Halfway through the show, the wife of the director of the anime of that time suddenly dies. There you suddenly see a notable shift in the series. Almost everyone is undergoing some sort of depression. Sure there is the notable one namely Shinji who many people despise because of his indecisiveness, but you soon realizes that everyone still has problems and this emotional aspect are affecting their life in one way or another.
Neon Genesis is a based on a era where large gundam robots are created in order to guard these beings known as angels from fusing with a biological organism in Japan. To top it off, they can only be piloted by 14 year olds consisting of a boy in depression, very overconfident and brash girl and another who barely speaks or reveal her emotions.
While it is an anime that I would recommend due its great storytelling and great animation back at its time, it is not for the faint hearted due to the emotional roller coaster that it will take you halfway in. There are many key themes to explore and continuously ask certain characters what is the purpose of living.
