Chirphymium
It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
Fairaher
The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
BelSports
This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
fishielemondude
Neon Genesis Evangelion is the most legendary Anime Series of all time, but most of the Modern Anime vs. Classic Anime can be the best part in our culture. Let's talk about the Movie, It starts off when Shinji is emotionally stressed to help Asuka, but he ends up Masturbating when he was F*cked Up. No wonder about how they put effort with a huge studio in the 90's, If you like this Anime Series as a fan of myself, I recommend you to buy some of the DVD, and Blu-ray products on Amazon, or you can Torrent it legally, but they don't have episodes or movies in streaming services like: VRV, Hulu, Crunchyroll, and Amazon Video. Bootleg Streaming Services is free, but it contains adware, Popups and Anti-Virus warning notifications. The plot was about Destroying NERV Headquarters, and Shinji wasn't brave due to his Medication problems, Asuka try's to kill the Eva Series, but she ends up dying when her eyes was sliced apart, and his arm two. The things what Asuka, Misato, and Gendo are doing, was being an A-hole to Shinji. both Shinji and Asuka are only like 14 yrs old, If they attempted to pilot an EVA, it's like a kid with no Drivers Permit, but only 16 yr old teens can Drive as possible, but Piloting a robot or a plane is scary as hell towards Teenagers. The Ending had no credits, to be Continued just had Credits behind. Lilith gives birth to two children, Shinji is emotionally Depressed when he lost his Mother. The Universe turns to blood when Giant Rei was cut into her Throat, and her Body. In the episode of "I Need You" Shinji and Asuka are completely alive, but the billions of humans are all in heaven. Rei disappeared after the Last Impact, Shinji try's to strangled Asuka, but he gives up and Sobbed. so that was my thoughts of "End of Evangelion" whether you were both depressed or feeling better.This Anime deserves positive reviewsAnimation 10/10Art 10/10Background 8.82/10Plot 8.97/10Story 9.04/10Characters 7.91/10Sound 9.21/10Enjoyment 8.40/10Overall 9.43/10Was it worth your time, or money to watch this series? ehh... It's a bit okay, but everything about this Anime was seizure inducing, Bizarre, and Scary demons that are extremely weird and disturbing too. If you don't like the classic Evangelion Series filled with Depressed endings and Broken Heart scenes, I recommend you to watch the Rebuild Films or read the Manga with 14 volumes.
tapio_hietamaki
Watching anime has always carried with it a social stigma: it is something for geeks, manchildren and perverts, not well-adjusted individuals. Of course there is the family-friendly, largely accepted anime of Hayao Miyazaki, and the teen-oriented action shows like Fullmetal Alchemist or Naruto, which are widely regarded as acceptable for the mainstream. But beyond that anime has a lot of unfortunate, 'problematic' tendencies. Anime idolizes cutesy and innocent girls in a sexual way, and in general treats women as sex objects, it has nonsensical, zany humor that seems infantile or incomprehensible to those encountering it for the first time, it is violent and graphic and often carries no 'message' for the audience, no lesson about inclusivity and solidarity. Anime fans also tend to get obsessed about anime. It seems to be addictive by its nature, drawing audiences in fantasy fulfillment and escapism, making them neglect 'real life' duties. Otaku culture is a big problem in Japan and is shunned by many anime creators, notably by Miyazaki himself.Which brings me to Neon Genesis Evangelion. Evangelion is often hailed as a deconstruction of the mecha anime genre, in this context meaning that it took a popular anime genre and did something different with it, examined how it worked and what made it tick, took it apart and assembled the parts into something new. Evangelion gained a rabid following and merchandise relating to the show is still super popular 20 years after it was on air. This is largely because the anime introduced popular female characters that otakus love to moon over: Rei and Asuka. Both of these characters, one mysterious and submissive and the other so-called 'tsundere' meaning she's willful and antagonistic but still in love with the protagonist, are endlessly copied in other anime. (Asuka's character is partly based on the title character in Nadia, an earlier anime by Hideaki Anno.) Neon Genesis Evangelion the TV show ran out of funds before its conclusion, forcing its creator Anno to come up with two ending episodes that infamously feature hardly any animation and are ambiguous and introspective. A few years later this feature film was produced to make up for the ending: The End of Evangelion. I expect that fans of the show were waiting for it excitedly - they were finally going to know for sure what actually happened to their beloved characters. But as the psychological and surrealistic undertones of the TV show hinted, this was a story that was less about the 'what actually happened' and more about the expectations of the audience, subversion of genre and introspection, and the feature movie The End of Evangelion was no exception.The End of Evangelion does tell the story - the literal story, not just what happened in protagonist Shinji's head. But the story might not be to the liking of fans. I don't know if Hideaki Anno purposefully wanted to insult his otaku audience and mock the entire anime culture, but it sure seems like it. The movie begins with Shinji masturbating to a comatose Asuka, a clear message on how disgusting it is to project sexual fantasies on a character that represents a vulnerable 14-year-old girl. The movie kills off every single one of the female characters that otakus love, and it does it in very frustrating ways. One survives a 12-against-1 battle only to find out that the enemies are actually undefeatable and the whole battle was a waste of time. She is eaten alive. One is blown to bits, another is shot offscreen, some are turned into orange jelly (though fans will be quick to point out that this represented only the death of their bodies, not their souls), and one grows into an alien giantess before decomposing and falling apart, her gargantuan pieces littering the landscape. And it also turns out that she was actually a clone of the protagonist's mother. (This we already knew from the TV show so it's not like we came into the movie expecting it to be another run-of-the-mill teen action adventure.) It is a brave endeavor, one that doesn't really care about what people think, concerned only with the vision of its creator. It's relentless, merciless and uncompromising. It makes no concessions - it doesn't even feature the iconic theme song of the TV show. And above all it is beautiful. It is animated smoothly, the giant robots move with the weight they deserve, the colors and compositions are expertly crafted and there are many images that will stay with you in your daydreams and nightmares and that you will come across on the Internet message boards several times. The voice actors do a chillingly good job - the shrieks are so horrible that I don't know if I ever heard anything as moving in any horror movie. I haven't seen the English dub so I can't comment on its quality.The End of Evangelion is a robot action movie, and a good one, and it is a psychological movie, and a horror movie, and a science fiction movie, but it is also more than that. It manages to also be a commentary on anime itself, the state of the industry and the culture surrounding it. But it is also a look into the mind of the individual. At its heart it concentrates on why people do these things, why we become obsessed, alienated, violent, and the answers are found in the mechanics of the mind, and The End of Evangelion shines a light into the dark reaches of the human psyche.
haroldgottfried
The End of Evangelion is the theatrical sequel to the TV series Neon Genesis Evangelion, however this is the second movie to be released after the shows airing. Death and Rebirth acted as a theatrical summary to the series and also strangely contained the first half of End of Evangelion(there's no need to watch Death and Rebirth). End of Evangelion carries the torch of the show in being messed up, but brilliant. This film is not for the squeamish, it has nudity, gore, and can leave you feeling insignificant. When I first watched this film I was convinced that it wasn't meant to be seen by mere human eyes. Anno's feverish dream of despair and destruction stands up still as one of the best anime films, if not one of the best films in general, even today.
Kong Ho Meng
TIPS: watch this together with death and rebirth and episodes 25-26 of the series. By doing so, the best sci-fi experience/ masterpiece ever to achieved is here, and i doubt i will ever come across another experience that is as close to the scale as this one...no words could describe how unforgettable this (and the final moments in the series) managed to pull off so many intricate elements so beautifully. Some of the scenes are painfully breathtaking, epic and memorable. It is as heart-wrenching as it is as mind-wrenching. And these 2 movies with episodes 25-26 of the series really put me into deep thought of many things that we take for granted, while at the same time in awe of how cleverly it was created to relate to many hidden psyshological or philosophical issues. Some people despise anime for their 'ridiculous amount of philosophical thoughts' but it is shows like these that constantly make us think ahead , or looking back, challenging and reminding us of who we are and what values we should continue to uphold...
