Neon Genesis Evangelion

[Spark Of Spirit]

Actually, the movies start off the same but eventually veer off. I'm actually really eager to see where Anno takes it next.

[Dr. Insomniac]

Fall 2012. You ready?

[Avaitor]

If I could find a macro of Andy Samberg saying "Hell yeah" from "Like a Boss" now, I totally would use it.

[Foggle]

So does anyone else agree with the theory that Rebuild is actually a sequel to Neon Genesis?

http://i47.tinypic.com/zj9csg.jpg

This idea is quite old, I know, but I felt like possibly starting a discussion up in here.

[Avaitor]

So here's a thought.

Imagine if Gendo Ikari and Malory Archer had a kid. The world would explode.

[Rynnec]

New trailer for 3.0

Looks like Pirate!Asuka will be fighting what appears to be Arael in space.

[Foggle]

oh man oh man my body is ready

It's so interesting to hear actual Japanese people get excited over an anime! haha

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Are the movies any good? If they are more like the first 22 episodes of the TV series and the first half of EoE, then I'd be highly interested in watching them. If they bring in too much of that philosophical crap, though, then they may not be for me.

[Avaitor]

The movies are VERY good. They're streamlining the waker elements out of the episodes and sticking to Anno's original ideas. The philosophical crap in EOE isn't there yet, but we're only up to the beginning of Asuka's episodes.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

That definitely sounds like my cup of tea, since I really enjoyed most of the TV series and the first half of EoE. More of that is definitely a great thing.

[Foggle]

I didn't like the first movie much. Outside of the animation and action, I thought it was quite a bit weaker than the episodes it was adapting. The second film was absolutely brilliant, though. Definitely give 'em a look.

[Avaitor]

The first is okay, but I'm so sick of the subject material, since I've seen the earlier episodes soooo many times. But it's not bad.

[Avaitor]

You know, it's been almost 2 years since I last watched the show. I think a rewatching is in order, especially since I got the first 2 volumes of the manga for dirt cheap at a used book store.

I'm doing it with a catch, though- I'm starting at episode 5, since the first 2 volumes tackle the first 4 episodes, and I don't feel like watching them again anyway.

[Angus]

That's cool. I tend to rewatch series when they're memorable and available. Probably why I haven't gotten around to many new ones.

[Avaitor]

It's easy for me to watch NGE since it's one of the very few anime I have on DVD.

I only caught episode 5 so far, which is a good introduction to Rei. As in, we've met her already, but knew very little about her until now. There's some very subtle hints to her true history here as well, which is great to notice.