I think the breakdown for fans of this anime is very simple. I see two types of people when it comes to thoughts about this anime; extreme love or dissatisfaction. It's in my opinion that this is due to whether or not you can empathize the characters. More specifically though, it just boils down to Shinji Ikari.
Shinji Ikari is the product of a person that has lost all hope in the world, and is content being out of the limelight. Once he's been thrust into the limelight by his father Gendo Ikari who has Shinji brought to NERV headquarters do we really start understanding Shinji and how weak he is.
For a lot of people that have dealt with little to no issues when it comes to self confidence, it'd probably be difficult to understand why Shinji is the way he is, and more importantly why it's not pathetic. If you're a person that's ever dealt with depression, in my honest opinion, I think you'll really enjoy Shinji Ikari.
In order to enjoy watching Shinji be miserable, it'd probably help if you're an emotional viewer and not a technical viewer. I myself an am emotional viewer, whereas I don't get annoyed by what a lot of people find to be "whining" from Shinji.
When it comes to the Mecha fight scenes they're without a doubt my favorite when it comes to the Mecha's I've seen. Not only do the battles display entertaining action between whatever the Mecha's are fighting, you're also witnessing a mental battle with the 13 year-old child that's being manipulated to pilot the "Evangelion".
One thing I find unique about the mecha in this anime is that they're living organism's, and to make it more interesting, they're clones of an alien that nearly wiped out the entire population on earth. How cool is that? It get's better. If the pilot has a mental breakdown the mecha's follow suit and go into a "berserk" mode.
I'm not really an expert when it comes to anime art but for when the anime was made, I think the art is excellent. Still to this day everything on the anime looks futuristic, aside from the actual year the movie takes place. The mecha are done very well, not perfect, but to my liking.
Once again, not an expert when it comes to sound quality, but I will say I enjoyed the climatic music during the fight scenes, primarily the scenes where Eva Unit-01 is involved, which is most of them.
I apologize if my review has grammatical errors. The last thing I want to say is how much I enjoyed this anime. This is the anime that got me into anime, and still to this day it is my favorite.
If you haven't watched this anime, at least give it a chance!
