>>10201881>Evangelion loses many of its viewers around Episode 16I am not sure where your knowledge for this claim comes from, I don't find it very believable. Haven't seen the show in ~6 years [need to, struggle to find an opportunity with my backlog of unseen things] but I rewatched EoE this year and basically sobbed uncontrollably for like half the runtime so I cannot comment on how the TV ending would compare. If I had to choose only one to exist though it would be EoE.