Neon Genesis Evangelion

Neon Genesis Evangelion is an anime that aired from October 1995 to March 1996. ‘The year is 2015. A world where, 15 years before, over half the human population perished. A world that has been miraculously revived; it’s economy, the production, circulation, consumption of goods, so that even the shelves of convenience stores are filled. A world where the people have gotten used to the resurrection-yet still feel the end of the world is destined to come. A world where the number of children, the future leaders of the world, is few. Where they created decoy cities, to protect themselves from the destructive beings called “angels”’. The director’s vision would appeal to a variety of people each with their own interpretation, leaving it broad
Gendo Ikari always speaks of how everything is going according to the ‘dead sea scrolls’, and while I compared it to the actual dead sea scrolls it actually follows the resurrection, just with different interpretation. In this show the destructive beings that are sent to destroy the humans are called “angels” and are portrayed as bad, even though angels are supposed to be messengers of God. I have my own theory that this is supposed to have a deeper meaning, perhaps it’s showing how they overcame God through science, and the angels were their punishment. There are so many artifacts listed throughout the show that come from christian and jewish texts, such as the lance of longinus, names of the angels, and the main creator of life, Lilith. The lance of longinus in religious texts is a spear (or lance) that pierced Jesus’ side when he was nailed to the cross. In the anime it is a long, two-pronged lance that is keeping Lilith in place on her own seemingly cross-shaped pedestal. The angels have a wide variety of names, all ending in ‘of God’, for example, the third angel, Sachiel, means ‘the covering of God’, the fifth angel, Ramiel, means ‘the thunder of God’. The second angel, Lilith, is named after the first wife of Adam in jewish culture, she was cast out of paradise after refusing to be submissive, since both her and Adam were made from dirt. In the anime, Lilith is what created the first impact, and she also created the moon due to this impact. Her essence flowed out and created life on this Earth, and also is the substance inside the Eva’s in the insert plug that allows the pilots to sync with them. All in all, there is many religious inputs inside this