Neon Genesis Evangelion starts off introducing Ikari Shinji, our main character, troubled by the abandonment of his father throughout his life only to be, suddenly, summoned the same man to help save humanity, by piloting one of his inventions, the so called Evangelion ("Eva" for short), something that, for some reason, can only be done by Shinji, his first instinct is to deny anything his faulty father may ask of him but for a few reasons, mainly the girl that pilots the other Eva that intrigues him enough to stay and help.
Now this is as far as I’ll go in talking about what happens in the show cause I don’t really remember how much I knew when I started and I don’t wanna spoil anything to anyone. but I will say that this show surprised me in the best way possible, I went in thinking it would be an action filled, fast paced anime and what I found was, yes all that, but a lot deep, existential questioning that I did not expect, the characters begin their own story in such a cliché way but the more you know the more you care and root for them, and greed to know more.
Actually that was my sentiment throughout the 26 episodes, greed, the more they revealed, the more I needed to know. The bad side's that by the end of it I had more questions than answers, due to that I’m rating it a 9. So I guess I wouldn’t recommend it for someone that needs something very straight lined, predictable and simple.
Saying that, if you want to watch something different, intriguing and above all, a classic you should really give Neon Genesis Evangelion a try. Now if you'll excuse me I’m headed to the movie sequel "The End of Evangelion" which I came to understand will answer some of my so-called questions, hopefully.
