>>283011325
It just felt like Anno victory lap. God. When he was miserable and lonely he was making simpering but ambitious art that was boundary pushing in the narrative.
Then he got married, and all the hard to animate stuff went into computers and everything he has animated since has been some condescending 'fuck you, got mine/the problem with kids today' bullshit. This is not a new opinion from me either, that's how I felt about ME!ME!ME! and Girl too. Oh, my, guys it turns out the media I produce robs you of your mortal youth, and corrupts your intimate relationships. Also, did you know high school girls are involved in a for-money hookup culture with business professionals? How shameful, not like me though. I'm happily married, crushed all my competition and can retire comfortably. Shinji gets a manic pixie dream girl and fucks off from his friends and intimate relationships. It's not running away! It's fuck you, got mine. The real lesson that life has taught me.