PSA: The "Scream" scene in Evangelion still gets me every time, 20 years later

I was rewatching Neon Genesis Evangelion last week, the original series not the rebuilds, and I got to episode 18 where Unit 03 goes berserk. That whole sequence where Shinji has to fight it while his friend is inside, the music and the animation just hits different now that I am older. I first watched this show back in 2003 when I was 15, staying up late on a crappy CRT TV in my bedroom. Back then I thought it was just a cool mecha fight with some weird stuff happening. But last Tuesday night, sitting there at 32 years old, I actually felt sick watching Shinji break down. The voice acting in that scene, especially the Japanese dub, is just brutal. Has anyone else gone back to an old favorite and had it hit you way harder than before?

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