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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

Evangelion is not a good series. I gave up on it twice, I think I just read the ending on Wikipedia or something.

Far, FAR too many anime get labeled as "Good" and "Amazing" because it has trippy or unique visuals. Akira is considered a landmark anime, despite it being f*cking stupid, just because the end when Tetsuo mutates the visuals go on an acid trip.

...No. In fact, that ending is where Akira lost me a little bit.

Up until that point, I was loving the characters and the world that was being built up. All the themes about estranged youth and government run amok, apparently amounting to a blob of flesh because... Akira is Jesus? I don't know.

Also, it's kind of ridiculous to deny the impact Akira and Evangelion have had, regardless of your opinion of them. I personally think that A New Hope is the weakest out of the original Star Wars trilogy, but I can't sit here and deny that it was a landmark in genre filmmaking. The influence is self-evident.