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This anime is the second best anime I have watched, yes it gets very complex towards the end and personally I don't think the ending is amazing (unlike End of Evangelion).
The 26 episodes are great although at the start the show just seems like a standard mech vs creature show it gradually becomes a complex and much more interesting show. Episode 25 and 26 aren't necessarily bad I just don't find them as interesting as the other episodes, it is very vague, yes it works better after you watch End of Evangelion but you shouldn't have to rely on a movie which was released later to like the final episodes of a show.
The characters are where this show is at it's best. All complex and sympathetic apart from a few which you will hate in a good way. Asuka is my favorite character in the show. After watching Asuka's episode of her backstory I couldn't help but love this character, once again her character arc ends abruptly but with End of Evangelion it fixes that. Shinji is also an amazing and deeply flawed protagonist, he is very passive and never finds out massive plot points like some other protagonist might. It is very interesting and something we have rarely seen since. Rei is great as well but she needed more time with Shinji to make her arc more satisfying because she does disappear into the background for a few episodes.
The Soundtrack is amazing, it has classics and my favorite opening theme with Cruel Angels Thesis, almost every anime fan will have either heard or seen the opening.
This anime definitely won't appeal to everyone and can be hard to recommend in my opinion but definitely give it a try, who knows maybe you will get glued to the screen and binge it like I did.
10/10
