Review of Neon Genesis Evangelion

This anime is considered one of the most classic anime of all time. And unlike most of today's ''classic'' this anime has all the right materials to actually considered as one. But there is a huge gap between ''classic'' and ''masterpiece''. And while Neon Genesis Evangelion (for short NGE) IS classic at least for me was (NOT) a masterpiece. But let's take things from the beginning. NGE has a rather simple storyline with a post-apocalyptic setting where mankind is fighting against giant aliens that are threatening them with extinction. This is all right and well but there was a big problem. The first14 episodes where boring and not boring because nothing happens but because we are seeing the same thing over and over again. The main characters are fighting the angels, defeat them and the we have a little bit of their daily lives along with a little bit of slapstick comedy. I know that this episodes were necessary for the other half of this anime as it was building the character development but still I believe it could handle it better. But the second half... well this is were things start to get really dark. The plot suddenly becomes so depressing and interesting that I forgot all the previous boring episodes. And the conclusion which comes with the three last episodes will leave you speechless. The art was good especially for the time that it was made but still I believe it was overrated a bit because of the repetitive scenes that we are seeing in a lot of episodes. Still, I have to give extra credit for the stunning job that the animators made for the last two episodes. For the sound I have to say that the results were amazing. The opening of NGE is considered one of the most classic songs of all time and I will have to agree with that. But for me the most amazing was the ending which was ''Fly me to the moon'' with different instrumental and singing versions in every episode. The voice actors should be given as an example of perfect acting. Megumi Ogata was perfect as Shinji, Megumi Hayashibara stunning as the quiet Ayanami Rei, Akira IShida AMAZING as the enigmatic Kaoru and generally all of the voice actors give an excellent performance to all of their characters. Now let's talk about the characters. This anime is completely built on character development. Really all of it's characters are so humans. All of them have their inner demons and all of them are hiding something. This is the real virtue of this anime. It's excellent characters each of them unique in their own way make this anime worth watching. Only bad thing was that I had to wait a number of episodes until I finally sawthis amazing development. Lastly, I have to say that Evangelion was not flawless. It had a lot of things that kept it from being a masterpiece. But it's certainly different from almost any other anime that you have ever seen. And I believe this makes it worth watching it.

Sorry for my bad English I know I've made a lot of mistakes. Hope I helped you. Feedback and opinions will be gladly accepted ;)