Is Evangelion anti-Christian?
I’ve seen this one brought up in magazines, and in newsgroups. I think I can safely say no. Evangelion isn’t anti-any religion. The symbols from various religions that appear in Evangelion are only there to stir basic principles. We see a cross, and we associate this with sacrifice, death, and the spirit. We see the Sephiroth, and if we know anything about the religion, we understand that this is a pathway to God. The other thing that needs to be considered is the audience for Evangelion. Evryone I’ve seen interviewed from Gainax seems quite surprised at the serie’s popularity outside of Japan. In this light, you can see where Gainax used the religious symbols of a different culture to create suspense and mystery for a Japanese audience that were largely ignorant of many of the meanings of these symbols. In the end, it’s all irrelevant, because even Anno has stated that the religious symbols were just window dressings. Evangelion is more about psychology than it is religion. It is more
