TV series: You have to skip the first season, it’s a slow start and kinda shit. Go back to it later, except for S01E07 and 08, those are necessary to understand the story arc.
I’m S02, watch E03,04,05,08,11 and 02 in that order. Still drags on but there are some memorable moments. S03 is great. Except for the ending, skip that. And it all goes downhill starting in S04.
But if you stick with it, S07 is bearable again.
Best series of all time!
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
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camr_on@lemmy.world 3 months ago
This but unironically
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yeah it’s correct, but if I may offer an alternate plan:
Simply don’t watch Eva.
MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I’ve wanted to try Evangelion but I have no idea what’s the right way to watch it 😂
camr_on@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Just watch it through, or the way like from that pic. End of Evangelion is an alternate version of episodes 25 and 26, and the rebuild movies are meant to be watched afterwards
Zozano@lemy.lol 3 months ago
It doesn’t matter what order you watch it your first time around, you’re not going to understand what the fuck is going on unless you watch a five hour video essay anyway.
derpgon@programming.dev 3 months ago
Fate/Stay Confused
EnderMB@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Evangelion is an experience. As others have said, I wouldn’t even bother trying to find the best way to consume it, just watch, and revisit once you get over the initial “wtf was that” feeling.
emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
The OG series is the story Anno wanted to show. Some fans wanted a more concrete ending, so Anno gave them a concrete ending in EoE. Then some fans wanted a happy ending where Shinji gets the girl so Anno said fuck it, sold out, and made a series with a happy ending where Shinji gets a girl. But now some fans want a happy ending where Shinji gets the right girl so Anno gave up on them as lost causes and went and directed Shin Godzilla.
chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
Evangelion is sorta important culturally and historically in anime, but honestly I wouldn’t call it good, even though it was one of the early ones I grew up on (along with Ranma 1/2 and Rurouni Kenshin).
Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I wouldn’t bother with anything weird, just watch the series through and then the movies in release order. Yeah it won’t be quite chronological, but I don’t think it really needs to be.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
First follow one of the flowcharts to figure out if Eva is you tho.