Neon Genesis Evangelion Ending Explained

This is a pretty solid explanation imo. There's definitely tons of different ways to interpret both endings, especially End of Eva.

5:38 dose anyone else think that this is “heaven” because all of them “died” and revealed themselves to each other, so for this ending is it like the cast died and humanity goes on or all humanity goes to heaven

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So technically, the Rebuild of Evangelion movies are sequels years after the events of End of Evangelion, since Shinji caused the Third Impact in both versions.

Ok so is there an explanation for everything related to Seele amd Gendoh Ikari? How were Seele's and Gendoh's instrumentality goals different. Is Kaworu a descendant of Lilin or Adam? So much mythical lore needs to be explained.

But hasn't it been said by the creators that they are the same ending

Nine minutes... Lololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololol

The best ending is where a bunch of mechs from different franchises beat up the awakened eva 01 and stop the third impact.

Is it just me, or does this have a couple falsities?

I'm only 10 and it was super confusing but still my favorite anime

My question or assumption is when Shinji finally finds his resolve, his life and everything rematerializes into the life that he saw as a normal open life...just my conclusion ...I’m just as confused

Still annoyed they killed Kaworu so soon not only once but twice 😒

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This is just a summary. Not worth to watch.

I have still no idea wtf happened in both ending

Ah yes.... K... What now?

Lol ign is cute for trying to explain EoE in 9 minutes... been trying to understand it for 12 years now...

I watched it before it hit netflix. This video is wayyyyyyyyyyyy to short. Try again.

she explained it and it still makes no sense

Thank you for making it make sense

Bold fuckin' move IGN.

"A lot to absorb especially if you're a teen"
I finished this series when I was 10 back in 2006 I was confused.
Rewatched when I was 16, got depressed AF 😂

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One does not simply explain Neon Genesis Evangelion in 9 minutes.

They didn't even talk about Third Impact and stuff like that. It's important.
To me, there was no real "ending" to the TV series. The ending was The End of Evangelion and that's it.
But like everyone here, no one can truly explain the ending or "endings" of the show... so make it what you want, I guess.

Without the movie, Neo Genesis goes from a top 5 anime to a top 25 anime.

Haha nice try IGN

This video should be named how to confuse the hell out of anyone who watched evangelion

I liked the movie's ending better than the one in the anime!

I watched Neon Genesis Evangelion and finished today, and the end was interesting and taught me many life lessons, because I have depression and self-hatred too. I enjoyed that form of ending, and it was quite beautiful. Thanks for explaining even more of what I saw.

Ok guys, this comment is directed to Eva newbies, if you're actually looking for explanations, dont look at this video lol its dogshit, doesnt explain much, there are videos way better out there

There's 2 endings but 37 different timelines in the universe! I love Evangelion have been a fan since the original tv series!

Explaining string theory is easier than explaining Evangelion.

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"ending explained"
We as a species are doomed to failed.

Came here from Netflix lol

It shouldn't look like rei cause its weird it should look like a demon

I think the series was made for each person the ending is vague so each person can have their own interpretation
Like whY did shinji choke asuka Twice

I still don’t understand the ending.

I just started to watch evangelion on my old japanese tv so i expect to hear weird things I’ve never heard before

IGN EXPLAINING Evangelion
Ha ok come on shinji and start up that 4th impact already

I watched, noice

Who else was saying wtf is going on in both endings

...ok sure IGN

TV series ending is Twin Peaks: The Return episode 17 and End of Evangelion is episode 18. It's pretty simple.

Misogyny? There is no misogyny in this. IGN, your explanation is wrong.

I just saw "The End of Evangelion." I have to say, it did not make sense to me. Of course I am sure that IGN did not get the explanation right either.

Here is how I see it. A group of crazy people want to start the apocalypse and kill everyone off. Then they attack the facility with the people that kill off the angels that seem to be big monsters. It ends up that Shinji's father kicks off the apocalypse and kills everyone else. Shinji goes into a depression that just makes me want to tear out my hair. He goes nuts and lets everyone be consumed. Everyone else in the world is popping into some sort of goo. At some point Shinji wakes up and kills the big white lilith creature. Then everything goes off the deep end after that for me.

I don’t care what others say, THIS IS THE BEST ANIME EVER. A masterpiece

This anime isn't so much deep as it is obtuse. The film in particular has the worst storytelling i've ever seen, you can't possibly understand everything the writers are throwing at you and, while an audiovisual spectacle, it ends up being just a mess.

At least the ending of the series sticks to the inner turmoil of Shinji. You don't get the epic finale that the rest of the anime had been building up to but at least what you get is consistent. The film just made the whole thing cryptic, obtuse and hard to engage with.

Kojima is a straightforward storyteller compared to this.

Nah it's just a big brain mom trying to help her son do the 3 impact and be a vessel of humanity at the end of evengallion movie

Wait, what??? I thought the movie had the better ending because Shinji decided to accept life as is without excuses, as opposed to the TV show which ended with him accepting life as part of the featureless sea of humanity where he could at least feel "accepted" and beyond pain.
Ah, you used the magic word "misogynistic." That explains it. 😂
And to everyone at Netflix...CONGRATULATIONS!!!

You cannot understand the ending of evangellion, its deeper then the universe is wide

I’m still confused about a lot. I feel like there was waaayyyy more symbolism in the show that should be explained.

Does any one know the book on depression that hideaki anon read , while he was writing EVA.?

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there are a lot of flaws in this video and a lot of base-value opinions, altogether i completely disagree with this

There is another ending on comic

“Assucka”

*9min long video explaining evangelion ending*
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All them haters, it's actually really well explained, simple as it can be, really well done

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I always figured eps 25 & 26 were a coda to the movie. Watch the movie were Shinji is on his own and then 25&26 to see find himself.

how can you use terms such as ''misogynistic'' at (6:02). like dont you understand he is a teen boy going through puberty and not having a father figure or mother to understand, please dont use you politic way of talking when you have no understanding how terminologies are used, especially when all he wanted is to be loved, and he found the girls in series attractive (even jacks off infront of one) he dosnt show any sings of being a women hater

Thanks Jacki for helping my peanut brain understand the endings to Evangelion.

For some reason this anime always makes me think of that Nietzsche quote, "To life is to suffer, to survive is to find meaning in the suffering."

After watching both endings, I’m just incredibly disturbed

First time?

So in jojo words,
Pucci activates maiden heaven, universe reset, Jolyne has new hairstyle.

I'm still confused

Shinji’s far from misogynistic, but ok

Zero minutes in and I'm already being mindread...

Wow, the gatekeeping is strong in this comments section.

I never saw this anime tbh. Thought about watching it but Now I don’t wanna after seeing this lmao. Seems too dark for me. dude must’ve been depressed af to come up with a f’d up ending like that. I don’t mind bad endings but that just seems too dark. Glad I didn’t watch it when I was still a kid. I would’ve ended up traumatized lmao

I just watched 2 minutes of this and already there are several things that are incorrect.