“God knows I'm not perfect, either. I've made tons of stupid mistakes, and later I regretted them. And I've done it over and over again, thousands of times; a cycle of hollow joy and vicious self-hatred. But even so, every… — Hideaki Anno Copy Share Image
The fact that you see salarymen reading manga and pornography on the trains and being unafraid, unashamed or anything, is something you wouldn’t have seen 30 years ago, with people who grew up under a different system of government. They would have been far too embarrassed to open a book of cartoons or dirty pictures on a train. But that’s… — Hideaki Anno Copy Share
Characters in animation do not cheat. They do not let you go for another. Animation is on certain points, very close to the pornography… — Hideaki Anno Copy Share Image
Evangelion is like a puzzle, you know. Any person can see it and give his/her own answer. In other words, we're offering viewers to think by themselves, so that each person can imagine his/her own world. We will never offer the answers, even in the theatrical version. As for many Evangelion viewers, they may expect us to provide the 'all-about… — Hideaki Anno Copy Share
In school tests, there's only one answer for each question, and you might get zero or half points if you're wrong. But in the… — Hideaki Anno Copy Share Image
“I wish that I could turn back time cause now the guilt is all mine can't live without the trust from those you love… — Hideaki Anno Copy Share Image
Eva is a story of repetition. It is a story where our protagonist faces the same situation many times over and determinedly picks himself… — Hideaki Anno Copy Share Image
Evangelion is my life and I have put everything I know into this work. This is my entire life. My life itself. — Hideaki Anno Copy Share Image
Fundamentally, Eva is just my life copied out onto film. I'm [still] alive, so the story hasn't finished. — Hideaki Anno Copy Share Image
“God knows I'm not perfect, either. I've made tons of stupid mistakes, and later I regretted them. And I've done it over and over… — Hideaki Anno Copy Share Image
It's strange that ''Evangelion'' has become such a hit - all the characters are so sick! — Hideaki Anno Copy Share Image
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