[EVA] Rebuild of Eva 2.0's final scene and ReVolultionary Girl Utena?

[Gwern Branwen]

On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 12:24 AM, Codename V
<revolutionofevangelion_dot_org at yahoo.com> wrote:
> This is interesting:  it seems the whole Rei/Shinji thing at the end of Rebuild of Eva 2.0 mirrors almost shot-for-shot a similar scene from Revolutionary Girl Utena:
>
> http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/8541/skurebuild.jpg
>
> Of course, the interviews in Deconstruction of All Records revealed that they only slapped on that "happy ending" at the last minute when some of the studio backers told them to.  Original version - which they *promised* to Tsurumaki - was to end with Rei clone #2 dying, so Rebuild of Eva 3 can focus on rounding out Rei clone #3 as a more distinct character.
>
> Maybe this Utena usage is meant to be ironic?

Also been suggested as an Ultraman reference:
http://forum.evageeks.org/post/400498/Rebuild-specific-References-Homages-Etc/

Given how often Ultraman is mentioned by Anno etc. (eg. the 2.0 CRC
specifically mentions it), and how rarely Utena is, Ultraman strikes
me as far more plausible.

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