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ITT: We mention one thing we don't like or consider a flaw in our favorite show.
To me that thing in Evangelion would be the character designs. There's lots of things to like about the aesthetics of the series. The great mecha/kaiju designs, the more trippy sequences, framing, composition and editing. But I feel in contrast to all of this the character designs are rather generic and uninteresting. They also lack this general cohesion that lots of other shows like Lain, Casshern, Utena or TTGL have. It looks as if each character was done by a seperate person and then someone redrew them all with the similar facial style.
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You are out of your mind. Sadamoto is on a league of his own.
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>>153708746
Really? I thought the character designs were great.
Asuka, Misato, Rei, Gendo, and Kaworu particularly stuck out to me.
I guess Shinji's is a bit generic for an MC, but I think that was the point.
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>>153708980
I have mixed feelings about him. In FLCL, Honneamise and Diebuster his designs worked great and have a certain unity to them but in Eva and his work with Hasoda they just lack that and look rather generic.
I mean just look at the characters of the shows I mentioned or something like Kaiba, Tatami Galaxy, Bebop or Angel's Egg. Not only are none of them generic but they all fit perfectly together, share color palettes and have a unique, specific style.
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>>153708746
I didn't really have a problem with the designs themselves. I had several other problems with EVA (particularly episodes 25 and 26 holy shit) but the designs weren't it.
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I think Cowboy Bepop is a wonderful show and that it's more clever and well-written than people give it credit for. And I'll defend even the show's more questionable choices like episodes such as Boogie Woogie Feng Shui, or Julia and Vicious being extremely bland characters.
But while I can't really say I dislike this, episodes 2, 3 and 4 feel a bit stale and poor when compared to what comes after, and I've spoken to people who dropped Cowboy Bepop entirely because of these episodes. They aren't really bad episodes, they are like this for a reason and they are essencial for establishing part of the show's characteristics. But they are generally forgettable and not terribly interesting.
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>>153708746
I really like the designs. They're very distinctive. And were made the basis for countless other clones.
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>>153709647
I wholeheartedly agree with this on some regard, I did find Ep. 3 somewhat interesting since it introduces Faye, but Ep. 2 and 4 are really, really lackluster if we look at the latter episodes.
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Oh come on, my dude. Their design is literally iconic.
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