I've seen the beginning of that, and I almost wanted to press on because of what I've heard about the rest of the series, but its like... if you can't draw me in in the first place, why bother?
I've also heard incredibly poor things about The Sacred Blacksmith. The first episode seemed okay, but the protagonist was a whiney bitch, and I hated her. It had your stereotypical "Annoying girl that might turn badass on an epic quest that is about to unfold" feel to it... but from what I read, it doesn't become an epic quest... it becomes a poorly written slice of life anime with swords and demons and jokes about breastplates shaped like breasts.
As unpopular as it will sound, I also disliked When They Cry. It was too slasher for me. While it sure may have become interesting, I've even heard from people who liked it in concept that it was a 'chore' to get through. Not to mention slashers aren't really my thing.
While I'm also not saying the Evangelion was a bad series, I disliked the final two episodes of it. I know, its supposed to be some kind of existential crisis statement by the writer... but thats not why I'm watching your show. While considering End of Evangelion the true ending makes it a LITTLE better, it seems like the writer was too enraged that no one liked his original ending to make an ending that didn't have bias. Or that scene. You know what scene I'm talking about. That shit was fucked up.