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If you were ever a depressed and lonely 14 year old kid, then yes. Watch the original TV series. It perfectly captures the isolation of being a young outcast
by Pxtl 5y ago
If you were ever a depressed and lonely 14 year old kid, then yes. Watch the original TV series. It perfectly captures the isolation of being a young outcast full of hormones and mental health problems, mixed with a twisted cross-pollination of Japanese "monster of the week" giant robot Sentai framing and a biblical apocalyptic subtext. Watch the first 24 22-minute episodes, then skip the last 2 and watch the film versions of those "End of Evangelion".
A more recent version is the Rebuild movies (unrelated to the old finale movie EoE). The rebuild movies are beautiful and modern and tell a new story (after the first one which is almost a straight reshoot) but they just not as visceral as the original. They're called 1.11, 2.22, 3.33, and 3.0+1.0. Watch those after the original show if you're craving more.
- cehrlich 5y agoI strongly disagree with skipping the original ending. I'm personally on the side of people who love it, but even for those who don't I think it's very interesting and absolutely worth watching. I'd say watch the original show, wait at least a few days, and then watch End of Evangelion.