Talk:Neon Genesis Evangelion (anime)

Further reading

Trawling through WorldCat, I noticed two books that might be worthwhile future sources:

• Evangerion kenkyu josetsu., by Kabutogi, Reigo. (OCLC: 63073050). A Japanese book held in the Toronto Public Library (of all places). It's listed as fiction, but it's description is "Pedantry of neon genesis evangelion", which seems to me to indicate it's criticism of some sort, and so potentially useful.
• On a more conventional note, "Neon genesis evangelion: the unofficial guide" (2004; ISBN: 0974596140), by Kazuhisa Fujie, trans. by Martin Foster, is in English and explicitly about "mysteries and secrets". Certainly sounds useful, and odds are we could cite quite a bit of speculation from it, which would definitely be good. I've used this.

So! Fellow editors: keep your eyes open for these books! (If you read Japanese and live in Toronto especially!) --Gwern (contribs) 01:04 18 December 2006 (GMT)

Timeline

I'm having some trouble tracking down some Anno quotes. There's an April 14 1996 radio interview (shortly after the March 27 finale) where Anno famously said "anime fans need to have more self respect" and need to "come back to earth", but I can't find a transcript.

This also says "According to Anno, from episode 16 on, he began reading books about human psychology and became very interested. He wanted to explore "what the human mind is all about inside." "I wrote about myself. My friend lent me a book on psychological illness and this gave me a shock, as if I finally found what I needed to say," he says in the November Newtype." which I think would be a bangup source to use for some of the psychology-related {{cn}}s, but I can't really verify it. --Gwern (contribs) 04:43 10 March 2007 (GMT)

Ok, I'm satisfied with what I have for the latter issue, but I still have diddly-squat on the radio interview. :( --Gwern (contribs) 06:02 21 March 2007 (GMT)

Australian revenues

Not really sure where to put this:

'Anime series Bubblegum Crisis was the first officially licensed title, but early success required a cash investment from his family. Anderson's mother put up $A20,000 to help pay for the rights to anime masterpiece Neon Genesis Evangelion.
"My mum has a lot of faith in me," he laughed. The hunch paid off, with SBS Television buying the broadcast rights, gaining exposure that caused video sales three or four times above expectations.
"We paid something like $US20,000 and grossed $A1.5 million," he said.'[1]

--Gwern (contribs) 19:12 29 June 2009 (GMT)

Another source for an Oz broadcast:

"Anime will continue to seep into the mainstream market in the USA, Europe and Australia. The recent broadcasting of EVANGELION on Australian TV and the positive response is a very groovy sign."

http://www.ex.org/4.1/09-bts2.html --Gwern (contribs) 04:40 13 December 2009 (GMT)

Assorted accolades

From http://afufu.net/freewill/2008/03/anime-reviews/ which has pulled together a nice list of praise-reviews: NGE TV:

“Neon Genesis Evangelion is a worthy successor to Top o Nerae: Gunbuster! and Secret of Blue Water…It will very probably join the likes of Super Dimensional Fortress Macross and Mobile Suit Gundam in the ranks of the groundbreaking mecha series. This only shows that, contrarily to the rumors, Studio Gainax was not dead. It was only taking a breather and preparing its next attack upon the unsuspecting animation world.” –Protoculture Addicts
“If there is one series out there worth buying more than once, it’s Neon Genesis Evangelion” –Protoculture Addicts
“Mysterious and ornate as EVA’s conspiratorial story of esoteric theology and ultra-tech mecha is, it is Anno’s resolute urgency of NOW that burns through, and it was (presumably) this thing that audiences in Japan sensed – that because this anime show had actually MEANT something to the real person who made it, it might mean something real to them as well.” –Animerica
“One of the greatest anime series of all time…” –MTV.com

Of the Platinum releases:

“Neon Genesis Evangelion was anime’s perfect storm. It’s a phenomenon like Star Wars, Harry Potter or The Matrix. Plenty of works are going to try to reproduce it, but ultimately it will stand apart.” –Aint It Cool News
“You’ll enjoy the ride” –Chris Johnston, Newtype USA
“…still ahead of its time on most levels.” , “The story itself is among the top sellers for a reason, the sheer quality of the show befits a premium release on DVD, but the value of the new set will be likely to get a lot of people off the fence and pick this one up.” –Don Houston, DVD Talk
“‘If you haven’t seen it make an appointment to view it when it airs on Cartoon Network, then pick up the, at this time definitive, Platinum Edition. It is a work that is best suited for a format that allows the viewer to pause, rewind, and rewatch.’” –Scott Green, Ain’t It Cool News

It would be well worth-while to track down the original articles. --Gwern (contribs) 21:32 30 January 2010 (GMT)

Mainichi Times articles

Good news! Someone managed to dig them up from somewhere: http://forum.evageeks.org/viewtopic.php?t=8990

Unfortunately, that doesn't include the episode reviews/summaries, but we can't have everything. --Gwern (contribs) 01:13 28 April 2010 (GMT)