When Korea's Evangelion Fans Finally Broke
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[Vivo] Animation critic 'Evangelion changed anime in a bad direction.' otaku culture created a bad trend called 'deep analysis' Comment (227) I finally watched the Evangelion anime and it's so boring!! Why were you guys so into this back then? Comment (590) TV Anime 'Neon Genesis Evangelion' to air reruns sequentially nationwide starting October!! Turns out the TV version is the most fun in this series Comment (131) Evangelion, which brought 90s Japanese otaku culture to its peak, is being rerun on national broadcasters in Japan for the first time this year. Apparently it's receiving criticism from young people who got into otaku culture in the Reiwa era. 1: Anonymous 2025/10/08 (Wed) 12:28:35.01 You guys were really into that stuff back then? I looked it up and the games seem to have sold pretty decently too 4: Anonymous 2025/10/08 (Wed) 12:30:12.93 Yeah, it does feel rigid when you watch it now lol 5: Anonymous 2025/10/08 (Wed) 12:30:36.90 I think the only fun Eva is the manga version 8: Anonymous 2025/10/08 (Wed) 12:31:34.48 It's so boring I don't even feel like watching the movies... 15: Anonymous 2025/10/08 (Wed) 12:32:57.07 Only people who understand these cryptic stories think they're amazing. Actually there's no real deep meaning 19: Anonymous 2025/10/08 (Wed) 12:36:40.66 Didn't the director basically admit he just used meaningless techniques without any real substance? 28: Anonymous 2025/10/08 (Wed) 12:41:27.68 Ogata Megumi was going on and on about how this was based on the director's personal experience, and he even just threw the final movie dialogue to the voice actress 24: Anonymous 2025/10/08 (Wed) 12:39:37.42 Anno used to make properly made works back in the day. Aim for the Top! and that mysterious sea epic Nadia, but Eva's final ending made me lose my mind. And if Anno's name is attached, I don't watch it. 24: Anonymous 2025/10/08 (Wed) 12:39:37.42 Anno used to make properly made works back in the day. Aim for the Top! and that mysterious sea epic Nadia, but Eva's final ending made me lose my mind. And if Anno's name is attached, I don't watch it. 25: Anonymous 2025/10/08 (Wed) 12:40:51.19 true, it does get boring after Zeruel 27: Anonymous 2025/10/08 (Wed) 12:40:54.88 If Eva doesn't work out, just watch Zegapain instead 36: Anonymous 2025/10/08 (Wed) 12:47:50.34 Dark 41: Anonymous 2025/10/08 (Wed) 12:51:18.09 At least the battle scenes were amazing 44: Anonymous 2025/10/08 (Wed) 12:52:37.23 The battle scenes are great but the story is boring, right? 59: Anonymous 2025/10/08 (Wed) 13:02:45.65 I'm too dumb to get the fun out of it. Want me to explain? No thanks, this works fine and no one gets hurt 62: Anonymous 2025/10/08 (Wed) 13:06:10.01 Back then the direction was novel because no one else did it, Metal Gear had a similar feel. Later foreigners hyped it up like crazy 65: Anonymous 2025/10/08 (Wed) 13:07:54.48 An anime that seemed like it had something but actually had nothing. Anticlimactic 72: Anonymous 2025/10/08 (Wed) 13:12:34.30 Well, Anno himself said this. Anno's statement (from NHK 'Top Runner' May 2004) Evangelion is said to be philosophical, but
Eva fans refused to let go even after the Rebuild movies ended. While younger otakus were already roasting them for pushing "old man anime" through all these Eva collabs, Eva fans held onto one last hope—
They figured the kids in Japan, the original market, would at least get it.
But during the 2025 rerun, those same Japanese kids hit them with raw, unfiltered takes: "People actually *liked* this?", "Now I see where all that pretentious BS old otakus slap fancy philosophy on comes from." And apparently a lot of fans just... broke.
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11 comments
Even back then it was love-it-or-hate-it lmao. New generation must think it's ridiculous
Back in the day, everything was about acting deep and artsy. That was the trend
Exactly lol. Some illiterate picks up a Nietzsche book, reads two lines, then starts spouting nonsense like 'this retarded daydreaming idiot' and immediately tears it apart 💀
That was literally the start of the sekainess trend...
Lol that was my exact reaction watching it the first time, and my take hasn't really changed
LMAOOO I didn't know Korean fans had a breaking point but honestly after 30 years of waiting I'd lose it too 😭
Old-head Evangelion fanboy breaks because kids clown on what he was sucking up as a kid? Bro fell apart fell apart fell apart lmao
wait what happened?? did they finally get a proper ending or something??
Nah you're wrong thinking it started in 2025. Eva was already considered absolutely unhinged when it aired—even other otakus were like 'tf is this'
Watched it as a kid, again in college, again in my 30s... it's just a mecha show. No story, no nothing, no philosophy—honestly no clue why people hype it up. Nadia from the same studio had way better storytelling and charm every time I rewatched it
This is lowkey hitting too hard lmao
as someone who's also been waiting since the 90s, I feel their pain in my SOUL
The taste was split even back then. The haters didn't get it, but the fans kept milking every interpretation and analysis until they broke the whole thing. Eva's basically just that era's Chainsaw Man
Classics don't hold up because they already used up all their advantages and now everything's familiar. Plus the Rebuild movies were genuinely bad
Korean Evangelion fans are built different fr fr, the dedication is insane
this is what happens when you leave people on read for THREE DECADES, Anno deserved this
I'm dying at the mental image of an entire country's fandom collectively losing their minds at the same time 💀