The Genius Structure of Evangelion Ep. 2
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somthing worth mentioning about this ep. When Misato grabs Shinji's head at dinner, Its parallel to when the Angel grabs Eva-01's head during the the battle.
***** That's what inspired me to use that for the thumbnail. Learned about it from Demolition D's videos on Eva actually.
***** lol man if you go to ***** and watch on of his videos you 2 have 1000000% identical voice XD I swear go check it
***** I want to say this to you, about this review. Basic stuff first and then more advanced. The concept of using flashbacks and past setup takes away from basic setting of the city of Tokyo and what is later New Tokyo from the ashes. The concept is meant to provide a sense of distortion but is flawed in that it takes away from the current scenario. Although avoiding a traditional setup, this is merely a glamorized technique to buy time, and is used in trilogies to provide mystery, but no promise of substance: thankfully this show has substance, but that is beside the point. References in the city of its economy, of nerve, and angels would have had the same effect if interrupted by the unnatural angel that would disrupt this atmosphere, had it would have been in episode 2. It does not make sense to provide inciting action before setup of an environment, and although this technique is rare that does not make it genius. As for the bases of emotion and physical conflict idea, well, it is redundant, as any good setting provides a base that sets atmosphere, and acts as a hub for events (Ex: Club room, haruhi suzumiya)-We all knew that Shinji had to survive the first episode.This takes away any tension from the battle itself, making it a simple fireworks display.-Learning what was at stake.Because we could not learn before, and it would not be more realistic to.Everything else is simply good basic writing with foreshadowing, and subtexting. I believe you have commented that you were a writer, so, you should know this. Your personal insight on the viewer "moving in" with the main characters is perhaps could only be unique in regards to providing information of the main character and the emotional base in the same episode, since we know nothing about him; the problem with this is that one crazy killer angel before or after emotional setup does not change any substance; mystery could have been acclimated to the setting either way.I believe a descent review mentions technique upon technique to reveal the uniqueness of the story; not redundancy upon technique or vice versa.
+teamkillz12345 also in ep 18, unit 1 destroys unit 03 head the blood splatters into the truck, and its parallel to EoE where teh coffee splatters when shinji gets pushed by asuka.
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3:51
Nice PLOT timing.
kas00078 Noticed that too. Couldn't have been better. Shinji even changes his facial expression when he mentions "PLOT"
masterful youtube editing direction
_This_ meme will never die.
Man, this is the kind of anime criticism I love to see. You hit on all the little details that make Anno's directing amazing. I wish I had the time to break down whole series episode by episode like this. Great video!
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Now I realize the scene where Misato pushes shinji into the elevator and it focses on his feet crossing into the elevator being pushed away, mirrors the "I'm Home" scene in this episode.
Man I'm slow.
You're not slow, it just wasn't obvious.
fuck me this show has such excellent colour design.
one aspect I like about the angel fight is how the viewer feels like they lost consciousness with shinji and only recall the traumatic second half of the battle when there is nothing else to occupy his mind while he is supposed to be sleeping. it's a similarity I've noticed and thought the parallel was interesting.
I'm really enjoying these Evangelion analyses. Most people who talk about Eva talk about it's characters and themes, so it's nice to see some discussion on the directing of the show.
Another thing I really liked about this episode is that the sudden cut to the aftermath really adds to the confusion Shinji/the audience feels at this time. He's just been thrown into this immense conflict, and he hasn't really had time to process it all yet. This sense of wrongness established throughout the episode helps prevent the victory against the Angel from feeling heroic in the action movie sense *cough*Rebuild*cough*.
I don't understand the jab at Rebuild. The battles from 1.0 feel like the ones from the early episodes (sadly the unique thing from the first battle had to be cut because it wouldn't have worked in a film)
kuribo04 Okay, maybe I'm being a bit unfair to the Rebuilds. Anyway, my point was that not cutting the battle in two makes it resemble your standard action movie climax. The hero is in an impossible situation - he pulls some bs trick out of nowhere - he proceeds to curb-stomp the enemy.
Theminimanx Yeah, it becomes something more traditional, but still, it's not Shinji doing all the fighting, so it's still...weird. What really bothered me is that the eye scene isn't there. :/
It hink that they dont show us that in the rebuilds since we, as eva fans, already know what happened after that
If you happen to have watched these videos and have NOT watched NGE, please fucking do. Even if you don't like it, it's one of those things where once you've seen it you'll suddenly understand so many more references and quotes and suddenly be able to take part in so many more conversations, much like The Godfather films in terms of impact in their respective mediums.
Kino Notabi OK, you convinced me, I'll watch it.
Anything important to watch besides the main series? End of Evangelion?
AlexanderRM1000 To fully experience the original Neon Genesis Evangelion, you MUST watch End of Evangelion. It's the official epilogue to the story. The original final 2 episodes are good in their own right, but they really only provide a conclusion to Shinji as a character, and not to the plot of the show itself (though the original main goal was technically met, it doesn't really feel conclusive unless you watch EoE).
BlueScarabGuy
OK, thanks. No need to watch Rebuild, Death/Rebirth, any of those things? Thus far I'm honestly not that enthusiastic about Evangelion, so I'd just as soon wrap it up and not watch extra stuff.
AlexanderRM1000 Death and Rebirth is an hour or so of nothing but compilation of the series, an intermission, and another half hour that is literally the first 30 minutes of End of Evangelion, so no, skip Death and Rebirth entirely, you'll probably watch EoE shortly after finishing the series anyway.
As for Rebuilds, the first movie is literally the first 6-8 (can't remember the exact amount) episodes of the series squeezed into two hours, but the animation is drop-dead gorgeous and the voice acting in both English and Japanese is better. I personally think it's worth a watch, but it's not necessary, though honestly you could watch Rebuild 1.11 in place of those episodes if you wanted and didn't mind the animation difference.
Rebuild 2.22 is really good, and has enough changes from the original version of those events (including a completely different ending and a brand-new character) to merit watching, though if you're only interested in the original continuity, you can skip it as well.
3.33 is completely original and you won't understand it at all if you haven't seen 2.22. It's also still not out in the west/in English yet.
I'm only interested in knowing what Evangelion is when people talk about it, so it sounds like original+End should be fine.
Goddammit, stop making me want to watch this series again! D:
Episode 1- Some classic 90s mecha anime.
Episode 2- *The* mecha anime.
Another nice touch is that how Misato grabbed Shinji in the apartment mimics exactly how the first Angel grabbed Unit 1's head in the battle.
This subconsciously hints at the Angels' ancestral relation to mankind which will be revealed later in the show.
3:48 i see what u did there: "plot"
You should've mentioned how scenes between Shinji and Misato in her apartment further laid down the foundation of its theme of communication - the disconnect between the two despite Misato's efforts, inner monologues on how to exactly behave, how she talks to Shinji without crossing the threshold of his room as he lies on his bed looking in the opposite direction (feigning sleep?). Good video, it's a great episode.
Damn! You knocked this video out of the park. Having the episode structure laid out like that is really eye opening and makes a lot of sense. Very awesome!
3:04 I love how they remade the shot in the Rebuid series.
These videos are great,I can't wait to hear what you have to say about some of the coming episodes.
I just so happened to have started watching Eva just a bit before you released the first ep of this, super glad you're tackling this series as it is so dense with its ideas and themes that it is a bit hard to be able to intake and get a full understanding of it on your own. I also just love your way of looking into an anime that you enjoy as you seem to give me a fresh viewpoint with which to appreciate it.
I used to be obsessed with this series, so its nice to see your videos, keep it up
I been re-wacthgin the series and just when im about to finish it you came up with this, i love it dude, i have been left in awe by the visual story telling of the series and its definitelly something that its even more cinematic that a lot of movies.
I really thank you for this, its a great way to learn everything that make ths series great and also its helping me a lot while developing my own storys
There's something what needs to be noted. Everything in this episode tells us that Shinji actually lost the battle! So it's better exprience that we learn at the end of the day, that he won it in such brute force way. It was so unexcepted and lovely set up.
I'm watching through Evangelion for the first time, really glad to have these videos to reflect on the earlier episodes. Thanks, Digi!
Your Evangelion videos are amazing
Seeing the scene where Shinji and Misato play Rock Paper Scissors to decide who has to do chores made me realize how I'd assumed that was a Western game, but I just looked it up on a whim and imagine my surprise: it actually originated in China and Japan, and the version adopted in the West is directly based on the Japanese game jan-ken (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sansukumi-ken).
I did not expect this to become a series. But now I'm hooked O_o please don't stop before it gets to the end.
I love how you took apart my feelings for Misatos place. I seriously found myself in your description. After a rough start that place was a bit like home and with every change it started to fall apart a little bit.
These videos are great, you are great, this show is great, great, great, great!
This one is even better. Makes me want to re-watch Evangelion after so many years.
This might have already been said by someone somewhere before, but I honestly feel that the second episode of Eva was basically a Kara no Kyoukai in my eyes. It placed event sequences out of order to get the audience interested in the ending/beginning of important events and also used said out of sequence events to give us a look into the lives of the characters.
Sort of like how in the first Kara no Kyoukai movie, Overlooking view, when Shiki is eating ice cream or drinking water, she seems so normal, yet later we see her completely (basically) crazy and murderous. Eva does the same in this episode where we see Shinji and Misato do normal, human, and relatable things, but, as the series continues, we get to see them act inhuman, or illogical, and perhaps in ways we can not understand.
In that respect, I honestly give a lot of credit to both of these series in portraying such contrast so well without it feeling like they are even trying to. It's natural and...comforting? to watch, and really shows how well a show can grip peoples attention by just changing a few things and putting thought in how a story should be told and in what order.
Nice to see you made a another episode really like the series also first!!!!!
June 22, 2015: The Events of Evangelion Episode 1 took place, and you have been uploading EVA videos this week and last week. Just the perfect time. Totally hyped to re-watch the series.
This is an awesome video series, please do every episode
Most of the animes you review are not ones I've watched, even if I've been aware of them. The way you break down the shots and layout and planning that go into these shows is incredibly interesting and do a lot for my respect of the shows, even those I've not watched. (You totally got me to watch Kill la Kill's first few episodes though)
Basically, what you're doing is awesome and I really appreciate you sharing your insight.
If these Eva analyses become an entire series I'll cry tears of joy.
A bit unrelated to Eva, I love your analysis and the things you have to say, it makes for far more interesting videos than other people who make anime-related content do but if there was one thing I could never understand is why K-On was your favourite anime. I was so confused as to how someone who had such a good taste and knew what he was talking about had a simple show about cute girls doing cute things at number one. Never could I say I was so wrong. I just finished watching it and it was absolutely incredible. Coming from someone who has watched a lot of moe I thought I knew what I was going to get when I said fuck it and watched it, but I got something completely different and you managed to sum up what's good about it perfectly, Thanks, I have a whole new level of respect for you now. Keep going.
Please do continue with these eva videos, they're sooo good!
24 years on and the show is just as relevant and genius as it ever was. It's an amazing and complex series with multiple layers and can't be written off as yet another shonen drama like many people over the years have done.
You forgot to mention fanservice.
Glorious Misato fanservice.
Loving the Eva videos,can't wait for you to talk about one of the moments of introspection. I wouldn't call any of this mind blowing or genius, just really good. But the end of this episode is one of my favorite moments of the show (last 10 to 30 seconds) just because of how well directed it was. Not sure if I would recommend you to make one video for every episode. I would be happy by just seeing something from key episodes like episode 9 (the one with the musical sequence) or some of the later ones.
This series was done very well the first time, yet the fan base is large enough to support several different versions, and a new set of rebuilds. Still waiting for the next one.
when I watched eva, I remember having the same weird feeling I had when I read Watchmen. I could see it was incredible, and done VERY well, but the actual experience I had while consuming it was...pretty meh. Neither really left an impression on me, beyond the fact that I could tell there was INCREDIBLE talent and brilliance behind them.
but the more I think about it, the more I re-read or re-watch, the more I listen to other critiques of them, the more blown away I am by them. And no matter how many times I revisit them, there's always SOMETHING i didn't notice that blows me away. it's like I have to learn to love these works. i come back to them because of their ideas and skill, to try to figure it out, and as I do, I really fall in love with them.
Watchmen is now my all-time favorite book. yes, BOOK of any kind. But I am SO FRUSTRATED trying to figure out why the HELL I felt so 'meh' on the first go. is it just what happens when a story has been so carefully constructed? is it something about my own judgement of stories? is it something else, something I feel is missing from these masterpieces?
I just don't get it. but I feel like that's my big "art goal" is to figure it out for myself. and people like you help me sort through it, while also helping me understand the madness of art!
Brilliant analysis, I feel like I have to rewatch all your analysis vids on eva multiple times just so I can really digest your points. You do a great job communicating your perspective, and it's very well-thought out AND enjoyable to consume. apparently in my life, your channel is 'better' than fucking evangelion. BRAIN WHY??
bless and thanks.
Can relate on a molecular level with this. Thanks for pre-iterating my thoughts in this comment lol.
3:50 I like how you say plot detail and then immediately show some interesting plots
I am rewatching Neon Genesis Evangelion for various reasons. 1. I haven't seen it in ages. 2 this always felt like a summer anime to me. Girls in shorts product placement, action etc. 3 the setting for this anime is in Japan 2015! Eventhough this anime came out two decades ago it holds up so well today in the actual year 2015. The cloths Misato wheres really are not too different from the cloths girls wear today. 4. Neon Genesis Evangelion is a wonderful, well crafted, thought provoking peice of art that I highly enjoy.
YES. Please. More
This is also the first episode which shows how brutal and savage the EVA units is, shown by EVA 01. The scene where EVA 01 just rips apart the ripcage of the angel and then stabbing its core(?) with it leaves the audience a question, reinforced by the first episode. What are EVAs? Are they just robots portrayed by normal mecha anime or something much more? The question is then answered as you progress along the series, which can only be described as amazing storytelling and pacing.
Amazing truly amazing
neo genius Evangeline is one of my favorite anime's.
posting a comment because this Anime series is a classic and i appreciate your work here
Watching Eva was a odd experience for me. My friend spoiled the entire series. So I did not have much of a emotional connection to it as I would if he had not spoiled it.
This show is such a mindfuck. like it for that.
I like the lighting
Is there any other piece of media out there that's as criticed as this? There truly is an essay by 30 different people on every minute of this anime. I approve. I will watch them all.
and of course the rebuild does away with all of this by just having the fight be a single scene.
excellent deconstruction :)
I swear I've watched evangelion 3 times but I always thought Shinji fought that angel twice. I need to go watch it again
I was stupid and thought that Sachiel was still alive for the whole of episode 2 and was confused as to why they were doing normal stuff while the Angel was still there and then I worked out right at the end what was going on
I haven't seen this series yet (blasphemy, I know) and I know I should, but I keep putting it off just because a) I find it difficult to work up the motivation to start a new series, and b) giant robots aren't really my thing. I definitely intend to eventually, and with this series of yours really piquing my interest it looks like "eventually" is coming sooner and sooner.
Fluffy Heretic Technically theyre not robots... If that makes you feel any better.
Fluffy Heretic How many shows/films have you seen with "giant robots" to know it's not your thing?
JulianTheeApostate Not a lot, but the concept just isn't very interesting to me. I'm not hugely into the sci-fi scene. LotR is more my style, personally. I don't doubt that Eva is good though, which is why I'm going to watch it anyway.
this is crazy late but the show really aint about the robots. hope u seen it by now its a masterpiece
Same, I'm more into fantasy and all. Mech shows just aren't my taste DD; but since watching Digi's playlist, I might watch it. Was it fun?
I've just started watching NGE. I probably should have a long time ago, considering how long I've been into anime, but it's fascinating so far. I actually thought the middle part of this episode was the most interesting, weirdly enough.
I now feel like I need to re-watch this anime, even though it hasn't been long since I first saw it. (I know, I know...)
Do you not have to alter the visuals because this is technically unlicensed in North America?
Selena C the visuals are altered, in that they are sped up a lot. I also have been using short clips. idk if that's all that's saving me or what, but it's working so far.
***** Evangalion is more widely known pop-culturalre anime. Because of that the show itself is used so often, I doubt they'd be able to handle worrying about copyright takedowns everytime it show's up.
It's like using Naruto or Bleach, it rarely get's much notice.
+Digibro
This is kind of late, but I believe that it might be the 'criticism' or 'education' provision of Fair Use from the copyright act.
+Nextgener Gainax is extremely careful with their licenses, especially Evangelion since it's still relevant today. NGE content tends to disappear at an alarming rate (most OSTs I were listening to got busted a year ago)
If the devil is in the details, then Evangelion is a satanic cult, complete with a wealth of narrative and foreshadowing that build a rich and enjoyable story.
+ricarleite I read your comment and just putting it out that Betoveen's 9th is played in episode 24 of NGE.
I found your point about the apartment being a home base really interesting, and it got me thinking about how other anime also have the same feeling, Naruto has the leaf village for example. I was however wondering if you think this type of setting was fundamental to a stories success, a counter point might be that Avatar never really had a home base, but rather they would travel around the world.
the genius structure.. well
Ah at 1:35 the lovely irony bomb.
nice
Episode 9 is my favorite
The Ideon...
This video is so much better in 2x speed.
I straight up love misato. She’s amazing in every which way. I was deeply sadden when she was in pain. I didn’t want to spoil anything I chose my words wisely.
5 years after its release it shows up in my recommendation, hmmm good video nonetheless
When I first watched this episode, I'm on my early teens and I really thought that Shinji and Misato is set to be shipped as an item or somewhere down the line they are going to f**k.
Neon Genesis Evangelion is the second greatest artistic masterpiece of humanity, just bellow Beethoven's 9th Symphony. It is simply perfect and absolutely genius.
A bit overestimated for NGE but surely a true masterpiece of art. I'm fine with the 9th coming first though.
ricarleite Thats going way too far. Best animated show that more or less takes itself seriously is the farthest cutoff you can argue really.
Joshua Brant it is a fucking opinion
Boku No Pico is definitely the Magnum Opus of humankind.
What do you think about the way that Misato grabs Shinji by the head being very similar to the way he is grabbed by the Angel?
***** Well, I don't think that it represents that NERV are the enemy, but rather the fact that Shinji lets anyone bully him and take control of his life, be it the angels or Misato.
Btw, what's your take on Crest of the Stars / Seikai no Monshō? If you ever watched it.
Spoilers ahead:
I think Rei is both Shinji's "Guardian Angel" (in a thematic context), as well as her soul being the soul of Lilith/Lilim/Humanity (in the context of the series). Her mental breakdown in the episode and targeting of the scientists is reminiscent of Percy Shelley's Frankenstein's monster targeting his creator for giving him life, and thus, suffering. I think you hit the nail on the head in this analysis when you say that the Eva pilot is having an existential crisis finding her raison d'etre, which I think is a recurring theme in the show. Rei, having no soul of her own is the doll for which Lilith's soul is reborn, much like how Kaworu is the doll for Adam - that's why there can only be one of her every time, because Lilith's soul will be reborn into her each time, despite retaining none of the memories. Her plight represents humanity's plight to find meaning and purpose in their existence, and it makes so much sense how the scene in her room solidifies the concept that Rei lives in a way that she does not care for herself (she doesn't take care of her living standards, gets by on bare necessities etc.) and lives entirely for Gendo - she loves him because he cares about her. It is quite possible that she is the only one that can see his goodness (apart from one other character... Yui... coincidence?). Of course, this is all just my opinion. It's quite possible that Rei has no soul - or that the existence of her soul is proof that a soul is forged through the trials of existence. Either way, I think it works, both thematically and story-wise and I think it speaks to the genius of Anno, being able to depict such concepts through such short and key frames.
Digi are you going to analyse all the episodes? :S
I bought the Complete Platinum edition recently, but it's brand-new and sealed :c I don't want to open it to watch the series again
Wow, the like to view ratio on this is crazy! (and well-deserved)
Will someone please explain to me where Dr. Yui Ikari(who I am sure got her degree in biotechnology or something of the sorts and not, say, asskicker-y) learned all those sick combat moves!?
ViridiHarmonia64 I think it's more of lillith's attacks afterall they did make unit 01 out of lillith,Yui is prolly the ignition for the overdrive
Yo Digi, CZcams suddenly got a new player beginning with this video all of a sudden, is this happening to anyone else?? Its transparent and awesome looking and disappears when you move the mouse
I've watched this whole anime, it's good but I'm really only watching this to have an explanation of the end.
evangelion is just 2 stronk ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Where can I watch Evangelion?
***** Okay, I liked this a lot. Usually I feel like *Evangelion* is over analyzed but in this video you touched the one thing you find in all really great anime, world building as apposed to a "good" story. The relationship between character and setting should drive a story not the other way around.
TOOTHPICKS!
Think you could make that outro a little bit faster paced?
why i didnt see any doctor on this series..??
This episode was very
weird
Also the fanservice shots caught me off guard
many far weirder episodes ahead
Happy Angel Attack Day!
This video opened my eyes,I watched sao not thinking at all.I realized it was boring but watched because of the idea behind it.I even sat through the crappy episodes in the second season.don't get me wrong,it was some things I liked but for something so popular,it should be better.when I think of my face anime,sao isn't even on the list
da fook
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i dont get it
3:51 "plot"
where the hell is episode 1?
where to watch the series?
KissAnime or that anima streaming service (i forgot the name).
Jesse Mata watchcartoononline is the best place for english dubbed cartoons and animes
So you're probably scrolling through your inbox for the latest comments but what you DIDN'T know is that THIS person commenting wants a video on the Endless Eight and how each episode builds up to the amazing payoff in the final Endless Eight episode. You've been talking a lot about different individual cuts that make up a structured whole but what about similar individual cuts and how they affect the outcome? There are various amount of obvious differences in each episode such as the clothing they wear that represent the character they are (Koizumi is always wearing casual clothes, Kyon doesn't really care, Haruhi is always wearing bright and light clothing, etc.), or even the tone of Nagato's voice each episode becomes more monotone after every repeated cycle (this can be best seen if the first Endless Eight is compared to the last Endless Eight). You could even go as far as stretch out the details at the end of each episode where Kyon is wanting to stop Haruhi but doesn't. Endless Eight is not the most popular aspect of the Haruhi franchise and many could even say the most hated, but if someone like you could show an audience what the directors did differently each episode and portray how it adds up to the whole, then I feel the Endless Eight would be regarded more as a directorial success rather than Kyoto Animation screwing around for 8 episodes. Keep up the good work, your stuff handers my balls.
Why Japan of all places?
4:34 :)
Idk I feel like this episode is a little biased maybe because this is his first episode I don't fully agree with. His arguments this time around seem more like justifications I mean most critics try and balance out their praise and critique. He talked so much on how the editing was "genius," but it just seems confusing for someone who didn't instantly fall in love with it. He also goes into such great lengths about the feeling of home, but that is biased in so many ways it depends completely if you can relate with the character or what your sense of home is. He does mention that in the first viewing it may not seem much, but I had trouble finding inventive to watch it a third time just to try and understand what the hell you people are talking about.
Convincing friends to watch this is so hard... I keep telling them, it's art! It's art! But they're turned off by the mecha :(
Whyyyy mecha is great, just people who make anime forget that shows need plot, and making a bunch of robots fight isn't a good replacement. It's a nice garnish but not the whole meal
I was very turned off by the mecha element, but digi and DouchbagChocolat convinced me otherwise