the NGE equivalent of magical girls.
I AM ALSO NOT ENTIRELY FOND OF THIS DESCRIPTION OF IT
It's a good show. It's different from the rest of the genre. But it's impact on the genre was a splash in the pan compared to what Evangelion did to mecha. For all people say that
"oooh, massive deconstruction, never gonna see the genre the same again!" it just... Kind of kept puttering along regardless. It's pretty much the only "dark" magical girl show to really work out, with the genre still being dominated by the likes of
Magic Kung Fu Lesbians Precure.
...Like I said it is 6:20am and I am not good at debating at this time. Also it's not even Urobuchi's best work in my opinion. XD Kamen Rider Gaim and Fate/Zero are my one and two of his work.
Also also I can never seem to get around to watching anime when it is still recent for some reason. ^^;