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There were a lot of people complaining about the Netflix dub being awful but I thought it was okay. I watched up to the first episode with Asuka in order to get a feel for how all the main characters sounded and I didn't have any issues with them outside of a few weird takes that were probably the fault of the directors. Some unintentional comedy from the fact that Netflix cast a non-binary troon as Shinji.

Fagatron said:
I've never seen any of the Eva's nor do I know anything of the plot.

Is it worth watching today or is it dated nostalgia fuel?
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I always say to try watching it if you legit know absolutely nothing about it as I think that's the most enjoyable way to experience it. It also still holds up very well in my opinion.
 
dreamworks face said:
If that thread was more than one post with the phrase "yeah, totally, deal with it" then you were posting on a forum full of morons.

I love NGE mostly because it takes a giant shit on all mecha anime - it starts off as a normal mecha show for about 16 episodes, then the kids all lose their fucking minds because why wouldn't they, they're teenagers in robot suits, what do you think would happen if you cross PTSD and hormones? The crazy fucking scene with Shinji just jacking off over Asuka while she's in a coma in the hosptial is the epitome of "hey, maybe it's not a good idea to put children in giant robot suits?" - it feels like a deeply realistic outcome to me from that scenario. Yeah, obviously they didn't know how to end the show, but I applaud subverting such an obviously stupid trope (teenagers in giant robot suits).
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That's what I enjoyed the most rewatching it fully again for the first time since EoE came out over here. The teenage drama felt real.

The first two Rebuild movies feel more like a mainstream adaptation and lost some of the substance.
 
Chiri said:
There were a lot of people complaining about the Netflix dub being awful but I thought it was okay. I watched up to the first episode with Asuka in order to get a feel for how all the main characters sounded and I didn't have any issues with them outside of a few weird takes that were probably the fault of the directors. Some unintentional comedy from the fact that Netflix cast a non-binary troon as Shinji.
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that's how I first watched eva with the netflix dub,I honestly didn't mind it . I think the fans are just pissy about the translation diferences and Fly me to the moon. because netflix can spend monney to keep friends but not enough money to licence a sinatra song
 
I heard the new translation kept children as opposed to child. I like that they're keeping the swerve how it wasn't engrish and they actually meant plural all along.
I'm mixed about shito as whatever not-angel thing I heard they ran with. Yeah I get that shito is the guys who hung out with Jesus or whatever and not the messengers of God, but like every fucking display says ANGEL in giant letters.

I'm never going to watch it though netflix so this doesn't personally affect me in any way at all, but comparing translations can be interesting theoretical crap for the onlines.
 
RetardedCat said:
Eva is pretentious shit made by an exceptional individual who doesn't even know why he's making it.
Change my mind.
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It's Gunbuster 2 before Diebuster actually existed. Just add elements from Nadia, a failure of a series which made Anno butthurt at the time, and Honneamise, a boring Miyazaki-esque meets space opera movie that was going to have a sequel, into the mix.
 
I've been watching the show, up to episode 10 or 11, and it's fine so far. I'm mostly watching because I want the full impact of EoE; people keep bringing up the ending of everyone turning into soup and I want to see that play out with the full context.

Also this.
 
CWCchange said:
It's Gunbuster 2 before Diebuster actually existed. Just add elements from Nadia, a failure of a series which made Anno butthurt at the time, and Honneamise, a boring Miyazaki-esque meets space opera movie that was going to have a sequel, into the mix.
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You could say that, or you could keep it simpler and say that it's Ideon meets Devilman.
 
Zero Day Defense said:
A cute degenerate, but still a degenerate.
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Sure, but you're acting like I care about anything deeper from her than her cuteness.

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Would you guys recommend the series to someone who is not a weeb? I really enjoyed stuff like Akira and Inital D before they got all fucking weird on me with racing auras and Cronenberg body horror respectively. I don't mind weird shit, but hate how they seem to go full retard with it. I'm not gonna find out that these people controlling these fucking robots are witches and the robots are sentient space demons or some weird Jap shit like that? Am I?
 
Stab You in the Back said:
Bruh.

Its all weird jap shit.
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It's not so much the weird shit that bothers me so much as it's the weird shit being inconsistent with the rest of the story. The weird shit in something like a Miyazaki film feels tonally consistent and doesn't drag me out of the story. Whereas I was having a grand old time watching the first 30 or so episodes of Initial D which basically boiled down to a race car driver soap opera until like series 3 or whatever when the magical woo woo shit comes out of nowhere and was never established beforehand.
 
Shaved Kiwis said:
It's not so much the weird shit that bothers me so much as it's the weird shit being inconsistent with the rest of the story. The weird shit in something like a Miyazaki film feels tonally consistent and doesn't drag me out of the story. Whereas I was having a grand old time watching the first 30 or so episodes of Initial D which basically boiled down to a race car driver soap opera until like series 3 or whatever when the magical woo woo shit comes out of nowhere and was never established beforehand.
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Evangelion is as coherent as the average Metal Gear Solid or Final Fantasy plot.

Think of Evangelion as an autism test. The more you try to autistically figure out the "why" of what's happening, the less you're going to enjoy it. If, on the other hand, you're able to accept the presence and escalation of dissonant weird shit and just go along for the ride, you'll be fine. Which category you fall under is something only you can answer.
 
garakfan69 said:
Never thought it was such an interesting point to make - it's anime not real life (ignore Gundam ZZ's lies).
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What is deconstruction, jajajaja.

It's not interesting because it's "CHILD SOLDIERS BAD" It's interesting because of how it's rationalized in-universe and how that ties in with the themes.

Duh.
 
Shaved Kiwis said:
Would you guys recommend the series to someone who is not a weeb? I really enjoyed stuff like Akira and Inital D before they got all fucking weird on me with racing auras and Cronenberg body horror respectively. I don't mind weird shit, but hate how they seem to go full exceptional individual with it. I'm not gonna find out that these people controlling these fucking robots are witches and the robots are sentient space demons or some weird Jap shit like that? Am I?
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It's a show I'd recommend to non-weebs, but only with the caveat that it moves hardcore into the weird Jap shit by the last few episodes and EoE. If you're not into that sort of thing, you might still like it, but the end will probably piss you off.
 
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