I loved shit shit out of FLCL; I still have it all on VHS somewhere from when I recorded it while it was airing on Adult Swim, along with a bunch of other anime my mom wouldn't let me stay up late to watch.
For me personally it was the sudden realization after several years had passed after I had seen EoE that Shinji nutted on his hand. I saw the movie when I was the tender, innocent age of 12 and I was like, "Why did he sneeze on his hand??" Then I came back to it years later and I was like ...
I’m not really surprised that some newer anime fans have never heard of EVA. It seem like a lot of theses new fans don’t really care to watch anything that’s more then a few years old so naturally EVA would be unknown to them. Yeah, I've seen quite a few topics on forums with OP statements like...