've ever seen, this is the 2nd greatest
Review: That's right, it's not the best ever, Cowboy Beebop beats pretty fair and square for a few reasons, but this is about Evangellion. This is one of the strangest series ever. First it's about a kid and his huge mech. You think this kid is going to fight a few big monsters, and the audience is going to drool over the hot girl they keep showing who doesn't wear that much clothing. Then the drama kicks in as you discover the frightning and sad pasts that every single one of the characters share. Then it is as if God turns on all of the characters and shows them no more of his mercy. That becomes evident through the monsters they continually face as well as the overwhelming sadness they experience through the story. The most udderly sad and horrifying event of any television, anime series, or movie takes place in Evangellion when you see a little girl, whom you end up caring for with almost all of your tender little hearts, watch her mother hanging by a noose. To make it all worse, the mother was mentally insane and thought her daughter was a ragdoll. Not knowing that her real daughter was begging her everyday to show her half of the affection that she showed the doll. It was very disturbing when you saw the ragdoll's head torn off below the mother's hanging body. Then, well the whole thing just ends. All the characters suddenly become entirely different from what you were thinking, and the world, literally, ends.
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Summary: Despite everything else...
Review: ...this is not as good as everybody has led you to believe. I, too was recommended to this great anime called Evangelion. At first, after watching botht the movie and the series, I thought,"Man, this really is good!" However, I began to scrutinize what I had seen. was it really THAT good? This seems deja vu. Surely enough, this series was taken straight from Jewish mysticism. If you do not believe me, you are entitled to your opinions, but seriously, before you dismiss this review, why not go to google and type in "sephirotic tree" (that odd shaped figure displayed in the opening theme of this series). Just because you know where the series came from is no reason to hate it. evangelion did have its redeeming qualities such as some great mech wars, three exceptional children, and a mildly alchoholic adult. This mix will obviously create some "interesting" situations, to say the least. Overall, this anime fell apart when I scrutinized it (most will), however, if you just want some good action seens and laughable adolescent situations, this isn't too bad, although $$$ is too large a price tag for me. This review was written because I felt that I had a duty to inform you with a different angle before you go spending your hard-earned cash and free time.
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Summary: Eva madness
Review: This is one if the greatest anime series ever. The creators realy brought out the meaning of the series and of the human soul and yet made it real funny. Trust me once Asuka comes into the series conflicts between her and Shinji make the serious hilarious!!!!
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Summary: This series is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G
Review: Get this series, its inspriring and disturbing, as far from boring and uninteresting as a series can get. It's really good all the way through but when you get to about the 18th episode...wow, amazing.
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Summary: Best Anime of all Time!
Review: I watched anime for over 10 years now and trough all these years I have never seen anything better than this. When it came out in 1995 I got the Import Box set imideatly, and to tell you the truth it is still the greatest anime of all time. The Action, drama and many religious conflicts make this the perfect collection even if you are not a anime fan!! -The problems with the American realised DVDs-
-First let me tell you that if you have money to spend then get this box set, but if you want to save money and get a even better deal out of this series. Then order the Import Box set instead!! Sure it does not have the English dialouge, but for the hardcore fan(like myself)it is even better. Also check out the two movies which were reincarnations of the last two episodes in the series. -OVERALL- Defenetly a great Series, is worth the Money and kicks any other Anime ...!! -Also wait for the Revival of evangelion coming in the fourth Quarter of 2003.
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Summary: Perfection in a box
Review: When they named this the Perfect Collection they weren't anything short of the truth. In my opinion this is the best anime ever conceived. Watch it all the way through, then the movies (Death and Rebirth and End of Evangelion) and you'll be questioning humanity as I do today...
Not one for the non thinkers though. Definitely not a boppy kind of "Pokémon" anime. Although it's quite serious it does have its humour, but it's intellectual humour, not the "fall over and everyone laughs" kind. I seriously recommend this to any giant robot fan (Macross/Robotech, Transformers, Nadesico etc) and anyone with a need to expand their mind and views on the world and humanity as a whole.
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Summary: Brillant Anime vs. Annoying DVD Inconsistancies
Review: First let me state that Neon Genisis Evangelion is one of the best animes I have seen. Though its plot is slightly hard to follow, and the last two episodes, however highly thought provoking, do not *fully* resolve the storyline, that's what you get for watching an intelligent, witty, character-driven anime. If you want to turn your brain off for 13 hours (26 half-hour episodes) I suggest you watch DragonballZ or Pokemon - this one's not for you.
My problem with this DVD collection isn't with the content, but how it's presented. I think Hideaki Anno should be insulted at how ADV has treated his work of art. Unlike the Cowboy Bebop DVDs, no two DVDs of this collection are exactly alike (at least in the box set I got). The first few DVDs fit four episodes each, while the others only fit three. However, it seems as if the DVDs could have held at least five each because of the complete lack of any extra content, or even decent menus.
The only extra content on the DVDs are ads for other animes (and Farscape, go figure). On the first few DVDs, these ads are located in their own menu off of the main menu. On the rest of the DVDs the ads are played automatically after the FBI warning, and that's annoying.
Another problem I had was the fact that the chapter positions were illogical on several of the discs. I like to skip an episode's opening animation (no need to see it more than once); however on a few of the discs the chapter after the opening is placed *after* the episode title. In a nutshell, that means you've skipped both the opening animation and the first five minutes of the anime. Urg.
My last gripe is the fact that some of the DVDs had the Japanese text digitally replaced with Engilsh while on others the English was merely typed over the Japanese. This is true from DVD to DVD within one box set as well as from box set to box set. My 1st DVD has the text typed over, while my friend's 1st DVD has it digitally replaced.
Does this mean this anime isn't worth buying? If you think that then I personally hate you with all of my being. Don't let my complaining about inconsequential flaws in the DVD deter you from enjoying this brillant masterpiece. Evangelion is definately worth owning, despite ADV's blunders. Believe me, once you see it you'll be glad you ignored this review.
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Summary: Breathtaking......
Review: I have seen a lot of anime and to tell the truth, I am not a huge fan of it, but when my friend introduced me to NGE, I fell in love. Words can't describe how amazing this series is. From the first episode to the closing piece by Bach at the end of EoE, you will be hooked. I would say that this is the greatest anime I have ever layed my eyes upon, and I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to experience something great.
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