deadghost

Karou was shinji's last and only figment of a friend, I guess he became pretty attached to him, then again evangelion is a pretty abstract storyline so there is a double meaning behind the characters actions. Ive yet to understand that scene, theres a second meaning behind it, you just gota analyze it as if it was English literature: think of of the lines of lord of the flies.

KwKouki

Shinji was alone most of his life, he always wanted to know what it felt like to be wanted and loved. Kaworu knew this, and used it against him. He told Shinji he loved him, and he accepted affection....no matter what person it was coming from. Cant even say person because Kaworu was an angel, only presenting himself as a human. The 17th angel was ideal, especially to someone that has considered himself "worthless" Kaworu also came off as non threatening, nor did he want anything in return. He simply offered Shinji love without judgement. Shinji wanted nothing more than that in a person. Homo or no homo, Kaworu was perfect in Shinjis eyes, so he stuck as close to him as possible.

I would wait until dattebayo fansubbed it. They did 1.0 in hi def and INCREDIBLE subs.

__________________

deadghost

Yes, read the thread. As of right now, the cam footage is all your going to get till the dvd release. Do your self a favor and watch the original series, the remake or rebuild is suppose to be a complemented presentation for the original viewers. Its like watching godfather 3 redone on the way it should have been, get my drift.

The thread lacks eye candy, heres some mecha art of what to expect from 2.0. Touge noob, you might wanna have a box of tissues when looking at mari's unit 05.

deadghost

right on the dot

BustedS13

so i'm 9 eps deep and just realized i have no fucking clue what's going on.
these children pilot mechs to fight aliens or some shit, but the aliens that they keep calling angels are kind enough to only attack after school? wtf?

__________________

deadghost

Angels are not necessary aliens, matter of fact don't be concerned of where they are from that's not really important, at this point focus on asuka and shinji, the series is still at its positive or HAPPY moments. Remember the series is abstract, keep that mind set of them fighting after school, at this point the series is creating a environment for you to be attached to. The series will get more real as it advances.

jworks

Makes sense, I thought Rei had the same effect (also non threatening) but I forgot that episode with Kaworu I was brain dead trying to see the deeper meaning lol.

Was it dattebayo that did the fansub? cause I the subs I have don't go through all of the technical speech (like when they set up the positron rifle)

rb26man

someone want to school me on this pls

__________________

BustedS13

this eventually gets depressing? weak.
also, why are these.. whatevers, only attacking Japan? Asuka flew in from Germany, right? what's going on in Germany?
shiiiiit.
all in all this is entertaining, just..... wtf
all this fanservice is making me want to flip on Agent Aika, though

__________________

chinabean

damn i guess ima start watching the series when i get home haha

simmode1

Yeah, just keep watching. Once you watch the whole series including the alternate endings and features "Death and Rebirth" and "The End of Evangelion", you will realize how much you just clusterfucked your brain.

Touge Noob S13

A couple of years ago something happened called the "second impact" where it was believed that a gaint metor crashed into Antartica. All the ice melted causing biological and economic disaster for the whole world. The United Nations gains alot of support and grows. They set up the "Nerv" organization (originally Gehirn) to make the Evas (kind of as a weapon to stop world conflicts and such). Nerv has centers in the North America, Europe, and Japan. Since the UN is really controlled by an illuminati group called "Seele" the true purpose of the Evangelions is not said until later in the series.

__________________

uraznfriend

do any of you understand any of the biblical illusions they make like the lance, evas, eve, adam, angels any of that becuase i watched the series mutliple times without understanding any of it i guess its because im an aethist

simmode1

I understood them at the time, but I couldn't explain them now because it's been like a decade since I watched this. But this show is part of what influenced my thinking and decision to go from Christian to Agnostic...

Touge Noob S13

The lance was the lance that pierced Christ when he was crucified. The whole Adam thing is a spoiler. Evas and Eve are the same thing (IE Eve is prounounced as Eva in latin based languages), its also short for "Evangelion". I think in 1.0 that the Vatican had some control over Nerv. The angels I am unsure about.

__________________

uraznfriend

sorry about the spoiler but everything thanks that cleared up much now i am going to read up about all this religious stuff and watch the series again and see what else i missed

1kuo

Understanding Evangelion - Anime News Network

good read for those die hard evangelion fans.

http://www.nervarchives.com/analysis.overrated.php
last quote was taken directly from wiki.

Touge Noob S13

They really over did the religous stuff then. It's like if you made a movie about WWII with the bad guys being from Germany rocking the Nazi flag and such only to say they were never Nazis. IMO Gainax didn't want complaints from religous groups so they said all of it was meaning less.

__________________

kalypso123

animation quality is pan-ultimate in this series

deadghost

The angels are attacking tokyo 3 because Nerv has adam at the Geofront (the underground colony). some one correct me if I have this wrong. If a angel comes on contact with Lilith it will initiate the third impact. Nerv in Germany under seele manufactured the 3rd unit,U.S did the 4th. It is also where askua previously resided at and trained at Germany hence why she is half German, before coming to Tokyo 3. Anymore questions?

deadghost

I dont think were suppose to know where the angels came from. Plot wise it would make sense, think about, it would be more interesting that you dont know where they were from then to have them explain some crazy idea. but if I believe the angels are a abstract presentation of us Americans in WWII of how the Japanese viewed us "invaders", very out there! But hey its just speculationt I read about.



Here is a random pic I found. Fan service

beb

Would anyone be interested in some official, licensed Evangelion wheel locks, valve stem caps, license plate bolts etc?

deadghost

YES, shot me a link. MY Sa70's need to go on soon.

beb

Haha will do. Theyre big in Japan, but didnt know if there was a big enough Evangelion crowd here in the U.S. - judging by this thread, Im probably wrong. Ill send u pics within a couple days when I go back to work.

deadghost

Any chance you might have a link?


Also Touge noob, when you saw the end of evangelion, that last scene after Shinji chokes Asuka. Asuka "wakes up", puts her hand over shinjis face as he chokes her, and says that last line: "how disgusting". Any chance you can explain that last scene.

simmode1

Hey... I just started watching 'You are not alone' and was filled with the uncontrollable urge to watch the Commander Ikari "Asshole" video with Dennis Leary singing.

Anybody got it? The one on youtube got gheyed up.

Touge Noob S13

Hmm, I always thought it was because she was actually awake when Shinji looked at her titties and mastrabated over her.

__________________

Bob_Sagat

Please!! I saw some of the stuff in an issue of vipstyle a few months back. It's made by carmate right?

satal95

Got any pics definitely interested

__________________
Signature image exceeds allowable size.

Touge Noob S13

They are made by the same company that makes the "kics" lugnuts. RHD Japan made a thread about them a while back.

__________________