Okay. So after many years of hearing about this anime and how the infamous Be Invoked more or less solidified the Giant God into anime history, I can see why Hidaeki Anno based Neon Genesis Evangelion on Ideon.
The show itself in its 39 episodes does have pacing issues especially when getting started but some of the mid to later episode become amazing especially when the nature of the Ide becomes a bit more clear and in some fan theories, more sinister.
The idea that this Eldritch Horror of a Super Robot being able to rip a galaxy in two sounds like an exaggeration within the show's opening but anyone who has seen the series or played him i