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Neon Genesis Evangelion *spoilers*

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Digs:
NGE is great for having a giant monster robot beat another giant monster with  its own rib. Other than that it's a little spotty.

Switchblade:
It must be said that, despite feeling a certain degree of attachment to them, a number of the characters really did irritate me. Shinji in particular, but also Asuka and Professor Ikari. Rei was just a bit too vacant to connect with, but she did have an air of tranquility which made her easier to accept within a scene, whereas the other three were all far too abrasive.

The only ones I ever really felt any sympathy for, in fact, were Misato, Doji, Class Rep girl (what was her name again?), and the crew in the command center.

RUMBLEMOOSE:
For the record, I got into anime well after I graduated from high school, and I'm only now coming down off of that initial "otaku high" and figuring out how to communicate with normal people again. So either anime is for everyone or I'm a huge fucking nerd. Or both... yeah, let's go with both.

I actually once thought out a theory about Evangelion being allegorical for the intrusion of the West into Japan after hundreds of years of cultural isolation. It had to do with what Moiche said about the anti-Christian bit, but I also compared the three "impacts" to Commodore Perry's landing, the Meiji restoration, and the end of World War II in terms of their impact on Japanese society and culture. Of course, I don't know that much about Japanese social history, so it ended up pretty half-baked and I scrapped it.

Still a good show, though. I can't understand all the backlash against it, it still has great character development, dialogue, atmosphere, imagery, etc. Just cause it's old don't mean it sucks now.

Gryff:
Eva is one of my absolute favourite animes. I really dug how it ended up just getting more and more fucked up and brain exploding, although, like everyone, I kinda wished it would've explained things a little better by the end.

Still, I guess that's part of the fun - trying to pick meanings out of it. Existential angst and giant robots ftw!

Also, the idea that you can "grow out of" anime is silly, really. Some anime is good, some is not, but to dismiss it all as childish belittles a legitimate form of animation, and art.

JLM:
My problems with Evangelion generate not from the series, but from the company producing it.  I don't think I've yet seen a Gainax solo project where they didn't burn out/run out of money by episode 23 or so.  Towards the end of the series I counted at least four minutes of characters just sort of staring at each other, with no movement whatsoever.

As for the whole "growing out of anime" thing, I feel the same way about pretty much everything I used to like in high school, particularly my tastes relating to music, film, television and books.  There are very few things I enjoy now that I enjoyed when I was still a teenager.  Anime, for example, is an on/off phase for me (I'm almost thirty, rather thin, and married with no kids, thank god).

As for the whole QC/Evangelion relationship...no.  I think I understand where you're going with it, but I relate QC more to something like a Cameron Crowe film than Evangelion.  If you're going to relate it to Anime/Manga, I guess maybe Fruits Basket would come closest...

*waits patiently for Marten to turn into a cat when Faye hugs him.*

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