Japan Man

I just finished watching Evangelion:1.01 and I must say that I am definitely impressed. The story moves forward at a much brisker pace and the graphics look ten times better. All of the classic moments are pretty much untouched like Shinji repeating that he shouldn’t run away and Rei explaning why she pilots Eva. I was definitley happy that they erased many of the unecessary parts like Shinji running away and meeting one of his classmates as well as Misato telling Shinji to leave Nerv just because he ran away. I thought that part in the original anime was superfluous because we already know that Shinji doesn’t want to pilot Eva so it doesn’t make any sense that he would run away again or that Misato would tell him to leave.

The angels all look much better even though the fights are pretty much the same. The 3rd angel battle is definitley the best stuff of 1.01 and why I look forward to watching the rest of the series redux. I felt that a retelling of this classic series was long overdue years ago so I feel that I deserve to enjoy this. Many of the mysteries like orgin of the angels and the Seele orginization seem like they are going to be solved this time around. If you haven’t checked out Evangelion:1.01 right now you must be living under a rock. If you have seen it, what did you think about it? How does it retell the story in a better way than the original series? What kind of mistakes does it make?