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Sunday, April 14, 2024 21:15, UK
Fans of popular properties are known to express their displeasure when things don’t go their way, and that dissatisfaction has been amplified by the advent of the online age, where negative opinions tend to be loudest. Masu. But one enterprising anime director decided to make the best of a bad situation and turned the death threats he received into a movie.
This really goes back to the late 1980s, when Michael Keaton was announced as the lead in Tim Burton’s Batman, angry letters poured in at Warner Bros. headquarters, and it was the backlash for The Last Jedi. It has also been taken over by Lucasfilm, which caused a huge panic. The Rise of Skywalker was ruined as a result, while Sonic the Hedgehog was postponed and reworked after it was quickly noted that the original design was truly nightmare-inducing.
Anime has always been a hotbed of boundary-pushing storytelling, unfiltered imagination, and all kinds of weirdness, but no matter how unique any project seeks to be, myths People who invest in always try to let you know when they don’t know. Happy. Hideaki Anno discovered that firsthand when Neon Genesis Evangelion ended with his 26th episode in March 1996.
In fact, the only reason End of Evangelion was made was to stem the wave of discontent that the TV series’ ending left a bad taste in many people’s mouths. Abandoning the main plot in the final episode, many fans demanded either a completely new ending or a different finale that would resolve many of the still unanswered questions. As a result, it was decided to wrap up the loose ends in a feature film.
In the story, Shinji Ikari, Rei Ayanami, and Asuka Langley Soryu will pilot the titular mecha and fight the angelic threat, this time without offending people. In one memorable scene, characters experience vivid hallucinations tied to a potentially world-ending prophecy, and seemingly random and unrelated images appear, including text, the exterior of a destroyed building, and a child’s drawing. will be done.
Not only was this building the real headquarters of the anime company Gainax Studios (it was defaced by fans furious at the way Neon Genesis Evangelion ended), but many of the letters were sent to Anno, who decided the best way to kill him. It was a preview. To deal with the anguish of having a group of people who had previously been such vocal supporters of his work, it was necessary to string them together with a sequel designed specifically to appease them.
Hell hath no fury like an angry fan to grind with an axe, but in a roundabout way, the end of Evangelion not only provides an even more delicious climax for those so enraged, but also by forced handiwork. , let them have their cake and eat it too. The creative team’s desire to finish the story under different terms than originally planned also appeared in the final cut.
