I was never the biggest fan of the Evangelion series, it was always a 7/10 to me. From the original to the first three rebuild but this, this movie was something else. This movie was something I have never experienced before, and doubt I will ever experience again. This movie is beautiful in every way, visually, auditorily, story wise, character wise and acting wise. Everything about this movie is perfect. If I had to describe this to someone... I couldn't. There simply are no words to do so, all that I could maybe say is "It's a 10, go watch it" and that is it.
I watched this with my dearest friend who is a massive Eva fan and both of us where in complete awe the entire movie. Every scene trumped the last. Everything just felt like. After we finished we were speechless.
There is nothing to say about it Even this review is just going around in circles like a madman's ramblings, because that what this is. It has been almost 2 hours since we finished and my mind is still a blank canvas. Nothing remains, I am blown away by the work Anno and everyone else put into this.
Was it worth the almost 10 year wait? Yes, yes and yes. It was worth every year, every month, every day, every hour, every minute and every second of those near 10 years of waiting.
I rated this movie and easy 10/10 but it feels wrong. It doesn't feel like it's on par with my other 10/10s, it needs to be higher. Evangelion 3.0+1.0 is in a category of its own.
Evangelion 3.0+1.0 is the peak of anime, and the best anime movie I will ever expect to watch.
Evangelions 1-3 where an amazing watch as well, BUT they are just ok compared to this Behemoth.
Before I watched this I thought Mari Illustrious Makinami was one of the worst characters in Eva.
This is not true anymore, she is one of the best characters and even other characters like Ritsuko and Fuyutsuki have become amazing. I could not have asked for anything more and even believing that something else needed to be there is sheer arrogance.
I once again say it, Eva as a whole was a 7 out of 10 show for me, always was. I never in my wildest dreams thought anything Eva related would break trough what I thought was a 10/10 but it did. I never thought Eva would make me question what anime is and what it can be, but it did. I never thought Eva would make me feel empty and hollow but not sad... but IT DID.
I have no more words to describe what this movie is to me. I am thankful that I was able to see it and experience it with a dear friend. This was a true journey which I will never in my life experience ever again.
I cannot express how grateful I am to Anno and everyone who puts YEARS into this movie
This was a journey I was thankful to take part in

Thank You Anno for everything