Evangelion - Worth Buying?

[Ender]

I'm thinking of buying the entire collection of DVDs on amazon.com for $145 or so. This will convert to around $235 CDN. Would this be wise, or should I go for some alternative, free *methods* first?

I've only watched the first episode and it seemed preatty cool, but the quality wasen't that good.

Also thinking of getting the Death and Rebirth DVD and the End of Evangelion as well.


Thought and opinions?

 

[ReiAyanami]

yes! get it! best anime series of all time

better than outlaw star, trigun and cowboy bebop. way better than scryed.

current anime still playing: hellsing and full metal panic

 

[ReiAyanami]

wait till u meet asuka

 

[dc]

lol, you've only watched the first episode and you wanna spend 140 on the whole set? LOL

whatever floats your boat.
personally, i'd take the 140 and buy some good anime.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: Merkon

I've only watched the first episode and it seemed preatty cool, but the quality wasen't that good.

I've watched the first 3 and wasn't impressed enough to buy the box -- I prefer Bubblegum Crisis, Kishin Corps/Geo-Armor, Ghost in the Shell or even Gundam Wing for mecha, and something more silly like Jubei-Chan or Tenchi for comedy. So I'd say rent or borrow from someone before spending that kind of money.

For hardsuit battles I'd even rate the Votoms saga higher, despite the very dated animation style

But I seem to be in the minority amonst the EVA-worshippers

 

[Soulflare]

You may want to spend about $38 USD to get the entire series on DVD from HK (English subbed), view
it, and then decide whether you want to spend $300-odd Cdn. to get the series and both movies.

If Evangelion rows your boat, you may also want to track down a fansub or two of RahXephon - it's quite
similar to EVA in many ways, yet different enough to be interesting. For instance, their Shinji-type character
isn't some whiny wuss who refuses to kick a$$ in his menacing super robot, and said robot does not
require a powercord. It also contains 0 Asuka's and several Rei's.

Then again, there's also Full Metal Panic, which has cool mechs, far less religious symbolism fluff and is
far more entertaining than both EVA and RahXephon.

Scryed, lol, the only anime that's not better than Scryed is DBZ.... or perhaps some of those tentacle
rape hentais which I try to steer clear of. I saw two episodes and the fighting sucked, everyone just
yelled constantly and it looked like animation from the 80's.

 

[mchammer187]

my roomate told me eva was good but not one of his favorites

he seemed to like Initial D the best

you should also check out ebay

another one of my roomates bought sealed Evangelion box set for $72 no death and rebirth or end of evangelion there tho

I dont watch that much anime I like DBZ though and gundam wing is pretty good too though most people that like anime hate DBZ i find it very amusing

I also like cowboy bebop

 

[Czar]

one of the best anime series I'v ever seen

 

[jlee75]

it is a great series. i really like it. i've bought the DVDs seperately, as they were coming out as i couldn't have waited for them to be in a boxed set. Need to finish my collection w/ the movies.... maybe sometime.

 

[tallest1]

I saw most of the episodes on DVD, then the DVD's ending, then End of Evangelion....

.....oh...my....gawd..... I swear, I'm probably scarred for life from seeing it

 

[0roo0roo]

i'd say rent. there are better things to spend your money on. like the new special edition of "grave of the fireflies" yes its anime. that and other movies by ghibli/miyazaki are dfinetly worth buying, movie quality animation, not eva