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Whistle Stopper - Neon Genesis Evangelion Platinum: Perfect Collection
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List Price: $129.98
Our Price: $41.99
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Manufacturer: ADV Films
Starring: Neon Genesis Evangelion
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: ADV Films
EAN: 0702727181726
Format: Animated
Label: ADV Films
Manufacturer: ADV Films
Number Of Items: 7
Publisher: ADV Films
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2007-11-27
Running Time: 750
Studio: ADV Films
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Buy the other box set!!!
Comment: I agree with A. Andrew "PartyInMyMouth", I bought it because I thought the extras would worth it, and I never had a box set from NGEvangelion before, if you are for the episodes themselves, buy the cheaper box set wich comes with the director's cut, and you will save your money from buying something that does not have anything great that won't come in the cheaper box set.
Ps: this 2 stars is for the series, the package deserve ZERO.
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Summary: The Apocalypse of Evangelion
Comment: I love this anime a lot. It is my second favorite anime, second only to "Princess Mononoke." I love this anime for its representation of oppression.
In the series, Shinji, Rei and Asuka are fighting against the evil Angels in their Evangelion robots. However, the pilots get psychologically scarred when the robots get hurt. Unlike Gundam, these suits of armor cause nothing but pain. The adults force the children to fight these powerful beings. And the pilots of the Angels could even be just like them.
The director of the series leaves many questions unanswered. However, there is one message that is clear. The apocalypse is coming for their hometown, New-Tokyo 3. The apocalypse is coming for the entire world in this series. In fact, the entire fate of the world rests in the hands of NERV, the corporation in charge of destroying angels. NERV is funded by SEALE. And the progression of NERV and SEALE's Instrumentality Project could put the entire world in jeopardy.
It's not hard to see why Evangelion is one of the most revered series in Japan. This series exposes the problems of elitism in Japan that still need to be resolved, even to this day. Despite the scientific mumbo-jumbo and the abstract ending, this series is awesome, and is not to be taken lightly.
(New in Perfect Collection)
Perfect collection features all the special features that were excluded in the Platinum Complete collection. Although this is yet another new edition of the entire series, this is worth getting for either of the two reasons:
1. I haven't seen Evangelion, but I want to watch it.
2. I want all the director's commentaries and special features.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good Series, if a Bit Overhyped
Comment: This review refers to the sub version, for my dub review look at the Neon Genesis Evangelion - Perfect Collection.
After seeing Eva for the first time about four months ago, I wrote a review and gave the series three stars, stating many reasons why it was and wasn't good (you can still read that review for the Perfect Collection). The review for the most part was quite neutral, but I received many comments asking me to give it another chance and watch in Japanese instead of in English. Eventually I caved, and now I'm glad I did. Although the series still suffers from some glaring flaws IMO, it is a whole lot better and easier watching it with the subtitles on than with the dubbing. The characters are presented much better and the acting is spot on. I didn't feel like strangling the main character every five seconds like I did with the dub and that in itself made the series better.
---THE GOOD---
The Characters in the sub are WAY better than their dub counterparts. In the dub I wanted to strangle the characters, or throw them off the cliff in annoyance and disdain. Shinji was just such a wimp I felt absolutely no sympathy for him and actually rooted on his demise (which never came). Misato was nothing but a slut, Auska a loud mouth brat, and Rei a pent up introvert.
Although the characters in the sub are, on the surface, more or less the same, the way they are presented is completely different. Shinji, although still a cowardly weakling, take a dramatic change after the first volume and starts to open up to the people around him for the majority of the show. from volume 2 on to volume 6, his character is somewhat likable in the way that he starts competing with the others and relates to them as a normal human being would. In volume one, he's completely unlikable, and then slowly changes into someone who the viewer can have an easier time relating to.
Rei is just the same in the dub and the sub alike. Her character is still a pent up introvert who refuses to open up. Really, she is one of the glaring flaws in this anime series. Her character never gets much attention at all, which is a shame because she could have been a very interesting character. She shows some signs of opening up in volume two, but after that all attempts at establishing her character are dropped. She exists in the background for the rest of the show, never doing or saying much of anything.
At the same time, upon second viewing, the mech battles aren't nearly as bad as I remember them being. Although there is still a problem with repetition, the problem isn't as annoying as it was when I first saw it. There was considerably less yelling in the sub version which made the otherwise cheesy battles quite tense. In the dub, everything seemed centered on the angel battles, but in the sub version, the angels are more of a back-story, a side show to the characters story.
Overall, almost nothing in the sub was quite as bad as it was in the dub version. The battles were better, the characters were better, and the overall mood of the series was better.
---The Bad---
At the same time, parts I remember as amazing were quite as good in the sub as they were in the dub. While watching the English version I remember volumes 6 and 7 being among the best episodes I've ever seen in anime, but when I watched them again, they didn't hold the same power they did when I first watched them. Auska's, Misato's, and Shinji's decent into depression all seemed to happen all at once. One episode everything's pretty much okay, the next everyone's thinking about suicide. I understand why everyone gets depressed, they all have their reasons and they are all understandable, but it didn't quite have the same power as it did in the dub. for other shows, like Now and Then, Here and There (Complete Collector's Boxed Set), the drama was always better in Japanese, but here it seems that just for certain parts, the dub version holds more power.
Also, the ending, although a little better the second time around, is still a piece of garbage that should never have aired on TV. It seems the creator of this show though we couldn't figure out why the characters were depressed by ourselves so he created episode 25 to spell it out in minute detail and cover every single little thought they had. Was this really necessary? I already know why they all hate themselves; episode 25 is just throwing every ounce of subtlety away and spelling everything out for us in a really long and boring way. the music doesn't help out any, driving the viewer more towards sleep than interest, and the animation is, for the most part, just some character sitting in a dark room while his/her younger self talks to them in a monotone voice.
Episode 26 is a little better, but not by much. If you like hearing people talk to themselves, than maybe you'll like this, but otherwise this episode will have you falling asleep. The whole episode is just psycho babble, Shinji telling us (again) that he hates himself and everyone asking him why. At the very end we get a glimpse of an alternate world where the angels never showed up, and all the characters have very different personalities. This is near the end, and from that part up until the closing shot it's pretty decent. Overall, the ending is just too needlessly boring. its the kind of "artistic" ending that a college film student will make and his teacher will praise, but everyone else in the class will fall asleep while watching. it may be "artsy" but its boring and peointlesly complicated and doesn't finish the stoy in any way.
Also I have to point out that the music for this series is for the most part pretty awful. Although the opening song is quite catchy the background music and closing theme do not in any way inhance teh feel of the show. Its the same song every time an angle shows up, the same song every time something sad happens, and that's about it. The ending song, as is normal in anime series, is less than noteworthy.
If you are thinking about watching this series, please for the love of god, watch it in Japanese. Do not ever bother with the English version, it sucks. If you read this review, please leave a comment.
Replay value; High.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Terrible Release!
Comment: The only good thing about this release is that the tin LOOKS pretty cool. Aside from that, it is worthless. It doesn't include any of the booklets from the original platinum release and the tin just falls open. It's impossible to keep the DVDs closed inside, the tin doesn't shut properly and they fall out. Do not buy this garbage.
Customer Rating:
Summary: This is not a Bootleg. Gainax released their whole line like this.
Comment: Unless Gainax is bootlegging their own stuff and selling it at best buy, this guy is retarded.
Everything that needs be said, is said. Its the old Plats, nothing more. You get some decent extras. Thats about it.
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Editorial Reviews:
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"Neon Genesis Evangelion was anime's perfect storm. It's a phenomenon like Star Wars, Harry Potter, or the Matrix. Plenty of works are going to try to reproduce it, but ultimately it will stand apart." - Aint It Cool News
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