Neon genesis evangellion: Anything that explores philisophical ideas (especially when they are expressed through the perception of young minds, as often they are but totally and utterly ignored in reality), inspires me to question the things we are never really taught about, nor even discussed in common place. Pondering your own existence without the shallow explanations of a 'god' thats just there because it is if you have faith *shudders*, allows us to accept and explore many ideas which otherwise are never talked about thanks to the doctrination of the majority of the world population.
NGE in particular takes cues from many different ideas, even some from religious texts, but not necessarily expressed in the traditional sense. The strongest theme is that of existentialism. Existentialism in my view, is an idea that equates to the importance of self, in a meaningless/absurd world. The themes are strongly expressed in this anime.
I think when it comes to understanding life and what its all about from an existentialist point of view, the only answer can come from the self. So in summary, I think NGE taught me that noone else can find you your place in the world, and that its important to value yourself, while the world may be bleak and even hopeless at times, you still exist and you most certainly have the power to control your own life.
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