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Heather, Nick and Matt discuss episodes 25 & 26 of Neon Genesis Evangelion, "Do you love me?" & "Take care of yourself." 

TW: there is brief discussion of suicide in this episode.

Neon Genesis Evangelion is available on Netflix with a subscription and available for purchase or rental on Youtube, Google Play Movies & TV, Vudu and Amazon Prime.

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TheFakeVince

All the comments here are two years old. As many characters discovered in the show… I am alone. Thanks for opening the door for me to experience this show. I loved it. I got a lot of Persona 5 Royal vibes from it, which is to say the creators of that obviously watched this series. Excited to check out the movie next. But I gotta say, when Shinji lives in the romcom anime… damn that’s all I really want. A romance anime where instead of their after school jobs at a restaurant, their afterschool job is piloting a robot. But perhaps I can just choose to live in a world where that anime exists?

SAMUEL N TAURONE

Regarding Matt's comment on asking or wondering if other artists have seen NGE. I recently posted that very same question to David Lynch, I'll comment on this comment if I hear back on it!

Jacob Scholan

I still haven't finished ep 26. I got a quarter of the way through, and I had to turn it off. I wasn't in the right space for it.

Keith K

CONGRATULATIONS!

Console Canon

Gonna listen to this on a folding chair in a black box theater.

MK

The podcast's apotheosis will be reached through a Q&A episode, only then can our minds merge in the glorious goo that is the patreon comments. This podcast rules! Y'all are the best! We're watching the movie next, LET'S FUCKING GO!!!

Mathieu

Well... Now I want a Get Lost! watch along with Matt 🤣

Jason Reichert

I don't remember which episode, I think 25, but there are quick flashes of gun shots and bodies on the floor, one that looks like misata and one that looks like ritsuko. I couldn't tell if this was supposed to be real or projected fears of shinjis and it never explained it

Jason Reichert

I have to be honest I really didn't enjoy these two episodes on first watch. After listening to the episode I appreciate the message more and feel relief that I wasn't alone based on the viewers reactions back when it first came out. Heathers explanations and all the quotes from the creator helped me to understand why it ended this way, even if I didn't enjoy it. I think I might appreciate it more if the reason the creator did this was because he found some clarity and happiness at the end of the process and wanted to share that with the audience, instead it sounds like he was still deeply troubled through the end

wjodendor

Guesses on the next show? Nick said it's more contemporary so I wondering how new exactly it is.

Ziggy242

Watching that last episode I'm like did sinji really just turn his life into a slice of Life anime. Lol

Ziggy242

One piece is next right

Ricky Bardy

This episode makes me wonder, what if Evangelion ended with Bugs Bunny at a drawing board saying “Ain’t I a stinker”

Scotty Beverages

I really hope they do the Rebuild films at some point. I wanna know what Heather thinks of them compared to the series.

Tom the Fanboy

I saw this on VHS before End of Evangelion was available in the US. when the tape ended we screamed at the TV ran around in circles, screamed at each other and then screamed at the TV again.

Ryan M

I hope you do Serial Experiments: Lain at some point!

Mauricio Diocis

"Identity is a system of rejection" - Heather Anne Campbell

Luke Bovard

It's been a great experience to rediscover Evangelion since I watched it all over the span of 2 days way back around 2006 when a friend of mine from high school said we had to watch it. It's amazing how much I was able to remember and also how completely baffled I was over the ending. This time around, with a lot more life experience, I appreciated it a lot more. Also like Nick, I too have only see the first and last episodes of Lost.

Will K.

Speaking of movies/shows influenced by Eva, I've always thought Sunshine by Danny Boyle had an unexpected vibe—from the way they depicted the scale of the spaceship to their space suits literally called "EVA's"

Matthew Blackwell

This series has been so so good, can't wait for the End of Evangelion discussion. In talking about the Sopranos, I think an influence - whether direct or indirect - that can't be understated is Twin Peaks, which similarly started as a slightly off-kilter genre show before breaking its own reality and turning literal concepts into surreal imagery-as-theme. Not to mention that Twin Peaks was an even more ubiquitous presence in Japanese pop culture (check out the show's influence on The Legend of Zelda, or even the fact that David Lynch himself did a series of Japanese coffee commercials with Kyle MacLachlan as Dale Cooper) and was a noted influence on The Sopranos itself! Anyways, it makes for a fascinating companion piece with Evangelion is all I'm sayin'!

Gabriel Cohen

Yall not gunna talk about who’s soul is in 02? 🥺

Rachael

I didn't know about the sound of the Evas. Talk about chilling. I love it! This has been a fun ride. Looking forward to seeing the movie and then into whatever the next show is! I love this podcast SO MUCH! ❤️

Rikkitikkitaavi

One of the biggest stumbling blocks for me when it comes to anime is the hyper sexualization of women/young girls. It's cringey at best and often flat out disturbing at times. There are more than a few series I have watched and enjoyed, and I can't think of many that don't include it to some degree. It's easy to simply roll your eyes and excuse it as a necessary evil of the medium, but does it really have to be? Would viewers really stop tuning in without the fan service?

Ziggy242

So I just watched the movie to prepare for the next episode. I wish I didn't do that. Not going to say much about it but I definitely prefer the show ending

Arthur Newman

Wow just finished the movie, I understand why he needed to make the rebuilds.

Dean Lowdon Clear

Not sure how I feel about this show. It had some great moments, but there are pacing problems throughout and I found these last two episodes rather dull…