What is Neon Genesis Evangelion?

Ted · Post by **Ted** » 2003-01-03 10:16pm

I've never heard of it or seen it, but it was just mentioned to me by Ando.

What is it?

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2003-01-03 10:18pm

AHH! HES'S NEVER HEARD OF IT!!! HERETIC!!! BURN!
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NGE is a popular anime, with lots of mecha of destruction. The year is 2015, and mankind has to rely on 14 year old kids to save their asses.

Ted · Post by **Ted** » 2003-01-03 10:20pm

Ah, well Ando, see, I took up your dare and posted about my lack of knowledge!

Though the response was what was expected though.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-01-03 10:42pm

Just popping in to state that I'm not saying anything...

Yogi · Post by **Yogi** » 2003-01-03 11:03pm

Neon Genesis Evangelion, otherwise known as Shin Seki Evangelion, was an anime series that ran in 1995. It was produced by studio GAINAX and ran for 26 episodes. There has also been two two part movies, Death and Rebirth, and End of Evangelion. There are also "director's cut" scenes not shown on television.

The story is about an extremely introverted withdrawn boy attempting to deal with his self hatred, his father, and the world around him. To complicate matters, he also has to pilot a mech to defend the earth against beings which are supposed to be old testament angels. It is well known for it's biblical themes, it's nhilistic atmosphere, the main character of Shinji Ikari, the protrayals of human emotions and failings, and the interesting endings. The TV series and the Movie both show a diffrent . . . "interpretation" of the final days (or possibly diffrent versions altogether, though I think the two are supposed to mesh in some sort of way) While both endings require a certain degree of interpretation to grasp the entire meaning, it re-affirms the focus of Evangelion on the human psyche, as opposed to saving the day with cool mechs.

While most people think it is a worthy title, there are a select few out there who hate Evangelion. It is definetly something that is worth watching in my opinion. All 26 episodes plus the movies have been licenced by ADV Films ( http://www.advfilms.com/favorites/Evangelion/index.asp ). There is also an Evangelion manga (comic book) which has been licenced by Viz Entertainmant ( http://store.viz.com/cgi-bin/j-pop/ )

Edit: ADV's website contains spoilers.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2003-01-03 11:27pm

NGE is the director's couch trip.

The plot is haphazard and falls apart under scrutiny.

The perfect series for pseudointellectuals.

It's fun to watch once or twice.

EDIT: HOWEVER, I have found the manga to be FAR more enjoyable and comprehensible. I wish the series had been as good.

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2003-01-03 11:37pm

The manga also has more humor elements, IMHO.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-01-03 11:38pm

Doom.

(First person to catch the reference wins!)

Sokar · Post by **Sokar** » 2003-01-03 11:39pm

NGE is a very good anime series, with all the cool art, mecha and combat you can handle. It also has the most fucked up ensemble of characters your likely to encounter in a popular anime film or series that is non-pornographic. The first 24 episodes are great with lots of cool action and some of the most visceral combat ever put on screen, eps 25 and 26 will eiether have you cheering , or pointing at you DVD player and shouting "WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT!!!!!!!!" (Guess which I did.....) They are a serious head trip, strangely you can watch the first 24 eps and not feel cheated, considering that the final episode left so many people scratching their heads that its taken TWO movies to come up with a pseudo-explanation for what the fuck is going on in thoes final two hours.

I reccomend it , the art and style are worth the experience and coin to rent. If you want cool action I also reccomend Spriggan, that move rocked me right out of my chair, rent and enjoy.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-01-03 11:42pm

End of Evangelion overrides episodes 25 and 26.

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2003-01-03 11:45pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:End of Evangelion overrides episodes 25 and 26.

Does it? I thought the two were separate.

The Black Jesus · Post by **The Black Jesus** » 2003-01-03 11:46pm

HemlockGrey wrote:Doom.

(First person to catch the reference wins!)

the 3 evas are supposedly supposed to resemble the barons of hell

is that the magic reference?

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-01-03 11:47pm

Bzzt. The reference has nothing to do with Eva. Try again.

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2003-01-03 11:48pm

Darth Yoshi wrote:
Spanky The Dolphin wrote:End of Evangelion overrides episodes 25 and 26.
Does it? I thought the two were separate.

EoE is an alternate ending, because Anno got death threats because people didn't like Eps 25 and 26.

The Black Jesus · Post by **The Black Jesus** » 2003-01-03 11:49pm

HemlockGrey wrote:Bzzt. The reference has nothing to do with Eva. Try again.

hey! don't blame me, blame peekaboo street

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-01-03 11:50pm

HemlockGrey wrote:Bzzt. The reference has nothing to do with Eva. Try again.

3rd impact?

The volatile nature of this thread?

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-01-03 11:50pm

EoE is an alternate ending, because Anno got death threats because people didn't like Eps 25 and 26.

...WTF?

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2003-01-03 11:52pm

Yep... It was under those threats when he decided to redo it.

VF5SS · Post by **VF5SS** » 2003-01-03 11:54pm

Uraniun235 wrote: The perfect series for pseudointellectuals.

Such as stuck-up Otaku and their lackeys

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-01-03 11:54pm

Good for him...oi...must be some obsessive fans.

Anyway, in this one movie, a guy is holding a briefcase, and he opens the briefcase, and another guy goes 'What's that?' and the guy with the briefcase says 'Doom' and it kinda reminded of this, hence the reference.

The Black Jesus · Post by **The Black Jesus** » 2003-01-03 11:55pm

Exonerate wrote:Yep... It was under those threats when he decided to redo it.

there's about a million different accounts of what inspired him to do the movie~ the moral of this story is :don't rock the boat or you'll change into lcl

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2003-01-04 12:11am

Darth Yoshi wrote:
Spanky The Dolphin wrote:End of Evangelion overrides episodes 25 and 26.
Does it? I thought the two were separate.

There's so many different realms of thought on this, but I think at the moment that it's commonly accepted that the Episodes 25 and 26 and the movies D&R and EoE occur during the same timeframe, on the same timeline. You'll find long and detailed debates about it over on animeboards.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-01-04 01:00am

God, why must my fellow Eva fans be so fucking stupid...?

The Evas are NOT based on the Barons of Hell or whatever the fuck they are. They are based on the Japanese Oni. This is official fact.

Yes, Anno did recieve death threats for how eps. 25 and 26 were done, but that wasn't his reason for doing EoE.

Anno wrote the last two episodes generally as they are in EoE, but TV Tokyo rejected it for content. Gainax had to sort of rush to do the episodes, so Anno did an internal view of Third Impact from Shinji's perspective, where Third Impact succeeded.

Later on, he was able to do a theatrical version of his original ending, one that overrides the endning of the TV series: where Third Impact is seen from a mostly external perspective, and where it fails. That is official fact.

People had a reation to the brutality of EoE, and decided that since they didn't like it, Anno just did it for revenge. As if someone would be so petty...

I know all for Eva, for I have correct and official information, not personal opinions.

I'm surrounded by morons...

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-01-04 01:12am

My, aren't you the arrogant little fuck.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-01-04 01:13am

Further, he said they 'resemble' the barons of hell, he didn't say they were 'based off of'