The fact that so many books still name Neon Genesis Evangelion

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The fact that so many books still name Neon Genesis Evangelion as "the greatest or most significant or most influential" anime ever only tells you how far anime still is from becoming a serious art. Live action film critics have long recognized that the greatest directors of all times are Orson Welles and Alfred Hitchcock, who were not the most famous or richest or best sellers of their times, let alone of all times. Western cartoon critics rank the highly controversial United Productions of America over studios that were more popular during their time, such as Walt Disney and Warner Bros. Anime critics are still blinded by false intellectual themes. Eva was the first anime for adults (not true, by the way), therefore it must have been the greatest. Live action critics grow up watching to a lot of live action films of the past, Western animation critics grow up watching to a lot of classical music of the past. Anime critics are often totally ignorant of anime before Eva, they barely know anything except Gundam. No wonder they think Anno did anything worthy of being saved.