wallisninety-six:

Protagonist rises up.
From Gainax, all directed by Hideaki Anno (庵野 秀明)

  • Gunbuster (1988-1989)
  • Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990-1991)
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995-1996)
#rvi series#evacinematography#nadia#gunbuster#nge: i can learn to love myself

kōshoku ichidai otoko/the sensualist, dir. yukio abe (1991)
neon genesis evangelion, dir. hideaki anno (1995)

#misato katsuragi#ryoji kaji#evangelion#nge#the sensualist#yukio abe#rvi series#evacinematography#nge: cycles of hollow joy#nge: that's different than being weak

Stills of a cat, breast, and eye from End of Evangelion. The breast presumably belongs to adult film actress Maiko Yūki, who was popular at the time and credited on the film by name.

#evangelion#evacinematography#analysis#nge

recurring visual imagery: head shake + disbelief
neon genesis evangelion, dir. hideaki anno (1995)
end of evangelion, dir. hideaki anno (1997)

#misato katsuragi#maya ibuki#evangelion#nge#nge: cycles of hollow joy#rvi series#evacinematography

recurring visual imagery: mother + draping
neon genesis evangelion, dir. hideaki anno (1995)

#misato katsuragi#shinji ikari#yui ikari#evangelion#nge#nge: cycles of hollow joy#nge: i can learn to love myself#nge: anywhere can be paradise#rvi series#evacinematography

recurring visual imagery: door sign + home alone
neon genesis evangelion, dir. hideaki anno (1995)

#shinji ikari#misato katsuragi#evangelion#pen pen#nge#rvi series#evacinematography#nge: cycles of hollow joy#nge: i can learn to love myself

end of evangelion, dir. hideaki anno (1997)
love and pop, dir. hideaki anno (1998)

#misato katsuragi#love and pop#hideaki anno#evacinematography

recurring visual imagery: crossed arms + sidelong glance
evangelion: 2.22 you can (not) advance, dir. hideaki anno (2009)
evangelion: 3.33 you can (not) redo, dir. hideaki anno (2012)

#misato katsuragi#nge: cycles of hollow joy#nge: here comes the biggest threat#evacinematography#rvi series

teaandamovie:

2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968), Neon Genesis Evangelion (S01E02, The Beast, Kazuya Tsurumaki, 1995).

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#evacinematography#meta

Remember this jarring cut? This is such a bizarre, unnatural perspective to emphasize what looks on its face so painfully benign: Ritsuko leaving a bar. I always wondered if the ice was supposed to resemble floating icebergs; it was only until someone else confessed to having the same thought that I realized that this frame may hope to emphasize more than Ritsuko’s absence. Ritsuko is leaving Misato alone with Kaji, a man who reminds Misato of her father. Their resemblance invokes the terrifying source of trauma Misato must constantly revisit throughout the series. The source of which traces its roots to Antarctica. 

I always dismissed this cut as accidental, and unfortunate. Now, I’m not so sure.

#ritsuko akagi#ryoji kaji#nge: cycles of hollow joy#nge: it's illogical#nge: that's different than being weak#dr. katsuragi#analysis#evacinematography
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