[EVA] Angel Names and BAckground

[MMKokusaiYK]

> while i agree that this is not a show about the cabbala, to say it like this
> seems to dismiss a lot of the hard work and creativity that was brought
> in making these elements work so seamlessly within the narrative. while
> using the cabbala as a base to interpret eva's meaning isn't viable, it is in
>
> terms of interpreting its events, right?

Exactly -- as I said, it is an "exotic and coherent setting".
"Setting" means it is the framework within which the story is based, so it is
probably acceptable to make assumptions based on certain relationships within
that framework.


> i also think that anno's researches must've been deeper than your
> average creator who thows in judeo-christian (or anything) imagery as
> window-dressing. the cabballistic influences on eva are nothing if not
> pervasive and cohesive.

That is because Anno is an otaku.
Gainax is an anime company run by otaku that produces anime for otaku.
You can see the same depth of detail in the psychoanalytical and behavioral
science aspects of Eva, or even in the "science lessons" between Gunbuster
episodes, etc.


> see above. i think that you belittle evangelion somewhat to suggest its
> cabbalistic trappings are equivalent to the garbage japanese we see on
> t-shirts.

Yet in Japan it is viewed in the same manner.
Regardless of any difference in level, the base phenomenon is the same.


> again, i'm not saying that it's very meaningful for intepretation of
> evangelion, but i feel like someone has to speak up to the quality of
> its implementation after this legnthy discussion. =)

I never said it was not a quality implementation.
I just spoke against literal interpretation of Judeo-Christian imagery from a
Western religious-centered viewpoint.

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