Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-2.121.244.99-20160919002524/@comment-14138255-20160920201718

Evangelion isn't that bad, it just deconstructs things that are present in other mech anime series, putting it through the lens of reality to show how fucked up it really is. The gore and blood is mostly on the enemy side (who are Starfish Aliens essentially), until the final few episodes and the finale movie (End of Evangelion). It also does extensive psychological examination of the characters (again, around the last 1/2 of the series and End), mostly 'cause the creator was going through therapy at the time.