I unironically believe that Galaxy Express 999 is better than Neon Genesis Evangelion. Evangelion only tackles one theme throughout while 999 expands on many different issues like freedom and its true nature, patriotism, kindness and its limits and different forms, love, family, eternal life and so much more. Evangelion is presented as deep but the ideas in 999 are more clearly presented and easier to understand, making them more accessible to people, and in my opinion it makes it more valuable as a result. Also, Evangelion doesn't have Maetel, which is a great loss, no female character in Eva could ever match her
I unironically believe that Galaxy Express 999 is better than Neon Genesis Evangelion...
Why are all of these kinds of classic anime either a movie or a two-part OVA that barely scratches the surface of the source material, or hundreds of episodes long?
Because they are often based on manga that came in many parts
Galaxy Express stories are all like 20 to 40 minutes long, Eva doesn't do it like that. It reminds me of that Miyazaki quote where he says something to Anno like "I always thought you were good at candid storytelling, but then you go on to make Eva and show none of that"
Personally I wouldn't directly compare both series
the episode where tetsuro inspires that girl to animate her cat movie
narrator says he never finds out it’s a success
I cry
So are most twelve episode seasonals from the current era and they all cover far more material in shorter time by not having a slow as balls pace and wasting the viewer's time with repeat footage
At least it wasa success, also Fraiya is beautiful
enter a planet of gold people
some people are not gold
they are treated like subhumans and trash
wow so deep, brave and original
making them more accessible to people
It must suck being part of the 99% that are filtered by spirituality in Eva
A slow pace isn't wasting time, it's opening the plot and characters more, at least that's what I think
Anon Babble is too low IQ for GE 999.
Anyone can deconstruct and create something original thay doesn't mean anything in the end. Working within set boundaries is true skill
If you don't enjoy what I enjoy you're less spiritual than me
I'm Christian and pray every day, Jesus has a huge effect on my life, but if I don't enjoy an anime, I'm filtered in spirituality. Interesting
tetsurobros everywhere
Truth
that episode where tetsuro and Maetel goofily fend off a blob family
ends with a couple committing suicide together
it's just simple, but unabashed romanticism and I believe that is what makes it so great. It doesn't have some annoying roundabout or overly gruesome way of sharing its themes, like Evangelion. Evangelion did not have to kill the entire cast, drop a bunch of miseryporn, make every character so shit at expressing themselves to others, and have such a bleak ending just to tell us that self loathing is bad.
Couldn't help but agree more
even if that were true, eva clears on filmmaking alone.
Evangelion only tackles one theme throughout
lol
The animation of GE999 is its charm
IT really does and it is that you have to get over yourself and interact with the world around you.
it's just simple, but unabashed romanticism and I believe that is what makes it so great
good take, i agree.
parenthood, masculinity and sexuality not ringing a bell?
Themes
Issues
Philosophy
Moral dilemas
Sending a message
lol
lmao
What are you, a 14 year old edgelord?
I just want some fucking entertainment.
They are both the definitive shows of their era.
Yet somehow Anno and Leiji despite being several generations apart come to the same conclusion of mommywife being the solution to all the mc's problems.
parenthood
what parents lmao
masculinity
shinji's issue isn't him being comfortable as a man it's trapping himself in his desire to hate himself
sexuality
Accepting Kaworu had nothing to do with being gay, but having someone who was accepting at a time when he was isolated. The hand scene proves where he lies anyhow.
Evangelion doesn't have Maetel
Eva does have the "big sis/older lady tutor" archetype with Misato, but she isn't anywhere near as badass as Maetel. Maetel has resolution throughout the story, while Misato is a girl going with the flow. Maybe because Eva story needs to have a character like that.
That being said, I really do love Leijiverse works. GE999 and Queen Millennia were my gateway to anime. It's a shame not a lot of people appreciate them, even though they're considered classics
i really liked the IDEA of GE999. The problem is, the MC's voice is horrifically bad, nails on the chalk-board tier awful, and the starting song, and music in general is beyond terrible, an instant skip. Its art and plotlines were quite adult and clever however, but the actual animations were budget as shit.
Eva had great VA's, incredible music, AND groundbreaking visuals, art and plot. It was the entire package. GE999 is a niche product that needs a total remake.
Most stories in three9 are downright depressing why does everything in that world suck so much?
What didn't you like about the music? Also, I think it's unfair to go by animation, as 999 had some really nice settings and good cinematography, although with lots of budget moments too, but the same is true for EVA, and 999 is more than 10 years older along with being over 100 episodes compared to the 20 something of EVA. I get not liking Tetsuro's voice though, although it grew on me after a while.
unfair
so?
Babys first pre-90s 3x3 pseudcore.
What didn't you like about the music?
what is there to like about it? its awful, something a boomer nip might have some nostalgia for, but its irredeemably bad. The audio in general is just 2/10 at best in GE999. I didn't even realise how much i valued such things until experiencing the lows.
jesus christ anon.
Sorry, second. First one is Bandwagon no Anne.
Jesus and Mohammad were made obsolete by NGE. You are practically a pagan by new standard.
Galaxy Express 999
that 100+ episode show? i saw some episodes. Not great not awful. Did not make me feel like watching it all.
Also char designs are a joke. Dude needs to learn draw women that look different. I bet he never did.
They are wildly different works and besides that, the comparison itself is unfair. Leiji pioneered the SF genre as a whole, everyone that had anything to do with anime/manga and their third cousin all loved Leiji's works and were shaped by them to no small degree. The comparison becomes increasingly obselete when you realise that Anno was a huge fan of both Leiji and Tomino (you can argue that NGE is a retelling of Ideon) but his experience was far too shallow to grasp the ideas and deliver them fully, that's where Miyazaki's "anime was a mistake" quote becomes relevant. NGE (TV) + EoE is a fantastic work but it consciously lacks the "Roman" that runs through and defines Leiji's SF works and is probably what always drew everyone to love them since the beginning.
interstella is the only good leiji work
The real redpill is that Galaxy Express 999 (and arguably Space Battleship Yamato) both mog the everlasting shit out of all sci-fi anime. Yes, even LotGH. Eva is godawful compared to any of these.
his experience was far too shallow to grasp the ideas and deliver them fully, that's where Miyazaki's "anime was a mistake" quote becomes relevant
That's a very common issue with fiction in th last 40 years.
You can barely find a single writer/director with an interesting life story.
Movies, mangas, series... All have become meta referential so they barely understand their own themes
You don't even like anime
If the series is so good why we still don't have translations for all the Manga projects?
Le "everyone needs to live like Hemingway to make good art" argument
Why does this keep coming up? Otaku media is by its own conceit self-referential. There is literally a textbook written about this.
Why? That's because of both the endless slop and the try hard experimental stuff that's being produced as result.
It has completely destroyed the idea of art with an universal appeal
I can tell beyond a shadow of a doubt you don't watch that much anime if you are using words like slop and tryhard with zero self-awareness.
I see that you can make up a narrative out of thin air to support your argument.
I don't see anything else
Very insecure meme.
I think 999 is better but eva despite being a great funnel into older anime doesn't really work as a bar to judge them by.
This thing needs to be better than that
Are you a fucking 5 year old? Stop trying to compare apples to oranges, stop trying to use an obscure take to feel special and stop trying to grade everything when it's all a matter of personal taste. Somethings are going to be better for others, and somethings are just objectively better like Eva lol, no ones even fucking heard of your garbage you dumb loser.
because in those days everyone watched tv based on a schedual there was no streaming or netflix. what do you think would happen if, say, mcdonalds ran out of burgers and so had to start serving whatever was still in stock even if it was chinese food? people would leave and buy soemwhere else. Thus animation companies where made to fill time slots and would often expand popular shows so that they were not in danger of running out of content.
This phenomenon is absolute cancer. I despise when an older show has glacial pacing for absolutely no reason. It's just the worst.
Did Miyazaki die?
Old films often had slower pacing. Same with anime. Mainstream taste on such things changing doesn't mean older works are wasting your time. If you can't open your mind to different artistic ideals you're better off just staying with tiktok era anime.