No.42495
I agree, the show is ultimately just a projection of Anno's depression (ie. a 90's version of a Xitter trauma dump) with some random Jungian and occult symbolism bullshit mixed in to make people think it's some sort of very deep anime (in fact, in an interview Anno himself admitted that there's no deeper meaning).
People say that it was very influential for anime, but outside of random references, the only way it contributed to the medium was by introducing some character archetypes and other minor things, which admittedly were the only good things in the show.
No.42496
>NGE is for womens + posers and Pinterest womens
Unfortunately so is all anime. NGE just happens to be the best of it.
No.42497
>>42494What I don't understand is how NGE became popular with normalfags. It's always been popular with nerds which makes sense but I've never understood how it suddenly became popular with normalfags like 15-20 years later.
No.42503
>>42497>how it suddenly became popular with normalfags like 15-20 years later. Tiktok/Musicly newgens are the reason mybe
No.42505
I loved experiencing that show when I first saw it, but I'm not sure if I'd still love it if I rewatched it today.
No.42517
>>42503Not a bad explanation.
No.42521
>>42494Agreed. Didn't feel like it was anything deep or meaningful the way everyone always love to push it online. Just seemed weird for the sake of being weird. Throw in some fancy philosophical terms and admittedly cool visuals and you have a bunch of people claiming it's some kind of masterpiece. It just got on my nerves and I never watched any of the movies after I finished it.
No.42522
NGE is a japan thing, like being a hikikomori I guess
No.42560
>>42503'content' mill for youtube essays
they all watched a 30 minute wikepedia summary
No.42563
>>42560>they all watched a 30 minute wikepedia summaryIt pains me that gatekeepers are basically stone cold dead in this day and age.
NGE was always popular with nerds/otaku but it never crossed into the mainstream until the last 10-15+ years. There was bunch of anime series that were popular with nerds but no normalfags were interested in "watching cartoons". It's only now because the popular opinion (shaped by the algorithm) they're suddenly all fans now. And it's impossible to call them out on it.
Dune I & II did well at the box office ONLY because the algorithm told them to watch it. Blade Runner 2049 earlier, was basically a commercial flop despite having the same kind of pacing and dense story telling. I literally remember multiple people walking out of theatre because it wasn't action packed film. I've talked to normalfags who've watched both and it's obvious they're withholding their personal opinion on Dune.
No.42598
>>42505"I personally enjoyed it but now that I hear other people say it's bad I don't think I could enjoy it."
No.42758
>>42522>NGE is a japan thingEvery "anime fan" in the west cocksucks it as the deepest and most influential anime or some shit
No.42759
NEON
GENESIS
EVANGELION
it don't get more gangsta than that
No.42760
>>42522>misato>mentally ill used goods hagThat's what 99% of succubi IRL are like, you're a fake wizard
No.42762
>>42761
thats 90% of relationships eventually afaik
No.42880
The modern popularity of this series is proof that normalniggers don't have thoughts of their own, regardless of whether or not it's good in it's own right.
No.42881
>>42880they watch it because its a classical of anime
No.42887
The TV series was cool with monster of the week. But the real meat of this is in end of evangiolion movie, about 1 hour in and you don't know wtf you are watching and will never see anything like it again. Nothing so far has come close.
No.42892
Personally I think its one of the best Anime of all times, but after many rewatches I do think that there is a lot of shounen filler I would rather do without. Stuff like the tagteam episode with the training montage is total filler that I just don't really want to watch anymore. The last couple episodes are where most of important and interesting ideas are, with a few random sections from all the other episodes giving a good setup for that finale.
So because of that filler I can't say I really like watching it anymore, but I sure would rather watch it once more than whatever garbage you probably watched this year.
Also this thread is really low effort and so are the replies. At least offer an alternative if you think something is so bad.
No.43604
You know, the very "can't make sense of the world around me" is the very theme of the title: Shinji's pain is all about being surrounded by a bunch of unfathomable stuff going on.
In fact, for someone in his position, he was quite a workhorse to keep going despite everything.
the ending was a bittersweet one - he kinda got to know what motives everyone around him had.
No.43619
>>43616I thought I was being insightful. Excuse my autism
No.43635
>>42494It's pretty good but it really has become a normalfag anime on par with mainstream shonen. It's an example of why trolling is an important part of nerd fandoms and why they should not be safe spaces for any consumers of a given cultural commodity
No.43636
>>43635>It's pretty good but it really has become a normalfag animeIts target audience was the "normal" general public and that's why it even managed to leave Japan. There's no reasonable cause to consider an anime for weirdos / nerds / virgins / whatever.
No.43638
>>42494>The anime is a fucking non sense i try hard to focus on what is going onthat's kinda the point
Shinji went SPOILER, full SPOILER also FINAL SPOILER reveals Shinji would prefer to be a lone "self" rather than lose himself in a happy ocean of all being melted into one gang
Thus, Shinji is not exactly "mental disability", he actually had to handle a hearty dose of bullshit and SOMEHOW he survived it.