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Being a major fan of Neon Genesis Evangelion, I'm going to say this with some limitations in mind.

I consider this series to be on par with NGE.

Mind you I never thought I would ever make a statement quite like that, but that is why I try everything and anything when it comes to anime - more often than not it tends to catch me off guard when I least expect it.

This series has an interesting concept, which unfolds itself after a decent bit of foreshadowing. The story itself has a somewhat predictable ending, in my opinion, but it finishes quite well.

Art-wise, I think presently ... that most of the prolific stuff is coming out of Kyoto and Artland, with Melancholy/Luck Star and Mushishi, respectively. While it didn't blow me away it didn't take away from the series itself, which is the main reason I gave it the score I did.

Music: Personally I think it has one of the best opening songs in quite a while, with the simple music carrying the words rather nicely. The insert music has a habit of blending in with the dialog, which is a plus in my book.

At the end of the series I really cared about the characters - a lot. On top of that there was a lot more main characters involved, unlike NGE, but it did not get bogged down.

Obviously I found it entertaining, but if I would really have to classify it it would be Evangelion's drama mixed with Furi Kuri's humor, then some relationships development tossed in for good measure. All the same it was balanced rather well.

In general I would recommend this anime to pretty much anyone, especially someone just interested in the genre but not really well versed in it. Admittedly I was quite surprised to see that there were so few people that had actually listed it under their anime list, especially given that it is a GAINAX, and I think it is being overlooked by too many viewers.