neon genesis evangelion

Every time I think about rewatching this I get filled with unutterable dread

in the long gap between end of evangelion's japanese release and its american release i got my dad to take me to see it at a japanese cafe/gift shop where i had discovered it was going to be playing. turned out it wasn't even fansubbed—just the unsubbed version playing on a small tv mounted near the ceiling. i made my dad sit through the whole thing with me.

― 1staethyr, Friday, July 11, 2014 1:14 PM (6 months ago)

Reminds me of one time my dad tried to watch some anime with me, to keep current with my interests. I had just bought a new Eva tape, and it turned out to be the one where they're all naked for no reason. It was a bit awkward but I think he was more confused and bored than disapproving.

― Doctor Casino, Friday, July 11, 2014 1:16 PM (6 months ago)

i love these posts

I saw Rebirth fansubbed at an anime con in I wanna say 1998, a decent amount of time before it was out domestically, at a late night screening filled with rowdy black anime fans. I was shaken by the shattering emotional journey Anno took me on and resented the rambunctious crowd for puncturing my melancholy. But in retrospect it was cool.

okay finally watching 3.0 and holy shit

i love that everyone has corny space/future beards

this is like leiji matsumoto's evangelion

last one comes out this year, right? i've still only seen the first one b/c i wanted to watch them back to back + still not sure how i feel about the whole thing anyway

the second one is legitimately great, and the third one veers so far away from the original plot that uh you could consider this a sequel

almost every scene in 3.0 is baffling, i am being elaborately trolled rn

weren't you the first time around too though, tbh?

yeah that's why i'm sorta into it

beautiful 3d animation on this kaworu/shinji piano duet

one day I hope to marathon the 4 new movies in a theater in one sitting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va5_rn3vG3A

crowdfunding campaign to send a replica of the Spear of Longinus to the moon, after one day they are about a third of the way to the total.
Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki (in blue) showed up to the campaign launch!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_GpMGhZ6h0

omg awesome

http://i.imgur.com/5i6hunw.gif

Evangelion remake looks sick

woooooow =)

I'm watching the original series for the first time. Loving it! Amazing the range of stories you can tell with "Giant robots defending Earth" as your main plot.

Also Misato rocking the high-functioning alcoholism and the timeless comedy of a crazy penguin doing crazy things.

Just finished the ep where they reveal Adam.....woah. Really liked episode 14, starting with the recap and featuring Rei's mystical/psychological freak-out in the middle there. Looking forward to see where all this goes!

The design of all the angels is pretty fantastic. Each one is a new abomination and has a really bizarre appearance and shape. The weird pyramid....the floating wedjat eye...the shadeless zebra-striped sphere.... So so good.

I'm highly enjoying the mystical shit but I like that stuff more than most people, and Shinji's angst isn't just one-dimensional sulking.

there's upwards of two dimensions to it!

Just finished the ep where they reveal Adam.....woah.

This was one of the first really badass, mindblowing, stuck-in-my-brain moments when I watched the first time. Just a couple of cryptic, baffling lines, enough to keep a lot of speculation going.

Agreed about the Angel designs - I think there's a few duds or too-similar ones, early on, but yeah, I like them as they get fucking weird as hell.

lol adam I would love to reexperience this show for the first time, enjoy

shinji's "angst" is straight up deeply woven trauma so i kinda can't hear ppl be shitty about it anymore

Yeah it's devastating, he literally has the world on his shoulders. I read the writer/director was suffering from depression-I do from time to time so I can really see that in this. But it's not depressing, it's pretty inspirational. Shinji rules!

http://38.media.tumblr.com/8a7bff2413a3a6a975049bffc8044091/tumblr_ncki3wPgKB1s7m1zqo1_r1_250.gif

shinji's "angst" is straight up deeply woven trauma so i kinda can't hear ppl be shitty about it anymore

Yeah I am just in a mood tonight, ignore me.

That was pretty funny.

I like how Misato promised her team they would all get steak if they were successful. But she had no money and so they had to get ramen instead. This meant Rei the vegetarian had an option, so it ended up working out ever better.

Yeah I am just in a mood tonight, ignore me.

oh don't worry about it, your comment was funny, it just reminded me of recent conversations i've had about this show

I think I'll finally be able to rewatch the show when I'm close to dying and after having led a very fulfilling and happy life with no pain and sadness

how disgusting

http://i.imgur.com/yw86LBz.png

hahah

Literally started having flashbacks while reading that. I need to go lie down

Damn I can't believe Ikari made his son almost kill Toji. So cold.

And then Shinji coming back and going insane to the point of the Eva eating the Angel like an animal.....woah

i thought what happened was shinji refused to kill the angel-infected eva so gendou replaced shinji w/ the autopilot which is what caused the gorefest

Yes but Shiji quits piloting the Eva in next the ep and when he does come back to save the day it's super brutal (Shinji achieving 400% sync and the Eva turning into God status). He starts crawling on his hands like an ape and consumes the Angel in 19/20. CRAZY

Please keep it coming AB, you are taking me back to tenth grade here, seeing this for the first time - stunned silence in the room, two absolute ''holy shit'' episodes back to back. It's amazing how seamlessly the show ramps from its initial melange of fun robot show, weird arty angsty guy show, and wacky penguin/boob antics show, to get to *that* point so quickly, and yet have you 100% invested in the characters, their shock, their horror.

damn right!

24: Holy Kubrick w the floating sentient monoliths and the Beethoven. So amazing that still shot of the Eva holding the tiny seemingly benevolent Angel. And the crunch that follows is insane. Wow. Also aw sad Pen Pen is leaving Miss Misato. She is an amazing character btw. Coming in at the very end when it seemed all hope was lost, like Krishna surveying the battlefield. Some amazing philosophy in here.

you've reached the moment for an important decision now as to whether to watch 25/26 and/or End of Eva and in what order. (I suggest End of Eva, I can't put up with 25/26)

25/26 are beautiful ;__;

watch both tho, obv

uff, misato in EoE

;_;

v pleased this thread has gone from ilxors being like "THAT ONE SHOW WHAT HAS THE PENGUIN" just ftr

25: Ok wow this is Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back as art film written by Freud. "What I desire is despair" Rei is so goth. All the stoplights here, it is very much like a psychological stage play. Dark night of the soul for all involved.

26: Love the watercolors. I like how as the characters break down the animation breaks down too. This show is great about using classical film techniques to get across character development and these final episodes are master-classes. Adding the line for ground to give Shinji something to use to orient himself was brilliant. It reminds me of the Ancient Egyptian concept of The Horizon and also a bit of that Daffy Duck where the animator is creating the world around the character. I bet some people were upset there were no more giant robot fights but this stuff is great. It seems like the kind of ego destruction and rebirth that might have gone on during Dave's trip through the 2001 monolith. Plus we had that alternate reality where Shinji is a normal kid and its like a stock anime about wacky school hijinks. Then all the characters say goodbye, leaving you to decide what really happened at the end there. So ambiguous. Having all the characters (and then the writer) thank the audience at the end was a nice touch. Can't believe they fit all of this into a 23-minute episode!

I guess End Of is next =)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/39/The_End_of_Evangelion_shot.jpg/250px-The_End_of_Evangelion_shot.jpg

Aw this looks amazing.