The first time I watched it was when I was ten, granted, it was during Animation Age Ghetto, so I got about to when Shinji had the Coma Asuka moment, and mom changed the channel, changing her view that all anime is for kids.
edited 23rd Jun '11 12:16:49 AM by NickTheSwing
The first time I watched the series and movie I was in high school and I didn't exactly appreciate it as much as I do now. I loved the animation, but would barely pay attention to any of the dialogue. After watching the whole series and movie again, I was blown away. I really dig works that have themes of existentialism and Postmodernism. While I believe that Freud was full of shit, I appreciated the Freudian elements too.
Not only that, but after all these years I genuinely feel like I can relate to the characters and their depression. Of course I don't feel it to their extent. But I can definitely understand.
I first watched it a few weeks ago (I'm fourteen, the same age as the pilots). I liked the series so much I watched it in 3 days. I saw myself in Gendo both in physical appearance and personality (well, given what is shown in Episode 21, at least). Also, I enjoyed both the TV and movie ending. This was, nay, is my favorite anime and one of my favorite works of fiction. Up till a few months ago, I was undergoing a similar existential crisis, and I...well, I just can't part with Eva now.
That's why the new perspective in Rebuild has me worried, though.
If you eat a live frog in the morning, nothing worse will happen to either of you for the rest of the day.one of my favorite films
its so avant-garde and badass
and so High Octane Nightmare Fuel
looking at the frightened shinji looks so kawaiiiiii
I'm actually not really scarred by anything. Regardless of how nightmare fuel-tastic it is.
NO TREE FOR ME (ALSO LOVES HER BOYFRIEND)

I decided to re-watch Neon Genesis Evangelion, and I got to the movie today. It slipped my mind what Gendo's plan was, so I Googled. And I think we (Google and I) may have solved the mystery to the series.