I will try to keep this one short, well hopefully.
Neon Genesis Evangelion was first published in Febuary 1995 and later aired in October and finally finished airing in March 1996, the manga also has several 'spin-offs' created. NGE (Neon Genesis Evangelion) is a deep psychological anime/manga with a, I find, confusing plot line as it nears the last few episodes in the anime. |
| All Three Eva's |
The manga and anime have been praised as being one of the best created, even due to set backs with the anime due to the scheduling restraints it received, as well as removing a few scenes due to real life attacks on an Tokyo subway which looked similar.
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| Unit 01 Berserk. |
The main protagonist in this series is Shinji Ikari, who is the son of Gendo Ikari who is the head of the company who runs the Eva program, Nerv. With his Eva Unit 01 takes on all the 'baddies' named "Angels", with other Eva pilots Ayanami Rei and Asuka Langley. The Angels were another possible 'humanity', but due to a series of events thousands of years ago the Angels lay dormant until the humans discovered the Angel Creator, Adam, and released his 'seal' for lack of a better term.
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| Rei, Shinji, Asuka (Left to Right) |
As Shinji and Co. take on the Angels, another group comes to light, Seele, who appear to be pulling the strings for an ulterior motive, The Human Instrumentality Project. I dont think I will go into all the little bits to save you time reading this, but if you want I will most likely post another, more elaborate post on NGE or you could google it if you are really curious.
On a side note; the series led to two movies being produced. 'The End of Evangelion' which has a more suitable ending for the series than the original and 'Death and Rebirth' which has some criticism amongst fans.
There is also 4 upcoming "Rebuild of" Evangelion movies, they are:
- Evangelion 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
- Evangelion 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
- Evangelion 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
- Evanelion 4.0
- The Original Series
- The Death and Rebirth of Evangelion
- The End of Evangelion
- You Are (Not) Alone
- You Can (Not) Advance
- Q Quickening
So personally I would recommend this to anyone, its a classic, as well as a great psychological thriller which keeps you confused even till the end.
Leave your comments below about what you think of NGE!
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