Why was Eva so influential?

It made mecha not a completely shit genre.

It made original TV anime a thing

Made with love by someone who had a lot of things on his mind.

>>151046859
Influential in the way that it showed that risky anime could be profitable.

>>151046859
Eva reinvented waifushit, mechashit, fujoshit, whiny-MCshit, what else?

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>>151046859
It popularized omnipandering

>>151047711
Yeah, but Eva brought a lot of people into anime, for better or worse. Anno continues to milk his pet project even though he despises Otaku.

>>151048061
>he despises Otaku
He doesn't actually.

>>151046859
It popularized the 13-26 episode format afaik.

>>151046859
Because it's great work of fiction form the writing to the visuals while being accessible to a wide audience. It resonated with a lot of people which proved to creators and financiers that quality works of art could be widely appreciated and highly profitable.

>>151046859
Same reasons Star Wars (1977) was so influential for movies

>>151046859
It became very popular among Japanese normies (equivalent to American "otaku") and inspired a shit ton of similar copies.

>>151046961
Not just profitable but apparently the second most grossing Anime of all time, the myriad Gundam series beat it out for number 1.

>>151046859
>Why was Eva so influential?
It was popular and different than what was generic back then
that's enough to influence art