How has the NGE opening impacted you?

[Zaiku]

Now I'm sure a lot of us will say, that NGE has changed our lives, due to its thought probing content and etc... But who hear has been affected in anyway, by the OP and the music itself?

Did you like the song? The animation? Whatever.

Personally, I was watching a parody video, a super smash bros melee version of the NGE OP. But, in the description of the video, it said please watch the original video first, so needless to say; I did.

It... Rocked... My... WORLD.

After the intro and the synth trumpets came on, it burned an eternal memory into my head, I loved the sound of it a lot, which made me want to continue watching. Then later on I'm just watching through and it got to the chorus, now... the music itself was awesome, but the flashing text and images, I had no idea what it meant, but I really liked it. In fact, I watched the OP another 15 times after that, I eventually downloaded the song and video and started watching it almost obsessively. Then it hit me, "I freakin' gotta watch this anime."

NGE by the way, my first anime, apart from the kiddy shit on nickelodeon and cartoon network, that I watched inocassionaly. In fact, this song and the Eva opening is what got me into anime. I'm sure it hasn't had the same affect on everybody, but I would like to know what affect it has had on you, if any at all.

TL;DR: How has the NGE OP affected you?

Now without further ado, please... discuss.

[Joseph the PRPD]

I liked the song, I liked the opening style, and I like all the subliminal messages~~~

[Guyver Spawn]

I love the song and the opeaning. Nothing else to say really.

[SaltyJoe]

Funny, i always fast forwarded through the opening the first time i watched the series.

After i completed the series and EoE, and found a video of the OP's full version, now being able to link the flashing images to actual happenings in the series, all i could think of was "Holy shit, this is awesome."

And with that, the music also grew on me.

[Timstuff]

I heard the opening theme with no visuals before I'd ever even known what NGE was, and it actually made me LOL because it sounded cheesy to me. Listening to it a like a hundred times has caused it to grow on me a bit, but it still sounds kind of cheesy to me to this day. I guess it's kind of like the 60's Star Trek theme in that way.

[BrikHaus]

It changed my life.

[VoidEater]

I guess it's kind of like the 60's Star Trek theme in that way.

Alexander Courage is God.

Other than that: Prana mudra. The only overt Hindu symbol I've noticed in NGE.

[Evangelionfreak]

I like the song, but what was going on in the opening could have been more interesting

[Ironfoot]

I'm in the minority when I say that I'm not a big fan of anime openings, and Evangelion is no different. I will say that the animation is better than the song, though.

[backseatjesus]

The song isn't my style. Now, if it was Peter Gabriel, that'd be a different story.....

[Sailor Star Dust]

I really like the animation for the opening and the song itself but that's about it. It's not like it was some life-changing thing.

[Lucretius]

The OP made me change my major and convert to Buddhism. :P

[Evayo]

I wouldn't really say it "affected" me all that much, but it never fails to get me excited when I watch it. I just love the blindingly fast cuts that correspond perfectly with the song.

[LeoXiao]

When my brother told me to watch NGE he added that the OP was good, and so I took the time to listen to it. later when I got fast internet I downloaded the full version and it stayed like my favorite song for the next year.

[Reichu]

I like the song and the opening, but this thread is, in my administrative opinion, retarded typical Chit-Chat.

[Fast Tony DeNiro]

I like the song, and I remember when I first got the series on DVD I would always slow down the video during the fast bits and try and see what all the images were.

So ya, cool opening.

[Reichu]

Actually, yeah, this thread really is retarded and I feel obligated to kill it.