neon genesis evangelion

gah, i've gotta snag a copy of that

i still don't know how i feel about 3.0. first time i've ever felt ambivalent about anything to do with this show so the feeling's sort of novel in itself

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

would like to add to my initial response to this: misato came onto shinji like 2-3 times during the course of the actual series so "the rest" is definitely what you think it is. part of this is bc she's a frozen adolescent trauma baby like the rest of them.

i still don't know how i feel about 3.0

Me neither really, except "loooool this was Japan's second-highest grossing movie of 2012"

And also the fact that Anno has taken the most lavish production of this story and seems hellbent on making it the least palatable one yet, which is so...weirdly perfect?

that is why he is my hero

https://twitter.com/jacquesgreene/status/510183538021629952

this guy otm re: the rebuild series and 3.33 in particular

http://wrongeverytime.com/2014/02/10/once-more-with-fury-rebuilding-evangelion/

fantastic piece. i rewatched 2.0 last weekend and was suddenly really frustrated by it, for the reasons that piece describes

rewatching 3.0 tomorrow and lol I'm really excited to watch it without saying "wtf" every few minutes

while mourning my lack of fresh Eva content I've spent most of today trying to find other anime series that I don't find intensely grating on one level or another - after a bunch of false starts, Masaaki Yuasa's stuff seems pretty solidly up my alley

xp lol I don't think I can rewatch that till...ever

who am I kidding I will totally rewatch it when 4.0 comes out, this franchise is built on (and fosters) masochism

"when 4.0 comes out"

*stares at wikipedia page for 100000 years*

also why is there no u.s. release of 3.33 what the hell is up with that

you can (not) exhibit

simon, have you seen either mushi-shi, serial experiments: lain or kino's journey? they aren't at all like eva tone-wise but pretty much free from most anime cliches and are v cerebral and emotionally engaging.

^^^ all 3 of those are excellent, especially Mushishi. Someone should make a anime recommendation site for people who hate anime

I have not but Lain is on my to-check-out consideration list. Currently watching Ping Pong, which feels oddly substantive given the subject matter? I've seen Bebop (eh) and FLCL (neat). Basically hated what I saw of Death Note, Future Diary, and a few others that aren't immediately coming to me.

the biggest problem is that all anime gets marketed essentially the same in english-speaking countries, as if "anime" were one monolithic genre -- so you get this phenomenon of the same people recommending in the same breath stuff made for teenage boys like death note also recommending more complex shows like steins;gate or the others i mentioned. it seems to me that the targeted demographic for these shows are quite distinct in japan, though i could be wrong.

this is exactly why i had a bad time whenever i went to an anime convention

anyway all of anno's pre-eva miyazaki-inspired series nadia is on hulu and i recommend it; it's very digressive but also very charming. another gentle, kinda perfect, nontraditional anime, by lain's character designer: haibane renmei

just realized Anno is only 55 and could feasibly redo Eva a couple more times (if he can remain unmurdered)

attending an anime convention sounds like my idea of hell!
thought this was a fun little story, composer of the NGE theme song Neko Oikawa was interviewed recently - she wrote the song in two hours, it earns her close to a million dollars annually in royalties and she's never even seen the show. Oh and I have a bridge I want to sell to her ex-husband lol.

brad: that sounds awesome, thanks!!!

Here goes nothin': Anime for people who hate anime

this guy otm re: the rebuild series and 3.33 in particular

http://wrongeverytime.com/2014/02/10/once-more-with-fury-rebuilding-evangelion/

― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Saturday, September 12, 2015 9:49 PM (Yesterday)

ok i appreciate this post but 3.0 is a still a little on the completely incoherent side of things

I think we're still maybe a decade and a half away from understanding / not being quietly infuriated by 3.0

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

the worst thing

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

https://www.facebook.com/420blazeiteva/posts/731654926969144

idk how i missed this but 3.33 finally got a u.s. release in february

nice! maybe i'll actually buy this...

http://www.wikihow.com/Act-Like-Shinji-Ikari

Ha, there's more like that. http://www.wikihow.com/Category:Anime-Character-Imitation

http://www.wikihow.com/Appear-Yandere

6. Become more violent. Now, this is a daring step but if you really want to be a yandere, you need to get more violent. Gently threaten people to make them leave your beloved. Act more creepy, like if you're cutting vegetables then suddenly stop and look at the knife, asking the beloved something like, "You do love me, right?" or "We're friends, aren't we?", trying to make them uncomfortable. Start questioning things straight out.

7. You could write in a cute little diary how much you wanted to slaughter the teacher who gave your beloved person an F today, and so on.... And, whoops! You didn't mean for anyone to find it, now did you? Remember it's not bad to get in trouble sometimes!

lol

oh i ended up buying 3.33 and i love it more every time i watch it

that there are two very distinct english subtitle tracks on the funimation dvd is baffling tho

One probably is subs of the Japanese and the other captions for the dub.

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

http://66.media.tumblr.com/a34770d5d4ca08396818daf3fef39c12/tumblr_o7k1bd9CeA1vrkdp4o1_1280.jpg

good lord that Seinfeld intro

One probably is subs of the Japanese and the other captions for the dub.

this is not the case!

that Seinfeld thing is great!

the image where Elaine appears on the phone chomping on a cigar is so perfect

https://www.instagram.com/p/BGzf63FScnR/

SEELE won't stand for this

btw have been showing the series to bf and finally got to e18-19 -- it is really fun to see ppl's reactions and amazing how shocking it still is

thought the bump would be bc of
http://forward.com/opinion/national/342905/decoding-an-anti-semitic-meme-donald-trump-supporters-took-from-anime/

lol come on