I suspect that any of the additional minor animation work (cleanup, corrections, redrawings, etc.) have been put off due to more recent pandemic-related disruptions. Khara's involved with Shin Ultraman and needs to do the post-production on that badly delayed movie in the face of whatever new troubl...

Somehow overlooked this post, sorry about the delayed reply. It seemed pretty straightforward to link to the Eyes/Neo-Atlantis/Angels subsection - take a look and see if my minor fix works for you. It's a shame that the original site was lost. There was a lot of great stuff in there, including a few...

That makes sense to me, it's a really good observation and it clashes tremendously with the maternal image of Yui with toddler Shinji, talking to Fuyutsuki beside Ashinoko. I've added that and an additional comment of my own under the collapsible comments in that cut. Let me know if this seems good.

Went ahead and added the comments, including the character motivation analysis - which IMHO seems to be good enough. I included a few additional comments of my own (PM me if you spot any obvious howlers in those) For Cut 181 I put your comment in after the Editor's Note, because I thought it made mo...

Just what was Yui thinking when she decided to marry a man like him? Sure, she pitied him when he was at his low point, but she should have known better that he would end up being the worst father in history. The Gendo Ikari who met Yui was a very different personality. When Yui met him, Gendo was ...

A lot of people are interested in tanks, aircraft, and warships just because they like the machines, not because they have any specific nationalistic or jingoistic purpose in mind. Anno lavishes detail on American and Russian military hardware quite a bit more than he does with anything Japanese. He...

Now I get it. Still makes me wonder how much was planned at the start and how much was rewritten/created along the way - and like I said, I've been too tied up with IRL stuff to be paying attention to any new reveals about the writing process for the movies. LFiM's analysis of Mari using little deta...

Interesting that Anno should explicitly deny that sort of connection. Forging deep connections between beats or even individual shots between episodes (NGE) and movies (NTE) is pretty much the core of what so much of this site's geekery is about, and it wouldn't quite feel the same if those connecti...

I may not be the greatest American Football enthusiast, but I can't help but feel sad at the passing of a true legend . RIP, John Madden.

Just got around to watching it yesterday - Good on y'all for keeping this place going and merry christmas everyone. Long time no see, Kaysow! Merry Christmas to you too! Yes, we've managed to keep this place going, although things are rather sleepier than we hoped they'd be. You raise some interest...

Very sad indeed, given how spectacular all the shows she worked on are. Her screenwriting abilities will be deeply missed. RIP, Keiko Nobutomo.

Comments added, dialogue order fixed, and Rei's missing line added. Thanks, Dr. Nick!

Minor housekeeping stuff - I split Dr. Nick's comments on Episode 19 and Zusuchan's response into the Episode 19 thread . Episode 19 gets its own commentary thread because it has a translated script (courtesy of Quiddity). This thread exists for the other episodes because the script for those isn't ...

This is still open, folks.

Added your comments. 082: [Ursus, I popped in my Platinum 02 disc to confirm this, and Studio Fantasia is credited as one of the cel painting studios of this very episode. According to the ANN encyclopedia , they did cel painting on episodes 8, 9 and 11, so this probably counts as self-destruction. ...

Comments added, keep 'em coming! 120- It's interesting that Ritsuko isn't wearing her usual lipstick.I wonder if that has anything to do with Commander Ikari being absent? That's an interesting observation, I never noticed that she doesn't wear her lipstick throughout the episode! I checked up on Ep...

You're welcome for the feedback. The idea that people can gather together at Kensuke's house makes sense in another way - it seems to occupy a liminal space, being part of Village-3 and yet not part of it at the same time, with Kensuke being both a crucial part of the community and set aside from it...

it's a "%$"" reset ending, pretentious overthinkers. :facepalm: ArtyumR, unwelcoming and insulting posts that shut down discussion are why I created the new discussion rules in the first place, and you are clearly in violation of them. I will leave it to the moderation staff to give ...

Added, thank you for the kind compliments! To respond to the comment for Cut 007, we do have a page about Rei's Monologue although it could do with some improvements and maybe a better visual presentation.

Welcome to the forums! In short, you're asking all the right questions and your post is an excellent list of the ones that have vexed us for years on end. Apparently an Angel merging with Adam would create Third Impact and wipe out all lifeforms descended from Lilith. Why were the Angels heading for...