Story: 7/10
The actual story is maybe the weakest part of the show, it don't mean it's bad but it's full of holles and things that don't make sense at all, the setting is great, the mistery is wellcome but its sudenly thrown away in the last two episodes, who are the angels? what is the intrumentality project? what is the
true objective of SEELE, NERV and Gendou Ikari?, when the 25th episode come it doesn't mind anymore. The symbolism is cool but it feel like they are there just to be cool, it don't have a meaning at all, i have nothing to complain about it and at least it contribute with the aesthetic of the show. In other words: the story is not the main focus here.
Art: 8/10
Here i have to take apart the design from the animation, the general design is great, the evas are awesome, the non standarzided shapes of angels agrees with the scary and unknown nature of these creatures and everything feels modern and technologic even today, but then we have the animation. It's a shame that it are not as good as the general design, sometimes it's acceptable but it's hard to not notice the budjet control in conversation scenes, the reason of that is well known but a medium viewer don't mind if the procduction team have money to do a descent job or not.
Sound:8/10
The soundtrack of this show is good, it don't excels from other aspects of the show but suits fine in the mood, something that i desagree with the most of who watched this series is that the classical music fits well in the scenes where it is present, that scenes are meant to be a little deeper than the standard action scenes and the music plays a big role here.
Characters: 9/10
Here is where the true greatness of this show lies, the characters are very unique and different from the regular kinds we see in the majority of anime, they are very different from each other too and at least the main ones have a plausible background but here is where the main problem lies too, they are so different from the regular anime characters that some people don't like it, Shinji is a coward, Asuka is a bitch, Rei is exprectionless, Misato is a messed up pedo woman and Gendo is an asshole, but let's be honest, people in real life don't act in the maniqueist way that is despicted in most of anime, the good guys are sympathetic and fight in name of justice and friendship while the bad guys only cares about power and don't feel empaty for anyone, NGE completely refuses that logic.
Enjoyment: 9/10
This is a very subjective topic, some of you may enjoy it, some of you may claim it as the greatest piece of art in the history of mankind and some of you may say that it's a complete garbage, this depends on what do you expect from an anime and what kind of people you are, if you have ever experienced mental instability then you may identify yourself with this series, if you are the one who is mentaly stable and have a normal background then you may don't even care with the dillemas on screen, so you have to watch it to known in wich side you are.
Overall: 10/10
It's not a perfect piece of work, some issues can incomodate some people and the metaphysical/symbolic aspect of the show may be debateble, but there's no doubts that it pushed the anime as a storytellig media to a higher level and to some of you who have a more open mind it can be a great an unusual experience.
