I first saw one episode late at night on Toonami (maybe 2004 or 2005?) but didn't watch the entire series until the tail end of 2006 when I left for college.

Jimbo - I first read your Magum Opus in 2008, 11 years ago. I experienced NGE for the first time around the same time frame as you. I haven't looked at EvaGeeks since at least 2011 or 2012. Oddly, your essay sprung to mind today (no idea why) and it took me forever to find after some searching. I'm ...