Rating: 
Summary: Intellectual anime
Review: This is a 26 episode series on 8 DVDs. It revolves on the workers of a Secret Organization known as Nerv, in an apocalyptic age, that protect the Earth from surreal invaders known as Angels. In this story Nerv develops bio-machine robots that 3 children operate to defeat the 17 Angels that come to Earth, based on the prophecies in the Dead Sea Scrolls. It starts out simple enough, kill one Angel move to the next etc etc. But each new Angel is more harder to kill, and not everything at Nerv is as it seems. This series presents many religious and philosophical questions, dealing with God, Man, his place in the world, and explores many psychological issues of modern man. It goes into an in depth look into its characters, what makes them who they are, why they are, why do they do things, what purpose do they serve, what is the meaning of their lives, and how to improve their lives and find happiness. The dialogue and questions raised can be debated many times. This is just the themes, and ideas being presented, I haven't even mentioned the intriguing story that unravels as you get further and further into the series. There is a lot of conspiracy and secrets, and things that are not as they seem. I won't spoil it here and give any of the secrets away, that would not be fair. If you enjoy Anime that makes you think, and that you can come back to, and analyze and go over many times, this is for you. The animation, battle sequences, music, all add to the quality of the story, themes, questions, and answers brought out in this series. This is a great piece of art that rewards upon multiple viewings. Bring your friends, watch, and when its all over, you'll have lots of things to talk about. 5 stars. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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Summary: IGNORE THE BAD, THEY'RE INSANE!!
Review: UNBELEIVABLE! This anime is one of the best ones i have ever seen. I have seen many mecha anime and all they focus on is action...with the exception of a few (gundam etc...) The characters are wonderfully deep. Shinji may seem a little looney but there is a reason. If there was one anime you have to see make this one your prime choice. There is no other mecha anime better! All those who say it is nothing compared to anything else...IGNORE THEM! THIS HAS TO BE #1 on my ANIME LIST!
Rating:
Summary: By far, the most profound anime series ever.
Review: I'm not sure why nobody is talking about the
true gem this anime series really is. It's
all hidden and revealed only till the end of
the very last DVD. The series relates to some theological analogies,
but that's not the real message of the series.
The true work of art lies not only in the great
animation and drawings, but in the way the author
has of making an extremely complex point across:
"Who am I and where am I going?". The only downsides are:
1) Characters in my opinion are a bit under-developed,
although they all have very serious mental issues! ;) 2) One or two of the episodes are *SO* boring that
you might actually stop watching the series... but don't! All in all, I would highly recommend you to buy
this incredible collection and watch it all the
way till the end. You won't regret it.
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Summary: The greatest anime that no one understands.
Review: At first, all seems normal. Well, as normal as the future can get when its under attack by destructive creatures called "Angels" and our only defense are these giant mecha/orga fusions called Evangelions. Towards the middle of the series, things start playing with your head. You begin to wonder what's real, who's on who's side and so forth and onward. I loved NGE, even though I may not be able to understand all of it. Follow it up with End of Evangelion (sure to mess with your head as well) and Death and Rebirth.
Rating: 
Summary: Must be missing something
Review: Ok, I'm a reasonable guy. NGE is a good series, and I enjoyed watching it. But best series ever made anywhere? Hardly. The charectors in the end are barely changed from what they were at the start of the series; emotionally scared. The action is few and far between, with the battles with the angels barely taking up any plot time, and most of those battles are merely vehicles for the continued emotional problems from the main charectors social lives. The charectors are at least memorable, and the plot is certainly deep, if not too much so. The only way I could see NGE getting 5 stars is if someone could really connect with the charectors, such as if they were going through an emotional upheval or if they felt depressed. Otherwise, the laughs are rare, the action is sparse, and the plot is more confusing than a computer manuel. But still see it; people seem to feel moved no matter what the reality is.
Rating: 
Summary: Highly overrated series
Review: Everyone rants and raves about how great Neon Genesis Evangelion is . Well chances are they haven't seen the series as a whole. It's not great. Hell , it's barely watchable. The plot is semi-interesting , but falls into that ... stereotypical japanese teens-pilot-big-giant-robots genre. It's gets pretty tiresome. At least in Gundam Wing , there were SANE people piloting the suits. Shinji is a disturbed little boy who is given the chance to pilot the EVA because a certain generation of teens (that he is part of) are the only ones with the right type of minds to pilot the suits. Viewers will instantly hate Shinji for his inept and childish actions. Wait , let's check that genre checklist again. "Reluctant" teen pilot ? Check. Pilot is prone to beserker "rages" which make him super-powerful? Check.
Thank god , the other supporting characters are there to save the series. Shinji's caretaker , Misato, a blue-haired beauty , is easy on the eyes and Shinji's male friends are a bunch of perverted teens who are only concerned with scoring.
The EVA pilots themselves are generally quite messed up in the head and only start piloting with some degree of expertise well into the series. The character developement in the series is non-existent, Shinji is still his same old cowardly , fear-ridden , mentally-disturbed self by the end.
Onto the DVD's . The discs have four languages on each , which is pretty fun to listen to the VA's differences. The Japanese VA's are obviously the best , but prepare yourself , there are some genuinely aggravating parts where characters repeat the same word 20 times in a row , more and more louder. The audio and video quality is quite acceptable. Buy the box set only if you don't want to waste the money on buying several DVD's seperately.
Fine , I admit , it's ones of those you should probabely watch just for the hellava it. It's one of those good-old benchmarks for anime series, so watch it so you can compare to the numerous other far superior anime series.
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Summary: Mechas and angels, what else can an anime fan ask for?
Review: Alright, i bought this set not knowing what to expect, but i was hooked. Heres the lay of the land the year is 2015, 15 years earlier a catastrophic event known as the "second-impact" obliterated a good portian of the human race. what caused the seconf impact? well the public was told it was an asteroid hitting the pole causing the ocean to rise. However, the government actually covered up what happened and released that story to the public. what really caused it was a being called an "Angel," named Adam exploding. after this happened Nerv a government organizatti0on was formed, here a they created machines to fight the angels called evangelions. they can be piloted by 14 year old children. after the second impact more angels appear and start to try to get into NERV. then they recruit Shinji the "Third Child" who pilots unit 1 and stops the angels. he starts off with 1 other girl who pilots an evangelion, and three mnore children join eventually. the series has great depth and drama, its not another Gundam copy. this thing has a quality that most animes lack.
if youre sceptical about buying it or not do it! you wnt regret it. this is one of the greatest animes ever made!
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Summary: Amazing......
Review: Neon Genisis Evagelion is most likely one of the best tv shows in the world. Yes, thats right, i didn't say best anime or even best animated show. I said best thing ever to be brodcast. The animation is great, the plot is unbelivible (if you can totaly figure it out), and the action rocks. But realy makes this siers incredible is the characters. There is tons of charcacter devolopment, and even if some of the characters are not very likeable, it's usaly because they have pretty messed-up pasts, and every person is incredibly intersting. By the time it all ends, you realy feel like you know the characters personly.
If you want to watch something truely great , then Evangelion is one of my highest recomedations.
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Summary: All Roads End Here. Evangelion Is Simply A Masterpiece
Review: Since I was a kid, I've always been a fan of anime. From watching the old episodes of Robotech in the early 80's, being blown away by the mastery of Akira, to almost suffering a heart attack when I first set my eyes on Ghost and the Shell. But with all my love for anime, I never really collected it (mostly cause I was broke). But when I got a little older I began to collect as many anime tapes as possible. Going from series to series, cluttering my shelves with so many tapes. But within my collection, I've never really dove into the giant robot fighting genre. It wasn't until searching in the AnimeFan section of my GameFan magazine (mind you this was a long time ago since that mag doesn't exist anymore) I would always see a series that, above all other anime titles reviewed this month, would get scores like: A, A, A, B+, A, A-, B, consecutively. And that series was Evangelion. So out of curiosity I picked up the first tape. People, within the first 30 minutes a tear slowly fell from my eyes. If you've read any of my other reviews you'll know I'm not a big fan of writing spoilers in my reviews so read on freely. Story: The basic overview of Evangelion is this: The earth has been desolated by attacks my creatures known as Angels. An organization known as NERV located in Toyko-3 has been given the task of defeating them when they appear. The weapons of choice are large mechanical suits known as Eva's, where the Eva-pilots are young children. That overview simply those no justice to what Evangelion touches on. The story is the BEST out there even today. I've seen no other anime series (in this genre) that has rivaled the story aspects of Evangelion, not even Gundam (yes I said it). Evangelion goes and ask the question: who are humans? What are our limitations? And who are the Angels? Why are they here? And you would be asking this question no doubt throughout the entire series until the very last episode. But it is in that very last episode that you will be highly disappointed. I will explain what I mean in my conclusion. Characters: The characters of Evangelion are superb. The English voice dubbing (whatever anyone else tells you) is good. They fit the characters perfectly. Shinji, the lead character, is sort of a distorted young boy trying to please everyone else around him. Why? No, no, no, not letting that slip: WATCH THE SERIES!!!. Asuka will have you rolling with the way her characters treats Shinji and all the others with her Texas accent and wild charm. But it is one character, one that steals the show easily, is Rei. Now, I won't go into her. Won't give you a glimpse into her character. You simply have to watch her and see how she evolves in this series. You will be HIGHLY impressed and that tear will go rolling down your eye as it did mine when I seen her for the first time. Trust me on this. Animation: SUPERB!!!!!! This is the what has pulled so many people into Evangelion because the animation sooooooo beautiful. The fight scenes are fantastic. You will not see better fight scenes than this anywhere else. The animation was so detailed it was too real to be true. It rivaled Akira in everyway, and Evangelion is a series not a theatrical movie like Akira (though to be fair, Akira was released in 1988 and Evangelion came to us in 1995). You will NEVER be disappointed by what you see. It is simply masterful. Conclusion: Evangelion has many things going for it except for one thing. It was the way the series concluded that had many fans who spent 25 episodes being blown away to get an ending that was so out of place and simply weird. BUT FEAR NOT. By the time you read this Evangelion: Death & Rebirth would have already been released on DVD. The movie takes place in two parts. Death retells the story of the series where Rebirth is a redone ending of the series giving us Evangelion fans the ending we deserved. But it doesn't end there. On September 25th of this year, Evangelion: End of Evangelion will be released. What this is, is another ending, well, more like an extended ending of the Rebirth continuing where it left off. The movies main purpose is to give Evangelion a chance to conclude on the right note, I'm proud to give it all 5 that it deserves. You will NOT find an anime series out there like this. Do yourself a favor: Look up, then a little to the right and click on that BUY button. You'd be doing yourself a grand favor. Evangelion will impress you in every respect. It is simply a masterpiece.
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Summary: Great series, bad ADV.
Review: Now, I love this series, I don't watch much anime, if any, at all. But I enjoyed this confusing series quite alot. But the problem here isn't the series, no, not at all. The problem is here is with the company that made this box-set possible, ADV. I am not saying I am not happy about having this series brought into America, I am complaining that ADV put little to no features on these discs. The video quality is sub-par and could have been better, as well. In my opinion "menu selections" are not special features and should NOT be included on the back of the tape to look like there's more features than there really are. The only features here are character profiles (about 4-5 per disc) and trailers for other animes. Those trailers are nice... Well some of them, but it's still advertising. We wanted, no, we NEEDED other features! Commentary would be nice. I also wish they added more episodes per disc, the first 2 discs have 4 episodes each... While the other 6 have 3 each! COME ON! I could understand this if you made the video quality like the Cowboy Bebop discs! But these are mediocre DVD's! ADV are greedy, ignorant people. Advertising for themselves, being lazy when manufactoring the discs, and now: ONLY PUTTING 3 EPISODES ON A DISC THAT COSTS 25 DOLLARS?! That's robbery. Anyway, let's talk about the actual discs. If you haven't bought any of the discs yet... Then get this package, if you're like me and have already bought 3 discs when this box-set came out, then find a website which only sells the box, if you can (I don't remember where I got mine: but it was like 15 dollars.) The box-art is pretty nice, nothing like the "End of Evangelion" or "Death and Rebirth" boxes, though, (those weren't supplied and manufactored by ADV). One thing I wish they put more effort in would be the linear note (the booklet). It's just a thin sheet of paper with the an alternative box-art design drawn on it. On the other side of the paper it has the chapters... I wish they put more effort into this, just calling all episodes the same chapter title. The opening of the show is called "Opening". The very beginning is called "Beginning of show". The halfway point in the video is called "Midpoint". Get the idea? There are no original names for any of the chapters. The series is great in the original Japanese dialogue, watch it that way. The English dialogue isn't horrible like other dubs... I prefer watching things the way they were meant to be broadcasted in. Oh well, I can't complain, it's a great anime. I just wish it had better treatment. Go ahead and buy this set, it's a great series and it needs more American fans. It could have been worse, it could have been manufactored by Funimation... Meaning that all of it would be edited and you wouldn't be able to watch it in Japanese! So I say we work with what we got. Buy this box-set today! Or whenever you can afford it! I hope this review helped.
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