Review of Neon Genesis Evangelion

This is the anime that started my fascination with anime. In the beginning of the series it fulfilled my thirst for action when i was a kid. But after watching it years later, i realized that Evangelion was so much more than giant robots fighting each other. Every character in this series could have been picked directly out of the real world. Every single character is deeply, emotionally flawed, but entirely believable. While some people may complain that characters are whiny or annoying, they are real. The characters aren't some all powerful person who was chosen to save theworld, they are normal*(they have some extreme issues, but they are normal). The art style of the nineties is definitely showing it's age, but I have seen worse. What is done with what they have is amazing. They use every scene to symbolize something vital to the story, and if you aren't paying attention, you may not understand the big finale. The sounds of this movie still give me chills just thinking about them. The sound of the cicadas screeching in the air as everything goes to hell around them sort of symbolizes the whole story. There is only one flaw to Evangelion that i see for new audiences, you may have to watch it twice. There is so much symbolism and other events going on in this series that it's impossible to understand everything in the first run through. But if you have the time, i recommend this 100%. Before with the final two episodes, i would suggest watching the movie End Of Evangelion in order to fully understand what is happening in Tokyo 3. I have read alot of manga and have seen alot of anime, but nothing has compared to the quality, beauty, and scale of Eva.