First Time Reacting to 'NEON GENESIS EVANGELION Openings' | A Cruel Angel's Thesis | Non Anime Fan!

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My First Time Reaction to Neon Genesis Evangelion Anime Opening A Cruel Angel's Thesis and this has been rated as one of the best anime openings of all time and I can see why! This song perfectly captures everything that I love about anime music and the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion looks awesome! Here is my first time reaction to Neon Genesis Evangelion Anime Opening

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[GOTGames]

SO this is the famous Neon Genesis Evangelion opening?? 🤯
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[FinalMasterM]

This is one of those series that defined an entire generation of the medium and is as recognizable to non-fans as Dragon Ball or Sailor Moon, and has as much cultural impact too. It's a very mature and thought envoking series with lots of intrigue and morals. It's less a mech series and more a psychological dive into humanity and struggling against the supernatural.

[androyus]

Evangelion is a sci-fi, mecha, psychological anime from 1995 and has 26 episodes only (+ movies). Some legendary anime really don't need multiple seasons to be good. Titles like Cowboy Bebop, Serial Experiments Lain & Katanagatari are examples of "one & done" anime which are great.

"Is there nudity in the anime?"
Yes.

[laiofurious]

I don't think it's nostalgia, Evangelion is one of those turning points for the whole industry. You could say Evangelion was one of the few game changer that made the whole anime industry turn into something different. We had a lot of stories before, yes, of course, but the standard for those times were that anime was not that deep. But the way EVA told its story, the characters, the OST, the ambience, the plot... EVA is just... unique, even today, and when you think about it considering the context of Japan at that time, is completely understandable why is it considered one of (if not THE) best anime of all times, and not arguably one of the most influential anime of all times, it showed everyone anime's true potential and from there on, animes would take a completely new form of developing plot and characters.

[msxlxsv]

This is probably the most ICONIC Opening … EVER

[kodix]

If I could describe Evangelion I’d say it’s a trip, through psychological horror, heavy topics, a looming sense of ominous over-arching biblical inferences, bringing realistic issues and mental struggles and puts them into anime characters. Yet beautiful. It makes you think about you and the world around you in a different light. Evangelion is definitely a show worth the watch.

[MrEmatthewh]

Classic and forever a banger. Great introspective anime too, don’t let the giant robots fool you. It’s a dark show. It came out in the 90’s.

Also, this song is played a lot at Japanese baseball games and things like that

[matchxuky]

This opening is a classic because it was the reason why people started paying more attention to the openings and started making better openings.

[duvan.deschain]

A Cruel Angel's Thesis is an absolute banger! Now, the main reason the opening it's so iconic it's because it does not operate like your traditional Mecha Anime Opening. Yes, the music is upbeat, but both the lyrics and the visuals are dark. If you want to see a great analysis of it I recommend A Cruel Angel's Thesis Explained by Mother's Basement.

As far as the anime goes, I think you should watch it. It's only one season and then a few movies, which are worth watching in my opinion. The films bring the story full circle. It's quite cerebral but also really rewarding, specially since you enjoy well written shows.

[Attor]

3:28 On the nostalgia factor, personally I do think nostalgia plays a pretty big part in how loved this opening is. Not only is the series one of the most famous/genre defining series, the song itself hits a specific type of sound that soungs old yet nostalgic. I'm born in the 21st Century, Japanese, never watched the show, only read a small part of the manga, yet this song feels nostalgic to me because it carries the same sound quality and energy that many beloved older Japanese songs carry (Think any of the songs that appear in older Studio Ghibli films. Completely different songs but same feeling of warm nostalgia).

Add to it that Evangelion as a show is one of the older series that many experienced anime fans recommend to new anime fans, this song goes around a LOT. So in many new anime fan's cases, there's high likelihood they've heard this song before without quite knowing where it came from/what it signified. Also, it's an extremely singable song even if you only know the chorus, which makes it easier for people to learn it without knowing Japanese deeply. Heck, it's singable just from hearing it a few times because its chorus melody sticks out.

All in all, I feel there's many factors at play here but I agree, nostalgia may be playing a surprisingly big part into why it's so beloved. And I haven't even touched upon the actual anime factor either bc I'm not familiar enough with it. But any dedicated Evangelion fan in the comments might be able to further provide why they think it's iconic/how the show is iconic. It's so famous for many things and has a long dedicated fanbase that continues to grow to this day as continuations/sequels pop up (Unsure how the more recently animation stuff fits in, sorry).

[smugsneasel]

Oh...um...listen. This anime isn't just a mech anime. It's...more of a psychological drama anime with mechs IN it. And memes...lots and lots of retroactive memes.

[daodolong]

Utada Hikaru sang for the OSTs of the Evangelion Movie adaptions . Beautiful World / Sakura Nagashi / One Last Kiss are top tier songs . Also " Komm süsser Tod " must be like one of the most known Evangelion songs after A Cruel Angel's Thesis and Fly Me To The Moon .

[felix_patriot]

Part of the reason why this is credited as the greatest anime of all time is because, this was the anime that _actually put anime openings on peoples radar._ It inspired many companies to put more effort into them, and thanks to that people now say things like "have you watched _x_ ?" "oh nah but i love the *opening* "

[secchi]

This is the anime that defined what anime is, you can think of it like it's the Pulp Fiction/Star Wars of the anime world.
Pretty much every anime takes something from Eva, animes nowadays would be VERY different if eva didn't exist, it's also kinda influential for Japan and japanese culture.
The show itself is a bit weird, but even if you don't get it, it still a must watch for anyone who considers to be an anime fan.

[Kaiwashere]

Literally one of the most iconic anime opening's forever and always!

[michael]

Very influential anime. Masterfully embedded with many adult psychological themes. Theres plenty of series analysis many hours long posted on this series all over youtube. Well worth a watch for the first 2 movies before you dig into the full series to see if its up your alley.

[ahoyforsenchou]

This song is by far one of the most popular songs to come out of Japan in the last 50 years. Not a single karaoke parlor in JP omits this song from their list, to this day.

Also Asuka is best girl.

[sophieaquitan]

One small note:
No robot anime is actually about robots, they are usually about politics, depression, abuse or all of the above, but never about robots.

[michalzilavy]

The first thing I wanna say is thank you for these reactions, I have been really enjoying them.
As others pointed out Evangelion is iconic anime and Cruel Angel's Thesis is an iconic song, so that might be the reason you heard it is one of the best ones ever.
In terms of the next reactions, I would really like to see you react to Goblin slayer OP. The interesting quirk of it is that artist Mili uses made up language in part of it and also it is just really well done in my opinion.

[deadsoon]

Welp, basically it's a great song and it's iconic because of the reputation of the anime. I didn't even like the series all that much but I still know every lyric to the song 🤣
And the visual are also very good, they hold up very well. Gigantic biological robots that fight bizarre alien forces will always look cool.