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While Eva is famous as a deconstruction of Super Robot shows, its protagonist also resembles that of Mobile Suit Gundam's. Both MCs are "whiny", hate their fathers, and are forced to accept their responsibilities as mech pilots. Also, their early fighting is clumsy but they start pulling off awesome moments.
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Recommended by 1231415333
Mobile Suit Gundam is the principal predecessor to evangleion by a long shot. It's all about the WWII relevance, the pilot's tale, and the walls of our hearts. Though I consider eva to be the masterwork of modern anime. Mobile suit gundam and in fact all of the Universal Century gundam franchise is what made my childhood meaningful.
Both NGE and MSG explore not just the basics of mecha combat but branch off into the psyches of the protagonists as they learn to come to grips with not only the situation they are in but also the actions they have taken. This avoids the average caricature of them needlessly blasting their way through the series mercilessly (Which they do anyway) but develops them as characters throughout the series due to the events as any teenager in their situations would.
It is clear that Mobile Suit Gundam was a powerful influence on Evangelion. Both were ahead of their time and set a standard for future mecha in their respective eras, Gundam with a more realistic take on warfare rather than super robots, and Evangelion with more character focused drama.
Both main characters are one of the few remaining people who can pilot said series' mech, but are young and not mentally prepared for war and death, so they go through a struggle of handling it psychologically. A must watch especially if you care about what made mecha in to what it is today, as they
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Gundam is one of the main inspirations behind Evangelion, and as such, both anime share many similarities. Both anime focus on teenagers forced to pilot robots and fight in a war, as well as the mental strain this puts on them. Loss, grief and depression are key themes treated in both anime.
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Recommended by BohemianRhapsody
If you have started to see mecha animes by Evangelion and like it, I recommend that you see the first Mobile Suit Gundam (or the 3 films that compile the story). Through the MSG you will see many fundamental pillars for the mecha anime that came later, especially Evangelion (This you will understand in the final stretch of MGS)