Ani.me: It’s hard to explain, but many American fans have a very strong attachment to the series, and just being involved to a lot of people was a big thing, and when you think of Evangelion today, and your involvement of it, what comes to mind?

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Ani.me: (Re-statement) When you think of Evangelion today and what it’s become in society, what comes to your personal mind?

Seiji Mizushima: I’m super happy that it’s still popular, I’m very good friends with Hideaki Anno, the series director. I think he’s a very unique director, have a lot of respect for him, and I feel, even if it was just one episode [episode 9], that if I didn’t work on that series I probably wouldn’t have gotten the amount of attention from other projects later on and I feel that it was kind of a turning point in my career that really kicked it into high gear, really made me a known face in the industry.

Ani.me: Do you feel that you’re involvement with it makes you a part of animation history?

Seiji Mizushima: Me?! I’m not quite sure if I can say that I feel that I’m part of the history, because I only directed one episode. Now that I’m a series director I have other projects I need to focus on, but I sometimes feel that I can go out and scream “I was a staff member on the Eva team!”, and sometimes I can let that be known.