>>6I rewatched it not long ago and absolutely loved it again. There's no way the writers aren't familiar with Teilhard de Chardin's work (the noosphere...)
I saw it before you were born and then I just stopped watching animes altogether because I knew nothing as good could ever be made. K-On? Puella Magi Madoka Magica? What's that shit?
Seeing it slowly becoming a cult anime just corroborated my own opinion. I'm so fucking always right about everything.