Evangelion analysis/essays/metaposts/theories Masterlist
I originally gathered these for some friends of mine but I decided to share it here on tumblr as well so ayy
Hopefully reading some of these theories will help you shape how you view the Evangelion universe and understand it better!
I’ll probably continue expanding this post in the future
Starting posts: Good to read before going into in-depth analysis and/or if you just finished the series and want to understand what is going on.
EVA Analysis: The Hedgehog’s Dilemma, Filtering Reality, and the Cruel Angel’s Thesis of Evangelion
^ Much shorter recap of the themes of Evangelion
Is Shinji selfish and is that okay?
Simple and short explanation of the Instrumentality project
Gendo’s and Seele’s goals
Theory and Analysis: Eva-00’s soul
Theory and Analysis: Soul Divisibility
Theory and Analysis: Rei’s Ghostly Appearances and Quantum Mechanics
First Ancestral Race explanation (+ F.A.R!QShinji theory that should be in the in-depth chategory)
Kaworu remembering past loops + Akira Ishida interview
Theory and Analysis: List of Common Misconceptions
Theory and Analysis: What is Canon?
Classified Information (translation) from NGE2 (Not a theory post but a really helpful post to quickly understand more or less everything in NGE, supposedly you consider it tier 2 canon)
In-depth posts:
Rei Ayanami, How Most of the Casual Fandom Gets Her Wrong.
Unit 00’s soul and the primal scene
Asuka Langley Sohryuu, How Most of the Casual Fandom Gets Her Wrong.
Addition to the post above: Would Asuka and Shinji Make Good Romantic Partners Analysis
Angel Asuka Theory
Birds of a Feather: Soryu-Shikinami-Illustrious
An expansion on the importance of Kaworu Nagisa
Kaworu’s Donor: Kaji/Kaworu Theory
Tumblr User Aceworu’s Big Post About Why Everything You Know About Evangelion Loop Theory is Probably Wrong
Evangelion and Ernest Becker’s The Denial of Death
Shinji’s attempted #suicide
Expulsion from Eden in 3.0 and is Shinji Eve?
More analysis on Shinji/Eve theory
Shinji=Eve theory
Shinji=Eve theory p2
Fuyutzuki Kozo + more Yui Analysis
Kaji is the Bond Girl, not James Bond: Emotional Disguises,Watermelons, and “The Day the Earth Stood Still”
The “Adult Queartet”: Misato, Ritsuko, Kaji, and Gendo
Theory and Analysis: Gendo’s Silent Words
Evangelion and why Hideki Anno hates you
^Circuitbird’s respons to a whole other post discussing similar topics as the post above
Evangelion Episode 24 Drafts Complete Translation (not a theory post, but I felt it was important to add it since the ep 24 drafts are often forgotten even though they’re tier 1 canon)
Kawoshin related posts:
Kaworu of You Can (Not) Redo is the most tragic of the known Kaworu’s in the Evangelion time loops.
Anime Kawoshin relationship analysis
Relationship gets healthier every adaption
Circuitbird’s thoughts on Kaworu and Shinji
Brief discussion of anime Kaworu, Q Kaworu, and the disparities therein
"I might have been born to meet you" Speculation
More evidence that Kaworu is Romantically interested in Shinji (I’ll add this link too, as if there weren’t enough evidence already)
^Similar post by the same person
Tristan and Isolde reference in 3.33
"We are the words ‘I love you.’" vs "The words ‘I love you.’"
"En ga kimi o michibiku darou" indepth meaning
Mahiro Maeda’s illustration for Khara Callendar Analysis
^More analysis of the illustration + better picture of it
