Review of Neon Genesis Evangelion

* Might have a few spoilers (even though I'm trying my best to keep them out). Also, english is not my first language, and I apologize for any mistakes. * This anime starts pretty well. For a few episodes, you might think it will be an epic story about a teenager caught in the unlikely position where he is the only one who can pilot a certain gear (and all the drama that arises from that situation). Well, if you thought that, you were wrong. A few episodes down the road, you'll notice nothing is moving forward - you don't have a clue about what is going on.That would be OK if it were intended, a move to create anticipation for what is coming next. But no, the main character doesn't have a clue either, and he is too busy (doing nothing at all) to figure things out. He just keeps doing things because, well, that's what he's "supposed to be doing".

Do you know when anime characters desperately "need a hug"? You can identify them easily. They stare at the other characters with beady eyes, desperately needing to open their hearts, thinking about things they should say, starting sentences that never get finished... well, turns out ALL the characters in Evangelion are like that. They ALL need a hug. Badly.

"Need a hug" characters often don't communicate, either. They just keep all the important info and questions to themselves. And then you get to roll your eyes over and over again at the ridiculous situations the characters put themselves into. Yes, the "roll eyes" factor in Evangelion is high, very high.

I can't think of anything redeeming to say about this anime. It could have had good characters, but whoever wrote it was too busy making every single character behave like a lunatic. It could have had a good story, but whoever wrote it was too busy raving about metaphysical nonsense. To me, it just feels like whoever wrote this got really depressed halfway through and decided to... I don't know, "open up".

If you're a sensible kind of person - one who stops to think about what you're watching and one who gets "touched" by the characters, who tries to understand what they are thinking and feeling - you'll probably feel like cutting your wrists after watching this.

My advice is: stay away.