Review of Neon Genesis Evangelion
Wow, I don't even know where to start with this review. I suppose I should begin by saying what an incredible sense of disappointment and disgust it filled me with. So much that I quite literally dropped the show halfway into the final episode. Neon Genesis Evangelion starts out okay, with a very whiny main character who doesn't seem to ever pay attention (IE, DODGE SHINJI DODGE and then he just stands there and get's shot for the 6th time) but these flaws are easily overlooked due to the interesting world in which this anime takes place. For about the first half of the show the worldenvironment is strong enough to maintain ones interest, and keep them coming for the next episode. In fact for the first half of the show the only issue I would complain about is the weak and overly emotional lead character. For example his father issues are so extreme that even when his dad is giving him advice that will save his life, he gets angry at his father for the suggestion, then has a hissy-fit after he is rescued.
The latter half of the show though. Holy fuck. They literally begin to have 1-3 minutes of a single frame just to fill the time, all while very loud classical music blasts. If the lazy animation wasn't the only issue they start to have entire episodes of what looks like hallucinogenic pipe-dreams, where the characters float around in various form (like stick figures) while the character talks to himself and attempts to philosophize. Multiple consecutive episodes are spent like this, and it happens to be the reason I was able to drop it finally at episode 26.
They would also have entire episodes in the last segments of the show where they would reveal all sorts of information that one could tell is supposed to be shocking. However when they revealed 20 different things in one episode, and never provided any clues or hinting earlier in the season it just felt very forced and weak.
All in all Neon Genesis Evangelion is a show that started off mediocre, managed to turn halfway decent, then dramatically killed itself. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.