 If you liked
Shinseiki Evangelion
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Sonny Boy
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Both feel like a passion project ; Very artistic, sometime overcomplicated.
If you're a fan of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" and appreciate its complex narrative and strong psychological and philosophical themes, you may also enjoy watching "Sonny Boy". Both anime series are set in science fiction settings, and both series explore the challenges and conflicts that arise among the characters in their respective settings.
In "Neon Genesis Evangelion" the main characters are normal kids who are chosen to pilot giant bio-machines, called Evangelions, to fight against mysterious beings known as Angels, this results in an intense focus on the psychological and emotional struggles of the characters. In contrast,
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Recommended by JohnTitor2036
Now, there's something about avant-garde works, as defined (by MAL at least):
"These stories often invoke unsettled feelings because they reject traditional ways in which we prefer to view (or escape from) the world."
Sonny Boy and NGE are simply amazing at this, despite being loved by the consensus. They are works that just go beyond. Have too many flashy moments and art attached to them. It feels as if there is a lot on the table, but sometimes you can boil them down into something less. Often times the theme is less, despite being presented in such flamboyant ways. In spite of this, they are still
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Recommended by NextUniverse
Similar vibe. Both endings were a fever dream, confusing yet somehow coherent end. Art styles are also similar. Animation wise is not similar, Evangelion ran out of budget.
MOST IMPORTANT: Characters are lost in life.
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Recommended by Renisbored
Not similar in the content, but rather what you can maybe take away from it that differs from everyone.
Sonny Boy is a thought provoking show just like NGE from the phycological and existential themes to the emotional isolation and alienation. Wanting an anime having the philosophical ideas of reality and just humanity, Sonny Boy does it just like NGE did. The characters driving parts of the story as well especially on the growth they go through. Also of course hella confusing at times, but if you did like Evangelion you really do need to watch Sonny Boy it will leave you thinking like Eva did. (not as much, I don't want to get too ahead of myself)