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The True End of 'Neon Genesis Evangelion'

The True End of 'Neon Genesis Evangelion'

Has Hideaki Anno finally ended Evangelion in a way that everyone will be satisfied?

Aug 17, 2021
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Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (Amazon Prime Video)

The original Neon Genesis Evangelion aired in 1995 and changing what the world could expect from Japanese Anime. There had been groundbreaking titles before it, like Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira, but Evangelion fundamentally changed the genre. As I wrote back in 2019,

It redefined a genre, provided …

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