[EVA] Evangelion Kaibunsho

[Gualtiero 'Shito' Cannarsi]

Well, this is another great post, thank you M. It's nice to read stuff like
this. And of course, thank you for your translation work in the very first
place. :-)

I still have to re-read the whole translation myself, but from what I've
understood from my first reading, my opinion is that the writer, apart his
being biased, apart all his drama and stuff, still missed the whole point of
Eva, I mean the real point of the show, say a so-called 'former Otaku'
struggling to find his way out of inphancy loop (= not growing up). This is
a bit sad after all. 10 years after the Eva-drama-boom, honestly I could not
care less about who cutted what, butged and time restrains, whatever.

Eva is what it has been. That's the only Eva.
Just as the Shinji who piloted Eva is the only Shinji.
Who cares about what Eva could have been? That's just mental onanism.
Let's focus on the real meaning in the real show. That's a deep and way
actual meaning to me.

That's my simple point, and I think it's link of 'included in itslef', isn't
it?

As for the article, it seems just as it's reason-to-be is the final proof of
the complete non-understaing of Eva by the writer.

Anyway, quite an interesting topic for us all I guess!

Thanks again, M!

G.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "M" <bochan at r4.dion.ne.jp>
To: "The english-language evangelion mailing list."
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Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: [EVA] Evangelion Kaibunsho


> > Anno had already been at Gainax (then called Daicon Film) for three
> > years prior to NAUSICAA;
>
> I thought that was Okada's General Production, and even after
> "joining" Gainax, Anno actually drifted in and out of the company,
> doing piece work here and there for a number of years before finally
> getting serious with Nadia (read: Hidaka Noriko) and then Eva.
>
>
> > three years after NAUSICAA, Miyazaki would enthusiastically praise
> > Gainax in KINEMA JUMPO; a year before the "Kaibunsho," Anno would
> > call Miyazaki his mentor; a year afterwards, Miyazaki and Anno
> > would take their famous North African air journey together; several
> > years later Miyazaki would give the reception speech at Anno's
> > wedding. As you know, Anno directed one of the short anime films
> > shown at the Ghibli Museum. The affection and respect Miyazaki has
> > for Anno regardless of their different artistic approach is one of
> > the most touching stories in anime--and unlike what this fellow
> > says above, it's true.
>
> There was a falling-out period after NAUSICAA, and then a later
> reconciliation.  The early Anno was an extremely talented animator
> with tons of *unrealized* potential in other areas as well -- 
> basically a lazy genius who thought he was deserving simply for being
> a genius rather than the work he actually did.  From what I have
> heard, this attitude combined with a lack of ambition (until Hidaka
> Noriko made him serious about something) were at least partially the
> cause of the temporary falling-out.
>
>
> > I hate to sound like a mom in elementary school, but it's hard to
> > avoid the whiff of jealousy coming off this document <snip>
> > Needless to say, the greatest success for EVANGELION, both artistic
> > and financial, lay in the months and years ahead of this "Kaibunsho."
>
> Yep, and that is why I did not bother to translate some of the parts
> in the second half, because they were just negative and speculative
> rants about what D&R and EoE might be like.  In that sense, context
> is everything, which is why I included the background timeline so
> that we can see the current events and state of Japanese Eva fandom
> around the time the Kaibunsho appeared.
>
>
> > I feel that I need to spend time in the near future to respond to
> > this article in detail.
>
> Yeah, I knew it would create controversy, but it is a significant
> chapter in Eva "cult" history, which is why I did it.  The only thing
> I wrote was the basic intro and background on the front page with the
> kanji characters at the top, and everything else including the
> disclaimer text (WARNING) is translated directly from the original
> website, so you can see that even back then it was subject to
> controversy.
>
> "M"
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