Who Is Shinji? What Is Eva? | Sound Only

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The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.3 • 641 Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2019

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

In the first episode of our six-part miniseries on the 1995 classic ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion,’ we break down the context of the show, explain its importance and impact in both anime and the TV canon, and discuss the show's main character, Shinji Ikari (00:00). Then we analyze the first two episodes, “Angel Attack” and “The Beast” (32:43). Episodes covered: 1 - 2 Hosts: Justin Charity, Micah Peters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm This is sound only, a ringer podcast about the 1995 anime TV series
0:37.8	Neon Genesis Evangelion
0:39.8	now streaming on Netflix.
0:42.1	I'm Justin Charity.
0:43.6	And I'm Micah Peters.
0:46.3	Where your sound only co-hosts,
0:48.6	here to record our deepest,
0:50.5	darkest, most passionate analysis
0:52.6	about one of the greatest TV shows ever made.
0:56.2	If you're already a fan of Evangelion, by all means, welcome.
0:59.5	We're going to have some fun.
1:01.0	We're going to have some familiar conversations.
1:03.5	Thanks for listening.
1:04.6	Please tell a friend, like, retweet, subscribe, everything.
1:08.6	If you're new to Evangelion, by all means, relax.
1:11.9	We're going to take things slow.
1:13.9	We're going to patiently explain some wonky sci-fi terms and startling plot developments.
1:20.3	You know, we're all going to just marinate in the LCL.
1:24.3	We'll get to what LCL means later.
1:28.2	We've got six podcast episodes to cover a 26-episode TV series.
1:34.3	So we've got a lot of ground to cover, but we're going to take it slow.
1:38.4	We're going to relax.
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