>>31442893Depends
>I wanna see cool monster fightsYou'll get that but not without a lot of stuff in-between
>I wanna wank it to asukaNot the most fanservicey thing aside from two particular scenes with Rei and Misato, even then those scenes aren't that gratuitous at all.
>I wanna contemplate and analyze the themes n shitSome parts of the story have deeper level of thought put into them, and there are themes to the narrative. However, it's also got tons of "the curtains are blue" moments, such as the monsters being called angels.
>I wanna watch something with entertaining charactersPretty much nobody in NGE is very likable outside of their designs, and this is pretty much intentional.
NGE is probably the best gateway drug into anime but beyond that your mileage may vary. It wasn't my first anime or even one of my earlier ones, but I like it.
