Animated-Aaron's Review

FLCL was about a kid who thinks he’s being mature by not interacting with others or just being distant but in reality is masking the pain of not having his brother around due to him leaving to become a baseball player. The events that take place in the show is Naota’s call to come of age and stop being scared of breaking out of the box he’s living in.  Everything I just said was never blatantly said in the show. It’s shown visually through the characters facial expressions that can swing from strong to subtle which is a mark of top notch animation and artwork. Every frame is meant to add something. Either it’s to the story or character development. Even the South Park references. Those are just simple jokes that tell the audience a bit more about how serious a character takes something since the switch in animation for the joke is to a less detailed style. There’s so much to decipher in just one scene because it’s just that imaginative and thought out. Granted, the reason most...

It’s over 20 years old, and people are still ragging & praising it. Take that as you will. Guys, Gals, & Non-Binary Pals. This is the Animated-Aaron’s review of Neon Genesis Evangelion. !Background! 15 years after a worldwide cataclysm, beings called ‘angels’ begin to attack the earth. The organization that fights the ‘angels’, known as ‘Nerv’, uses bio-machines called ‘Evangelions’. The series focuses on the pilot of Eva unit-1, fourteen year old Shinji Ikari. !Characters! I’m going to talk about the characters first then the story. This is because the show decided to let the characters and interactions drive the show as opposed to the actual premise of the show itself. The show isn’t about the apocalypse, it’s about Shinji.   Shinji is by far one of the most complex characters I’ve come across. He’s a very timid teen who wants to be useful but has a laundry list of mental health issues. His mother died at a young age and his father abandoned him. Not just ...