To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Neon Genesis Evangelion. The religious symbolism is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of symbolism will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Shinji's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation - his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these symbolisms, to realize that they're not just symbolic- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Neon Genesis Evangelion truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the depth in Shinji's existencial catchphrase “Sorry," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Hideaki Anno's genius unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools... how I pity them.