Can someone explain to me why Evangelion has such staying power and commercialization when the show is basically a Fuck You to Anime and Otaku culture. It's specifically designed to show that the tropes and character archetypes and plots you consume are super toxic and unrealistic and harmful to you and society emotionally and spiritually, but meanwhile I go to Tokyo and there's EVA popup shops with the entire cast in swimwear smiling and laughing, there's Rei pachinko machines in every major parlor, and tons of tie-ins and product placement at every major chain restaurant and department store and convenience store
>>282321054there's no trick to it
>>282321054witchcraft.
>>282321054because it isn't, mecha shows had the same premise
