That's a much more positive take than I got from it but I understand what you're saying and it makes sense now. The first time I saw it 15 years ago really all I saw was death and terrible things happening to characters that I cared about and I was so shocked and confused as to why this was made. I ...

When I first saw it I was in 4th grade so I was mostly just like "Yay! Cool giant robot show! Why does Shinji have to whine so much? Rei is super cute! This show has awesome music!". The actual point of the show was pretty lost on me but I had a lot of fun watching it. When I rewatched the...

I just (right now) finished watching EoE for the first time in about 15 years. I didn't like it at all the first time I saw it and pretty much have ignored its existence ever since. Reading through this thread made me curious about it again though, so I rewatched it. It's still as weird and messed u...

I first learned about Evangelion when my friend in 4th grade brought over the dvd for Death and Rebirth. We used to hang out and watch anime a lot and it seemed cool so we watched it. I didn't really get it at first (I probably didn't really understand it until high school and even still there are n...