The most important japanese animation films

[Hil Hughes]

I would definately add Evangelion to that list.  It was a television series
that culminated with two "movies."  I add the quotes to stress that the
first theatrical release was little more than a pair of television episodes
strung together.  However, in terms of content and style, Evangelion's
influence in this field is already evident.  I would suggest watching
Evangelion and following up with Serial Experiment: Lain, which I believe is
domestically available.  You'll notice a number of elements that are
similar: the presentation of plot questions through dramatically presented
written text, the style of such presentation, the underlying theme of
discovering "G-d", and the theme of boundary destruction- not only of man
vs. G-d, but of human vs. machine.