Evangelion had mainstream success and critical acclaim, but was also very weird and crazy and different, especially at the very end.
The ending is really crazy, so a lot of people got all butthurt and vowed to hate the show forever.
It's followed by a film, which is a completely different ending for the series, which made more sense out of the first ending, and had much better production values. It was even crazier though, in a different way, so even more people got all butthurt and vowed to hate the show forever.
In fact, after the first film the ending pissed people off so much he got death threats in the mail, and he puts one of those death threats in the film.
I like both endings, for different reasons, but I'm definitely crazy and weird and in the minority. It's a very good show, but there's a very good chance you'll hate the ending so much you'll hate me for recommending it.












