Neon Genesis Evangelion is one of those classic animes that practically everyone has seen. It has a little something for everyone: school drama, coming of age anxiety, giant robots, references to the Dead Sea Scrolls, perky humor, and a charismatic penguin sidekick are just some of the things going for it.

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That said, all art is a product of its time. While some aspects of Evangelion were forward-thinking in their blend of spirituality and science fiction, there are other elements that can be jarring to modern audiences. Here are ten things that did not age well in Neon Genesis Evangelion.

10 Cell Phones

Once upon a time, phones were used for talking to people far away. A person holding a phone would push buttons on it to call another person with a phone and they could talk to one another. Of course, now cell phones are combinations of cameras, calculators, audio libraries, e-readers, web browsers, and social media apparatuses.

Cell phones exist in the world of Evangelion but just as portable long-distance communicators with basic texting abilities. While this may seem like a small thing overall, it's hard to imagine a world with giant robots and synchronized brain computers that can't manage to invent the iPhone. Maybe Steve Jobs died in the Second Impact.

9 Pay Phones

This is another of those relics from bygone eras that are actually really common in science fiction. Payphones used to be everywhere. Major cities and small towns had them as an essential utility for people to get hold of one another. When Shinji Ikari arrives in Tokyo-3, he immediately picked up a payphone to make a call.

Evangelion isn't the only series guilty of this. The seminal work that invented cyberpunk, Neuromancer, is rife with payphones while Superman's identity was built with the assumption that he could always change in a phone booth. That said, it is weird to see them.

8 Computers

There are two types of computers in Evangelion, those that look like the average 90s PC and those that look like cool sci-fi military hardware from the future. Like with both phone examples, this is just the animators making a series that was inspired by the tech available at the time.

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Where it gets particularly off-putting is when the futuristic tech of the Magi is taken into consideration. The Magi are three bio-computers imprinted with aspects of their creator and which run most of Tokyo-3. After learning that NERV has that kind of processing power, one has to wonder why the techs are using Windows 95.

7 The Calendar

Evangelion is one of those great science fiction anime that made the mistake of deciding to occur in a specific year. While this was a cool near-future dystopia when it was released in the mid-90s, anyone watching it now will be taken out of the moment when literally the first thing they see in the series after the opening credits end is the words "THE YEAR 2015" written in white lettering over the black background.

This is not uncommon in sci-fi anime. In fact, much of the science fiction genre deals with this issue. Successful series that include a date inevitably become dated.

6 Sexism

There is a lot of sexism in all media, but Evangelion has really struggled with how some of its depiction of women has been handled. Now, to give it credit, for the time it was released, it was fairly progressive. Three of the four main characters are women and there are multiple girls and women with unique personalities, goals, and backgrounds.

By modern standards, it, unfortunately, is uncomfortable in its stereotypes of women as crazy and emotional, while also relegating a number of them to plot threads that inevitably have them die or become villains for not being nurturing and motherly enough.

5 Chinese-Japanese Diplomacy

China is a diplomatic ally of Japan's in Evangelion. The Chinese have worked to build their own EVAs to gain access to the same proprietary information that NERV and SEELE have. Not a lot is known about how much they know or have done compared to the other nations, but they are one of several countries named as being involved in events.

The issue is that Japan and China have a long history of acrimony toward one another that continues into the present day. While the looming end of the world might make them forget their differences, even that is questionable.

4 International Relations

China is not the only nation to be mentioned as part of the secretive council of world governments running SEELE. The United States and Germany are also prominent nations whose funding and research is essential to the success of the Human Instrumentality Project.

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It makes sense for both Germany and the US to be this important, given their technological abilities, energy supply reserves, and influence on the world stage. However, the absence of other important nations is conspicuous. Russia, in particular, seems like a country missing, given their geographical proximity to Japan, vast resources, and political reach.

3 Antarctica

In the world of Evangelion, the Second Impact destroyed Antarctica in the year 2000 shortly after an Angel was discovered in the area. Obviously, Antarctica is still around. However, that's not what makes this age so poorly.

Rather, it is the uncomfortable fact that the Antarctic ice is melting at a terrifying rate. The apocalyptic potential of climate change is terrifyingly real. Seeing the destruction of the Antarctic linked to the End Times in this anime takes one out of the moment and reminds viewers that streaming is not a safe escape from the impacts of climate change.

2 Inappropriate Romance

There are at least three romances between adults and children in the series. The first two are not genuine romances, but involve romantic actions or interests between and adult and a teenager. There is the situation of the teenaged Asuka crushing on Kaji who keeps shooting her down; at the end of the series, Misako kisses Shinji and promises more, but this is not an actual romantic pursuit so much as her shocking him into going to battle when he's suffering PTSD.

The situation that is just uncomfortable is the way Gendo Ikari treats Rei. This is purely predatory and really uncomfortable for modern audiences to watch.

1 Kids Living With Adult Stranger

This last entry on the list is fairly benign. Shinji and Asuka--two teenage kids--live with Misato, an adult who works with them as their boss. It's not unheard of for children to live with a guardian. It is still very uncommon.

It seems like NERV would have the facilities to provide dorms of some kind for Shinji and Asuka, rather than forcing them to live with Misato or forcing Misato to care for them full time. Considering Misato is expected to nurture and look after them, but also is their boss in their field while they risk their lives, this is a conflict of interests.

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