I mean that is true, Hideaki anno was supposed to make an anime not a contemplating philosophical study, he still does a pretty good Job integrating philosophical elements into a mecha story. Also I'm pretty sure everyone knows that anno was depressed and going through an existential crisis when he was making Evangelion, unlike how the article mentions he never even read kierkegaard. It still does a pretty good job even with the basic philosophical elements that it uses, like the instrumentality project, I think Evangelion is more of a character study with underlying philosophical themes.