Holy Guacamole: An Aum Shinrikyo Anime

From what little I can gather online, Aum Shinrikyo--the cult responsible for the sarin nerve gas attack on Tokyo subways in 1995--produced a recruitment video. Being Japanese, they made it as an anime. Clips below:

The anime connection: That sarin gas attack occurred halfway through production on Neon Genesis Evangelion, apparently forcing Anno to rewrite an Eva storyline with a similar premise. That may have been the point at which Eva's plot wobbled off its tracks.

Some claim that Anno was a member of, or at least inspired by, Aum when making Eva. Indeed, Aum Shinrikyo's radio station was named "Evangelion tes Basileias" (Ancient Greek for "Gospel of the Kingdom").