![]() In a way, I see a great deal of myself in it. To me as a kid, the series was entirely opaque after having revisited the story for a few years, however, it has become meaningful to me. I first encountered Neon Genesis Evangelion as a child, borrowing burned DVDs of obscure anime from my older sister. ![]() Additionally, as may be appropriate, the reader should be aware that the following contains numerous spoilers for the aforementioned iterations of the series. For my purposes here, I will limit myself to the original anime of 26 episodes, as well as its sequel film, The End of Evangelion. The Evangelion franchise is sizable, reaching not only anime and film, but manga, light novels, video games-all of various genres. Despite belonging to a medium which has largely been overlooked or denigrated in the West, as far as anime is concerned, Neon Genesis Evangelion nonetheless contains a subtle yet substantial message about human psychological development, one as relevant now as when the series originally aired in 1995. ![]() With the recent release of Neon Genesis Evangelion on Netflix, as well as the anticipated conclusion of the Rebuild of Evangelion tetralogy in 2020, it seems fitting to dive back into the franchise as a whole and explore what it may have to offer viewers.
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