Eva is a story of repetition. It is a story where our protagonist faces the same situation many times over and determinedly picks himself back up again. It is a story of the will to move forward, even if only a little. It is a story of the resolve to want to be together, even though it is frightening to have contact with others and endure ambiguous loneliness. I would be most gratified if you found enjoyment in these four parts as it takes the same story and metamorphoses it into something different.
Hideaki AnnoEvangelion is my life and I have put everything I know into this work. This is my entire life. My life itself.
Hideaki AnnoFundamentally, Eva is just my life copied out onto film. I'm [still] alive, so the story hasn't finished.
Hideaki AnnoEva is a story of repetition. It is a story where our protagonist faces the same situation many times over and determinedly picks himself back up again. It is a story of the will to move forward, even if only a little. It is a story of the resolve to want to be together, even though it is frightening to have contact with others and endure ambiguous loneliness. I would be most gratified if you found enjoyment in these four parts as it takes the same story and metamorphoses it into something different.
Hideaki AnnoThe fact that you see salarymen reading manga and pornography on the trains and being unafraid, unashamed or anything, is something you wouldnโt have seen 30 years ago, with people who grew up under a different system of government. They would have been far too embarrassed to open a book of cartoons or dirty pictures on a train. But thatโs what we have now in Japan. We are a country of children.
Hideaki Anno