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Neon Genesis Evangelion AKA the worst anime ever
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Death and Rebirth is considered one movie, consisting of two parts.
What an absolute catastrophe of a show.
It takes so long for anything to make sense, and when it does, it's just too obscure and absurd to be taken seriously.
The characters are a disgrace. How the two female leads became such all time favourites are beyond me, they are barely one dimensional and treated like plot devices the whole way through.
Special mention has to go to Shinji though, i've never hated a character so much in my life.
Not just in Anime, but in all forms of media. This guy is scum. He's either whining, looking depressed or screaming.
The first thing he does in the movie is accidentally reveal Asuka's body while she's unconciouss and proceeds to masturbate then and there in the hospital room...
Dire, Dire, Dire.
The Evangelions look okay though as do the monsters.
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Well actually Shinji is likely suffering from depression and also the entire show is kind of about how nobody really gives a shit about his mental well being, they only want to use him as a tool. Its an interesting and more realistic twist on how mecha shows usually portray their young mech pilot protagonists.
Edit:nvm
Sakura
Member
Death and Rebirth is 1 movie. Also he said the movies that fix the ending so I would assume EoE is included.
God Dayumm
Banned
congatururazionsu!
CharminUltra
Member
Shinji and Asuka are probably two of the worst fictional characters I've had the displeasure of witnessing (in any medium). Utter trash.
Evil Monkey DTT
Banned
Emo fag.....
Great job deconstructing the work, I highly recommend the transformers movies. Shit blows up and hot women show up, you'll love it. If your looking for an anime watch black lagoon, it's a show without any substance and shit blows up. Don't forget about tits!
Edit: okay look I get the hate with the main character but if your complaint of a show is that the characters aren't mentally stable then you are limiting yourselfs so safer viewpoints. There's alot of shit you can give Eva but that's not one of them. If you are looking for shows where the main character kicks ass and gets the girl you have literally an infinite amount of entertainment at your fingers.
Great job deconstructing the work, I highly recommend the transformers movies. Shit blows up and hot women show up, you'll love it. If your looking for an anime watch black lagoon, it's a show without any substance and shit blows up. Don't forget about tits!
Edit: okay look I get the hate with the main character but if your complaint of a show is that the characters aren't mentally stable then you are limiting yourselfs so safer viewpoints. There's alot of shit you can give Eva but that's not one of them. If you are looking for shows where the main character kicks ass and gets the girl you have literally an infinite amount of entertainment at your fingers.
this might actually be the only interesting thing shinji does in the whole story, though.
Fixed is an interesting word choice.
How about learning to use a better word in your criticism of the main character. I can't take you seriously now.
That's very sadly true.
WickedLaharl
Member
You are right it is a shit anime but eva is well liked because the theology/symbolism makes a lot of people think it is deep.
The remake movies were pretty good until 3.0 when anno decided to give everyone the finger and threw shit at a wall.
The remake movies were pretty good until 3.0 when anno decided to give everyone the finger and threw shit at a wall.
Pai Pai Master
Banned
Basically yeah. I wrote a lot of essays on this show when I was 13
I like it, just very ovverated
I find it kind of funny that people consider Shinji the worst character they have ever come across and yet there are so many other characters that are far worse because they're poorly written, have no depth, are Mary Sues, and so on and so forth. However that kid expected to save the world by his incredibly cold and abusive father who has a mental breakdown? Yeah fuck that character.
No one has to like the show but I find people go out of there way to the point they are tripping over themselves to shit on Shinji.
No one has to like the show but I find people go out of there way to the point they are tripping over themselves to shit on Shinji.
OniBarubary
Banned
It's almost like the point of Shinji was to dislike him.
I honestly have trouble accepting criticism from a person if their criteria for a good, well-written or complex character is whether they liked them or not.
Way too many people equate "good character" with "badass fantasy stand-in"
If you think it was edgy or trying to be deep, I honestly don't know what to tell you other than "Sure"
I honestly have trouble accepting criticism from a person if their criteria for a good, well-written or complex character is whether they liked them or not.
Way too many people equate "good character" with "badass fantasy stand-in"
If you think it was edgy or trying to be deep, I honestly don't know what to tell you other than "Sure"
LUFTRAUSER
Banned
ViewtifulJC
Banned
the worst OP in OT history?
EGOMON
Member
I probably have watch hundereds of animes and my taste always fall inline with everyone except for this garbage
As i said that Synopsis was copied from other website i don't use this kind of words, see the rest of the post.
I have this problem with anime if i started with one i have to finish it
Copying and pasting bigotted posts from another site and passing them off as your own isn't much better :-\
onepiecefan
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Hmmm... Interesting... wording in your OP.
It's hard to believe one cannot find any kind of emotional attachment to any of the characters. They all come from a wide range of emotional backgrounds and issues which are all very human in how they're written.
The "whiny emo fag" Shinji for instance is the realistic emotional boundaries of a isolated teenager placed to a ridiculously abstract version of a mecha anime. His arc for most of the show involves a very solid building up, almost reaching typical anime hero levels, the growth of which is very easily relatable to me. Of course it doesn't last the whole series, but it's just an example.
Maybe the manga would be more to your liking OP? It's more typically shonen and thus could be easier (in some ways) to take.
Edit: Just saw your edit OP. While I question you copy pasting such a thing, please ignore me making fun of your vocab.
As an aside, feel free to post about Evangelion in the OT I made. I'm sure posters there are willing to discuss even with detractors:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1210991
It's hard to believe one cannot find any kind of emotional attachment to any of the characters. They all come from a wide range of emotional backgrounds and issues which are all very human in how they're written.
The "whiny emo fag" Shinji for instance is the realistic emotional boundaries of a isolated teenager placed to a ridiculously abstract version of a mecha anime. His arc for most of the show involves a very solid building up, almost reaching typical anime hero levels, the growth of which is very easily relatable to me. Of course it doesn't last the whole series, but it's just an example.
Maybe the manga would be more to your liking OP? It's more typically shonen and thus could be easier (in some ways) to take.
Edit: Just saw your edit OP. While I question you copy pasting such a thing, please ignore me making fun of your vocab.
As an aside, feel free to post about Evangelion in the OT I made. I'm sure posters there are willing to discuss even with detractors:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1210991
Jinfash
needs 2 extra inches
Caught plagiarizing lol.
Yup, "too deep, you don't get it" just go read some books, watch some movies, you beloved anime is just a wonderland of cliches that tries too hard.
God Dayumm
Banned
Well no, everyone hates Joffrey but he is a fantastic character, because the conflicts he causes make Game of Thrones a great story. Shinji is just unbelievable and tedious. What's the point of tedious entertainment?
Yeah, this is throwing me for a loop. OP apparently hates Evangelion with a passion but also doesn't care enough about it to use his own words to describe it. Curious, that.
Everything else is just that bad when it comes to anime, I guess.
OniBarubary
Banned
In what ways is he unbelievable or tedious?
I'm not sure you should be holding Jeffrey up as an example of a good well-written character.
Rebuild 3 is all the depression and nonsense of the show without any of the intricate character study.
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