/jp/ - Japan/Anime

It's not life changing if you're over the age of 13 but it's a cult classic and I think being "in the known" can't be a net negative. What I would do is watch the original run, then End of Evangelion and finally move on because the Rebuild sucks and isn't worth your time.

There's a certain time in your life to watch anything, and it's probably been overhyped to you.

>>44281
I don't understand why it's become popular with normalfags over the last 10+ years.

it's an anime, so it's automatically garbage if you're older than 13 (or mentally older than 13).

i remember watching it and it was basically a very cheaply animated mecha anime with the main character Shinji being a shy loser that gets bullied by everyone including his father, so you can self-insert as him like most anime dweebs. there was nothing noteworthy about it until the final episode which comes out of nowhere and gets a bit philosophical. there's "symbolism" throughout the series but even the director admits it was hack bullshit, like he added crosses and angels cuz "they seemed cool" with no real deeper message or point, but of course for the midwits it's all still very deep. the two anime babes aren't even particularly cute or interesting, despite wearing tight leather suits through the series. again, anime dweebs will assure you that these are the hottest succubi in anime but one is an angry bitch and the other is an empty vessel, so you get to pick your fetish, femdom or a puppet doll that has no desires or thoughts of her own.

>>44281
Genuinely one of the few shows I forced myself to finish because I kept thinking "surely it'll get better". I do not understand why people are so obsessed with it, I don't care about your show's supposed symbolism if the MC is so annoying he makes me want to quit watching your show. It just seemed like it's trying too hard to be deep and profound, which I guess is why it's been so popular with normies as of late.

>>44283
Yeah, kinda was. I remember my older sibling watched it, so I saw some glimpses of it. Not sure if it aged poorly, though. Probably has.

>>44286
>It just seemed like it's trying too hard to be deep and profound, which I guess is why it's been so popular with normies as of late.
That's kind of precisely why it was popular in anime circles. But this shit has existed for over 20 years, why is it suddenly "cool" now? I KNOW if I tried to show this to any of my…"friends" is the wrong word, acquaintances is better, if I tried to show this to them back then, they would ask me why I was still watching cartoons at my age.

>>44285
I mean, it was cool for it's organic mecha for the time. And I can see why it had it's hooks for 90s nerds/otaku, like it's specifically designed *for* them.

All I can understand is that anime has become "cool" enough that it will absorb (or has absorbed) shit like NGE, the same way it's absorbed things like Taxi Driver. I see so many "literally me" vids polluting the internet of Travis Bickle but you ask any of them if they've ACTUALLY sat down and watch Taxi Driver, most of them will say no.

>>44289
>why is it suddenly "cool" now?
Because the overton window has shifted and anime is now generally accepted by the normie population. Most probably just watch whatever shonen show is popular at the moment but I guess some normies think they can differentiate themselves by watching "more profound" shows. Normies always try to prove their individuality by doing minor deviations on what is popular and safe. Being into NGE is just an expression of that I think.

>>44281
Corpse Party is so niche I wish there was more stuff like it. There's a lack of good horror anime and content

>>44281
just watch it to the end and tell us if it was worth it

I remember NGE being a sort of gateway drug for proto-weebs in the early 00's. If you wanted to go a step beyond Dragonball Z and Sailor Moon, you'd watch shit like NGE and Elfen Lied. I suppose there was a pseudo-profundity or perceived maturity surrounding those shows that appealed to 13 year old nerds. Nudity, violence, philosophical and psychological themes being touched upon (no matter how shallow) give a veneer of seriousness to any show when you're 13 because the only other thing you know is Pokemon.

Where can you find Evangelion subbed?

>>44311
I don't really stream anime since I already have what I want downloaded on my PC but I just searched a few anime websites to see which have survived the animewebsiteholocaust and also work on my browser just fine, first I found is called reanime dot to

Damn this also has made me realize that a shit ton of anime websites have gotten wiped out of the map, I was smelling worldwide censorship shenanigans in 2025 and started archiving all sorts of media on my pc, everyone should do this too.

>>44311
>Hasn't been watching old anime long enough to even know the basics of finding torrents
>Immediately wants Evengelion
Proof that this trash anime is an entry point for tourists

>>44312
>>44313
I can only find the subbed version on internet archive. It's a grainy vhs rip though.

>>44314
Well then I'm glad to see that gatekeeping isn't even necessary if this is the level of entrants we're dealing with. You can't even find the gate. Not that the gate protecting bad-on-purpose garbage like Evengelion is worth keeping, but in time actual good anime may fall victim to the "suddenly popular with gay emo normalfags" treatment and when that happens I'll be thankful that most of them don't actually know how to use a computer well enough to acquire anime.