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Evangelion Reviewed In LA Times

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the recongition-of-goodness dept.

peter_gzowski writes "Neon Genesis Evangelion, perhaps the greatest anime series ever, has been reviewed in the LA Times. This coincides with the release of the box set of the entire series (not including the movies, which come out on DVD in the fall). Hooray for mainstream credibility!" Best series if I can somehow overlook the final eps of the original series.

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  1. Re:a lame question but by vicious_sloth · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you read the article, its a Japanese Anime that about giant robots that defend earth... Its much much deeper then that with many allusions to the Bible. The character development is supurb, in fact it seems as if the whole series is about these 'tragic' heros, who no matter what, can never seem to win. I dont want to spoil it for you, for it is an excellent series, well worth the time and money. also the end of evangelion movie can get pretty confusing and has elements of frued and odepius.. absolutly amazing it is

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  2. This isn't so much a review... by danny256 · · Score: 3, Informative

    as it is a summary.
    Three actual reviews I like are found here. I Personally love this anime and have all the episodes on DVD.

  3. Re:Evangelion by iotaborg · · Score: 2, Informative

    This is true, it does not tell you answers. For this reason, many fans did not like the original ending of Evangelion (eps 25 and 26) and complained. Anno got pretty mad at this and the fans wanted the series to conclude, so Anno created the End of Evangelion, one of three movies. All is answered in here, and in my opinion, has to be the greatest ending of any series ever (I wont reveal anything). In a way, Anno was saying "fuck you" to all of the fans in End of Evangelion, leaving you with an extremely strange ending that is insanely powerful.

  4. Re:Why God, Why? by Triones · · Score: 2, Informative

    > 14 year old boy and his friends, and their ability to control gigantic robots.

    Did you finish the series? If so, then you should know that they are not 'gigantic robots'. BTW, I have never heard anyone referring Asuka and Rei as Shinji's 'friends'.

  5. Re:how many dvds total now by newbiescum · · Score: 2, Informative
    "Death" was one long flashback with no new scenes, edited together from the preceding 26 episodes, and "Rebirth" was short and unfinished--and reproduced at the beginning of "End of Evangelion."
    There are "director's cut" (note: spoilers in link) versions of the last few episodes which have added scenes. You can find some of these scenes in Death and Rebirth during the whole flashback, but not all. They were never in the original broadcast, and they add a little insight into some characters. There are no legal R1 copies of the director's cut version. If you read this thread on the Animeondvd.com forums, you can find out about more scenes that are only in the director's cut version, what added scenes are in the movie D&R, and why R1 will probably never get them on a DVD.
  6. Re:how many dvds total now by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    It's not really an "alternate". It's simply the story of what's going on oustide Shinji's head in the last two episodes (which are all inside his head).

    Supposedly, the movie (End of Evangelion) was the original scripts for the last two episodes, more or less. They fleshed it out a bit for the movie length, but it's closer to what was originally planned. The last two episodes were done that minimalist way mostly because they suffered severe budget cuts and couldn't afford to do them the way they originally planned.

  7. Re:EVA != Evangelion by Phunky+Monkey · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, Evangelion is greek for "gospel", and the actual japanese words "Shin Sheiki" (which were translated into english as "Neon Genesis") actually mean "New Century"....

    So, we put it all together, and we get the real meaning of the title: "Gospel for a New Century"

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  8. Re:Frightening by StorminNorman · · Score: 2, Informative

    Intriguingly, SBS here in Australia screened NGE in its entirety, twice, back in 1998. It was the dubbed version though.

    Still, you'll find here in Australia that a lot more people know what NGE is than in many other parts of the world. Mind you, SBS is clearly our best TV station, showing everything from South Park to freaky cult movies presented by the legendary Des Mangan. And that's just on the one night.

    Unfortunately they passed on screening Serial Experiments Lain...

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