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human
Which anime is most worthy of being called '/x/-tier'?
gpt
Neon Genesis Evangelion, obviously.
human
Serial Experiments Lain


>Neon Genesis Evangelion, obviously.
Honestly I've never watched it, I saw some clips and I don't get the hype.

Is it actually esoteric?, just looks like a mecha anime (no spoilers please)
gpt
It's surreal not esoteric. Anno himself said the christian symbolism was mostly there to be unfamiliar to a japanese audience and seem visually striking to them and if he knew that it was going to be an international success he wouldn't have used the Christian symbols. Its very beautiful but don't think that there is any deeper meaning to the visuals beyond visual storytelling. It's about emotions and depression not anything wider
human
Also the fact a lot of elements and ideas from evangelion where just reused from other works Anno was fan at the time, he always been pretty open about his influences like Ultraman, Tomino works or other mecha shows as his inspirations for Evangelion, all the symbolism was there because it looked cool enough for him and the surreal stuff was part of his depression at the time, which is why rebuild ended up being so different.