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Summary: Evangelion is one of the best animes there is!
Review: This series is great. I didn't actually buy the whole boxed set at one time, I bought each DVD separately. Trust me: get the boxed set. I started watching this series and got hooked, so in buying each one separately I spent a lot more money than I had to!The first couple episodes you may find to be a bit boring, but once you get to the second DVD it is great. The series starts out being funny and lighthearted, and progresses to reveal unexpected secrets about each of the well-developed characters. Love, hate, humor, jealousy, sadness, and startling revelations are all prevalent in this series. It will keep you guessing until the end...which is the only part I didn't like. They kind of leave it up to your interpretation, but I won't spoil it. If you're an anime fan, you would be missing out on a lot if you don't see this series.
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Summary: A Masterpiece of Animation
Review: You've heard it before and you'll hear it again: Neon Genesis Evangelion is a masterpiece; one of the greatest anime series ever created. Just about every aspect of a good plot is represented in this series, and, if you're like me, you'll feel bad that you go through the entire series in a few days. It's so hard to stop watching the series. This is one of the only animes that ive backtracked and rewatched several times in order to fully appreciate each episode. It is incredibly deep, the action is intense and often times gruesome and scary, (it's not just big robots beating each other up, the fighting is really primal and savage) character interactions are meaningful, and this series will make you look at yourself in a whole new way. All in all, this series is second to none. I implore you, get this series!!!! (dont forget the manga series ^_^)
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Summary: For those who say we watch cartoons...
Review: I tell them to watch the complete series of Evangelion. (with a bit of time between DVDs so that the info sinks in) Then I ask them again if it's a simple TNT and anvil falling from the sky saturday morning show. No series in anime or in live action has ever gotten me so immersed in the storyline and in the characters. The emotions shown in the series are far more real than many live action shows and I quickly forgot I was watching an animation. I felt every emotion with the characters: from when Shinji stumbles on top of Rei to when she sheds a tear. This already is a great masterpiece in animation, right next to Akira.
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Summary: Beautiful animation, compelling story.... wacked ending!
Review: I absolutely loved the boxed set. I watched the entire series in one weekend. Seeing one dvd after the other, you really start to like (or dislike) the characters. You make a real connection with them. The only thing that bothered me about the series was the ending. I was incredibly angry that there was not a conclusive ending.... or even one that makes sense. The last two episodes left me wondering, "what were they smoking when they made the last two episodes?" Overall series outstanding.... ending blah!
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Summary: A Classic for the Books
Review: This was one of the best series I have ever seen with a good storyline and memorable characters. It's hard not to watch it over and over. A great price and buy from amazon makes a good gift or addition to anyones anamated or dvd collection.
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Summary: Amazing series!!
Review: Absolutely wonderful!! I've been waiting for some time to have the entire set in my hands. Great animation that never gets old and now its all mine!!
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Summary: Wonderful anime, horrible distributor
Review: What can I say that hasn't been said about the Evangelion series? I'll spare you the rant and just tell you about the dvd collection. First of all, I really dislike ADV Films, and one of the main reasons is for what this set could have been if they had only spent a little more money. Gainax, the studio that created eva, gave ADV films the chance to get the digital masters of the series complete with the directors cuts of episodes 21-24 (the directors cuts were extra footage added into episodes 21-24 when the box set was released in Japan), but instead they opted(more than likely to save money) to just buy the rights to what was broadcasted on television. They didn't even do the transfer right as the picture in some points in the series was very jumpy(they somewhat coorected this later on, and in the box set there was a very noticible fix on DVD 1). Then they claim that DVD 1 was "re-mastered", and by re-mastered they mean they fixed the spine to match up with the other ones and got rid of the annoying layover which they never should have put in to begin with. Finally, the fact that the series spawns 8 discs just shows where their main concern is, their pocketbook. Bandai has released many great 26 show anime series on a mere 6 discs(not to mention with many more extras and much better production quality). Overall, I still recommend you pick up this great series at a VERY reasonable(thank you amazon.com) price! Just write letters to ADV! (And by the way, appearently I'm not the only one ADV is upsetting, GAINAX recently cut all ties with them, so no more ADV distributed GAINAX anime! Hooray!)
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Summary: One of the True Masterpieces of Anime
Review: In this series a boy named Shinji Ikari must Pilot one of the giant robots called Evangelions, EVA's for short, to defeat large alien monsters codenamed "Angels".But that is only the superficial plot
This series is one of those must see animes. It is dark,however and contains some pretty freaky monsters,and in my opinion,the ugliest/freakiest.(Lilith aka the White masked thing in the basement of NervIt is heavy on religious references, some violence,and some sexual content, and has humor too. It is an extremly complex plot, and you'll probably want to get the "End of Evangelion" movie which ties many unanswered questions left by the series. This series shouldn't be watched all at once, and you should have something light-hearted to watch afterwards. I'd reccomend this series for 14+. This is just a series that you have to see all of,and you have to see it. I highly reccomend Evangelion,which I can't state enough as an anime masterpiece.
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Summary: Evangelion - Perfect Collection
Review: The first thing I noticed critically, was that the transition from shot to shot was a bit wobbly. I thought it was just the first few episodes originally, but on closer inspection I found I had just not noticed it thereafter (it's very slight). There is a tad bit of noise in the picture aswell, but these two related things weren't enough to justify the removal of one star.
The reason I gave it four stars is the ending. The last two episodes were a psych-trip into the minds and thoughts of the characters. While I think it was a good addition, it didn't satisify the story-line. The finale is supposedly to be told in the film "End of Evangelion," to be released this summer on DVD. If the set included this film, or at least this part of the story, then it would have recieved five stars.
As for praise. At times the emotion in the story is brought fourth in the most vivid detail I've seen in an anime. Each character is well developed and unique. The action is great and the technical aspects are quite realistic to actual physics (I applaud the inclusion of abstract mathematics, which aren't fully explained but revealed as present and active). I follow and critique on the scientific aspects of films and anime often. The religious tie-ins are quite a bit contridictory to Christianity, but in many ways parrallel to it aswell. The very conservitive Christian WILL be offended, but I was quite comfortable (Although, I am a quite liberal Episcopalion).
While the seriousness of the first episodes is abrupt, and doesn't let you identify with or really understand any of the characters, the draw-in of the characters' development later on is quite good.
This actually may not be a GREAT choice for the casual viewer, it will, however, fit in the die-hard otaku's collection quite well. I will definitly be purchasing the End of Evangelion DVD to follow-up!
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Summary: Simply amazing!
Review: I had received some episodes from a friend who downloaded it from a server... Anyways, Neon Genesis Evangelion is the best. It has really changed my life on how I look at things.
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