While it's a highly nostalgic series for me I'd never place it among my favourites. It's pseudo-deep, has tons of drama and angsty characters and of course giant robots...I like it, but I never got the hype it got like 10 years ago.
I have to say though that I LOVE its figures. The Gashapon figures are always detailed and nice looking, often with striking poses. Anothr great line of Evangelion figures is the portrait series that comes in blind boxes and are app. double the size of the gashapon ones.
The portraits figures cost about 470Yen in Japan, quite cheap but of good quality with nice paint jobs. The figures are modeled after scenes from the animated series or illustrations based on it.
Today I got two new ones from series 6 of the blind boxes.
A fell in love with these two figures of Asuka and Rei at first sight. I really enjoy figures that are a little scene in themselves like here with the diorama base and a hint of scenerey.
Asuka as child here is my favourite :)
In the series poor Rei spends lots of time in the hospital or recovering from injuries. Saving the world is a tough job...even when you got to pilot a giant robot ;)
Here is my whole collection atm.
From the first series. Injured Rei in school uniform.
Shinji from the first episode.
Tough Misato...
and cool Ritsuko.
Asuka in her striped bikini.
Asuka in the infamous red plugsuit.
And Rei in her white plugsuit.
