If you’re anything like me and have young children then you will already be familiar with children’s TV dominating your viewing schedule, you just can’t escape it! Because of the number of TV channels available today there is a considerable amount of children’s TV programmes catering for almost every taste. Just because you’ve grown older (growing old is compulsory, growing up is optional!) doesn’t mean that you have to be excluded from enjoying cartoons/animation.
a quasi-religious, metaphysical rite of passage
Every now and again something comes along that makes you sit up an take notice and revel in the beauty of animation. Earlier this year I finished watching the marathon 26 episode series entitled Neon Genesis Evangelion (NGE for short) and what a ride that was! So much so that I’m watching it again with my son right now. When you look at the state of cartoon entertainment today, it’s hard to believe that in 1997 such a ground breaking series could be created that to this day it has divided viewers opinions and provoked discussions concerning the storyline.
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