10 Years of Neon Genesis Evangelion

smooth wombat writes "Mainichi Daily News has a lengthy, multi-part article on the history of Neon Genesis Evangelion. The article looks back at the 10 years since Evangelion appeared and how it changed the world of manga." From the article: "In a series of 26 episodes, Evangelion told the story of a 14-year-old boy called Shinji Ikari, who piloted a biomechanical combat robot called an Evangelion, which fought against mysterious extraterrestrial monsters known as Angels. But Shinji was also a regular junior high school pupil, and his school life featured strongly in the anime's plot too. As did psychotherapy and the Old Testament, which director Hideaki Anno attributed as influences while creating the series. Evangelion become a huge hit across Japan, attracting fans across generations, sparking a massive public debate over its controversial final episode -- which many criticized for leaving the work unfinished -- and sparking unprecedented merchandising sales that set the scene for the current manga market."

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Summarized Plot

[Spy der Mann]

For those who want the spoilers, here's the summarized plot of Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Shinji: My life sucks, I want to die! :'(
Rei: ...
Asuka: Stupid Shinji.

THE END.

Re:Summarized Plot

[oni]

That was a summary of a single episode. Here is a summary of the entire series:

First couple of episode: OMFG THIS IS AN AWESOME GIANT ROBOT ANIME!!11oneone

Next dozen or so episode: actually, we can stretch this out a lot farther if we make it an underage sex comedy, because there aren't nearly enough of those.

Last few episode: ok ok sorry, we'll get serious. there, look, we killed someone. isn't that cool?

Final episode: whatever. it was all a dream. we don't even care anymore.

Fans: w-t-f ??? we are going murder you!

Movie: fine, he's a movie. Just pretend that the last episode never happened and watch this movie.

10 years...

[HitScan]

And they still don't know what the fuck it's about.

Re:manga sucks

[User 956]

way too much tentacle rape you misspelled "not enough".

Re:Moderations to Show: -1 (Overrated)

[MsGeek]

Start of series
Producer: "Hey, let's make an anime about mecha! That always sells!
Writer: "Great idea!"

No, more like:
Producer: Anno-san! We really like your mecha! Could you do a series with lots of mecha?
Anno Hideaki: Hai hai...if it's mecha you want, mecha you get...

Roughly halfway through the series
Producer: "This really isn't very good - let's turn it into a mystical/psychological story!"
Writer: "Great idea!"

Producer: Anno-san, WTF is all this mystical/psychological/Qabalistic crap you're throwing into the series?
Anno Hideaki: Trust me.

Three episodes before the end
Producer: "I have no idea how to wrap this up - let's get totally hammered for the next few weeks!"
Writer: "GREAT IDEA!!"

Producer: Anno! We aren't happy with the most recent shows, ratings are diving, we're cutting your funding...now finish it!
Anno Hideaki: (has nervous breakdown)