Neon Genesis Evangelion A lil confused

What exactly is Neon Genesis about??? I've seen the first manga and part of the second episode, but I have noo clue what it's about ^^;; Can someone explain the story briefly? :shy3:

 

I would really like to get hold of more Neon Genesis Evangelion manga books; the first one already got me caught up with the story, though I don't really like all teh stuff about using the robots/evangelions and all the blasting and fighting and the sc-fi-ness.

 

Machinery is just ain't my type... aside from GundamWing maybe ^^

 

Its as BakaMattSu says, it starts out with maybe a bit much focus on robots, but progresses rapidly from there. It is one of the best series I have seen. I know I don't carry much weight around here, but I would recommend it. I've never seen a series that gave me as much to think about. Plenty of obscure ties to old legend and tradition to keep one inerested beyond just viewing it, were one so inclined.

 

and the last to episodes of the tv series are simply amazing.

 

Awesome anime, all I hafta say....

Definitely a pic for ya, go ahead and get it all. ALL ABOUT DESTRUCTION!!!!!!!!! What was I thinking in my opinion it is like GW on steroids....

 

Its a great anime...but its depressing..

 

I like the conflict and struggle in Eva between the main character and his father - to me, that's really meaningful and it's stuff like that that helps me to get a better impression of stories.

 

Eva Forever in ourselves

While I'm not sure about the pedophilia (though I know she *spoiler* in the movie), I agree that it's about what is at the core of Human beings. Possessing minds has given us the power to do more than simply survive, unlike other animals. But this great power has driven man to be the single most creative and self-destructive race on the planet. Therefore, is it our minds that principally fuel the very best and worst actions of mankind? Evangelion seems to observe the actions and effects that our internal and abstract minds have on the physical, real world. Shinji is a creature who (with his mind) is trying to resolve his perspective on life. This internal struggle with his creation (and I believe creator, in the form of Gendo and God) is externalised with his battles with the angels sent by God itself. SEELE are part of the effort trying (again with their minds) to artificially stimulate the evolution of mankind. An evolution where the hole in every human being (where god is suppposed to reside in each of us) is filled by compressing the minds of the entire human race into a single entity, thereby filling the holes and creating a new god. This can only be put into effect using the Evangelions and the angels. I haven't actually seen the movie, so I am unclear on how they are to use Adam to put this into effect. But it appears that there can be two kinds of third impact, one created by the humans using the evas, thus initiating the human instrumentality project, and the other created by god, using the angels. Thus what we see in the series is the human race trying to prevent god from initiating its third impact. As far as I know, End of Evangelion is about SEELE trying to start the human instrumentality project. Please correct me if I'm wrong, or I've just been babbling nonsense.

 

i saw eps 25-26, and the movie...
and i'm still confused and haven't a *clue* what the series is about

i still think it's one of the best series around though hehe

 

End of Evangelion

The beauty of evangelion, in both the series and the movie (from what I've read) is the many interpretations that different fans have taken from it. It is almost as if Mr. Anno is directly addressing each individual viewer when Shinji mutters:
'This is the me that exists within your mind' in that this is the ending which you, the individual, has decided. Was Anno unsure as to how to resolve the show, or was he trying to give each member of the show's audience the same crucial desicion that Shinji was faced with at the end. I think that ultimately both endings (one which I have seen, the other which I have read about -yes I know this is a problem) are optimistic, albeit for different reasons. The series is optimistic for obvious reasons, which for spoliers sake I wont detail.

SPOILERS:
The movies ending I would see as optimistic for different reasons.

1. Shinji decides that he can justify his life without trying to fill the voids that exist in everyones lifes, that is the pain that each and every human must bear, to be called a human. The importance of bearing of this pain was detailed a bit more by Kaoru in ep.24.
2. I agree with Izzy Izumi, I think that as everyones mind is stored in the (Primordial Soup) LCL, those who (quote Misato) 'Have the will to survive' will also emerge from the LCL. Well, though this may not be everybody, I believe many would emerge (though Rei could not).
3. Even if no-one else was to emerge from the LCL, would a life alone with Asuka be that bad?

 

well alot people don't kno whats going on i can hardley catch up myself!

 

The ending was strange, but understandable.

PS: That weird smile Rei does every so often scares the hell out of me... they weren't paying the aniumators enough.

 

I need to see this ending.. The movie death and rebith that is!

KaME

 

For sure

The movie was probably my favourite part of the whole thing.. except for that episode where Shinji and Asuka have to learn to work together and fight as a team cause that was the funniest!