In honor of this comment (well, and because my boyfriend bought them for Christmas) I watched Evangelion 1.11: You are (not) alone and Evangelion 2.22: You can (not) advance.
Without spoiling too much, let me just say that they are everything I ever wanted from the Evangelion franchise. They are visually stunning, and the CGI is spectacularly well-blended with the hand-drawn bits. It may very well be the most well-drawn anime to date.
The first two movies cover most of the plot from the original series up to episode 24, but practically every filler episode has been omitted. Sadly, this means most of Ritsuko’s character has to be cut, but—just like Gendo—I’m willing to sacrifice her to attain this result. All of the old mysteries have been more or less clarified to my satisfaction, though a few new ones are now being introduced.
Many of the English voice actors have returned—most importantly, Tiffany Grant and Spike Spencer. Ritsuko’s new VA has a much deeper voice than the old one, which was somewhat disorienting but still okay. The only criticism I have regarding the English cast is that Gendo’s VA tried too hard to match the old catchphrases, but then reinterpreted the character everywhere else.
In terms of lore, we now have much more canonical translations for various sticking points in the original series. For example: what does it mean when an Eva “neutralizes the phase space” with its AT field? Now, we can more-or-less confidently say—it “breaks through” the enemy’s AT field, instead of the more vague “eroding it.”
Most of the main cast has taken at least one (and in Misato’s case, several) levels of rationalist. As shocked as I was by various other sources claiming Shinji had become a badass, I have to agree with them.
I’d be interested to know if anyone had watched Rebuild before seeing the original series.
In honor of this comment (well, and because my boyfriend bought them for Christmas) I watched Evangelion 1.11: You are (not) alone and Evangelion 2.22: You can (not) advance.
Without spoiling too much, let me just say that they are everything I ever wanted from the Evangelion franchise. They are visually stunning, and the CGI is spectacularly well-blended with the hand-drawn bits. It may very well be the most well-drawn anime to date.
The first two movies cover most of the plot from the original series up to episode 24, but practically every filler episode has been omitted. Sadly, this means most of Ritsuko’s character has to be cut, but—just like Gendo—I’m willing to sacrifice her to attain this result. All of the old mysteries have been more or less clarified to my satisfaction, though a few new ones are now being introduced.
Many of the English voice actors have returned—most importantly, Tiffany Grant and Spike Spencer. Ritsuko’s new VA has a much deeper voice than the old one, which was somewhat disorienting but still okay. The only criticism I have regarding the English cast is that Gendo’s VA tried too hard to match the old catchphrases, but then reinterpreted the character everywhere else.
In terms of lore, we now have much more canonical translations for various sticking points in the original series. For example: what does it mean when an Eva “neutralizes the phase space” with its AT field? Now, we can more-or-less confidently say—it “breaks through” the enemy’s AT field, instead of the more vague “eroding it.”
Most of the main cast has taken at least one (and in Misato’s case, several) levels of rationalist. As shocked as I was by various other sources claiming Shinji had become a badass, I have to agree with them.
I’d be interested to know if anyone had watched Rebuild before seeing the original series.