Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
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Present Epithetical Books Neon Genesis Evangelion, Vol. 1 (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン / Neon Genesis Evangelion #1)
| Title | : | Neon Genesis Evangelion, Vol. 1 (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン / Neon Genesis Evangelion #1) |
| Author | : | Yoshiyuki Sadamoto |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 166 pages |
| Published | : | February 25th 2004 by VIZ Media LLC (first published December 1994) |
| Categories | : | Sequential Art. Manga. Comics. Science Fiction. Graphic Novels |
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When Shinji Ikari's estranged father arranges a meeting with him, it's not the heartfelt meeting he was hoping for. Gendo wants Shinji to pilot the Evangelion, the only machine capable of battling the monstrous angels descending to earth. Can Shinji defeat the angels and his most fearsome enemy, his desire for his father's approval? My manga self-education continues with Neon Genesis Evangelion. Reading this right on the heels of Getter Robo Devolution provides a nice contrast. Whereas GRD felt a lot more violent, this one felt more like the beginnings of a family drama that just happens to feature violence. Any man whose father is an "alpha male" can relate to Shinji. He doesn't know how to please his father but still wants his approval. Shinji has his coming of age moment inside the Evangelion but his father is still a distant prick. The art is softer than that of GRB, which fits in with its more sensitive subject matter. The battle scenes were clear and the characters were expressive. The designs of the EVA and the angels were memorable. I'm not prepared to call them iconic just yet but I still have thirteen or so more volumes to read. I'm really curious about the future of the series. There's a little sexual tension teased between Shinji and Captain Katsuragi. We'll see where that goes. I enjoyed this volume quite a bit. Hopefully the used bookstore has the rest of them. I'm getting the hang of this reading right to left business. Four out of five stars.Identify Books Concering Neon Genesis Evangelion, Vol. 1 (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン / Neon Genesis Evangelion #1)
| Original Title: | 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン 1 [Shin Seiki Evangelion 1] |
| ISBN: | 1591164001 (ISBN13: 9781591164005) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン / Neon Genesis Evangelion #1 |
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Ratings: 4.13 From 7411 Users | 176 ReviewsWrite Up Epithetical Books Neon Genesis Evangelion, Vol. 1 (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン / Neon Genesis Evangelion #1)
I've always heard about this as anime and that it's supposed so good and when I discovered the manga in the library... :)I like it. It reminds me a bit of "Pacific Rim" (or, "Pacific Rim" should remind me of this? XD) and I'm intrigued. I don't see the hype yet but we will see.I like the robots and I like the general setting and so far I like Shinji and the other characters we've met (with one exception - Shinji has a pretty assholish father, doesn't he? -.-).Quintessential mecha. Much better than what I remember of the anime, which was slow and hard to understand. The illustration style is quite dark and busy, which can make actions scenes a little difficult to follow, but I'm ultimately not that interested in the play-by-play of giant robot fights, so that was alright. Also, despite the abundance of kaiju and mecha source material, it seems obvious to me that NGE specifically was a prominent forefather/inspiration for the Pacific Rim franchise.
Not my first time reading these, but my first time watching the series simultaneously. <3 And I love both.Not really relevant for the manga review, but the series is actually pretty accurate and close to the mangas. :)
Interesting start. The book is even briefer than it looks, because lots of pages are explosions or non-detailed action scenes with no text. I'll probably read the next one to see how it progresses.
Four stars out of nostalgia, mostly, since I watched the anime ages ago. But I'd give this three stars, since I only read it as part of the Read Harder Challenge; and then two because it has many volumes and I feel the obligation to finish them somehow, which means I'll be reading these for the next five years, at least. Damned challenge.July 25, 18
BACKGROUNDS OF EVE(A) The title comes from the first Gospel written, transliterates evangelion from Mark 1.1, meaning good news: The beginning [genesis] of the euangelion εὐαγγέλιον , thus genesis evangelion. This implicates the author of the anime version Hideaki Anno http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideaki_... created by Gainax http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gainax in a serious theological statement, but it is left to us to understand how far it should be taken. Although the anime version was
Back to the basics (japanese edition).This manga is really hard to explain for me to those who are unaware of what manga is. I always tell them that the drawings are so cool and detailed, and that the story is a little mixed up, and that you can't read this on a Sunday afternoon or you'd commit suicide. It's not really a sad, drama plot but sometimes it touches your core and it can leave a feeling of loneliness and "surrender" maybe (the feeling you get when you realise there's nothing you can
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