My biggest issue with NGE is with Shinji as a character. I understand he's very relatable for people who have suffered mental illness, and I appreciate that, but my overwhelming preference for protagonists is a proactive one. What do I mean by this? It breaks down to: -have a goal -take steps toward...

Fanservice is bad, when it annoys you. This is pretty much the most generalizable answer that can be given, because fan service is an incredibly subjective thing. There are people who lap up every bit of it they can get and beg for more, people who want it nowhere near them, and an entire spectrum ...

I'm gonna go with the fact that humans are complex and messy creatures that are influenced by their upbringing and social settings and can manifest that in different ways, including different stances on the same scenario. In other words, the key message of the show does a great job at explaining the...

Sounds like she's just telling people she isn't allowed to say anything even if she does know something and that people should bug Khara instead. Probably getting lots of questions on twitter. That's hardly surprising given that the entertainment industry in general, but especially in Japan, is ver...

Rei makes a "plop!" splash sound when she appears. You can hear it right before Shinji turns his head. *rewatches scene* Huh, so she does. I must have missed that the last time I watched it due to watching a lower quality version. However, rewatching also makes it crystal clear that Rei w...

It's kind of incredible that she was feeling anything at all, since Eva-02 was powered down at the time. This realistically would have cut the sync completely, since we've seen it's a process that's initiated and controlled by cybernetic components, so without any energy being fed in... I've taken ...

- Bardiel: Borrows elements of slime molds. (Also, let's be honest: semen.) Anno: "When in doubt, sexual imagery." That said Bardiel is also similar to certain types of parasitic fungus that can actually take control of the host's (usually an insect) brain. To add a one more, Shamshel app...

How does that work, though, when Asuka is already there when the scene begins? This isn't a Rei that appeared for Asuka; it's an incarnation that appears just long enough to Shinji to realize it's there and to look its way, at which point it vanishes. Very, very similar to the mystery Rei from epis...

The suggestion that Rei had something to do with Asuka's return has naturally come up before. I've never been able to get behind it. Like why would Rei want to help ensure the two of them run into each other after watching their last encounter play out resulting in Shinji attempting suicide by godd...

Personally I'm inclined to think it's a special property of the Spear and its doppelgängers to transfer damage onto the Eva pilot, probably connected in some way with its ability to break through AT Fields. Keep in mind it isn't just Asuka's body that gets harmed; Shinji likewise develops Unit-01's ...

Shinji despaired that no one would ever return despite what Rei et al. said. He's stirred from his catatonia to find Asuka next to him. So Rei pops up, as if to say, "Well, we did tell you, didn't we? Have fun, kiddo." Not quite what I meant, but that is an amusing way to look at it. Basi...

At the end of the Instrumentality section, Adam and Lilith tell Shinji they are the hope of mankind that dwells within their hearts (or something, the dialogue gets pretty weird man) and the GNR begins to crumble, signifying the death of the collective and creating the second primordial sea. One of ...