Evangelion Quotes From the Controversial Anime Series 2024

Evangelion Quotes- Evangelion Quotes From the Controversial Anime Series. Evangelion (Neon Genesis Evangelion) is a 90s Japanese anime television series and these Evangelion quotes come from all your favorite characters. If you have heard of the show, you might have heard it was also a bit controversial. Why is Evangelion controversial, Well, it mostly comes down to the violence. It isn’t your typical cartoon violence. The level of violence is much bloodier, darker, and often brutal than other animes.

It can be downright frightening!, Despite this, the show is quite popular and can be watched on various streaming channels like Netflix, Google Play, YouTube, and VUDU. If you haven’t seen it before, and are a fan of anime, you should give it a go. The multilayered approach and how the writers can make anime tropes seem unique is impressive.

Evangelion Quotes 2024

Even if all you have is a vague awareness of anime you’ve probably heard of Neon Genesis Evangelion, which is now celebrating its 25th anniversary. Of all the words frequently used to describe Evangelion — deep, confusing, incredible, pretentious — the most accurate would have to be subversive. Whatever you may think of the incredibly divisive anime classic, it is impossible to argue that it is a cut and dry mecha action series. And at the heart of its subversion is the presentation of its protagonist, Shinji Ikari. Neon Genesis Evangelion’ is one of the top-watched mecha anime series which was first broadcasted in 1995 October by TV Tokyo and is said to be the first original anime making it a cultural icon.

The story follows the futuristic dystopian world after a worldwide cataclysm during which the main character Shinji played by Megumi Ogata, is recruited by an organization named Nerv to pilot a mecha named Evangelion to battle beings called “Angels”. Directed by Hideaki Anno and produced by the production house, Gainax and Tatsunoko, it includes a talented voice cast consisting of actors like Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Kotono Mitsuishi, Yūko Miyamura, and many others. It is the leading cause of the anime industry to be reborn in the world, hence is one of the most important and popular series. Here’s a list of some of the most powerful and moving dialogues and quotes from the series to bring back mecha memories to those who have been loyal fans of the show.

Evangelion Quotes

• Those who hate themselves cannot love or trust others.
• You misunderstood from the very beginning. You just believed what you wanted to believe.
• Man fears the darkness, and so he scrapes away at the edges of it with fire.
• Man made from man and woman.
• That’s because you thought that everyone else felt the same as you do.
• You never understood anything.
• Then what is your heart for.
• The things I possess are a life and soul. I am a vessel for a soul.
• Very strange. I feel as if my body is melting.
• You don’t want to be by yourself, correct? We are many, but you are alone. You hate it don’t you.
• Giving up halfway is worse than never trying at all.
• Sometimes you need a little wishful thinking just to keep on living.
• Never underestimate the ability of the human-animal to adapt to its environment.
• Part of growing up means finding a way to interact with others while distancing pain.
• Stop lying to yourself and realize that you *do* have options. Then… accept the choices you’ve made.
• The power’s still on. There’s still time. Shinji, listen to me… from now on, you’re on your own. You’ll have to make your own decisions. No one can do it for you.
• I’m not gonna feel sorry for you. If you don’t like feeling pain, then you can just sit here and let them kill you! Crying isn’t going to solve anything either.
• The one who deserves to survive is the one who has the will to make it happen. He wished for death. He ignored his will to survive and chose to die for a false hope. Your survival is not a mistake, Shinji.
• That doesn’t mean it’s okay for you to give up! If you do, I’ll never forgive you as long as I live. God knows I’m not perfect either. I’ve made tons of stupid mistakes and later I regretted them. And I’ve done it over and over again, thousands of times. A cycle of hollow joy and vicious self-hatred. But even so, every time I learned something about myself.
• You hate yourself, don’t you? That’s why you hurt others. Deep down you know you suffer more when you cause someone else pain… than if you just let yourself get hurt. But Shinji, that was your decision, so it makes it a valid choice. That’s what you wanted. So, that makes it worthwhile.

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• The thread of human hope is spun with the flax of sorrow.
• You are delicate like glass, especially your heart.
• Man cannot erase this sadness, because all men are fundamentally alone.
• Whether I live or die makes no great difference. In truth, death may be the only absolute freedom there is.
• Pain is something man must carry in his heart, and since the heart feels pain so easily, some believe that life is pain.
• Humans cannot create anything out of nothingness. Humans cannot accomplish anything without holding onto something. After all, humans are not gods.
• The fact that you have a place where you can return home, will lead you to happiness. That is a good fact.
• I still don’t know where to find happiness. But I’ll continue to think about whether it’s good to be here…whether it was good to have been born. But in the end, it’s just realizing the obvious over and over again. Because I am myself.
• No one can justify life by linking happy moments into a rosary.
• This is man’s ultimate fighting machine the synthetic life form know as Evangelion, Unit 1. Built here in secret, it is mankind’s last hope.
• This city is a fortress designed to stand against the angels. This is Tokyo3, this is our city and it’s the city that you saved.
• Even though a hedgehog may want to become close with another hedgehog. The closer they get the more they injure each other with their spines.
• My mind is being eaten away…Kaji-san, it’s unraveling my mind! What do I do? It’s defiling my mind.
• Anywhere can be paradise as long as you have the will to live. After all, you are alive, so you will always have the chance to be happy.
• I didn’t have a choice! They made me pilot the stupid thing.
• I mustn’t run away! I mustn’t run away! I mustn’t run away.
• If getting into the Eva means nothing but pain to him, I don’t think he should pilot again. Ugh, otherwise he’ll be killed.
• Mankind’s greatest fear is Mankind itself.
• Man cannot erase this sadness, because all men are fundamentally alone.
• As long as the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth exist, everything will be all right.
• If you know pain and hardship, it’s easier to be kind to others.

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