paragraph_text: Zadnje dvije epizode (25 i 26) izazvale su kontroverze zbog otvorenog kraja koji je mnogo toga ostavio otvorenim, no Anno je branio svoju umjetničku slobodu te izjavio da mu se kraj svidio.<ref>"Lately due to the ending of episodes #25 and #26, some people started watching Evangelion. They were not animé fans. In fact many of them are females and they tell me that they really enjoyed episode #25, objectively. Most animé fans are furious. I understand their anger. I can't help laughing when hard-core animé fans say that we did a very lousy job, with intentional negligence. No we didn't. No staff members did a lousy job. In fact every member at Gainax gave more energy than anybody can imagine. I feel sad that those fans couldn't see our efforts. Personally I think the original TV ending we showed ended up beautifully." Hideaki Anno, Protoculture Addicts 43