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  • It's sped up

  • I sooo LOVE this opening, it's just perfect!!!

  • amoooo esto :D

  • 2deep4u bullshit

    Nice song though.

  • whether you like the show or not you can't deny the awesomeness of this opening

  • Having watched to entirety nearly 500 different animes, I have to say that this is undoubtedly THE BEST anime opening sequence EVER. There is an art to portraying a series and its roots in the 1 minute and 30 second sequence prior to the first scene - in this opening you get all of the emotions of the series without ever being cheated by the melody. Evangelion is certainly not the best anime ever, but its opening sequence is inarguably the most perfectly portrayed.

  • @requiemsama I totally agree with your opinion on the op, still I can't thumbs up because I seriously think that Evangelion IS the best anime ever. I have the impression the prevalent opinion is that Evangelion is a very good series but nothing more than that. Am I the only one thinking that Eva is the most incredible anime ever made and that no other anime series can even come close to its perfection?

  • @TheUniquePizza35 I understand what you're saying, but there are a plethora of other series which rim on perfection. For starters, some of the elements in Shinji's psychological battle with the Evas are disputably cliche, which is particularly true for the many of my friends who label him a wimp and write him off 3 or 4 episodes into the series. If the main protagonist cannot relate to an average, teenage male's psyche, it can't be a perfect series at all.

  • @TheUniquePizza35 Well, I have to say, Evangelion is my favorite anime ever! I love it but like a fan of anime... I can't say is the best anime ever, I accept there are mistakes in the anime and well, Is really really good, I watch it 26 times and countin, there's no anime who can compare with but, is not the best anime evere and forever... obviously I love Evangelion and I'm not saying is not good xD

    Excuse my bad english... I'm not very good in this xD

  • @TheUniquePizza35 Well, I have to say, Evangelion is my favorite anime ever! I love it but like a fan of anime... I can't say is the best anime ever, I accept there are mistakes in the anime and well, Is really really good, I watch it 26 times and countin, there's no anime who can compare with but, is not the best anime evere and forever... obviously I love Evangelion and I'm not saying is not good xD

    Excuse my bad english... I'm not very good in this xD

  • @requiemsama yes is true but some 1 r geting that level and some 1 old r in that level O.o even if u dont belive it is true i know it cos is a very good anime soo look samuria x the op all the ops and u will see it

  • @requiemsama favourite anime of all time?

  • just because you don't like this doesn't mean this is a poor anime. people understand this anime as a great anime because this anime make you think and look at things differently, but that could also bring some people to great disturbance. which is the purpose of this piece of art.

  • This is pretty much my benchmark for anime openings.

  • i never got a chance to watch this in Adult wim when i ws a kid

  • Out of sync, therefore worthless

  • I missed listening to this! !

  • I didn't like this anime but the op is good.

  • i am no hate this anime but, is my opinion that could be better

  • mierda a qui ai puuros frikys americanos shessss ojala q nadie entinda mi comentario XD FULLL BOUTERFLLY si yo tambien ^saber ingles^ XD!!!!

  • You guys should check out Bokurano - similar to Evangelion in the sense of children piloting big robots, but more realistic, universal and depressing (The robot s are 500m tall and they run on life energy.)

  • I love 90'S version.

    I don't like rebuild it make for capitalism

  • MUY BUENO!!!...

  • The EVA assault rifle looks just like a Steyr ACR, the pistol is a giant Desert Eagle XIX.

  • The sound and audio is perfect, but I noticed that the audio delayed a bit, because the opening follows the rhythm of the song, so that the audio delay messed the rhythm up. But don't be sad, it's a constructive comment, I'm not here do let you down, OK?

  • Evangelion is so perfect! Fuckk the Narutos and the newest animes! I want Evangelion back <3

  • The audio quality is godly

  • I think the opening song is pretty good, but it is never the best anime ever

    there are better animes out there and yes, i understood what was happening

    this is my opinion, live with it

  • @Tiffymaus123 best anime of 1990s! followed by conan. but one of the most overrated too.

  • @CodenameBourbon no, just no

    conan is great, yes, but of the 1990s.. it is surely not your opinion, but Sailor Moon, Pokemon, Digimon are much better than evangelion in my opinion

    maybe because i like monsters much, but really, not the best

  • @Tiffymaus123 I am afraid Sailor moon and Digimon aren't the same genres as Eva....it would make sense if you compare it with Gundam or Patlabor. I mean I like both Digimon and Eva, but I won't say which one is better because they are not comparable.

    ; So basicly I am guessing you don't like mecha anime;

  • @victorwongvw i compared time, but...

    i like mecha but.. i say how it is, i do not like the story =/

  • @Tiffymaus123 .... =_=  , well, fair enough, I suppose Eva is not really for everyone since it is quite complicated and psychic...

  • @Tiffymaus123

    Evangelion is not a mecha anime. You simply didn't watch it or you didn't get into de story. Evangelion involves thinking from the spectator, which is kind a rare thing nowadays. In both anime and spectators.

  • @9OmniSlash6 yes, it is a mecha anime, the gigantig robots who are being pilots are mechas, therefore it is a mecha anime (and it has many more themes, but that's beside the point)

    i watched it and i know what the story is about (like i said, read the answered comments)

    the watcher has very often to think about the happenings in animes, evangelion isn't the only one.

    Inform yourself before you begin to write, thanks -.-

  • @Tiffymaus123

    You obviously didn't see it as well. Eva's are not mechas nor humanoids, but somekind of aliens. Well, Eva Unit 00, 02, 03, 04... come from Adam (the first Angel) and Unit 01 comes from Lilith (the 2nd Angel). The mankind is the 18th Angel (Lilim) seen in EoE which destroyed the own mankind itself. Angels are forms of which the mankind could have been and has been created. Adam created all the Angels and Lilith the humans. The story is somehow a bit too complex i agree.

  • @9OmniSlash6 *facepalm*

    one.genre.of.evangelion.is.mec­ha.

    copied from Wikipedia only for you:

    Genre: Mecha, Apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic, Drama, Psychological horror

    there you have it, if you don't believe me search the english site or some other source you know

    animes have genres like many other things (like music as example)

    i saw that anime. once. and that was enough

    i know the story, you don't have to tell me it, stop trying to agure with me already ._.

  • @Tiffymaus123 wikipedia is NEVER wrong

  • @kapateze in thought, wikipedia not always right

    after all it can be edited by everyone, and we are not always right

  • @Tiffymaus123 lol i forgot to put (sarcasm) but i thout it was pretty obvious

  • @kapateze i thought you were one of these people who actually believe that Wikipedia is always right

    I am glad that you are not

  • @Tiffymaus123 well, sailor moon drags too long and so does pokemon, which now bore me. this one was short and excellent, while having deep character and plot. conan comes closely second! cuz it's awesome(love ai and conan)

  • @Tiffymaus123

    So what do you like better?

    Just curious.

  • @Discreetuserhandle well im no Tiffymaus ....but I agree xD I thought a long list was better... Eureka Seven ToraDora Clannad Code Geass Ghost in the Shell Blood+ Lovely Complex Tokyo magnitude 8.0 AnoHana Monster Just personal preference.
  • @hinatahyuuga10000

    >Liking Clannad better than Evangelion

    God just kill me now,

  • @Discreetuserhandle Oh stop that. Clannad was a beautiful series created out of love and compassion. Evangelion was a crazy series created for the therapy of a man who was divorced by his wife. Being a woman, I would like clannad better. xD

  • @hinatahyuuga10000

    More like a shitty moeshit anime. Durr, am i kawaii uguuuuuuuuu ~~

    It wasn't therapy, it was a deconstruction of the mecha genre made by him because at the time he hated the anime fanbase. It isn't some crazy pointless series either, it had meaning. You just can't see it because you lack the skills to analyze fiction.

    What is with women and liking shitty romance but not fantastic deconstructive works?

    >Not implying all romance is shitty, 5 centimeters a second was good

  • @Discreetuserhandle Dude calm down. If I knew you were making this into a fight I would not have commented. I never said eva was bad. I just said there are series which I think were better. And I correct myslelf. Clannad was shit. Clanad ~after story~ is what I meant. I correct myself again...not created for the therapy but became a type of therapy seeing as he was dealing with depression and had many psychological added to eva. It was a pot of complicated emotions ...to be continued

  • @Discreetuserhandle I never said it was crazy or pointless. I know it had meaning. You are really taking this the wrong way.... Its just IMO there are better anime out there. " You just can't see it because you lack the skills to analyze fiction." Dont start attacking me man. Lets just stick to talking about the shows.

    Like I said I never said I disliked it IF I DISLIKED EVA I WOULD NOT HAVE WATCHED THE WHOLE SERIES. I only watch things that interest me.

  • @Discreetuserhandle @Discreetuserhandle I never said it was crazy or pointless. I know it had meaning. You are really taking this the wrong way.... Its just IMO there are better anime out there. " You just can't see it because you lack the skills to analyze fiction." Dont start attacking me man. Lets just stick to talking about the shows.

    Like I said I never said I disliked it IF I DISLIKED EVA I WOULD NOT HAVE WATCHED THE WHOLE SERIES. I only watch things that interest me.

  • @Discreetuserhandle

    I dont watch shitty romance. I do watch awesome works. And f you want specifics that put me off in evangelion there was a few things ( without these things it would be one of the best I saw) The naked scenes with the girls. Main kid being pervert about it. That one scene with vainy breasts. This show was filled with male sexual tension. TURN OFF. IM FEMALE. Not to mention both female characters were freaks that I could never relate to. The male was normal.BUT IM NOT MALE.

  • @hinatahyuuga10000 Because gender really determines how you relate to a character...

  • @evilameba1 No, but it does have a factor. Especially if the show is from a males perspective.

    -_- dont stupefy my opinion

  • @Discreetuserhandle Those aren't BIG deals to me because its all too common in shounen anime, but it just made it slightly less important on my favorites list. out of the 60+ anime I have watched it still ranks in the top 20. so stop ripping on me. OPINION. ( sorry for writing so much...but I wanna make u understand xD)

    Baby, I know.

  • @Discreetuserhandle OH and could you reply in PMs if you do reply......if not, ill replay in PMs...not enough space here...gets annoying to type that damn code 359384 times

  • @Tiffymaus123 it is the best. live with it

  • This is hardly the best anime ever.

  • code geass was better

  • this song is wayyy too happy for the anime...but hey its great :)

  • I remember when this first came out. While I was a junior in highschool. My friend used to order imported VHS tapes straight from japan. It was cool as hell because we got to see the off the wall japanese commercials in between the segments. This anime got really deep into religion and had some controversial scenes that Gainax almost got their plug pulled because of those scenes. Nonetheless, an instant classic. I feel old as hell just thinking about this.

  • @ramennoodlechef It didn't ever get deep into religion.

  • If this is what happened every time an animator gets divorced the world would have such better anime.

  • ...i love this song...

    There I said it! T_T

  • The first episodes: Really awesome! Mid episode: Wait, I dont get it Ending, including movie: What the fu-

  • Gundam with gore.

    You know it's true.

  • @TehMarche Nah, that's Rebuild. Main Evangelion was Gundam with LOL DEEP.

  • 15 people didnt see the tree of life at the beginning

  • jme rend compte aujourdhui comment c'était naz... mais j'était à fond dedan.. xD

  • song is slower than the visuals

  • One of the great exponents of the genre mecha animes like Macross, Mazinger Z, Gundam Wing, Tengen Toppa Gurren Laggan, Vandread and many more

  • Only seen 2 episodes and I really like it. Hood animation, -.- not like Bleach or Naruto were the stand and talk for 10 mins

  • @raichann No in this anime they talk way more, you know when you look more :D

  • Best anime opening ever!

  • wooow *-*

    what is the name of the song?

    pls

  • @dayc93 Cruel angels thesis

  • I didn't like this anime that much... But I loved this opening one of the best openings ever :)

  • 12 people who dislike this are douchebags.

  • this is one of my first anime i watched my dad introduce it to me

  • Ich hab vor kurzem angefangen, Nen genesis Evangelion zu gucken.

    Ich finde es manchmal leicht dämlich, aber ich mag es :D

    ~

    I started to watch this anime yesterday. Sometimes I think it's very stupid, but I like it through :D

  • one of the best openings what i see on my life , also openings as death note , dragon ball , and full metal alchemist

  • Oh, the memories...

  • Oh, this brings back me some good memories

  • The best anime ever. Every time I watch this opening, give me creeps just to remember the entire story. Oh God, I must see it again.

  • It's a very interesting anime I have seen it :)

  • this is my favourite intro of all anime even though i havent even seen this anime!

  • anyone notice the tree....

  • this anime made me think about the future world!!!

  • young boy...become a legend!

  • i dont like this anime... dragon ball is better

  • @tiagotre1

    U like dragon ball cuz u didnt understand Evangelion.

  • @tiagotre1 you are an idiot without remedy

  • @tiagotre1 this anime was great. I also like dragon ball z but man thats only if u get bored and wanna watch people fight eachother this anime actually talks about humans and how they should take things as adults.

  • @tiagotre1 WTF are U amish

  • @tiagotre1 probably you don't like it because is very psycho / anti religious

  • @raffa0001 Evangelion is anti religious? How? Or am i misunderstanding the entire conversation.

  • @superdubman999 make a little research about it, however... i like evangelion

  • I can't unsee Kaworu

  • aunque al pj principal lo encontraba medio homosexual igual me gustaba la serie xD

  • Ah this makes me remember when anime meant something.Before it was all emo bullshit.

  • @Brocakedonut word. Man lots of good anime back in the day.

  • QUESTION: Can I watch End Of Evangelion before finishing the anime/manga??? Please tell me because I would love to watch the anime, and I've heard that it is very amazing and symbolic, but the movie also looks totally kick-ass and I want to know if it will make sense to the plot or not. I'll watch the anime either way, just want to know if I can watch the movie. I've watched the anime up to about episode 10-15 I believe...

  • I never noticed that Kaworu appears in the op, he's like an easter egg here. You can see him after the AT_Field Frame in a red colored frame, before rei (+/- at 1:10). He appears for 0.1 sec so its hard to see.

    btw best anime ever

  • なんで削除されないのだろう・・・

    これは一時期徹底的に狙われてたのに・・・

  • Aside from the superb animation in this show; I also like this song. For its time the quality of the animation was awesome and it set the bar. This song is also a good example what good J-pop is. However, everything else in Evangelion, particularly the symbolism, philosophy, character development , and plot line SUCKED ASS!

  • @cn012891pat wat the hell are u saying everything about evangelion is great if everything about it sucks ass than how come 10 years later in the future it is still popular as ever...now think on that...

  • In the words of the good Admiral Ackbar, "ITS A TRAAAAAAAP"

    Seriously, this opening is the only thing you can count on for being upbeat.

  • ahhhh.... the old times... i missed them!!

  • still say this song sounds way to happy for this show :P

  • é um anime que conta a historia da biblia de um jeito todo diferente, cheio de monstros e coisaradas

  • Ahh the irresistable beat and lyrics i love you :D

  • Hey guys i need some help i seen this episode of Evanglion where shiji was playing on his violin or cello i couldn't recall but he was playing this sad song then asuka walked in and sad i never knew you played cello or whatever

  • and what exactly do you need help with.

  • Pachelbel's Canon in d minor was the song fella

  • @madgamerskills101 lol...

  • yesss.. I agree!

  • The BEST anime ever !

  • @Chesrl No it is not.

  • @Chesrl debatable but one of the top

  • @Chesrl More like top 5, or rather top three

  • @Chesrl You were a fool to quit. Stop being one and finish what you started. Fool!

  • @Chesrl Aw, you'll be so disappointed when you find out that's just your opinion. :P

  • whats this anime even about? lol

  • alot

  • I suggest you buy or download it, whatever gets you off, and take about 3 days off. Watch it several times. The series falls under the catagories; Mecha, Sci Fi, Violence, Military, Post-apocalyptic, *Psychological* and *Mindfuck*. The last two usually mean they go very deep and most won't get what the hell they're about. Still, if you like the first few catagories you can still greatly enjoy this anime.

  • @ilyxb00 Ignore the 3 thumbs down dude, s silly. Anyways, Evengelion is can be interpreted in many different ways. It's main concept is questioning reality, who am i, what is the self ect. But it in turn it comments on the fact that reality is your own. It is very philosophical and therefor can be interpreted subjectively. :-) It has been debated to death over the years, and if you want to find some perspective you should check out some the ideas and debates that are floating around.

  • when he says alot he means ALOT

  • biggest. mind fuck. ever. this theme is so upbeat and happy and this series turns out to be anything BUT. haha

  • I think it works well.

    The upbeat song with the distrubing images.

    It really unnerves you somehow.

    Awesome song though, I'm gonna buy the sound track just for this song.

  • @Yeaster

    I disagree. As Psychological as the anime may be, the theme kinda fits. If it were something more like the Lucky Star OP, then I would agree with you.

  • Wasn't there a live action film of this

    show?

    Any info welcome.

  • Because a live action version would be shit. Look at any cartoon to live action movie, and they're always shit. Sorry for my bad language, but have you seen the Death Note movies? Just no.

  • The big problem is they change to much of the story, If they left it as is it would make a really good action packed blood filled movie that the fans would love.

    Case in point is the new blood the last vampire live action film that came out not long ago. If they'de kept to the original anime film (which is one of my favourites) it would have been just brilliant.

  • If they did make this a live action film, I wouldn't expect too much of it.

    I'd just hope it looks something like the series 'cause I know it's not gonna be as good.

    In the end that's 'bout all you can expect from cartoon/game/Anime films.

    Sad but true.

  • Sorry I had to make 2 replies.

    I couldn't say all i wanted to in 1.

  • woh woh woh the death note movies were awesome.

    i saw them both in theaters with both american AND

    japanese dubs. WTF are you smoking.

  • I hate that this is such a great anime but all people do with it is make A LOT of bad porn fanart out of it. The kids are f***ing14 for gods sake

  • Don't remember makin' any diffrence.

    Just so sad when they do it to the really great shows.T.T

  • @sonickid101 "Bad" porn fanart? You have been searching in the wrong places.

  • Why? can you be more especific?

  • because its a great song asociated with a great anime.....why else?

  • Why do people like this opening so much?

  • You know what, I never finished this anime. I kinda just stopped after episode 14 I think. And then I just started seeing the same one or two episodes over and over. . . then I saw the last 15 minutes of the first movie. Damn, was that a bad idea. But I just don't know if I should try to finish it.

    Here is a little experiment to find out how many people actually care out there. If you think I should finish watching it, thumb me up. If i get up to 10 thumbs up then I'll finish watching it.

  • god just finish it !

  • @Zathren and...did you finished??? what do you think of the end(s)??

  • @Zathren well it looks like you have to finish it lol

  • @Zathren i kind of did the same thing. i only watched a few ep when it was on tv but never picked it back up

  • @Zathren DONT! THE ENDING OF 2ND MOVIE SUCKS HORRIFICLY! AND SO DOES MY SEPLLENG!

  • @xlr8442 I total agree. You have my respect for writing that so don't worry about your spelling.

  • @Zathren If I were you I would have watched: Samurai Champloo, Ghost in the Shell, Akira, FMA, Afro Samurai, and Cowboy Bebop. These are much better animes than Evangelion. The best part is the main male characters don't whiny like little bitches.

  • @cn012891pat na dude eva is a classic

  • @cn012891pat Guess what. . . I've watched most of those

  • @Zathren I'm kinda' in the same position as you... but I'm hooked on it so far, so I don't know... Wasn't the "End of Evangelion" just a cruel joke that the writer did because he was upset at the fanbase?

  • @Zathren

    wow.. 85 thumbs up. I think they want you to watch it 8 and a half times

  • @Zathren Try to watch Bokurano, it has the same concept but more depressing.

  • @Zathren It's worth it, but please, for the sake of us all, don't watch it high!

  • @Zathren You know, I thought you would just stop at like 11 or maybe 12. . . 118!!! Damn, I really have to finish it now. . . maybe I'll just buy it. . .

  • @Zathren did u watch it?

  • @Zathren I think you're watching it.

  • watch it ! you'll not regret it

  • @Zathren Does that mean you now need to finish it 18 times?

  • @HakDaJAK NO 26 times

  • @Zathren lol i guess you got more then 10 thumbs up =]

  • @Zathren now you get 229 thumbs up

  • What an epic intro

  • This was my first ever anime I ever watched, still love it to this day.