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To be very specific: if you’re not comfortable with implied teenage suicide and incest, give the show a pass. Also, it’s very confusing at the end, for the re

by blake1 6y ago

To be very specific: if you’re not comfortable with implied teenage suicide and incest, give the show a pass. Also, it’s very confusing at the end, for the reasons mentioned above.

bigger_cheese 6y ago
Confusing isn't really the term I'd use, I think complex probably fits better. It is incredibly dense and there is a lot to take in. I can understand why its reputation is controversial. Among friends I know who I've recommended it to there's roughly a 50/50 split between people who love it and people who can't stand it so it is a fairly divisive work. I saw the series when I was a teenager it first aired on Australian television (SBS) in late 90's it had a profound impact on me growing up. I'd never seen anything like it before then and it absolutely blew me away. I personally think the whole series in an absolute masterwork. I do agree with the original commenter though it is kind of an outlier amongst mecha genre.
- psychomugs 6y ago
  Looking at Anno's influences, it really draws upon a hodgepodge of non-mecha media like tokusatsu and sci-fi to the point where the inclusion of robots seems like a marketing pull. Interestingly, the Evas are are rarely, if ever, referred to as "robots." They're officially classified as 人造人間, "artificial humanoids," which is apparently what robot-like things were called before Čapek invented the word. In an odd way, it's the same lightning-in-a-bottle formula that made the Golden Era of The Simpsons so endearing: a deconstruction of a worn-out formula coupled with shameless-yet-tasteful references to other media.
  - HelloNurse 6y ago
    They really are artificial humanoids (less artificial and more humanoid than most characters and most viewers would like), with enough additional inanimate components to obtain enough of a giant mecha "look and feel" to cause a wrong first impression. But let's avoid excessive spoilers, since the nature of EVAs is a major plot issue.

by blake1 6y ago

To be very specific: if you’re not comfortable with implied teenage suicide and incest, give the show a pass. Also, it’s very confusing at the end, for the reasons mentioned above.

bigger_cheese 6y ago

Confusing isn't really the term I'd use, I think complex probably fits better. It is incredibly dense and there is a lot to take in. I can understand why its reputation is controversial. Among friends I know who I've recommended it to there's roughly a 50/50 split between people who love it and people who can't stand it so it is a fairly divisive work. I saw the series when I was a teenager it first aired on Australian television (SBS) in late 90's it had a profound impact on me growing up. I'd never seen anything like it before then and it absolutely blew me away. I personally think the whole series in an absolute masterwork. I do agree with the original commenter though it is kind of an outlier amongst mecha genre.

psychomugs 6y ago
Looking at Anno's influences, it really draws upon a hodgepodge of non-mecha media like tokusatsu and sci-fi to the point where the inclusion of robots seems like a marketing pull. Interestingly, the Evas are are rarely, if ever, referred to as "robots." They're officially classified as 人造人間, "artificial humanoids," which is apparently what robot-like things were called before Čapek invented the word. In an odd way, it's the same lightning-in-a-bottle formula that made the Golden Era of The Simpsons so endearing: a deconstruction of a worn-out formula coupled with shameless-yet-tasteful references to other media.
- HelloNurse 6y ago
  They really are artificial humanoids (less artificial and more humanoid than most characters and most viewers would like), with enough additional inanimate components to obtain enough of a giant mecha "look and feel" to cause a wrong first impression. But let's avoid excessive spoilers, since the nature of EVAs is a major plot issue.