The rest of this review is going to be me breaking down the boxset from Gkids more than gushing about the anime itself. In short, it’s an absolute experience rather than simple entertainment. The show takes on child abuse, PTSD, and coming to grips with being a child when you’ve suffered so much. The last couple episodes really had me freaked out as a 14 year old kid, and even today it’s uncomfortable to watch. The show seems to be a basic mecha anime show on the surface, but it gets very psychologically twisted and dark as the show goes on. One thing I can say is, this is a very disturbing series. The history of the angels, their link to us, and the emotional turbulence of psychologically damaged Shinji and Asuka are better watched than told about. The 25 episode show is layered with tons of lore, and you really have to pay attention to the show to get it all. I hate to go into too much detail about the show simply because it is THAT dense. However, as the plot unfolds, it becomes clearer that the Angels are not just “some aliens”, but have a link to humanities past and future, and their very interactions with Rei, Asuka and Shinji will form the basis for one of the biggest anime reveals of all times. The head of the resistance (known as Nerv) uses his son Shinji to pilot the first mecha, only to bring in other damaged and troubled children (Rei and Asuka) to pilot additional mechas in their battle against the Angels. The humans form a resistance to these alien forces using mechas that neurologically link to their pilots minds. The show is violent, disturbing, twisted, sweet, and a true work of art that has earned itself the label of one of the most influential shows of all time in the anime genre.Įvangelion revolves around 2015 (20 years in the future at that point) when Earth is under attack by an alien force known as “Angels”. For those not in the know, Neon Genesis Evangelion is one of the most controversial and influential mecha anime shows from the golden age of Anime during the 90s.
For those in the know, this needs no introduction. Color me really surprised when Gkids was able to get the rights of Neon Genesis Evangelion from Netflix resulting in them releasing this for them. While Shout Factory does put out quite a bit of anime in recent times, usually they don’t put out too many series, and the series they DO put out aren’t the mainstream ones (outside of Studio Ghibli stuff).
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