RahXephon

[Sgt.Keroro]

I have recently discovered an anime/manga called RahXephon and it's awesome. at first when i was reading the manga i was all like "huh?What the heck is this?" but then it started to grow on me.

I haven't been able to watch any of the anime yet and i was wondering if it's the same as the manga and if it's worth seeing.

 

[Lucent]

The anime is excellent. There is only one episode near the middle of the series that had some bad art (as far as I was concerned, they made the RahXephon look cheap in that episode). But other than that the animation, music, and story is great.

I loved this show, but I have never seen a manga version so I can't tell you how they compare.

 

[Sgt.Keroro]

The anime is excellent. There is only one episode near the middle of the series that had some bad art (as far as I was concerned, they made the RahXephon look cheap in that episode). But other than that the animation, music, and story is great.

I loved this show, but I have never seen a manga version so I can't tell you how they compare.

thanks, it sounds like i should check the anime out.
The english manga is put out by Viz.

 

[Blessed-one]

uh, it's one of those mysterious animes that i have trouble connecting with and understanding the whole thing.. so even though i have the whole box set i've only watched half of it..

 

[Lucent]

Explanations only really start in the last third of the series or so. That's not to say that everything is explained outright, for some things you just have to put a few of the peices togther on your own, but there are places out there to explain things if you have trouble. 1+2+3+4=10 or something like that.

Also, a 'movie' has been released that basically tells the same main story points in a different way. After watching the series three times in a few months, then watching that movie, I feel that I understand just about all of the mysteries of the show.

On the other hand, I think that if you were going to like it, you would know it after the first disk. So it may just be that RahXephon isn't for you. Who knows?

I just looked up and realized how much I wrote here. Long story short: I think you stopped just short of where the interesting explanations begin.

 

[Blessed-one]

On the other hand, I think that if you were going to like it, you would know it after the first disk. So it may just be that RahXephon isn't for you. Who knows?

i have a friend who really likes animes like Rahxephon and evangelion. He just gets it while others are still trying to figure out the meanings.. so yeah, i believe there is such thing as "it just isn't for you"...

 

[ThePhoenix]

The anime is great! I love it. It's truly amazing. Episode 19 is the best episode of anime ever produced.

 

[Lucent]

Episode 19 is the best episode of anime ever produced.

Are you talking about the Asahina episode? I hate watching that episode. I guess it's too good.

 

[ThePhoenix]

Are you talking about the Asahina episode? I hate watching that episode. I guess it's too good.

Yes, it is painful to watch, isn't it? It was one of two animes that made me teary (the end of Lain is always painful to me for some reason).

 

[Sgt.Keroro]

Is the OVA any good?

 

[Lucent]

Is the OVA any good?

It's not bad. It's just sort of a bonus, as it doesn't really advance your understanding of the series much at all. The quality of the "episode" is good and the music is consistent with the series.

Basically it's good, but not needed.

 

[ThePhoenix]

It's not bad. It's just sort of a bonus, as it doesn't really advance your understanding of the series much at all. The quality of the "episode" is good and the music is consistent with the series.

Basically it's good, but not needed.

That's because the series is complete as is. It doesn't need some movie to explain what happened.

 

[SAint Mark]

RahXephon is basically an EVA rip off... but it's a pretty good one . Personally I liked the series. And I liked the main character a lot more than Shinji.

 

[Lucent]

That's because the series is complete as is. It doesn't need some movie to explain what happened.

The movie and the OVA are two different things. The movie sort of looks at the series in a different light so you can understand a little better why things happened the way they did.

The OVA on the other hand, is sort of an introverted dialogue that Quon has with herself. I think it came bundled with the RahXephon PS2 game in Japan.

That being said, I agree that the series doesn't need the movie to explain things, but it was still nice to watch.

 

[ThePhoenix]

RahXephon is basically an EVA rip off... but it's a pretty good one . Personally I liked the series. And I liked the main character a lot more than Shinji.

You just like suffering a lot? Eva rip off? LOL, if Eva was half as imaginative as Rah Xephon it would have been twice as interesting as it is. Not to mention the writing. The show literally made no sense.

 

[orthodox_e]

Has anyone seen any Christian anime? EVER? iHero is comming out with something but it isnt anime. I mean some hot stuff.

 

[ThePhoenix]

Has anyone seen any Christian anime? EVER? iHero is comming out with something but it isnt anime. I mean some hot stuff.

We have threads for this...

 

[SAint Mark]

You just like suffering a lot? Eva rip off? LOL, if Eva was half as imaginative as Rah Xephon it would have been twice as interesting as it is. Not to mention the writing. The show literally made no sense.

Even so the EVA series was the popular original and the Rahxephon story line is very similar to that of EVA. Or as a whole Rahxephon kept giving me flashbacks of EVA a lot of the time. IMHO EVA was more original.

I thought EVA made sense for most of the series because you were expecting them to explain it all in the end... which they didn't, instead they totally messed it up. I guess that's why I liked Rahxephon, it actually had an ending . A pretty good one at that.

 

[anon5354]

Well it seems the makers of RahXephon are even alluding to Eva on purpose in many instances. Watching RahXephon actually reminds me more of Nadia than Eva though.

I am probably the only one here but I think the ending of RahXephon is actaully more screwed up than the original Eva ending. It looks as if they have to wrap up everything in an episode while giving the Evaish feeling to the ending.

 

[Blessed-one]

ok, i've finally finished watching Rahxephon...



that describes it. yeah.