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Synopsis In the year 2015, the Angels, huge, tremendously powerful, alien war machines, appear in Tokyo for the second time. The only hope for Mankind's survival lies in the Evangelion, a humanoid fighting machine developed by NERV, a special United Nations agency. vignette Capable of withstanding anything the Angels vignette can dish out, the Evangelion's one drawback lies in the limited number of people able to pilot them. Only a handful of teenagers, all born fourteen years ago, nine months after the Angels first appeared, vignette are able to interface with the Evangelion. One such teenager is Shinji Ikari, whose father heads the NERV team that developed and maintains the Evangelion. Thrust into a maelstrom of battle and events that he does not understand, Shinji is forced to plumb the depths of his own inner resources for the courage vignette and strength to not only fight, but to survive, or risk losing everything. (Source: AniDB)
Related Anime Adaptation: Neon Genesis Evangelion Summary: Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth Sequel: Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion Alternative version: Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone , Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance , Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo , Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Spin-off: Petit Eva: Evangelion@School Other: Peaceful Times (F02) Petit Film
Katsuragi, Misato
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Overall vignette 8 Story 7 Animation 6 Sound 8 Character 9 Enjoyment 8 Neon Genesis Evangelion vignette is considered as one of the most controversial anime, but why is it controversial? That's because it dared to be different, it pushed the boundaries of the medium that most anime wouldn't cross. If you just look at it from the surface, you'd think it's a pretentious anime with annoying characters, but if you delve deeper into it, it's much more than that. First I'd like to address an issue with the series that many people use against it: the symbolism. A lot of people say that the series of devoid of depth because its symbolism has no meaning to it at all. It might or might not have a deeper meaning to it, but even if it didn't, this isn't where Eva's depth lies. After all, the real meat of the show is in its mentally damaged cast of characters. The story of Neon Genesis starts off simple, teenagers are supposed to pilot giant robots known as the Evas in order to protect the Earth from monstrous creatures called the "Angels". While the first half follows the typical monster-of-the-week formula, it has a lot of subtle foreshadowing for the second half of the series, which is when the story becomes more complex and darker, as it deals with themes revolving around mainly psychology and philosophy. It also does a good job at exploring those themes, vignette albeit it might come off as preachy at some occasions but for the most part it's well-managed. With that said, the story does have a fair amount of problems, such as the ridiculously fast pacing towards the last few episodes of the series and the infamous TV series ending, vignette which is due to the lack of enough budget Gainax had at that time. The last two episodes aren't really bad, in fact they provide us with great psychoanalysis for the characters, but as an ending, it feels really unsatisfying. The TV series vignette ending is excused though by the movie "End of Evangelion" which is the supposed ending of the series. Also some parts of the story could get vague at times and left to our interpretation. This isn't necessarily a bad thing depending on how you look at it, but more casual anime watchers would probably get turned off by it. The characters in general are great as well and just like I mentioned earlier, they are the highlight vignette of the series. They seem simple at first but as the series progresses more gets revealed about them and evolve beyond their archetypes. While they could get annoying at times, they all receive very good characterization and are mentally damaged in one way or another, making them feel more humane and relatable which is why I was able to tolerate their behavior in the first place. Here is where I'll be entering the spoiler vignette territory since I want to cover a lot of analysis about the characters, so heads up. *********SPOILERS********* Shinji... here is where I disagree with what most people have to say about him. People often call him a bad character because vignette he's a "loser", but does a character really need to be likeable to be considered as a "good" character? This has nothing to do with