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EVA-EXTRA 04 Interview with Riden
————What is the theme of this time?
Tsurumaki: The theme of "destroying the world of EVA through the appearance of Mary". I feel the same way about setting Mary as a character who symbolizes the subtitle of the new theatrical version "Broken", and projecting her thematically appropriate character positioning directly into the story is enough. In order to split the mirror, we did not specifically set the role of Mary.
——Is this the character setting, the character?
Tsurumaki: Even though the theme given to her character is "destroying the world of EVA", there are various aspects that need to be considered when it comes to details. To put it to the extreme, for example, seducing Shinji breaks the relationship between the characters, and as a gimmicky character destroys the serious worldview. The discussion of the characters will continue when no way to destroy is found.
2. The connection between sci-fi and the real world
incorporates changes into the structure of the film
---except for Mary Po's biggest change point is the story development of Asuka driving EVA3. How could it be so decided?
Tsurumaki: Like Mary, I hope that Asuka will also be related to the story. Since the decision to make the new theatrical version, suspense was unconsciously set up. Although Asuka in the script stage had many scenes and lines, but did not assign its role in the new story. Asuka did not have a decisive influence on Shinji and Rei, and to put it bluntly, there was a feeling of being a bit noisy character in it. Because Asuka is very popular, I also hope that she can be related to the story.
——What is the reason for being related to the No. 3 incident?
Tsurumaki: The advice given by Sadamoto accounted for a large proportion. Adhering to the tenet of "If there are more than two of the three, Toji, Asuka and Nagisa, maybe only one of them can draw it well", because this is the experience of drawing manga, so I think Very important. In short, there is no time to carefully characterize these three people. When the TV version of the No. 3 incident was set as the climax of a section of the film, Asuka's description had to be downplayed. The current situation is that there is no Asuka scene in the script story. And after the incident of Unit 3, Asuka's role has been drastically reduced. Rather than replace her with Toji. I told Anno the advice I got from Sadamoto.
——This is a modification based on the movie. Has this proposal been adopted immediately?
Tsurumaki: No, the opposition from the production staff is very strong. Even I find it a little scary. Anno may not be able to accept it at first, but he should have made the decision to change the No. 3 incident at a very early stage.
——In the end, the fact that the third unit was driven by Asuka also added to the impression of breaking the film, giving the audience a great impact. Another representative said, "This is something completely different."
Tsurumaki: When I started the production of this new theatrical version, I felt that the concept of "cutting down and retraining" should be put into the movie. Carriers are hard. Kind of like Apocalypse Now. Filming locations in the jungle far from home, language barrier, never-ending itinerary, lack of budget, the filming situation of the production crew shooting the Vietnam War overlapped with the mentality of the soldiers who participated in the Vietnam War and the United States in the quagmire of war, very good Synchronized story. Therefore, the new theatrical version cannot do such a thing as "cut down the TV and retrain it and put it on the screen". Changing the story itself puts a lot of pressure on the production staff, on the characters in the play, and on the audience as well. To add all the factors together can feel like a movie.
——It will be very interesting in this way. Is it because the producers and the audience held their breath in anticipation?
Tsurumaki: I was immediately rejected when I discussed with Anno, "How about this?" "I hate this, it doesn't work." (laughs). It was indeed a bit different from the easy-to-understand story direction that the new theatrical version was going to show, and it was decided at that time that it couldn’t be done. But in the end, it still became a little bit of that flavor. . . . . .
Tsurumaki: I was immediately rejected when I discussed with Anno, "How about this?" "I hate this, I can't do it this way."
Tsurumaki: When discussing with Anno, "How about this?" He was immediately rejected. "I hate this, I can't do it this way."
Tsurumaki: When discussing with Anno, "How about this?" He was immediately rejected. "I hate this, it's not okay."
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