Evangelion: Hope
The first in a string of new movies that re-envision the animated classic, Shin Shiki Evangelion (Neon Genesis Evangelion for us Americans) was released in Japanese theaters less than 24 hours ago. Already, it is being hailed as the way the series should have been done and is breaking box office records in Japan.
NGE was a groundbreaking Anime series that received critical acclaim in the mid 90s for its radical and beautiful portrayal of the human condition. The series however was horrifically unfunded and the last two episodes inspired outright hatred from fans and cold reactions from critics because of their failure to satisfactorily end the story and they're highly stylized portrayal of human psychology.
Even the later release of four OVAs (or two movies) couldn't really redeem the series from the ignominious end. However, starting in 2000, the production studio GAINAX, which had profited so immensely from EVA, announced a project to reanimate a great deal of the series and clean it up. After the success of this project, the company decided to put into production a series of movies that would retell the story in a better way and with the budget it so richly deserved.
NGE was the show that got me hooked on anime. It was my initiation into a world that would dominate a portion of my life for years and still does. As it stands, I await the stateside release of the movies with breath held and hopes high.
Muah!
Lyrinoir
NGE was a groundbreaking Anime series that received critical acclaim in the mid 90s for its radical and beautiful portrayal of the human condition. The series however was horrifically unfunded and the last two episodes inspired outright hatred from fans and cold reactions from critics because of their failure to satisfactorily end the story and they're highly stylized portrayal of human psychology.
Even the later release of four OVAs (or two movies) couldn't really redeem the series from the ignominious end. However, starting in 2000, the production studio GAINAX, which had profited so immensely from EVA, announced a project to reanimate a great deal of the series and clean it up. After the success of this project, the company decided to put into production a series of movies that would retell the story in a better way and with the budget it so richly deserved.
NGE was the show that got me hooked on anime. It was my initiation into a world that would dominate a portion of my life for years and still does. As it stands, I await the stateside release of the movies with breath held and hopes high.
Muah!
Lyrinoir
posted by Lyrinoir at 7:56 AM
2 Comments:
I was thinking of you particularly the other day when we were at both gimme anime and animaniacs (where I had a long talk with a guy who reminded me of comicbookstore guy). It seemed most of their stuff (the stuff not locked up) was dubs. We've been re-watching (he got boxed sets now) Card Captor Sakura but he's looking forward to these 4(?) EVA movies. It's amazing how many diff forms it can take/has taken. Hopefully these really fulfill the first 23? chapters. I also am reading Ah My Goddess Mangas. Maybs I was born to wrong generation. xoxoxoxo P (now to go back to comment on earlier one)
(hmm this didnt post 1st try--hope u dont get duplicates)
either this anonymous is my mother or this is a crazy coincidence, but i believe you were looking to say bootlegs, not dubs. and "looking forward" isn't quite so much it as "dreading" but i guess it -could- be good.
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