What was the best episode of Evangelion?
What was the best episode of Evangelion?
Nicholas Peterson
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Landon Hill
All are shit
Thomas Diaz
Asuka strikes
Parker Morris
Thermal expansion
Thomas Garcia
The episode where Shinji, Asuka and Rei go through NERV after the power goes out is pretty fun.
David Nelson
The one with the gay kid.
Jacob Sanders
The one with retrospections of world before 2nd impact, and lifes of older characters then, and how they got to where they are now.
Robert Hill
shinji is in like every single episode user
Jacob Allen
Fpbp
Evan Reed
I dunno. I only saw the first six before I dropped it.
Tyler Lopez
The Shinji and Rei sniping episode
Kevin Thomas
the one where they all work as a team to defeat the acid pouring angel
Colton Edwards
There is one right answer and that is pic related
Brayden Powell
Episode 8
Jason Miller
The 24th episode.
I love watching a giant robot decapitate a homosexual boy
Levi Thomas
from 23 onwards they're all fucking perfect
Ayden Wright
This.
Mason Roberts
24 or 9
Joseph Nelson
Source?
Camden Sanders
Darling in the Franxx (episode 8)
Jeremiah Kelly
At Least, Be Human
The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World
The Choice of Life
In Still Darkness
those are my favorites
Mason Jones
That neck looks so chokeable
Jose Reyes
Kaworu episode
Oliver King
Delet this
Adam Cox
the one where the base loses power and the 3 have to sneak in
Ethan Foster
>that nose
classic tumblr, you can't tell me it's not from there.
Jacob Lopez
I thought Tumblr noses were giant red potatoes.
Caleb Turner
>everything i don't like is tumblr
Have you even tried reverse image search, faggot? Or am i being baited here?
Jaxon Wood
Eh, the nose is close but it's not Tumblr. Artist is nip.
Ryder Wright
Pleb. Go back to your shitty moei anime and Naruto.
Joseph White
asuka is so cute
Jason Anderson
Both of You, Dance Like You Want To Win!
Elijah Thompson
The episode detailing Second Impact was amazing.
also, while not solving anything, the last two episodes were great
Evan Brown
that's not a tumblr-type nose you dense cunt
Wyatt Walker
>peak contrarian
impressive
Brandon Morales
The music from that episode is the best
Wyatt Allen
This is the only correct answer
Jace Ortiz
Episode 06, the one with the kill cube
Nicholas Peterson
Oh boy, I love Godzilla
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Brandon Adams
>hideaki "i fucking love godzilla i want to hold it and hug it and kiss it on the mouth" anno's kaiju anime is inspired by godzilla
Jeremiah Price
Asuka Strikes
Dance like you want to win
End of Eva
Landon Evans
also the first two episodes are among the best in anime
Blake Brown
If I had to pick just one, that'd be it.
>from 18 onwards they're all fucking perfect
FTFY
Anthony Cooper
Maybe he means kaworu
Jose Martinez
My favorite is the dance episode.
The episode when shinji gets tanged or the one Toji gets crippled are really strong ones that define the tone of the last part of the series.
Episodes 25 and 26 are amazing but people often ignore those 2 because EoE had more spectacle
Juan Butler
>because EoE actually involves and does something with the established plot
ftfy
Luis Rogers
>Evangelion Plot
>More important than character development
I know they had little budget left for the TV ending, but Anno spent it on the right things
HOW instrumentality happened, despite looking very cool, is ultimately unnecessary for the narrative.
Oliver Rogers
it's not a discussion nor do I care which was the better or "correct"
I just told you the reason, which isn't
>ha it looks cooler
Robert Garcia
19
Jeremiah Rogers
Episode 16, Shinji's awakening in that episode is the greatest moment in all of anime.
Cameron Taylor
Even if the details are ultimately unnecessary, they definitely help wrap up the series. They might wrap up Shinji's character arc, but the last two episodes felt so out of place to me. I need to rewatch the series sometime soon though. Maybe I'll be able to appreciate them more next time around with everything I've learned about the show since I originally watched it.
Nicholas Fisher
unironically 26
Christian Diaz
Just remember that EoTV and EoE are complementary and part of the same.
Wyatt Reyes
It's hard to pick the best episode considering how many build up on others, especially when it comes to the character development and eventual plot build up.The best standalone episode is "Jet Alone", though. The mech was great, the episode was great, and the ideas behind it were great.
Benjamin Gomez
None theyre all garbage
Gavin Rogers
24 is undoubtedly the best.
Chase Morgan
Magma Diver
Brayden Gutierrez
>while not solving anything, the last two episodes were great
You besides solving Shinji's inability to accept himself and reality?
Jonathan Collins
I agree with but if I had to pick one I think I would nominate 23. Some of the absolute best pacing I've ever seen in a single episode. It's amazing how an Eva self-destructing isn't even the most interesting thing in the episode. Also episode 1 is incredible as well because it doesn't try to cram in the first fight.
Ayden Ward
Peak tumblr
Blake Lee
painful, but still not even close
Hunter Jackson
so is ur mum u looser
Bentley Perry
that's the worst your mom i've read in months
Lucas Evans
How about this one?
Gavin Roberts
Naw, instrumentality is completely different in both endings. What leads to it are similar events, but instrumentality itself is different.
In the TVend it seems a positive thing, because people are still able to interact.
In EoE, its a bad thing because this interaction if blurred
Jaxson Bailey
The one where Asuka get mind fucked by an angel
Julian Stewart
Matthew Roberts
They don't really interact just the ideas each of them hold of eachother interact with eachother.
And Instrumentality is portrayed as a bad thing that is why they celebrate when Shinji decides he doesn't need it.
Gabriel Long
That's your headcanon, but the "good ending" is still there on EoE. It's when Shinji rejects Instrumentality and "wants to be here".
Also, Shinji did interact with the rest, remember the scenes on the train bandwagon? Hell, even some scenes are the same (Shinji watching Misato have sex with Kaji).
It's the same thing from a different perspective.
Remember, the ending of Evangelion was already planned since 1993, proof lies on the Eva Project Proposal that was officially published on the 100% Newtype artbook. Some things were changed in the end, but the whole idea was already there. The theory that EoE was just made up after EoTV is not true. EoTV was a very abstract version of EoE.
What EoE added was One More Final.
Austin Hill
Don't talk shit bout Usaka m8
Ryder Myers
Nice bait, autists.
Anthony Robinson
I had no idea Asuka was so popular on tumblr.
Connor Stewart
You have no idea, there's tons of shitty fanart.
Nicholas Martin
Yeah, but it feels a lot different in EoE when you have all of the context surrounding the Instrumentality bit. Supposedlt there's a version that combines EoTV and EoE, but I never got around to watching it.
>they celebrate when Shinji decides he doesn't need it
I thought that was less about rejecting Instrumentality and more about accepting himself. Instrumentality isn't exactly portrayed positively in EoTV, but it's a lot less negative than EoE.
Thomas Sanchez
Guess Evangelion is a very tumblr-y show.
Josiah Garcia
To reject instrumentality is to accept himself. Since his self can't exist in instrumentality.
Gavin Morales
>Episode 19
There are better episodes, but I think one of the most striking and truly series-defining moment was 01 devouring Zeruel. There was so fucking much going on in that scene, and it was accomplished with so little.
>Animalistic imagery of this human-shaped "machine" devouring flesh
>The full awakening of Yui inside the Eva, not only refusing to listen to Gendo/Nerv, but also Shinji - AKA the first full scene of an Eva as an independent being (other than the few glimpses we had before, like it saving Shinji/Rei from the falling beam)
>That fucking roar and the blood
>The connotations for the rest of the series/the true meaning of Eva
>etc.
Aiden Reyes
OMEDETOU.
Asher Jenkins
>but it feels a lot different
Well, yeah, it does. It's from a different perspective. That's why it's interesting to see both and compare. There isn't anything that contradicts each other, really. The "alternate reality" of EoTV (teacher Misato, etc) is just one of many possible "dreams" (like the real world bits on EoE). The context and ideas are the same.
How do you think japanese people felt when they were shown the corpses of Misato and Ritsuko on EoTV? There was absolutely no context, they had to wait until EoE was released 2 years later to see what that was all about.
There's some other little details, like Asuka being shown inside Eva-02's cockpit in a fetal position (just as she is on EoE at the bottom of the lake, hiding from the JSSDF). This was shown in EoTV, but had no context. Regardless, it's proof that they already had all the basic script of EoE, but just decided to go for an abstract narrative that only focused on the characters' thoughts, and not the real world events.
>Supposedlt there's a version that combines EoTV and EoE
As far as I know, there's no such version, unless it's fan made.
The original Genesis releases in Japan for domestic video, Genesis:13 and Genesis:14, were released with each episode on each tape (Genesis:13 has both episodes 25, and Genesis:14 has both episodes 26), but they are separated, first the TV episode, then the movie one. Then there was the theatrical release which included Death(True)2 & Rebirth, and both Episodes 25' and 26'/The End of Evangelion.
The original DVD release (Volume 7), had all 4 episodes (25, 25', 26, 26') in 1 disc.
Jaxson Walker
>How do you think japanese people felt when they were shown the corpses of Misato and Ritsuko on EoTV? There was absolutely no context, they had to wait until EoE was released 2 years later to see what that was all about.
I never thought about this, shit must have been hard.
Dylan Taylor
I know how it ends, but I never read the whole thing - is the manga worth it? I really do like Sadamoto's art.
Liam Wright
If you're into young boys kissing each other, then sure.
Charles Rodriguez
Watch the complete TV series and The End of Evangelion first.
The manga was finished not too long ago, took ages for Sadamoto to finish it.
Manga ending is fine, it's a lot less cryptic than the anime ending, but at the same time less special. But yeah it's worth it nontheless, it has a lot of differences with the anime. But again, anime series and movie first.
David Foster
Everything the manga changes from the anime is absolute dogshit but I guess I didn't hate reading it
Matthew Bennett
>context and ideas are the same
Agreed, but like you said, even if the context was the same, we weren't shown any of it until EoE. It still works without it, because the character's thoughts were more important, but it still felt it left a lot unresolved. Also, EoE seemed like it did a bit better job handling the characters other than Shinji. It's definitely interesting to compare though, and I'm glad we have both.
>there's no such version, unless it's fan made
Yeah, I probably should've mentioned that it was fan made. I think they called it the Concurrency of Evangelion or something. I have no idea how well they handled it, but the idea seemed interesting at least.
It was different enough to keep my interest back when I read it, but I was pretty desperate for more Eva back then. I think I even read a few volumes of Angelic Days.
Zachary Young
The dancing one
Jaxson Butler
The Choice of Life, a.k.a. Toji gets crippled is my favorite.
Special mention to Hedgehog's Dilemma, which is special to me.
Carson Rogers
The one that Asuka and shinji have to train together to beat the twin angels IMHO
it had everything from comedy, action to more somber moments
24 was also really good, but im closet gay for kaworu so i might be biased