TV Shows Neon Genesis Evangelion (my first Anime since DBZ in my youth)

[Quagmire]

So not sure why I got a wild hair, I've never been big on anime since my childhood. I have watched a few anime movies that I liked, like Grave of Fireflies, and Only Yesterday. A buddy at a birthday party randomly asked me about Cowboy Bebop and I said I hadnt watched it.

So that planted the seed as I had wanted to give it and a couple others a shot. I ultimately decided on Neon Genesis first since there is a retroanuats podcast episode on it and I want to listen to that when I finish.

Im almost finished with episode 19 and will be also checking out the movies. But Im really loving it. Love the art style, characters and the (stereotypical anime) humor and it's starting to get really dark and serious and Im all for it

Also Asuka is my spirit animal

So not much to say as Im not finished, but other fans here?

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Not a fan of mecha anime, so I haven't seen it. But I know of it's reputation and that it is not exactly a happy-go-lucky series. There's also an infamous scene featuring a character in a coma.

 

[Quagmire]

Not a fan of mecha anime, so I haven't seen it. But I know of it's reputation and that it is not exactly a happy-go-lucky series. There's also an infamous scene featuring a character in a coma.

Mech stuff isn't usually for me either, but darker and more depressing stuff is! Make me feel feelings

 

[Crystal]

I have watched a few anime movies that I liked, like Grave of Fireflies

 

[VashTheStampede]

I absolutely adore Evangelion for all its flaws.

It really spoke to me as an angsty depressed teenager. Watched it again (this time with the wife) when it hit Netflix a couple years back and it still hits hard (though I was not cool with how the new translation basically wrote out the homosexuality angle).

I love works of entertainment where you can see the creator really working through their issues.

 

[MrDawn]

Also Asuka is my spirit animal

Mari Makinami is my favorite pilot out of the entire franchise. If you haven't seen the Rebuild series (consists of 4 films), you should definitely watch them.

 

[Quagmire]

Mari Makinami is my favorite pilot out of the entire franchise. If you haven't seen the Rebuild series (consists of 4 films), you should definitely watch them.

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I plan to watch them, they're the ones that are considered like either a re-telling or maybe sequel?

 

[VashTheStampede]

I plan to watch them, they're the ones that are considered like either a re-telling or maybe sequel?

Definitely a re-telling

 

[MrDawn]

I plan to watch them, they're the ones that are considered like either a re-telling or maybe sequel?

They're a re-telling. They explained the entire story better than the series did and there are lot of new things added and updated. The old 95 series was rushed and things weren't completed due to budget cuts and Hideaki Anno having a huge crisis due to his depression. So, if anyone was wanting to watch it. I'd say watch the 4 Rebuild films first. They sum it up much better and they don't spoil the show because it's an updated version of it all. It's what we should have gotten the first time.