Subscribe via: Anime at Large: Neon Genesis Evangelion
Jul 7th, 2008 | By Sanjo-chan | Category: Anime at Large
I’ve been watching anime for a long time, and I have yet to watch Neon Genesis Evangelion, the number one series in the genre. I didn’t hear about Evangelion until I started watching big kids anime; bid kids anime like Cowboy Bebop and Trigun. A few years ago, I tried out an episode I “borrowed”, and it was pretty good. However, the price of the complete series wasn’t very good. The cost of the Platinum Perfect Collection starts at $100. Not bad for a popular series such as EVA, but is it really worth it?
The reason I held off EVA was because I have other series to catch up on. Plus, there’s the bad habit of procrastination whenever I have the time to actually watch something. The thought of watching NGE came back to me when I heard the theme song; once on a local J-Pop radio program, and again when someone sang a Karaoke version at JAMPcon. The song: Cruel Angel’s Thesis (残酷な天使のテーゼ). It has that “WATCH ME” feeling to it…
Also, I think that if I start watching this, the way I watch anime will change, as it seems that everyone who is a mega fan of NGE has different opinions of every anime they see (Not to mention the Rei and Asuka worship). Since EVA is a world favorite, it’s not going anywhere any time soon; especially with the new Evangelion movies. Since ADV isn’t doing very with their inventory, it won’t be long before it gets picked up by someone else: namely FUNimation. It could air someday on the SciFi channel. It did before…at least I think so.
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I’ve seen Evangelion. My husband and I watched it together awhile back for the exact reason you stated - it has such a huge following. We thought it was quite good until the end. At that point, for us, it switched to being a “good anime” to “one we would never recommend”. I will be interested to hear your views on it once you see it.
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