Thread 283120646

What was Eva's biggest innovation? Was it the last 2 episodes? The hyper commercialization? Anno's directorial style?

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>>283120646 (OP)
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God I love ANIMA

>>283120739
All the endings are optimistic.

>>283120739
>>283120977
Also Tomino did that first

>>283120977
all misery porn has happy endings

>>283120646 (OP)
Unironically the timeslot

>>283120646 (OP)
Generic mecha but with sexualized children

>>283120646 (OP)
Commercialization was Star Wars tier.

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>>283120646 (OP)
In the end it was none of these things. If you really look into what made Eva special, you won't find anything particular.
Eva was special, because it was Eva. It's a black hole.

>>283120646 (OP)
It wasn't much at all
Eva is kinda just nothing

>>283120646 (OP)
Late night anime

>>283121893
i was going to say even star wars didnt have metal buckets but no they also existed

>>283120646 (OP)
It was building on what came before it and having a dialogue with the mecha series that came before it so it's less innovation and more natural progression. This is kind of lost on people whose only exposure to mecha is Eva or a series that came after it and I hope this post doesn't come across as disparaging to them or Eva because I do like NGE quite a bit.

>>283120646 (OP)
The girls and the artistic/visuals direction.

>>283120646 (OP)
It was the right story at the right time, with the right director at the right time in his life, the right animation team at their peak, the right amount of internal friction, the right message aimed at the right audience in the right timeslot, and the right moichendising.

>>283121029
How about Bokurano?