Really! I might have to give it a better shot, then. I think I watched about the first 12, then caught people complaining around ep 18. This was back when it came out which would've been, what, 2003? 2004?
RahXephon is, in the brilliant words of plateoshrimp "Evangelion for people who like good things." There is a lot of similarity in terms of mecha and the Boy Who Could Pilot, but the characters are much more sympathetic. As crappy as the animation was in Eva and the story was off-the-wall (which I loved about it), you have to give the director props for making his protagonists some of the most unlikeable characters ever. Takes some balls.
Like I said, RahXephon got me into anime. Fullmetal Alchemist is definitely better, but the person who recommended FMA also gave me RahXephon as a place to start. You've got your military, your apocalypse, the "Men behind the scenes," and multiple villains. There's also the OTP and the distractors on both sides.
I'm going to have to re-watch it very very soon. I've seen it through two or three times and there are still pieces I'm fitting in. I'll go with what my friend said, and if you're not hooked by ep 4 to go ahead and stop watching. However, I think you'll be hooked on the first episode.
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Really! I might have to give it a better shot, then. I think I watched about the first 12, then caught people complaining around ep 18. This was back when it came out which would've been, what, 2003? 2004?
RahXephon is, in the brilliant words of
Like I said, RahXephon got me into anime. Fullmetal Alchemist is definitely better, but the person who recommended FMA also gave me RahXephon as a place to start. You've got your military, your apocalypse, the "Men behind the scenes," and multiple villains. There's also the OTP and the distractors on both sides.
I'm going to have to re-watch it very very soon. I've seen it through two or three times and there are still pieces I'm fitting in. I'll go with what my friend said, and if you're not hooked by ep 4 to go ahead and stop watching. However, I think you'll be hooked on the first episode.