“Evangelion” has “ended” a minimum of thrice. The first time got here in 1996, when the ultimate episode of the unique “Neon Genesis Evangelion” TV sequence aired. This was adopted, although, by a trio of theatrical encompasses a 12 months later, culminating with the unambiguously, however in hindsight very inaccurately, titled “The End of Evangelion.” Then, after a decade-long break got here the beginning of the four-part “Rebuild of Evangelion” film sequence, which itself took 14 years to achieve its conclusion with 2021’s “Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time.”
And but, even with all these endings, there’s an opportunity that “Evangelion” nonetheless isn’t actually over. Series creator Hideaki Anno spoke with Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun in an interview printed earlier this week. While the impetus for the interview was the Hideaki Anno Exhibition that’s at present being held on the Kanayama Minami Building Art Museum in Nagoya, “Evangelion” inevitably got here up throughout the dialog, as Anno was requested if he had any concepts for a continuation of the Eva sequence, or of letting another person take the helm for the franchise, to which he responded: “Hmm…there probably are some ideas like that. And I think it’d be an option for someone other than me to be the person to make it. There’s the question of whether or not there’s a business case for such content, or whether it’d be interesting or not. It’s not like I’ve decided ‘We will never make Eva anime again!’”
Within the identical interview, the 63-year-old Anno additionally mentions that he’s “thoroughly exhausted” from his workload over the previous three years, by which he wrote and directed “Thrice Upon a Time,” wrote and produced “Shin Ultraman,” and wrote and directed “Shin Kamen Rider.” “I think I’m OK with not directing anything for a while” he muses.
The prospect of a brand new “Eva” anime with somebody aside from Anno in cost is an enormous query mark. While the franchise has an iconic visible aesthetic and a uniquely constructed world, many followers would argue what actually makes “Evangelion” so compelling is its deal with the interior turmoil and determined seek for id and function that consumes its characters, a lot of which stemmed from Anno himself going by way of such private struggles. “Rebuild of Evangelion” is usually seen as a captivating reevaluation of these questions by an older, wiser, and rather more professionally profitable Anno, and with their sky’s-the-limit budgets and luxuriously lengthy manufacturing and run occasions, it’s arduous to think about a lot, visually or narratively, they have been unable to do What’s extra, and as a spoiler to the tip of “Thrice Upon a Time,” the present finale to the “Evangelion” anime ends on a contented, peaceable notice, one which looks like the entire sequence’ conflicts have been resolved.
Altogether, that will recommend that any new “Evangelion” anime must both undo the present ending or deal with a special storyline (and maybe characters), and with out Anno’s hands-on involvement and private philosophical probing, there’s the query of whether or not a continuation to “Evangelion” would actually really feel true to the sequence. Still, if Anno does determine at hand “Eva” off to another person, that will assist maintain his schedule clear to direct the long-hoped-for continuation to Studio Ghibli’s “Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind.”
Sources: Jin, Asahi Shimbun
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