What is your eva discovery story?

a friend recommended it to me, when i watched it i was enamored by how well written the characters were. also rei, i love rei. she's awesome 

i think i saw the memes on the internet when i was around 11 and i started watching it- i rewatch the whole thing again every few months :33

my older brother watched the first half of nge with me when i was REALLY young. i also saw ads for 2.22 and whatnot growing up. finally watched the full series and movies recently

It was during the pandemic when instead of watching class I decided to go on and watch some memes.

There I found a meme with the Evangelion opening song and I got addicted to it, so i decided to search up the source of it.

Then I found out that it that it was from the same anime as an old meme from my country, of the crappy Portuguese (from Portugal) dubbing of the final scene from the original series, and because of that I decided to watch it.

And that's how I got addicted to an anime of nihilistic teenagers riding giant mechs and killing big kaijus.

(Btw, sorry for any sign of bad English. My native language is Portuguese)

https://youtu.be/l04_GGlr3BI?si=31AeUFLwSJCA61hf — the link for the crappy Portuguese dubbing 

To be honest, I think I kept seeing it pop up on Pinterest and YouTube, so I looked it up.

I became a fan because I love all the characters, the plot, you can relate to them, learn a lot from the show, it made me cry a lot which shows never do, great soundtrack, great art/scenery, good comfort show ig I'm not really sure, just a great show all around.

i kept seeing about it on pinterest so i decided to watch it and then i got my friends into it!! 

those old janky anime sites with reccommendation pages

i didn't get anything from it watching first time tho

When I was in High school last year, I had a friend that was really into it, and he decided that he wanted to show me the show, call it fate but that show was there for me in a desperate time of need. The themes of self-worth and learning to love yourself despite all of humanities flaws was a big hitting point for me, and Ive loved it ever since, Bought the comics, bought the Vinyl Records, have build kits of EVA-01 and all, I absolutely LOVE Evangelion now, and its message and meaning to humanity as a whole. Its a beautiful piece of media I hope never dies off.