NGE is a great anime, I own the series myself. :3 Good story, somewhat interesting characters. However, I really don't swear by it like many crazed fanatics do. Ah, the life of a critic is not simple.
Evangelion is hardly the thinking man's anime. The people who say they understand the last two episodes generally will be completely wrong unless they've been in a similar situation as the creator, which was actually drug withdrawal. It's not so much "the thinking man's" anime as much as it is "The post-addict's" anime. The only thing most "Thinking men" are thinking of is Shinji beating it to a comatose Asuka.
Trust me, there are plenty more anime series that make you think alot more than Evangelion. Philosophical anime is out there everywhere. There's Serial Experiments Lain, which I thought was the biggest piece of crap I've ever seen, but it's even bigger a piece of crap for the "Not thinking" man. Gadguard, the philosophical prologues to Outlaw Star, Fullmetal Alchemist (Chemistry,) even Heat Guy J. xD
Evangelion is hardly the thinking man's anime. The people who say they understand the last two episodes generally will be completely wrong unless they've been in a similar situation as the creator, which was actually drug withdrawal. It's not so much "the thinking man's" anime as much as it is "The post-addict's" anime. The only thing most "Thinking men" are thinking of is Shinji beating it to a comatose Asuka.
Trust me, there are plenty more anime series that make you think alot more than Evangelion. Philosophical anime is out there everywhere. There's Serial Experiments Lain, which I thought was the biggest piece of crap I've ever seen, but it's even bigger a piece of crap for the "Not thinking" man. Gadguard, the philosophical prologues to Outlaw Star, Fullmetal Alchemist (Chemistry,) even Heat Guy J. xD
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