Review of Neon Genesis Evangelion

Highly recommend for any anime watcher as evangleion dives into many different themes that influences many people in the world , most if not evrey charecter is used to deliver a theme that is unqiue towards them . These themes may seem hard to distingutish and may requrie time to understand them however the depth of the story , the mysteries surrounding the world , the struggle and theme of the charecters all provide something for the views to connect and understand. The entire show is based on the author Hidekai Anno's own feelings at the time of the writting , using his own strugglesto convery into the main charecters such as asuka , shinji and rei . Some say the plot is" too difficult to understand "and " too many plot holes" or " no charecter development" which might seem true , however the entire point for Neon genisis and the movie is Anno expressing his own self struggles , and how it has consummed him , the reason some don't understand why there weren't much charecter development was that it reflects how Anno was feeling during the time of writin, shinji didnt get much development because Anno was still facing the same struggles as many people in the world . shinji might through out the plot seem to develop and turn for the better but ultimatly stayed the same , thats because shinji reflects how people tried to turn for the better and yet sometime sucome to their old habit . The purpose of the plot was not to tell a story rather i belive was a way Anno used to connect with people facing the same struggles as him , extending a hand for those in need , which he then uses the sequeals mostly the rebuild series to adress these struggles and how to face them

It is not the plot that makes Neon Genisis Evangelion a masterpiece rather it is the message and the themes the author puts into the plot to connect and help those struggling with the same themes , thats is why many people that watch it can connect with it as it might reflect their own struggle