so yea other people mentioned it, it starts off as a p standard mecha anime, but as the series keeps going, it becomes less about the mechs fighting cool monsters (the cool monsters still are around til the end of the series, dont worry) and more about depression, loneliness. all the characters are kind of fucked up because of their own personal shit going on. the mech pilots are 14(?) year old kids who are anxious and depressed and terrified of being a child soldier in a war they don't really understand.

i wasn't a huge fan of the last 2 episodes of the main show, but the end of evangelion movie has some of the weirdest and most unusual visuals i've seen in anything (at least in mainstream media). i'm not a person who gets too attached to a lot of characters really in anything, but some character deaths hit me HARDER than i ever thought it would. the last few frames (with the mechs on crosses) is kind of burned into my mind because it just stands out.

i do need to watch it + end of eva again to get a better grasp of what happened but i really loved my first time through. i'm sure each angel symbolizes something, i'm sure i've missed a LOT of stuff ofc. i just really enjoy the turn AWAY from being exclusively about fighting the angels.