Neon Genesis Evangelion is a decent Anime, which suffers from overhyping and some obvious flaws.

The Story is actually quite good... if you bother reading a wiki or a fan-summary, because the series itself does not narrate as much as one would like and seemingly abandons its story altogether halfway through the series.
The shift in tone and style is so strange that one can only shake his head and wonder why there are so many die-hard-fans of it. The mythology of its world and the the presentation and design of it are very good and unique nonetheless.

Dialogue is mainly a hit and miss, sometimes its good, sometimes its very bad.

The animation and action is great for a 1995 series. The only problem with it is, that its VERY obvious they cut the budget of the series halfway through it, so the resorted to reusing shots, using still-images or shots with very little animation.

If you let youself imersed into the world and if you like apocalyptic settings with religious references and awesome design, then you will still be entertained by Neon Genesis Evangelion. The only problem is that the main character is one of the least likeable main character i ever came across, and he is the central figure of the psychoanalysis in the second half of the anime. (show less)

It's interesting how in the middle of the struggle against the Angels, where their lives are on the line, the characters developed in a cyclic way. It's kind of frustrating to think that the reason the anime keeps you interested is the progress of the enemy(Angels) and the weapons(Evas). I still think there was a lot of room for characters like Misato, Gendo Ikari, Ritsuko and Toji to grow. The alternate ending brings a lot of confusion into the plot and leaves more questions than answers, even though the fighting scenes are amazing. I think the reason most us like this anime so much is because at a certain point in our lives we tend to empathize with one of the characters, although not reaching their point of nihilism, and because of it's amazing animation. (show less)

This is a very complex anime. In a way it's very psychological and it has a lot of cool action sequences as well. It's intense and very symbollic at times. But just when you think something really cool is going to happen to change the world, it stops making sense and it drifts off into something else entirely. It starts to take you inside the characters' heads and kind of forgets about the Angels they were fighting and about trying to save the world and all that. Or maybe I missed the conclusion. In any case I felt no closure whatsoever. Either way it's stopped making sense after episode 22. You also expect Shinji to either make peace with his dad or have some kind of significant confrontation, but he only talks to him inside his own head. It's a shame because you really expect it to leave an impression on you because of the intensity of it. But it has a weird and nonsensical happy ending where nothing is really resolved. It just ends with a superficial smile. (show less)