Review of Neon Genesis Evangelion

At the beginning I would like to say, that I get why some people are not able to connect with this anime, understand it or even enjoy it. It's really difficult to get point of this piece and to find enjoyment and peace. On top of that if you don't like psychological anime and you came for this just because it's mecha anime, you will be really shocked. My review doesn't contain story spoilers, however I might touch some basic logic of the anime and what to expect. Those aren't really spoilers, however you don't have to read the rest, if you want to find outeverything about this anime on your own.

Story 9/10 - I mean, it's not really about "robots fighting creatures" but more about psychological part of the anime. More than proper story with some events and background and satisfied explanation at the end, you can expect psychological flow of character developments and thoughts. That's the main point of the entire story.

Characters 10/10 - Can't complain here. Characters are really sophisticated and from the beginning you can see some tension in some relationships and different reasons for different behaviors. As much as this is very light at the beginning, it's very crucial at the end, where everything claps into each other.

Music/sound effects 8/10 - I could imagine something better but for example opening is absolute fire.

Animation/art 8/10 - It's typical oldschool anime and can't much complain about it. However I didn't really like flashy parts where are saturated things that are flashing into your eyes for several seconds or in some scenes when the background is shaking a little bit. But it's 1995, I would still say they did a great job.

Conclusion: It's very difficult to get the right vibe with this anime and some people just can't connect with it, that's it. Anime is diving deep into different themes on the background like depressions, anxiety, love, suicide, loneliness or even point of living. It's not sad anime, it's not happy anime. It is what it is, something in the middle with a lot of suspense and psychological traits. If you will be able to connect with it and enjoy it, it can even serve as your tool for some self-development in character and mindset and that's why do I think this anime is great.

It's polished piece of art, it's not meant to be understood by everyone, on the other side it's meant to be helpful to anybody who is able to connect with the story and thinking of characters. I was personally very amazed and I felt a bit sorry that I didn't try this anime earlier. However I can also personally say, that it changed a bit my point of view to some things in life and it really connected with me on this difficult level, which is a bit insane. But after all, why not, somebody gets inspired by people, somebody by books, somebody by anime.