After many years of waiting after constant delays and an additional few months of waiting for the english version of the movie its finally here and Evangelion at long last is over also watch out for some spoilers here and there probably. Now before I get to the review itself Im gonna say this when looking at it from an objective standpoint atleast personally I dont think the story itself was too amazing its pretty decent but not that great it was really convoluted and I dont really understand some of the things that have happened during the movie and there was simply too much information for my baby little brain too handle animation looked really iffy at times but in the end I thought it was a really enjoyable watch and it executes the story it does tell really well and I dont think they couldve really done it any better. It was a fantastic end to the franchise and probably the best of the rebuild movies. And now let me get to the specifics. THE STORY Probably the strongest aspect of the movie pretty much everything was tied up very nicely by the end and while still having a few questions about what exactly happened with some specific things thats mostly just me not having the brain capacity to really remember everything that happened in both 3.0+1.0 and the previous movies those questions arent exactly something that hinders my experience in any major way as these are only really minor tidbits that I can probably find out if I search the wiki a little bit but other than that I havent found any major flaws within the story. THE ART ANIMATION Now this is a bit of a mixed bag some shots are simply incredible brimming with detail animation being fluid as hell but at the same time youll have some shots that just feel rushed the CG shots being the biggest example of this with some not all surprisingly shots just not looking up to standard with some of the other scenes in the movie its most noticeable near the end of the movie in the scene where Aside from that one example I dont have any real major issues with the overall look of the movie. THE CHARACTERS I really like the characters in this theyve really developed them quite nicely over the span on the film with pretty much every character having their personalities and everything fleshed out and really make them feel like theyve matured since the beginning of the series. Theres really not much to say aside from this aside from maybe the designs of both the characters and Evas and that hasnt really changed too drastically but there were some new pretty interesting designs I quite liked I really love the humanoid look of the Eva units and I dont think Ill ever get tired of that type of mecha design yes I know theyre technically not mechas its just easier to call them that. THE SOUNDTRACK The soundtrack like in pretty much every Evangelion movie is just topnotch with some classics returning here and there theres really nothing bad I could say about the soundtrack its great allthroughout. And thats probably the end of my review overall its a really fun watch its not perfect its not a masterpiece but its not terrible it ties everything up quite nicely leaves no loose ends and just leaves you with a little smile at the end its incredible just how much Evangelion shaped not only the anime industry but just every piece of media in general and its wild to think that its almost been 3 decades since the anime originally aired and almost 3 decades of really bizarre merchandise you wouldnt even know you could make merch of but they sure did find a way.
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