How did you first get into Evangelion?

[ChronoX]

I saw the first two episodes of Eva when they were aired on Cartoon Network during Toonami. (Gotta love Misato's 50 gallons of 'root' beer and how she wears a bathing suit in a bath tub.) After that I borrowed the box set and movies from a friend.

[edit]Anyone know if the first two episodes were aired more than once on CN?

i saw that 2 and went eva crazy
though how i remembered the name long enough to get my dad to rent the first 3 DVD's is beyond me

[soupy]

I think I first saw it in a Japanese magazine I browsed through when I was in taiwan for the summer back when it first came out. Then I got reintroduced to it again in an issue of "GameFan" magazine that did a preview of it. Friend of mine told me where to get VHS fansubs in chinatown, and omg...it was all over....I've been loving this show for over 8 years...omfg. :shock:

[Cyanna]

The first time I saw anything Eva related was on a Legend of Zelda forum. Someone had a Rei avatar. I was kinda surprised by it. I was in a big story-writing phase at the time and Rei looked very much like one of my characters....very pale, blue hair and dressed in white. Of course my character was usually seen in a white flowing dress rather then a skin tight plugsuit. But I had no idea what to make of it. I was not into anime. I really didn't even know what it was.

About a year later, I dragged my bf to a forum that I found myself addicted to over time. So to "fit in," he made a signature featuring some of his favorite characters and some captions. Well one picture was of Kaworu labeled simply "The Angel."

Now as for me...I've always been a sucker for winged humans. Naturally this "angel" thing caught my attention (keep in mind I was thinking more of the traditional angel then the Eva angel). So I asked about it and got a name (Kaworu) and a series (Neon Genesis Evangelion).

So I did some reasearch, found out that the blue haired girl was in this series too....and I completely spoiled the series for me. I read so much about Eva, D&R and EoE tat at Otakon (I was tagging along with my boyfriend's family) I was actually holding my own in a conversation about it and I hadn't even seen the series yet. But the more I read, the more I wanted to see it. Fortunately, my boyfriend had Evangelion so we watched it after getting back from Baltimore. And I was good and hooked. I saw D&R a few months later and I finally saw EoE about a week before the last Otakon.

[Dark FireStar]

do you think only certian people with certain traits or abilitys enjoy or understand Evangelion?

[Olin of Xephon]

Well, the "pointless nostalgia" link brought up this question, but nobody seemed to want to jump on it and turn into a new topic.

My willingness to do so may just prove my insanity (or utter lameness)
but I'm curious.

What's you're (dare I say it?) Eva Virgin expierence? (God! It burns)
That is to say, if you have a story about the first time you watched Eva, share. Was it good for you? (glances at earlier bad joke...winces)

Looking back, mine was just plain sad.
I bought Eva vol. 1 from a local FYE when I accidentally stumbled over it in the "Foriegn Films" section of the store.
I had read a lot about the show, was trying to get my hands on it, but no juice.
I got home, tore the wrapper off and jammed the thing in my ancient 1992 VCR. DvD? What DVD?

I had seen some Dragon ball Z, and was becoming a fan of Tenchi Muyo! on Cartoon Network (even though it was censored). but EVA...I had never seen anything like it...and if half of what I'd read on the internet was true...this could be the best thing ever animated!

What followed was a depressing year of scrapping up fifties and blowing them on two episode VHS.

This show, as I have said before, changed the way I looked at life, and got me into anime. It was also what finally made me buy a DVD player.
Evangelion...on Dvd? YES! (by then my tapes where wearing down)

By the time MANGA released the movies I was graduating from High school, seen the series some two dozen times, read EVA-R, well, as much as there was back then, and gotten a little perspective, and I hope, maturity. This helped me fully appreciate the work that is End of Eva.

The singlulary most imppressive, depressing, satisfying conclusion to a major work of entertainment.

So here I am... anybody else want to share?

[Hexon.Arq]

Oh, for the love of god. Not to bash on your thread Olin, but didn't ew have one of these already? If I have to regale people with my story one more time...

[sadsadshinji]

i must agree with hexon...the other thread is for this and i suppose EM will close this one down...

[max3000]

OH FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!

[Kiel]

:? *glares at other forum goers*

ARRRR! I'LL EAT YOUR DOG!!!! ARRRRRR!

*clears throat*

ahem, I like your thread Olin.

Anyway, my Eva story stars in ninteen dickedey nine. We had to say dickedey back then, because the Kaiser :x had stolen our number nine!

So, back in ninteen dickedy nine, I went off the Canadian Anime convention CNAnime around dickedey o'clock. It was there that I first purchased the Eva DVD boxed set.

...oh. Did I mention I invented the turlet, and that I singlehandedly won the second world war by teaming up with Abraham Lincoln, Neil Armstrong and Kozo Fuyutsuki and defeated Hitler and his robot flying monkeys?

I didn't? Well, I should have.

Anywho, after all that, We watched all of Eva together.

It was good.

[Dark FireStar]

You should have checked the other "threads" because i thought there was already one of these. Nice storys tho

[the_seventh_child]

yeah i think there is one similar topic from Dave called "how did you get into Eva?"..

[Dave]

This thread seems fine to me; some of the newer members might not look back far enough to see my original thread.

[Ayanami]

Teehee...

Well, if it's good enough for Dave, it's good enough for me. Besides, I don't mind telling my story a few times. It's weird, anyway.

My best friend Alex got me into Eva. She rented Death and Rebirth pretty much on a whim (neither of us had seen Eva at all before, and I doubt she'd ever heard of it), and after she'd watched it, she called me over to her house to watch it. She was going on about how it was so intense and had psychological undertones and whatnot.

So I watched it, and I was confused as hell. I honestly got a headache. It was pretty intense, and there were some parts that really upset me.

So anyway, I went home thinking about it, and I looked up the voice actors/actresses who were in it, and if I knew any of them from other shows (I do that. I'm weird... ). I honestly don't remember what happened after that, but the show just intrigued me so much that afterwards, I asked for EoE for my birthday, then with my birthday money I bought the Perfect Collection. Now that I think about it, it's been about a year since I first saw D&R, 'cause I went to my friend's house the night before I painted windows for Homecoming, which was in October.

Geez... can't believe it's been that long. o_o

[ChronoX]

Does anyone remember when Cartoon Network Had a giant robot week?
that is where i started to watch eva, then i went to my dads and started to rent the movies. this was all abut 4 or so years ago too.

[Olin of Xephon]

Sorry guys, I had no idea there were one of these threads already up, didn't mean to step on your lines Dave.

Consider this a continuation of your thread, if that's okay, if not, feel free to sick Evamonkey's amazing locking powers on me.

And anyone who has told their story, please don't feel obligated to tell it again, as once is usually painful as well as mutually embarassing enough.

But in a good way!

[sadsadshinji]

well...i can repeat my story for the heck of it...
in '97, my first visit to california, i stayed at my parents' friends house and their son (2 years older than me) showed me his eva recordings... he actually had memorized the entire script in Japanese basically...
however, it was with first episode, and seeing that i was 9 or so i wasnt too interested with the plot development in the beginning (with Shinji's arrival) but it stayed in the back of my mind till several years later i stumbled upon it in Hollywood video, after which i started watching it in earnest...

[Ayanami]

he actually had memorized the entire script in Japanese basically...

That's... kinda sad.

[sadsadshinji]

but when i was 9 it was really cool...he was really smart and actually had a social life...

[ChronoX]

wow. memorizing the entire eva script in Japanese and have a social life, wow

[Titus]

Well, I guess I have to tell the story sooner or later.....

I have seen Eva on and off for a few years, watching like 10 mins or so of it, everytime i was bored and it was on, but the story had progressed so far that i couldn't follow it. Fast forward like a few years, I'm graduating from High school, and I just built my biggest PC. I take it to a LAN and for no apparent reason, i copy the first 8 episodes of Eva and EoE.

One day whilst suffering a brilliant moment - *starts making music vids at this point* -, I decide to watch the stuff i leeched and presto! I realized I'm wasting my life away infront of a PC that only gives me power to brag to people who don't have PCs like myne! + The last time I had a girlfriend was in kindergarden! - isn't this gonna be a schweet topic from here on in! - so I fell in love with Asuka, broke the shackles that was computer geekdom from my body and mind and set off on a quest to find the whole Eva series, a beter life and a girlfriend! :oops:

And I thought some of your stories were depressing! :cry:

*jumps from balcony of house and falls into pool, results in heavy swearing after realization of failed suicide attempt!*