[Ransomed]

I tried that neon genny evangalon whatever when it was on cartoon network. I didn’t get it, just another giant robot suit thing. I must be missing out, it is huge. I just don’t see how it is beating Ghost in the Shell SAC.

Freegards

[Norm Lenhart]

Oh nothing touches GITS. It isn’t possible.

The trick to Eva is multiple watchings. It’s something that unveils itself over time/viewings. What looks on the surface like a generic anime kids show is a massively complex morality play.

Some people hate it and thats fine. It’s not for everyone. But IF it hooks you, you can watch the whole thing 100 times and still find new things in it.

[KC_Lion]

Here this will help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rq2_CSO65Y

Get In The Damn Robot Shinji!!!!

Here is the American Version of N.G.E. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6pv6luFwGU

[The_Reader_David]

NGE is better than the usual giant robot suit anime, (I've described it as the mecha series for people who hate mechas) but isn't as deep as its fans make it out to be. The main thing that mars it is the last two episodes, which are surreal, and not the director's original idea for the ending.

The best thing to do is find the OVA release End of Evangelion, which is the director's intended ending, watch episodes 1-24, then End of Evangelion. If it still doesn't make sense, get NGE: Death and Rebirth and watch it followed by End of Evangelion again.

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With the indended ending from End of Evangelion, Shinji's father, Ikari Gendo, instead of being perhaps the record SoB in all of anime, is just another deeply flawed character, like every other character in the series (with the possible exception of Eva Unit 01).