The original series apparently came out when I was only about 6 months old, I only got to watch a (slightly butchered) English dub of the original series when it re-released on Netflix in 2019, yet even I am of the subjective opinion that the original series and vision of Evangelion is my favorite.
Case in point, I like the extra detail in this "1995" image compared to the versions in the Rebuild series. Still cool that imagery like this subtly changed to emphasize the differences between the original and Rebuild series.