Review of Neon Genesis Evangelion

Evangelion is the most overated anime I have ever experienced. I went into the mindset that it is a very engaging anime with awesome action scenes and great characters. A perfect binge anime. This was partly true. The action scenes against the angels are pretty good with nice fight scenes with fluid movements. A good example is the fight scene with Auska and Shinji syncing their movements during the battle with an angel, resulting in a very interesting battle to watch. Some of the main characters are actually makes the show interesting. For example, Auska's character was both entertaining to watch and sad to learn abouther depressing backstory.

This is all the show is good for as the pacing is slow, forgettable, and very repetitive at times (this ends around the last 7-10 episodes though). The characters are very one note bland characters that would make Noriaki Kakyoin blush. Shingi is a terrible main protagonist as he is as annoying as he is bland, like the most of the other characters in the show. If you want to see a better version of shinji's character, minus some of the daddy issues, just watch cell saga era Son Gohan.

All and all, bad show. I've been told to watch the movies next, but from what I've seen, I do not want to subject myself to more of this godawful franchise. And don't get me started on that god damn stupid endin-