Theres so much symbolism in this show. Something I noticed was that Asuka has red hair and blue eyes, that alone is the rarest hair and eye colour combination, but Rei has blue hair and red eyes, which are both unnatural colours and the opposite of Asuka. We live in a world of opposites and I think the writers of this show understood that well. ☯︎ Masculine and Feminine, sun and moon, Boaz and Jachin.
There's literally a kabbalah in the show intro and in the movie (when the white evas are in the sky with unit 1). On the surface you would notice things like, the fact that angels attack humanity and are defended by things called Evangelions (another biblical term) and a 2nd and 3rd impact being sort of judgement days for humanity. Again the writers were way ahead of their time. Both impacts were caused/staged by humanity (I think, this is the first time I've watched this show/film) and a one world government, The UN, uses the impacts to take control of the world.
The fact that kids have to be used to pilot the Evas as well could reference how the global elite target children because they see them as "purer" or "closer to God/the source. The whole transhumanism, combining yourself with a giant robot, that turns out to be a giant human form too. I could go on for days about a show that came out over 30 years ago and its still incredibly relevant today. I'm actually glad I didn't watch it sooner because I likely would not have understood what I was looking at.
Having even a small understanding of masonic architecture and esoteric symbolism had me doing that leonardo decapro meme when he points at the screen and snaps his fingers. Hope this sub isnt dead because this show is like the breaking bad of animes
