Neon Genesis Evangelion

God, Shinji is whiny and irritating. He's one of the most frustrating characters in any anime -- which I suppose is a triumph in itself. Maybe that's why his dub voice doesn't bother me *too* much. Really, I'm more frustrated by Asuka's voice, with her lousy German. Of course, this might be because Asuka is one of my favorite female anime characters.

I've watched the series 1.5 times and EoE a couple times. I really liked the series in the beginning, but would rather skip the last 3 or so episodes of the series and skip directly to End of Evangelion.

And I hated Death and Rebirth. That was a huge waste of my time watching it, and their time making it.

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Originally Posted by SouthJag

As far as I know, Evangelion was one of the first immensely popular anime series to be released in the States, so it's no wonder that the voices weren't incredible like they are in more recent productions. However, I wouldn't discount the work of the VAs -- fact is they all still voice major roles in several other series.

Didn't they re-dub it for the Director's cut release (or the Platinum)? Or maybe I'm thinking of EoE compared to the series. In any event, I seem to remember my Eva-obsessed friend making a comment about Kaoru's voice being changed...

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Originally Posted by doodle

I think it can be agreed that Evangelion is best watched when you are a whiny teenager. Of course you're going to be irritated with it if you watch it as a rational-minded adult, as you'll have forgotten what that sort of angst is like.

Shit...I can imagine that means my friend is still in the angsty-teen phase.
But he's 21...

It's enjoyable to me because of all the Mysticism that's woven into the plot, and all the references to the non-canon parts of the Bible. That in itself is enough to make it interesting to me.

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See, I much prefer the manga. The storyline is more streamlined and (hopefully) won't go all apeshit at the end like it did in the anime. Not to mention certain people die when they seem to. Much more dramatic, that way. I thought the story had more push to it in the manga than the anime as well. That and I adore Sadamoto's artwork. Since I'm not a Rei fanatic, I don't care that her role is rather downplayed.

Not to mention I'm looking forward to the Shinji/Kaoru slashy stuff in Volume 10 .

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