Neon Genesis Evangelion, Collection 0:6 (1991)

The new Eva Unit 03, piloted by Shinji's friend Toji, mutates during its initial test and becomes an Angel. When Shinji realizes another human being is inside the menace, he refuses to attack it. Using an override circuit, Shinji's father takes control of his Eva and rips the 03 apart. Horrified and disgusted at this brutality, Shinji quits as an Eva pilot--until a new and more powerful Angel strikes at NERV headquarters. Seeing his friends Asuka and Rei overcome, Shinji returns to defeat the deadly new foe. But his Eva goes berserk, attacking and devouring the Angel. As it grows in power, the Eva partially absorbs its pilot. Drifting through semiconsciousness, Shinji confronts memories that recur in variations, like an aria by Philip Glass. Characters in other, popular mecha series never confront these moral dilemmas. The youthful pilots in Gundam Wing adhere to a warrior code that extols heroism; they have few qualms about slaughtering their foes. Shinji knows that warfare is not a noble calling, and that causing the death of a human being is a horrifying prospect. His ambivalence about his role as a pilot forces him to analyze his troubled relationship with his remote and brutal father and how that relationship has warped his self-perception. Episodes: 18. "The Judgment of Life," 19. "A Man's Fight," 20. "Form of the Mind, Form of the Man." Not rated; suitable for ages 14 and up for robot versus robot violence, nudity, minor profanity, and sexual situations. --Charles Solomon Amazon.com

the best out of them all.

I have to say that evangelion is one of the most original animes out there. but what I don't get is that the whole franchize started in 1999, and now about 6 years later it is know starting to grow. I mean so far they cam out with directors cuts and completly remastered versions of the whole series AND adult swim is now showing it (although ut is really late, they should have donedis in the first place).

anyway like I said be4 this is the best out of all the DVD's. the thing that really disturbed da F*** out of me when I first saw dis 3 years ago was the battle between Eva unit 01 and unit 03. this was the most violent battle of the entire series, cuz unit 01 rip the sh** out of unit 03 blood was rushing through the land and also flyin al over the place. And dats just the first episode, the second one is just as violent if not more, at the end they finally reveal what an evangelion truly is, more than just a biotechnologocal robot, but a killin moster and u will see that when Unit 01 really goes beserk and eats out the leavin hell out of an angel. the last one simmers down a bit and shows the more confusin parts of the series when Shinji is trapped inside of unit 01 literally. O yeah finally a lil sex action between Misato and Kaji. this is one volume of evangelion u can't afford to miss. April 30, 2006

Holy F******g S**t!

Ahem, yes, my title is less than eloquent, but this volume blew me away. I was actually saying those words out loud over and over as I watched the first and second episodes. The behavior exhibited by Eva Unit 01 caught me completely off guard. Without spoiling anything (as the editorial review has done), I will say that the violence in this volume was more believable because such savagery has not yet been present in the series.

The thirteenth and fourteenth Angels attack. They are strong. The Evas are no match for them, being literally torn apart. The bastion of NERV headquarters is no longer able to prevent being penetrated by the Angels.

Not as believable was the final episode, where all characters emerge unscathed from tremendous attacks and explosions, and Shinji's "soul" is trying to be salvaged by Major Katsuragi and NERV staff. It would have been even more realistic if one of the chosen children had died. (Honest, I am not spoiling anything).

There is a hot sex scene between Misato and Kaji. You can't see much, but you can actually hear them knocking boots. I'm not kidding. Neon Genesis Evangelion Collection 0:6 contains a mere three episodes, but what episodes they are. What are you doing reading this review? Go buy this DVD! Better yet, buy the whole series! August 5, 2005

Best...Anime...EVER

I have never been a huge fan of Japanese animation (or anime). However, upon purchasing the original release of Evangelion a couple years back out of curiosity, I have to say that this show is by far the best. I have since watched Cowboy Bebop, a few of the Gundam series, RahXephon, and some others, and none of them come anywhere close to Evangelion (though Cowboy Bebop is pretty cool too, I must say).
To those of you who have seen and loved it, you know what I mean. To those of you who haven't, all I ask is that you check it out. Evangelion is full of twists and turns at every corner which will keep you guessing up through the end. All the better is that while this is going on, you get to see some very cool giant mecha VS giant monster battles.
However, the mecha action is by no means the point of the series, so to those of you who live for Gundam, or other shows where the giant robots seem to largely be the point, this may leave you feeling a little cold. To those who are looking for a very complex story which just happens to include mecha, then I can think of nothing better. March 11, 2005

False labels

The last couple Eva Platinum DVDs have been falsely labeled. In the review it says that Episodes 18-20 are on this disc, while in reality they are on disc 5. The episodes on this disc are 21, 22, and 23.

Don't get me wrong, the reviews are great. They're just for the wrong disc. Maybe Amazon will catch the error and fix it. Maybe. February 26, 2005

BLEEEEEEED!

Ouch! These 3 episodes were hard to watch the first time around. They were very disturbing, because the violence was absolutely mind numbing and gory. September 9, 2003

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