Welcome to my anime review of Neon Genesis Evangelion, where I list the good, the bad, and the questionable things I found in the anime. Ah, who am I kidding, Neon Genesis Evangelion was only bad, bad, and bad.
In our great anime community, the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion has been known to have extremely polarized views. There are those that praise it as the greatest masterpiece, and there are those that think its nuclear waste. If you don't know by know from my previous statements and my overall score, I am the latter.
I stumbled upon this abortion of an anime when I first started watching anime. I had just finished watching Code Geass, and was looking for something else to watch. That was when my brother recommended to me Neon Genesis Evangelion, saying that people have given it very good ratings even though he had not watched it himself yet. So, trusting that his information was accurate, I decided to give it a try.
Worst mistake of my life.
Within the first 3 episodes of the show, I began to hate the main character, and that hate only continued to grow as the show went on. The whole show can be summarized into one sentence: Shinji, stop being a pussy.
The only good part I found within the anime was in the very middle when they were fighting monsters known as Angels and the plot was seemingly speeding up. That was when the psychological crap started.
The last three episodes of the show was all about the two main characters trying to fight their inner demons, learning to accept themselves, blah blah blah. I didn't really care much about it, but I decided to sit through it because I wanted to see how the anime ended since they still had 3 or so Angels to defeat.
But then the anime ended after the main character accepted himself. I stared at the screen in disbelief as I tried to look for the next episode. So, I looked online and found that they had made a movie continuation to finish the series, which was probably after people rioted in Japan after watching the original ending.
But oh god the movie was even worse. The ending of the show made absolutely zero sense. Even my brother, who had read the summary of the show, was confused. Those that say, "oh we're not actually supposed to get this because the things going on in the anime were done by beings from another world". But, remember, this was written by a HUMAN BEING. So basically what you are saying is "the author ran out of ideas so he started spewing bullshit in order to wrap it up".
Now, should you watch this anime? Luckily for you, I have made a list of questions for you to see whether or not you should watch this anime.
1. Is this going to be your first anime?
If you answered yes, then what I'm wondering right now is what kind of twisted demon recommended this anime to you.
2. Is this not your first anime?
If you answered yes, then what possessed you to even consider watching this?
3. Do you have matches, gasoline, or a lighter in your house?
If you answered yes, then do not watch this anime because you will have strong urges to start lighting stuff on fire.
If you answered no, then do not watch this anime because you will run to the nearest store to get some matches and gasoline.
Despite all the bashing I've done on this anime, I do have to thank it for one thing. Neon Genesis Evangelion was such a stark contrast in quality to Code Geass that it most likely destroyed the part of my brain that could differentiate between quality and trash. As a result, I am now able to watch many more shows than I would have otherwise. My brother did not watch this anime, and therefore has started running out of anime to watch.
So if you want to expand the number of anime you can watch, then by all means watch Neon Genesis Evangelion. However, if you want to keep your sanity, stay away at all costs.
