What was Tomino thinking?
>>23722590Naked people are cool.
>>23722592Of course they are, they're naked.
>>23722590Seven vaganias.
>>23722590its his best setting honestlya giant alien crashes down on earth 1000000000000 years ago this makes it both alien to earth but also more natural than humans. questioning naturalness of nature and "alienness" of aliensthis giant alien is basically a giant array of self assembling silicon wafers making it seem artificial but its actually a completely natural being, how natural is artificiality and how artificial is naturethis alien wakes up and tries to leave earth causing irreversible ecological damage obviously this is about birth of oil and gas technology that similarly to the alien came from space ages ago but also this is about nature rebelling against humans.this alien has its own consciousness and desires and is ready to destroy earth to achieve them similarly technology seems to be something of its own with its own goals often manipulating human politics and history to further itself even if can cost us everything.so this alien both represents gaia and the global tech network.the story is about how humanity must find harmony between technology and nature while at the same time dealing with its own bullshit.the ultimate posthuman eco-catastrophy anime shame he didnt develop these ideas more they are more and more relevant today
Hime Utsumiya and Nelly Kim could have been mothers to me.
>>23722808Lmao classic.
>>23722808Sasuga Tomino Sensei
>>23722808How come Anno doesn't get praised for doing the same thing?
If your parents suck ass its not your fault
Something something womensomething something motherssomething something men let them
>>23725362Because everything Anno does comes out as cringe and gay, Tomino on the other hand comes out as unhinged
>>23725362Evangelion isn't /m/.
>>23722590Thinking of perfection.
>>23722590>Family is a complicated matter>Learn from your parents mistakes>Trauma is a generational thing>Try to be with the people you love>Maybe it's not late to reconnect and amend errors>Gender Roles are strange, and both playing them straight and subversing them have mixed consequences>Colonialism badIt's a rather rich show as far as themes go. Granted, the actual execution is wonky and strange, with mixed results, but i still find it very fascinating.
>>23726459>the actual execution is wonky and strange, with mixed resultsIt's a 54 episodes show squeezed into a 26 episodes show with the budget of a 6 episodes show, of course the execution is strange.Even putting aside Tomino's mental state at the time it was a lost cause from a technical point of view, they were trying to do way too much with way too little, you can smell the sauce and it's a good smell but then you look into your dish and what little is there is messy, visually unappetizing and undercooked.
