To those who are familiar with the legendary anime, Evangelion, you would know just how much that show referenced about religion. Mostly Christian, I guess.
This Zero One movie referenced so many things that Evangelion referenced that I couldn't see the writer isn't inspired by Evangelion.
Alone(almost) in Train, check. Esu has similar aspects as Gendo, check. A body with no leg being hanged with cruxified pose, check. Names that were on bible, check. Hell Rising made me remember Berserk Eva, check. Layers of dark red circles in the sky, check.
All of what I mentioned happened in Eva before the last movie. I don't really understand Evangelion, but I watched all the movie and tv series to at least remember those scenes.
Back to Real X Time.
For action, it is cool. For story, it's above average I'd like to say. So much better that what they did in the TV series (letting Gai free to make another Aruto vs Gai episodes. I think at least 1 cour used for them to glare at each other). I can't agree what the TV series wanted to say with story like that, but this sole movie is a lot better in conveying what it wanted to be. I appreciate the movie a lot in that aspect. Sadly, the Zero One Others Movies writing and direction are worse than the TV Series that I laughed when they tried to do long rotating shot with Valkyrie being so small when she got her new form, and when Vulcan Lone Wolf henshin shot after punching then sudden cut to he's on ground(you are floating and didn't land bruh, it's better to do it on ground from the beginning if you forgot to take the landing or the aerial henshin scene)
The action, forms, and CGI quality is pretty high for something Japan Produced even though they don't blend them too well (the background and the characters). For the VFX of attacks when it's not aerial battle, they are good as always.
