is this some copypasta macro I'm not aware of?
Why does RahXephon not have a fanbase when other weird anime like Lain do?
Adam Lewis
Nicholas Mitchell
This is a good post, although it diminishes the extent to which RahXephon directly borrows from NGE - which is truly massive, and one of the major reasons why it isn't held in the same regard as NGE
NGE is my favourite thing of all time but I loved RahXephon. Episode 18?19? is one of the GOATs.
There is a lot that RahXephon does better than NGE, but I don't think it ever reaches the same heights, although it is an excellent show in its own right
Design-wise it is magnificent - visually very striking and memorable, music has this warm bittersweet melancholy
I suppose when I think about it it is in some ways strange that it hasn't a greater following. I can only think that is directly because of how much it draws from NGE, and there's only room for 1 'deep' mecha show in most people's minds.
Although I do think the above poster touches on one of the other important parts - teh caracters are kind of too well-adjusted and generally less itneresting -- Kamina is kind of flat. The best IMO were Asahina (
Jack Carter
Because not!Egyptian songbots are weird.
Bentley Perez
> it diminishes the extent to which RahXephon directly borrows from NGE - which is truly massive
Why do you type this much when you're a complete newfag who doesn't know shit about the mecha genre or literary/fictional works that are being directly referenced throughout the show? Maybe stop being uneducated before you bother pretending to be knowledgable. Your kind is part of the problem.
Dominic Perry
It's not ironic weeb friendly like Lain.
Joseph Young
Bravo user. I didn't think it was possible to be so pretentious and delusional at the same time.
Hunter Sanchez
Serious question:
Is there any person here who actually managed to understand anything about the plot in less than 3 consecutive rewatchs?
Camden Walker
This better be a trick question.
Julian Parker
I will reply sincerely though this does not really derserve it --
I don't really care about the mecha genre, I don't think that that is important here -- . the ppint is how much Rahxephon idrectly lifts from NGE. If you are saying all those things rahxephon takes are not novel in NGE and are present in mecha predating NGE, well OK, but I don't really believe you - especially when we are talking down to things like a lot of the shots being the very same
Adrian Lopez
>HIGHSCHOOLER BECOMES A GOD!!!
Imagine liking this shit