neon genesis evangelion

lmao

what does Taco Bell have to do with Eva?

it requires you to think outside of the bun. the bun represents existence

it's about not running away, sometimes taco bell is your only option and if you run away you won't have dinner so you just have to go to taco bell

Fourth Meal is an event mentioned in Neon Genesis Evangelion and finally occurring in The End of Evangelion where Human Instrumentality was almost achieved.

!!!!! re: brad suggesting an Eva blu-ray box is coming soon

i did no such thing

gonna imagine you did still

i really want to rewatch the series, i haven't seen it since 2002 & i don't have those DVDs anymore. I watched the dubs, obv

god watch the subs right now

I don't have the DVDs anymore!!

i have seen End of Evangelion many times in the years since and yeah it's one of my favorite movies ever, and one of my favorite endings to a movie ever, & final line

I don't have the DVDs anymore!!

― flappy bird, Monday, January 29, 2018 1:17 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the dvds don't even exist anymore man, find a stream

blows my mind that anyone, anywhere watched the dubs...for me this show is inseparable from being the kind of thinking man's anime fan teenager who had been carefully inculcated in feeling superior to such things.

i was 9

lmao

i love Evangelion so much. i envy you Stevie on your first viewing! it really is a special show. i love how each episode builds and builds.

currently im watching the "Fist of the North Star" series for the first time. it's pretty much as badass as you could possibly imagine.

i'm 60 eps into fist of the north star! it just keeps getting better and better

steve i'm so glad you're enjoying my favorite anime ever!

aaaaahahahahaha omg

https://i.imgur.com/9ZWs2Ff.jpg

"they look bad"

look I get that Asuka is supposed to be this caricature of like obnoxious Western traits or w/e and maybe a commentary on individualism vs collectivism but oh my god I really hate it when she's on screen!!!!

you may feel that way now but wait imo

(asuka is my favorite character)

enh my favorite evangelion character is and will always be anno

lmao

i like the penguin 🤗

pen pen is definitely the only character on the show who doesn't have problems

pen pen is good, i like him

is pen pen in the movies at all? I honestly don't recall

i don't remember him being in any scene of end of eva but it's possible i forgot

yeah i don't think so, luckily we are spared a pen pen perishing scene

^^spoilers sorry!!^^

pen pen’s last scene in the show is a real heartbreaker iirc

I wouldn't rule it out for Evangelion 3.0+1.0: I hate myself and want to die xxp

https://youtu.be/yK4CoaLM7gs

yas

yeah some of the "fly me to the moon" variations bang

i *LOVE* you!

omfg they have Adaaaaaaammmmm!!!!!!!

This has abruptly shifted from zany action anime to like weird govt conspiracy mystery anime???

that shift is so so crucial to my love for this series. reel em in then BLOW THEIR MINDS.

This has abruptly shifted from zany action anime to like weird govt conspiracy mystery anime???

― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, February 2, 2018 5:45 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh steve i am so excited for you

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

good lord watch serial experiments: lain next!!!!!

kill la kill had similar abrupt tonal shifts -- is this just a thing that anime does sometimes?
ok 6-7 episodes left and I just dl'd End of Evangelion so I'm prob gon finish this today
clouds tyvm bcz I'm just like "oh fuck, what do I watch after this???" and I'm halfway thru Paranoia Agent and then I have no idea what else is actually good

I guess I should finish Bebop too

kill la kill had similar abrupt tonal shifts -- is this just a thing that anime does sometimes?

eva's kind of ground zero for this. a lot of shows afterward absorbed the approach though

then you have shows like rahxephon which outright steal from it

steve have you seen flcl

I'll second the FLCL and Lain recommendations; also, Revolutionary Girl Utena (currently up on youtube in its entirety) has a similarly dreamlike and tonally slippery quality, and has the advantage of being practically drenched with queer subtext.

ya FLCL was maybe the v first anime I ever really watched, and I just revisited it a year or two ago, it was my fav until NGE. I think I've only ever watched:

FLCL
Cowboy Bebop
Kill la Kill
half of Paranoia Agent (which I'll finish after NGE)
most of NGE
oh I tried to watch the first few episodes of Sailor Moon a year ago and hated it!

I've only sought out "serious anime" that has a reputation for being really unique or subversive or groundbreaking and as a result I don't have a v good understanding of basic tropes or conventions, so a lot of the meta/referential/satirical stuff in FLCL and Kill la Kill goes over my head.

maybe all/most anime is like this and I just write it off bcz I don't know any better??

maybe all/most anime is like this

in my experience it really isn’t