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So I finished evangelion and I really enjoyed it. Does anyone know any literature that’s similar to it in the “psychology and wierd god shit” sort of way?

>> No.17290263

Seriously, fuck Evangelion.
And fuck Netflix watching Zoomers.
Yeah, I'm on to you OP. You probably thought it was deep.

>> No.17290267

>>17290263
Whether it was deep or not is not the issue. I just liked the concept. I want something similar

>> No.17290269

>>17290263
Literally name one (1) anime that's better.

>> No.17290270
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17290270

Posting an obvious one. These books are memes because of the popularity on here, but really good. They’re similar in the same sort of trippy sense. Like how Eva goes off the rails toward the ending.

>> No.17290278

>>17290269
That's the problem, anime is gay.

>> No.17290285

>>17290270
Can’t argue with this. I was on the fence about this book at first. But yeah, it’s similar to Evangelion. Mostly the End of Evangelion.

>> No.17290287

>>17290270
Thanks for the recommendation

>> No.17290289

>>17290269
Akira
Ghost in the Shell
Memories
Perfect Blue

>> No.17290291

>>17290270
Which one of those are you recommending

>> No.17290294

>>17290289
These are movies, not anime

>> No.17290301

>>17290291
Call of the Arcade, mainly. But any of them fit the whole "mind fuck" thing eva goes for.

>> No.17290309

>>17290269
HxH

>> No.17290316

>>17290294
Sorry, my bad. I forgot End of Evangelion isn't anime either. It's a movie.
Mushishi
Mononoke
Ping Pong: The Animation
Texhnolyxe

>> No.17290318

>>17290269
and now we come to the true purpose of this thread; discussing anime

Kaiba

>> No.17290319

As a literary fellow who doesnt watch much anime, except for Death Note which a friend of mine showed me a couple years ago, should I watch this?

>> No.17290324

>>17290270
/thread

>> No.17290325
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17290325

OP makes thread and I get this Ad. Wtf

>> No.17290328

>>17290319
Watch evangelion and then end of evangelion. They’re great

>> No.17290339

>>17290250
Freud and Lacan. Start with secondary sources if they seem convoluted at first.

>> No.17290342

>>17290250
Will continue to shill The Elementary Particles when people recommend lit like Eva check it out.

>> No.17290383

>>17290342
Just used a gift card to buy a copy. I’ll try it

>> No.17290399

>>17290325
That's some of the best advertising I've seen, DESU. Which one should I read after Call of the Arcade? I know the whole "you can read them in any order" thing, but which one's the next best?

>> No.17290412
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The virgin Evangelion
>whiny protagonist
>generic mecha show that masks its mediocrity with some elementary school psychology
>religious iconography devoid of any meaning, just there to make the show look "exotic"
>pretentious
>shit waifus
>cash cow that will get milked until everyone stops buying Asuka figurines

The Chad Gurren Lagann
>protagonist with actual character development that becomes a badass
>doesn't use cheap tricks to attract an audience, runs on rule of cool
>isn't pretentious, just delivers over the top action that otaku want to see
>Yoko's 14 year old BOOBAS
>ran its course and didn't overstay its welcome, fondly remembered by everyone who watched it

>> No.17290433

>>17290270
I understand why this is getting mentioned so much, but these books are a lot stranger than any of the things they're being compared to.

>> No.17290439

>>17290269
Samurai champloo

>> No.17290503

>>17290270
Came here to say this. Glad these are catching on.

>> No.17290540

>>17290319
yeah. evangelion is the only anime i have ever watched and it fucked me up. it fucked up all of Japan too and it's still fucking people up despite it being 30 years old at this point. it's one of those once in a lifetime masterpieces.

to be clear, the media you want to watch are the very original TV series episodes (i think there are 25 or so) and then 'end of evangelion' which is a 90 minute movie. there is lots of horse shit out there in terms of remakes that you need to avoid. Original TV series + end of evangelion movie is all you need.

>> No.17290543

>>17290269
Kaiji is probably the most lit anime

>> No.17290601

>>17290269
The shit eva copies, like gundam and I know it’s not a anime but ultraman

>> No.17290768

>>17290285
>>17290287
>>17290291
>>17290324
>>17290433
>>17290503
Seriously kill yourself

>> No.17290773
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Delayed AGAIN

>> No.17290781

>>17290768
Get lost. Call of the Arcade is great.

>> No.17291702

>>17290540
This nigga is in the know

>> No.17291715

>>17290269
Ping Pong the Animation.
Checkmate

>> No.17291740

>>17290250
Subarashiki Hibi
It's a visual novel, but I think you'd love it if you want some weird psychology/god shit.

>> No.17291747

>>17290289
None of these are better, you fucking pseud.

>> No.17291919
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>>17290250
Whenever an anime thread like this starts, we should try and point people towards French comicbook art, its 10's more obscure and a 100 times better.

This image is an example why Anime does not matter as an visual medium.

>> No.17292284

>>17290269
Hajime no Ippo, you faggot.

>> No.17292306

>>17290250
Kierkegaard
Hegel
Lacan/Freud

>> No.17292369

>>17290269
Elfen Lied because half-naked girls fighting each other is hot

>> No.17292463

>>17290250
>Does anyone know any literature that’s similar to it in the “psychology and wierd god shit” sort of way?

My Diary baka desu senpai

>> No.17292484
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>>17290309
>>17290439
>>17291715

>> No.17292524

>>17290294
bait

>> No.17292719

>>17290773
Evangelion 3.0+1.0 is the Half-Life 3 of anime.
Even if it does eventually come out, no matter how good it might be, people are going to be disappointed.

>> No.17293179

>>17290269
cowboy beb0p

>> No.17293188
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>>17290250
GR

>> No.17293228
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>>17293179
Space Dandy's better than bebop

>> No.17293482

>>17290250
R Scott bakker second apocalypse series

>> No.17293980

>>17291715
+1

>> No.17293989

>>17290269
Lucky star

>> No.17294006
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>>17290250
Start with the greeks

>> No.17294073
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>>17290250
ergo proxy. people hate it because its kind of a mishmash of pop meme animes but its alright in this kind of plot device

>> No.17294291

>>17291919
Sauce?

>> No.17294341

>>17293228
I love space dandy, but naw. Add in 3 more episodes and a series finale with 10x more emotional weight, then maybe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guGAfggANuU
^that being said, this episode will always kill me

>> No.17294356

>>17290269
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

>> No.17294392

>>17290316
>>17291715
ping pong is brilliant, definitely a lit anime

>> No.17294522

>>17290270
Best answer in thread.

>> No.17294562

>>17290601
Eva is nothing like Gundam except on a superficial level

>> No.17294614

>>17290250


Everyone is an eva fan till they realise the writer has no fucking clue how to end it because of how messed up the plot is.

For me it was good for that berserk feel of unit 1. And that is it.

It's unique in its style.

But trying to make sense of it made ms hate it.

>> No.17294646

>>17290270
THIS

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>>17290412
More like the reddit TTGL and the Chad Gunbuster

>> No.17294749

>>17294614
The ending's great. I unironically watch it whenver I get depressed which is far less often now that I (have developed my own) understanding of the ending.

>> No.17294781

>>17294006
Am I retarded or is this not written right? The speaker shifts from the sphinx to oedipus and it loses coherency.

>> No.17294835

>>17290269
Boku no Pico
Berserk
Initial D
Naruto (until the Pain arc)

>> No.17294873

>>17290250
Childhood's End
Space Odyssey

>> No.17294875

>>17291919
Belgian comic books for the truly initiated.

Thorgal is a fucking masterpiece
Lanfeust des Étoiles
Simon du Fleuve
Blueberry

I could go on

>> No.17294887

>>17290285
>>17290287
>>17290324
>>17290433
>>17294522
>>17294646
There are better ways to promote your book than samefagging on 4ch.

>> No.17294903

>>17290773
Honestly Eva is the only thing keeping me from killing myself, I wanted to see how the new series ended but it seems god has other plans for me.
Instead im gonna start killing people.

>> No.17294912

>>17294709
based and toplesspilled

>> No.17294914

>>17290601
>an entire genre is an Eva ripoff
fuck off

>> No.17294931

>>17290269
LOGH
shame on all other retards who didn't mention it

>> No.17294951

>>17294931
because we don't care about your shitty star wars meme anime retard

>> No.17294992
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>>17294951
low effort bait, try harder next time

>> No.17295006

>>17294992
you just proved my point.

>> No.17295037

>>17290316
Ping Pong is very good. A favorite. Couldn't stand watching Mushishi though. Did you like Mononoke?

>> No.17295050

>>17294291
Not the poster but check filename

>> No.17295051

>>17294291
red, blue, and green mars

>> No.17295725

>>17294781
It's 3rd person with direct speech

>> No.17295979

>>17290543
>Kaiji is probably the most lit anime
Seriously? It's entertaining but it's middlebrow at best. It's just a gambling thriller at its core, nothing about it is really deep. Kurosawa is the Fukumuto manga I would say genuinely approaches being well-written.

>> No.17295993

>>17294931
I don't like propaganda pretending to be art.

>> No.17296002

>>17294835
manchild

>> No.17296013

>>17294887
It’s an ad, dumbass. And the book is similar to Evangelion.

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>>17296013
>It’s an ad, dumbass.

>> No.17296027

>>17290250
why is it that when Japanese see christian / Catholic symbolism its edgy, artsy and proactive but when we use eastern symbolism no one cares?

>> No.17296057

>>17296013
Similar how exactly. And it's not an ad, it's just being a fag. Like you are being right now.

>> No.17296080

>>17296013

>Similar how exactly

Call of the Arcade? Well it has Kaiju elements and the same kind of weird/trippy ending as Eva.

>> No.17296082

>>17296027
They used to kill all the Christians. Then America blew up the biggest Christian city in Japan. Then a bunch of Christians occupied their country but let them keep their emperor. Then some nerds made a Japanese version of Wizardry but threw in a bunch of religious/folk characters as recruitable enemies. Then a bunch of cultists kept killing people. Nobody cares about us using Eastern symbolism because it's always some faggy hippie.

>> No.17296512

>>17294781
yes, you are retarded. its a reference to monty python holy grail movie

>> No.17296588

>>17290250
Berlin Alexanderplatz

towards the end

>> No.17298110

>>17290325
I am intrigued by its contents.

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>>17290250
What value is there in a work of such semiotic abstraction to which every independently exposed mind comes away with a categorically disjoint conception?

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What value is there in a work of such semiotic abstraction to which every independently exposed mind comes away with a categorically disjoint conception?

>> No.17298246
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What value is there in a work of such semiotic abstraction from which every independently exposed mind comes away with a categorically disjoint conception?

>> No.17298395

>>17298246
lol filtered

>> No.17298424

Can't think of any books too much like it. Maybe Houllebeq, bc it was really about loneliness and not so much about Qabbalah
>>17290269
Welcome to the NHK
FLCL
Cowboy Bebop

Eva's pretty good tho
>>17290270
based

>> No.17298447

>>17290269
ergo proxy is the most lit anime desu.

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>> No.17298481

>>17290289
no

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>>17290269

>> No.17298562

>>17298230
>>17298238
>>17298246
are you ok

>> No.17298574
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For like the 100th time.
Evangelion is a basic rip off of Demian by Hesse with mechs added to it.

>> No.17298597

>>17298574
I've read Siddhartha which was just ok, and Steppenwolf which is shit. Is Demian worth reading or not?

>> No.17298603

>>17298597
I've read Siddhartha which was just ok, and Steppenwolf which is shit and Demian which is great and worth reading

>> No.17298691

>>17290270
>>17290325

I took the plunge and finally read it. Much better than I ever thought it would be. And yes, it is kind of like Evangelion.

>> No.17298787

>>17290250
CCRU 1997-2003

>> No.17298874

>>17291747
Memories and Akira are way better, fuck you. He is a pseud for including gits, though.

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>>17293188
Based Pynchon poster speaks truth