This is actually a story that no longer needs a synopsis:
In 2015, 14-year-old Shinji Ikura came to the third new city of Tokyo at the request of his father. On the same day, a huge monster called the apostle struck. Because the first qualified person, Aya Pori, was seriously injured, Shinji, who had never received any training, was pushed into the insertion bolt of the humanoid robot EVA No. 1 machine, and successfully killed the apostle, and then became a hero when he arrived in the new class.
If the content of this story is really as simple as the summary of the above-mentioned elementary school Chinese abbreviation training style, then it will be the most common and normal "radish film", and the reason why it becomes EVA, and whether you look at it or not Anyone who has ever been can say a few key words familiarly. They are the screams of the weakest male protagonist in history, the smile of the cold girl, the collapse of the "Genius Sunshine Girl", the smile of the last apostle, the hidden secrets of the cruel father, religion Mythological metaphors, Freudian imagery, a large number of obscure proper nouns, unintelligible TV version and the final two words, even more unintelligible and quite "horrible" theatrical version, N versions The end song and OST of cheating money, and the non-stop peripheral money grab plan that has been broadcast since 1995 and has continued for more than ten years...Hey, it is only eight years since 2015.
This is still a story worth discussing again and again:
"Juvenile resistance to adult society" is a theme that often appears in animation, but because the creators of animation are all adults, the story fell into a paradox from the beginning: It’s really difficult for a teenager to elaborate on this topic well (comic or novel, maybe it can be done by a child alone, but it’s basically impossible to make animation), and an animator as an adult has experienced subjective After the past years have eroded and objective business considerations and compromises, how can it be ensured that the theme of the story will not deteriorate? ——Even if I took the story I wrote when I was fourteen or five years old as the original plan, the final one must not be the original story.
It is often said that successful artists are children who will never grow up. This sentence may not be appropriate here, but it is difficult for producers who forget the rebellious and perplexed mood of their teenage years to really do this kind of subject matter. It has to move people's hearts. But Anno Hideaki is actually not just Peter Pan hiding under the skin of an uncle who has a beard...He is a lunatic first, and the entire GAINAX company is a lunatic.
The company’s other famous deeds have nothing to do with the theme. I will not give examples one by one. Let’s talk about EVA alone. Although its popularity at the time, it cannot be separated from the wave after wave of publicity offensives and the hot sale of body models (this is the original And the most normal peripherals, as for the now out of the Apostle pillow, LCL bath lotion and other unbelievable embarrassing products are something later) and the charm of beautiful girls, but in the final analysis, in 1995, it was able to launch such an unprecedented person in an epoch-making manner. It's a kind of crazy courage in itself to come as a useless male protagonist.
The protagonist Shinji's existence can actually be said to be a compromise between Ayanami and Asuka. He was weak, autistic, resisting the warmth of others, and ran away from home aimlessly on the Shinkansen, which made many viewers feel distressed. Sometimes he also wants to become strong and grow up-when he was scolded for "You are a boy!" At the time of the blessing of water... However, what makes people feel distressed is that the world has not undergone any beautiful changes because of this young man's efforts.
Let alone the development of such a plot in 1995, even now, it is not the model we like and are used to. What's more, Zhenzhi was originally a cowardly child with a little inferiority complex. Unlike Lulu Xiu, he clearly knew that he was destroying and that he was becoming Shura, but he firmly believed that he must also believe that he would be able to rejuvenate the world-but Zhenzhi He was still a young man who didn’t want to think too deeply about many things and protected himself by this. Driving the No. 1 plane gave him the dream of "becoming a hero to defend the earth" that every boy has in his bones... But he is getting more and more. The more I feel that this dream is not the case, and the more I can't see where the way is.
Ayanami, as the most famous three-no girl in history, the initiator of the "bandage dress" trend, was praised as a goddess because of his indifferent, silent, icy, clean, and non-eating fireworks. In fact, he is the most hopeful of the three protagonists to grow up. , Or the one that (should have been) grown most obviously. As a copy of Shinji’s deceased mother, Ikyuu, who was raised by Ikyu Commander, there was only that man in her eyes, the one that Ikyuu loved, and is the only person in the world who cares for her, even though he smiled at her. Perhaps what he was looking at was actually his dead wife. As for her to pay attention to Shinji at first, whether it was because of the maternal instinct of Ikari in the depths of the soul, or because of her own mind, it is difficult to tell very clearly (but whether there is "soul", "heart" and "self", Ayanami himself It's not very clear), but the changes and fluctuations are obvious. The magic of midnight starts to take effect. It is not "no", but this doll who "does not understand" emotions, and soon will grow into a real girl...just magic Before she fully manifested her spirit, she chose to blew herself up. Before the light and heat drowned everything, the phantom that appeared in front of her eyes was the face of Commander Ikura-afterwards, wrapped in unnecessary bandages, she silently listened to Shinji in the hospital saying "It's great." "No, you're not dead", is another doll who has forgotten the magic.
As for Asuka, this proud genius girl who has graduated from college at the age of fourteen, and a precocious girl who hates dead kids of the same age and only admires the blessing of good governance by mature men, is the most resistant to the adult world. In the front and middle part of EVA, Asuka's red hair and red body and red body are the brightest colors in the whole story, and they are also the rare source of laughter in the film before her debut. But conceit and low self-esteem have always been separated by a thin line. The more she pretended to be strong, the more arrogant she was, the more she wanted to be outstanding, the more she concealed her scars, and the more completely she collapsed and the more desperate she fell. What's so great about the driver who was chosen to protect humans? If my mother would rather hang himself, she is just the torn doll. The world of filthy adults is full of lies. She has no place to go back, and she slumps in the bathtub in the ruins in a daze.
If you follow the general thinking, the story of three children like this should be how a doll who does not understand feelings becomes a real human being, how a weak boy learns to be truly strong, and how a proud and fragile girl reveals the true Smile... But in this real and crazy story that is also an adult, they are too late.
No one of the adults in EVA can do the so-called gentle and tolerant gaze, let alone become an "environment" where the wounded children can heal and grow up, because they really don't have that free-at most Provide some polite comfort, or attention that is insufficient. Shinji's guardian, the cheerful and sloppy silly eldest sister Misato, is already the most "parental" adult, but she has doubts about herself first.
Like all adult supporting roles in juvenile robot animations, she feels helpless that she must rely on a group of children to defend the world; and as an adult, it is inevitable that she must preach to her children something she doesn’t believe in, not to mention her questioning the organization she belongs to. ; As an individual of Katsuragi Misato, she also has many worries about her goals, love and past events... But she is an adult, and her pain cannot be vented. There is nowhere to escape the predicament. Ritsuko Akagi, who has been depressed and silently jealous, is like no one can tell whether he is using his wife for his career without feelings, or because the loss of his wife is too sad and he has become the personal commander of the source of immorality.
Although I have seen many EVA mythological textual researches and EVA analysis comments from the perspective of religion at the beginning, but in the face of this big animation I have seen since I was a child, as a materialist with a strong roots, I am more willing to give up all symbols. And metaphor, look at it as the most mundane and most mortal story,
When I was in middle school, when I saw EVA for the first time, I always said without hesitation that I like Misato and Kaji, and Nagisa, who is very beautiful and dislikes Shinji. As for Asuka and Ayanami, I like them to the same extent. And now, when I look back at this story, I still like Misato’s character and style, blessed persistence and style, but there is no longer the admiration of adults who compare themselves with excellence and freedom. What I see more is their wandering And struggling; Nagisa Kaoru is still very beautiful, but she has too little human aura and should not be evaluated with the other five people; in the liking of Ayanami and Asuka, the feeling similar to "liking for girl idols" has also disappeared. But it’s still difficult to tell who I like better—because of the three children, I always look at them together and see the tripolar personality, emotions, feelings, and the same worries and anxiety in their bones. In fact, we I have experienced intricately, so this tells me how to distinguish, who is who, and how can I forget. In the process of transforming from a teenager to an adult, I have been accompanied by EVA to today's time-the total Those of us who have a strong sense of substitution for those children have grown up to be normal adults, at least not harmful to society.
So here, I want to return to the topic at the beginning: When an overseer with the status of an adult who has experienced the world tries to portray the story of a "boy who resists adult society", then what he wants to do is to vent from The rebellion against society that has been suppressed in childhood, or is it to mend the injuries and mistakes made by resistance, rebellion, and confusion in the youth?
Anno was clever and did not say happily. Only the unsolvable puzzles will be remembered forever, the imperfect ending will be remembered, and the inconclusive propositions are worth repeating--just as the unintelligible cartoon is EVA.
But in the end, just like a real "Five Star Story" FANS will never drag innocent passers-by to jump in that extra-large sinkhole, as a viewer of EVA for many years (like me who can't even remember the names of all the apostles) Count FANS), I also want to remind everyone seriously, you must be cautious when jumping the EVA pit, because
this is definitely a story about the character of the main creative team:
First of all, from the perspective of fans of the authorities, let us recall the sweet youth shared by most EVA audiences: At the beginning, at the end of the last century, I learned about EVA under the bombardment of a lot of new animation information magazines. Then, because of the announcing party members discovered from the production list of Hayao Miyazaki Animation and the "Sapphire Mystery" that has been broadcast many times on TV, I felt that I was destined to meet EVA. Then, at the beginning of this century, we encountered "Sky Eagle Warrior 2000". After that, we were invulnerable, even facing the evil god Saber and the "Chinese Novel Version" "Hire of Goss". Later, in 2005, the tenth anniversary of EVA, when some of the poor students now have the ability and enthusiasm to buy the original peripherals, everyone began to feel youthful, thinking that EVA has become one of the most important memories of a generation... Finally, in 2006, I would like to talk about a not-so-universal but very embarrassing past: In the
early autumn of 2006, the scene of the second impact commemoration (also the birthday of Nagisa Kaoru) on September 13th, I am very affectionate. Wrote an EVA nostalgic article, and just a few days before the article sighing "EVA has become a memory of a generation" was published, the current Japanese "NewType" (also should the scene of September 13th?) announced : "Neon Genesis Evangelion New Theatrical Edition" was released in early summer of 2007 (the latest news is that the ticket has been bounced until September this year), a total of four, (at least) will be screened until 2008...
The moment I heard the news, I was in the same mood The rush of the first machine, the full of sentiment about the life of the youthful time has become the grunting LCL together with the completed human beings-I am wasting my brain cells to express what kind of feelings and what kind of old ah I ! Anye, you scumbag has been holding the same movie for ten years and cheated money. Why don't you just cheat until 2016 and become the first person to make up for it!
Cough, the venting of resentment is over, and I return to the identity of the bystander Qing to continue talking.
The so-called EVA new theatrical version is currently set to be the first part, the second part, the second part and the final chapter. STAFF is still the original madman of the mad company GAINAX, and the CAST lineup is also the same as the legendary "Dragon sets to the name" The unknown Asuka’s father is the mark, and the first machine roar that is more memorable than Shinji’s scream is Hayashihara"... According to reports, the new theatrical version will be based on the name of "parallel world", with old pictures and new pictures added. Mode to illustrate new stories with the same timeline as the TV version but with completely different content. A large number of new settings will be added without making people feel obscure anymore (Who believes it!) Naturally, other surroundings have become more intensified.
Although I watched the trailer of the first part of the new theatrical version and heard the 2007 version of "FLY ME TO THE MOON", there was a moment of nostalgia that made me want to cry, but more of my thoughts were "All hallucinations! All scams!" "Even the manga version that has been serialized intermittently until now that Nagaki Kaoru has just been killed, but also from "Sadamoto, who is very delicate and serious in drawing, has been infected by the ruffian virus and turned into Fujian's first-rate draft." The suspected evidence of "Is it the king" has become a "conspiracy! It's a conspiracy! The comic version has been delayed for more than ten years and waited for the ending with the new theatrical version!" Such a conspiracy will enable EVA to remain in the limelight for twelve years with just one work, rather than several generations of UC Gundam?
And finally, the last time I talked about the ruffian leader Anno Hideaki, the instigator of the big conspiracy that may exist, one of the many lunatics in GAINAX. What I can't help but want to ask him is, are you an adult or a child, and do you remember how the uncle's skin was changed back to Peter Pan? You still can't catch your naughty shadow, have you forgotten the way back to the Neverland? Show off your most cherished toys to us again and again, will you feel tired? And do you know what kind of toys can be liked by current children? There is also Neverland, that many former children can still hear the sound of the waves hitting the shore, but never landed on the shore. In the end, do you want to evaporate it into an untouchable mirage or rebuild it? Disneyland where all the people have fun?
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