Join J.J and Zach in their new series where they discuss the titular anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Episode 4 is here and we… According to Japanese writer Manabu Tsuribe: “Evangelion grasps the ethical significance of Kierkegaard’s thinking correctly”. According to Kierkegaard’s theology, “sickness unto death” can have three forms: desperately being unaware of having a self, desperately not wanting to be yourself, and desperately wanting to be yourself. Reviewer Giulio Gentile compared Shinji to the first form, Rei to the second, and Asuka to the third. Anime Everyeye’s Cristiano Caliciotti described Shinji as a boy who does not want to be himself and Asuka as a girl who desperately wants to be herself. In an interview, director Anno Hideaki said he had never read the book but had cited it out of pedantry to seem intelligent.
Friday July 3rd we will be covering episodes 21 – 23 of the series, tune in! If it’s your first time watching Evangelion, strap in then hop into our discord and start a conversation with us and others in the community here: Discord LINK
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