neon genesis evangelion

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

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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.

they're the same ;)

bought another shirt ^_^

http://www.redbubble.com/people/jelecy/works/13485645-penpen?grid_pos=162&p=t-shirt&ref=shop_grid

I need a NERV mug so badly

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episodes 25/26 rule, i will hear no dissent

end of eva is probably my favorite movie of all time

adam's observations of ep 26 are GREAT btw

brad let's hang where u at

http://ih0.redbubble.net/image.40518278.3615/mug,standard,x400,left-bg,ffffff.u1.jpg

big fan of the double coffee effect if you strike the same pose

My wardrobe is literally 10 exact copies of Shinji's white schoolboy shirts and 20 aquamarine tees

I've held of this for years, finally starting tonight

aw yeah welcome 2 the batshit insanity

Is it really be that much of a mindfuck? I mean are we talking Hetalia, Cat Soup, Dead Leaves crazy?

I want to forget it so I can watch it anew again

Cat Soup

i have not thought of cat soup in like 10 years

uh it's more linear than that but it's fucked up as hell

uff, misato in EoE

;_;

misato and asuka in eoe make the movie a legit tearjerker for me

Saw EoE, yes def a tearjerker of a movie! An amazing end to an amazing series! I want to note again how great the pacing to this show was from beginning to end. That flashback scene of Shinji building the castle and hanging out w his mom ;_; So sad to see Misato and Asuka die, what did Misato mean by "the rest"? Overall it was like normal Evangelion cranked up to 11, just OTT all over the place, great psychedelic mystic stuff at the end, etc. I liked the last two eps of the show but this does feel like a way more big important finale. I will watch Cat Soup next.

So sad to see Misato and Asuka die, what did Misato mean by "the rest"?

the literal implications of this line are pretty gross buuuuuuut a major them of this series is adults enacting trauma on children

theme*

for instance

talking about the show with someone just now i only now realized how deeply, deeply gross and horrible the gendo/rei relationship is

I... did not enjoy this, at least not as much as I thought I would. Problem is I'd have to watch it again to really understand why but it's mostly due to the complete lack of affinity I feel for Shinji. I know full why I should and feel weirdly guilty that I don't which makes me dislike him even more.

It would be cool to watch rewatch eva alongside Gurren Lagann; another Gainax anime with a Shinji clone protagonist that indulges and lampoons mecha tropes
http://i25.tinypic.com/10ddumt.gif
in relatively sharp contrast with Eva's mostly sombre deconstruction. Probably not as good but it's a ton of fun.

kill la kill has a couple references also

it's hard for me to recommend eva to peeps even though it's my favorite anime -- it really doesn't try to reward the viewer like more recent shows, which is what i like about it. the last two episodes basically are like "fuck it"

also the show is made by and for hardcore depressives

p much

<3 it

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love it

http://i.imgur.com/V6m8ei8.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/5bdjDOw.jpg

omg lol

ᴛɪᴍᴇʟɪɴᴇ ᴏғ ᴇᴠᴀɴɢᴇʟɪᴏɴ: ᴡᴇᴇᴋ ʙʏ ᴡᴇᴇᴋ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋᴅᴏᴡɴ

just dl'ed the series, gonna watch again for the first time since... middle school? can't wait

i don't feel bad about torrenting cause i own the whole series on vhs