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Summary: More than just flash and sparkle !!!!
Review: Neon Genesis IS and always will be a rewarding and interesting experience for anyone who watches it. Whether you hate it or love it, if u watch the ENTIRE series you be consumed with lingering thoughts about who you are, are you happy and what is your place in the world.As mentioned, on a basic level the story is about a group of 14 year old children working for an organsation that uses large mech-like robots to fend or the ever looming danger of an organsims called Angels. But when i say basic i MEAN basic !!! Around the half way mark the overall content goes from light heart/action series to a devasting disection of all the main characters, (primarly Shinji). You have heard that this series creates emotions and heavy thinking for those that watch it, some even saying they were in a depression for days after the series. Have to say at the end of the day this is just a tv show and i certainly didn't feel depressed but if you sit down to watch the series you can't help but get involved with the characters and lets say, without any spoliers, these character go through hell and back near the end. From the first episode Director Hideaki Anno has no problem is getting yah attention and it very easy to watch one episode and go straight into another with out needing a break. The director has made some of the most intriguing and watchable characters ever. I mean there is one character, (very bossy and angry) who i hated but in one single episode i actually felt for this character and cried (and i don't cry). Yes that's just how powerful this is. Too make a character unlikeable and then to manage to get you to sympathsis with her in a 20 min episode is sheer talent and is only one fraction of how this series unfolds. Infact as the series progresses you won't be able to leave it. There are really some amazing and tense scenes in this show that will have you sitting on the edge of yah seat waiting for the climax. I found that, as mentioned, the series starts of action, moves towards light-hearted character build up and them WHAM!!!! Around Episode 18 you can't help but feel those shivers that run up yah spine when u know your excitied about something good or plain and simply shocked. Furthermore, as the characters on the screen are torn emotionally apart and anaylised cognitaviley and behaviourally you will begin to question yourself. Yes the series is just that powerful, maybe even life changing. I found myself thinking about things for days after and still hold the ideology of my own percepetion of things in comparasion with other perceptions of me as a on-going exploration of my own meaning. In other words this series empowered me not depressing me. Either way if you watch the entire series you will get something out of it. Visually the animation is quite good with some scenes looking remarkable. Rain and water especially.I found the english dub to be fine and really didnt detract from my experience. Could have been alot worse. However hearing Shinji Jap vocie adds more emotion to his anguish for some reason. Can't quite pick why though. So in conclusion if you are looking here then you are seeking information about the series and thinking of getting it. All i can say is DO IT. Even if you don't enjoy the cartoon aspects, mech organsims,or action (which i bet you will - this aint pokemon or robotech ladies), you will get something more from this. This is like a therpay session that afterwards will have you questioning purpose, meaning and contexts. Be warned though, the story as it unfolds becomes more and more convuleted with complextity. You have to watch this story with interest and probabely seek more information on the web or guides to get a better understanding of the outcomes of this series. As others have said don't watch parts of this series. You need to start from the beggining and move to the end in a linear fashion or you won't get it. Finally, the infamous last two episodes of the series are quite good and do completment the series. Infact the final two episodes are the most analaytical and really induce you to think hard about yahself and the characters. Have so say though that the last 1 min is just plain stupid but move on to EOE to seek closure. Another reviewer stated that he saw the final two episodes in the series as occurring in Shinji's mind while EOE was what happened to NERV and the others outside of his mind. Viewing it this way is a big help and makes sense, which assists you to fully enjoy everything about NGE. So, buy it ok. I had my doubts, read some reviews and through good luck managed to get the money to buy it and i have never looked back. I have watched the series right through twice now and picked up more the second time. So for value for money you get: - a possible life changing experience
- to become engrossed with characters that have excellent depth and emotion
- a strong story line that will have you thinking for years
- a series that u can and really must watch more than once
- a therpay session
- 26 excellent episodes (not one ep failed to bore me)
- tense action that will leave you squirming and open mouthed (some of the final battles are bloody as)
- a series for the mind as well as the eyes So whats yah waiting for. If you can buy it. Do it now!!! Thank You Hideaki for NGE. Thank You Thank You Thank You :)
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Summary: Neon Genesis Evangelion
Review: This is a series for all anime fans, new and experienced. It was really good because it gets your attension right when you first watch it and it is good til the end. Animation was really good and the sound quality was good too. The only thing that would really help with this anime is that you know your biblical facts like the back of your hand because this anime is loaded with biblical mentions. The basic synopsis: The year is 2015 and some continents in the world are completely submerged in water including tokyo one and tokyo 2 (Both takin out in the First and second impacts) where tokyo 3 was built and where the story takes place. A series of "Impacts" have hit the Earth cause by beings known as "Angels". The Angels only purpose is to crush the remaining survivors of the first and second impact by creating the third impact. The remnants of the human race decide to fight back using huge mechs known as Evas. The only humans on Earth that can pilot these mechs are a select few that have to be fifteen years old with a couple of other things in common (You'll catch the "common" things when you watch the video. No spoilers here (: Shinji Ikari and some fellow classmates are the pilots of these evas to save the human race and destroy the angels once and for all.... if they can overcome some obstacles that surface from their past. I would highly recommend this anime to anyone and everyone. Get the 2 ending movies too because they were supposed to take place of episodes 25 and 26 due to disgruntled evangelion fans. Enjoy!!!
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Summary: Great Story
Review: Matrix, Princess Mononoke,and Neon Genesis Evangelion are my favorites of all time. Charactors are very alive, that I can't help myself liking them (especially, Rei Ayanami, she is awesome. She is very quiet, but philosophical, warm hearted, and mysterious). This anime has a sci-fi component, great charactor development, a lot of bloody action, comical component, sexuality, romance, phylosophy, and great epic story. You may already heard about the last 2 episodes. To me, it's not that bad. Compared to the End of Evangelion, the ending is somewhat lighter, at the same time, very philosophical. These are some of reasons why I think the ending is not that bad. However, the ending left me with some questions, such as, What is Rei Ayanami? What is Lilith, and other angeles? The movie - End of Evangelion explains a lot of facts that were not shown in the TV series, however the movie is extremely depressing. I wished original episodes had contained those explanations, becasue the movie requires some courage to watch. If you are looking for a great story, this anime is the one.
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Summary: No doubt, Eva *is* the best!
Review: I was a bit nervous to dish out such a large sum of money for this one. It was worth it, however. :) I did what some said was "impossible" and watched the whole series in one sitting- it was so good, I couldn't tear myself away! Though I've since watched it through a second time to get all the finer points of it, Evangelion is by far the most intellectual anime series I've ever seen. Not only that, but the characters are 3-dimensional beings that continually develop throughout the series. While at the beginning it was somewhat comical and light, starting around episode 14 it began to turn darker, and deeper sides of all the characters are showns; sides that they all tried to hide. I also empathized with the characters more than is normal: this is one of the few animes that has actually made me cry. I was tearing up when Misato broke down crying (the end of episode 21- don't want to give anything away!), and my heart was really going out toward the characters. Once you get into the last 8 episodes, the series takes an ever darker turn, and becomes rather jarring, confusing, and philosophical. By the time you reach the end, you will find yourself rather depressed, and be in need of many answers. Some find the ending disappointing, but personally I enjoyed it. I still saw End of Evangelion, for there *were* some answers that I thought needed answering... but the ending to Evangelion was actually a rather optomistic one, suggesting many new possibilities. So I guess what I'm trying to say is- definitly invest in this anime, especially if you're in the mood to do some deeper thinking. ^_^
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Summary: One of the BEST animes every made and ever will be made
Review: For the Past 2 years I heard this and that about Neon Genesis Evangelion, how it was so good and such, I just blew em all off. But I was in an anime slum one day, so I checked out the series to see what it was all about. The Anime itself is like one never before ever done, its on a new level of character designs and story complexity. You'll end up watching the series over and over and over again just for the story and the battles. If you've played Xenogears and Final Fantasy 7 for Playstation, mix the complexity of both games together, and thats what the story is like for Evangelion. Its bad all, because the how the story line is, you'll pay more close attention to what is going on. The main character is Shinji Ikari. His dad is involed in a government organization known as "Nerv". Their job is to dispose of giant creatures called "Angels". 15 years ago or so the first angel exploded and caused the Antartica to melt, this was known as "First Impact", there was a 2nd one to happen, and it was said that a third one will happen to kill all people on Planet Earth. Neon Gensis Evangelion is the struggle Shinji has to prevent this third impact, this is one non stop anime you sure as heck won't want to miss
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Summary: One of the best
Review: Now iam new to all the anime stuff and every tells me i should watch the Neon Genesis Evangelion series they say its the best. I've read all the reviews on the series and i got the basic idea for the show so i ended up buying it. It wasnt excatly what i thought it was the characters voice acting was kinda cheesey but it got better farther in the series. One of the things about this show i never heard or read about was all the sex appeal, skimpy clothing, and naked people.I was really suprised (this isnt a complaint) even though you dont see any of the goods. This shows fight scenes werent very long but they were very dramatic and some times very gruesome and violent. The story is very confusing at times but it usually explains later on in the show and the ending is horrible and adds more to the confusion. The reason i only give it four stars is because the last two episodes they are intersting for awhile but get very tedious towards the end. If you like mecha type anime and strange monsters this is a must to own but if you like a completed story i suggest you buy the two movies with the box set otherwise you might be disappointed with the ending to such a great series.
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Summary: My favourite anime!
Review: First aired on Japanese TV on 1995, Hideaki Anno's Neon Genesis Evangelion is one of the most praised anime series, and there's a reason to it. I don't really know where to start from; the plot is really, really, complex, and you should untangle many things by yourself. Maybe that's what makes Neon Genesis Evangelion so great; it's an anime series that, besides giving lots of depth to the characters, submerges you into its world and makes you think about it. On the technical aspect, Neon Genesis Evangelion is also outstanding; while it doesn't follow the simple and clean "geometric" style like that of late anime series like Lain (actually, I am tired of that style), the series is very well animated and drawn. Recommended.
(By the way, if you expect a mecha series here, you're going to be disappointed...)
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Summary: Amazing
Review: Neon Genesis Evangelion is a bit more dark than some anime series but this should certainly not stop you from buying it. I have to say that this series is probably the most thought provoking anime series that I have ever seen. Also, this has the perfect mix of action and drama. Character development is done fairly well in my opinion but the characters seem to be mere representatives of people in general. I consider myself to be relatively new to the realm of anime and at the same time pretty "old school" at the same time. I grew up watching things like Voltron, Transformers, Thundercats, etc. However it is only recently that I've come to appreciate the more serious side of anime. Evangelion is a great buy and well worth the money. One final note, I wouldn't buy this for younger children due to some graphic scenes.
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Summary: OOH EY
Review: Ok, I've seen this series a magical number of...well, about three times now...I got it a couple of weeks ago! What can I say? Very nice! Course, when I say very nice I mean like...you know, best tv series I've ever seen... I love these characters, ooh, Shinji, ooh, Rei, ooh, Asuka...oh, and Misato, but I don't like her much. Um...but just forget about that. I still love everyone else! But, my favourite character is Kaworu! Sure, he only appears for one episode...but he's so funny! I dunno, maybe it's just me...but when two guys are standing in the shower, and Kaworu asks Shinji if they'll be sleeping together...especially with Shinji in his insane mental state, I just think that's great... I won't bother explaining any of the story, just because pretty much everyone else has, and if I did try to explain the intro stuff, I'd still give away lots of spoilers, because I'm good like that! Anyways, I've heard real bad things about the ending, and after reading all these reviews here, I was expecting the worst! Whoopsies, I watched it, I liked it. No closure, but I still really liked it! Really though, I have to recommend End of Evangelion (the movie that provides the real ending, with real closure), I've bought it, and really...even though I prefer End of Evangelion to the series ending, I still really like the series ending a lot, and both of them correspond to each other! Everything from the series ending (inside the character's head) relates to what is happening (outside their heads)! I like it a lot! Then of course, I'm only really here to rate the series...so...yeah, back to the series! Slowly, the whole series just goes so downhill into weirdness, I love it!as it carries on it just gets better and better, with the film at the end bringing it to the big big weird end! Well, now I've explained how awesome the whole thing is, over and over again...I'll talk about the dub and sub! Just so you know, I'm pretty new to anime, I've only been a proper fan for a few months, and am just watching the "classics" that get so much attention! As for the dub though, for the most part I'd say it's pretty good, the only exceptions being Asuka and Misato, with Asuka sounding mostly very squeaky in a german way...sorta... As for Misato, sometimes she sounds ok, it suits the character...but the voice does tend to take very big changes between episodes, and each of her emotions seem to have a totally different voice! Shinji is good, sounds a bit girly though, but I got used to it...besides, the actor does a good job...not so much with the way the voice sounds, but more with the difficult role of doing all the emotional stuff! Rei has to be my favourite of the english dub though! The sub is better than the dub, and the only character I'd say who is better in the dub would have to be Gendo Ikari (Shinji's dad)...even so, thumbs up to...umm...ADV (please be right, please be right, please be right!), for doing a good job overall... For the action in this series, there is a decent amount...not the focus of the series, but it's there, and it's good too...a lot of the budget must've been put into these, they've got a lot of scale! Despite that though, it surprised me that the Evas (the giant robots who are supposed to save mankind) don't normally fight in the normal arty ultra fast, ultra glitzy way that other mechas do (e.g. Macross!!), and I like that...towards the end of the series though, when the pilots get better, you see a bit more skill from the pilots, but it's not the sort of thing you normally get! All in all, great character development, and while normally I don't like huge hyped things, in fact, while Akira is good I wouldn't call it great, and the same thing goes for Ghost in the Shell...I don't know why, but there you go...this is one time where I have to go with the masses saying that this is great, about 10 hours worth of amazing tv! The most philosophical thing I've ever seen, with great characters, and an amazing film for closure (EoE), you SHOULDN'T be disappointed with this! If you are...well...don't blame me! I mean, I'm just a random guy reviewing, and anonymous too!
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Summary: this is an awesome
Review: this is the anime that made me want to make my own anime, and find an anime that has a metal sound track. you should really see this. it is really great.
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