Review of Neon Genesis Evangelion

Neon Genesis Evangelion is A Ride™ and after finally watching it from start to finish I have very mixed feelings. On one hand it's extremely misogynistic and constantly fetishizes the bodies of its female (child) characters, and it has some deeply embarrassing and cringe moments that drag the entire thing down. On the other hand, once you get far enough into the series it rapidly becomes an intensely introspective psychological and metaphysical nightmare which has me on the edge of my seat, absolutely transfixed at the progression of the plot, the murky and compelling dives into each of our major characters, and the sheer aweof the way that the visuals and sound convey everything that has happened, everything that will happen, and rich, uncanny worlds and minds expanding and unfolding into themselves to impart on us a sense of real, unbelievably conveyed trauma, loss, insecurity, and identity.

My absolute favourite aspect was the scribbly storyboard-y visuals you get near the end. So tasty.

What a bizarre, unique, amazing, awful show.