there seem to be no mentions or quotations of the _Anata to Watashi no Gainax_ interviews in the Japanese web). There is so much material that half the difficulty is simply collating the existing materials, and some extensive sources seem to have been lost to both the Japanese and English fandoms (eg. the connection of Kaworu to cats, Gainax's bafflement that viewers might think Misato killed Kaji, the influence of earthquakes on people, connections to Aum Shinrikyo, garbled information about suicide attempts, Anno's conservative nationalist views or philosophy of "poison", retcons like swapping the Adam and Lilith plot devices, panspermia & First Ancestral Race being slowly removed from production materials and then post-NGE slowly restored, the many conflicting pieces of information on the end of NGE TV and _EoE_, Yamaga's questionable reliability etc).Īs I compile more material, I become increasingly convinced that far from _Evangelion_ being a baffling mystery, it is in fact one of the most understandable anime out there, with a wealth of information about almost every detail, from the earliest planning meetings to how long particular episode productions took to the source of minor details like the "A-10 nerve", and that Hideaki Anno, far from being a reticent auteur of mystery, has collectively been forthcoming about anything one might ask - to the point where multiple interviews could justly be described as "book-length" (the books in question being_June_, _Schizo_, _Prano_, the _1.0 CRC_, & the _2.0 CRC_). The purpose of compiling a large page of quotes & references classified by date & source level is to make it easier to put NGE into a historical context by tracing the evolution of plot or characters, cross-reference statements made in interviews, jump forward and backwards to flesh out otherwise obscure allusions to events, and enable easy keyword-based search for various concepts (eg. It is usually clear which classification applies best. Carl Horn is sometimes recording Anno (primary), statements by Hiroyuki Yamaga (primary or secondary), or his own interpretations (tertiary). Some people or materials shift statuses eg. Source is based on the ultimate origins of information, not proximate an email forwarding an anonymous fan translation of a Anno interview in a Japanese book is considered primary, not tertiary. Tertiary is any source further removed than that - mainstream news coverage, academic analysis, fan speculation & analysis etc.: eg. Secondary is a source from someone who knows Primaries first-hand: eg. (I include Japanese seiyuu because as Asuka's last line shows, they have direct input, or as Ritsuko's last line shows, special insight.)Ģ. Primary is material from someone who worked on a object of interest: eg. I think in many cases, it's this fact combined with it's roughly $40 price tag that turns a lot of collectors off.Title: Neon Genesis Evangelion source anthologyĭescription: Anthology of Gainax/Anno/Evangelion quotes, sources, references, and analysesĭate is whenever a source was *created*, not when it was *published* or otherwise disseminated.ġ. Standing at approximately 8" tall, Ideon is made entirely out of plastic. It probably takes up more space than it has to (increasing shipping costs in the process) without providing any really interesting artwork to make up for it. It doesn't shoot anything, it doesn't transform, anything. On the downside, the only accessories it comes with is an extra pair of fists (open and closed fists are included). Not that I would, but if I decided to throw this toy across the room, I'm pretty confident it would be able to take the abuse. Furthermore, Ideon really feels like something that was made to be played with. I honestly can't think of another toy I have that can be posed in as many ways as this one while still looking good and maintaining it's balance. The design of the toy is fantastic in my opinion offering both a very accurate portrayal of the character as well as tremendous articulation. But if you prefer gimmicks and accessories, look elsewhere. If you want them to simply look good, this one is a surefire winner. The second is what you like your toys to do. The first is whether or not you really like the design of the character, which I do. Whether or not you like it will probably depend on two factors. Opinion seems to be divided on Yamato's Ideon.
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