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Neon Genesis Evangelion, Vol. 2

Neon Genesis Evangelion, Vol. 2

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: This series is the best in Japanese animation in years!
Review: Evangelion has to be the most far out Japanese anime I've ever encountered! Both volumes of its manga (graphic novel) are excellent, and when the others are available, I can guarantee they will be as well!!!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Not as detailed as the Anime, but still excellent Manga!
Review: From possibly the defining work in Anime of this decade comes this brilliant manga title. One of the things that I enjoyed most was the way it focused much more on Shinji from a personal point of view, but I also missed the the detail that is given in the Anime series. The artwork and the gimmicky "original Japanese" (backwards) orientation of the comic definitely make up for this though.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Most Thought-Provoking Manga in a long time...
Review: How to do justice to Neon Genesis Evangelion? I'm not entirely sure it's possible to describe this book with words. Yes, it's a comic book--but not in the sense most Westerners will think of them, or even the style of most manga.

Neon Genesis Evangelion (Japanese "Shinseki Ebangerion") was one of the most controversial manga in Japan for the very reason it's so enjoyable. Unlike most comics, which are focused on action and little else, Evangelion involves heavy character development. The story centers around the introverted, socially inept 15-year-old Shinji Ikari. He works (so to speak) for NERV, a government agency devoted to repelling the attacks of the Angels--mechanical beasts seemingly bent on destroying humanity.

With Shinji is the First Child Rei Ayanami. Together, they pilot huge robots known as Evas (short for Artificial Human Evangelion). Close to Shinji is Misato Katsuragi, his 20-something commanding officer, whom he also lives with, not having anywhere else to stay.

Do not be fooled, Evangelion doesn't skimp on the action. But where this story really shines is the characters--per traditional manga, each one has deep character flaws. But they interact somehow much more naturally than most characters in such stories seem to. Each has his or her own set of confounding problems to deal with.

This volume in particular deals with Shinji's conflicting concepts of who he is and who he is told to be, and his more outward battles both with the Angels and with schoolyard bully Toji Suzuhara. The entire feel of Evangelion is enrapturing: the world is a dark reflection of our own situation, and despite the abnormal circumstances under which Shinji exists he still manages to come across as a very human character, something which can at times be almost frightening.

I reiterate, it is difficult to put in words how compelling this manga is. Whether or not you normally look at comics, Evangelion is more than worth the time and money.

~Kei

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Verdammt
Review: It was quiet enthrallin

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Lots of thumbs up
Review: Neon Genesis Evangelion is far most the best manga/anime i have ever seen and read. The plot of the story gives it real life and deals with very much sci-fi and mecha. It also revolves around a world where our world could probably end up being. The characters are very vivid and interesting and my knowledge of Eva is far more than what i am writing here. If anyone would like to email feel free to!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: great but not as good as the first!
Review: out of all the neon genisis mangas, I like the third the best but you can't get to the third without the second. this was a realy cool book though. there was fewer battle scenes than in the first book but they were still great. shinji is more rebelius in this one, he refuses to follow misatos orders and fights the angel to the end. some cool new weponds and charactors await you as shinji takes on another dreaded angel and an angry misato afterwards. the art is incredibale and the characters are still great in NEON GENESIS EVANGELION vol.2 (p.s. the only reason I gave it 4 stars is beacause they don't have a 4 and a half star rating.)

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Well Written, well drawn, what more could you ask for?
Review: SO far, I've read Evangelion books 1-3 and loved them all. The story is just great, action sequneeces are just so suspense full, I literally couldn't put the book down. Besides that, the art work is great. I didn't thing they couuld fit huge mechs into a comic book, but they did a great job of it. This is one of the best Manga epics I've ever read. I suggest all the books to everybody.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Well Written, well drawn, what more could you ask for?
Review: SO far, I've read Evangelion books 1-3 and loved them all. The story is just great, action sequneeces are just so suspense full, I literally couldn't put the book down. Besides that, the art work is great. I didn't thing they couuld fit huge mechs into a comic book, but they did a great job of it. This is one of the best Manga epics I've ever read. I suggest all the books to everybody.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Religion of Evangelion
Review: This is the manga that will change your way of life. The anime left me speachless. In the manga, Sadamoto-sama get's more into the minds of the people and what they are thinking. One thing's for sure. This is not the anime and it will change your views in life.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Vol 2 of the manga adaptation of the best anime ever
Review: This is vol 2 of Yoshiyuki Sadamoto's slightly altered manga adaptation of Neon Genesis Evangelion, the best anime series ever made. You like anime? Buy it. You like comics? Buy it. But be warned: it is somewhat different from the TV series, so it isn't a substitute for watching the show.


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