this incredibly overrate anime television series ( 26 episode and 25 minute each ) be about a 14 year old boy ( and two of his girl classmate ) who pilot a giant robot to defend japan against invade being call angel . there be very little explanation give to the angel or why their number have increase in recent time and and they just seem to pop out of nowhere for no apparent reason ( why not attack all at once instead of at space out interval that be convenient for the human youre attempt to destroy . ) . the robot fight scene attempt to employ a variety of obstacle and but the action itself be poorly execute and bore to watch . almost every episode seem like a waste of space where nothing of interest occurs . some might be intrigue by fan who mention the ( very few ) symbolic reference herein and but that all they be shallow one liner to religious or philosophical concept that be randomly toss in with zero craftsmanship . a a whole the series be incredibly tedious due to the superficiality of the character and who be really nothing more than self pity crybaby . the psychology be pathetic and with hopelessly simplistic conflict like i hate my father repeat over and over and over and over again with no progression beyond their face value . it no understatement to say that these character plunge this series from time waste mediocrity to anger inducing garbage during the final episode with their endless and angst ridden diatribe of excessively repetitive psychobabble ( some of which be totally meaningless ) . i be not kid when i say that this series just get bad and bad a it progress . every day i would look at the dvd set sit on my living room table and say to myself and damn and i have get ta watch the next episode at some point . ( sigh ) i may as well slug through another one tonight . the real kicker be that the episode be only 25 minute long and yet they be somehow able to digress into a completely uninteresting borefest within the opening 10 minute . this be come from a guy who will happily sit through 150 minute film with glacial pacing and so my criticism of this series be most damning indeed . never in my entire life have i despise watch a series as much a evangelion . i have already purchase it base off of all the fanatical comment on imdb and and i certainly wasn not go to let it collect dust after spend my hard earn money . what follow be 10 hour of pure and unmitigated torture . my love or hate relationship with anime be turn into a hate or love relationship after this highly acclaimed disaster . evangelion represent everything anime should not be massive quantity of dull and pretentious tripe under the guise of intelligent cinema . the universal acclaim for this piece of crap be simply unbelievable while and the ridiculous assertion by fan that this series a one of mankind great achievement be probably the most stupifying comment i have ever hear on imdb and i have see some doozies .