I’m finishing up my review of Evangelion 1.01: You Are (Not) Alone, but before I post the review (which is late), I thought it would helpful to briefly to talk about my introduction to Neon Genesis Evangelion.
I think every Eva fan goes through a journey while watching the series.
I remember the first time I saw Neon Genesis Evangelion. It was ten years after it’s Japanese debut in 1995 and Rachel and I figured it was finally time to watch it. I had a few preconceived ideas about the series – it sounded overrated; the lead (Shinji Ikari) sounded annoying, they were a bunch of 14 year-olds; blah blah blah. Needless to say, I wasn’t too excited to watch it. But at the end of Shinji’s first Eva/Angel battle I had changed my mind! And so I became an Eva fan….at least until the final episodes. Actually, it wasn’t the episodes themselves that made continually scream at the television…it was the OVAs that were the last straw!
The series kind of faded away in my mind for a while, until I heard about Rebuild of Evangelion. A chance to re-do the series in film format? Sign me up!
So at long last, here we find ourselves with the first of four ‘re-imagined’ Eva films – Evangelion 1.01: You Are (Not) Alone – debuted on DVD by Funimation last month. And so that leads us up to today, where I’m wrapping up a review of the first film.
Until then, let’s talk about what you liked/loved or disliked/hated about Evangelion 1.01: You Are (Not) Alone!
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