I'm going to watch Evangelion for the first time.

Ok, yea, I know. Berate me for having not watched this 10 years ago, I deserve it. I've known about NGE for the longest time, I've heard so many good things about it, and I know it fits everything I want in a series, but I just never picked it up.

But now that I have, how should I watch it? English or the original? Should I watch the directors cuts during or after? What about the OVA's?

For a series as large and epic as this one I want to get it right!

you are too late. don't matter it's stupid series. :lol:

Stupid series? I think it isn't - o -

Hunt only for eps bearing 'director's cut' or 'renewal' tags (standard episodes with bonus content) . The OAVs should be watched after the series. The first one (Death & Rebirth) is basically the retelling of the series plus some bonus scenes also present in the renewal/dc version or the second OAV, so you might as well skip it and watch 'End of Evangelion' only.

This is what I'd watch : 1-20/25-26 (renewal) + 21-24 (director's cut) + End of Evangelion


@FreeNadia - It's never too late to watch a series and you should refrain from calling something stupid just because you didn't like/understand it. Evangelion didn't become and icon in the anime universe without reason...

Dude, you rock.

But, English or Moonspeak? I hear the English voice acting is some of the best in anime, but I usually avoid it because it often comes off as forced or cheesy, and there is some loss in translation, but is it still the case in this series?

The dub has a solid opinion but I didn't experience it. All dubs fail IMO...
I'd watch in jap.

I've seen both, and I think the english dub fits the characters a little more than the jap.

It was a great series, and you might want to watch it a second time if you don't get it the first time around. I had to but thats cause the first time I watched it I was like 12

Wtf? I liked Evangelion. I still listen to it's awesome opening.

He's right. This is a good series though, alot of fun to watch, good music, and hot girls.


Yeah, it gets a bit trippy, but not to the point where you have no idea what's going on anymore. It's a pretty solid show.

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This, but seriously, yes there can be a lot of dislike for this series(and an overwhelming amount of love) amongst ppl, and others like to state reasons like, "you just didn't get it" etc, but essentially this is a series that you gotta watch to actually form you own opinion, now if some one where to simple say it fails after not even seeing it in its entirety(being the a fore mention order by dasiek) don't bother with em, this is just my advice to you zelda1899, hope you enjoy it, and figure out your own interpretation of it.

How can you not like the series. It's a good series. It may get confusing but it's still good.

agreed
but admit. it was a weird and fucked up series. :?
Gendo Ikari. what a fucked up guy.
i went to a con recently where someone cosplayed as him. the cosplay contest hall was cheering like crazy

My advice: either don't watch, or watch it with copious amounts of drugs/alcohol.

Unless you enjoy whiny emos, faux philosophizing, and poorly thought out symbolism NGE is not an enjoyable experience, especially once you get past the first few episodes, which are, you know, the exposition.

The main epic thing about NGE is the epicness of the degree to which Shinji is a whiny emo bitch.

Of course, that's my opinion. Some people love it, so watch it and form your own opinion. Considering all the supposedly philosophical monologues that characters have, you probably want a subbed version so meaning isn't lost.

I think I might join you there.

Also, aren't they coming out with another movie or something?

If you're a fan of mecha, watch it since Evangelion revolutionized the genre. The beginning and the middle are quite good, but seeing as how the director was combating depression and was lacking in funds for the series, the show gets a little whacked. If you you really put you're mind to it, you might be able to piece a few things together in the end to get the meaning. :P



Yes, there are going to be 4 movies to it and they're called Rebuild of Evangelion. It's supposed to be a retelling of the series with better animation and an easier to understand story. Also, the final movie is going to be an alternate retelling of the ending.

I remember reading about that. But on another note, Mmmm Asuka. :D

This might be a bad time for me to say that I still haven't watched this series either. As a result, I've stayed away from discussions about it lest I read an un-spoiled spoiler.
I just never got around to it. I've been meaning to, but I get sidetracked with other series, rl, and all sorts of other things. Maybe I'll finally watch it as well.

i was not a fan of the series, but that should have no bearing on anything beyond my own self.

I saw it in bits and pieces. First few episodes, 7 and 9, and whichever one involved that Cannibalism thing.

God fucking damn, but Unit 0 fucking ripping into an angel with it's jaws scared me to hell as a kid.

Anyway, I can offer two bits of opinion data.

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2, It could have been a good show, but instead it became the butt of a lot of Emo jokes, introduced another template for pathetic male leads, won several fan awards for having the most convulated yet sensible and extremely fan abuse-y plot and for having the world's most pathetic male lead, period.

Watch it if you can stomach the world's most whiny piece of shit complaining about, in order, "Whaa, Daddy doesn't love me! I don't WANT to pilot the giant sexy robot! Daddy still doesn't love me! Girls scare me! I like Asuka, but she scares me! Daddy still doesn't love me! Whaaa!"

Watch the Renewal (Platinum) edition. As somebody else said, watch the director's cut version of episode 21 to 24. Then watch End of Evangelion. Then watch Rebuild. So, in this order:

Renewal (Platinum) ep. 1-20 -> D.C. 21-24 -> standard 25-26 -> End of Evangelion -> Rebuild of Evangelion