Before Adam-based life - the Angels - could form however, Lilith of the Black Moon crashed on Earth, setting off all Lilith-based life, or "Lilim," in an event known as First Impact. Of course, two Seeds of Life wound up on Earth: Earth's designated Seed, Adam of the White Moon, landed first, with his Moon/Egg becoming our Moon. While Hideaki Anno expects you to find your own answers, we've deep-dived into everything Evangelion to give you a cheat sheet on its most confusing parts. Don't expect to be catered to all the time. We will never offer the answers, even in the theatrical version. In other words, we're offering viewers to think by themselves, so that each person can imagine his/her own world. Any person can see it and give his/her own answer.
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To quote series creator Hideaki Anno: " Evangelion is like a puzzle, you know. Furthermore, most of the supplemental material for Evangelion exists as Classified Information: a (somewhat) canonical compendium originally available in 2003's Japan-exclusive Neon Genesis Evangelion 2 for Playstation 2.Įven if you caught every detail in Evangelion, however, the series still demands the viewer to garner their own interpretation. Likewise, nonsensical jargon like "Pilot's response is verging on infinite zero!" is often sprinkled in for hyperbolic set dressing. For starters, the show gradually gets metaphysical, with the overarching hidden plot advancing in easy-to-miss details.
See, Neon Genesis Evangelion is deliberately abstract. RELATED: Neon Genesis Evangelion Translator Reacts to Dub Controversy Whatever gave you pause - you are not alone.
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Maybe you were following along, only to be bamboozled by the transforming Spear of Longinus, that one live-action shot of a movie theater or everyone suddenly bursting into orange Fanta. So, you've just watched Neon Genesis Evangelion on Netflix and you have no idea what that was all about. On the surface, Evangelion is a giant robot anime in which teenage pilots controlling the gigantic Eva Series battle monsters known as Angels, frequently fighting under a ticking clock for dramatic purposes.Ībout halfway through the series, however, Neon Genesis Evangelion gets straight-up weird. WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for Neon Genesis Evangelion, now streaming on Netflix.