There is the joke going around that the show is better if you are depressed. Personally I tried watching it younger and never got through episode 3 but last year I rewatched it during a time where I wasn't feeling well and this series helped me lot. Evangelion really has something special.
Hideaki Anno wrote it while struggling with a deep depression. Dude basically has never been okay until the Rebuilds, and people speculate Mari's character is only there as a reference to his wife and how she's helped him get better.
@@304Blaise no, it's true. The story is just good all around but if you're depressed, it hits harder. If you're a flake who doesn't want to get bummed out or just ignores negativity like the plague, the characters will grate on you.
@@deadsoon What about Ultraman (1966), that classic Tokusatsu show? That’s where 70% of aesthetics that Evangelion was inspired, influenced, and impacted by. Keep in mind! The Ultraman franchise, a hardcore SciFi genre, is created by devour Catholic convert, Eiji Tsuburaya.
“Next week: Shinji will discover the true meaning of suffering! Make sure to watch it with all your friends!” I love how dark and sarcastic the framing of this show is as a satire of anime. Crazy how relevant it’s themes still are to this day. Maybe even more so than when it released tbh
I'm around Josh's age, and anime elitists considered me late to the fandom when Adult Swim first aired NGE. *Pardon me* for not buying the whole series on VHS in the 90s when I was 9 and broke. It's not like anyone ever returned the library copies so I could watch it. This was hard to find before AS and streaming.
The problem isn't that you're late. Can't blame a kid for that. The problem is people having no interest in going back to the genre-defining shit that _created_ the modern anime series. See, some treat it like things were always this way, but they most certainly weren't. Part of the reason we all suggest the common items is because in the 80s and early 90s, anime were mostly OVAs. Especially in the eighties, projects were not guaranteed to finish at all, and weren't often based on manga, so... these completely original works and collaborations were in frequent danger of going over budget or having funding pulled (Evangelion's final episodes), and some were just released completely unfinished in efforts to recuperate _some_ money (even a big name like Shirow Masamune of Ghost in the Shell has his name and designs forever tied to the unfinished Gundress OVA series). *The common names you hear from then are the best projects that actually made it to the finish line, and that's why we knew and shared them.* They went from short projects like the awesome Project A-ko movies and Bubblegum Crisis's Blade Runner send-ups to more mature original films (Ninja Scroll, GitS, basically anything directed by Satoshi Kon), Ghibli handled the Disney equivalents until Pokémon rolled in just making a cartoon companion to a popular "toy." Sunrise got away from Gundam for once to give us the tight and gorgeous Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star fucked with old school Isaac Asimov designs (Asimov was the name of the antagonist in Cowboy Bebop's first episode, too!) And added space magic in a more satisfying way than Star Wars... and in the middle of this golden age was Evangelion, a deconstruction of the mecha genre as cover for a character study and depression, and Trigun, a manga adaptation that bears nearly no resemblance to Yasuhiro Nightow's original work, but is so well done people never really cared. Seriously, the original Trigun manga is fucking *bonkers.* In a way, Eva was right in the pocket of an age when anime was becoming well known for original works, and could easily approach any genre or feeling without fear. Now, almost everything is a manga or light novel (just call them short stories or fanfic or whatever) adaptation, almost _never_ gets anything more than 12 episodes chunks to continually test and wait and continue to milk the franchise longer, and to me it feels a lot of anime is cynical. No heart, no commitment, and just advertising looking for franchise material. That's why I think Chainsaw Man has taken off... the idea is fresh. They fuck with tropes instead of using them as a crutch (how many times does something have to be set in a high school before you claw your own eyes out?), and tells a real story. It doesn't try to create a bunch of waifus to sell body pillows later, like the ridiculous Fate series, and instead gives us unique characters with characters and flaws that _matter_ instead of "this is the perky one! This is the _weird_ one! Aren't they quirky?" So yeah, nobody's pissed you're young. They're scared you won't appreciate the classics, as anime and its fans are very different today.
@Virjunior it's cool your so passionate about eva but I hope you do know that it's a bunch of surface level nonsense the author wrote up cuz it sounded cool. As said in an interview about it. You can still find enjoyment in it , and depth but yeah.
To be fair the one piece anime was made in 1999 and evangelion in 1995 so it's quite the opposite: is one piece that recycled evangelion voice actors 😂 It depends on what you saw first and watched more times I suppose. Your brain links the voice to the ones you appreciate the most (or you saw first) usually.
A few things: -The kids in the show are 14. This is actually somewhat important. -The dub has always been known for being a bit strange, but *no* fans liked the Netflix dub over the original, even with Spike Spencer's odd screams. You are watching the Netflix version, which actually kinda borks things, I think. Ritsuko and Misato sound very similar, but the original has Ritsuko sounding older and more responsible while Misato flips between that and a childish perkiness. This is important to her character and is largely missing here. -Not a fan of Netflix using Rei's Theme as the outro. The original had multiple versions/remixes of "Fly Me to the Moon" sung by the various voice actresses in different combinations. This is thematically relevant and now lost.
Wow Netflix borking an anime? didn't see that coming. Excuse me, I forgot to change out my sarcasm filter. It's full. I saw the original as it came out, and saw ZERO reasons why they would need to redub it.
@@kiryukaimemorial127 Totally agree with you. Don't wanna totally hate on the Netflix dub. I'll try to be diplomatic and just say that I much prefer the late nineties version from ADV Films. Hope these two reviewers maybe have a chance to check it out at some point, so they can compare their reaction to the cast of different voice actors.
@@kiryukaimemorial127 Mainly it boiled down to the fact that the licensing rights for the original English dubbing were held by different companies in different regions, making it difficult for Netflix to distribute a consistent version of the series globally. There were other reasons like the audio mixing being inconsistent and some poor quality audio that isn't up to modern standards, but personally I think it came down to cost.
Regarding the Netflix Dub: it is a new dub, done ~10-15 years after the original dub. Some things are changed, including the Outro song being removed (it originally was a cover of Fly Me to the Moon), pronunciation of some words (NERV now being pronounced Nee-erv instead of nerve") and some translations being changed (Shinji being referred to as the Third "Children" instead of the Third "Child"). I grew up with the original dub, and while not perfect, that's the one I wish was still used.
Oh for sure it's likely more accurate this time around, from a directly translated point of view. I still prefer certain... lines in the original dub, the liness "I'm so fucked up" and "It means, love you" come to mind.
Why DID they change the word child from singular? Children makes no sense when theyre only referring to Shinji its been bothering me ever since hearing it. Does anyone know the reason?
@@acanimatics906 I think it's a language thing. I have some of the manga drawn by Sadamoto afterwards, and it was "children" there, too. It would be better if they said "one of the third children."
It's finally here after all this time! NGE really is a merit badge type series that any anime fan should experience at least once. And it still looks great after all this time. Looking forward to next week!!
Tbf Shinji is still my favorite. Regular life already gives me anxiety, I can't even imagine what a 14 year old me in his place would look like. For most of us we'd look a lot like Shinji in the series
It's weird hearing a new Eva dub, I'm way too used to the old one and the jp cast. But anyway I'm super excited to see you guys future reactions to 1 of my favorite shows, I was not expecting this!
This is my first time watching someone react to the show with enough dialogue caught that I noticed a drastic change to the script! I remember Shinji saying quite a LOT of dialogue with more 'depressed emo' tones, I remember him going through Misato's fridge and saying 'CASES of beer' and I remember the toothpicks on the table being labeled 'toothpicks' so English speakers would get the joke better. A lot has been changed unnecessarily!
Seeing Josh's immersion on these 2 episodes is amazing and reminds me of my first watch through last year. Keen to see more of these! Also skipping this OP is considered a war crime 🤣
Yeah, when this came out on VHS in the 90s, the original dub was produced by ADV Films who would utilize the same voice actors throughout a lot of their works. So you would find hilarious familiarity when you reheard their voices in works like Golden Boy, Nadesico and Excel Saga. Now, in the new dub, we got voices from several other places like One Piece, as well as veteran VA Johhny Yong Bosch. Many things have been said about the new dub. My feelings are that the translation is closer to the source, yet it loses some of the iconic feel in the first translation. Not to mention the choice to pluralize Child.
Excited to follow the series with you guys!! I only watched 2-3 episodes a few years back, but I wanna go through the whole series now 🙏 Love all the commentary and the community you guys built!
The picture of misato was probably sent way after him coming was decided just so that he knew who would pick him up... the photo being that photo was probably just because of Misato's personality...
Heard about Evangelion for years but never saw it, but damn it is really good so far. Something about that vintage animation style is just timeless. It's great to see the classics still holding up after decades. It's still early but Shinji dad might be the worst anime dad I've ever seen, god damn. Mfer was making me mad as fuck 😤😤
Hype to see you guys like it. Definitely a favorite. Might get mentioned but it's an anime original, which while on the surface level seems insignificant, I believe overall is what allows it to be what it is. It can design the pace for the medium of television. Manga adaptations can be done well but are still bound to a plot meant to be experienced with page turns. Eva knows when to cut. A big problem with anime (Which isn't new or anything, but maybe more prevalent) is it being influenced by itself. You can tell Eva isn't just influenced by anime. Ironically not many people enjoy stuff that is so influenced by itself it becomes an insular trope. Makes the stakes feel predetermined and such. Miyazaki was right, anime (for the sake of anime) is a mistake haha
I don't see it in the comments, so I thought that I would add that I like Megan's reaction a lot, that she appropriately doesn't respond to his questions during the viewing and that she doesn't reveal too much in the discussion. She could very well have destroyed the reaction for me but she did great!
I watched Evangelion recently too, but mainly because of the OST XD Shiro Sagisu is my favorite composer, and its the same one that made the OST for Bleach!
I love how in older anime they really weren't afraid of making the audience as confused and lost as the protagonists. You get it every now and then still, but it's pretty rare and usually only in very artsy niche shows. It's one of the reasons I'm still a defender of the old Full Metal Alchemist vs Brotherhood (to be clear, Brotherhood is also great, but I'm just one of those few that actually prefer the old anime, massive changes from the manga and all).
First of all, welcome to the century of EVA✨😆In Japan, "Neon Genesis Evangelion" is abbreviated to "EVA," so we will refer to it that way from the following. This work is based on the influence of director Hideaki Anno, who became mentally ill after directing his previous anime, "Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water," which was broadcast on NHK, and the psychology books he read while holed up in bed and the books about the esoteric sect of Christianity, "Nestorianism." Therefore, the "Tree of Life" from the Jewish Kabbalah and the blue flame that flickers on the water (called the Flame of Wisdom in Nestorian Christianity) depicted in the opening caused controversy among fans immediately after it was aired. The way the subtitles are displayed throughout the film, and the way the three Japanese characters, Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji, are arranged vertically and horizontally on the screen as a large typography, are influenced by the films of Kon Ichikawa, a Japanese live-action film director. Another thing worth mentioning is that EVA also uses many of the "old characters" that are not used in real Japan, which are used as a method of depicting his unique "alternate post-World War II Japan" depicted in each of Oshii Mamoru's works, famous for "Ghost in the Shell." This is a feeling that only Japanese people can understand, but it is a method that makes Japanese viewers feel the reality of "another possible world." Sengokuhara, Hakone City, Kanagawa Prefecture, where the setting "Tokyo-3" is located, is a real place. It is close to the foot of Mount Fuji, which is famous as the highest point in Japan and is famous as an icon of Japan because of its beautiful appearance, and because it is a plateau, it was chosen as a place where humans could live even in a world after the water level rises. Obviously, no huge space has been discovered underground in the real Sengokuhara 😅 Also, since it is a tourist destination with plenty of hot springs near the active volcano Mt. Fuji, the GOING MERRY from ONE PIECE floats on Lake Ashi as a tourist boat. Wow, so confusing... 😵 As for the origin of the character's name, first of all, the main character's last name "Ikari" is "anchor" in Japanese, and it is important to note that it is a word related to the sea, which is common to the names of other characters. However, one more thing to note is that "KANJI", one of the means of writing Japanese, is an ideogram, so in that sense, this "IKARI" may have a different meaning from the "anchor" we normally use, even if it is pronounced the same🤯Sorry if Japanese is difficult😅 In Japanese, the pronunciation of "IKARI" also means "anger". The name "Shinji" was given to him by his friend from his school days, Shinji Higuchi, who also participated in this film 😆. Higuchi later served as director under Director Anno on the EVA films, now known as the old theatrical versions, and has become one of Japan's leading film directors, directing works such as the monster special effects film "Gamera," the remake of the special effects spectacle film "Japan Sinks," and "LORELEI: The End of the War," a film about a fictional submarine during the Pacific War. "Katsuragi Misato"'s surname "KATSURAGI" comes from "KATSURAGI", an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. In this way, many of the main characters are named after Imperial Japanese Navy ships during World War II. This is because Director Anno likes naval ships, and is from Yamaguchi Prefecture, the same hometown as Yamamoto Gonbei, the first Imperial Navy Admiral who worked hard to establish the modern Japanese Navy, and Yamamoto Isoroku, the Imperial Navy Admiral during the Pacific War who planned and carried out the first remote attack by aircraft carrier in world history. It may also be related to the fact that he is a member of the first anime boom generation, a fan of the anime "Space Battleship Yamato". The Imperial Japanese Navy ships are not related to EVA, but you can learn more about them by watching the game and anime "Kantai Collection" 😅 "Gendo Ikari" The name "GENDOU" means "words and actions" in Japanese. Also, a little spoiler, his last name "ROKUBUNGI" before he was adopted into the Ikari family comes from the ship's compass "sextant", but I don't know if such a surname actually exists 😅 There are said to be 50,000 to 60,000 surnames in Japan, so maybe there is. "Ritsuko Akagi" The surname "AKAGI" is written in different kanji, but it comes from the Imperial Navy aircraft carrier "AKAGI" just like Misato. The names of the early regular aircraft carriers are taken from the names of mountains in Japan. "Katsuragiyama" is in Nara Prefecture, and "Akagiyama" is in Gunma Prefecture. Also, I think it's a coincidence, but the sound "-Gi" that Misato and Ritsuko share in their surnames represents "castle" in kanji, so it may also represent the fact that the two women are like unshakable castles at NERV headquarters 🤔 "Kouzou Fuyutsuki" His full name was probably never spoken in the main story, but his name as a NERV adjutant comes from the Imperial Navy destroyer "FUYUTSUKI". The Imperial Navy destroyers were named after seasonal scenery used in haiku and other things because there were so many destroyers. "FUYUTSUKI" means "winter moon". The name "KOUZOU" means "structure". In other words, "GENDOU"'s "words and actions" and "KOUZOU"'s "structure" are a pair 😁 In other words, as an adjutant, he is in charge of building and maintaining the structure of the organization, and Gendo is in charge of words and actions as a commander. Also, this pair was a master and disciple in the past. "Maya Ibuki" A girl with short hair who is an operator. "IBUKI" comes from the Imperial Navy cruiser "IBUKI", and the Imperial Navy cruiser's name is also taken from the name of a mountain. "Shigeru Aoba" A man with long hair who is an operator. "AOBA" comes from the Imperial Navy cruiser "AOBA", which is the name of a mountain and also written in kanji as "Green leaves", and the name "SHIGERU" means "to grow thick", so the naming of this character seems to be a joke in a sense, since he is a supporting character 😅 ...I forgot the name of the other guy with glasses, so I'll skip it 😂 And finally, the name "Rei Ayanami" comes from the Imperial Navy destroyer "AYANAMI", which means "waves that intertwine". In other words, it represents the same waves repeating forever. This is a miraculous name that follows the theory of taking names from destroyers, and also represents the reason for REI's existence that will be revealed later 😱 Also, the name "REI" has multiple meanings with the same pronunciation in Japanese, which has many homonyms.Below are some meanings that may be related to the character design of Rei Ayanami. 1: Zero, 2: Spirit, 3: Courtesy, 4: Beautiful, 5: Order...etc. Sorry for the long post 😫 but I'll come back again ✨👋
The characters are complex because they are well written. They are not the "classic" manga/anime stereotypes. They have depth. And also they are not complex for the sake of being complex, they are unique, tridimensional and beliavable. They simply are well written characters
I have a hard time watching the Netflix version, with the change of cast it gives me an uncanny valley feeling. I'm happy I still have the original ADV release DVDs. Casey Monigillo is good, but I didn't get the same sense of shame and awkwardness from Shinji that Spike Spencer portrayed.
If there’s anyway you guys could watch the old dub with the original iconic English voice actors that would be doing yourselves a huge favor! The new dub actors are horrible and don’t pronounce anything right. And they removed the outro song :((( like they just removed so much of the show’s identity with the new dub :/
keep it up guys, oneof the bigest thing that eva have are the characters, i hope more videos for this serie, and megan, you know what is coming, keep this buy hype and see you in the next inpact
Something I don't see a lot of people talk about when concerning Eva, even if you don't find it to be as impactful or creative as most, you should keep in mind the context of its release. There was nothing even close to Eva before it, and most of the things people can say feel "tropey" are either created by Eva, or being actively subverted.
This is one series that I cannot watch without the Jp actors. Of course, there's advantages to watching dubbed, but I would urge Josh to go back and watch key scenes in Jp. If the English dub gets intense, the Jp are mind-blowing performances. The acting is one of the reasons this series is so good.
And so...my journey begins...again!!! Late to the party, but glad to do it with V1! I'm going to be binging almost 30 hours of V1 Eva Reactions in the next 2.5 days just before V1's Rebuild Movie 4 Movie Night...wish me luck!!! As Toonami at Midnight used to say, "SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK."
1:56 I gotta say, I am amazed at how accurate his guesses are about Rei... 2:50 Hah! I always sing along to it too! And just as badly! 6:11 That one gag is responsible for so many fanfics depicting Misato as being a terrible driver, completely ignoring the stuff she did while picking up Shinji. That woman knows exactly what she's doing behind the wheel and no one can convince me otherwise. 9:52 Gendo has been in the top ranks of the "Worst Dads of Anime" for a very long time. If he doesn't top the list, he's usually in the top three. Though the final Rebuild might have changed that. 18:02 There are a number of fan theories about the Angels, and there is what Gainax decided was true about them. None of which is ever touched upon in the series proper. All of it is gleaned from supplemental materials. 23:51 Fun Fact: Rei was supposed to come off as creepy and weird. It didn't work. 25:22 I love that we don't get to see the fight yet. Not entirely, anyway. I love that we spend some time with Shinji who isn't sure how he survived what just happened and is just kinda going through the motions until he gets the chance to lay down and let his mind refocus. At which point, he remembers all of it. 31:00 By the way, that container is labeled "toothpicks". Leading to this scene being labeled, at least to me and my friends, "the toothpick incident". The "stick around for more fanservice!" thing in the next episode preview is a bit of a running gag. Misato keeps promising it, but never comes.
As a kid, this was the first anime that I'd rewatch just for the empty quiet moments. That's Evangelion for ya... Watch for the mechas, stay for the cicadas.
I watched this first time a couple years ago and it wasn't profound on my life as some people take it in but liked it a lot especially the music choices and Shinji's Dad is a mad lad while Misato is best girl no cap
It's not going to be unless you can identify with one or more characters. If you aren't fucked up or damaged, you won't give much shit about this show. Also, your age comes in with the mental state... I saw this in 2000/01, at age 18. It was a more volatile time in my life, as well as me going to college for animation, and nothing like Eva had been done before (it was only 5 years old at that point), and is during the "golden age" of mid to late 90s.
I don’t watch anime and just watched this series. I’ve been very depressed the last couple of years and this show deff hit different. From my understanding this show was pretty much an HBO-level depressed person character study with cools mech battles as a badass B plot lol
I watched it at my 17 years old. So not shocked at first, i used to more dark anime well after Akira and Ghost in the shell movie. It's ok. Besides i spent my childhood watching tokusatsu at one open tv Channel at my country: Jaspion, Jiban, Jiraya, Changeman and flashman.
Evangelion and pilot are connected by A10 nerve. That's why you can control Evangelion like your own body, and if you get hit, the pilot will feel pain.
Gendo isn't heartless. He is arrogant, sure but he believes that what he is doing will not only unite all of humanity into one being removing all pain and allowing all of us to truly understand each other and ourselves, but will also unite shinji ans himself with his mother. Gendo is very much a "the ends justify the means at any cost, even empathy, compassion, and any sense of right or wrong". Presumptuous in his hubris? Absolutely. Heartless I don't think so
There is the joke going around that the show is better if you are depressed. Personally I tried watching it younger and never got through episode 3 but last year I rewatched it during a time where I wasn't feeling well and this series helped me lot.
Evangelion really has something special.
Is that really a joke, or is it just the truth? Lmao
Hideaki Anno wrote it while struggling with a deep depression. Dude basically has never been okay until the Rebuilds, and people speculate Mari's character is only there as a reference to his wife and how she's helped him get better.
@@304Blaise no, it's true. The story is just good all around but if you're depressed, it hits harder. If you're a flake who doesn't want to get bummed out or just ignores negativity like the plague, the characters will grate on you.
idk man, I watched it when I was very depressed and barely understood half of it, because of the brain fog.
@@deadsoon
What about Ultraman (1966), that classic Tokusatsu show? That’s where 70% of aesthetics that Evangelion was inspired, influenced, and impacted by.
Keep in mind! The Ultraman franchise, a hardcore SciFi genre, is created by devour Catholic convert, Eiji Tsuburaya.
Forgot how Netflix had to ruin the ending by removing the Fly me to the Moon cover
Damn my dude almost coughed up the entire plot just by looking at a picture on a shirt.
“Next week: Shinji will discover the true meaning of suffering! Make sure to watch it with all your friends!”
I love how dark and sarcastic the framing of this show is as a satire of anime. Crazy how relevant it’s themes still are to this day. Maybe even more so than when it released tbh
Meanwhile, in the original...
The distant future. The year 2015. Battery technology still sucks.
@@NotInTheFace111 the fact that you can get something like an Eva to move at all, let alone with a battery is pretty damned impressive
Josh: yes, please explain.
Evangelion: no.
I'm around Josh's age, and anime elitists considered me late to the fandom when Adult Swim first aired NGE. *Pardon me* for not buying the whole series on VHS in the 90s when I was 9 and broke. It's not like anyone ever returned the library copies so I could watch it. This was hard to find before AS and streaming.
The problem isn't that you're late. Can't blame a kid for that.
The problem is people having no interest in going back to the genre-defining shit that _created_ the modern anime series.
See, some treat it like things were always this way, but they most certainly weren't. Part of the reason we all suggest the common items is because in the 80s and early 90s, anime were mostly OVAs. Especially in the eighties, projects were not guaranteed to finish at all, and weren't often based on manga, so... these completely original works and collaborations were in frequent danger of going over budget or having funding pulled (Evangelion's final episodes), and some were just released completely unfinished in efforts to recuperate _some_ money (even a big name like Shirow Masamune of Ghost in the Shell has his name and designs forever tied to the unfinished Gundress OVA series). *The common names you hear from then are the best projects that actually made it to the finish line, and that's why we knew and shared them.*
They went from short projects like the awesome Project A-ko movies and Bubblegum Crisis's Blade Runner send-ups to more mature original films (Ninja Scroll, GitS, basically anything directed by Satoshi Kon), Ghibli handled the Disney equivalents until Pokémon rolled in just making a cartoon companion to a popular "toy." Sunrise got away from Gundam for once to give us the tight and gorgeous Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star fucked with old school Isaac Asimov designs (Asimov was the name of the antagonist in Cowboy Bebop's first episode, too!) And added space magic in a more satisfying way than Star Wars... and in the middle of this golden age was Evangelion, a deconstruction of the mecha genre as cover for a character study and depression, and Trigun, a manga adaptation that bears nearly no resemblance to Yasuhiro Nightow's original work, but is so well done people never really cared. Seriously, the original Trigun manga is fucking *bonkers.*
In a way, Eva was right in the pocket of an age when anime was becoming well known for original works, and could easily approach any genre or feeling without fear. Now, almost everything is a manga or light novel (just call them short stories or fanfic or whatever) adaptation, almost _never_ gets anything more than 12 episodes chunks to continually test and wait and continue to milk the franchise longer, and to me it feels a lot of anime is cynical. No heart, no commitment, and just advertising looking for franchise material.
That's why I think Chainsaw Man has taken off... the idea is fresh. They fuck with tropes instead of using them as a crutch (how many times does something have to be set in a high school before you claw your own eyes out?), and tells a real story. It doesn't try to create a bunch of waifus to sell body pillows later, like the ridiculous Fate series, and instead gives us unique characters with characters and flaws that _matter_ instead of "this is the perky one! This is the _weird_ one! Aren't they quirky?"
So yeah, nobody's pissed you're young. They're scared you won't appreciate the classics, as anime and its fans are very different today.
@@Virjunior01 lol my life
@@Virjunior01 Your anime history dissertation looks great. No notes! It's perfect as is. Thank you for sharing that.
@@NotInTheFace111 thanks for reading it
@Virjunior it's cool your so passionate about eva but I hope you do know that it's a bunch of surface level nonsense the author wrote up cuz it sounded cool. As said in an interview about it. You can still find enjoyment in it , and depth but yeah.
Josh's ideas what the show is about are pretty accurate. I mean Eva is definitely a more character focussed show. Great vid.
The Japanese dub has a lot of One Piece voice actor in it, so it's really funny to hear Hancock, Robin or Akainu interacting
To be fair the one piece anime was made in 1999 and evangelion in 1995 so it's quite the opposite: is one piece that recycled evangelion voice actors 😂
It depends on what you saw first and watched more times I suppose. Your brain links the voice to the ones you appreciate the most (or you saw first) usually.
A few things:
-The kids in the show are 14. This is actually somewhat important.
-The dub has always been known for being a bit strange, but *no* fans liked the Netflix dub over the original, even with Spike Spencer's odd screams. You are watching the Netflix version, which actually kinda borks things, I think. Ritsuko and Misato sound very similar, but the original has Ritsuko sounding older and more responsible while Misato flips between that and a childish perkiness. This is important to her character and is largely missing here.
-Not a fan of Netflix using Rei's Theme as the outro. The original had multiple versions/remixes of "Fly Me to the Moon" sung by the various voice actresses in different combinations. This is thematically relevant and now lost.
Wow Netflix borking an anime? didn't see that coming.
Excuse me, I forgot to change out my sarcasm filter. It's full.
I saw the original as it came out, and saw ZERO reasons why they would need to redub it.
@@kiryukaimemorial127 thanks, and agreed.
@@kiryukaimemorial127 Totally agree with you. Don't wanna totally hate on the Netflix dub. I'll try to be diplomatic and just say that I much prefer the late nineties version from ADV Films. Hope these two reviewers maybe have a chance to check it out at some point, so they can compare their reaction to the cast of different voice actors.
@@kiryukaimemorial127 Mainly it boiled down to the fact that the licensing rights for the original English dubbing were held by different companies in different regions, making it difficult for Netflix to distribute a consistent version of the series globally. There were other reasons like the audio mixing being inconsistent and some poor quality audio that isn't up to modern standards, but personally I think it came down to cost.
I've watched all this plus the four remake movies. I never caught why 14-year-olds was important. Were we told as an audience?
Regarding the Netflix Dub: it is a new dub, done ~10-15 years after the original dub. Some things are changed, including the Outro song being removed (it originally was a cover of Fly Me to the Moon), pronunciation of some words (NERV now being pronounced Nee-erv instead of nerve") and some translations being changed (Shinji being referred to as the Third "Children" instead of the Third "Child"). I grew up with the original dub, and while not perfect, that's the one I wish was still used.
No wonder it sounds so different.
Oh for sure it's likely more accurate this time around, from a directly translated point of view. I still prefer certain... lines in the original dub, the liness "I'm so fucked up" and "It means, love you" come to mind.
@@earthboy2k meh. Just pony out for the platinum edition. I did back then... got it for 80 bucks then resold it 6 years later for 120
Why DID they change the word child from singular? Children makes no sense when theyre only referring to Shinji its been bothering me ever since hearing it. Does anyone know the reason?
@@acanimatics906 I think it's a language thing. I have some of the manga drawn by Sadamoto afterwards, and it was "children" there, too.
It would be better if they said "one of the third children."
He described the Dummy Plug in the first minute and a half of the video... XD
It's finally here after all this time! NGE really is a merit badge type series that any anime fan should experience at least once. And it still looks great after all this time. Looking forward to next week!!
“Let it consume you” is probably the beat way to put it
Bro said I know nothing lemme guess what it’s about. Then proceeds to tell you every detail of the show
Bro was *almost* cooking in the beginning
Ha - ‘shinji is going to be my fav character’ lol
Everyone(including cohost) laughs internally lol lol lol
Who's your favorite character?
@@miketrujillo3677 Dude lol … Asuka all the way!
Tbf Shinji is still my favorite. Regular life already gives me anxiety, I can't even imagine what a 14 year old me in his place would look like. For most of us we'd look a lot like Shinji in the series
Y’all making me fall in love with this series all over again. 🎉❤
It's weird hearing a new Eva dub, I'm way too used to the old one and the jp cast. But anyway I'm super excited to see you guys future reactions to 1 of my favorite shows, I was not expecting this!
Yeah, wtf? I thought I was going crazy for a moment. I had no idea they redubbed this. Why???
This is my first time watching someone react to the show with enough dialogue caught that I noticed a drastic change to the script! I remember Shinji saying quite a LOT of dialogue with more 'depressed emo' tones, I remember him going through Misato's fridge and saying 'CASES of beer' and I remember the toothpicks on the table being labeled 'toothpicks' so English speakers would get the joke better. A lot has been changed unnecessarily!
Seeing Josh's immersion on these 2 episodes is amazing and reminds me of my first watch through last year. Keen to see more of these!
Also skipping this OP is considered a war crime 🤣
Yeah, when this came out on VHS in the 90s, the original dub was produced by ADV Films who would utilize the same voice actors throughout a lot of their works. So you would find hilarious familiarity when you reheard their voices in works like Golden Boy, Nadesico and Excel Saga.
Now, in the new dub, we got voices from several other places like One Piece, as well as veteran VA Johhny Yong Bosch.
Many things have been said about the new dub. My feelings are that the translation is closer to the source, yet it loses some of the iconic feel in the first translation. Not to mention the choice to pluralize Child.
Excited to follow the series with you guys!! I only watched 2-3 episodes a few years back, but I wanna go through the whole series now 🙏 Love all the commentary and the community you guys built!
The picture of misato was probably sent way after him coming was decided just so that he knew who would pick him up... the photo being that photo was probably just because of Misato's personality...
So... Gndo Ikari, the man who can out-father Shou Tucker in father of the year
Bruh Netflix doesn’t have Fly me to the moon for the ED
If this is the Netflix version you all got robbed! Ive got the original DvD collection and man... you all missed out hard.
Heard about Evangelion for years but never saw it, but damn it is really good so far. Something about that vintage animation style is just timeless. It's great to see the classics still holding up after decades.
It's still early but Shinji dad might be the worst anime dad I've ever seen, god damn. Mfer was making me mad as fuck 😤😤
O god. Kids are calling things with no CG "vintage...."
Hype to see you guys like it. Definitely a favorite. Might get mentioned but it's an anime original, which while on the surface level seems insignificant, I believe overall is what allows it to be what it is. It can design the pace for the medium of television. Manga adaptations can be done well but are still bound to a plot meant to be experienced with page turns. Eva knows when to cut. A big problem with anime (Which isn't new or anything, but maybe more prevalent) is it being influenced by itself. You can tell Eva isn't just influenced by anime. Ironically not many people enjoy stuff that is so influenced by itself it becomes an insular trope. Makes the stakes feel predetermined and such. Miyazaki was right, anime (for the sake of anime) is a mistake haha
I don't see it in the comments, so I thought that I would add that I like Megan's reaction a lot, that she appropriately doesn't respond to his questions during the viewing and that she doesn't reveal too much in the discussion. She could very well have destroyed the reaction for me but she did great!
Thank you so much 🥹💜 -Mehgan ✨
I watched Evangelion recently too, but mainly because of the OST XD
Shiro Sagisu is my favorite composer, and its the same one that made the OST for Bleach!
CONSENSUAL, PLATONIC FRENCH KISS 🤣🤣
Love you, guys! This was a fun watch. Evangelion is my number one ♥
I love the conspiracy theory intro
I love how in older anime they really weren't afraid of making the audience as confused and lost as the protagonists. You get it every now and then still, but it's pretty rare and usually only in very artsy niche shows. It's one of the reasons I'm still a defender of the old Full Metal Alchemist vs Brotherhood (to be clear, Brotherhood is also great, but I'm just one of those few that actually prefer the old anime, massive changes from the manga and all).
FYI, the OST is by the same guy that did Bleach's OST.
Two absolutely fantastic OSTs.
First of all, welcome to the century of EVA✨😆In Japan, "Neon Genesis Evangelion" is abbreviated to "EVA," so we will refer to it that way from the following.
This work is based on the influence of director Hideaki Anno, who became mentally ill after directing his previous anime, "Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water," which was broadcast on NHK, and the psychology books he read while holed up in bed and the books about the esoteric sect of Christianity, "Nestorianism."
Therefore, the "Tree of Life" from the Jewish Kabbalah and the blue flame that flickers on the water (called the Flame of Wisdom in Nestorian Christianity) depicted in the opening caused controversy among fans immediately after it was aired.
The way the subtitles are displayed throughout the film, and the way the three Japanese characters, Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji, are arranged vertically and horizontally on the screen as a large typography, are influenced by the films of Kon Ichikawa, a Japanese live-action film director. Another thing worth mentioning is that EVA also uses many of the "old characters" that are not used in real Japan, which are used as a method of depicting his unique "alternate post-World War II Japan" depicted in each of Oshii Mamoru's works, famous for "Ghost in the Shell." This is a feeling that only Japanese people can understand, but it is a method that makes Japanese viewers feel the reality of "another possible world."
Sengokuhara, Hakone City, Kanagawa Prefecture, where the setting "Tokyo-3" is located, is a real place. It is close to the foot of Mount Fuji, which is famous as the highest point in Japan and is famous as an icon of Japan because of its beautiful appearance, and because it is a plateau, it was chosen as a place where humans could live even in a world after the water level rises. Obviously, no huge space has been discovered underground in the real Sengokuhara 😅 Also, since it is a tourist destination with plenty of hot springs near the active volcano Mt. Fuji, the GOING MERRY from ONE PIECE floats on Lake Ashi as a tourist boat. Wow, so confusing... 😵
As for the origin of the character's name, first of all, the main character's last name "Ikari" is "anchor" in Japanese, and it is important to note that it is a word related to the sea, which is common to the names of other characters. However, one more thing to note is that "KANJI", one of the means of writing Japanese, is an ideogram, so in that sense, this "IKARI" may have a different meaning from the "anchor" we normally use, even if it is pronounced the same🤯Sorry if Japanese is difficult😅
In Japanese, the pronunciation of "IKARI" also means "anger". The name "Shinji" was given to him by his friend from his school days, Shinji Higuchi, who also participated in this film 😆. Higuchi later served as director under Director Anno on the EVA films, now known as the old theatrical versions, and has become one of Japan's leading film directors, directing works such as the monster special effects film "Gamera," the remake of the special effects spectacle film "Japan Sinks," and "LORELEI: The End of the War," a film about a fictional submarine during the Pacific War.
"Katsuragi Misato"'s surname "KATSURAGI" comes from "KATSURAGI", an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. In this way, many of the main characters are named after Imperial Japanese Navy ships during World War II. This is because Director Anno likes naval ships, and is from Yamaguchi Prefecture, the same hometown as Yamamoto Gonbei, the first Imperial Navy Admiral who worked hard to establish the modern Japanese Navy, and Yamamoto Isoroku, the Imperial Navy Admiral during the Pacific War who planned and carried out the first remote attack by aircraft carrier in world history. It may also be related to the fact that he is a member of the first anime boom generation, a fan of the anime "Space Battleship Yamato".
The Imperial Japanese Navy ships are not related to EVA, but you can learn more about them by watching the game and anime "Kantai Collection" 😅
"Gendo Ikari" The name "GENDOU" means "words and actions" in Japanese. Also, a little spoiler, his last name "ROKUBUNGI" before he was adopted into the Ikari family comes from the ship's compass "sextant", but I don't know if such a surname actually exists 😅 There are said to be 50,000 to 60,000 surnames in Japan, so maybe there is.
"Ritsuko Akagi" The surname "AKAGI" is written in different kanji, but it comes from the Imperial Navy aircraft carrier "AKAGI" just like Misato. The names of the early regular aircraft carriers are taken from the names of mountains in Japan. "Katsuragiyama" is in Nara Prefecture, and "Akagiyama" is in Gunma Prefecture. Also, I think it's a coincidence, but the sound "-Gi" that Misato and Ritsuko share in their surnames represents "castle" in kanji, so it may also represent the fact that the two women are like unshakable castles at NERV headquarters 🤔
"Kouzou Fuyutsuki" His full name was probably never spoken in the main story, but his name as a NERV adjutant comes from the Imperial Navy destroyer "FUYUTSUKI". The Imperial Navy destroyers were named after seasonal scenery used in haiku and other things because there were so many destroyers. "FUYUTSUKI" means "winter moon". The name "KOUZOU" means "structure". In other words, "GENDOU"'s "words and actions" and "KOUZOU"'s "structure" are a pair 😁 In other words, as an adjutant, he is in charge of building and maintaining the structure of the organization, and Gendo is in charge of words and actions as a commander. Also, this pair was a master and disciple in the past.
"Maya Ibuki" A girl with short hair who is an operator. "IBUKI" comes from the Imperial Navy cruiser "IBUKI", and the Imperial Navy cruiser's name is also taken from the name of a mountain.
"Shigeru Aoba" A man with long hair who is an operator. "AOBA" comes from the Imperial Navy cruiser "AOBA", which is the name of a mountain and also written in kanji as "Green leaves", and the name "SHIGERU" means "to grow thick", so the naming of this character seems to be a joke in a sense, since he is a supporting character 😅
...I forgot the name of the other guy with glasses, so I'll skip it 😂
And finally, the name "Rei Ayanami" comes from the Imperial Navy destroyer "AYANAMI", which means "waves that intertwine". In other words, it represents the same waves repeating forever. This is a miraculous name that follows the theory of taking names from destroyers, and also represents the reason for REI's existence that will be revealed later 😱 Also, the name "REI" has multiple meanings with the same pronunciation in Japanese, which has many homonyms.Below are some meanings that may be related to the character design of Rei Ayanami. 1: Zero, 2: Spirit, 3: Courtesy, 4: Beautiful, 5: Order...etc.
Sorry for the long post 😫 but I'll come back again ✨👋
Incredible informations thank you for sharing
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You're welcome 🎶😆
I bought Eva VHS for $30 back in 1999 It was 1/4th of my montly allowance but worth buying it
So glad you're doing Eva!
The new dub does change some things, including an interaction's nuance.
The characters are complex because they are well written. They are not the "classic" manga/anime stereotypes. They have depth. And also they are not complex for the sake of being complex, they are unique, tridimensional and beliavable. They simply are well written characters
I have a hard time watching the Netflix version, with the change of cast it gives me an uncanny valley feeling. I'm happy I still have the original ADV release DVDs. Casey Monigillo is good, but I didn't get the same sense of shame and awkwardness from Shinji that Spike Spencer portrayed.
If there’s anyway you guys could watch the old dub with the original iconic English voice actors that would be doing yourselves a huge favor! The new dub actors are horrible and don’t pronounce anything right. And they removed the outro song :((( like they just removed so much of the show’s identity with the new dub :/
Seriously.
keep it up guys, oneof the bigest thing that eva have are the characters, i hope more videos for this serie, and megan, you know what is coming, keep this buy hype and see you in the next inpact
I came here exactly a year after the video was released
Also you guys should use the OG dub. The Netflix redub is shamefully bad.
Something I don't see a lot of people talk about when concerning Eva, even if you don't find it to be as impactful or creative as most, you should keep in mind the context of its release. There was nothing even close to Eva before it, and most of the things people can say feel "tropey" are either created by Eva, or being actively subverted.
You can literally discuss the history of anime as pre eva and post eva
This is one series that I cannot watch without the Jp actors. Of course, there's advantages to watching dubbed, but I would urge Josh to go back and watch key scenes in Jp. If the English dub gets intense, the Jp are mind-blowing performances. The acting is one of the reasons this series is so good.
That shinji impression made me do a double take😭
And so...my journey begins...again!!! Late to the party, but glad to do it with V1! I'm going to be binging almost 30 hours of V1 Eva Reactions in the next 2.5 days just before V1's Rebuild Movie 4 Movie Night...wish me luck!!! As Toonami at Midnight used to say, "SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK."
If you enjoyed this franchise, please rewatch it with the ADV dub. Not only is it iconic, but richer and more dynamic. The new version is so flat.
Omg the Rei guess was fucking sick!!! Wow
The dub voice for shinji is the same actor as angel in chainsaw man
Asuka became one of my favourite characters .. a complete turn around .
1:56 I gotta say, I am amazed at how accurate his guesses are about Rei...
2:50 Hah! I always sing along to it too! And just as badly!
6:11 That one gag is responsible for so many fanfics depicting Misato as being a terrible driver, completely ignoring the stuff she did while picking up Shinji. That woman knows exactly what she's doing behind the wheel and no one can convince me otherwise.
9:52 Gendo has been in the top ranks of the "Worst Dads of Anime" for a very long time. If he doesn't top the list, he's usually in the top three. Though the final Rebuild might have changed that.
18:02 There are a number of fan theories about the Angels, and there is what Gainax decided was true about them. None of which is ever touched upon in the series proper. All of it is gleaned from supplemental materials.
23:51 Fun Fact: Rei was supposed to come off as creepy and weird. It didn't work.
25:22 I love that we don't get to see the fight yet. Not entirely, anyway. I love that we spend some time with Shinji who isn't sure how he survived what just happened and is just kinda going through the motions until he gets the chance to lay down and let his mind refocus. At which point, he remembers all of it.
31:00 By the way, that container is labeled "toothpicks". Leading to this scene being labeled, at least to me and my friends, "the toothpick incident".
The "stick around for more fanservice!" thing in the next episode preview is a bit of a running gag. Misato keeps promising it, but never comes.
I'm ready for pain and others to watch along with. I got my eye on the adult cast this round, I'm rooting for you misato
As a kid, this was the first anime that I'd rewatch just for the empty quiet moments. That's Evangelion for ya... Watch for the mechas, stay for the cicadas.
I watched this first time a couple years ago and it wasn't profound on my life as some people take it in but liked it a lot especially the music choices and Shinji's Dad is a mad lad while Misato is best girl no cap
It's not going to be unless you can identify with one or more characters. If you aren't fucked up or damaged, you won't give much shit about this show.
Also, your age comes in with the mental state... I saw this in 2000/01, at age 18. It was a more volatile time in my life, as well as me going to college for animation, and nothing like Eva had been done before (it was only 5 years old at that point), and is during the "golden age" of mid to late 90s.
@@Virjunior01 I see plus I still found enjoyment with the whole show and liked the ending a lot but never felt connected to it like some
@@SamTheGumMan117 probably a sign of good mental health 😶
Was secretly hoping for the original dub. But realizing that is hard to get now 😅
This is gonna be fun
I don’t watch anime and just watched this series. I’ve been very depressed the last couple of years and this show deff hit different. From my understanding this show was pretty much an HBO-level depressed person character study with cools mech battles as a badass B plot lol
Dude I'm so excited if this becomes a series
I watched it at my 17 years old. So not shocked at first, i used to more dark anime well after Akira and Ghost in the shell movie. It's ok. Besides i spent my childhood watching tokusatsu at one open tv Channel at my country: Jaspion, Jiban, Jiraya, Changeman and flashman.
"Get in the Robot Volume One " there's nothing like hearing the Cicadas to bring me back. . . oh yeah
Misato the Original Himeno
Live in the south, you'll get that soundtrack every year.
lesgo, cant wait to watch the end of evangelion movie
In the sub version the VA for Ritsuko is Nico Robin's VA.
Never watched this show so I guess watching with you guys is the best opportunity I have.
Not this.... This is a moment to remember.
Honestly I prefer the netflix dub, so many people complaining when they can just re-watch the series with sub, ADV and Netflix dubs
oh hell yeah!! Evangelion + Volume1 so much hype 🤩🙀
Evangelion and pilot are connected by A10 nerve. That's why you can control Evangelion like your own body, and if you get hit, the pilot will feel pain.
Watched on Patreon, but coming here to represent the algorithm gang.
Shinji no, what are you doing in that hospital! No, hes going inside...
Shinji spilled some yogurt, luckily I had a plastic spoon on me
Misato doesn't have a drinking problem. Misato is the problem.
Hey I discovered you two from Reverie. I love this reaction to NGE, will you guys review every episode?
Awesome! Yeah, we plan on reacting to all 26 episodes with a new reaction video coming out every Tuesday!
Popped your cherry, I see. Congratulations 👏 Congratulations 👏 Congratulations 👏
Agree. Eva’s are defo the best looking mechs. Not them ugly bots with boxes as a cockpit on their back..in every other anime.
RIP ADV
One of the best anime OP songs of all time🔥
Algo giggity googity ga-gunkeditty gang
great reaction :D
You will (not) skip this intro.
Whaaat, why is it dubbed by different voices than I grew up with? The anime itself seems the same. Shinji sounds like a woman now hehe. Soo weird xD
The NGE playlist on your channel is reversed for some reason
NGE is so good
Pog more fan service
Love this old art style
Dub for the first two episodes? Yeah, not from what I see. Youre not even watching the original english voices so how is it iconic?
Is Gendou a shitty dad? Maybe, but hi is also on duty to save the Earth, so...
Ah this is the Netflix dub. Its okay but the original English dub was better.
Gendo always creeped me tf out. Talk about being heartless...
Gendo isn't heartless. He is arrogant, sure but he believes that what he is doing will not only unite all of humanity into one being removing all pain and allowing all of us to truly understand each other and ourselves, but will also unite shinji ans himself with his mother. Gendo is very much a "the ends justify the means at any cost, even empathy, compassion, and any sense of right or wrong". Presumptuous in his hubris? Absolutely. Heartless I don't think so
I miss the JJK chapter reviews.
Oh interesting ! I never seen it actually
Unit O1. Hmmmmmmmm hmm hmmmmmmmm. Artificial Human weapon.......for peace.
The opening OST goes so hard I can't stand still
is this a different dub? it sounds so much worse than i remember if its the original
It is the newer Netflix Dub - I personally think it's worse, look at how they pronounce NERV, for example. Also, they removed the Outro song.
The dub is good. Thr animation and ost are amazing. Love Eva.
Bro u didn’t watch the cool part of ep 1
that shows how influencial the show was because the guy just got a lot of things right based on cliches and tropes we know today.
Lol in the anime community why is watching a Dub so controversial...I would think not reading the Manga would be more
But in Evangelion's case, the anime came first and the manga is the adaptation.
Omg he is a virgin...😮
Ew this new dub is absolutely revolting
The Evas absolutely look cooler than Gundams