Comments on: Thoughts on Evangelion : 2.0

By: Chris Smile

Chris Smile — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 09:26:09 +0000

The new animation was not as impressive as the first movie. From what I could make of it, there doesn’t seem to be much change from the first movie’s approach.

With this being said…I love the musical tracks from Kare Kano!

Chris

By: Magistellus

Magistellus — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:14:40 +0000

Despite incredibly good 2D animation, Evangelion has always had an aire of pretenciousness over it. One in that the director simply chose pysudo-christian motifs because “they looked good” along with that when you boil it down, its a monster of the week show that doesnt have monster every week. 2.0 seems like a very pretty rehash, demonstrating that yes, they can animate very well, but still dont know how to close a story to a satisfying extent.

By: raito-kun

raito-kun — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:24:05 +0000

I watched Eva 2.0 at the “asiafilmfest” in Germany last month and it was absolutely mind-blowing, I haven’t come across many other anime movies that reach this level of visual accomplishment, much less this intensity. Anno gathered so many talented artists that the high quality shouldn’t come as a surprise (especially the line-up of key animators is amazing), and the directors were really deeply involved in the production with them doing layout supervision, key animation, design works and much more which results in the perfect execution of Anno’s vision. Many young fans might not know of/don’t care for Evangelion and its importance in anime history, but I’m sure that after watching Eva 2.0, they won’t forget it anymore and will realize what this medium is really capable of achieving even within the bounds of a typical anime setting.

By: Parka

Parka — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:48:15 +0000

It’s not just that the West can’t match in terms of medium, they can’t match Japanese in terms of concept as well.

By: weigy

weigy — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:51:44 +0000

Yonghow! Not many people spoke of Disney’s Tarzan but it’s actually my favorite out of the Disney 2d features. As for your question, I don’t think anyone would be matching the Japanese anytime soon.

As if Hideaki Anno’s Evangelion isn’t enough, the diversity alone of anime greats. Satoshi-Kun, Oshii, Miyazaki… I could compare entire dynasties like Disney with just one director and I can say those don’t even match up in terms of maturity in storytelling and scope of the visions found in the stories.

Of course, some would say it’s an unfair comparison since half of the directors I listed have works that are aimed at a more sophisticated audience than children. In that alone, I think it already is evidence of a more mature group of filmmakers.

Satoshi-Kun is a great example since his works are all mature not because it has high content of violence or sex. I can put his works alongside my favorite Western and international live-action filmmakers.

I hope Japan itself won’t forget their own great animator/filmmakers and encourage more such great works.