Evangelion

[NeonTurtledude]

I absolutely love this series and how it explores philosophy and psychology while being a love letter to the sci-fi genre

Misato is a gorgeous wonderful woman, but Ritsuko's hot too


I haven't seen the rebuilds, just the 1995 anime and end of eva film which was incredibly surreal and chaotic but very enjoyable

here's a thread to discuss your thoughts on this series and if you've seen the rebuilds you can mention those too.

[CyberCubed]

I did not like the reboot movies at all. They were terrible.

[Cowabung-Gal]

I felt so sorry for both Shinji and Asuka. And I wanted them to stay a couple in the Rebuild series.

[NeonTurtledude]

I see them more as friends, but it was nice to see them work together in the dancing episode

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by Cowabung-Gal

I felt so sorry for both Shinji and Asuka. And I wanted them to stay a couple in the Rebuild series.

It's kind of always inferred that they always find themselves drawn back to each other regardless of where they end up in when the resets happen.

[Leo656]

I've read a little about it, and it sounds intriguing but also very hard to follow. So I never got into it. Is there an easy way to do so? I know very, very little.

[NeonTurtledude]

Originally Posted by Leo656

I've read a little about it, and it sounds intriguing but also very hard to follow. So I never got into it. Is there an easy way to do so? I know very, very little.

well, it's a sci-fi show that also talks about topics like philosophy and mental illness, there's some lore in the show that has to do with references to Jewish and Christian mythology but not everyone who watches the show watches it for the lore, a lot of people just watch it for the interesting characters and storylines.

for example, the character of Misato is a lot like April in how she's a responsible career woman and den mother figure to the others, but Misato does like to kick back and relax, she enjoys the occasional beer and has a pet penguin, she's like April mixed with Homer Simpson.

Misato has a colleague called Ritsuko who's a scientist, she uses her work to hide her problems, there's also Kaji, a spy of sorts and love interest to Misato, he's kinda of a voice of reason, giving words of wisdom to the others when they aren't feeling good, when not spying or flirting, he tends to his garden.

Gendo Ikari is in charge of the organization that makes the Evangelion robots (Nerv), he is interested in changing instrumentality and human evolution using his robots and "angels", but this is mostly so he can bring his wife Yui back to life, he neglects his son Shinji a lot.

the robots fight "angels" which are alien-like beings based on Jewish mythology.

the main kids or pilots are all kids with issues,

Shinji is very depressed due to abandonment problems about his dad,

Asuka is an arrogant german exchange student who uses her role as a pilot to look like she's better than everyone else (it's a metaphorical way for her to hide her own insecurities),

Rei is an android created by Shinji's father, she mostly keeps to herself until Shinji helps her open up,

there's Toiji and Kensuke, who are mostly side characters/classmate friends of Shinji, Toiji being like Raphael and Kensuke being like Donatello (he almost always has his camera with him and geeks out over seeing military gear, he wants to be a pilot like the others, unaware of how tough that job can be),

then there's Kaworu, his episode will elaborate more about him (it's near the end)

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by Leo656

I've read a little about it, and it sounds intriguing but also very hard to follow. So I never got into it. Is there an easy way to do so? I know very, very little.

A bunch of 14 year olds have to pilot giant mech robots to stop an alien invasion of Earth, but the show deals with mostly psychological issues and mental trauma between the characters rather than being a generic action show.

Also the show sexualized 14 year old girls but one of them is a clone girl grown in a lab so she's technically not a real person.