Firstly, I'll admit I haven't watched RahXephon - so cannot give any comments about it!
But since many of you are discussing the greatness of Evangelion, I'm going to put my two pence worth in and put it down a few notches!
It happened one day, on Sci-Fi channel - just finishing off an enjoyable Nadesico episode, when they annouced they would be showing an anime that was number one in the US with anime fans and one of the greatest anime hits ever!
So eventually it began!
The title sequence was quite good I thought, catchy song and well put together!
And then - there was a severely whingy boy staring at the 'unfamiliar ceiling'. Could this get any worse I thought?
Misato comes through with a few cans of beer!
And 'Monster of the week' attack NERV base? That happens in nearly every episode, instead of it dragging out - they should have done something more inventive or attack somewhere else?
What about the Psycho babble? I love psychological parts in anime if done well, like Perfect Blue and Key The Metal Idol. However in NGE, it was poorly executed - no wonder they had to re-do last two episodes (if anyone got that far) into a 'movie' aka "we admit it was crap."
Character Development? Don't make me laugh! We have whingy Shinji that's the most ungrateful boy in anime, complains at everything - I felt like putting out of his so called misery in the first episode!
Rei was the typical silent moody type and as for Asuka - well she was slightly more interesting..but another cliched character at the end of the day! I nearly forgot Misato "Let's add more Gainax fanservice" and "I've finally been de-flowered.. I hate mahself! Whutevar will my luvely Shiji-kun think of me? I've been a naughty girl, hehe." Do us viewers really care? No.
Though I have to say, Neon Genesis Evangelion did something that no other has done: Bored me to death and made me lose faith in anime in general for a time! I can see what it was trying to do, but it failed miserably in my opinion.
A great Gainax mecha anime has to be Gunbuster, more classic in everyway!
Thankfully I don't listen to other people's opinions as much as I did before - Spirited Away was another disappointment. But I'll save that rant for later!
So anyone going to recommend me RahXephon?
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Honda Xr80