I've been a fan to Evangelion saga since 2002, when I watched "The End of Evangelion" the first time. My first thought about the entire anime series and the following movies is that, despise the bad drawings at some points, Evangelion is a masterpiece of Sci-Fi, and this Rebuilt demonstrates it.
The improvement on the animation is more than noticeable, making this version what fans have imagined for years. But more important, the argument itself is quite different (What did Misato meant by showing Lilith to Shinji? What the heck does the Kaworu appearance mean? Are all the angels in this version only different in the graphics or also in demeanor, as Ramiel?), giving the viewer two viewpoints to decide what really the "Rebuilt" means: (1) It's a better-than-the-original revisited version of the best anime ever, or (2) a weird "sequel" to the entire saga (listen very carefully the SEELE scene with Gendou Ikari and the "Epilogue" dialogs).
Giant machine-like clones employed to fight against supernatural creatures, biblical symbolism everywhere, proverbial existentialism and, of course, action scenes so massive that most of American viewers wouldn't believe in a cartoon. What else do you want?
The improvement on the animation is more than noticeable, making this version what fans have imagined for years. But more important, the argument itself is quite different (What did Misato meant by showing Lilith to Shinji? What the heck does the Kaworu appearance mean? Are all the angels in this version only different in the graphics or also in demeanor, as Ramiel?), giving the viewer two viewpoints to decide what really the "Rebuilt" means: (1) It's a better-than-the-original revisited version of the best anime ever, or (2) a weird "sequel" to the entire saga (listen very carefully the SEELE scene with Gendou Ikari and the "Epilogue" dialogs).
Giant machine-like clones employed to fight against supernatural creatures, biblical symbolism everywhere, proverbial existentialism and, of course, action scenes so massive that most of American viewers wouldn't believe in a cartoon. What else do you want?