Xu Qingru's various imaginative settings of "EVA" certainly deeply attracted the veterans of the "Aiyou" company, so they are full of passion for the perfect production of this animation.
When this project was announced, those two-dimensional fans who had been fans of her for "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" were of course full of expectations for this animation!
"It's actually an anime about mechas. It's so exciting. I like this theme so much!"
"To be honest, compared to magical girl themes, I feel that mechas are more romantic for men!"
"Nonsense! Mechas are for weaklings, but macho men love to watch magical girls!"
"I definitely recognize Xu Qingru's imagination. I just hope that this "EVA" will not be as depressing as "Puella Magi Madoka Magica"..."
"Probably not. Mecha-themed anime must be enjoyable. Just watch the bloody battles and it's all over!"
"Yes, Xu Qingru still knows cool writing very well. After all, she was responsible for the original "The Condor" which was pretty cool. We can definitely look forward to working on "EVA"."
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The trend of public opinion this time is definitely favorable. After all, Xu Qingru's screenwriting ability has been fully demonstrated through the previous "Puella Magi Madoka Magica", and then the extremely popular "The Condor" manga once again proved her ability. With such talent, of course everyone is looking forward to her next animated work.
But obviously, people who guess that "EVA" is a "cool novel" will definitely be fooled. It is not a good novel. The setting of the male protagonist is very awkward, and there are all kinds of literary and stream-of-consciousness tricks. It fits Xu Qingru's "artistic girl" persona quite well.
This time, the promotional resources for "EVA" are also full, mainly the animation "Puella Magi Madoka Magica", which has really made a lot of money for "Eva" and also trained the animation production team, so everyone is interested in "EVA" 》In fact, I am more confident.
Around the end of June, the promotional warm-up for "EVA" reached its peak, and its theme song "Cruel Angel's Action Plan" was also released first. It is clearly the promotional MV for this animation.
Xu Qingru personally sang this classic anime song, and then captured the hearts of countless ACG lovers. Everyone was already clamoring for her to attend a music festival or hold a concert directly.
When the time comes, she will definitely be able to see how neat and uniform the movements of these supporting otakus will be, and how deeply loved she will be by them!
The effect achieved by the promotional MV obviously exceeded the expectations of the "iyou" company, but they also had to sigh with emotion, Xu Qingru was really awesome, both in music and painting!
After that, "EVA" was broadcast on time as the "new show in July", and its opening chapter was——
In 2015 AD, a giant humanoid creature appeared in the world. The dispatched United Nations troops called the creature "the Apostle" and attacked it violently, but all failed. Even the most powerful N2 bomb only slowed down the pace of the apostles in a short period of time.
At the same time, a young man named Shinji Ikari received a letter from his father who had been away for ten years, and was summoned by his father Gendu to the NERV headquarters underground in New Tokyo III.
Facing his son whom he had not seen for a long time, all Commander Ikari said was: "Get on the EVA."
Shinji refused to accept the order, but when he saw a seriously injured girl about to take off in Unit 1, he changed his decision.
Without special training, Shinji synchronized with EVA to fight the apostle. After being launched, Unit 1 confronted the third apostle. Because Shinji was not familiar with the operation and had no actual combat experience, the movement stopped after being attacked by the apostle on the head.
After Shinji fell into coma, Unit 1 miraculously restarted. In an out-of-control state, he defeated the apostles with overwhelming combat power.
Faced with the indifferent attitude of father and son, Misato Katsuragi asked Shinji to live with her. Misato expressed her appreciation for Shinji's combat achievements, but Shinji wished that these words came from another person.
This is the content of the first two chapters. In these two chapters, there are actually many things that readers find extremely exciting. The first is the setting of the third apostle Water Angel, which is extremely exciting. It feels very imaginative in every aspect.
Secondly, there are the descriptions of science fiction aspects such as the underground caves of New Tokyo City, EVA Unit 1, and force fields, which are amazingly imaginative.
Moreover, the animation uses a lot of special effects that are comparable to blockbuster movies. The effect is quite explosive. The entire animation is gorgeous and exquisite. Xu Qingru has brought her best painting style to the extreme!
Compared with the first two chapters of "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" which were relatively unremarkable, the first two chapters of "EVA" set off a plot climax, which was Unit-0's violent counterattack!
Xu Qingru's version of "EVA" was originally based on the original animation, but she made the pictures more exquisite and tall, and the characters more beautiful. The rest of the changes were not big, and a strong sense of consciousness was also used in the work. Flow techniques, a lot of religious and philosophical images, full of style.
Even the title of each episode has a Chinese main title and an English subtitle. For example, the subtitle of episode 4 is Hedgehog's_Dilemma. Hedgehog means hedgehog and Dilemma means dilemma. The meaning is that the hedgehog wants to give warmth to its friends, but the closer it gets, the more it will hurt others.
In fact, in the third and fourth chapters, it already shows the style of stream of consciousness.
Shinji's life has changed dramatically since he became the pilot of EVA, but in some ways, he was reprimanded.
Just like the protagonists in many dramas who fight for humanity, their existence is regarded as a threat by people.
The fourth apostle was independently eliminated by Shinji, but no one would think of him as a passionate savior. On the contrary, his resistance to the environment based on his negative concepts left a deep impression on people. This kind of Way of thinking, I believe many people feel the same way.
You want others to care, but you also create a character that makes people unapproachable. The contradiction will eventually evolve and you will start to hate yourself. Running away is just a small manifestation of this psychology.
In the fourth episode, in order to describe Shinji's emptiness, the background changes from urban to natural scenes. This technique is called literary abstraction.
Audiences who have watched "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" before should feel familiar and say that this method is so right. It is indeed Xu Qingru's style!
But stream of consciousness is stream of consciousness. If you don’t go into the various symbolic meanings and just treat it as a sci-fi special effects animation blockbuster about “Ultraman fighting little monsters”, you can actually watch it very much. It’s EVA anyway. Beat the apostle.
The depiction of Ayanami Rei in the fifth episode left the audience with a full sense of suspense and expectation. After all, she is speechless, heartless and expressionless, and looks as delicate as a doll. Everything about her seems to be a mystery.
Just reading the first five episodes, you can find that "EVA" is actually a work with many interesting points. However, those readers who like to watch strong protagonists will be very unhappy with the entangled and cowardly Shinji Ikari. In addition, Some people are just the opposite. They like the delicate psychological changes and expect the cowardly Shinji Ikari to become strong in the end.
The focus is on the growth of the protagonist!
As Xu Qingru's classmate and a loyal fan of "The Condor", Zhang Ye naturally went to watch this animation after "EVA" was broadcast.
First of all, he felt that the theme song of this animation "Cruel Angel's Action Plan" was so good!
Next, just in the first episode of this animation, he was attracted by the novel world of various science fiction settings constructed by Xu Qingru.
He was amazed by her imagination and immediately became interested in the animation.
Like the previous movie "Puella Magi Madoka Magica", he only watched the first episode and then gave up. It was too boring and he didn't have the patience to watch the rest, even though it later exploded in popularity and various memes became popular. , and he was not interested in savoring it further.
Zhang Ye didn't pay attention to the metaphors in the various details of "EVA" at all. He felt that the storyline was quite simple and easy to understand, and the characters were very beautiful, which made him feel quite comfortable after watching it.
A slight flaw is that the male protagonist is too cowardly. If he enters the animation to replace the male protagonist in driving the EVA, he will definitely do it without saying a word. How can he be like the male protagonist's mother-in-law?
As expected, Zhang Ye still prefers Guo Jing, the protagonist in Xu Qingru's "The Condor", he is a real man!
Afterwards, the animation plot unfolded, and the violent counterattack of Unit 1 also shocked him. He found that the grand battle between such large robots was much more exciting than the fight between two martial arts masters!
For some reason, a sentence appeared in Zhang Ye's mind - mechas are the romance of men!
There were battle scenes in the first three episodes, and Zhang Ye was very excited to watch it. He was completely fascinated by the EVA thing that looked like a large robot. He said that if such a figure comes out, he will definitely buy it and collect it. .
Just based on these three chapters, he decided to follow this animation!
But the fourth episode made him frown wildly - Xu Qingru's stream of consciousness and strong literary style really appeared. This kind of writing that uses an entire episode to describe the inner changes of the male protagonist can only be done by Xu Qingru. Anyway, he I don’t like this sentence, and I also hate all the stream-of-consciousness techniques. Of course, the most annoying thing is the cowardly escape of the male protagonist!
But Zhang Ye didn't know that what he didn't like was liked by other people. They felt that Xu Qingru's use of this stream of consciousness scene in the animation was a huge innovation, using various images to depict men. The Lord's psychological changes are also particularly compelling.
By the fifth episode, there was one thing that made him excited at once, and that was that Xu Qingru also played a classic scene in harem comics, that is, driven by the will of the universe, the male protagonist reaped the benefits from Ayanami Rei …
At this time, Zhang Ye finally became really interested in this animation because of the character Ayanami Rei!
In fact, Ayanami Rei had appeared earlier, but since she didn't appear much, he didn't pay too much attention to it. However, in the fifth episode, he felt that Ayanami Rei's image suddenly became fuller. This is a set A very extreme female character - speechless, heartless and expressionless, completely unlike a real girl.
But he was fascinated by this girl with blue hair and red eyes, no expression, as delicate and beautiful as a doll. Only then did he truly understand the cuteness of the "three noes"!
As for the character of Rei Ayanami, what completely made him fall for her was precisely in the sixth episode that just aired!
Chapter 6 has another battle plot that he likes. This chapter revolves around the attack and defense against the fifth apostle. At the same time, it is the chapter where the "Positron Cannon" appears. The battle is of course very exciting, especially what Rei Ayanami did. The piloted Unit Zero is finally dispatched!
The user of the "Positron Cannon" is Shinji Ikari. Ayanami Rei piloted Unit Zero to perform a defensive mission. The two beams of heat energy from the Apostle plus particle cannon and the Positron Cannon flew past each other. The Apostle was shot down, but Ayanami Rei blocked Ikari. In front of Shinji.
At the end of the animation is this plot——
After Shinji Ikari rescued Ayanami Rei from the melted Unit Zero, Ayanami Rei said: "I'm sorry, I don't know how to face you at this moment."
Shinji Ikari responded: "Just smile."
Then Ayanami Rei, who had been expressionless, was surprised at first, but then she burst into a very faint smile, which was an incomparable goddess smile.
The goddess Rei Ayanami of Sanmu smiled, what kind of cute contrast is that?
At least Zhang Ye was deeply touched at this moment. Ayanami Rei's protection in spite of danger before and her faint smile now made him extremely moved!
"Ayanami Rei's Smile" has naturally become one of the most classic scenes in the entire animation!
In the earth world, Ayanami Rei was the ancestor of the "Three No Girls" and had a profound influence on the subsequent ACG world.
She possesses extraordinary indifference and calmness, and has a quiet but straightforward personality. She is a girl as beautiful as ice and snow. She is silent and stays away from the crowd. No one can guess her thoughts. Her smile has become a symbol. Many people say that Rei Ayanami is the coldest heroine in the history of animation. She has no emotions and is as cold as ice. She is really cold to the extreme.
Ayanami Rei's greatest character may be the little bit of expression in her almost non-existent expression - the famous Ayanami Rei's smile. It is just such a smile that creates this character's rich emotions.
Ayanami Rei, who was born in nothing, fought for the unnamed bond with the Ikari family and her son, and gave up her life. It can be said to be a divine act. And it was this persistence that created a human heart that she did not have.
Rei Ayanami is the new third form of loneliness: unsocialized and distant from the material world, and she is more extreme than the form of loneliness that refugees survived after World War II. In this sense, Rei Ayanami is an international character, a three-no-shoujo.
Rei Ayanami is no longer just the heroine of "EVA". She has set a benchmark for female characters in the entire animation industry. She is a legend in the ACG world, a myth that can almost never be surpassed, and a character who has won every episode since her birth. With less than three lines of dialogue, he has been ranked as the No. 1 animated character in Japan for many years. He is a super popular idol. No female character can truly take her place.
Rei Ayanami's smile is naturally regarded as the most classic picture in "EVA".
Of course Xu Qingru understood the charm of the goddess’s smile, so she also put a lot of effort into instructing the animation production team to portray this scene. She spent a lot of thought on this scene because she didn’t want to blaspheme the classics, she just wanted to make the classics become More classic!
So with the joint efforts of Xu Qingru and the production staff, the "Smile of Goddess Ayanami" in the sixth episode conquered almost all the viewers who watched this episode!
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