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I've just started watching Neon Genesis: Evangelion. 3 episodes in and I'm pretty confused why this is so highly regarded... I'll watch a little more but if the quality continues like this I'll just stop.
How'd it go?
I'm not into anime but that was on my "one of the greats so you have to watch it" list.
I haven't given up on it yet. My issue is that 90% of the anime so far is angst and melodrama. In my experience 90% of all anime is angst and melodrama so it shouldn't be surprising, but people talk so highly about Evangelion saying it's this transcendent experience and it's just generic mecha anime so far. Except maybe with a dash more soft pedophilia.
Soft pedophilia?!
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definitely not everyones cup of tea, it's controversial for a reason. I still suggest people who aren't getting into it to try to stick with it, because the payoff of watching the final episodes (which were famously so hated it led to death threats), followed immediately buy the end of evangelion film is worth it for the insanity of it all.
if you aren't deeply into it and theorycrafting your way through it by episode 5 or so then you probably aren't going to enjoy the rest. it does ramp up the crazy as it goes on but mostly it leaves things up to the viewer to come up with their own meaning of what it all means, which wont work for some.
If it doesn't click, put it aside for a while then maybe try again by going down the path of the rebuild movies which are an alternate, condensed retelling that tends to be more accessible.
I had a few friends who non stop talked about it. Finally watched it, same reaction as you.
The quality is actually going to tank near the end. They lost their budget and went off the deep end story wise.