Review of Neon Genesis Evangelion
Neon Genesis Evangelion was amazing. Even though there were a few things wrong animation wise. The bad. The animation was a bit lacking, I understand that it had a small budget, so I guess that doesn't really hit to hard in the art department. The good. This series told an amazing story with things that you might miss the first time you watch it, this does seem a bit cliche I know, at least when writing an Evangelion review. But this series takes it so much farther than just having things mentioned early on and then actually put into action later. Neon Genesis Evangelion takesa look into the psyche of the Hideki Anno, the creator of this world. At the time, Anno was depressed due to the lack of support he was having in his life, he wasn't the most popular person at school and his failing career in animation didn't bode to well with is life choices at the moment. Instead of doing something stupid like committing suicide, Anno poored his mind onto paper and created the series we know as Neon Genesis Evangelion. Each of the characters are just as insane as he was at the time, and they are all their own characters for that.
Another thing I loved about this series was the characters. Neon Genesis Evangelion didn't have a shortage of Amazing characters. The grief stricken man who wants nothing more than to see his dead wife in the flesh again. A young boy who has had literally no reason for living until this series. The hot headed red head who has a fear of failure. A clone. A crazy cat lady. The girl with daddy issues. The penguin. The angel. This series has a lot of characters that are all unique and all have their own problems. I also think that Shinji has been given way to much hate, the Shinji in this version is a realistic character put into a situation where he has to risk his own life to save the lives of people he hates. Anybody would react in the same way if put in the same situation. The animation isn't horrid either, and the pauses do add to the scenes, though I couldn't appreciate this until I watched Evangelion 1.0. This is also one of those series that you can just sit and think about it and you'll realize things about the series that you never thought about before, there are so many reasons why this series is so debatable, and it's because everybody interprets certain parts in different ways. Even Gendou, the poster man for bad parenting, has moments were he thinks about what he is doing, realizing that it is wrong, but continuing with it because he already made it so far. He realizes that he is a bad parent, adding another layer to his character rather than just "bad parent". There is way too much to say about this series as a whole, but rather than I felt very fulfilled when i finished it.
Final Verdict:
If I could buy this series, i would buy it. Sadly the masses of Evangelion things are the rebuild films, and those really don't do it for me. But regardless, I suggest that you definitely watch Neon Genesis Evangelion.
10/10