I finished watching Neon Genesis Evangelion yesterday morning, and the movies today. Hard to really put my finger on just a general thumbs up or down on it. Some of it was amazing, some of it I really wish they had done differently. I don't know how true to the manga it is (I assume there's a manga), and I kinda wish they would have just left out Asuka, as she doesn't progress the story at all, and personally I find her more of an annoyance than an interesting character. Scenes involving her are just bleh, and make me want to skip them. The show as a whole I guess is a thumbs up, it's worth watching at least. But it's not two thumbs up like most of the anime I've reccommended. I'd definately say it's a classic, and there are some really interesting things in the show. On the other hand, in my opinion, the ending was poor--in fact, the last two or three episodes were.

I'm not too sure as to what exactly happened in the movies. That is to say, I'm not entirely sure I have all of them. Death and Rebirth was horrible. It was basically 73 minutes of the anime picked out and replayed in random sequence. I assume they made it to help clarify for some people what exactly had happened by playing it in an order that was less out of order... By which I mean that there were plot sequences threaded over multiple episodes that people may have lost track of, and they put the entire plot sequence back to back and then went on to the next in the movie. If you watched it on television with a week break between each episode, it might have been better. For somebody who watched the entire show in a couple days, it was a waste of time. What confused me is that at the end of the first 68 minutes, and after credits, there was a 5 minute intermission. Which I would think means theres more to it. But, unless End of Evangelion is part two to that, I'm not sure what is, because I don't have it.

Which brings me to my final note, and that is the End of Evangelion movie is fantastic. It's truly great. Just enough action, and it completes the plotline of the story where the TV show just up and started being stupid. End of Evangelion was great for one because it was not just a rehash of the TV show that you've already seen, like Death and Rebirth was--it finished the story, created a plotline for the movie, and brought a worthy conclusion to them both.

I'd be happy to go in more depth, if anybody was interested.

Adion is currently listening to: Armin van Buuren - A State of Trance 276 (11/23/06) [120:17]