Actually, Ode to Joy is apparently a spiritual celebration of the ideal of unity and brotherhood of all mankind, which is the ultimate goal of Nerv's Instrumentality project.
At the time it was hailed as a reinvention of the giant robot genre. It places a focus on the character's emotional breakdown over the course of the series. It also eventually bucks conventions by abandoning the plot's continuity in favor of abstract imagery that wanders through the minds of the characters. Some of the best animation for its era. It is an interesting psycho-sociological commentary for the philosophically minded - the movie is also quite disturbing. Highly recommended!
Basically, NGE took every little thing about mecha anime and turned it on it's head. It shows how messed up the individuals who are in those series would actually be. The point where people start to get turned off is when the series focuses more on Shinji. At that point, it becomes less about the mechas, and it becomes more about each characters personal journey.
Oh yes, it also has some of the most messed up scenes in any anime, that still shock to this day.
Not only that but, scenes from the last few episodes and movie, that show these seemingly flat characters are deeper. Ritsuko is a good example, she starts off as just the regular scientist, Ms. Exposition, until we see just how many secrets she knows. After that she becomes much more sinister and sad.
Evangelion is one the cinema's finest achievements. Hideaki Anno crafted a masterpiece as radical and unconventional that comparing it to Orson Welles and Citizen Kane is very believable!
Oh hey I saw this at the beginning of Destroy All Monsters too! I've tracked down the Battle Angel trailer too. But I sadly can't find Gunhed anywhere. Though I heard that flick was lame.
Still three awesome trailers before one awesome movie. Win.
Edited this trailer back when I worked at ADV. Yeah its all action sequence based but I sorta opt'ed for that at the time, it was actually just a bonus trailer out of all the trailers made for the at that time. Pure experiement wing it goodness..
My problem with this trailer is that it focuses exclusively on the action sequences, with no shots whatsoever being lent to the REAL subject matter of Evangelion - the characters.
Funny how this trailer only shows the least important part of the anime.
ndalum75 10 months ago
this took awhile to come out in america...it was worth the buy...
ShY1CAS 10 months ago
best.
TheJericho9090 1 year ago
my favorite anime .. all time
darkxhino 1 year ago
did this air on TV? What channel and when?
tonyz79 2 years ago
Download it Man in HQ its worth it trust me. Its tha best thing ive wathed in my life
big1234333 2 years ago
well i was just wondering where the specific trailer is from. i've watched the series and it is the best ive watched and probably will ever watch =]
tonyz79 2 years ago
Here in Venezuela It was aired on Locomotion, one of the best evangelion´s trailers ever
Gunkateka 2 years ago
awesome!
tonyz79 2 years ago
Evangelion aired on Adult Swim for like 2 or 3 full runs. Then it never showed up again, sadly :/
DouchebagChocolat 2 years ago
Yeah i know, they should air it again
EVERYBODY MESSAGE ADULT SWIM MAKE 'EM PUT EVANGELION BACK ON !!!!!!!
tonyz79 2 years ago
Like 1999-2003 On and off SBS if you lived in australia
JamesInokeDyer 2 years ago
it didn't air on tv to the best of my knowledge.
thedictatorfan 2 years ago
@thedictatorfan it did in japan in late 1995 to very early 1996 since it was only 26 episodes
LolzBear 1 year ago
@LolzBear Yep your right i forgot about that.
thedictatorfan 1 year ago
Ode to Joy is now my favourite song of all time...@_@
wingedswordslayer 2 years ago 5
i can just say amazing
TheSantiagoShow 2 years ago 4
still find it amazing.
ju175 2 years ago 4
Dude I saw this trailer years ago, It´s soooo cooool
Gunkateka 2 years ago 3
name the song
MarcosMora 3 years ago 2
Ode to Joy from Beethovens 9th symphony.
1illtown 2 years ago 2
gotta say, the music killed it for me. but the clips were good.
bsktbll28082 3 years ago
Actually, Ode to Joy is apparently a spiritual celebration of the ideal of unity and brotherhood of all mankind, which is the ultimate goal of Nerv's Instrumentality project.
Kentama 3 years ago
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Seehafeningwer 3 years ago
and BTW, what is the song called?
TaurusType 3 years ago
Ode to Joy from Beethoven's 9th symphony.
Kentama 3 years ago
Can anyone tell me why NGE is good and why I should definitely take a look at it
TaurusType 3 years ago
At the time it was hailed as a reinvention of the giant robot genre. It places a focus on the character's emotional breakdown over the course of the series. It also eventually bucks conventions by abandoning the plot's continuity in favor of abstract imagery that wanders through the minds of the characters. Some of the best animation for its era. It is an interesting psycho-sociological commentary for the philosophically minded - the movie is also quite disturbing. Highly recommended!
Kentama 3 years ago
Basically, NGE took every little thing about mecha anime and turned it on it's head. It shows how messed up the individuals who are in those series would actually be. The point where people start to get turned off is when the series focuses more on Shinji. At that point, it becomes less about the mechas, and it becomes more about each characters personal journey.
Oh yes, it also has some of the most messed up scenes in any anime, that still shock to this day.
Spec671 2 years ago 2
I hope you mean asuka's mind rape scene which influenced all other anime to actually go deeper into the heads of their characters...
Raxer21 2 years ago 2
Not only that but, scenes from the last few episodes and movie, that show these seemingly flat characters are deeper. Ritsuko is a good example, she starts off as just the regular scientist, Ms. Exposition, until we see just how many secrets she knows. After that she becomes much more sinister and sad.
Spec671 2 years ago 2
Just.. Beautiful
124Archangel 3 years ago
Great trailer! ^^ NGE in a nutshell.
sergio0011 3 years ago
One of the greatest animes EVER!!!!^_^
(que(sp) awsome music and mind shattering Explosions)
O_O That..is..EPIC
VoidOmega111 3 years ago 3
PAUSE IT AT 1:03!!!
Ritsuko's shot body in End of Evangelion!
JinRenegade 3 years ago
whoa.....nice spot
DrTranizRisingChaos 3 years ago
if real church was more like tis I would become a priest
timmerman222 3 years ago 16
Evangelion is one the cinema's finest achievements. Hideaki Anno crafted a masterpiece as radical and unconventional that comparing it to Orson Welles and Citizen Kane is very believable!
Casablanca3491 3 years ago 2
NGE is absolutely, completely definitively the most freaking outstanging anime ever!!!
LoN137 3 years ago 4
=3 !
ThePRPD 3 years ago
Greatest anime EVER!!!!!!!
Lelouch597 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
strangest choice of music in a trailer ever.
JazTony 3 years ago
Not really... if you were a fan, you would know that it fits perfectly.
eaglesnest15 3 years ago 4
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Jasanos84 3 years ago 2
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TaurusType 3 years ago
BEST SHOW EVER
I LOVE IT! <3
LaReeh95 3 years ago 3
that looks interesting.
dogpup23 3 years ago
It's pretty well synced, I have to admit.
trykozko 3 years ago
perfect
carnage1986 3 years ago
Same ;)
JinRenegade 4 years ago
You either love or hate Evangelion, i love it.
pcnerdjack14 4 years ago 24
@pcnerdjack14
You either understand, or don't understand Evangelion
If you understand it, you will love it.
If you don't have any brain, you will hate it.
MuKo18 5 months ago
The trailer I saw so long ago a such a young age (well, it seems that long) before the start of 'Destroy All Monsters'...
Who would have thought I'd become such a big Eva fan in the future.
PastShadow 4 years ago
Oh hey I saw this at the beginning of Destroy All Monsters too! I've tracked down the Battle Angel trailer too. But I sadly can't find Gunhed anywhere. Though I heard that flick was lame.
Still three awesome trailers before one awesome movie. Win.
Irrelevant402 3 years ago
hey whaddya know! I did too! Funny, how I still remember how awesome this trailer was even back then.
TaurusType 3 years ago
DAM = Epic Win!
Zeltor 2 years ago
yess, siCc widd itt!
^_^
luv it. <3
ladyxcalamity 4 years ago
yes, this trailer is good on DVD. and on loud!!!!! noises
princessasuka91 4 years ago
Edited this trailer back when I worked at ADV. Yeah its all action sequence based but I sorta opt'ed for that at the time, it was actually just a bonus trailer out of all the trailers made for the at that time. Pure experiement wing it goodness..
floozyspeak 5 years ago
Really!? Then can you tell me which edition of Freude schöner Götterfunken it is?
TaurusType 3 years ago
My problem with this trailer is that it focuses exclusively on the action sequences, with no shots whatsoever being lent to the REAL subject matter of Evangelion - the characters.
gatotsu911 5 years ago
that is basically the point of this trailer, to draw the people in with kick-ass action.
soldierofdragons 4 years ago 4
PLZ the name of the sonf i've been looking 4 it since i first heard it PLZ some1 tell me the name
Dragoliber 5 years ago
"ode to joy" dude how could you not know lol
jimothy183 4 years ago 6
what's the music on the background , I like it
goddesfreackz 5 years ago
It's called Ode to Joy, and it's been popular for about 250 years. Check it out sometime.
gatotsu911 5 years ago 4
YES! I've been looking for this! Thank you.
KefkaJr 5 years ago
Absolutely awesome.
JinRenegade 5 years ago
Love this trailer. If you have this on DVD, play the trailer with surround sound on. Thats when it truely shines.
WoolyOmpus 5 years ago