So I'm watching Neon Genesis Evangelion right now

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Kasz216 said:

The Ghost of RubangB said:

Kasz216 said:

Seraphic_Sixaxis said:
I hated that series it scared me for long and almost made me hate anime!

It started the trend of "lets make a bunch of stuff up because people will just interpret bullshit and thing we're deep" anime.

As a film studies major who took a class on anime, which involved studying the entire history of mecha anime, as well as the history of Gainax... that comment cut me deep.

I mean, I could say that about the guys who wrote Eraserhead, 2001, or the Bible, but everybody seems to love those.

 

@Soriku, the show really speeds up and gets crazy epic in season 2, and then gets even super crazier at about episode 16 or so, and then you'll probably finish the series in 1 or 2 binges.  I say watch episode 25 and 26, but then remember that The End of Evangelion picks up as a direct sequel to episode 24, and replaces episodes 25 and 26.  They're kind of like... opposite endings, but kind of covering the same thing, kinda.  You'll see.  Just be ready for a wild ride.  And I'd love to find out if the ending either makes you love it or makes you hate it.  Many people love the whole series until the very ending, and then they feel betrayed and they curse the series forever.

Not that all anime can't be deep.  However this one is bullshit.

The guy even says it himself...

He created a bunch of fairly vagure and varied characters so that people who tried to look into it would come up with wildely different theories as to what is going on... a lot of the other themes were also created... just so people will think that varied themes are the "true theme" when there really isn't one.

There was little thought or representation meant for any of it outside of the very obvious journy of Shinji finding a reason to live.

The vast majority of all the symbolism and use of words is nothing but Red Herrings outside of the general passing of similarities between the character.  For example if you were going to name someone who was going to die outnumbered Custer.

 

It's the musical equivlent of American Pie (the song).  You know why Don McClean hasn't come out with an interpretation after all these years and everyone asking?  Cause their wasn't one.  It was just like Evangelion and Nostradamus.

A bunch of vague writing that people give their own meanings too.

The difference is... Anno cops to it.... yet people still try and disect it.

The original Star Wars trilogy is deeper and more interesting than NGE. Lucas actually had a message behind the films... simply based off thousands of years of mythology combined into a space opera.

I enjoy quite a bit of anime. My problem is with people who talk up anime simply because it's confusing. Most of the stories we re-tell over generations are actually quite simple. I view most complex anime as The X-Men (comics) for elitist pricks who want to play up their own "intelligence". Can it be fun? Sure. Is it deep? No, just convoluted. It doesn't mean it can't or shouldn't be enjoyed but let's not make it out for something it isn't.

PS. While I'm at it, everywhere you see me post "NGE", just go ahead and apply it to videogames by replacing it with "MGS".