The most important japanese animation films

[Dion Madrilejo]

> I would definately add Evangelion to that list.  It was a television series
> that culminated with two "movies."  I add the quotes to stress that the
> first theatrical release was little more than a pair of television episodes
> strung together.  However, in terms of content and style, Evangelion's
> influence in this field is already evident.  I would suggest watching
> Evangelion and following up with Serial Experiment: Lain, which I believe is
> domestically available.  You'll notice a number of elements that are
> similar: the presentation of plot questions through dramatically presented
> written text, the style of such presentation, the underlying theme of
> discovering "G-d", and the theme of boundary destruction- not only of man
> vs. G-d, but of human vs. machine.

I would have to disagree about adding Evangelion. the films are basically a
different ending to the TV series and as such require someone to watch the
whole TV series in order to fully appreciate them. Now I do like the
Evangelion TV series and feel that it is a significant work of Japanese TV
animation but I don't believe the Evangelion films themselves add anything
new or significant.

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