Evangelion

It would be pseud if the anime didn't follow any of it but it does, quite a bit actually. Stop using words you don't understand and, again, go read a book. You know, those things made out of paper that have thousands upon thousands of words printed on them.

Christian symbolism has nothing to do with the show's depth.

You do know he was talking to literal school children when he said that, right?

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So explain, please? What's the appeal? What makes it "deep"

I'll tell you a secret it's not even deep in the first place you fuckwit

I've yet to finish it (about halfway through) and I gotta say I agree so far. There are moments of greatness but they're so few and far between. A lot of the character stuff is just bad and boring (though it does seem to be getting a bit better) and I just wanna see robots fighting cool monsters.

Fuck off underage

Imagine if you would a world without overly edgy overly "deep" anime, when giant stompy robots came in two flavors: superhero and the costume of a super hero

Evangelion stepped forth and ... trolled the shit out of everyone expecting a giant robot show in any flavor. It went straight to psychological drama and the robots were generally window dressing. It profoundly altered the tone and plot of almost every show that followed for a very, very long time (although one might argue that giving NGE credit for making serious anime possible is too much for one show). It's less well known for being good as it is for its impact on the industry.

The fact that it was nakedly mercenary in its merchandising only cemented its reputation as a game changer To this day people have no idea why things happen in the show because so much of it was explained elsewhere

>I just wanna see robots fighting cool monsters.
Then you better stop right now you fucking zoomer

I'm never going to watch this shitty show out of contempt for it's diehard fans, and I'm going to be a happier man for it.

Why is this board filled with boomers who cling to their nostalgia

KIll yourself

I watched it for the first time in May.

Its my favorite show and I agree its not as deep as these brainlets think

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Well that's interesting. Why do people think it's so deep then? What's its appeal to them? What about you?

It's not supposed to be deep, dipshit. It's just a well-made deconstruction 90s anime with a good story and relatable characters

Have you watched EoE?
That was what made the show for me.

>Is it just boomer nostalgia
Imagine making a thread with this as the OP and getting replies. Wtf happend to Yea Forums

You need to watch it when you're still a pubescent teenager where you'll confuse the teenage angst with profoundness.

basically the plot that is in the back ground.

It moved on, dipshit. Any internet environment lasting >10 years will experience some change.

Why would anyone older than the show still be on this shithole?

Nice sakuga animation
Psychological themes that are rare in anime
Shock value
Iconic
Iconic cute girls
Great OST

Have you watch End of Evangelion yet? It's better than the TV anime and it's the main sequel.

>Why do people think it's so deep then?
They're pseuds. The elitists here on Yea Forums love that.

Is this show supposed to be deep? I think people see the technobabble and christian imagery and expect someone more than it was.

Waifus.

It's the retarded fans who go on and on about how deep it is that are to blame for this.

Just ignore them and enjoy the anime.

in any normal medium this show would be unequivocally loved, but because anime is treated as a genre and not a medium for some reason we get retards like OP who have never watched anything with actual ambition or artistic value in their lives and just get angry and confused when the MC isn't just a shallow vehicle for wish-fulfillment

the whole idea of an """anime community""" is just trash and horrible for the medium as a whole

You're fucking retarded.
Look at how many people hate Lynch stuff for example.
Artsy experimental media will always alienate some people - it wouldn't be art if everyone likes it.

amazing visual direction
great animation and design
psychologically complex characters
an intriguing, mysterious plot

it's just good, looking for some "hidden symbolism" in media is typical brainlet """woah epic hidden meaning theory bruh""" bullshit 99% of the time, what you get out of it emotionally is your subjective business

But if you just enjoy the anime for what it is, it's a good show but nothing special.

So what makes it special?

A good show is something special.
99% of anime or every other kind of media is trash.

>Look at how many people hate Lynch stuff
idk, I don't see people sperging out that Lynch is pretentious bullshit whenever he's brought up online
then again I don't go on TV, maybe that's the norm there

in film you're generally either into artsy shit or not, you wouldn't recommend The Seventh Seal to someone who just watches blockbusters, yet for anime there is some idea of a "canon" that every "trve anime fan" has to watch

>I don't like this popular piece of media that redefined the medium as a whole and that, decades later, is still exerting an influence on every piece of media that is being produced, am I cool yet?

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I thought this was an Evangelion thread not a Mazinger Z thread.

>boomer
>zoomer
first off fuck off, crossboarders.

second off
this, what about it is pseudointellectual? why overated?
>Maybe it was good when it aired but it hasn't aged well at all
again subjective, for me and most people it has aged gracefully even in the face of copycats ad infinitum but ad populum isn't an argument so tell me why you think it hasn't aged well?

you forgot pretentious

>in film you're generally either into artsy shit or not, you wouldn't recommend The Seventh Seal to someone who just watches blockbusters, yet for anime there is some idea of a "canon" that every "trve anime fan" has to watch
even some arthouse classics can be apreciated by your average retard, seven seal isn't one of them but i'm not afraid to recomend movies like a clockwork orange to the average joe, what i wouldn't recomend is andrei rublev and black moon for someone whose favorite movie is infinity war, my point is that some artsy stuff can still retain enough entertainment value for normalfags and i think eva is one of them.

Eva muddled plot, abstract ending, and lack of sympathetic characters make it pretty unfriendly for normies.

an anime series with the bad end.

>lack of sympathetic characters
what? asuka and shinji are pretty sympathetic toward the entire series even if both are pieces of shit as people and please refrain from using the word "normies" on Yea Forums.

>godly soundtrack
>great visuals
>great characters
>gripping plot

That's why it's good, It's not some super deep philosophical masterpiece or anything, it's just a good show that can really make you think.

>asuka and shinji are pretty sympathetic toward the entire series
On the surface, they're overtly bitchy and whiny. Enough to make plenty of people dislike them.

I think it's was groundbreaking when it came out. now it's mostly nostalgia, but the themes and character development are still great, but if it was realeased today the pacing and exposition would be different because now we know better. Like FF VII is great but if you were to buy €60 with this kind of line delivery you would be dissapointed to say the least.

The whole "Christian References" thing, it's there, but it is VASTLY overshadowed by references to the Kabbalah and the Torah

Sakuga animation
Waifu potential
Great OST

>the whole idea of an """anime community""" is just trash and horrible for the medium as a whole
THIS! Anime is a medium for varying different genres, just like my cum is a medium for your mom's happiness

>shinji sympathetic
more like bitchthetic lol
like stop whining and get in the dam robot XDDD
I want more EPIC action, not this lame-ass whiney bitch shit

yeah it'd have epic CG fights and sawano drops and it'd all take place in a harem highschool in another world
I'm so glad we know better now lol

The best characters.
No anime has better characters than Eva.
The weak points in the cast of Eva would be the best characters of most shows.

It's not really deep unless you take Kaworu's answer to the questions raised by the show to heart. And unless you've studied psychoanalysis and philosophy beforehand you're gonna need help understanding it, so this makes it not shallow to say the least.

Oh and you'll be lucky to find better visual direction and editing than EoE.

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>Kabbalah and the Torah
so literally christian references except you add a judeo- in front
same shit desu

the biblical references are just a visual theme that ties into the whole "apocalypse and subsequent merging of all humans into a supposedly perfect whole" thing

To be fair you need a very high IQ

The Kabbalah has basically nothing to do with Christianity though

nice reddit meme. faggot.

I think EoE is my favorite movie of all time, everything about it is perfect.

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