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Neon Genesis Evangelion

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Anime series referred to as NGE, acknowledged as possibly the best anime has to offer but still considered insufficient justification for the medium.

Mentions (10)
"Maybe it's a language barrier but the dialogue is always so genuinely bad, and the stories are soap operas at best. "But what about neo genesis evangelion and ghibli" sure but you need more good stuff than five movies from thirty years ago."
I legitimately do not get why anime is popular · u/reddit_is_soy · ↑680 · 2023-09-24
"I checked her history and saw that she has been obsessively browsing that wiki, 4chan, some other 'chan' site and some youtube channels that obsessively analyze the character Asuka from the anime 'Evangelion'. Everyday form at least last month. I haven't watched but it has immediately clicked (the c"
My 27-year-old gf is impersonating an anime character · u/axtolpp · ↑308 · 2024-05-09
"The American Caesar will carry a copy of Neon Genesis Evangelion on a pen-drive as he rides out onto the Western Plains."
"I'm watching my operation director's penguin at her place in Tokyo-3 while she's at the demonstration of Jet Alone. Damn, Tokyo-3 is isolating as hell. I see why Eva pilots get into listening to music on their Walkman's alone or sexually assaulting their comatose friends."
The isolation of Evangelion pilots · u/_CASE_ · ↑132 · 2021-07-16
"I watched NGE and not bad, but if that's the best anime has to offer than that's grim."
Anime · u/politcsunderstander · ↑95 · 2023-07-31
"Revisionist takes on popular genre tropes, (though ironically, they've overshadowed many of their inspirations. Amuro was forced to get into the robot long before Shinji, and the Rose of Versailles had sword-fighting lesbians 20 years before Utena.) * Postmodern visual flourishes that elevate otherw"
Revolutionary Girl Utena is Evangelion for the girlies · u/Dont_Cancel_Me · ↑62 · 2022-11-11
"Normally I would never anime-post in this sub for obvious reasons, but I have been listening to a lot of old episodes and looking at Dasha's instagram posts and can't get over how many times she references this anime. Personally, it is one of the only animes I truly enjoy and love. It is beautiful, "
Dasha's Favorite Anime: Neon Genesis Evangelion · u/butitsmylighter2 · ↑59 · 2023-01-02
"I was autistically obsessed with NGE in my early teens and I had kind of dismissed the whole franchise as part of a self cringe reflex, but actually found EoE to be better than I remembered it being."
Rewatched End of Evangelion in the theaters · u/loves2spwg · ↑36 · 2025-11-30
"what are your takes on the show? i watched it in middle school and thought it was real cool but most of the meaning went over my head. rewatching it now with a friend but he's a mechanical eng*neering student and he just keeps checking the wiki"
neon genesis evangelion · u/argonrenegade · ↑33 · 2021-01-22
"He said when we first started seeing each other Misato reminded him of me bc she's messy and has a little guy wandering around the place (pen pen and my dog)"
Watching NGE for the first time with my husband · u/Mountain-Creative · ↑21 · 2024-01-09
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