This is promising! Hopefully Taro can do something interesting with this fascinating IP and finally give it the instalment that it deserves by not spending half of the time zooming in on its...
This is promising! Hopefully Taro can do something interesting with this fascinating IP and finally give it the instalment that it deserves by not spending half of the time zooming in on its teenage characters’ chests like its creator did…
Edit: I have been informed that Mr Taro, who I only knew from his work on Drakengard for the PlayStation 2, has a similar reputation to Anno in this regard. God help us all.
Stealing a joke from /r/anime: Tsurumaki directs a Gundam and the anime fanbase is like "hey guys, look! Hideaki Anno's making a Gundam!" Tsurumaki comes back to Eva as a vehicle to mentor a new...
Tsurumaki directs a Gundam and the anime fanbase is like "hey guys, look! Hideaki Anno's making a Gundam!"
Tsurumaki comes back to Eva as a vehicle to mentor a new up and coming director and the anime fanbase is like "hey guys, look! Yoko Taro's making an Eva!"
I don't have a strong affinity for Evangelion and haven't seen the rebuilds yet, but it's interesting that they're making a push for it to be a franchise beyond Anno's original vision. To some degree that's already been the case outside of anime with a number of spinoff entries over the years in manga and the like, but either way it seems like something he's wanted for a while:
For the future, he wishes Evangelion will become a cultural icon, one of the cornerstones of anime, much like Gundam, which has become an institution in and of itself. Like Gundam, where many creators can play around with the elements and create their own worlds, it is Anno's hope that Evangelion can also be set free, to be reconstructed and reinterpreted in many ways by many other artists.
My initial reaction was that Evangelion had been done so many times already that I'd wish they'd just assembled this staff to do something completely new, but I'd be more optimistic if this was...
My initial reaction was that Evangelion had been done so many times already that I'd wish they'd just assembled this staff to do something completely new, but I'd be more optimistic if this was the equivalent of a new Gundam series set in a different universe with only a few returning motifs.
Eva is kind of tied to Anno and his expectation of adding yet another bit to the Evangelion canon, I'm curious about what a new installment would entail, if it tries to match with canon, or...
Eva is kind of tied to Anno and his expectation of adding yet another bit to the Evangelion canon, I'm curious about what a new installment would entail, if it tries to match with canon, or themes, or the anxiety around adding something new. I guess Nier gives sort of an idea for the vibe, but it would still feel like them driving someone else's car if that would make any sense.
Yes, the Nier guy.
• Tsurumaki Kazuya and Yatabe Touko to direct
• Music by Okabe Keiichi (also Nier)
• Animation by Khara and Cloverworks
This is promising! Hopefully Taro can do something interesting with this fascinating IP and finally give it the instalment that it deserves by not spending half of the time zooming in on its teenage characters’ chests like its creator did…
Edit: I have been informed that Mr Taro, who I only knew from his work on Drakengard for the PlayStation 2, has a similar reputation to Anno in this regard. God help us all.
Stealing a joke from /r/anime:
Tsurumaki directs a Gundam and the anime fanbase is like "hey guys, look! Hideaki Anno's making a Gundam!"
Tsurumaki comes back to Eva as a vehicle to mentor a new up and coming director and the anime fanbase is like "hey guys, look! Yoko Taro's making an Eva!"
I don't have a strong affinity for Evangelion and haven't seen the rebuilds yet, but it's interesting that they're making a push for it to be a franchise beyond Anno's original vision. To some degree that's already been the case outside of anime with a number of spinoff entries over the years in manga and the like, but either way it seems like something he's wanted for a while:
My initial reaction was that Evangelion had been done so many times already that I'd wish they'd just assembled this staff to do something completely new, but I'd be more optimistic if this was the equivalent of a new Gundam series set in a different universe with only a few returning motifs.
Eva is kind of tied to Anno and his expectation of adding yet another bit to the Evangelion canon, I'm curious about what a new installment would entail, if it tries to match with canon, or themes, or the anxiety around adding something new. I guess Nier gives sort of an idea for the vibe, but it would still feel like them driving someone else's car if that would make any sense.