Relatively easy and painless. The Rebuild films are a retelling of the original anime story, though as they have progressed, they have strayed away from that plot by this point. Either way, the Blu-ray releases are worth picking up on Amazon. Someday, 3. After watching the original series and accompanying flood of films, the manga seems to take on a life of its own, giving much more character backstory to some major players.
It also shows what happens after The End of Evangelion! Think of it as your dessert: not completely necessary, but something that adds the perfect flourish to your very, very full meal. If you find yourself curious, or just want these on your shelf to complete your growing Evangelion shrine, you can pick them up from Viz. What are your thoughts? Angry at the convoluted mess that this series has become? Just let it happen. Head over to our Discord channel to chat with us and let us know how things go.
To those familiar with the property, its arrival on streaming is the realization of a longstanding dream, a seeming impossibility after years of licensing entanglements kept the Japanese cartoon off shelves and streaming. And yet Evangelion is extensively beloved and celebrated; its reputation has now preceded its streaming debut for two decades.
There are several reasons this show about fighting robots and existential crises has endured. Here are the eight biggest things a newcomer should know about Neon Genesis Evangelion , and why its Netflix debut is such a big deal — and not completely without some backlash from longtime fans.
Neon Genesis Evangelion is a Japanese animated cartoon a. Developed by the innovative animation studio Gainax , the show ran 26 episodes, followed by a feature film in July The premise of Evangelion , which fans typically refer to simply as Eva pronounced ay-VUH , sounds straightforward on its face. The United Nations is working with a special military organization, Nerv, to protect survivors from the fallout: the arrival of several extraterrestrial killer mechs, known as Angels, that are hell-bent on taking out what remains of the human race.
These robots are called Eva Units; there are only four of them, and they require a special physical and mental connection with their pilots. Robot battles ensue, with increasingly mortal consequences. When your body becomes a war machine, what will your purpose be when the war is over? Evangelion fans have often characterized it as two shows in one. Shinji gets hurt in a fight against an Angel. Sub out Shinji for one of the other teenage pilots; rinse, repeat.
Much of that dissatisfaction was due to rumored budget cuts, tight scheduling issues, and creative differences on how to end the show, resulting in a finale that excises all the fighting robots and turns inward for 40 minutes of an introspective back-and-forth between the characters. Its efforts took the form of End of Evangelion , a feature film that came out in theaters in and that shirked the constraints of basic cable TV and minute runtimes.
Eva could have slotted right next to Mobile Suit Gundam and Gundam Wing as more of the same: an action series full of fun moments and ever-intensifying battles, but little else.
Its characters deal with past trauma; experience sexual awakenings; explore death, rebirth, and eternity; and struggle to find personal meaning in a time of apocalypse.
Not only was the series hugely existential, it was also extremely religious, full of references to Judaism and styled as a sci-fi retelling of the biblical Book of Genesis.
Most significantly, creator Hideaki Anno spoke openly and frequently about having a mental and artistic breakdown while working on the show, and funneling all that anxiety into its storytelling.
The whole series doubles as a metaphor for uneasy artistic creation, for depression, and for life itself. But it was the first anime to combine those elements so successfully, and to such high critical and popular acclaim. A series of 5 artbooks for the series and its two films. The majority of the pages are filled with production sketches.
Groundwork volumes were also created for the first two films in the Rebuild of Evangelion tetralogy. An early pre-production booklet that describes the premise of the series and introduces the main characters. Many changes were made from the proposal to the finished show, such as different characterization and even unused Angels. Neon Genesis Evangelion was released on a series of 17 tapes from February 3, to December 23, Each tape generally contained 2 episodes of the show, with The End of Evangelion split between two releases and edited to resemble episodes.
Each tape was named Genesis - , with the last tape, 0:X containing the TV versions of episodes The theatrical version of The End of Evangelion was released as part of a two tape box set alongside Death and Rebirth.
Also included in each Genesis release was an "Eva Fan Club" sheet. Each disc was CAV format with analog and digital stereo audio. The first pressing for volumes 1, 6, and 10 included boxes to hold the separate releases. Each volume contained 4 episodes, with a total of 8 releases. Volume 7 contained episodes 25 - 26 as well as the episodic version of The End of Evangelion.
Each DVD is interlaced video, except for the movies, which are progressive scan. The cover art of each volume was changed for this release.
A new set of DVDs was later released as part of a Renewal of Evangelion campaign, which included a complete remastering of the audio and video from the original 16mm prints. The series was released on 10 DVDs, with each single containing 4 episodes.
Volume 8 contains only episodes 25 and 26 , but fills the remaining space with a 5. The renewal singles were collected as an 11 disc box set and released on June 25, The set contained each episode of the show, as well as both films and the on-air cuts of Also included was a bonus disc with the Genesis and ' PVs and other trailers for the series.
The bonus disc also included the cut live action sequence from The End of Evangelion. The 14 "Eva Fan Club" sheets from the Genesis releases were reprinted and included with this set. The box was reprinted on April 23, , shortly before the edition of the box set was released. A re-release of the Box Set's material in a slimmer case. For pretty heavy spoiler reasons, these must be watched after the mainline series and are mostly separate retellings of the same story.
Watching Neon Genesis Evangelion in chronological order is a rough proposition. Mercifully, the first 24 episodes can be watched as normal. Then, it gets a little tricky. Series protagonist Shinji then becomes part of a major event that technically takes part during episodes 25 and 26 and also End of Evangelion.
If you want to go super in-depth with the chronological order, you can watch episodes , the first hour of End of Evangelion, then episodes 25 and 26 for a more introspective look at the main characters during a major plot beat. At the very least, it gives greater context to the utterly bewildering final two episodes of a series that, famously, ran out of steam and budget during its original run.
The only skippable piece of mainline Evangelion media is a curiosity that can be found on Netflix called Evangelion: Death True 2, otherwise known as Evangelion: Death and Rebirth.
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