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WHAT???
Anno personally wrote the final 2 episodes of the Eva TV series. Episode 26, not 26', was the original intended ending. 25', however, is an adaptation of the original 25th episode.

Yes, it's a shame that Anno didn't get the time and budget required to do anything other more than storyboards for large parts of the end of evangelion. It's also a shame that lots of people only see the superficial side the series.

Remember, though, this is Anno we're talking about. Had he had his way with the ending it would have been hand drawn sketches of Arima imploding in self existentialism and sexually fantasizing about Yukino's little sisters.

I agree. When you compare the final episode of KareKano to the beginning of the series, the final episode was nothing short of pitiful without Anno's creative input. It was almost as if they were mocking Anno's original final two episodes of Eva. And what was up with the use of the Star Blazer's fanfare at the beginning of the final episode? Nothing but original music had been written for the series up until that point.
With Love Hina they at least ended by tipping the hat to the manga and keeping the Love Hina Again OAV loosely based on the manga's 12th volume, shortening it only for time.
One can only hope the integrity of the second season of Hellsing remains intact when they finally release it in Japan, and inevitably, here in the West.