neon genesis evangelion

i have no illusions that it ranks up there with Evangelion in themes or animation.... but man would it be fun to rewatch Escaflowne someday. giant robot high-fantasy adventure crossed with teen girl "which of these two guys??" serial drama.

i was gonna mention escaflowne. it’s not subversive like eva but it pretty much perfects its own extremely romantic giant mecha aesthetic

would also appeal very much to fans of e.g. Final Fantasy VI... steampunk mecha in a fantasy world kind of deal, with a very Kefka-esque villain. pretty sure there is also an airship at some point.

there is!

i sorta said top 3 flippantly so now i'm on the spot but probably Legends of the Galactic Heroes and Space Dandy (or maybe Cowboy Bebop) sorry for my conventional picks <bows apologetically a million times>

now that I know there's something called Space Dandy, I have to check it out

Space Dandy is underrated brilliance

also anyone who loves this show will have the best time watching flcl

― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, June 26, 2019 6:04 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

watching FLCL was like the formative media experience of my teen years

Escaflowne definitely one of my favorites from that era. Yoko Kanno music. Not that subversive or ground breaking, just wonderful genre work.

Lain and FLCL up there as greats as well, second the recs

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP7drUdtmvWB9R4N-1ct-ig/videos
ahem

remember this being amazing for the first seven eps or so but haven't watched it in like twenty years so maybe give this a try?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efbgvorT3fA&t=523s

er, that's The Hakkenden, searchable on ytube as Hakkenden (Pioneer Dub)

I really should try to finish FLCL, weirdly I only ever watched it while I was sick.

As for EVA, I feel like there's a bit of a lull starting around ep 16, but holy smokes at the end of ep 19!!

all my friends are watching this now and asking me questions about where it's heading/what to expect and it's a lot of fun to lie to them

Is Shinji screaming the new TETSUUUUOOOOO?

Just finished the series. Is there a consensus on the last two episodes, i.e. missed opportunities that are rectified with End of Evangelion (which I'm still to watch)?

there is no consensus on anything iirc

should i not watch this on netflix if possible? or is that just nerd shit i won’t care about? i think i torrented it a few years ago and have it somewhere on my hd

Torrents are the most authentic source of anime short of fansubs on VHS ripped from a laserdisc source

Watch it on Netflix it’s great

Yes.

Ok cool thx

Just finished the series. Is there a consensus on the last two episodes, i.e. missed opportunities that are rectified with End of Evangelion (which I'm still to watch)?

― GRETA GABBO (Leee), Saturday, June 29, 2019 7:03 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the last two episodes and end of evangelion happen concurrently. that's all there is to know

Discussing this with new first time viewers has been a total joy. No one ever successfully anticipates just how far down/in it ends up going.

What the hell did I just watch, I mean, WHAT HAPPENED TO PEN PEN.

joined with the universal mind as well (i hope)

The relaunch of this has sent me down an Anime rabbit hole. I watched 'Belladonna of Sadness' for the first time this weekend and I'm still reeling.

I would be so down with an Anime poll on this borad.

anime features were uh featured on the animated features and shorts poll I started and Leee finished for me a few years back; I think it'd be fun to do a sequel for all serialized animation

Animated Creatures: ILX's top 100 animated films (results thread)

really looking back, anime features probably suffered badly from the size of the turnout

a sequel for all serialized animation

Would love this.

ditto

Had no idea Silby, thanks! (got my search keywords wrong)

Think we could do with a sequel tbh

maybe this was discussed upthread but just put end of eva on - they changed that line :|

the last one?! :o

yeah I was not expecting "I feel great!"

lol

lol

meant the one at the start, can't speak to the end

can't bring myself to watch the retranslation of end of eva, the old manga entertainment one was perfect and had a lot of care put into it

also i hate the new series translation. hate it hate it hate it

I have End of Eva on a DVD I bought from a closing blockbuster so I will stick with that version. What could you possibly change that line to?

"Wow, whoopsie daisy!"

"I'm a little stinker!"

"I've made a grave error!"

haha yeah, just checked myself. the other that line, got it.

new one is a literal translation of 「最低だ､俺って」, I guess. so, the whole show is like this now?

last line is slightly different too.

>:(

how gross

how rude

End of Evangelion, 1997
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_leeu3h3NRc1qdlkgg.gif

@silby any movement on the animated serials poll?

thx for reminder, I haven't done anything as regards it. I think it'd be good to wait until clemenza's political films poll hits voting to open a nomination thread. Too many polls rolling at once makes people cranky.

oh wait, it has done so. Maybe I'll start a thread soon then, hmm

Damn it, I'm going to have "Komm, süsser Tod" stuck in my head for days.

my gf is teasing me for "watching hentai" because i like this show 凸(｀△´＋）‎

As a lifelong committed melancholic I’m disappointed I only just watched this for the first time. And yeah “Komm, susser Tod” was great and I’ve cued it up on YouTube a bunch.

https://media.kidozi.com/unsafe/600x600/img.kidozi.com/small/27183375/94037,36,2,0,62,186.55319148936,219.2,26.723404255319,0,f6d69e8fe4c3dfa80697f37b659c64b8/merchantimagenew/8698-kids-sweatshirt-white.jpg