MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world to Anime@ani.socialEnglish · 6 days agoWhy is NERV hiring literal teenagers to pilot the EVAs?!ani.socialimagemessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down11
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minus-squaresubverted_per@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·6 days agoBecause they run on childhood trauma.
minus-squareleann@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoThis is the answer. Hideaki Anno told me that himself. And then he said “now fuck off” which I think is just his way of saying he loves the fans.
minus-squarenyan@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoWell, there was a theory going around at the time the original TV series ended that it was his chilldhood trauma that was being reflected and dealt with (or something like that—this was a long time ago and I wasn’t all that interested back then.)
Because they run on childhood trauma.
This is the answer. Hideaki Anno told me that himself. And then he said “now fuck off” which I think is just his way of saying he loves the fans.
Well, there was a theory going around at the time the original TV series ended that it was his chilldhood trauma that was being reflected and dealt with (or something like that—this was a long time ago and I wasn’t all that interested back then.)