the commercialization of Evangelion is the most ironic spit-in-the-face to Hideaki Anno. like it ranges from funny to genuinely upsetting
Anno: mecha anime glorifies child soldiers and completely disregards the psychological damage they receive, so i’ll take these three characters and mentally tear them apart and have them face a surrealist apocalypse while luring in otaku to show them how real people actually function
*every anime since 2000 proceeds to implement one-dimensional Frankenstein’s of Asuka and Rei in cheap harem light novels while Evangelion gets 4 remake films, a 14-volume manga, 23 video games, god-knows-how-many figmas, and an amusement park*
On the flip side, it’s quite possible that the hyper-commercialization of Evangelion is Anno actively taking the piss out of dumb otaku who eat that shit up and laughing all the way to the bank.
>Be Anno.
>Desire revenge on all otakus.
>Decide to do so through an Evangelion remake.
>First film is released.
>Highly faithful to the original, receives universal acclaim.
>Second film is released.
>Pandering cranked up hardcore, is incredibly popular under otaku crowd.
>Include preview for next film.
>Third film is released.
>It’s completely different from the preview.
>Starts off with fun Nadia-inspired segment where Misato and crew go up against NERV/SEELE using the Not-New Nautilus.
>Immediately ditch cool premise, most of the film is gay piano duets.
>Shinji fucks everything up again, is even more obviously wrong than he was ever before.
>Leave on a cliffhanger.
>Never make 3.0+1.0.
>Make Godzilla instead.
>Use Godzilla bucks to buy Ultraman figures and shag beautiful wife.
