Evangelion and Genre

[Ark]

An allegory for what?

An allegory for the downward spiral of a deep depression. Not only does Shinji go through it, but so do the rest of the main characters.

It uses depression as an allegory for depression?

[AyrYntake]

lol, it also uses conflict as an allegory for conflict.

[Evangelion217]

It uses depression as an allegory for depression?

No, during the second half it becomes an allegory for depression, and commentary on the human condition. Which is also apart of the whole deconstructionism of the mecha anime.

It's too long to go into. So please go check out this link. [url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112159/board/flat/80255114[/url]

[Mr. Tines]

The genre is unquestionably Science Fiction (sub-genre super-robot -- this is Japan, after all); the miracles are accomplished by technological means, and genre tropes are laced through the show. Being crafted by a hard core fan, this is not a surprising outcome.

The topic at hand may be battling depression, but the language of the discourse defines the genre.

You could do the same sort of exercise with -- taking the first book on my shelf my eye lights upon -- Greg Egan's Schild's Ladder which is hard-SF about finding a meaning in life (actually that's the view from 20,000' for most of Egan's oevre).

[jim_loves_randy]

[url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112159/board/flat/80255114[/url]

That was a pretty good read, thanks for this.

[Evangelion217]

That was a pretty good read, thanks for this.

Your welcome.

And there is another article that explores, and explains certain things about the series that we probably already knew about. But it is also a good read. [url]http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2002-06-11[/url]