Neon Genesis Evangelion, Collection 0:2 (Episodes 5-8)

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I FREGGIN LOVE ANIME.......EXPESSIALLY THIS ONE!!

Evangelion Continues!

A must-see despite interlace problems and horrid english dub

"Desperate for something to touch"

I LOVE NEON GENESIS EVANGELION!!!

Neon Genesis Evangelion, Collection 0:2 (Episodes 5-8)
Starring: Yûko Miyamura , Kôichi Yamadera , Tomokazu Seki , Tetsuya Iwanaga , and Junko Iwao
Director: Tsuyoshi Kaga , Keiichi Sugiyama (II) , and Hideaki Anno
Manufacturer: Adv Films
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ASIN: B000050IL8
Release Date: 2000-11-21

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As this popular sci-fi drama continues to unfold, 14-year-old Shinji Ikari, the pilot of warrior-robot Evangelion 01, begins to emerge from his shell. He's traumatized in a skirmish with an octahedral flying fortress, but Misato sends him right back into battle. Rei plays defensive blocker in her Evangelion as Misato diverts all the electric power in Japan to the untested cannon Shinji uses to destroy the fortress. (They'd never manage it in California.) Shinji begins to recognize his feelings for the taciturn Rei and the garrulous Misato. He also learns his textbooks lie: the devastation of the Earth was caused not by a meteor strike, but by the explosion of an Angel that human explorers discovered in Antarctica. Complications ensue with the arrival of the third pilot, Asuka Sohryu, a temperamental redhead who quarrels with everyone in sight. She and Shinji are forced to work as a team, piloting Evangelion 03 in an unexpected sea battle with a sharklike Angel. But Shinji and his friends face even graver danger from the plots of his scientist-father and the dashing agent Ryoji Kaji. Director Hideaki Anno continues to develop his main characters while keeping the plots and subplots moving smoothly ahead. Contains these episodes: 5. "Rei, Beyond Her Heart," 6. "Showdown in Tokyo 3," 7. "The Human Creation," 8. "Asuka Strikes." Not rated; suitable for ages 14 and up: robot versus robot violence, brief nudity, and minor profanity. --Charles Solomon

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I FREGGIN LOVE ANIME.......EXPESSIALLY THIS ONE!!.......2005-12-31

I am only 14 right now but thats a perfect age to start getting hooked on anime!!I hate waiting every week for a new neon genesis episode to come on,so i thought..duh!why not buy them?but then i thought,now i have nothing to look foward to every week:(....but this dvd(and all the rest of them)are to good to wait for,so if you are thinking,do i wait and be suprised or screw it and be happy but nothing to look foward to?well just screw it becuase it is well worth it,plus you have no stupid commercials,just action after action!If you are asking,well i dont know i am the kind of person who likes to be all suprised and have something to look forward to,then you are just like me,but i got it anyway and have no regret,but i would advise you to watch a little bit of it like maybe to episode 12 or 14 and then buy some episodes like this one becuase,it does kind of ruin the feeling of excitement when you are just waiting day after day and then when it's on....WOOOOT(cant do that unless you watch it again,but you still know whats gonna happen,no fun in that),you can invite all your friends over and have a party watching all sorts of the new shows(i am a huge anime fan so i love fullmetal alchemist and samuria champloo and ghost in the shell...hehe basically i love them all) that show on saterdays(and thursdays if you mean just this show)on adult swim....but dont forget if you have the dvd's you can stay up all night watching MARATHONS of neon genesis.just to tell ya,this dvd focuses more on rei and a little at the end on asuka and kaji when they meet so if you are a rei fan then two thumbs up on this dvd:)
hope this helped you,i am gonna get the platinum collection so look for my reviews there;)

Evangelion Continues!.......2004-05-01

In this second part of the eight DVD collection, we get a little closer to Rei, to say a LOT closer. One reason why I can pity Shinji so much (unlike other anime characters) is that he tries to do good but ends up messing everying up. In this volume, we have Shinji try to bring Rei her new ID card. He ends up walking into her house, uninvited, into her room (where we see freaky looking bloodstained clothes and pillows), and picks up a pair of glasses we've been told were Commander Ikari's. Rei walks in, Shinji turns and sees she just got out of a shower, she walks over, takes the glasses, Shinji slips on the water, falls onto Rei, drawers go flying, and before we know it, he on top of her and her towel's completely off.
This scene has a very artful way of covering nudity with objects (...).
The next on the list of people who are introduced is Asuka Langley Sohryu, the Second Child and pilot of the German-made Unit-02. She's a real sassy girl, when Toji is crawling on the floor to retrieve his wind-taken hat on the aircraft carrier they meet her on, she steps on it. A gust of wind blows up her skirt (...) and Toji gets smacked.

I don't like revealing TOO much of the story but like my others, I give an overview of the episode, a review, and a closing overall statement.

This is the next chapter and still as good as the first, yet better. The series doesn't really reach the full swing of tension, drama, and action until around Neon Genesis Evangelion 0:5 Inner Sanctums. But that doesn't mean just give up now! Keep watching if you like it!

Overall: I love the DVD, the extras (like all the other DVDs) really are bone-dry (only a few previews but some are good ie: Gasaraki, Spraggain, Samurai X The Movie, etc), but overall, if you just want the episodes, you've got the right DVD!

A must-see despite interlace problems and horrid english dub.......2002-12-06

The English voices were cast appropriately for the characters, however the English voice acting for the most part is just plain *horrid* and the translation is often weak. You'll most certainly want to hear the original Japanese actors and watch the English subtitles where the translation is clear.

The DVD video and audio quality is itself very good, but as others have pointed out there are issues with the transfer. The video was not de-interlaced properly, so unbraided image scan-lines become briefly but painfully obvious during high action sequences, especially during freeze-frame, and the credits just disintegrate. I did not notice these interlace problems in the Japanese VCDs of these four episodes. It's disappointing but livable; there are few other visual artifacts but they are hardly noticeable.

Otherwise I agree with the reviews given by "confuse_a_cat" and Josh Leman.

This is my first DVD purchase from the EVA series and I plan to buy others. I already own a few NTSC tapes and have watched many of the episodes in VCD format.

"Desperate for something to touch".......2002-11-02

Now that we have met Shinji Ikari, the second child, it is only fair that we follow his encounters with the other children, Rei Ayanami, the first child, and Asuka Langley Sohryu, who is the third. All of these fourteen year olds are destined (perhaps doomed) to save the world of the Second Impact from the attack of Angels - bioengineered creatures determined to destroy the human population.

We know from some idle conversation that Rei has no memories of a time before her training to merge with one of the gigantic Evangelion built to stop the angels. Badly injured in the testing of the prototype unit, it is only in episode 5 that she finally takes an active role. Rei is withdrawn and unemotional, so it is only because of a wildly embarrassing incident that Shinji penetrates her exterior. Then Ramiel, Angel 5, attacks NERV headquarters and Rei and Shinji must work together to face the threat. Then later (episode 7), Shinji and Misato confront a berserk robot created as competition for NERV's EVAs.

In episode 8 we finally meet Asuka, who is the exact opposite of Rei. Loud, egotistical, and intensely competitive, she is the pilot of EVA 02, the first 'production EVA. Shinji and Misato fly out to meet with the fleet that is transporting the new EVA from Germany to Japan. Asuka is only distracted from making Shinji miserable by the arrival of Gaghiel, the horrific sea angel. As Gaghiel starts tearing the fleet apart Shinji and Asuka must pilot the untested EVA 02 while Misato tries to come up with a scheme to stop the angel and keep the two young pilots alive.

One of the things that is notable about this series is that the pilots, Shinji, Rei, and Asuka, are all too human. Shinji's underlying cowardice, Rei's distance from her emotions, and Asuka total lack of distance from some inner source of anger grant this story a sense of reality that something like 'Power Rangers' is totally lacking. I also have to commend the acting of the English voice cast for the color and accuracy of their readings.

I LOVE NEON GENESIS EVANGELION!!!.......2002-02-11

I'm in love with Neon Genesis Evangelion, and this one is the best! I've watched it over and over again. This dvd is funny and really develops Misatos character. I love the music in this series. It makes the best anime ever even better than it is. I think the reason I like it so much is because of the characters. They are really developed and each has their own personality. I think I want to go watch it again right now... Sorry I have to stop writing this.

Neon Genesis Evangelion, Collection 0:5 (Episodes 15-17)

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Incredible
"Tear open the door to your heart."
Things start to get serious.........
Wow.
This is the genesis of weridness

Neon Genesis Evangelion, Collection 0:5 (Episodes 15-17)
Starring: Yûko Miyamura , Kôichi Yamadera , Tomokazu Seki , Tetsuya Iwanaga , and Junko Iwao
Director: Tsuyoshi Kaga , Keiichi Sugiyama (II) , and Hideaki Anno
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ASIN: B00005ALLS
Release Date: 2001-03-27

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The dashing Ryoji Kaji reveals he is playing a double game, working for both NERV and the Japanese government. Through him, Misato learns that Commander Ikari has somehow preserved Adam, the first Angel, who was the prototype for the Evas. He also tells her that the Marduk Institute, which is supposed to oversee NERV, is just a shell: Ikari is secretly pulling all the strings. In "Sickness Until Death," Asuka goads Shinji into attacking a weird Angel that resembles a black film only microns thick--yet it engulfs him and Eva 01. As the power supply for his life-support system nears depletion, Shinji experiences what may be hallucinations--or a fragmentary dialogue with the Angel. As the rescue mission Ritsuko has organized is about to begin, the Angel suddenly ruptures, expelling Eva 01. While Shinji recuperates, Eva 04 and the US NERV First Unit disappear from their Nevada testing ground in a mysterious explosion. Shinji's seemingly ordinary classmate, Toji Suzuhara, is revealed to be the "4th Child," the pilot of the newest Eva. The combination of revelations, mysteries, and action make for exciting viewing, and director Hideaki Anno skillfully builds suspense over the extended screen time. Not rated; suitable for ages 14 and up for robot versus robot violence, brief nudity, and minor profanity. --Charles Solomon

Customer Reviews:

Incredible.......2005-08-25

I purchased these dvds a long time ago. Since then I believe this is my 4th time watching this dvd. The series makes a huge change in tone with this dvd. The first four dvds are more light-hearted, yet this one is very somber.

The first episode is an interesting story between Kaji and Misato. It is a pretty good love story now that I think about it. There are some new revelations brought about here that shed more light on the evas.

The second episode is my favorite of the whole series. Shinji has to fight one of the more unique angels, and the ending is classic.

The third episode sheds some light on some other characters that you haven't heard alot about so far. They make it pretty obvious who the fourth child is, but it is still fun to watch.

This series is one of the best dvd investments ive ever made. Even if you don't like the first dvd, you have to watch them all to truly realize how great the series is.

"Tear open the door to your heart.".......2002-11-19

If the previous DVD's story was a hint that nothing is quite what it seems, in the three episodes here, the scales begin to fall away, almost without warning. We will only encounter one Angel, but the interplay of the characters is so intense that one hardly notices. In addition, the steady pace of revelations about, NERV, SEELE, and the Human Instrumentality Project leave the viewer as unnerved as the characters.

The first episode, "Lie and Silence," has Misato trying to deal with her own interior loneliness and her ambivalent feelings about Ryoji Kaji, would be lothario and suspicious character. Confronted by a series of unnerving discoveries that includes the remains of the first Angel secreted in the chambers below NERV headquarters, Misato finds herself questioning NERV's true agenda.

In the next episode, "Sickness unto Death, and...," is one of the most terrifying episodes thus far. Shinji and Unit 01 are trapped in the interior field of an Angel that does not seem to exist and the boy's hallucinations strip him down to a fragile core. When this triggers impulsive action on the part of the EVA, everyone, pilots and staff, suddenly realizes that the EVA's are much more than robot slaves. And that their true nature may be just as dangerous to man as the angels.

This episode lays the groundwork for the tragedies to come. In an inexplicable event EVA 04 and the entire secondary NERV site vanish without a trace. Gendo Ikari's bleak ruminations leave us with little doubt that he has his own priorities, and even Misato becomes suspicious of the speed at which the fourth child, Toji Suzuhara, is identified.

In a stream of small betrayals, the tension between the characters mounts. It becomes clear that the destruction of the angels has a timetable of its own, and is being used to mask both SEELE's expectations and Gendo Ikari's own intentions. In the middle are the pilots, victims of the ambitions of others. The more human they become, the stronger grows the sense of some impending inexorable fate.

Things start to get serious................2002-10-07

This DVD is definiately a turning point in the series. Up to this point has been basically slapstick sexual humour and utterly awesome action sequences. This collection is when the series gets dark.....really dark.

In episode 15 we find that there is still some kind of spark between Kaji and Misato and that there is a new spark imerging with Shinji and Asuka....And Kaji reveals a disturbing secret about NERV.....BUM BUM BUM!!!

In episode 16 a new, oddly bizarre, angel attacks the city and when Shinji hotheadidly thinks he can take on the angel by himself, he and his Eva get trapped inside it. Here we start to understand that the Evas arent just biological robots, but beings with souls and humanity. Pay attention to the music when Shinji defeats the angel; You're gonna hear that alot from now on. And when you do, things are gonna get bloody......very bloody.

In episode 17 we find that there's a new fourth child on the way. They dont say exactly who it is but its fairly obvious....I think you can figure it out.

In conclusion this is a great collection in the series. My only complaint is that there isnt too much that happens, (I mean cmon only one angel attack!!). This DVD paves the way for particularly more disturbing happenings to come. Buy it. Buy it now!!

Wow........2002-07-22

Well theres not alot of fighting, but the part were theres only a white stripe in the screen and Shinji talking about the craizest stuff.I kept saying outloud "what the hecks goin on."This part of evangelion messed wiht my mind. the only other anime to do that was PERFECT BLUE which i highly recommend, this plus PERFECT BLUE opened me up to animes to mess wiht my head after i am done with this series i plan on starting SERIAL EXPERIMENTS LAIN.

This is the genesis of weridness.......2001-12-29

I think that this series overall is one of the better anime out there. There are so many to chose from and it is hard without knowledge to chose good from bad. That being said this is the DVD where the series takes a turn. It is still very good. But the mecha action that prevailed in the early episodes starts to drop off.
What replaces it is a hell of alot of weridness. Some of it is very cool. Ideas about what the angels are and what is really going on, as well alot that Nerv has been hiding.
But it also the beginning of some serious soul searching by Shinji. That would not be so bad if he wasn't such a whiner. Overall I still think the series is good and this DVD is well worth the buy. But be prepared for a different path than the one we started on.

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