[EVA] Eva Manga: Like? Dislike?

[immano]

> Not very tactful, eh?

Not very offensive, either. Mind you, I do believe tangents exceed facts on 
that board, but I have no interest in disparaging its members, either. 
Considering the above with what I said about what 'we' try to do on this ML 
though, it should be pretty clear why I wouldn't use 'conclusions' drawn 
there here.

> Alright, one-shot comments aside: Although it is a tradition in many 
> circles
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> possibilities open to him?

Conversely, why go on wild directions when he's probably had the framework 
in his mind for over ten years? One gets the impression, from the interview 
M quoted excerpts from, that not only Sadamoto was responsible for many of 
the key concepts of Eva as a whole, but also that he had a very specific 
idea of what to do with them. This is reinforced by the fact that he felt he 
had to take a sabbatical to mull it over when Anno grabbed some of his ideas 
and beat him to it through the movies. Also, Evangelion is strongly 
identified with certain events. While giving space to innovation is good, 
losing key reference points just for the sake of it probably wouldn't have 
been. Since his innovation has revolved around variations and explanations 
on one side, and around giving his view on the characters on the other, I'd 
say changing anything else would've probably made the manga Not Evangelion. 
After all, other than this, all there is left to this series is innovative 
design (once again, his own), great music, and ( Ideon + Devilman )/2.

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