First Meeting

Our first meeting on Friday the 26th, was both fun and entertaining. We discussed some issues such as why we had a limited set of anime that we could show this semester, and what could be done to increase the number of shows for next semester. We then began to watch Neon Genesis Evangelion. We made it through three episodes before screwing around with the languages and having fun with listening to French and Spanish voiceovers. The people who where there can tell you it was very entertaining and funny. If you missed last meeting, I am posting an episode description of the first three episodes here so that you can read up on what you missed.

all episode guides come from http://www.animeinfo.org/featured/eva/evaanime.html. You can also go to this site for a more detailed summary and information about each and every episode. For right now we are just going over the first three that we showed.

Angel Attack (episode 1)

After 15 years of dormancy, the mysterious Angels, creatures that have threatened to destroy mankind in the past, have returned once again to wreak havoc. Not even the might of the combined UN forces are enough to stop the latest Angel from attacking Tokyo-3. In the midst of the chaos, 14-year old Shinji Ikari is told to meet his estranged father after years of separation. Knowing only that his father works for a branch of the Japanese government called NERV, he is met by Captain Misato Katsuragi and taken to their underground base. But what Shinji hasn't yet realized is that he has been called upon to be the embodiment of mankind's last hope in the Evangelions, NERV's top secret project and supposedly the only effective weapon against the Angels. Untrained and alone, Shinji must face a near-invincible Angel in his first battle.

2 - Unfamiliar Ceiling/The Beast (episode 2)

Shinji's first attempt at piloting an Evangelion goes awry as the Angel causes serious damage to it. Waking up in a hospital bed, Shinji struggles with his jumbled memories of his first battle as the city recovers from the damage incurred by both the Evangelion and the Angel. An enthusiastic Misato takes in the recovered Shinji to live with her rather than leave Shinji alone and to himself. As Misato warmly welcomes him into his new home, it seems that Shinji begins to feel a small glimmer of happiness for the first time since being called back by his father - until he recalls the dreadful battle and his horror at seeing the deadly capability and true face of the Evangelion he pilots.

3 - A Transfer/The Phone That Never Rings (episode 3)

Shinji learns more about piloting the Evangelions and continues his training, though he is hesitant to do so. Though he has been attending class at his new school, he is unable to make new friends. When it is found out that he is the pilot of an Evangelion, however, he gains many friends and admirers - as well as a couple of enemies. After a hostile encounter at school with a bitter fellow student, Shinji is forced to fight once again - this time against an Angel more powerful than the last. Shinji must forget the pain and hurt of what he has done and what he has gone through in order to defeat this new enemy...even if he is forced to protect the very people who hate him for what he is.

Well we hope to see you this Friday September 2 at 5:15 in the library room 102. We will talk a little about what went on at the SGA meeting this week as well as a event that Darrell got us signed up for. He will talk a little bit more about this event at the meeting on Friday. We hope to see you all then.





- Jamie