Neon Podcast Evangelion

*** https://twitter.com/NeonPodcastEva1 *** *** https://evangelionpodcast.com *** Wherein our hosts free up an evening to continue Neon Podcast Evangelion. When challenges were made to Michael's availability for the evening, Steve presented his alternative: "That's fine. I can go find somewhere to drink beer." Long breaks make the show into more of an update on their lifelong relationship with Eva...

*** https://twitter.com/NeonPodcastEva1 *** *** https://evangelionpodcast.com *** Is that a PlayStation 1? No sir, that's a PlayStation 2 running NGE Platinum Edition in a cold shed. Is this 2000? nope it's 2023, the future, and they are doing it to it still. If God in His Heaven rewards tenacity, he hast done smiled on the Cousins Ayres this evening. Gripping the imagination of our arrestedly dev...

*** https://twitter.com/NeonPodcastEva1 *** *** https://evangelionpodcast.com *** Have you ever wondered what it would be like to throw yourself further in time without the experience of living it to numb the changes? To hear your the fresh anxieties that come with a currently unknown circumstance of life? To hear even the voice attempting to reach about and connect over them itself weakened from...

*** https://twitter.com/NeonPodcastEva1 *** *** https://evangelionpodcast.com *** Welcome to Neon Podcast Evangelion, your number one resource for high quality podcasting. Notably lucid commentary, complete sentences, and a sophisticated absence of mouth sounds await the listener. To appreciate the environment that produces such excellence, perhaps while considering the poor quality of the previou...

*** https://twitter.com/NeonPodcastEva1 *** *** https://evangelionpodcast.com *** This qualities of this episode speak for themself. Quite literally - it's quite long and the sound quality has a strong feeling of "didn't put any work into those levels before starting the recording." However, this episode proves an important point: two fans can spend three hours on a mid-series episode of NGE. The...

*** https://twitter.com/NeonPodcastEva1 *** *** https://evangelionpodcast.com *** Billed right up front as a straight forward and efficient episode, this plugcast eschews any fancy special topics and focuses on arguably the least essential episode of the series. The cause of this being that, nearly miraculously, they decided they should probably record and actually made it happen that day. As Stev...

*** https://twitter.com/NeonPodcastEva1 *** *** https://evangelionpodcast.com *** Too lengthy to be a hiatus, but too long to have remained on the subscribed list of most listeners. A banger of an episode, featuring foundational Asuka character work. This plugcast also features some material stretching the hosts' ability manage the big topics swirling around Evangelion. Come ready to judge! The re...

*** https://evangelionpodcast.com *** *** https://twitter.com/NeonPodcastEva1 *** A few days before recording Steve texted Michael, "I've been a little obsessed with Evangelion lately." Although this might be hoped to be baseline for hosts covering a very niche topic, here it represents a nice window of opportunity to record during a spike in the general level of knowledge available. Another strok...

*** https://evangelionpodcast.com *** *** https://twitter.com/NeonPodcastEva1 *** Steve has got Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0 fever, and the only prescription is going 30 minutes into overtime watching 10 minutes of bootleg footage from the Paris 2019 Japan Expo. "At last, I've been waiting a long time to see this" Michael sighs during the screening, meaning of course the on-screen destruction of the Eiffe...

*** https://evangelionpodcast.com *** *** https://twitter.com/NeonPodcastEva1 *** Their 10th plugcast! Their 20th labored exploration of what "plugcast" is meant to mean! Ten in a year and a half ain't bad. Certainly plenty of time for the new set of anime fans coming up with the loaded anime line-up on Netflix to have passed through a full healthy course of Evangelion fandom and now only occasion...

*** https://evangelionpodcast.com *** *** https://twitter.com/NeonPodcastEva1 *** And they're back! Deemed a triumphant return within seconds of beginning to record, our hosts attack the challenge of podcasting with renewed energy. A rethought format is announced, one that seeks to focus more on the episode and to try and capture the best of both worlds: in-depth analysis and meandering live episo...

*** https://evangelionpodcast.com *** *** https://twitter.com/NeonPodcastEva1 *** Every podcast has one, and here is theirs: Neon Podcast Evangelion COVID Edition! Recorded in a pristine neutral location agreed upon by their wives, alteration of production values are in effect. Afraid to say an awful lot of post-production work went into making this one listenable. That metallic spinning? You’re n...

*** https://evangelionpodcast.com *** *** https://twitter.com/NeonPodcastEva1 *** This episode may be most notable as the first that doesn't feature an extended period of ennui regarding the purpose and value of the project. An overall feeling that we are meant to take these presenters as podcasters of their own merit pervades. Some self-doubt and impostor syndrome emerges once solid evidence of a...

*** https://evangelionpodcast.com *** *** https://twitter.com/NeonPodcastEva1 *** After a few months off partaking in presumably more wholesome activities, the cousins return with a mix of new and old. For the sake of tying this escapade to some measure of reality, let's just implicate the new decade with a new format for the show, a new level for our technical kit, and let's just hope a new grip...

*** https://evangelionpodcast.com *** *** https://twitter.com/NeonPodcastEva1 *** A roller coaster of highs and lows for your listening pleasure. Some highs: new equipment, adherence to the format and some degree of pre-show preparation. The lows: New tech learning curve and improvisation skill ceilings. Actually though, this one moves along at a good clip, featuring the third episode of Evangelio...

*** https://evangelionpodcast.com *** *** https://twitter.com/NeonPodcastEva1 *** Crazed with enthusiasm and hopped on various legal pharmacologies, our hosts hit record late in the evening. They immediately proclaim not only mastery over the show, but stake claims on certain insights as having been never before discovered. How far they fall as the cruel hours tick by and the simple fact of their...

*** https://evangelionpodcast.com *** *** https://twitter.com/NeonPodcastEva1 *** After a long "summer break" brought on by the sensible needs of family and home, the cousins return. Conversation quickly returns to whether the their podcast and unfortunately even their subject is any way vital or current. Months have past since the show's big outing on Netflix and the cultural dust has settled wit...

*** https://evangelionpodcast.com *** *** https://twitter.com/NeonPodcastEva1 *** The fellas return for a landmark second episode, never achieved in their efforts to put their voice to podcasting thus far. Extensive discussion of their own qualities as hosts and producers continues. The opening credit sequence is considered with astonishing restraint. In the fullness of time, the episode topic is...

*** https://evangelionpodcast.com *** *** https://twitter.com/NeonPodcastEva1 *** In which two American cousins begin an extended discussion of the famous anime Neon Genesis Evangelion, timely for it's recent release on Netflix. Introductions are made, an extended debate on pronunciation is begun (and not concluded), and several accusations are made internally regarding expertise and qualification...