Revisiting Neon Genesis Evangelion

As I watched Neon Genesis Evangelion again, I wondered what more I could say about it. After all, it is perhaps the most analyzed anime. I’ve written about Eva and examined Shinji. The influence of the anime can’t be denied. Anime could be considered BE (Before Eva) and AE (After Eva), especially inside the mecha genre. The story is constantly referenced and popularized many of the tropes we now have: the broken hero who doesn’t really rise to the label of hero; the doll-like character who repr...