- After TV Series ended there would be two Evangelion films. One would be directed by Anno and would be the full, proper ending for the series. The second one would be directed by Tsurumaki and would be entirely separate work taking the franchise in different direction, sorta like Gundam AUs.
- GAINAX spent time brainstorming all kinds of crazy ideas. Asuka being a werewolf was one of the out of the leftfield ideas suggested for Tsurumaki's film. Asuka was never going to turn into werewolf in the NGE continuity we know and there were no plans for such foolishness either.
- This was to be Tsurumaki's debut as director but he couldn't handle it, coming to the (sensible) conclusion that Eva was Anno's child and only Anno could do "real Eva".
- two-film deal was retooled into D&R compilation of tv series for newcomers + End of Evangelion- Anno was so burned out and exhausted having created EoE he didn't have the life in him to do more Eva immeaditly afterwards. Hence the idea of 2nd spinoff/reboot film was cancelled entirely and Eva as a franchise fell silent (this is not actually from schizo and parano, as he later corrected himself)
-This shows Eva was supposed to operate in proper franchise mode from the very beginning, but Anno was so burned out by the time EoE came out the franchise basically went involuntarily dormant.
-Anno was actively trying to make Eva into a larger franchise before EoE, and in the early 00s, which would eventually give rise to the Rebuilds
-Gainax was still unable to keep its financial health, as we also know from other sources
-Upper management and King Records were paying the animators and other staff very poorly or not at all and Anno actually shared his royalty money with them. Also mentioned in the original Diamond article with Anno about Gainax last year and not present in ANN's synopsis:
https://diamond.jp/articles/-/224881?page=3-Anno's frustration with this probably motivated him to redo Eva in the future without executive constraints
- For instance, the producers were reliefed Anno chose Christian imagery instead of Buddhist because of fears with association with Aum Shinrikyo.
- Schizo and Parano follow a format of loose conversation compiled and re-edited as interviews. Anno was also involved in other such books.
- Schizo & Parano were timed for release around the time Death & Rebirth came out.