No no, Kaworu is Tom Bombadil. Both represent digressions from the "main" story that some fans deride as pointless sidetracking, while others hail the characters as worthy microcosms encapsulating the tale's broader themes.

June#686208 wrote:What am I even reading from some of you people?

#PickTheNewEvaGeeksSlogan

Anno certainly knew Rebuild was going to be "distributed in the US and Europe". Not only did he NOT dial back the religious stuff, he doubled down on it in some respects. Tsurumaki may take a blase approach, but I don't think that attitude represents the head honcho. The religious refe...

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I love that, in the one near train tracks, Shinji's on the ground and Asuka seems to be kicking him AGAIN

hui43210#685329 wrote:Nope, Q is great here, THAT BORD on the other hand hates Q with a passion but I think its cuz they have different priorities when it comes to EVA.

The url of THAT site is way too generic. I think changing it to One-HandedRage.com would better represent the contents within.

I think it's hard to argue that Q isn't doing its own thing.

June#685714 wrote:Both felt equally like Eva, 2.22 felt like the teens episodes while Q was just longer 24, they just came with more shipperfag pandering.

At first I was like, "Keifer Sutherland?" before I understood.

If Anno wants Rebuild to connect with "old school" Eva, he should make it feel like we're one piece of scotch tape away from the animation falling off our screen.

When the Death Note live action movies came out, I went to one of the screenings presented by the U.S. distributor just before the home video release. It was a Blu-Ray, and the picture was awful. I hope Funi isn't pulling the same thing. It's just not worth seeing that way.

I feel like fans have in some ways over -corrected when it comes to Eva's relationship with religion. Nobody thinks it's a commentary on Christianity any more, which is a good thing. However, it's not quite the superficial window dressing some consider it to be, either. The show does som...

Oh, absolutely. Here's a fun article for anyone interested: http://www.cracked.com/article_20725_6-myths-about-drone-warfare-you-probably-believe.html I do wish Anno had gone into more details about the necessity of pilot conditioning. Does being able to bench press more pounds than you did last...

Bagheera#684252 wrote: Yes, quite. Because military pilots don't have to be in good physical condition at all, amirite?

Well, these days...

Here's a question: can you make a series ABOUT teenage sexuality, which Evangelion partly is, without sexualizing the characters? The OP names the masturbation scene as "no better example" of this, but I see it more as representing some of the core themes of Eva in general. It doesn...

Check out Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 if you really wanna be blown away. I don't think anyone would have EVER guessed that's her.

I love that Anno makes seemingly ZERO concessions to international audiences with this stuff. A more gun shy writer might have removed the Urashima Taro line, since the meaning is lost on foreigners. But no, he stays true to his immediate audience, knowing it's OUR job to catch up. Which is exac...

Dammit! Meant MacAvery, yes. Haven't seen that video, but I believe you of course. If they didn't ask him, that's pretty baffling. Still don't understand him walking away from the industry in '99, though. Maybe his conflicts with ADV soured him on everything. Too bad.

I think almost everyone would want Swasey to return. The implication seems to be that the decision was more his than Funi's. I don't get that. So he wants to do other things, sure. But why should it be one or the other? It's not as if Gendo's dialogue is gonna occupy much of his time...

Well one can't absolutely rule that out I guess, but I see it as less likely. The scene would have had to have be significantly cut down/restructured, with NONE of the shots as they appear in the "Peaceful Times" story boards surviving. The three children are walking in close proximity...

Plus, Weaver only voiced Toji's few lines in Death and Rebirth, so it's not like he had a firm claim to the character.