Neon Genesis Evangelion review

[Jeff]

Neon Genesis (Mega Drive in the EU) Evangelion is a Japanese cartoon about teenagers who fight giant monsters using giant robots, but then nearing the end the director apparently discovers this thing called psychology, so the final two episodes are a bunch of pseudo-mystic psycho-babble about... whatever, he just shoehorns all of that shit into the show without a care in the world which is pretty ballsy I guess but f*cks with the flow of da show. Then again I'm always thrown off by the weird fucking pacing of these Japanese cartoons, maybe this is a normal jap show I don't know.

I give it 2/5 stars because I was sick over the weekend and the show was a solid waste of time, also the 1st episode gave me some hauntologic 90s vibes but maybe that was just the fever I don't know. Highly not recommended, unless this sounds like something you might enjoy, in which case recommended and I give it 3 starz

[Wolfman Walt]

I always fuckin disliked Eva. The protagonist is literally the worst, whiniest protagonist I’ve seen for a popular piece of media and the creator huffs his own farts as if he needed them to survive. Any series that needs like 3 movies to explain it’s ending and it’s still stupid and confusing is an awful waste of time. The new re-reboot movies are ok, but original Eva is the definition of overrated.

[Jeff]

Yeah I was definitely expecting a bit more from such a cult classic. Never been a big anime fan besides the usual stuff like Akira, GITS and Ghibli so I decided to give this one a go and probably won't watch anime ever again

[Wolfman Walt]

Ever check out Cowboy Bebop? The anime is about as good as it gets in my opinion. Netflix should have a mob hit done on em for such an awful live action adaptation.

[Jeff]

Yeah I saw it some 15+ years ago, earlier this year I was wondering whether it's worth a rewatch, but I was worried that the young me liked it much more than the adult me would and that it'd ruin my positive image of it

[SenisterDenister]

Can't go wrong with the first season of FLCL, six episodes of perfect animation.

[Hyacinth]

I am not a Manga Man myself, I have seen what gave been aforementioned in this here thread. In my generation I am called the Weeb lmao