It’s weird to think that ten years ago, I had to scavenge for Evangelion on VHS tapes in various specialty stores. Because of the difficulty, I had to eventually resort to buying damn near half the series at Otakon one year. Nowadays, Evangelion can be bought from nearly any video retailer, and even at some Wal-Marts. That degree of availability ultimately means two things. Firstly, that as a commodity, the series is profitable, and secondly, that it has earned a sizable amount of popularity.
So it comes as no surprise that it would be included in IGN’s Top 100 Animated Series feature. But number 10? Out of like every animated series ever? I mean I love Eva and all, but that’s pretty unusual, particularly for a list that includes only a handful of anime series.
I enjoyed flipping through the list, despite the annoyance of the feature being split up into separate pages instead of like 1-10, 11-20, 21-30, etc. Gotta love those websites that get paid for impression-based advertisement.