Neon Genesis Evangelion A somewhat timeless anime. There are a lot of ’90s series that are still talked about today and are pretty influential in their own right, but I think even after the heat death of the universe there’ll still be a whole bunch of characters and rotting VHS tapes floating around waiting for the next one The birth of. Somewhat ironically, at least for a while, it will be replaced by a movie called ” Neon Genesis Evangelion is finishedas if to say “Yeah, well, we’ve all had enough, haven’t we?”
Maybe that’s why the film is such an intense experience, from the second-hand humiliation and terror you’ll feel watching Shinji do a little nipple work on his own, to the truly apocalyptic stakes that make up the second half of the film. Movie. Director Hideaki Anno is known for infusing deep depression into his work, so does he want to fill us with fear, pain, and worry that we’ll be done with Neon Genesis Evangelion forever? possible! But honestly, that’s why I love this movie so much.
The End of Evangelion | In theaters March 17-20
You see, as I get older, I find that I want to experience increasingly uncomfortable media and embrace works that are difficult to watch in some shape or form. At times, it’s a 7/10 game bogged down by ambitious ideas, and at other times, it’s an inexperienced directorial debut that offers a sketchy rendering of authenticity you wouldn’t get from more seasoned creatives. .
Anno isn’t exactly a “seasoned creative” – he was an animator at Studio Ghibli after all – but The End of Evangelion remains one of the most original films ever made. The children’s existential frustrations are laid bare, the adults’ inability to relate to each other, and when Anno finally makes his own Godzilla movie, a soundtrack so brilliantly repurposed is reused – it’s all there, and there’s a lot of it all.
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You’ll (hopefully) see in the title above that I’m calling The End of Evangelion an anime heart attack because that’s how it feels to me. I think that’s probably because, even all these years later, watching it in my teenage bedroom late at night, it still has a firm hold on my heart. It takes me back to a worse time, when I felt worse about myself and everything around me, and oddly enough, I find that this is a good thing?
The best thing a movie can do is create such a strong reaction that you can’t help but think about it, and The End of Evangelion certainly does that, even if it’s not always a good one. I know I might sound a little weird, but I think it’s also good to remember the bad times so you can look back and see how they were different. Interestingly, I think that’s part of what’s going to be part of the Reconstruction movie, which is a remake of Neon Genesis Evangelion and takes a new path.
Of course, I can only watch Neon Genesis Evangelion: Endgame in moderation – after all, I don’t want to actually have a heart attack, and there are only so many times in a year that I can hear Asuka scream like that. . But when I do, even if my heart skips a beat and makes me wonder if this is the end for me, it feels even sweeter when the next one comes.