In Defense of the Elevator Scene from Evangelion
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- Опубликовано: 28 июл 2017
- Edit- Looking back on this video I think its me really trying too hard to be an "Intellectual Anime RUclipsr". Not one of my favorites.
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Did everyone forget about the scene of misato and shinji at the train station that was just bird noises for 2 straight minutes?
Nah Iduntolja I'm home
Apparently! Loved that scene and elevator scene.
cicadas...
Cicadas, but yes. The scene that early on makes people think they’re tv is broken
Or like, all duels from all Spaghetti Westerns, where two characters stand staring at each other for dozens of seconds.
Every character in Evangeleon needs a hug and therapy.
I feel like every one in the world needs a hug
@@Danger-lg6gs I guarantee you this has to be a line is a pop song somewhere... But yes I need several hugs right now
I need a hug. I’m always thinking about death.
Danger 31117 yea everyone could use a hug, except my cat lol
Sai Kisaragi the world can be tough and unfair. Sure you may feel bad or alone at times but you don’t have to. I understand reaching out to people can be hard and scary you need to try though. you’re never going to get a hug unless you embrace someone:)
“I don’t like this scene because it made me annoyed and uncomfortable”- anime fans missing the point
You mean non-anime fans missing the point
@@roon568 no, Anno was absolutely specifically shitting on Otakus and anime fans when he made eva
This scene was nothing compared to the Kaworu death scene in episode 24. That was just a straight minute of operatic music and the uncomfortable notion that Shinji is going crazy in the cockpit contemplating with himself
“I think it’s a masterpiece because it’s different and ‘deep’ “- anime fans giving Evangelion too much credit
@@Laiser dUdE yOu jUsT dOnT gEt iT, ItS sO dEeP
Totally not boring like most of the series
Asuka amazes me sometimes in just how insecure she is. I mean... For the majority of the series, there are a total of 3 people in the entire world who are capable of saving humanity from complete destruction. No one else can do that, only those three can. Rei, Asuka and Shinji are literally the most important people who have ever existed. And that still wasn't good enough for her. She had to be the best of those three, her entire identity was wrapped up in it.
And that's... well, really sad.
...the whole class were potential pilots. That’s why they were all in the same class, they were herded.
What's even more sad is that she wanted to be the best, because she thought that by being the best, people would give her the attention she never got from her parents.
@@johnswick1351 no, she didn't do it to get praise from others like shinji. she did it to feel good abt herself. that she is better than shinji & rei. which was still stupid atm.
@@roxas4587 Not exactly. Shinji needed acceptance from others, Rei needed others to perceive her as an emotional individual and Asuka needed others to perceive her as someone perfect, worthy and significant.
All three of them wanted attention, and all three of them needed it to feel better about themselves. I like Asuka the least but her psychological needs weren't any worse than these of Shinji or Rei - they were just different and valid in their own right.
@@johnswick1351 her mother went insane and the kind hearted side of her was put into eva 02 leaving only the hateful side that Asuka knew so well. Then Asuka’s dad cheats on her mom with the nurse taking care of Mrs. Langley
I fucking loved this shot. Asuka trying to act like she doesn't care, and Rei actually not caring at all. Their posture, their spacing in the elevator... it summed up their dynamic perfectly.
That's exactly what I felt when I was watching it for the first time. That's the meaning I got out of the scene when I first saw it it's exactly how I interpreted it.
That long awkward silence actually made me tense. I ended up pausing the video, which only made the silence longer. And more satisfying to watch in anticipation.
Joe Curry-Stodder Agreed. The scene speaks volumes. The show was created as pretty much a coping mechanism for Annos depression. He had always intended the ending to be the way it ended up. Those final two episodes are genius.
The scene just lasted too long. No elevator wouldve lasted this long
@@kevinvu5432 It's an anime about giant mechanized mothers being used to combat alien/angel-like entities by their barely teenage children. And you're talking about real world elevators.
"This will most definetly not be the last time we talk about Evangelion on this channel"
And no one talked about Evangelion on this channel ever again
Yup you predicted it lmao
@@joeprado3614 he's probably waiting for 3+1 to be released
and I'm too tbh
...
Holy cow it was 2 years ago
Still doesn’t seem likely either lol
these people complaining about having to watch a 53 second stand still scene on an elevator are the same people who will binge watch the office 100 times over.
Ok we get it you're artsy and profound.
@Alexander Supertramp shut up you died in the Alaskan wilderness cuz mommy and daddy didnt get along
Insulting people because they like a show? Seriously I love Evangelion, but you fans are seriously pretentious.
@@Laiser he never insulted someone because they liked a show.
LOL
People who don't like the scene simply because it's uncomfortable have never been trapped in a confined space with someone they deeply dislike
there are a million better ways to communicate that, 53 seconds of the same fucking still is not it, that sir is what we call laziness, and fans looking for meaning where there is none
@@linnylinhorst5102 “why did the pretty lights stop moving ahhh the thoughts are starting again nooooo”
@@user-ns4zm8qe9p "maybe if i make fun of how stupid he is he won't find out im just as stupid!!"
@@linnylinhorst5102 you are complaining about 53 seconds of a tv show from like 30 years ago get over yourself
@@user-ns4zm8qe9p im talking about shitty creative integrity something that is still commonplace
I was unaware that it needed defending.
550 likes, 1 year later and not a single comment because we all unanimously agree with that lol
@@FrogEnjoyer17 now 2
Neither was I.
Exactly.. who knew!? People.. .
Same
You should have uploaded just the elevator scene, but 60 times longer with no commentary whatsoever
You can't compare 53 seconds to watching the same episode 8 times, which is almost 3 hours spread in two months. It should have been a single episode (a 40 minutes episode at most) and there's no way to defend that.
@alvi syahri TBH, when I see a creator willing to screw himself over specifically to fuck with fans in a meaningful but predictably unpopular way, it's hard to feel anything but respect for the artistic integrity. There's no way kyoani didn't know endless 8 would kill the Haruhi franchise, & unlike almost all shows at all studios kyoani's actually on the hook for that, so it's like an elaborate ritual suicide.
The longer you say nothing the more you say?
Seems like what How To Basic did in one of his video.
did you forget the sex scene with Misato where we were looking at a still of the cup of beer for a whole minute
Did you want hentai?
I mean like
Maybe...
wtf was that episode 20 or later...
That had dialogue and sound
@@thecrispekremeis4389 ........
yes
People dont like this scene?
I fucking loved the uncomfortable air, the explosive fight at the end, the pure air of conflict with nothing happening. How do people not get the depth of this scene?
I also loved the congratulations ending. It felt appropriate for how Shinji developed.
Wow aint that a bit delusional buddy?
People get the idea behind the scene easily enough. Uncomfortable silence, all that. It doesn't exactly take a genius to figure that out. The problem is the execution thereof, which takes people out of it, thereby lessening the impact.
It's strange...I felt devastated by the ending of the show, while End Of Evangelion left me feeling hopeful. But they are thought of in general to be the opposite. I think for me, it had a lot to do with our perspective. At the end of the show, we as the audience are trapped in Shinji's mind, and know that what we are seeing is just the last chemicals being dumped as he dies (or whatever you want to call it). I think both endings are great, because you learn about your own beliefs based on how they make you feel.
Fuck of you killed bucciarati
How did Shinji develop? From whiny bitch to slightly, rebelous whiny bitch?
The average speed of an elevator is 4,000 ft/minute. That's 3,533 ft for this shot. An average story is 10 ft.
Fucker traveled 353 stories.
Well I mean nerv is big
NERV is an underground facility several ft below the surface of the Earth so that's probably correct.
several ft is probably an understatement. doesn't sound deep.
Didn't nerv have like at least one eighth of the earth's mass in space available for construction and shit? Wasn't there like a black moon inside it and all? Just my imagination?
The fastest elevator in the world currently is in the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai. It climbs 124th Floors in just 60 seconds. At over 828 metres (2,716.5 feet) and more than 160 stories total, that gives 5.175 meters/story or 16.978 ft/story. So that is 2105 feet per minute. I don't know where you got 4000 ft/min.
I'm just really surprised people had a problem with this scene at all.
I totally did not realise. I watched it and thought it was... kind of perfect?
Filthma I know right? I didn’t realize this was an issue either, i literally remember remarking out loud the first time I watched that it was actually pretty genius
Americans obviously
Yes! This scene and the one in which EVA-01 holds Kaworu for a really long time make me so tense, and I love it
Yea like...was it not supposed to make everyone feel awkward?
When I saw this scene I just assumed my network failed and reloaded the page
Asuka: *sniffs*
Viewers: Lean closer to the screen.
@@quicklyform5162 It means that there is so little movement and action here that even the smallest details attract attention.
@@quicklyform5162 Did you had dirty thought? Lol
Prashant Mishra maybe
@@quicklyform5162 It would have been ok if the protagonist would have been adults. Japan should stop being obsessed with High Schoolers and showing their nudity.
@@thefreemonk6938 stuff like this is normal to them, it's not an obsession.
This scene felt like a whole ass 3 minutes, i actually had to make sure it was still playing and it was very uncomfortable... It was good
It was still over done. 20 seconds would have been enough
@@jackwest7197 no, if 20 seconds feels comfortable or "not overdone", then that means it doesn't achieve what the scene is trying to achieve.
@@protastudios if it's that long then I'm just gonna skip it, waist of time
@@jackwest7197 But then you're skipping the meaning?!?
Also, *waste
@@protastudios no, the intent is a waste, it serves no good purpose, it just makes you waste your time, it's not artistic
"The enemy of art is the absence of limitations."
~Orson Welles
They're were plenty of limitations. Anno's mental illness, the poison gas, so many limits weighing down, and crushing the series. Choking it, of you will
shotgun6X That's what he was referring to mate.
@@shotgun6X ......that's exactly his point
ok, orson welles says this. and?
@@ccshumshum8104 it's a quote shit lips
Does the elevator scene even need defense? wtf is wrong with people
That is exactly what I said. Anyone who needs this scene explained to them has a serious lack of understanding of basic human emotions.
The only reason I clicked on this video was to say exactly this. This is one of the rare times that saving money on the animation paid off.
We can’t always just get everything. I’d rather say that than sound like a total snob.
It does not. He just needs to make a video and pay bills.
The fuck that scene was no work of art and no show ruining moment it was just weird and awkward the shinji holding 11 demon was the same thing
PS. I ain't an English speaker so bardon the bad grama
No one is gonna talk about how Kaworu's death was like 5 minutes of silence.
*Orchestral music
I get it probably has a meaning. Doesn't change the fact that it was stupid and pretentious AF
shoof it wasn’t pretentious. imo i think it was good but not as good as people say
best scene in the show
@@aarotoivari8940 True! that guy is gay af.
I wonder how the people who complain about this cope with actually riding an elevator..
By being in the real world. This is an anime. Not the real world
@@lesedimokgobi7399 damn just ruined the whole joke
@@ineedzemedic5810 There was no joke.
@@orionlax626 yes it was
@@lesedimokgobi7399 doesn't make sense tho. u r not patiently waiting in the anime. u r waiting irl watching the anime through a screen & u would be waiting irl in the elevator. in both cases u r patiently waiting irl. ur comment makes 0 sense
The movie Jaws would be a perfect example where the limitation produced greatness. The robotic prop shark broke during the filming so Spielberg had to work around that and come up with ways to hint at the shark without actually showing it. Script had to be heavily altered on the spot. To quote Spielberg: "The film went from a Japanese Saturday matinee horror flick to more of a Hitchcock, the less-you-see-the-more-you-get thriller."
The same with Mony Python and the Holy Grail. They didn't have the money for horses, so they turned it into a core joke of a film by using coconuts.
The season finale of Twin Peaks season 2 is also a great example. Show gets cancelled, Cooper has to enter the black lodge long before he's ready and ends up getting possessed, bad end. I've thought about the similarities between Twin Peaks & NGE's productions before, cool to see people discussing this.
Another great example is Windsor McCay's work, Aqua Teen Hunger Force as well since its writing complements the art style
Many fans of the franchise believe that the smoother the production, the worse the Jaws film. (Look to the sequels.)
it wasn't 'cause of the prop shark broken.
it was about it looked like sh*t.
that's why Spielberg was like "dang it, the less we show it to the viewers the better...", and it worked!)
It's experimental and toned down at that. I had to watch films in college that were just watching a sunset for 30 minutes.
OtakuDaiKun df
That also sounds like time wasting to me.
Yo, I would finna just daydream to that type of shit.
Gabrihel A lot of it, yes. Certainly not worth the cost.
seen it
That scene is actually the most realistic thing I've ever seen an anime do. I just recently watched a show on Netflix so that's why I'm watching this video now😂😂😂
Same lol
not as rel as touhccin grass
It’s supposed to be unsettling, it’s like when you encounter an awkward moment that really makes you feel uncomfortable. In my opinion, any art form that can convey that feeling to the audience is a masterpiece.
commonly, people that don't like art that makes them feel uncomfortable are wrong
This shot as well as the one with Eva01 holding Kaworu are burnt into my memory just because of the sheer discomfort and uneasiness they cause. The anticipation of wanting to see the story progress and then having to wait for nearly an entire minute before any resolution... it felt unimaginably special to me.
Totally agree! Those shots are some of the most iconic from the series in my opinion
Spark of Ginger Sticks bruh that fucking scene where he kills kaoru. the longer he held him in his hand and stared, the more dreadful it felt.
+1
Those two scenes are, along with Dance Like You Want To Win, the first Angel fight, Rei II's death, and the final part of End, the most iconic in the franchise.
Spark of Ginger Sticks slow pacing done right
the more that scene lasted, the more the i managed to realize Shinji's confliction, confusion, and that he felt he had no way out of killing him. there's so much written in these shots
That scene with Eva 01 holdng Kaoru is one of the best scenes in anime. That melancholic choir, the overall tension, and especially that sound at the end of scene... you could actually feel how Shinji was mentally destroyed, and that his innocence was finally lost.
Another interesting thing: Gendo's voice going silent in Ritsuko Akagi's death scene was actually caused by an editing error. But the silence ended up speaking so well to Akagi's overwhelmed emotional state that it wouldn't've been as impactful if the audio stayed in.
so i just finished the anime yesterday, people didn’t like that scene? I adored the production, story, and all of the symbolism it had.
Dude, same, I loved this scene. I was unaware it needed any defending at all.
Finished the series last night. Wow. I love elevators.
For a lot of people it is love or hate, that is just the nature of the ending of the anime.
I didn't even know people didn't like the scene 💀
As someone who makes comics, time is such an underrated and valuable factor. I'm really jealous of animation and live action for it. Using time, you can achieve a tone that's impossible with still images. Most people might not realize it, but I think that's one of the big reasons people wait for anime vs manga.
I mean I prefer manga and LN's 99.99999999% of the time but I cant deny good directing can really do some wonders to some parts in anime
When I watch the anime adaptation for some of my favorite manga's i'll ifnd that parts I hated in the manga I like in the anime and vice versa
Intertayne Don't be jealous; comics are unique and wonderful! We have the power of spatial placement, panel gutters, scene shape, a loose sense of time, greater image detail, etc.
Well if you can pull it off well there is no reason to be jealous. I understand what you mean as I make comics (not professionally or anything) and one of the hardest things is time and pacing. It is something I always struggle with. If you read a comic you in your head just immediately understand the timing but if I read my own I don't.
Like someone posted, I feel it's harder to pull off scenes like this in comics due to their not being inherent time for the audience to understand. Not impossible by any means, but much more challenging to do, and do effectively
Yeah, it is something I have always had trouble with as everyone reads at a different pace as well.
Now I want to see
*In Defence of Endless Eight*
コイノ/ Koino defending 53 seconds took 13 minutes......... just imagine how much long it will take to justify endless eight.
コイノ/ Koino It was a good set up for the gut punch plot point when you find out the identity of who the "antagonist" is in the Dissapearance movie. Didn't need 8 episodes though...
@Roshi Gates
I really think 4 episodes would have been a perfect number to get the point across (Yuki suffering) and saving the budget.
JUST NO!
コイノ/ Koino While I agree that four episodes would have probably worked much better, I don't think that Endless Eight had anything to do with saving budget. While the plot beats were exactly the same, each episode had different animations and outfits for the characters. There were too many differences in each of the episodes for it to be solely about saving money. At least that's how it seems to me.
This scene is almost obviously attempting to portray the atmosphere of awkwardness, self-projecting hate, and indecisive, almost inconclusive feeling of jealously being subtly expressed by Asuka, while also presenting the lack of emotion and feeling of self-worth and being that Rei II feels. The complete silence and immovability accents this by placing us in the minds of our characters, without having to say a single word.
I seriously don't get how ppl can hate this scene.
People just don’t pay enough attention to the details, not just in this case, but in general.
It’s like The Ladder from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.
What a thrill...
Or if you don't like it it's more like the car ride in mgs 5
@@senormurcielago With darkness and silence through the night
But the elevator doesn't play snake eater.
The problem with Eva is, you either love it or you hate it. There is hardly any middle ground.
The amount you like eva is directly proportional to how much you hate yourself when you watch eva (same thing goes for the manga)
The more you hate yourself the more you like eva from my experience
I saw you copy and paste this comment under any Eva-related video. I disagree.You make it sound like only a depressed emo-kid can fully appreciate Eva.
1 I have not copy pasted that comment
2 Being in a similar mental state to the creator makes it a hell of alot easier to appreciate
I was pretty depressed first time I watched it. And was also 14 so fitting right? But even still when I watch it nowadays I realise just how good and clever it actually is. London is right in a way because same way most people will hate on Asuka for her personality. Where as US being in similar positions at the time can see through that and understand.
So yes you don't need to be a depressed emo-kid to appreciate Eva in its direction and character development. However at the same time it helps you appreciate it A LOT more
Huh, no wonder I gave it 10/10 LondonLock
Why do people bother in complain about a clearly intentional choice for a 53 seconds scene in a 26 episodes anime?
i know right
Just because it was intentional doesn't mean its good. There's definitely grounds for debate against it, though Eyepatch Wolf make a great care for its inclusion.
Ya know its useful; healthy even, to debate about things...ya know?
debating about anime is ridiculous and a waste of time.
Commander_Ninja I wouldn’t say the argument of wether it’s good is important but that it holds merit for me at least I think I it’s clearly obvious it’s not supposed to be enjoyable or even good it’s made to be uncomfortable and that gives me a lot of respect for the creator
This is one of the most human parts of evangelion.I felt like both characters were trying to communicate but didn’t know how to
I love the last two episodes of evangelion especially when they reuse the storyboards. It represents the combined conscious of all people and every moment that had previously happened to further progress shinji’s self exploration. He technically does not exist anymore therefore the only possible way to progress the story is through past scenes, people, moments, backgrounds, and memories.
Evangelion. A series where you can make a 13min long video essay about a 53 second still shot. Love it.
One of my favorite parts of the whole scene is that Rei is the one who breaks the silence between. When Asuka first met Rei, she went all up in her business blocking Rei's book from the sun and asserted her dominance. Asuka has always been the one competing with Rei throughout the series even though Rei has never cared for it and did her best to ignore it.
Throughout the series, Rei has been gradually learning to care for the people around her mostly due to the fact of experiencing that same sort of concern from Shinji. That's why this scene is so genius to me, because what we have here is a complete 180 of Asuka and Rei's early interaction. Asuka is now trying to ignore Rei's presence now that she no longer has that pride to back her up and Rei trying to give her advice because she genuinely wants to help her.
The progression of 2 characters and their relationship is conveyed in a 53 second still shot. (Why is this show so damn perfect?)
Rei's development I love too considering how it's almost not noticeable. Just the fact further on in the series she actually starts to make eye contact with people. Something she never really did even in conversation unless with Gendo. And after a while for the first time ever SHE's the one to start conversations. Little subtle changes in her character like that
If John Barrymore can speak intriguingly for an hour on a 3 panel early Garfield comic or various people in the art community analysis the R. Mutt urinal or garbage modern art then anybody can make anything intriguing even if it's pretentiously pointless or a misuse of animation.
Draconovici Dracoola - It will depend on the poem and what should I include like its plot or history or even the format of the document. I can make a long analysis and have many times ranking the highest page/word count in my class. Though I shouldn’t waste my effort on Evangelion since its meaningless and I dislike the characters to say the least.
Draconovici Dracoola - Can you list that poem more specifically as I’m not sure if I found the right poem “Erza Pound”. Well like music since there’s millions of poems I give everything a equal chance but don’t just focus on the famous poems all at once first. When I find or search out media I check the author’s other work, inspirations from other work, or similarities to others. My most recent discover was the paint on glass animation process used on The Old Man and the Sea from accidentally typing fantasy of fantasy not in order and that also led me to what’s near unanimously regarded as the best piece of animation 1979: Tale of Tales. My feelings aren’t blinded as I don’t have extreme love/hate opinions on media like cult fanboys or angry mobs without factoring the opposite side. I tend to have a forgiving & optimistic view towards things as I like the Star Wars prequels, Barry Lyndon, Nickelback, and the theatrical movie of Pink Floyd The Wall. I can see beauty and good elements even in bad stuff and try not to be unreasonable harsh. I dislike this series but not as bad as other haters and respect some aspects like the animation. It’s not the worst of the pretentious scenes the series gets or the worst thing involving a elevator (2010: Devil). I cant control negative or positive interpretation on something weather the product is literal face value or deep symbolic artistry. It just the show is problematic to me enough that my opinions puts it overall in negative territory. Well here’s my points on minimum word counts: yes the word count is problematic as somebody can write a great essay with great pacing and use of grammar but has to be compromised for extensions or have limited grammar knowledge. It just have to use the precise words to get the point across. I can flesh out extremely on some stuff but not every subject that I ever received like explaining the process of fish hatcheries. Let’s not call out names as that will seem more of a escalated attack on the person instead of their ideals or diverting from subject of discussion. Well it will depend on how much effort and time it took to create the fountain. Even if the level of determination is well enough, I can’t guarantee it for most high art sculptures created today with deeper meaning.
Draconovici Dracoola - “Restraining myself from liking” the word is Abstain. Thank you for confirming Ezra as the poem. It’s the worse with finding poems as they’re simpler and I have to be specific on whatever details I can get for the specific version. “Suspension of pompous fool”- I don’t want this debate to devolve into name calling like I’m “Anti-Anime/Japanese” or statements like “You don’t like NGE, they you don’t like any piece of good cinema. I have a higher appreciation of good media and won’t loosen my standards because Japan has proven themselves with their golden age of cinema. Elizabeth Cowling and my fellow friends interpretations of “The Fountain” is laughable or without facts to support them. There are reasonable and believable theories to art but there’s a limit to how stupid they can be. I can interpret in a way -2001 a space odyssey: It foreshadows the death of communism/ NGE: the rebirth of the internet in 2666/ Oldboy: the debate on what color is that dress from 2014/ The Thin Red Line: how Mel Gibson made Hacksaw Ridge historically accurate/ Angels Egg: The green pigs took the angry birds eggs/ The Wall: the reverse mindset into Chicken Little/ or the high art of Rick and Morty (the fanbase is getting absurd) but I’m pretty sure the creators of those projects didn’t intent their work to mean or include that. NGE is in my opinion the textbook/dictionary definition fit for the word “pretentious”, the world is too unexplained that it leaves open plot holes and problems for how the world and Angels works, and I mostly feel contempt for the cast. Yet it’s ignored because of its symbolism void of meaning. You can’t inject theatricality imagery and expect it to be deep and meaningful. If I insect the symbolism and imagery of 2001 or passages from the Bible into Batman and Robin, does that make it good?
*Curiously watches first 30 seconds*
I need to watch Evangelion now, don't I?
Vicious Zero I’d say yes, just because NGE is one of the shows most responsible for the way that anime is today. Rei’s character of doll like girl is practically its own anime archetype at this point.
If you like Dramas, Sci-Fi and bursts of action: Yes.
If you like Bleach, Naruto, Fortnite and the Expendables: Its probably not your cup of tea.
Its all action and badassery and "GET IN THE FUCKING ROBOT SHINJI" until episode 19 or 20 then it gets super meta and very introspective to an absurd degree. If you like psychological movies like "Come and See" or slow paced "action" like Star Trek then you'll probably like it. It also concludes with a movie that has almost the exact same arch of being action baddassery until the 50 or 60 minute mark, then it gets crazy and meta again.
Still rightly deserves the number 2 spot behind Cowboy Bebop though.
@@lubu4u312 "Bleach, Naruto and Fortnite" line is GOLD
It depends on what you're expecting and what you like from media and mecha anime. If you want badass mecha fights, I think you'd like Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (GOD that one's so good) a lot more. Or SSSS. Gridman (and both these shows also have their own fair amount of philosophizing so it's not like I'm undermining their intellectual value). If you don't mind some mindfucks and a show that's more of a product of self-exploration and an analysis of the concept of growth and depression, then you might like this one.
@@ManubibiWalsh I think that you shouldn't expect something from anything, if it's not a continuation of something (even then not really).
Just watch it, and make an opinion. You shouldn't expect anything specific from movies, series, videogames etc., It only ruins your experience.
And there is only one real Mecha in Evangelion - Jet Alone, technically. Evas are cyborgs, not mechs, but it's just formalities so nvm
"Isn't the point of art less what you put into it and more what you get out of it?"
-Todd Chavez
Yay a bojack fan
Cinematography at it's finest imo, and when Shinji was staring at Kaworu for about a minute before he killed him. With that insane OST in the background.
I love that scene, because it is the best comparison to being stuck in an uncomfortable elevator ride there is. The "restrictions breeds creativity" thing is also more-or-less the phrase Mark Rosewater uses to describe how he designs Magic: The Gathering cards.
Steve Strohl exactly!
Why tf can this man make analyzing anything interesting.
Because he presents it well. He knows a lot about his subject, is excited about it, and is good at conveying the information and his excitement in a way that is almost universally accessible. Find the right guy to present it, and you could get hundreds of thousands of people to watch a 15-minute video on dust, and then come back for your follow-up video about paint drying.
To clarify, I love SEW, I don't think these concepts are as boring as paint drying.
69th like (:
Gintoku because he is the God of explaining anything!!!!!!!
Gintoku because he isn't a pompous condescending prick when doing these vids.
dude knows what he is talking about. You don't need humor in your videos if you are actually good at analyzing and presenting stuff.
I can still remember: While I watched this scene, I did not feel any sort of boredom are anything like that. I was so focused and drawn in into the show, that I was just philosophising and thinking about it. I feel like these long stretched scenes give the viewer a sort of breathing room, which IMO is fitting and needed for a show, this deep and heavy.
This scene and the following slideshows unfortunately, made me skip the 5 minutes of orchestra in the messenger episode out of boredom.
I’m new to the Eva series (so far I’ve just finished the series, haven’t touched the movies yet), but I agree with all the points made in this video. I thought that scene, along with the 60-something second long still of Shinji holding Kaworu were genius. The show had its limitations, and the writers used those limitations to their advantage to create something profound.
65 seconds
I really liked this scene it's just how tense it feels to be in an elevator with someone that gets on your nerves while also waiting to get to the floor you want and get out so the momentarily rage calms itself.
Now to watch the video.
This is one of the reasons i love EVA, the character dynamics and scene designs are incredible, in fact believe it or not when i started watching Evangelion i actually thought the plot was somewhat like a cliché "monsters vs robots" and the focus was character development and creation, all while the Angels were there just to move the plot. I still remember how enticed i was with the anime during the first arc through episodes 1-6 which still remains my favorite small arc in any form of series including non-animes.
Bernardo Macedo - Evangelion was trying to be something different from the other shows in the saturated Gundam genre but doesn’t portray itself good at what it wants to do
The final episode's use of storyboard sketches fits the circumstance of instrumentality. As the concept of self dissolves, one's perception of the world becomes more abstract. It's as if we as an audience are also being instrumentalized as we witness Shinji struggle with the decision to accept or reject it. It's a perfect example of your argument that limitation breeds creativity. And in my opinion, it was the best decision they could have made.
If you’ve ever seen “A Ghost Story” you’ll know that this scene doesn’t even compare to the pie scene.
"in defense of naruto filler arcs"
an imposible video yo make
Screw fillers
This has to be my 2nd favourite scene from Eva. Just behind Shinji and Misato standing at the train station
We are very alike. So great.
I also loved the shot of Shinji holding Kaworu in the eva, knowing that he has to kill him but not wanting to end the life of his only friend in the world at that moment. It always sends a shiver down my spine.
Good ol show dropper scene.
Nothing tops asuka screaming in the bathroom about how she hates herself.
Oh yes, the scene at the train station is legendary
I watched eva for the first time recently. I had absolutely no idea the elevator scene was ever criticized that much. I thought the use of silence/stillness was so powerful in making the audience feel the tension caused by asuka's feelings.
I didnt feel the scene held with shinji and kowaru had the same impact, but the elevator scene was great.
This scene felt very real. It sets up a conversation correctly.
People who argue about a 53 second still scene definitely haven't watched Angel's Egg
Ibrahim Gazzar so true
Ew
Angel’s egg’s despite being longer still feels better than eva’s 53 seconds.
That’s why it’s shit
@@q.m9094 I don't understand, would you care to explain?
Arkillian Solaris
I mean that angel’s egg immersed me in the world enough so that the first 30 minutes or so of absolute silence didn’t feel too boring (just a bit though)
While eva on the other hand didn’t utilize that silence well, except in some scenes, elevator not being one of them
I really liked this scene, didn't even know there were people that disliked it.
Me neither
It’s on of the more pretentious scenes
There aren't many, and the ones that do dislike it tend to enjoy projecting their own pretentiousness onto things.
The elevator scene is fine, it's the shot of EVA unit 01 holding Kaworu for forever that frustrates me.
For real it’s like the tension was building but the shot took so long that you’re left wondering when is it going to end and not how it’s going to end.
Kaworu talking about wanting to die to save others is how I used to conceptualize my own suicidal ideations. I know the scene is very long but it seriously annihilates me in a way I cannot properly describe.
@@elijahlane4866 Ikr. It went to the point that I thought the video was buffering.
Both scenes are good and both suffer of the same issue: there is a moment when it crosses the line between "yeah, I totally get the tension here" to "I get it, cut the shot already, there is nothing more to say". Some directors just love to cross the line (looking at you Stanley...)
SAME. The silence in an elevator makes sense. The long silence before he kills Kaworu doesnt... wouldnt he be breathing heavily or having a break down again?
,,This will most definitely Not be the last time we talk about evangelion“ ah i see
Now I wanna re-watch NGE, again...
Aleksandar Delic i religiously do it once a year
Get ready to be depressed again :D
It’s always worth watching again
Did this need defense?
Mr. 900 probably not pretty sure people have already made videos about this secen but still interesting video tho
For dunderheads like me, yes.
I think the whole of Evangelion needs a defense. A futile one but still. A show about artist hubris, piss poor management, and laziness.
Naho Saenoki I doubt anybody can defend the final 2 episode, all the others although are cost and time cutting tricks but they are important to the narrative.
The final 2 episode on the other hand has the stink of the showrunner and director folding it in and puking out some shit just to end the show.
Naho Saenoki Le contrarian with the anime avatar xD
I thought my Netflix was broken during this
....reeeeeeee
I miss those pauses and moments in older animes when the director just focus on the little things and nuances of the moment, taking their time with it.
I always thought this scene was to emphasize the tension.
We don't need less scenes like this. We need more. Film (and by extension, television) is a unique artform in its ability to manipulate time. Too often in modern films, there's this desire to keep everything moving at all times. It stems from a (not unfounded) belief that the mainstream audience will get bored. But silence can be incredibly effective. It allows time for the emotions of a scene to stew. Relief becomes more permanent, uncertainty becomes more terrifying, and as showcased in this scene, tension becomes more excruciating.
If I want constant still shots, I'll read a comic book or look at a painting. The point of "animation" is, ultimately, to be animated, is it not? You can slow things down without literally grinding to a complete halt. 53 seconds was about 38 seconds longer than necessary to convey what this scene was intending to.
BestWayKilla Absolutely not! The whole point of art is to relay emotion. If the scene was any shorter we would have probably still known what the characters feel like in this painful situation, but we wouldn’t have FELT it. You, the viewer, is trapped that elevator just like Rei and Asuka
I didn't "feel" anything in this scene other than desperation, specifically to pad out the scene to take up more of the episode's runtime. The whole "It's to increase the tension!" argument would hold a lot more weight if there had been any movement in the scene whatsoever: shuffling in place, looking in a different place than directly straight ahead, or hell, even fucking BLINKING, anything to prove that they're actually still awake and not braindead. People tend to fidget during uncomfortably long elevator rides, and they certainly don't stand as still as a terracotta statue. *That's* the reason people criticize this scene.
@@BestWayKilla Asuna fidgeting would've been a lot more impactful
@@BestWayKillaI disagree, while it's true that in animation things should move, I also think that in the context of this scene it works pretty well, as it conveys the awkwardness of the moment pretty well.
when watching the episode you're more likely going to feel how the scene intended to, but isolated and without context, it's definitely not a good watch as you're watching almost a minute of nothing happening, they do blink, but you might find the director's cut version of this scene better, as it adds a little head nod so Asuka isn't completely still.
it's perfectly fine to dislike this scene, but claiming the people at the studio were just hacks, and Evangelion was never good, based on production issues out of their control is not a good argument.
I love analysis' like this. Keep it up man they are amazing
I couldn't agree more. The last couple days I binged Neon Genis Evangelion and End of Evangelion. And it's all so much to take in I'm blown away but that scene is one of my favourite of all time now it's so powerful.
Phooperman I binged them as well, and after watching End of Evangelion I couldn’t move for a good 2 minutes and had to process what I had just seen without any interaction or movement.
@@glitterlustxx Yeah man!
The fact that this needs defending is the reason why anime is never taken seriously, because of it's viewers. If a 1 minute silent elevator scene was done in some european art film (or hell, just an indie film, it doesn't have to be so foreign and shit) viewers wouldn't hate it as a first reaction. You watch it, and then you try to analize what it means to the plot, the characters, why the director did it that way, etc. Afterwards you can still dislike it if you want, but you will not be dismising it at face value. Now, yes, movies and animation are different. Maybe there were production limitations. But never the less, it was a conscious decision from it's creators to work around this limitations this way, to provoke a certain feel on the viewer. That's art. I really think anime fans need to broad their watching habits. Look for more experimental, outside the box storytelling and don't dismiss things just because you think it's a weird approach. Now, to watch the video...
Edit: Evangelion and Funny Games in one video. I never thought that would happen but it's making me happy.
Icy Cold Hands Anime fans get pissed everytime their cartoons become art films, most of them are kids who watch anime for cool shit. As a person who enjoys films as much as anime, I thought it was weird that Eva was so convoluted.
The issue stems more from anime getting mroe and more ground in the Western world. It used to be pretty obscure but now almost every child is familiar with anime and a lot of kids can say theyve watched at least one anime growing up. A lot of these people were young and watching anime like Naruto for its cool factor and were KIDS so of course they had no interest in deeper meaning or artistic value. Now they start toexplore more anime and happen upon shows like AoT that fit what theyre looking for when they want to watch anime.
Until they find Eva because its well known in the anime community but these people are used to action shows with little deeper value so they get turned off when they realize its not actually about fighting robots. A lot of the new/"normie" anime fans that are cropping up watch anime for its face value entertainment and arent looking for deeper meaning or artistic value, this is why modern anime has shifted to A LOT of fan service and a lot of action over substance shows to fit the wider audience. I cant really blame this new swath of anime "fans" for wanting what they want and I cant blame the industry for shifting towards what works for business but its unfortunate that shows like Eva become less appreciated by the new "less intense but more numerous" anime fans and over time less and less artistic anime is commonly produced.
]ITs not a problem of anime but a problem of the target audience. Anime is still seen as Cartoons so the people that watches it comes to it expecting it to be as superficial as cartoons are, then when faced against shows like Evangelion they are struck with distaste because the show wasnt even meant to them in the first place.
Eva and Funny Games have the same problem, they try waaay to damn hard to have deeper meanings in everything that they come off as pretentious and some times rather stupid ( Funny Games worst case being the time rewind scene that happens out of nowhere that pretty much ruined the film for me ).
Eva has a ton of flaws, most of which has to do with it cast of characters mostly being annoying ass holes literally all of the time making it hard to watch as there isn't even one character you could like for a good reason. The only reason no one really tries bringing those problems up is because the anime community has marked it as one of the best despite not being that great when compared to other animes. In fact it seems people only talk about two things, the great action scenes it has and the 'deep meaning' it has.
I would kinda want to see how it would have turned out if it was made to be more straight forward, with the animation it had and the time it was release I have zero doubt it would have still been extremely popular, though not as much because I doubt it would have brought as many meme's as the original did along with people talking about how weird it can get.
Riko Wolfin I highly doubt Eva would even be popular or talked about twenty years later. If it was straightforward there would be nothing to theorize on or talk about, it would just be your standard Mecha show with some cool concepts. The unlikeable characters is what makes Evangelion what it is, a show about broken people trying to do their best to save the world even though they can barely take care of themselves. I don't find really find them unlikable personally, I can empathize why they act like that, but I definitely get why you don't like or route for them, it really depends on your tolerance to people like that. I have a lot of people in my life I love that act similarly to them, so it's far more personal for me. Evangelion as whole is entirely personal, that's why it's so convoluted not because it's super deep or fucked up, but because you either connect to it or you don't.
I should probably watch Evangelion at some point.
Bryan Shogun I personally like it a lot but I'll go out and say, it can be very slow paced and almost purposely frustrating when it comes to characters and their choices, especially the main character at times, so that might be a bit hard to get used to when watching.
Still very good in my opinion despite that
It's the kind of show that takes 2-3 takes to fully understand everything ( almost). A certain statement may be explained by a visual detail 10 episodes after, or a visual detail may be explained by a dialogue line much later. Try your best to pay attention.
Bryan Shogun
Coming from a seasoned fan of the series, I think "divisive" is the best way to describe it.
On the way in, I urge you to put aside any preconceived notions of the series and experience it as blind as you can. I for one watched the series on a whim after catching a fifteen second ad for it on a DVD. Granted, this is incredibly tough, seeing how much Eva's engrained itself in pop-culture, but trust me, it's worth it.
Be mindful of the latter half of the series, though: that's when shit gets bonkers and the nitty-gritty problems arise. I mean, the last two episodes of the show are running jokes in the community at this point, so at least be prepared for what you're about to experience.
All in all, it's definitely worth a shot, if not to experience a little piece of anime history. Just taper your expectations and keep an open mind, it'll help when shit gets crazy...
You should, but for the love of god don't type about eva on youtube, one of the first results is a giant spoiler
Watch it all, then watch End of Evangelion for the "real" ending. Don't stop watching because you don't understand what's going on, power through. Mull over it. Watch it again.
Honestly, I've never seen anything like it and I'll never forget it.
Man, I've just discovered your channel and can't stop watching. Great contents
Amazing video. Recently re-watched Evangelion after having seen it a decade or so ago, and then becoming obsessed with Hideaki Anno's film Shin Godzilla a few years ago, finally had to revisit it. Now I am in full on fan mode collecting all the vintage Eva figures, mainly the human character that made it stand out, and less so the creatures... but damn, those were some beautiful creatures.
I don't know this anime and the references he used in the video... however I just enjoyed watching the video simply because of the passion he talks about it
You dont know EVA? Its pretty mutch anime's 2001 a space odessy. Watch it.
I never watched anime, besides Dragon ball. Evangelion was 1st anime i watched, and i was amazed. I still don't like anime, but EVA is exception. Only other anime i watched is Initial D i think.
I need no channel youtube! - Only without meaning and more annoying
I haven’t seen this either... I keep thinking I should watch it but still haven’t yet...
Just do it
53 seconds is how long I last.
Mosleyset2 ok
Ace Abe ok!
Mosleyset2 wasn't how long Shinji could last I'll tell you that.
Kinky.
This is some next level shit
i love this video, i never think that scene can tell me so much. thank you !!!
Crazy how long this show sat in my head all these years and I'm still watching videos like this
I feel like something should be clarified here about Eva's Budget Issues. You make the argument that the show never had budget limitations and point to the animation quality of the first half of the series as an example. What should be said is that as the series went on, as it touched on more adult subjects and content thanks to Anno, the show started to get budget CUTS. This, added to the situations you pointed out, made their issues far more drastic. If the series had more money they could have had more staff working on the project and something like re-working an entire episode would not have set them so far behind.
But I do agree that a budge was not the reason for all of the long cut scenes such as this one in the series. Most people just get too impatient with a show having expectations of action and fighting. I felt the same when I first watched the series in my mid-teens, expecting another action show like Gundam Wing and being completely thrown off by the feelings Anno was trying to get across. After giving it another chance in my 20s, going at it with a different expectation, it became my favorite show of all time because I had a different mindset going in.
This is actually what most rewatchers experience. I first watched this series when I was a kid and thought how cool the action scenes were and getting annoyed at how slow the 'filler episodes' were in between arcs. Years later after experiencing severe depression and serious real life issues I decided to watch it again, then I understood that Shinji wasn't really a wimp but an actual good representation on a flawed human being. Also every introspective scene had more weight to it now that I could finally resonate with it's themes and see my own issues reflected on the screen in a cathartic way.
Give it to Wolf for being able to make a great,well thought out,incredible and interesting 13 minutes video about a 53 second still-shot scene.
1:26 Evangelion
2:38 Written Episode-to-Episode
3:17 1995 Gas Attack
5:16 Limitation becomes a part of the product
• Ex. Pixel Art
Requires Hyper Focus
*Simplicity Breeds Intent*
7:13 Ex. Funny Games
8:40 Ep 22 focuses on Asuka & her relationship with her deceased mother
11:22 Conveying More Through Less, realism
Thank you❤
To me it was incredibly tense, and had me on the edge of my seat. There's so much tension between the two characters, so I was so sure something was going to happen. This long, drawn out scene brought out that tension, which is important for a show. Perfectly good scene imo.
I think it's an unpopular opinion at this point (and I thought I was part of the majority!) but episodes 25 and 26 are actually my FAVORITE out of all of them. And they're my favorite EXACTLY because of how simple and minimalistic they are, because of how they manage conveying philosophical and psychological notions so well without doing anything too artistically complex, and then on the other hand they're also a representation of someone's thoughts, so of course a lot of it is going to feel very abstract, and the white background, I feel, could represent Shinji's completely fogged up mind as he comes to terms with who he is and how he can move on from there. I really think those episodes, while not particularly complex, are perfect for the purpose they were written for, and I feel like stripping a work of anything that's not strictly necessary is also a skill. It's easy to appreciate the Eva scenes when they fight against an Angel, and it's easy to say "oh, good animation" in very adrenalinic scenes where no frames repeat and everything's on the move. But there is a lot of truth in what you said about this scene. No hyper-realistic animation, no other decision could have conveyed the amount of awkward discomfort that scene actually managed conveying. And I think people's reactions to it is proof that it actually work. Standing in an elevator for a protracted amount of time always feels SO uncomfortable, and it's palpable, and everyone feels it. And just looking at two people clearly give extremely negative vibes in silence while being forced to share the same space, it's even unbearable to the point sometimes it feels like you should skip it to get some relief, but that's the point. I've never felt this scene was out of place. I've never felt it was too long or unnecessary, because its purpose was clear and it made sense this way, exactly this way.
I really wouldn't change anything about the way Evangelion was made. I would not change any animation loop, any protracted still frame, any basic animation put on top of a monologue. Because I love weird but necessary directorial choices to death. And this is not to play the pretentious cinema fan (I don't care for that), but some things, when kept simple, express so much more than they would if done in a more complicated, time-consuming way.
I'm so glad that someone else actually got the point of this scene. Sometimes, with people who watched Eva, it's like nobody got the very basic point of this series. And in turn, I don't get why people complain so much that there aren't enough mecha fights when clearly that was not the point of the show past the first episodes.
It's flawed, so it's good like this and doesn't need any retouch.
Manubibi Walsh oh my god yes finally someone else also deeply loves the last two episodes as wel
Ditto
Episode 25 are 26 my favorite too the series is great as a whole but when I got the last two episodes I never expected them to blow my mind so much.
I thought it was a great end. Weird, sure, but it fit. No other anime has made me think more than NGE. I remember watching the series with a friend once and at the end he said "that show was dumb". I asked why. His answer: "it made no sense". Had to facepalm like a mf after that. It might come off as pretentious, but I felt that was a pretty low IQ answer lol
that is such an educated insight and i have to agree with it.
People were complaining about this scene? I thought it was genius, excellently showing both the relationship of the characters and the show's themes of loneliness and isolation.
Levi Rogne Jensen It's genius in hindsight, but if you come to the scene without knowing about it, it will very likely just confuse you or make you think the show ran out of budget. I think it's well done, but I can completely understand thinking it's a stupid decision to hold that long.
Nobody would give a fuck about it if it were 15 seconds
That One Host Guy Nah, I thought it was genius the first time I watched it.
nikola 1809 That is barely enough time to walk in and out of the elevator. Besides the longer the scene is, the more awkward it feels.
the scene perferctly delivers how an actual awkward silence would feel.
Here, here! Great breakdown of why this show is amazing! Omedetou!
*me at the end of the video*
"wow cool vide---"
*komm susser todd started playing*
"OH NO THE FLASHBACKS"
This is precisely what I've been saying for so long. To me, Anno's mastery of cinematic staging is displayed not in the intense battle scenes, but in his ability to turn difficult limitations into meaningful scenes. Rather than detract from the work, he made these limitations further heighten its impact. If that isn't true mastery, I don't know what is.
Man and I thought i was the only person to like the last couple of episodes of Eva...
ParadoxGambit I actually really liked it as well. It showed Shinji overcoming his psychological battle
25 was meh to me but 26 is a masterpiece, I can't understand the hate...
Luca D?Innocenzio I've just finished watching the series and about to watch the movie. But for me the reason i disliked epsiodes 25 and 26 were just all the loose ends and lack of explanations which I've heard the movies clear up.
it is true that when it got to be more psychological and character-driven, it got more interesting. but i do feel like it distracted or rather it pulled the carpet from under the fans or people who liked the bigger, over-arching plot rather than its characters. so i can see why.
hialyssah To be fair Eva was NEVER a plot-driven show, and no matter how good the history and worldbuilding where. From the beginning to the very end of EoE we never had any real explanation about anything. We get some info and the characters point of view and understanding of what they've learned and thats about it. Since the beginning the show was always about the characters and their psychological struggles. That was the whole point. Everything else from the fights to the plot was just means to get there, so it only makes sense that the series would end exclusively with that:
The culmination and effect of everything that happened on Shinji's psyche, the one and only focus of the anime
i love the way he talks. its so nice to listen to.
first time i watched a video from you. i agreed to everything so much. loved every bit of it!
Who made this anime? David Lynch???
Don't know about the anime but he definitely made the last episodes. /s
Now I'm just waiting for him to make "The End of Twin Peaks".
Good wording romano. That's exactly right, Anno was never afraid of showing ALL of society. And that he did, whether or not it's embarrassing for us to accept that's just how it is.
It was the man in the green suit.
*canned laughter*
*Starring Kyle MacLachlan*
That's a interesting comment since some reviewers HAVE compared Anno to Lynch, especially after End of Evangelion ^_^
I paused at 10:08. because i knew. it makes sense that people would hate that kind of scene. there was not escape from it. it did not cut away or change focus or anything. it stayed right there, focused on the non interaction between them. it was uncomfortable the same way it would be if you were *in* that same elevator at that time. the same way people are made uncomfortable by a couple fighting in public, or when someone says one thing in a conversation that makes the rest of the time spent with them incredibly awkward. it creates discomfort. people hate discomfort. they put up with it when necessary. but they still do not like it. but if all we ever do is stay in our comfortable little bubbles, how do we change and grow? how will we see things that need to change? whether it is in us, society, or others? half the time seeing these things, to me at least, shows exactly how people need to change, how they do things wrong. it is from there, after thinking upon it, that we can come up with other choices, other routes of action that would be better. maybe I am reading too much into this, but i don't know....maybe we should think more deeply into these things.
This scene was perfect because it encapsuled the tension between Asuka and Rei. There wasn't any need of dialogue, just the sound of the elevator, the watcher felt everything else. Making it very special.
Evangelion had many scenes like this one. But this is my favorite out the bunch.
I loved the use of P5 music and your editing- keep this up.
I love the original Elevator Escene. I was really disappointed when i saw it in the rebuild.
What happened to it in rebuild?
Fin0fLenster It's far shorter than the original. I'm just guessing but i'd say that it's not even 15 seconds of silence.
The rebuilds are made for casual fans... they'll say "what's with the budget?" if it was longer.
Pause the movie for a 30 seconds if you want to sit in silence like a tard.
To whom? Fuck off.
53 seconds... still came twice ^^
once for each best girl in the frame.
The end of evangelion
*Weeeeaaaaaak.*
only two??
*you stare at your hand*
"...I'm so fucked up."
every time the anime did long scenes like this, it just made me feel the atmosphere and the emotions the characters are going through and it was amazing.
Amazing video, thanks for this!
thanks for being depressed, creator.
This is one of the funniest things I've ever read about Evangelion because it's real
It seems like a "NOTICE MY DIRECTING!" Moment, I noticed a few of them in shin Godzilla to, Evangelion is just one of those series that people either love or hate
I love these still scenes. You can perfectly understand what's going on in the characters' heads without a single word or movement
Another awesome video. It's unique that such an arty anime is so popular.
Now we just need a video about the "Congratulations!" scene from Evangelion. :]
Evangelion always brings tears to my eyes
I love all of the still shots and the original or the ending that was given in 25 and 26. I have just watched this show this week and it has resonated with me more than anything else.
Jhon you are a GOAT you got me to watch Baki and mad props for the background music you used in the first 5 mins of this video. Legend of Dragoon!