Let's talk about Evagelion, one of the best works of Japanese animation. They do not believe me? Even the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology confirmed in 2007, through public surveys, that this series has been chosen as the best anime of all time. Few series can cause a stir more than twenty years after their premiere and this is the case of Neon Genesis Evangelion.
A cult anime that was born from the mind of Hideaki Anno when he was in a depressive well, perhaps that's why many of us identify with various characters haha
Neon Genesis Evangelion is a science fiction series of a post-apocalyptic future, a fragmented world that licks its own wounds, just like each of its characters, who fight for a tomorrow and for their own happiness. It is a series of action and adventures of great psychological weight in which each character saves a space to be occupied by the viewer, and thus present a change. What exactly is happiness and human strength to live? Or more interesting still, what is the individual compared to the rest? Why do people feel the need to bond with each other even despite the damage and destruction they inflict?
In the first chapters one gets bored thinking that it is a common and ordinary wick without any sense, but as the story progresses, a totally new world is created that makes you change your mind. Not only is the physical action of the Eva fighting against the Angels captivating but also the psychological question behind it. Are the Eva alive or are they zombies? Are angels aliens or really disciples of God? Who is and what is God?
Something I always like to talk about is the psychic complexity of its characters; as someone said, "in Evangelion everyone is totally crazy". There is not a single character that does not have some kind of obsession, complex, trauma or morbid fixation, which gives them a wealth that no character in the anime had before.
The plot is very elaborate, with exceptional documentation and fantastic Biblical references. So many stories arise, so many reflections and dilemmas of the human race.
Many love it but also many hate it and perhaps it is because of its strange ending that today leaves many in doubt of WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED HERE AND WHY EVERYONE BECOME ORANGE JUICE?
Toussaint Egan in Paste Magazine says: Perhaps one of the most nihilistic, edgy, and devastating endings of an anime series ...
But its story is not the only good thing, the soundtrack is excellent.
let's start with its opening, _ Cruel Angel´s Thesis_
IS AMAZING but his ending is not far behind, the series gives us a beautiful cover of fly me to the moon originally composed and written by Bart Howard
His soundtrack is so wonderful that even the Japanese military band performed it at the JSDF Marching Festival 2017
From head to toe, wherever you look at this anime is a work of art.62 out of 71 users liked this review