‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’ and the Controlled Chaos of Hideaki Anno

Sam Gray
19 min readJun 27, 2019

WARNING: The following contains vague spoilers for Neon Genesis Evangelion.

It was shortly after I’d had surgery on my knee that I first watched an episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion. My leg was in a brace, and I wasn’t allowed to bend it for about six weeks. I could barely walk, let alone leave my flat. I’d had an accident where I’d gone for a jog in…

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