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	==''Neon Genesis Evangelion''==		==''Neon Genesis Evangelion''==
	[related: Hideaki Anno, ''End of Evangelion'', [[valkyrie\|Fan Servicing]]]		'''[related: Hideaki Anno, ''End of Evangelion'', [[valkyrie\|Fan Servicing]]]'''
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	A highly lauded and widely controversial [[mech\|mecha]] anime television series created and directed by the brilliant and emotionally tortured Hideaki Anno. Over the course of its 26 initial episodes, ''Neon Genesis Evangelion (NGE)'' recounts a Russian-doll system of existential battles against the "Angels", a series of mysterious seemingly extraterrestrial beings terrorizing "Toyko-3". The series featured a dizzying symbological swirl of almost byzantine complexity including numerous references to Judeo and [[error\|Christian mythology]]. ''NGE'' includes numerous allusions to Midrash stories, Zohar imagery and other Kabbalah-derived materials originally stemming from the Book of Genesis. Anno often pointed to Schopenhauer and [[imago\|Freud]] as core influences - oedipal undertones abound throughout the series. The Freudian concept of "death drive" is overtly woven into various character arcs. Anno's refusal to identify a full origin story for the existence of the Angels and employment of occasional magical realism was seen by some critics as [[andrei-tarkovsky\|Tarkovskian]] in nature, an attribution Anno acknowledged and embraced.		A highly lauded and widely controversial [[mech\|mecha]] anime television series created and directed by the brilliant and emotionally tortured Hideaki Anno. Over the course of its 26 initial episodes, ''Neon Genesis Evangelion (NGE)'' recounts a Russian-doll system of existential battles against the "Angels", a series of mysterious seemingly extraterrestrial beings terrorizing "Toyko-3". The series featured a dizzying symbological swirl of almost byzantine complexity including numerous references to Judeo and [[error\|Christian mythology]]. ''NGE'' includes numerous allusions to Midrash stories, Zohar imagery and other Kabbalah-derived materials originally stemming from the Book of Genesis. Anno often pointed to Schopenhauer and [[imago\|Freud]] as core influences - oedipal undertones abound throughout the series. The Freudian concept of "death drive" is overtly woven into various character arcs. Anno's refusal to identify a full origin story for the existence of the Angels and employment of occasional magical realism was seen by some critics as [[andrei-tarkovsky\|Tarkovskian]] in nature, an attribution Anno acknowledged and embraced.

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	==''Neon Genesis Evangelion''==		==''Neon Genesis Evangelion''==
	[related: Hideaki Anno, ''End of Evangelion'', Fan Servicing]		[related: Hideaki Anno, ''End of Evangelion'', [[valkyrie\|Fan Servicing]]]
	----		----
	A highly lauded and widely controversial [[mech\|mecha]] anime television series created and directed by the brilliant and emotionally tortured Hideaki Anno. Over the course of its 26 initial episodes, ''Neon Genesis Evangelion (NGE)'' recounts a Russian-doll system of existential battles against the "Angels", a series of mysterious seemingly extraterrestrial beings terrorizing "Toyko-3". The series featured a dizzying symbological swirl of almost byzantine complexity including numerous references to Judeo and [[error\|Christian mythology]]. ''NGE'' includes numerous allusions to Midrash stories, Zohar imagery and other Kabbalah-derived materials originally stemming from the Book of Genesis. Anno often pointed to Schopenhauer and [[imago\|Freud]] as core influences - oedipal undertones abound throughout the series. The Freudian concept of "death drive" is overtly woven into various character arcs. Anno's refusal to identify a full origin story for the existence of the Angels and employment of occasional magical realism was seen by some critics as [[andrei-tarkovsky\|Tarkovskian]] in nature, an attribution Anno acknowledged and embraced.		A highly lauded and widely controversial [[mech\|mecha]] anime television series created and directed by the brilliant and emotionally tortured Hideaki Anno. Over the course of its 26 initial episodes, ''Neon Genesis Evangelion (NGE)'' recounts a Russian-doll system of existential battles against the "Angels", a series of mysterious seemingly extraterrestrial beings terrorizing "Toyko-3". The series featured a dizzying symbological swirl of almost byzantine complexity including numerous references to Judeo and [[error\|Christian mythology]]. ''NGE'' includes numerous allusions to Midrash stories, Zohar imagery and other Kabbalah-derived materials originally stemming from the Book of Genesis. Anno often pointed to Schopenhauer and [[imago\|Freud]] as core influences - oedipal undertones abound throughout the series. The Freudian concept of "death drive" is overtly woven into various character arcs. Anno's refusal to identify a full origin story for the existence of the Angels and employment of occasional magical realism was seen by some critics as [[andrei-tarkovsky\|Tarkovskian]] in nature, an attribution Anno acknowledged and embraced.

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'Neon Genesis Evangelion

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	=='''Neon Genesis Evangelion''==		==''Neon Genesis Evangelion''==
	[related: Hideaki Anno, ''End of Evangelion'', Fan Servicing]		[related: Hideaki Anno, ''End of Evangelion'', Fan Servicing]
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Lmsuarez at 13:12, 15 December 2024

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	'''''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' [related: Hideaki Anno, ''End of Evangelion'', Fan Servicing]~~'''~~		=='''Neon Genesis Evangelion''==
			[related: Hideaki Anno, ''End of Evangelion'', Fan Servicing]
			----
	A highly lauded and widely controversial [[mech\|mecha]] anime television series created and directed by the brilliant and emotionally tortured Hideaki Anno. Over the course of its 26 initial episodes, ''Neon Genesis Evangelion (NGE)'' recounts a Russian-doll system of existential battles against the "Angels", a series of mysterious seemingly extraterrestrial beings terrorizing "Toyko-3". The series featured a dizzying symbological swirl of almost byzantine complexity including numerous references to Judeo and [[error\|Christian mythology]]. ''NGE'' includes numerous allusions to Midrash stories, Zohar imagery and other Kabbalah-derived materials originally stemming from the Book of Genesis. Anno often pointed to Schopenhauer and [[imago\|Freud]] as core influences - oedipal undertones abound throughout the series. The Freudian concept of "death drive" is overtly woven into various character arcs. Anno's refusal to identify a full origin story for the existence of the Angels and employment of occasional magical realism was seen by some critics as [[andrei-tarkovsky\|Tarkovskian]] in nature, an attribution Anno acknowledged and embraced.		A highly lauded and widely controversial [[mech\|mecha]] anime television series created and directed by the brilliant and emotionally tortured Hideaki Anno. Over the course of its 26 initial episodes, ''Neon Genesis Evangelion (NGE)'' recounts a Russian-doll system of existential battles against the "Angels", a series of mysterious seemingly extraterrestrial beings terrorizing "Toyko-3". The series featured a dizzying symbological swirl of almost byzantine complexity including numerous references to Judeo and [[error\|Christian mythology]]. ''NGE'' includes numerous allusions to Midrash stories, Zohar imagery and other Kabbalah-derived materials originally stemming from the Book of Genesis. Anno often pointed to Schopenhauer and [[imago\|Freud]] as core influences - oedipal undertones abound throughout the series. The Freudian concept of "death drive" is overtly woven into various character arcs. Anno's refusal to identify a full origin story for the existence of the Angels and employment of occasional magical realism was seen by some critics as [[andrei-tarkovsky\|Tarkovskian]] in nature, an attribution Anno acknowledged and embraced.

Jackof63trades at 22:26, 6 May 2024

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	Throughout ''NGE'', music played a pivotal roll. Anno, himself an amateur musician, insisted on a brutally economical approach to scoring, using essentially four alternating themes throughout the entire series to help demarcate specific sections of content <ref> An approach he unsurprisingly abandoned in the final two episodes of the series. </ref>. ''NGE'''s opening and closing credit sequences became the subject of fan obsession. Due to cost cutting measures, the original credit music, including the legendarily strange <!--link to htc content-->"[[error\|Fly Me to the Moon]]" closing sequence, was not licensed for the ill-fated American reboot of ''NGE''. Poorly executed credit rescorings by the progressive rock group [[octagon-of-dex\|Octagon of Dex]] only fanned the flames of public discontent, contributing both to the cancellation of the reboot and the dissolution of the band.		Throughout ''NGE'', music played a pivotal roll. Anno, himself an amateur musician, insisted on a brutally economical approach to scoring, using essentially four alternating themes throughout the entire series to help demarcate specific sections of content <ref> An approach he unsurprisingly abandoned in the final two episodes of the series. </ref>. ''NGE'''s opening and closing credit sequences became the subject of fan obsession. Due to cost cutting measures, the original credit music, including the legendarily strange <!--link to htc content-->"[[error\|Fly Me to the Moon]]" closing sequence, was not licensed for the ill-fated American reboot of ''NGE''. Poorly executed credit rescorings by the progressive rock group [[octagon-of-dex\|Octagon of Dex]] only fanned the flames of public discontent, contributing both to the cancellation of the reboot and the dissolution of the band.

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Jackof63trades at 19:42, 19 April 2024

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+A highly lauded and widely controversial [[mech|mecha]] anime television series created and directed by the brilliant and emotionally tortured Hideaki Anno. Over the course of its 26 initial episodes, ''Neon Genesis Evangelion (NGE)'' recounts a Russian-doll system of existential battles against the "Angels", a series of mysterious seemingly extraterrestrial beings terrorizing "Toyko-3". The series featured a dizzying symbological swirl of almost byzantine complexity including numerous references to Judeo and [[error|Christian mythology]]. ''NGE'' includes numerous allusions to Midrash stories, Zohar imagery and other Kabbalah-derived materials originally stemming from the Book of Genesis. Anno often pointed to Schopenhauer and [[imago|Freud]] as core influences - oedipal undertones abound throughout the series. The Freudian concept of "death drive" is overtly woven into various character arcs. Anno's refusal to identify a full origin story for the existence of the Angels and employment of occasional magical realism was seen by some critics as [[andrei-tarkovsky|Tarkovskian]] in nature, an attribution Anno acknowledged and embraced.
-<strong>
-<em>
+The reception for ''NGE'' was lukewarm upon its release, but public support for the series built to a fervor over the course of its run <ref> A surge in popularity attributed in some circles to increasingly aggressive levels of "fan servicing" centering on the cartoon (and sometimes naked) breasts of young teenage women. </ref>. However, the final two episodes of the series proved to be extremely divisive. Taking place entirely in the mind of the pubescent main character, episodes 25-26 paralleled Anno's own mental and emotional breakdown. The material was at times completely abstract,  consisting of Kandinsky-esque shapes and muffled sounds, crayon drawings, and long dreamlike montages featuring almost indecipherable soliloquies. ''End of Evangelion'', created following an extended period of mental health treatment, served as Anno's re-attempt at concluding ''NGE'' is a more coherent and compelling manner <ref> An effort partially thwarted by his decision to have Shinji, the pubescent main character, masturbate over the body of his comatose female counterpart in the second scene of the film. </ref>. Anno later abandoned all further forays into animation in protest of stringent government content restrictions resulting from the [[error|Pokémon Shock Incident]].
-Neon Genesis Evangelion
-</em>
+Throughout ''NGE'', music played a pivotal roll. Anno, himself an amateur musician, insisted on a brutally economical approach to scoring, using essentially four alternating themes throughout the entire series to help demarcate specific sections of content <ref> An approach he unsurprisingly abandoned in the final two episodes of the series. </ref>.  ''NGE'''s opening and closing credit sequences became the subject of fan obsession. Due to cost cutting measures, the original credit music, including the legendarily strange <!--link to htc content-->"[[error|Fly Me to the Moon]]" closing sequence, was not licensed for the ill-fated American reboot of ''NGE''. Poorly executed credit rescorings by the progressive rock group [[octagon-of-dex|Octagon of Dex]] only fanned the flames of public discontent, contributing both to the cancellation of the reboot and the dissolution of the band.

Jackof63trades at 03:00, 12 March 2024

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	A highly lauded and widely controversial		A highly lauded and widely controversial
	[[mech]]		[[mech\|mecha]]
	anime television series created and directed by the brilliant and emotionally tortured Hideaki Anno. Over the course of its 26 initial episodes,		anime television series created and directed by the brilliant and emotionally tortured Hideaki Anno. Over the course of its 26 initial episodes,
	<em>		<em>
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	recounts a Russian-doll system of existential battles against the "Angels", a series of mysterious seemingly extraterrestrial beings terrorizing "Toyko-3". The series featured a dizzying symbological swirl of almost byzantine complexity including numerous references to Judeo and		recounts a Russian-doll system of existential battles against the "Angels", a series of mysterious seemingly extraterrestrial beings terrorizing "Toyko-3". The series featured a dizzying symbological swirl of almost byzantine complexity including numerous references to Judeo and
	[[error]]		[[error\|Christian mythology]].
	.
	<em>		<em>
	NGE		NGE
	</em>		</em>
	includes numerous allusions to Midrash stories, Zohar imagery and other Kabbalah-derived materials originally stemming from the Book of Genesis. Anno often pointed to Schopenhauer and		includes numerous allusions to Midrash stories, Zohar imagery and other Kabbalah-derived materials originally stemming from the Book of Genesis. Anno often pointed to Schopenhauer and
	[[imago]]		[[imago\|Freud]]
	as core influences - oedipal undertones abound throughout the series. The Freudian concept of "death drive" is overtly woven into various character arcs. Anno's refusal to identify a full origin story for the existence of the Angels and employment of occasional magical realism was seen by some critics as		as core influences - oedipal undertones abound throughout the series. The Freudian concept of "death drive" is overtly woven into various character arcs. Anno's refusal to identify a full origin story for the existence of the Angels and employment of occasional magical realism was seen by some critics as
	[[andrei-tarkovsky]]		[[andrei-tarkovsky\|Tarkovskian]]
	in nature, an attribution Anno acknowledged and embraced.		in nature, an attribution Anno acknowledged and embraced.
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	was lukewarm upon its release, but public support for the series built to a fervor over the course of its run		was lukewarm upon its release, but public support for the series built to a fervor over the course of its run
	<sup>		<sup>1</sup>. However, the final two episodes of the series proved to be extremely divisive. Taking place entirely in the mind of the pubescent main character, episodes 25-26 paralleled Anno's own mental and emotional breakdown. The material was at times completely abstract, consisting of Kandinsky-esque shapes and muffled sounds, crayon drawings, and long dreamlike montages featuring almost indecipherable soliloquies.
	1
	</sup>
	. However, the final two episodes of the series proved to be extremely divisive. Taking place entirely in the mind of the pubescent main character, episodes 25-26 paralleled Anno's own mental and emotional breakdown. The material was at times completely abstract, consisting of Kandinsky-esque shapes and muffled sounds, crayon drawings, and long dreamlike montages featuring almost indecipherable soliloquies.
	<em>		<em>
	End of Evangelion		End of Evangelion</em>, created following an extended period of mental health treatment, served as Anno's re-attempt at concluding
	</em>
	, created following an extended period of mental health treatment, served as Anno's re-attempt at concluding
	<em>		<em>
	NGE		NGE
	</em>		</em>
	is a more coherent and compelling manner		is a more coherent and compelling manner
	<sup>		<sup>2</sup>. Anno later abandoned all further forays into animation in protest of stringent government content restrictions resulting from the
	2		[[error\|Pokémon Shock Incident]].
	</sup>
	. Anno later abandoned all further forays into animation in protest of stringent government content restrictions resulting from the
	[[error]]
	.
	</p>		</p>
	<p>		<p>
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	NGE		NGE
	</em>		</em>, music played a pivotal roll. Anno, himself an amateur musician, insisted on a brutally economical approach to scoring, using essentially four alternating themes throughout the entire series to help demarcate specific sections of content
	, music played a pivotal roll. Anno, himself an amateur musician, insisted on a brutally economical approach to scoring, using essentially four alternating themes throughout the entire series to help demarcate specific sections of content		<sup>3</sup>.
	<sup>
	3
	</sup>
	.
	<em>		<em>
	NGE		NGE
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	's opening and closing credit sequences became the subject of fan obsession. Due to cost cutting measures, the original credit music, including the legendarily strange		's opening and closing credit sequences became the subject of fan obsession. Due to cost cutting measures, the original credit music, including the legendarily strange
	<!--link to htc content-->		<!--link to htc content-->
	"		"[[error\|Fly Me to the Moon]]" closing sequence, was not licensed for the ill-fated American reboot of <em>NGE</em>. Poorly executed credit rescorings by the progressive rock group [[octagon-of-dex\|Octagon of Dex]] only fanned the flames of public discontent, contributing both to the cancellation of the reboot and the dissolution of the band.
	[[error]]
	" closing sequence, was not licensed for the ill-fated American reboot of
	<em>
	NGE
	</em>
	. Poorly executed credit rescorings by the progressive rock group
	[[octagon-of-dex]]
	only fanned the flames of public discontent, contributing both to the cancellation of the reboot and the dissolution of the band.
	</p>		</p>
	<div class="footnote">		<div class="footnote">
	<p>		<p>
	<sup>		<sup>1</sup>
	1
	</sup>
	A surge in popularity attributed in some circles to increasingly aggressive levels of "fan servicing" centering on the cartoon (and sometimes naked) breasts of young teenage women.		A surge in popularity attributed in some circles to increasingly aggressive levels of "fan servicing" centering on the cartoon (and sometimes naked) breasts of young teenage women.
	</p>		</p>
	<p>		<p>
	<sup>		<sup>2</sup>
	2
	</sup>
	An effort partially thwarted by his decision to have Shinji, the pubescent main character, masturbate over the body of his comatose female counterpart in the second scene of the film.		An effort partially thwarted by his decision to have Shinji, the pubescent main character, masturbate over the body of his comatose female counterpart in the second scene of the film.
	</p>		</p>
	<p>		<p>
	<sup>		<sup>3</sup>
	3
	</sup>
	An approach he unsurprisingly abandoned in the final two episodes of the series.		An approach he unsurprisingly abandoned in the final two episodes of the series.
	</p>		</p>
	</div>		</div>

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		<p>
		<strong>
		<em>
		Neon Genesis Evangelion
		</em>
		[related: Hideaki Anno,
		<em>
		End of Evangelion
		</em>
		, Fan Servicing]
		</strong>
		<br/>
		A highly lauded and widely controversial
		[[mech]]
		anime television series created and directed by the brilliant and emotionally tortured Hideaki Anno. Over the course of its 26 initial episodes,
		<em>
		Neon Genesis Evangelion (NGE)
		</em>
		recounts a Russian-doll system of existential battles against the "Angels", a series of mysterious seemingly extraterrestrial beings terrorizing "Toyko-3". The series featured a dizzying symbological swirl of almost byzantine complexity including numerous references to Judeo and
		[[error]]
		.
		<em>
		NGE
		</em>
		includes numerous allusions to Midrash stories, Zohar imagery and other Kabbalah-derived materials originally stemming from the Book of Genesis. Anno often pointed to Schopenhauer and
		[[imago]]
		as core influences - oedipal undertones abound throughout the series. The Freudian concept of "death drive" is overtly woven into various character arcs. Anno's refusal to identify a full origin story for the existence of the Angels and employment of occasional magical realism was seen by some critics as
		[[andrei-tarkovsky]]
		in nature, an attribution Anno acknowledged and embraced.
		</p>
		<p>
		The reception for
		<em>
		NGE
		</em>
		was lukewarm upon its release, but public support for the series built to a fervor over the course of its run
		<sup>
		1
		</sup>
		. However, the final two episodes of the series proved to be extremely divisive. Taking place entirely in the mind of the pubescent main character, episodes 25-26 paralleled Anno's own mental and emotional breakdown. The material was at times completely abstract, consisting of Kandinsky-esque shapes and muffled sounds, crayon drawings, and long dreamlike montages featuring almost indecipherable soliloquies.
		<em>
		End of Evangelion
		</em>
		, created following an extended period of mental health treatment, served as Anno's re-attempt at concluding
		<em>
		NGE
		</em>
		is a more coherent and compelling manner
		<sup>
		2
		</sup>
		. Anno later abandoned all further forays into animation in protest of stringent government content restrictions resulting from the
		[[error]]
		.
		</p>
		<p>
		Throughout
		<em>
		NGE
		</em>
		, music played a pivotal roll. Anno, himself an amateur musician, insisted on a brutally economical approach to scoring, using essentially four alternating themes throughout the entire series to help demarcate specific sections of content
		<sup>
		3
		</sup>
		.
		<em>
		NGE
		</em>
		's opening and closing credit sequences became the subject of fan obsession. Due to cost cutting measures, the original credit music, including the legendarily strange
		<!--link to htc content-->
		"
		[[error]]
		" closing sequence, was not licensed for the ill-fated American reboot of
		<em>
		NGE
		</em>
		. Poorly executed credit rescorings by the progressive rock group
		[[octagon-of-dex]]
		only fanned the flames of public discontent, contributing both to the cancellation of the reboot and the dissolution of the band.
		</p>
		<div class="footnote">
		<p>
		<sup>
		1
		</sup>
		A surge in popularity attributed in some circles to increasingly aggressive levels of "fan servicing" centering on the cartoon (and sometimes naked) breasts of young teenage women.
		</p>
		<p>
		<sup>
		2
		</sup>
		An effort partially thwarted by his decision to have Shinji, the pubescent main character, masturbate over the body of his comatose female counterpart in the second scene of the film.
		</p>
		<p>
		<sup>
		3
		</sup>
		An approach he unsurprisingly abandoned in the final two episodes of the series.
		</p>
		</div>