I decided to wait back in 9th grade for all the rebuilds to come out before watching them. I waited 14 years, man. I went from Shinji's age to Misato's age.

@Superphilipp

Жыл бұрын

Was it worth it?

@-grey

Жыл бұрын

@@Superphilipp yeah, i think so. I liked the ending, but hated 3.33. If I had to wait 8 years for a that disappointment to be rectified then it probably would have been worse.

@littleredruri

11 ай бұрын

​@@-grey why do people hate 3.0? I'll never understand it.

@-grey

11 ай бұрын

@@littleredruri it felt like a complete lack of content. If it was a 30min episode it still would have felt like it was half filler. It seemed like they were dragging to drag. As if they needed a cheap chash injection for the big finale. You could clip the whole movie down to ~15 mins and not miss a thing.

EVA really has the power to turn anyone into a rambling space case.

@KhayJayArt

2 жыл бұрын

Every person I have watched try to analyze this series failed to even come close to making sense. I wish weebs would just admit this series makes no sense instead of trying to make it sound deep.

@krishg602

2 жыл бұрын

i don't even talk that much yet i could ramble about it for hours

@sprawlz6466

2 жыл бұрын

@@KhayJayArt or you could actually listen to them

@Jayfive276

2 жыл бұрын

Just wait until they find out about the manga. And Anima. And Shinji Ikari Raising Project. And Angelic Days. And Girlfriend of Steel. And Petit Eva @ School. And Shinji Ikari Detective Diary. And Legend Of The Piko Piko Middle School Students. And Typing Instrumentality Project. And Campus Apocalypse. And I swear these are all real and all official.

@INFERNO95

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jayfive276 They know those exist. They just ignore them because they are spinoffs.

Who would’ve known, the real Evangelion was inside us all along.

@dday1396

2 жыл бұрын

We're the moms they couldn't put in the robots

@Esandeech2

2 жыл бұрын

@@dday1396 💀💀💀💀

@BlueGoat3175

Жыл бұрын

I feel the Evangelion coming inside me

As someone who has not watched Evangelion... I am SO LOST.

@chris41952

2 жыл бұрын

If you're lost now, watching it ain't gonna help.

@jasoman3899

2 жыл бұрын

Evangelion is one of the best anime I will never recommend.

@yoekt

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t worry, you still won’t understand what happened after watching iy

@patgray5402

2 жыл бұрын

Wait until you are in a dark place in life to watch it.

@azaquihelify

2 жыл бұрын

it wil (NOT) get better 1.00.2

While Asuka's arc in rebuild felt a little weak and Mari gave off "self insert character " vibes. The one character i thought rebuild handled really well was Rei Ayanami, her learning about family bonds and humanity felt really heartwarming. And her blocking Asuka's slap in the elevator always gets me.

@karmatical5837

Жыл бұрын

Ayanami best waifu, change my mind Just kidding, her character development is the best thing of the rebuild

@itsdantaylor

9 ай бұрын

Same. Granted my investment in EVA has always been low but even then I felt HEAVY self insert vibes from Mari and that really turned me off to her as a character.

The nostalgia is killing me. I lived through the AMV Hell era. When anime was good. The "I name my laptops Asuka because they run out of battery" had me rolling on the floor.

I agree with the conclusion that Hideaki Anno's own life experience heavily informs 4.0's ending. The entire 4.0 film feels very metatextual in general. The rebuild movies (mainly 3.0 and 4.0) take a narrative produced by a depressed creative in the 90s and transform its themes to create a counter-culture response to the series' own cultural influence. The ending of 4.0 takes this to the next level by having Anno heavy-handedly take control of Shinji's pathos and confront the trauma in both of their younger lives. Anno directly faces his younger views and tells himself and the fandom how to move on in life. Anyways, I appreciate the video. Eva has been a part of our lives for so long, and it was cool seeing your perspective on the rebuild films.

@franciscoarzapalozapata4610

2 жыл бұрын

Sadly those films are bad

@Amaling

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I think big picture it's pretty engaging what Anno does with the last 2 rebuild movies. But as someone else here said, they're just shit movies otherwise. Visuals are good obviously, but I'd probably say the visual direction of End of Eva and the polished parts of original Eva are superior. Soundtrack, really hard to say but I think end of Eva can't be beat. Then in terms of the inferior character and plot writing, I'd say this video already goes into more than enough detail here Other than the "Maturation out of depressed spiral" theme, rebuild 3 and 4 just feel so hollow

@warmagic4482

2 жыл бұрын

@@Amaling Yep! Original Eva and End of Eva are both superior to the rebuild movies, in my opinion. The fact that we even have to think at a meta level to enjoy 3.0 and 4.0 probably means that the films are not very interesting on their own merit.

@ldragon2515

2 жыл бұрын

That may be one of the reasons as to why it feels rather underwhelming, because it allows the themes to get in the way of coherence or satisfying payoff. Basically, it becomes less of a tightly written story, and more just an excuse for Anno to spoonfeed us messages. It's why I often compare 3.0 and 3.0+1.0 to the second and third Matrix films, to the point that Thrice Upon A Time is practically a near copy of Matrix Revolutions in terms of setpieces and overall plot structure.

@brobot550

2 жыл бұрын

He even put Mari which is inspired from his wife.

The entire message of Eva, in any version of the franchise, is to go outside. That's literally it. Go outside, make some friends, live life. It's great.

@franciscoarzapalozapata4610

2 жыл бұрын

In the original was more about people can hurt you but they can also love you and make you happy

@catsndogs98

2 жыл бұрын

Literally touch grass

@MJDahling

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe you should come to a conclusion of what the meaning of media is without reddit.

@crazziii_

2 жыл бұрын

@@MJDahling bold of you to assume the opinion came from reddit

@MJDahling

2 жыл бұрын

@@crazziii_ It's such a lazy opinion, it had to have come out to such a place where lazy opinions thrive.

as someone who was once a 14 year old girl, seeing asuka be gutted and turned into a clone and fan serviced to all hell hurt so much.

@swedhgemoni8092

2 ай бұрын

What they did with her in the movies makes it all the more despicable, though a thousand more faults come to light if you scrutinize them more carefully. 12 years to deliver this train wreck 🤮

Was "End of Evangelion" really that divisive? For me it was a great conclusion, actually even better than the series itself.

@EstebanVicenzi

2 жыл бұрын

It was mostly the ending of the anime series that was divisive, not the movies.

@sakawi

2 жыл бұрын

I think watching End of Evangelion before episodes 25 and 26 of the TV series would give it a much better sense of closure. I'll try it out on my next watch.

@kauswekazilimani3736

2 жыл бұрын

I love that film. I always liked to think of the events as the physical representation of the the end of the TV show, even though I know it was budgetary issues.

@bretginn1419

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. I still see fights over it. I'm firmly of the camp that End is the worst part of Eva.

@franciscoarzapalozapata4610

2 жыл бұрын

@@bretginn1419 only if you don't understand it

I like to think at some point in the production of 3.0+1.0 Anno calls a script meeting and in front of the entire Khara writing team yells “We’re going to do the instrumentality scene from End of Eva again…but this time we go FUKKEN BACKWARDS!”

@ygsr

2 жыл бұрын

There is a making of documentary for 3.0 + 1.0. Worth watching for sure.

I always felt that Evangelion is for me similar to Johann Wolfgang Goethe's Faust has been for my German literature teacher. Something that you come back to at different stages of your life and find different meaning in it. Enjoyed your take on Rebuild.

@user-uh7cb3vy4v

2 жыл бұрын

now thats oddly specific, i love it

This video is a perfect showcase of the reason why over the years, I haven't stopped watching GR and what drew me in .. in the first place! Absolutely wonderful, thank you for always sharing your passion. EDIT: After writing this and how much the video made me look back on many things, I am so incredibly grateful I gave a lot of series I never would have otherwise without GR. So with all my heart, thank you also for fueling my passion.

@laurarogers7560

2 жыл бұрын

Right and I realized that the finger snapping looks like it was in beginning

My introduction to Evangelion was Adult Swim in the early 2000’s, and like Cowboy Bebop Eva has hit me at a personal level. So much so that to this day I will put on an anime playlist of Cowboy, Eva, Outlaw Star, Inuyasha and a few others at night because of the nostalgic feels it brings me.

@kaltaron1284

2 жыл бұрын

Problem with the Eva OSTs are the like 30+ versions of Fly me to the Moon. It's a great song but how many variants do you need?

As soon as the movies started streaming on Amazon, I watched them all over a couple days and thoroughly enjoyed the story. While watching the final confrontation between Shinji and Gendo, however, I started to feel like it was more present-day Anno arguing with past Anno. then finally ending with a sincere goodbye to the series. Now having watched this video, I'm starting to think it goes deeper than just what I felt with the finale. The Rebuild movies seem (to me) to be a loose allegory to Anno's thoughts and emotions and how he has grown since the original series until now. Rebuild 1.0 takes us back to the original series, hence being a shot-for-shot remake. Rebuild 2.0's small changes start cluing us in that not only is this not the same story as the series, but might also hint at Anno being forced to change the original NGE in order to meet time and budget constraints until ultimately being forced to scrap his original planned ending for the series. In Rebuild 3.0, everyone hating and blaming a confused Shinji might mirror the criticism, hate, and death threats Anno received after "The End of Evangelion" from a rabid fandom that acted as if NGE belonged to them and not Anno. And the Gendo in Rebuild 3.0 and 3.0+1.0 can be seen as the original series itself still looming over Anno, still possessing the pain and anguish Anno poured into it during its production, still echoing the demands of fans for Anno to get back in the robot and do more NGE. And finally Rebuild 3.0+1.0, where Anno finally decides to get back in the robot, but this time on his terms, determined to end it his way. And the final showdown between Gendo and Shinji really is like Anno talking to the series, his past self, and the fandom all at once. Now Anno has grown enough he can move beyond the original series. Anno may return to the world of Evangelion some day, but the original story has now been completed.

@nabieladrian

Жыл бұрын

After watching NHK documentary, I'm sure Anno was really done. That was the goodbye everyone could've asked for.

The rebuilds are messy for me. But one of my least favorite things they did was reduce Ritsuko’s character to basically nothing. She was a major character in the original series. And every time I watch the series her arc gets more depressing but moving. I loved her character so the fact that she is basically nothing in the Rebuilds is an awful choice.

@loophole3526

2 жыл бұрын

Meh she was mostly insufferable to me.

@bens5093

2 жыл бұрын

I see the rebuilds as a way to provide something new to the story of evangelion. Maybe you can look at it as, because Ritsuko had a complete arc in the original, she didn't need another one in the movies. Her story's been fully told

@Horrormaster13

2 жыл бұрын

@Nice-Guy Hunter I feel the same way about Asuka in the Rebuilds.

@franciscoarzapalozapata4610

2 жыл бұрын

That happen to all the characters that are not Shinji

@franciscoarzapalozapata4610

2 жыл бұрын

@@bens5093 I would agree with you but they did nothing whit the character of Mary nor Kaworu either

Like it or hate it, nothing motivates KZreadrs to make content like Eva.

The amount of time and forethought in this video is incredible! Really appreciate the time it took to (apparently finally) get this out there. Keep doing your thing Ark, keep jamming!

How DARE you ser! Utada Hikaru is an angel, and I feel a pang in my heart anytime I hear her song in the end credits of the first rebuild film.

I actually never watched the movies after the original series just that one film .Back in 2016 I was surprised how much evangelion they were making especially over the years

@jebes909090

2 жыл бұрын

1.0 and 2.0 are great, then after that they turn to hot garbage. 2.0(2.22) is actually REALLY good i thought. 1.11 is basically just a straight retelling of the first 8 or so episodes of the series with a more fancy fight with the diamond thing.

@Emerardo

2 жыл бұрын

3 movies in 15 years isnt really a lot. Unless of course you include the light novels, vns, manga series, artbooks, etc.

"You are (Not) Alone" was my introduction to EVA as a whole, and I'd say it's a wonderful starting point for newcomers. Honestly, I think the Rebuild project stands as a fascinating companion and supplement to the original series. Every film is enjoyable and profound in its own singular way, even if the narrative through-line is less than coherent. Also, with such high production quality and technical proficiency, these films have elevated Studio Khara into a force to be reckoned with, in the animation industry. Rebuild will never quite feel like a complete story, but I see it as a worthwhile effort that personally inspires me just as much as the original Neon Genesis Evangelion.

@christ.4658

2 жыл бұрын

The Rebuilds are more than coherent if one wants to put the effort into understanding them. With that being said, I agree with everything you said, including, ironically, your last point. The Rebuilds will never be a complete story until the 14 year gap is finally properly explored.

@luckyowl10

2 жыл бұрын

@@christ.4658 Exactly, when I watched 3.0+1.0 I felt like it tried to fill a bit the massive gaps of 3.0 so much that it barely had time to progress to the final arc and still, they is at least enough plot to cover in an 3.0+0.5 or even an extra 3.0+0.75.

I started watching anime in the late 70's as a little kid with Battle of the Planets. I would catch other anime series here and there over the years on TV as I grew up. I remember the 90's fondly as anime slowly started to gain traction in the states, and part of that was because of Evangelion, and many other classic anime of that time. I was stationed in Japan from 95-97, and I remember how big it was at the time over there. Heck, I still have the Rei shirt I bought from back then, and an EVA mousepad as well.

I have always wanted a big long anime review like this from you. And about Evangelion? I couldn’t be happier. This video is a treasure.😊

Great video, I resonate with a lot of points you showed. Thanks for this awesome giant video! Eva ending the way it did left some bitter taste in my mouth too.

21:41 The theory that "these are sequels hundreds of years later forcing events into a constant loops of death and rebirth" is not just confirmed in 4.0, it is literally straight out told to us.

@velorexvelorex4605

2 жыл бұрын

Cope takes many forms my dude...

@frankjaeger2565

2 жыл бұрын

It's not. Kaworu only talks about himself going through a cycle of death and rebirth, he never says that the whole world and characters of Evangelion are in a loop

@velorexvelorex4605

2 жыл бұрын

​@@frankjaeger2565 Nope... All while we see NGE imagery/scenery. and Shinji literally said """I remember now. Again and again, I've come here to meet you.""" Then Kaworu said """Your name is listed in "The Book of Life", so we'll continue to meet, many more times. I am you. We're no different.""" The two characters are looping. I never understand why viewers just ignore this scene.

@Sanpaku-san

2 жыл бұрын

@@velorexvelorex4605 I mean that could be interpreted in multiple ways

@Jayfive276

2 жыл бұрын

@@velorexvelorex4605 yes, two characters are looping. Not everyone. Look up “confirmation bias”

I actually thought 3.0 + 1.0 was pretty good, and I still kinda feel that I like it. But you've given me quite a lot to think about that never crossed my mind. Super insightful video. Thanks for posting.

Wonderful to see you talk with such passion, I sense years of pent-up review plans being released. Wonderful.

Fantastic video mate. As someone who’s never watched the series but has often heard of it. Incredibly well told and edited video essay. Great stuff

End of Evangelion was like the physical representation of the TV shows last episodes. I know budgetary issues caused them, but thats always how mind chose to view them.

@tomemeornottomeme1864

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, I feel that's been more or less confirmed.

While i dont necessarily agree with all your takes, i respect the hell out of this video. Very well put together with succinct thoughts and opinions. I immagine this was very cathartic process for you and it felt very heartfelt, especially towards the end.

I think that feeling of having to move on from something that you once hold near and dear, is super relatable and can be applied to other things in life. Which yeah, I co-sign. Love the vid, awesome work!

Got a surprising amount out of this, so kudos to you. Can relate really with this idea that it's all over; how to deal with it. I appreciate how choked up and emotional you were getting toward the end too.

I mean if demo isn’t gonna do it this is a good replacement. Been waiting for someone to talk about this.

@FlutterSwag

2 жыл бұрын

Did demo get eaten by his iguana or something?

@user-uh7cb3vy4v

2 жыл бұрын

Demo will wait 8 years to make something evangelion again out of spite.

Mari also has many elements of Kaworu thrown in as well. The cat-like smile, the symbolism of grabbing Shinji’s collar, even back for 2.0 we’ve had a Japanese only interview where she was described as being like Kaworu. The similarities are there enough when the movie first came out I saw some on /a/ even wonder if she was the donor for Kaworu due to it. Like they did a lot of visual callbacks to Kaworu in 3.0 with Mari in .3.0+1.0. So she has that added to everything else Mari takes from the girls.

@BlackfangDragon

2 жыл бұрын

Also since Kaworu/Shinji’s subtext is made note of, I want to add Moyocco even drew fanart of it.

Thanks for this Video, man. It gave me the courage to watch 3.0+1.0 finally. But just like any fandom, the source material might end, but fandom will live on!

From someone who has been following you since the D2 Brigade days, this feels like a great walk back through time. Would love to see you do more longer form essay content regarding properties that have impacted you like EVA. (I still miss the lab-coat days uwu take care Arkada!)

"End of Evangelion" For me was a great conclusion,

I feel like if Mari was more of a focus 15 years ago or even this movie, I wouldn’t be opposed to the ending. Honestly the part about it that pissed me off more is him walking away from everyone else as if the answer for Shinji to help those that loved him was to walk away. As is, it felt like the ending to Sonny Boy gave me what I wanted from 4.0. It’s an arguably harsher result, but it felt more honest and satisfying.

@christ.4658

2 жыл бұрын

I get how you feel. Consider this though: the rest of the film is all about Shinji tackling his problems head on, making amends with the people he cares about and saving them. The plot is already finished by the time the train scene starts. I think people should, above all else, consider this scene metaphorically, as a META ending if you please. All good things have to end and it's finally time to move away from Eva. This is true for both Anno and, hopefully, the viewers. And Mari, well they adamantly refused to develop her because she's written as a symbol, not as a traditional character. It becomes more apparent than even in the finale and we even have Tsurumaki's interviews to confirm this.

@weirdy8

2 жыл бұрын

@@christ.4658 I feel like there's a case to be made between Nozomi and Mari, but idk if you've seen Sonny Boy so I won't spoil. There's some interesting crossover between the two.

@christ.4658

2 жыл бұрын

@@weirdy8 I'll be sure to check it out. Thanks.

@nabieladrian

Жыл бұрын

I don't think he's walking away, rather he walks through it. He wasn't afraid to confront them anymore, hence he even chose to leave everyone if that's for good. Shinji existed in the show literally because of Evangelion. When he wished to abandon Evangelion, he had no reason to be there anymore.

As a long time subscriber seeing a video in which you reflect on your relationship to both the channel and Eva was such a treat. Goodbyes are never easy but I look forward to hearing your thoughts and comments on the next big thing. Thank you so much.

I massively respect this grand project of a video and retrospective. Your personal self-awareness is refreshing to see.

Just because Eva is done, doesn't mean that new feelings, revelations or discussions can't come from it. It's over, but it's not dead.

If I'm not mistaken, these films actually do canonize the "time loop" theory, and confirm that Kaworu is the only person aware of it, as he mentions that he wants Shinji to find happiness "this time." There are several alternate universes at this point, manga and light novels that take place in alternate timelines which have the endorsement of Hideaki Anno. And something I've noticed is that Kaworu always seems to be the only person who knows something is up. Gendo's whole game was to have the world destroyed and remade as he wanted it, the only problem is that it was supposed to be Rei doing it. At the end EoE, Shinji is effectively a god with a blank slate with which to start over. It's just that every time he starts over, he makes a familiar world where everything goes wrong again. But Rebuild did something new: It definitively ends the cycle of the world ending and being remade by Shinji. This time, he made a world with no Evas, it's just a normal world where he can live a normal life. I'm not really sure what to take away from that, that the very thing that defines the franchise is the thing that needed to be removed in order to have a "happy ending." Though I will say one thing: I just do not like Mari. I do not like the very concept of Mari. I do not like that we spend the entirety of 4.0 watching Shinji's relationship with Rei and Asuka only for Mari to come out of nowhere at the last second. These characters have no history, hell she doesn't even have a backstory. I dunno, maybe that really was the point, maybe that's what Anno meant that she was supposed to "destroy Eva." Maybe when Shinji decided the world didn't need Evas anymore, it was because he found someone else to focus on. I don't think it needed to be Mari, but I guess the other two were so intrinsically tied to Evas that they wouldn't work, but I still think that the ending would have been better if it was either one of the other girls. It's a frustrating ending, because it almost works. I guess Eva just can't get an ending that really satisfies. At least that will never change.

@cheeseheaddude

2 жыл бұрын

An ending where Shinji “ends up” with either Asuka or Rei sounds… yikes, man.

@AkuTenshiiZero

2 жыл бұрын

@@cheeseheaddude Why? They spent plenty of time building up relationships between these characters, it makes more sense than the girl whose name he didn't know until the end of the fourth film. Not sure what _you're_ implying.

@Mcgoolio

2 жыл бұрын

The whole point of Mari was that she was the ONLY healthy relationship with Shinji. Rei is weird because it’s like his mom and she’s emotionally absent. Asuka is emotionally unstable. And Kaworu is using Shinji to make himself happy. Mari is the only who would make for a stable relationship.

@OwnD1

2 жыл бұрын

Mari also represents new beginning, the optimistic unknown for a burgeoning relationship

@luckyowl10

2 жыл бұрын

The "time loop" is actually a good way to tie all the Eva storylines together. The biggest problem is that it's more of an afterthought in 3.0+1.0 added close to the end. If they did build it up from a lot before and explained it more, it could have worked. A massive plot point like that needs serious foreshadowing, you can't just tie 2 random dialogue lines from the movies and throw a random idea in the last movie and say live with it, it all ends, Evas are destroyed. And Mari has the same problems, it just lands from nowhere (literally).

I've been watching your videos for about 12 years now with my siblings. Thank you for all the anime recommendations over the years and all the laughs, you're a cool dude.

Really enjoyed this video. And the longer format

the whole Amazon thing means I've not seen 4.0 yet, but I do feel rather disappointed with the first 3 films. 1.0 was a nice high quality re-do of the first 6 episodes, nothing much new but still nice. 2.0 was a bit of a mish mash and ultimately left me asking what exactly happened here, it deviated but nothing felt substantial. 3.0 was frustrating as it pretty much involved everyone deliberately not telling Shinji important things and while stuff happened, I didn't really feel like I cared or that much had really happened at all. I'm pretty soured on the rebuild series, it didn't need to end happy, it just needed to end well and it's clear that opportunity was squandered.

@christ.4658

Жыл бұрын

Nah, the opportunity wasn't squandered. Not at all, actually. I don't know why you say that 2.0 was a "mis mash", regarding 3.0 however, Misato told Shinji everything he had to know when they recovered him. That he let his feelings take over him while piloting, which inadvertedly caused N3I (they even showed him a live video feed from the event). That only he and his SDAT were found, and that Rei II was dead. And that we would be prohibited from piloting and fitted with a DSS choker so that this never happens again. And who knows what else she would had told him, if Rei Q didn't suddenly crash the party. As for Kaworu and Gendo, the entire point is for them to retain information. Both of them are manipulating him after all, for their own personal goals.

@Matthy63

Жыл бұрын

Without spoiling anything that isn't already in the video, 3.0+1.0 was probably my favorite watch of the Rebuilds (up there with 2.0). Sure the thing with Mari is silly but it kind of doesn't matter. Like seriously, Anno isn't as big of a troll as the fandom likes to think but I can see him doing that as a giant FU to the grown men who have spent *25 years* arguing over which teenage girl was the superior waifu when the entire show is Anno *begging* the audience to PLEASE touch some grass. I love EoE and enjoy it a lot more *as a movie*, but as an ending to 25+ years of this franchise, 3.0+1.0 is more emotionally rewarding when it comes to Shinji's character arc. It's as happy of an ending as this show was ever going to get, not least because it's an actual ending.

to me Xenogears is the best EVANGELION EVER MADE

@ab-hx2ii

2 жыл бұрын

Xenogears is evangelion done right. It's like what would happen if anno didn't put his self indulgent meta bs and instead told a great "conventional" story.

@Esandeech2

Жыл бұрын

@@ab-hx2ii are you allergic to protagonists that are not overly masculine, but actually realistic people with emotions?

@ab-hx2ii

Жыл бұрын

@@Esandeech2 Huh? What does that have anything to do with what i said? I am complaining about the meta commentary anno shoves instead of telling us an honest and straightforward story.

Off topic but.. thank you ark without you there are many series I never would have seen. You were one of my guides for series when I first started anime, thank you and stay frosty:)

Ive been watching your channel for a while and this is one of my favorites

That thumbnail is a work of art.

(A round of Applause) to you. I have been waiting for this video for awhile. Great job! It would be nice to have someone review the MEANING of the final film more in-depth though. There is a theory that Anno was heavily influenced by the metatextual plot of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space odyssey. There are alot of visual cues throughout. I just feel like it is wrong to dismiss the plot as "meaningless". There must be more to what Anno was trying to say with this last film.

thank you you said every thing was in my mind about this rebuild series

It is SO fitting that this shall be the first GR video I watch in years heh

I am equal parts excited and depressed seeing the notification for this.

If anyone here wasn't quite pleased with the way the Rebuilds did Evangelion and miss what originally drew you into the 90s show, I urge you to check out Revolutionary Girl Utena as a show that arguably deserves to be recommended as much if not more than the original Neon Genesis Evangelion. It's a beautiful heartfelt and occasionally surreal symbolism-heavy 90s anime with compelling complex characters and a lot to say about how systems shape people and our world, all tied up in the various events experienced by its teenage cast. It nails the balance between personal story and narrative message. The type of show that makes you want to read analyses, basically!

@Wurzelknecht

2 жыл бұрын

The symbolism is that basically everything is penises 🤣 But jokes aside, Utena is amazing and the more you think about it (and try to NOT think about the surfing elephants) the more depressing and dark it becomes. Goes for the movie as well.

@AstroAnalysis

2 жыл бұрын

@@Wurzelknecht Oh yes, the ever-present phallic imagery. Yet another thing to unite both NGE and Utena! Freud surely would have had a field day :)

@Wurzelknecht

2 жыл бұрын

@@AstroAnalysis Yeah especially with all the incest going on. Choo Choo Onii-san indeed.

@sprawlz6466

2 жыл бұрын

Utena is one of those series that I respect and would recommend to people, but couldn't quite get into myself. Odd considering how much I love Eva

@AstroAnalysis

2 жыл бұрын

@@sprawlz6466 Oh, but I totally get that. I feel the same way about Violet Evergarden (though it's a very different show). I suppose it's being able to acknowledge something as probably being of high quality yet not necessarily connecting with it personally. Evangelion might of course be more popular for a reason. It could very well be that the sort of messaging and the characters in NGE simply speak more to people. While they're both symbolism-heavy coming-of-age stories, the themes and messages are quite different at times. Utena is a tad more surreal, too, which could always be a little immersion-breaking.

Once again, GR provides an extremely enjoyable video showing just how well read he is on the series. Your dissection of what Anno is trying to say compared to what the fans want to hear is fantastic and you really hit the nail on the head for a lot of us die hard fans who may or may not share a similar opinion. Your relationship with Eva is definitely something of a bittersweet romance and I think that resonates with a lot of people who have also experienced the emotional highs and lows involving this series for the last 25+ years. Your care and passion for your videos and the content you put out really makes you stand out above the rest on this platform and your fans appreciate you all the more for it.

I finished 3.33 yesterday, and am wearing an End of Eva shirt today, when this video popped up...Perfect. And big thank you for structuring this to where it doesn't spoil anything out of order. :)

This earned a sub, even though I've not watched the sequels yet ... and perhaps I won't concidering how much they screwed everything

@christ.4658

2 жыл бұрын

The Rebuilds didn't screw up anything... Either way though, I'd suggest you watch them and make up your own mind. I think you'll miss out by just parroting what's at the end of the day just another opinion on the internet.

@Gadgetman1989

2 жыл бұрын

@@christ.4658 I may then, it's just if I'm being honest I feel numb after finishing the OG series, and first movie (the one released in 95?) Like I could have related hard with Shinji and his struggles but now that I've overcome that, I feel like I just watched a story about a kid who had a very traumatic upbringing, with not much respite in between the moments of noteworthy in his life, so after all I mean it may be good, but I'll give it a try, and report back...whenever that may be lol so there's more to it for me anyway why I won't watch them yet or at all than just to piggyback off popular opinion

@christ.4658

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gadgetman1989thanks for your reply. That's a very understandable reason for not wanting to continue, especially when EoE was so phenomenally conclusive to the original story. I hope you'll enjoy the Rebuilds too, whenever you might watch them. Go in open - minded, search the internet after you're done to find an answer fro the many questions you'll naturally have, and I'm pretty sure you're find at least some value in them.

This is what happens when you suddenly switch from a character driven piece to a narrative driven one. The characters suddenly have to act, well, out of character to drag the plot to the desired narrative.

Evangelion will have a special place in my heart. It wiill be always be my favorite anime and it mostly stems due to the fact the Hideaki was able to potray a lot of mental health issues I have been through as well. Ironically I remember subscribing to Glass when I watched his Evangelion and Death and Rebirth reviews. Its such a special feeling knowing how an anime impacted someone else in their life and means a lot. Just like Arkada it just felt so surreal when 4.0 was finally released and the show came to a close. Great review!

I have been coming back to this in little doses for a few days now. Does wonder for my serotonin levels.

An enjoyable video as always. Glad you went through with the project and delivered once again! The throwback to the "Ending is Paramount" quote was pretty special :) With that being said, I mainly disagree with your assessment. The META - commentary is still explored in parallel to the traditional narrative at the end of the day, which absolutely matters. Also, I would like to touch on 3.0 and Mari down below. Needless to say, I will be judging the entirety of the Rebuilds as one solid piece. Specifically, I never really understood many of the criticisms on 3.0 that don't have to do with how inscrutable the 14 year gap still is. Character interactions are generally considered well written not based on whether we agree with them, but based on whether they make sense in the context of the story and the characters. And I'm sorry but the circumstances and the context imo make the characters' actions in 3.0 make quite a bit of sense, even if they're still frustrating because most of us sympathize with Shinji who's getting the short end of the stick here. Like, Misato first of all greatly regrets how she encouraged Shinji's actions at the end of 2.0. Her facial expression says it all when she realized what was actually going on. And let's get into Misato's shoes for a moment during the beginning of 3.0. It's clear that she cares for Shinji; she rescues him, even lets him roam around the Wunder and doesn't activate the DSS choker despite the risk and everyone else telling her to do so. This last bit is very important, because if you read between the lines Misato is plagued by uncertainty. She has, after all, a grave responsibility as a leader of a group of people whose grave losses due to Third Impact, an event that Shinji was a catalyst in causing, were well - established. So, here's her dilemma: Will she be understanding to Shinji and risk disrespecting everyone else who's lost so much due to Third Impact, or blame Shinji for everything, perhaps even punish him, which at the same time equates to damning a child who you consider as a son to you and whose catastrophic actions you regrettably encouraged in the first place? What Misato ended up doing seems completely reasonable, with all that being said. She treated Shinji as a human being, explained the circumstances and retained any extra information, including direct blame for Third Impact. Who knows, if they hadn't been attacked out of nowhere it's likely things could had gone differently with Misato explaining Gendo's plans and how he could be used by him, that is, in case they knew of the details of his plan in the first place. Point being, I think the way the events played out was organic. As for Mari, people have been saying this from the 2.0 days, but she's a symbol. Full stop. Technically not a character, so she doesn't have to be developed as one. And this was made as clear as day at the end of Thrice. Like, as I'll explain later, Mari is supposed to symbolize a "waves of change" kind of concept. And how does Shinji physically grow up in Thrice, you ask? Well, he's hit by a wave, caused by Mari's body (and the Kanji for - Nami in her surname "Makinami" also means "wave", by the way). Most importantly, the reason why Shinji still wears the DSS choker in the final scene, is so that Mari can remove this circular object with negative connotations, which "chokes" its wearer just like the "Loops" have been choking the Eva characters for all this time. Here are some interesting quotes from Tsurumaki and Sadamoto, the first one of which was responsible for Mari's development: Specifically, Tsurumaki outright calls her “a symbol of the changes in the new movie version” in one of his interviews. He also points out that he aimed exactly for her to feel out of place in Eva and was satisfied that the audience felt that was exactly the case. Sadamoto also adds to the above that she marks a “break in the story”, (literally, her introduction marks the moment the Rebuilds start greatly diverging from the original plot, hell, even Shinji's SDAT player moves to track 27 for the first time ever the moment Mari falls on top of him in 2.0) and says that “in the movies there is a great mystery around her presence, which is why you only find her there”. With all that being said, despite the staff vehemently denying this, it's very likely she's based on Anno's wife. That ultimately plays a small role though, as she's been written as a symbol of anything Anti - Eva, as the catalyst that leads to change, towards the "death of Eva" (both the eventual destruction of the Evangelions and the end of the entire series). Anyways... I still don't completely understand her role, hence why I don't like her and believe she's unnecessary, perhaps though I'm wrong, as it wouldn't make sense for them to do something so different like making her a symbol just so they can justify the addition of another female pilot into the cast to commercialize. And, finally, Shinji and Mari's relationship isn't meant to come off as romantic... And thank God for that: "In a recent interview with V-tuber Vivian, the sound director for Evangelion 3.0+1.0 says he did not instruct the seiyuus [VAs] of Shinji and Mari to act as lovers, he interpreted their relationship to be that of friends. It is mentioned that the station scene was not instructed as romantic. Whether they're lovers, friends, or family is left up to the viewer. Even the seiyuu will have different opinions about it. I'm sure this is what Anno is intending, for Eva to be like a "mirror" and give back what the viewer sees in it. That is Eva's appeal."

Ironically, 1.0 is my favorite in the rebuild series. I think that's mostly from the final battle with the angel though. It was my favorite in the original series and the visual upgrade to have the Angel shifting shape as the power scales up is just perfection to me. It's my favorite scene in anime period.

I have a lot of thoughts I'm still processing about Rebuild, and there are quite a many things in this video that I disagree with? But it's still clear how much love you have for the series, and as always, it's been nice listening to you talk about it.

Great video and beautiful ending. Thank you Arkada.

After the advent of Evangelion. After Ark became a reviewer and built around it. After Eva ended, began again, and ended again. And, after Ark went back and sorted out the series as a whole to him and broke it down for all of us to appreciate... Leave it to KZread to drop me the thumbnail for Why Can't Anime Cabbages Look Bad to watch again at the end of the video lmao What a good experience. Thanks, Arkada~

I've realized Evangelion is a lot like life... I spent countless hours on KZread looking for somebody to explain it to me and make sense of it all. But ultimately you have to craft your own meaning.

@MAmalAv-wz9bi

2 жыл бұрын

this.❤

@MisterDillPickle

2 жыл бұрын

based take

@mickeymickey9914

Жыл бұрын

Actually you can wiki the explanation, it was in a bunch of japan only games. Eve and Adam were created by ancient aliens to populate worlds, but they weren't supposed to land on the same planet.

@shawerful5209

Жыл бұрын

I think that is what "abstract art" means. Everyone can have a different compreension, thats the beauty of it

@Joanbueller007

Жыл бұрын

​@@mickeymickey9914that is not an explanation is just lore

Thank you, this video coming wonderful as someone who has had Evangelion also be a significant part of their life

i just recently finished Eva, having started the OG series little over a week ago. this video has given me the closure i needed. thank you.

I feel the same way. I totally relate to the "I don't want it to end" mentality for the exact same reasons. Even though I love it, I still haven't finished Super Mario RPG and I first played when I was 9 years old back in 2005.

16:50 To summarize what came from the actors about 4.0: alongside the figurative red tape over its release, there was a ton of literal red tape covering all the visuals during the dubbing process that made it borderline impossible to do which is also why a lot of lines have mistimed deliveries, or like this where the wrong character is speaking. There's even a scene in the finale where Asuka is supposed to be screaming but there's no dub audio because it wasn't specified in the script and nobody could tell her mouth was open.

Thank you very much for going through this!! 👏👏👏👏👏 👏 👏

I loved this video! Have a good one, Tristan.

There was never a love triangle between Asuka, Misato and whatshisname. She was just making moves on him to prove to herself that she's an adult.

@tyler-xo3rb

2 жыл бұрын

it was a love triangle to asuka, she has a lot of disdain for misato in the original series for her sexuality and relationship with kaji

Mari was the worst pointless Character that nobody needed.I hoped Shinji and Asuka came together at the End.Both had a crush on each other ,and they deserved a happy End together. Mari came out of nowhere and get Shinji with no effort and no backstory ???Anno throw the whole Ship development from the Og Series with Shinji and Asuka away. Only to put a new waifu in that nobody wanted and asked for.

I really love that you have the footage from 10 years ago

Your essay's background music is fricken insane though. Good choice.

This is the 2nd longest "It's not you, it's me", mixed with "No, it's actually you" explanation I've ever hear; just behind my ex.

After Eva 3.0+1.0 he's already written and directed the new Shin Ultraman movie and has another one, Shin Kamen Rider, in the works.

What an achievement of a video! It’s so hard to pack everything about Eva into a video such as this one, but ya did it. Btw, the Tristan we got in those last 8 or so minutes, I could listen to more of him ☺️

Haven’t watch the video yet but I was excited to see this in my recommendations!! Glass Reflection is a name I haven’t heard in a looooooong time.

“I don’t want some series to have an ending.” Also Glass Reflection: “The ending is paramount!”

@jamesvanitas

2 жыл бұрын

Hypocrisy at its finest!

The biggest thing that tells you how long it took the film series to complete is, 1.0 and 4.0, both of which are theatrical releases, have different resolutions, and they both used the resolutions which has long been the standard for theatrical release films at the time. Also, another thing is, a lot of people didn't really like the ending we got. But no one was really complaining. No one was really saying it wasn't worth the wait, which would be a surprise, if I myself didn't feel the same way. Also, now that it finally ended, I feel like having to wait for a decade for the series isn't actually a hassle, but actually part of the experience. People who just started binging all the films at once would get an inferior feeling and experience than those of the people, like me, who watched them as they were released. Because from between the start of the films and the end, our lives had changed a lot, and the films taking that long feels intentional, as it makes us actually understand what Anno was trying to accomplish better than the people who just start binging it. You see, the feeling it get after finishing 4.0 was not "Wow, it's awesome" or "amazing" or "wtf?" or "I hate this!" but rather, "it's over, and I can rest now, or at least a certain part of my mind can". I imagine that's the same feeling Anno might have. Hence why, I will probably never rewatch these films, but I will fondly remember them. Would I recommend them to other people? Probably not because I don't think people who just started binging them can get the same feeling as those people who watched them as they came out.

@HanakoSeishin

2 жыл бұрын

> Also, another thing is, a lot of people didn't really like the ending we got. But no one was really complaining I personally didn't complain about 4.0 because I stopped caring after 3.0. It was just clear that there could be nothing after 3.0 (or to be precise, after the first minutes of 3.0 where the time skip and the new state of the world was introduced) they could have done that would have made any sense, so there was no reason to care. I have watched 4.0 still just for the sake of completion, but I don't feel like either 3.0 or 4.0 was worth the time I spent watching them. It feels like just a shitty piece of fanfiction along the lines of "Shinji wakes up in the world of Sailor Moon, only it's going through a zombie apocalypse and Batman is also there". Anno must have been having a stroke when he wrote it.

@Matthy63

Жыл бұрын

No yeah I actually liked 3.0+1.0 too. I'm not saying it was the most coherent narrative but as a conclusion to the whole franchise it did the job and I don't need (or actually want) more Eva.

I clicked on this video out of curiosity, not having watched many of your videos in some time. When I saw the length I thought I'd probably end up clicking away before it finished. I watched the whole damn thing. Not just because it's interesting to hear what you have to say about the series, but the depth of thought you put into these videos is really something else. I may not consistently view your reviews these days, but I respect the fact that you can talk for an hour and it never felt like you were rambling on. Granted Eva can be a very deep subject and there is a lot to say, but your videos have always been very well thought out. I was fairly disappointed with a lot of the rebuild, for many of the reasons you mentioned, but I do appreciate the different view you've laid out here. Eva is such a nostalgia trip at this point, I think it would be hard to please people even if that had been his goal.

Loved this essay of love and nostalgia to the earlier years of our lives.

I am an old, and can remember when the original Evangelion was announced. As a fan of Nadia and Gunbuster I was super-excited that the same company was doing a full giant robot series! Wow did that show screw with my head when the fansubs finally started making their way over XD Oh, all of my computers have a theme naming too, though mine are all named after the flagships from the various Macross series.

@Sykroid

2 жыл бұрын

It's great to see someone from an older anime generation weighing in. I cant imagine what it would be like to watch NGE and other classics as they came out. Subs and dubs have come a long way since then lmao

As someone whose first exposure to Eva in any form was a subtitled camrip of 2.0 (I don't remember why I decided to watch it), I disagree on the potential death of Asuka not having any impact for new fans. As someone who had no knowledge of anything Eva at the time, I remember being shocked at the brutality of the scene. Maybe I just latched onto Asuka as a someone who liked tsunderes at the time, but it still was effective.

A video 13 years in the making. I am excited!

I can’t believe I didn’t notice you released this video a year ago. Have been wanting to talk about evangelion as a whole with others

I find it incredibly boring when a work of art is *just* self-description, like the entire ending of this series turned out to be. It's such a cop out.

@christ.4658

2 жыл бұрын

It's not "just a self - description", despite how some, including GR, may insist that in the Rebuilds, "the plot doesn't really matter". Both the original and the Rebuilds go META in the end, the Rebuilds much more so, the point is however that their plot is not discarded and also receives a conclusion. One can read the Rebuilds as a normal story, without making any connections to Anno or the cultural impact of the Eva franchise itself, and experience a full story.

@P4Z44K

Жыл бұрын

@@christ.4658 Bro you are everywhere wasn’t the message to stop obsessing

@christ.4658

Жыл бұрын

@@P4Z44K true

Oh man the old GRArkada videos really hitting 😭

This is your best video so far, congratulations.

This was a really impressive video. I've been following your channel since your early days, so seeing bits of your unreleased video alongside where you are now shows how much you've improved over the years. It's really terrific. I've only seen the first two Rebuild movies. Despite hearing about it for years, I never watched the original EVA series. I remember thinking that the first two movies were good, but it was hard for me to see the hype for this franchise through them. Although, it might have been hard to expect that from a reboot movie series and not having enough familiarity with the characterizations or storyline like you mentioned here might have been a factor too. I'm not sure if I'll watch the other two movies, but I do have more understanding as to why fans reacted to them, especially with that long gap between them.

I don’t have any real emotional or nostalgic attachment to Eva the way so many have. And I’m okay with that. I didn’t lose my mind trying to understand this franchise.

"How does it feel to have lived long enough to see all your favorite franchises go down in flames?"

@Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r

2 жыл бұрын

@TrueRandomGamer "It feels, how should I say..... *disgusting* "

@christ.4658

2 жыл бұрын

Thank God that Eva escaped this fate.

@Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r

2 жыл бұрын

@@christ.4658 Escaping going down in flames? Sorry to say buddy, but its happening now

@christ.4658

2 жыл бұрын

@@Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r if this kind of critical response and financial success is an indication of Eva "going down in flames" according to you, then sure I guess... I don't know how to reply to that.

@Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r

2 жыл бұрын

@@christ.4658 Bruh when most fans don't like what their seeing and criticize how much money these films are making, something is wrong here.

oh wow so young. I love your Eva review vid I always go back to it.it always makes me laugh 😃

I hope that some day I can talk about an RPG series the way Arkada talked about Evangilion. It's an incredibly daunting task to provide a "complete" review for something so incredibly sprawling and with so much personal investment. And on that note, Arkada, I think you nailed it.

SO excited for this, specially as someone who absolutely adored the Rebuild movies.

I think you REALLY misunderstood EoE. The ending gave the ultimate choice to every soul living on earth, to embrace Instrumentality, or to come back into the world. It was a happy ending.

@topbackpodcast2615

2 жыл бұрын

It’s all to interpretation, but EoE is not a happy ending compared to the Rebuild Ending. Shinji’s character at the end chose to live and continue forward, but not with a positive outlook. EoE Shinji sort of just settled and accepted life, even if there was a chance life was gonna suck. Rebuild Shinji at the end had confidence in himself and overall more optimistic moving forward.

@franciscoarzapalozapata4610

2 жыл бұрын

@@topbackpodcast2615 you are not wrong but eoe shinji is more realistic, the point is that to get your happiness you need to work in your issues and is not something magical that can be obtained because of just one expirience, Shinji and Asuka needed to work their problems with themselves and each other to have a healthy relationship just like every other person in that world. 3.0+1.0 is just a wizard did it that's why eoe is a better ending

@topbackpodcast2615

2 жыл бұрын

@@franciscoarzapalozapata4610 I agree with you don’t get me wrong. I never said the Rebuild was a better ending, but it is the happiest and more optimistic of the two.

@303Dudi

2 жыл бұрын

@@franciscoarzapalozapata4610 I respectfully disagree, both Shinji's went trough a lot of shit to get to a point where they can kind of accept themselves and move on with their life. In EoE the world will still be fucked up possibly beyond most peoples (including Shinji's) control, but in 4.0 the world has become one without EVAs, without magic bullshit. The people in that universe basically joined our reality and you can't be any more realistic than that. So in conclusion I think it's faulty to call EoE Shinji the more realistic one. Don't get me wrong, I like both the original series/EoE AND the movie retellings, but the movies just struck a cord with me (especially 4.0) and I can't completly explain why, mostly because it's the more optimistic take, I guess...

@ulisesavila2879

2 жыл бұрын

@@franciscoarzapalozapata4610 eoe cannot be more realistic that rebuild, rebuild ending happens in an "alternative" scenario where the original series goes past the original series with a more mature shinji, a symbolism that you can watch seeing that the old casette player goes past the 26 track, or if you want to see it, 26 chapters of the original series, this shinji builds on top of the original evangelion, it need the original to be in the place where it is now, they complement each other, they go hand to hand one cannot be more important that the other.

Oh my god you were adorable in 2009!!! Fantastic video though, worth the wait.

Amazing video my king 👑