[EVA] Angel Names and BAckground

[Gualtiero 'Shito' Cannarsi]

Oh, well...

Yours are just Words of Wisdom, pal.

And no, there's nothing like 'Words of Life'!

Got it?

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   Gualtiero 'Shito' Cannarsi
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    Production Artistic Director
       Dynamic Italia Srl
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ebj" <ebj.nerv at flashnet.it>
To: <evangelion at eva.onegeek.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: [EVA] Angel Names and BAckground


> > Really? I see none of that, what is precisely that you see? (Take any
> amount
> > of time to gather ideas, this is not a 3rd degree).
>
> Clarification: It's not that I don't see that the 14th angel is the
> mightiest seen until his appearance and his codename, Zeruel, is that of
the
> "angel of might"; and it hasn't escaped me the fact that some scenes of
> Magokoro wo kimi ni can be interpreted as if they had been directed with
> some notions from judaic mysticism in mind. But Eva is a story about
people,
> and how the ability to relate to each other describes, shapes and
therefore
> creates reality around these people, and many other things that make - in
> essence - what Director Anno wanted to say after his depression, and what
> conclusions he had reached, using a medium like anime. The main reason for
> the Judo-Christian imagery _is_ the exotic effect on a Japanese public,
and
> the coolness it could offer (cross-shaped explosions and the like). There
> really is no reason to think they were used as anything else than
cosmetics
> for the story. Considering that in Japanese culture appearance has its
own,
> self-contained dignity, and needs not a reason coming from the plot, the
> religious elements in Eva cannot be taken into any further account without
> adding something the author didn't put in.
>
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