Tag: Neon Genesis Evangelion
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Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time: A perfect ending for a classic franchise
“Nothing good ever happens” – Shinji Ikari Neon Genesis Evangelion is considered to be one of the greatest anime series ever. In Evangelion , director Hideaki Anno explores complex themes in religion, philosophy, and psychology. Evangelion is credited with reviving the anime industry in the 90s, as well as influencing future anime series and animation […]
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Jacques Derrida and the Deconstruction of the Super Robot genre
I wrote how Jacques Derrida’s “deconstruction” was later applied to “genre deconstruction.” Since we could choose what we wrote about for my English 244 class, I decided to write on how Evangelion deconstructs the Super Robot Genre. I ended up writing 7 pages so it’s long. If you have the time, read it and let […]
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Top 5 Amoral Groups or Races in Anime
The Shinigami (Death Note) The Shinigami in Death Note exists to kill humans. It’s required for them to survive. Ryuk deliberately drops his Death Note into the human world out of boredom. He takes joy in Light Yagami’s mass-murdering but largely doesn’t care about their death because it’s all part of nature. Since all humans […]
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The Top 100 Anime and Manga Battles of All Time (50 – 41)
50. Ramiel vs EVA Unit 01 & EVA Unit 02 Unit 01 is blindly send to combat Ramiel. Sensing the Eva, Ramiel fire off a powerful beam melting the Eva’s chest almost killing Shinji. Ramiel begins to drill towards Nerv, when they are able to determine that the particle beam is perfect in its accuracy. […]
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Top Ten Anime from the 80’s & 90’s
As the decade comes to a close, I figure that I would join in on the best decade listing. I was born in the late 80’s so many of the anime I grew on are from that period. I decided to combine the two decades. Looking back at the anime on the lists, I would […]
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My Top Ten Anime of All Time
To celebrate my 900th blog post, I decided to make my top ten anime of all time lists. When coming up with the top ten I focused on series that had the most impact on me. At the same time I also choose anime that can and have stood the test of time (even from […]
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The top ten Highest-grossing anime film franchises and film series
10. Naruto Total Worldwide box office gross: $147,064,005 Number of films: 11 Average of films: $13,369,455 Highest-grossing film: Boruto, Naruto the Movie ($39,500,00) 9. Yo-kai Total Worldwide box office gross: $159,151,900 Number of films: 4 Average of films: $39,787,975 Highest-grossing film: Yo-kai Watch: The Movie ($69,698,865) 8. Neon Genesis Evangelion Total Worldwide box office gross: $184,343,170 […]
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The Salty Anime Challenge Day 7: A character that ruined (or almost ruined) a show for you
Shinji Ikari Neon Genesis Evangelion is one of the most successful and influential anime series ever. The main protagonists in this series is Shinji Ikari. He’s the young son of Gendo Ikari, the commander of NERV. Gendo is a terrible father and is abusive towards well everyone. He abandons Shiji at one point. This is important only […]