So /a/, what's the Evangelion of anime?

epic thread OP

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>>151812948
Evangelion, it is that deep.

>>151813060
This is the evangelion of replies.

Not Evangelion that's for sure.

>>151812948
just watched this anime

WHAT

HOW DO YOU BUTCHER SOMETHING THAT GOOD

WITH ONLY TWO EPISODES

THEY DIDN'T RESOLVE ANYTHING

I NEED THERAPY

SOMEBODY HELP ME

Not a valid answer, but I just want to shitpost.

I really liked Dual! because it was a parody of Eva, and cheered me up after watching the depressing move.

>>151812948
Daicon III and IV openings.

>>151813328
watch end of evangelion

>>151812948
who's the 3rd chick in the plug suit? i don't remember her at all

>>151813328
>he doesn't like eps 25 and 26
Holy fucking shit taste, really is reddit in here huh

>>151813505
CONGRATULATIONS

>>151812948
Madoka is the Evangelion of the Anime genre.

>>151813470
You've only just begun your descent.

Corey in the House
King of the Hill
Boku no Pico

>>151813470
Shitty OC fanfiction. Ignore her.

>>151812948
Madoka Magica.

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>>151813401
>the entire first five minutes

>>151812948
Evangelion is anime you dumbass.

>>151813689
>newfag detected

>>151813328
The last two episodes being bad is a shitty meme. It's not a complete ending but it sure as hell isn't a bad one.

>>151813689
no its clearly The Transformers

>>151813328
congratulations

now go watch EoE

>>151813712
they don't resolve anything though, and the entire last two episodes feels like shinji took LSD until he fucking died and that was the ending

don't know how any of the other characters are doing, don't know any of the unsolved mysteries, don't know jack shit about anything that happened other than the writers were writing something great and then decided to get really fucking high

and shinji is STILL a bitchboy at the end of it

>>151812948
Ray Xephon

>>151813667
2 deep 4 u kid?

>>151813712
The last two episodes are probably the most significant and important episodes in the entire series
>>151813777
Time for you to kys, reddit

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>There are people that unironically like evangelion

>>151813813
>[spoilers]
Maybe if you only care about Shinji's development.
personally I didn't give a shit about his personal problems or their weird Nip existentialism based solutions. I wanted a giant robot fight to tie up the main arc. So I like EoE more

>>151813783
the writers literally could have done that over the course of the series instead, similar to toradora, instead of keeping shinji a bitchboy the whole time and then deciding that all of his character development needed to happen while he was dying of a drugs overdose in the last two episodes

>>151813813
>kys
>[spoilers]
>>>/r/eddit
>>>/f/acebook
>>>/anywherebuthere/

Rayzero

>>151813852
I don't use /a/ often because this board's taste is buttfuck awful. Most of the boards I normaly browse have no spoiler tags.

>I wanted a giant robot fight to tie up the main arc
Guess what Evangelion was literally meant to not be? Exactly that.

The entire point of the series is about Shinji's psychological issues and their resolution. The giant robots? Lilith? Adam? The Angels? All the Impacts? That's meant to be side content. By focusing on le ebin giant robot fightign xddd you're completely missing the point of the series and may as well go and watch fucking Gundam Seed Destiny.

>>151813864
Reddit located. Get out and stay out.

RahXephon
End of discussion

>>151813975
EoE still did it better, by having him resolve his own problems in an incomplete fashion from the pilot seat and making his own decisions about the impact. They still had room for fanservice action scenes, too.
The last two episodes had about half an episode's worth of content in them, and padded it out with bullshit.

>>151813975
>le redit maymay ecks dee
its pretty fucking obvious that the characters are the main point as in most non-shounen anime, but they somehow managed to not develop shinji the entire series and then refuse to tie up any of the plot relating to those elements in favor of making the last two episodes entirely shinji's hallucinations as some sort of character development

it was fine and maybe even profound to do the hallucination bullshit for five minutes in the last two episodes to FINALLY, FINALLY develop shinji a little bit but they decided to ignore literally everything else in favor of making the ending episodes entirely hallucination FILLER

>>151813328
>"we ran out of money so you have to finish the story yourself in your head, this message is thinly veiled in a garble of bullshit we are calling introspective character development, Congratulations! (thanks for watching)
You're welcome.

>>151814118
I feel violated

it was so fucking good until the last two

>>151813060
It's not THAT deep.

>>151813777
Watch the fucking movie you retard. If you still don't get it then remember to take your vitamins and maybe you'll be smarter when you're old enough to post here.

>>151814068
Except that the important parts (ie: the sections that take place during Third Impact that lead to his rejection of instrumentality) are extremely lacking in the impact that 2526 have. Furthermore, EoE on its own acts and comes off as a mess. Example: No explanation is given as to Shinji's complete apathy in the beginning of the film, save the implication from jacking off, when we know that from 2526 it's his guilt from murdering Kaworu. EoE also doesn't explain and attempt to find a solution for the psychological issues of Asuka, Rei or Misato. 25 still did that and more, with 26 being the finale dedicated to Shinji alone.

I mean sure, EoE is beautifully animated, and it serves as brilliant context. It's a 10/10 film. But in the end it's just like the entire "battle arc" in the series: nothing more than context and explanation to the true focus.

>>151814105
>but they somehow managed to not develop shinji the entire series
Stopped reading there. It's time for you to go back, reddit.

>>151814118
Not this meme again. Go back to /r/evangelion.

>>151814159
Then you can feel violated on reddit instead.

>>151814105
>somehow managed to not develop shinji the entire series
someone put this autist down

>>151814270
Thats why you watch 25 & 26 along with EoE. The episodes take place during the Instrumentality section and is just a longer version of what happens in the movie.

>>151812948
Shrek 2

>>151814322
Why am I arguing with you again?

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>>151812948
Flip Flappers

>>151814348
I'm just responding to you. I haven't said anything else

>>151814270
>>151814283

>beginning of series
>shinji tries to run away from his duties but gets in the eva because of random outside bullshit, in this case rei's condition
>this literally happens 4 times before episode 20
>the most developed he gets is getting really fucking pissed when he's fighting shit which was kind of cool
>shinji only stops trying to run away after the two-episode hallucination

every single other character was developed further in every way and shinji is supposed to be the MC

>>151814375
Eh, clearly we share the same sentiments so it looks like there isn't much more to say.

>>151814384
You have to go back.

>>151814418
asuka is literally the worst girl in all of anime

>>151814105
>somehow managed to not develop shinji the entire series
Were you even paying attention? Shinji changes wildly from the start of the show to last few episodes. Most obviously he goes from being fairly wimpy to being assertive and brave. There's also a period in the middle of the series were he starts to open up, though by the end he's regressed significantly.

>>151814446
She's definitely not the best character in Evangelion but she's far from the worst in all of anime.

Waifu wise though holy shit she is facepunch tier.

>>151814446
>am I fitting in yet?

>>151813913
Unironically this.

>>151814451
he's only "assertive and brave" for the operation with the sphere angel and then gets his ass saved by the EVA for the second time before immediately regressing back to his original state

>>151814530
That's literally not what happened at all but your retardation is impressive to watch so keep going.

>>151814551
>look at me guys I'm the edgy faggot on 4chinz

(You)

>>151814530
Go to a doctor, you must have amnesia, seeing as you've forgotten the entire second half of the show.

>>151814628
>runs away again like a faggot before manning up for the last few episodes

????

>>151814603
>wah wah stop saying mean things to me
Your salty tears are delicious. Keep going.

>>151814646
His "running away" was an act of protest against his father. It was him deciding not to be a pawn anymore. He only returns after his conversation with Kaji where he decides to pilot on his own terms for his own purposes. After which he rips apart the strongest angel up that point using his bare hands.

>>151814795
>After which he rips apart the strongest angel up that point using his bare hands.
pretty sure that was the EVA on its own and shinji just got dissolved

>>151813815
>unironically
you're brain dead anon

memes have changed the tenets of your reality

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Wow, it's another thread where EVA gets broken to bits to satiate retards

>>151814838
Honestly, Eva is a fairly easy to understand anime. Are these fucks who complain it's "too deep" just used to having everything spelled out in front of them or something?

>>151814838
but you literally don't have this thread every day

>>151814825
No, he became one with the EVA, meaning they both did it as a single entity.

>>151814937
its stated pretty clearly that the EVA moved of its own accord for the third time and both beat up that angel and ate its S2 core

whether or not shinji was directly involved with that is up to debate because as far as we know he just had more hallucinations the entire time he was dissolved

>>151814255
>Watch the fucking movie you retard.
That's the point he's making, you dip. Imagine being an okatu in '96 and having THAT as your ending.

>>151814937
Sort-of not really. Basically what happened was that he was turned into pure LCL by his mother (the Evangelion). At the same time, the Evangelion went beserk (ie functioned on its own with no power). While Shinji was indeed aware of his actions and whatnot, he was not in control of the Evangelion itself.

>>151813328
Watch the movie

Bravo anno for creating a work that autists can still argue over after all these years. And it's a cartoon of all things.

>start watching rebuild
>evangelion thread pop up
sasuga /a/

>>151815254
Turn it off anon, its trash

>>151815254
Save yourself the pain.

>>151813470
Mari from the Rebuild movies. She appears in 3.0

>>151815284
>>151815311
I didn't say I was enjoying it

>>151815254
stop while you can
there is nothing worth watching after 2

>>151815333
We never said you were. Not even /a/ is mean enough to imply that.

>>151815346
>there is nothing worth watching
Fixed

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>>151815364
The parts that aren't changed from the original and are just a rehash of the original series with nicer animation are cool.

>>151815333
So your just watching it so you can complain about it accurately?

>>151815402
>with nicer animation
lol

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>>151815254
>The rebuild-hate taskforce is out in force tonight.

Enjoy it for what it is, and youll have a good time. 3.33 is the episode 25-26 of the Rebuilds, so most kids around here wont be able to appreciate it until 4.0 is out, but it's a great watch too.

>>151815405
So I can shitpost accurately when the fourth one comes out.

>>151815424
Anno is worthless without his depression.

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tell me /a/, what has been the most significative progress ever made in eva threads, as it happens to be at least always one?

>>151815424
Stop shitposting on /a/ Anno, no one likes your shitty movies. Go back to /r/evangelion where you can feed your retard tier conspiracy theories into the autistic userbase.

>>151812948
Re:zero. We've already discussed this.

>>151813328
The last two episodes is the extential crisis that happens in Shinji's mind before he rejects the Human Instrumentality project in the movie End of Evangelion.

The fucking reason why EoE is titled that way is because its the REAL ENDING of evangelion, with the anime ending just implying that he rejected instrumentality and didnt nothing more.

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>>151815447
Pic related.

>>151815441
>Implying he ever stopped being depressed.

>>151815453
I'm not Anno. Btw, have you seen m- uh, Anno's new Godzilla movie? I heard it was pretty great.

>>151815489
>with the anime ending just implying that he rejected instrumentality and didnt nothing more.
And this is how you spot someone with a double digit IQ

>>151815447
A Kaworufag fujo removed itself from earth once.

>>151815254
>evangelion threads on /a/
Say it ain't so!

>>151815522
Linky linky pls

>>151814980
>tfw I watched EoE for the first time today and I was that kid in '96 that only had 25/26 as my ending
I can't believe I put it off for this long. was a fucking amazing way to tie it all up.

>>151815545
Look for it yourself. As far as I know it was unsubstantiated, largely.

On the contrary, there is an actual Kaworufag, a slav I think, that made headlines for a suicide by cop.

>>151815590
Tried looking it up and today I just learnt that the creator of NHK is actually a mentally disturbed Kaworufag.

Which sucks because I actually like that show.

Fuck.

>>151812948
>So /a/, what's the Evangelion of anime?

Metal Gear Solid 2.

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>>151813328
>he didn't get it

Don't worry, there were dumbass whiners twenty years ago too and they whined end of evangelion into existence which should quench your taste for robots and explosions to save you from having to use rudimentary thought processes for once.

>>151816482
Why are you implying that 25+26 was the original ending?

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>>151816706
Because they were.

>>151813328
People telling you to watch the movie and take only that as the ending are just as wrong as if someone were to say only to watch the two episodes. Neither one works as well without the other

>>151816758
only if you are retarded. Show ending explains everything you need to know.

>>151816863
The show ending didn't explain why Misato and Ritsuko were suddenly dead.

>>151816886
Everyone "died" when they entered the hivemind as a result of Shinji killing the last angel. Human instrumentality.

>>151816729
Then one of us were horribly lied to, because I'm pretty sure what became 25' was based on a script that couldn't come to fruition due to a lack of budget & time.

>>151816936
No, there are multiple drafts of a script, and then there's the finished product. Have you just been going around reading drafts lmao? Jeez.

>>151816983
That still doesn't address their budget running out.

>>151817037
What difference does that make?

>>151817064
Nvm, just found out that it was Anno being fickle and lack of yen was a rumour.

>>151813852
>Maybe if you only care about Shinji's development.
>Maybe if you only care about the entire point of the show.