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Theron called the scene in Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance where Shinji saves Rei the "Best Scene" in the website's "Best (and Most Notable) of 2011": "This is the first time in the entire franchise that he whole-heartedly goes after something because he wants it, rather than because he's expected to or has no choice."
In the hospital scene, where Shinji stands alone in an empty corridor, contrasts of light and shadow were used, keeping the scene monochromatic, to represent Shinji's inner emptiness. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] Furthermore, the main staff used real brands in "The Beast" scenes to depict a realistic fictional world, [ 36 ] including a Mitsubishi Fuso truck ...
In another scene Shinji plays Johann Sebastian Bach's "Suite for Cello Solo No.1 in G Major" [51] on the cello. [52] [53] When questioned about the choice to have Shinji play a cello, Anno replied that "it was just that the character gave off the feeling of a cello"; [54] it was actually Akio Satsukawa who proposed it while writing the episode ...
In their book Anime Classics Zettai!, writers Brian Camp and Julie Davis described the scene in which Shinji and Rei talk on an escalator as an example of the "intricate geometric compositions" in which Neon Genesis Evangelion characters are often placed, praising the composition and the editing of the scenes of the series. [98]
The final scene, in which female pilot Rei Ayanami smiles at Shinji, has been described by staff and critics as the end of Evangelion's grand narrative. "Rei II" first aired on TV Tokyo on November 8, 1995, and scored a 7.7% rating audience share on Japanese TV.
The Evangelion 1.11 Blu-Ray remained among the best-selling anime releases into mid-2010. [276] [277] Evangelion: 1.01 was then broadcast on NTV's Friday Road Show on July 3, 2009, attracting 12.7% of the share of television viewers that night. [278] [279] The official website of the Friday Road Show also had the highest number of hits in its ...
The three Evangelion mecha pilots, Shinji, Rei Ayanami and Asuka Langley Soryu, join forces to take down the ninth Angel, Matarael. The episode, part of the series' action arc, blends comedy and action together and is markedly positive in its portrayal of the characters' relationships, particularly those of the three main characters.
The scene in which Shinji meets Rei Ayanami for the first time also ranked sixteenth in a survey by TV Asahi about the best anime scenes. [74] At the 2006 Tokyo International Anime Fair, anime fans voted the first two Evangelion episodes as the anime they would most like to see again. [75]