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Neon Genesis Evangelion, Vol. 1 Paperback – February 25, 2004

by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Author, Illustrator)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 100 ratings
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Follows the adventures of Shinji Ikari, a child of the new Earth who piloted Evangelion, a colossal biomechanical weapon, to battle the fearsome Angels.
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  1. Part of Series
    Neon Genesis Evangelion
  2. Print length
    184 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    VIZ Media LLC
  5. Publication date
    February 25, 2004
  6. Grade level
    7 - 9
  7. Dimensions
    5.25 x 0.75 x 7.75 inches
  8. ISBN-10
    1591164001
  9. ISBN-13
    978-1591164005
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ VIZ Media LLC; First Edition (February 25, 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 184 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1591164001
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1591164005
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 7 - 9
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.75 x 7.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 100 ratings

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Rune
5.0 out of 5 stars Goood
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2019
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Good
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Aaron M.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for any NGE fan or manga lover
Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2013
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Great little manga here. I finished it in about two hours but I love NGE so it was a great read regardless
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Anfernii
5.0 out of 5 stars neon genesis evangelion vol 1
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2012
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come in better condition than i had expected since i bought it used. Good read for a manga over all
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Nikon Fan
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2016
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On time and as expected.
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Lucas
4.0 out of 5 stars It's nice getting to see the series again from a different ...
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2015
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Totally worth it. It's nice getting to see the series again from a different perspective.
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Steve
5.0 out of 5 stars Review - Neon Genesis Evangelion, Vol 1
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2012
Let me clear the air, before I get trashed by the igorant clowns on here who think they know everything. THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME READING A MANGA! So before you trash my review saying that I dont know anything, or commenting with a long in depth analysis of how I dont know what i'm talking about keep that in mind.

I really enjoyed this manga, it was very fast paced and I found it very exciting. I had never read a Manga before this and now, I find my self buying them more and more as I find not only the story linem but the social commentaries highly intruiging. I read this manga while on the bus it took me about a half hour to finish, it goes by very quickly and when you get to the end, you are so mad that you dont have Vol 2 ready to read because you are dying to know what happens.

I am interested to keep reading so I can find out what the hell an 'Angel' is and what humanity and NERV in general plans to do about them. After reading this I now absolutly want to see the Anime, as this volume has intruiged me so much.

The storyline is very straight forward, it follows a kid named Shinji who is clearly psychologyically damaged and who clearly has some sort of father issues, the main character is an interesting case as he could have stepped straight out of the pages of Freud's own psychology notes. This kid, hates life, he hates absolutly everything, but he is summoned by his father who he thinks abandonded him to save humanity from the attacking Angels.

I loved the social commentary that was made in this novel. One of the most powerful for me was very in tune with Utilitarian philosophy, in which it is necessary to sacrifice a small number to save the majority. This is first inherent when the first of the human's Mechas self-destructs effectively nuking the whole city in an attempt to destroy the angel. This was a powerful scene showing that the miliatryw ould sacrifice anything at any cost to obtain its objective eveen if it means killing innocent people, this was brilliantly juxtaposed in the next scene with a discussion on budgets and finances and a complaint that the general is spedning taxpayer money, this hints at almost a diabolical nature of the government (this is shown otherwise and was a real shock to me, a great twist!).

I also found an interesting commentary on the self-view of the writer as a Japanese person. He makes constant reference to his "small island" in diminutive forms, but intertwines that with the very essence that it is the Japanese government who is the spearhead for humanity against the Angels. This is a genius technique of contrasting the worldview of Japan with his own nationalism... brilliant!

I found the drawings in the manga really good, however I was alittle confused with the battle scenes as they seemed quite convoluted and confusing as to what was going on. My other complaint is there are times where I can't help but the hate Shinji. There are certain aspects of him that remind me of Hope from Final Fantasy XIII, him being a gigantic self centered, self obsessed brat, and I hate when Animae characters are protrayed like that as it annoys me, to the point where I hope that he does get killed! Certain bratty, arrogant actions of Shinjis make you want to throw the book out the window in anger, however a few pages later he rectifies them and redeems himself. While the damaged hero concept was a wonderful addition,I found certain charictaristcs of Shinji exceptionally irritating.

Definately go and buy this! This is a great Manga, you will love it!
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Jacqui Lockman
5.0 out of 5 stars Great!
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2019
Has some details that were left out of the anime. It was worth reading to find those details in the manga.
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residentgrigo
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the first manga i bought a long time ago
Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2013
My 9,5/10 mangaupdates review: I prefer the Eva manga to the anime/movie source material which may be sacrilegious but isn't it weird that 5 movies, countless other awful manga/games and so on happened in the amount of time the series took to get to the endgame. The final result is worth any fan's time though as the narrative is clearer and emotional than the source material. The characters are more likable characters too and there are no budget problems or creator breakdowns either which both enhanced and damaged the original vision. The art is also very good and clearly evolves over time.
Update: The series finally ended with the bonus epilogue in Vol. 14. The end is a bit mysterious but i like it and can now finally say that Sadamoto's take is the best version of the franchise (3.33 is a mess so that can't end well) and it took only 20 years (started in 1994 to preview the anime) to finish... All's well that ends well. Your turn now Miura and only [m]Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam Define[/m] (9,5/10) can call itself the better mech manga.
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Alejandra Castellanos
5.0 out of 5 stars The start of a great saga
Reviewed in Mexico on January 12, 2017
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Having watch the anime over a decade ago, now collecting the Manga has been a delight the art is great and while the story is basically the same it adds to the animation in great depth :)
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Jamie @ Books and Ladders
5.0 out of 5 stars Great story
Reviewed in Canada on August 31, 2016
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This is such a great series. I was really glad to find the Collector's Edition to add to my collection!
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mrs ann maude
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 2, 2015
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my granddaughter loves it thanks
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powerrecord
4.0 out of 5 stars 今日から英語でエヴァンゲろう！　
Reviewed in Japan on June 29, 2003
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エヴァ物のコア・コレクターにはもちろんのこと、英語版Ｊコミックスの味見を敢行してみたい人におすすめしたいアイテム。
いわゆる逆輸入エヴァシリーズの一体だ。　この本の特徴は、西洋式製本に則り、左から右へと読んでいくということ。　「日本のマンガといえども、横文字のセリフなのだから左から右へと読む方がしっくりくる」という人にはおすすめ。　英語Ｊマンガのファンで、オリジナルの日本式配列、つまり右から左へと読む事に慣れている人には「何を今更」と言われるだろうが、それでも、同じタイトルの「Collector's Edition」のコマ割は日本のコミックスと同様に製本してあるので、そちらも参考にされたし。　どちらにしても英語でエヴァを読みたい人には太鼓判を押せる。　英語圏の友達へのプレゼントとしてもいいのでは？
肝心の英語の中身だが、主人公が中学生ということもあって、多種多様なイディオムに加え、カジュアルな表現や表記方法もまんべんなく学べる（ただし、マンガのため多少誇張される場合もあるが・・）。　また、ストーリーが進むにつれ登場人物の年齢層も広まるため、様々な職種・性別・性格からにじみ出る表現も学ぶことができるだろう。　武器系統やネルフ御用達の専門用語（人類補完計画　"the Instrumentality Project"　など）を除けば、比較的簡易な英語で書いてある。　コミックスを何度も読んだファンなら瞬時に「あ、これはあの作戦の名前だな」「あのセリフはこう言うのかぁ」と頷くことうけあいだろう。
随所に英語の効果音が散りばめられているが、「なるほどネイティブの耳にはこう聞こえるのか」ぐらいに留め、そこまで気を遣う必要はない。　要は慣れである。　それでは気になるセリフの例をみてみよう。
かの有名な碇司令のあのセリフ
"Yes, there's no mistake... it's an angel!"　　（第一巻）
自分をなぐれ、というトウジに対して、シンジのセリフ
"I'd rather have you owe me one"　（第三巻）
ガギエル（だったかな？）遭遇における艦隊水兵のセリフ
"Four Torpedoes...dead on! Why won't it SINK!?" （第四巻）
こんな感じのダイアローグが、貞本氏の怒涛の高品質漫画と共に味わえるのだ。　
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職業玄人
4.0 out of 5 stars コミックで英語版エヴァを
Reviewed in Japan on November 11, 2007
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エヴァ好きなうちの子は放っておいてもどっかで見つけて読むだろうから、先回りして買ってみた。
ただし、どうせ読むなら英語版で読ませようということで10巻まで大人買いして、まず自分で読んでいる。
トウジの関西弁が少々きたない英語に訳されてるあたり、なかなか勉強になる。
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