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It has been said that in some ways Evangelion is Anno's critique to what he
saw as wrong with the mecha anime genre of the time. Lists of shows that
Evangelion has influenced abound, but what were the titles that Anno was
critiquing?


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What animes or trends in anime was Evangelion a response to?


<http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2002-06-11> Anno is not really
critique anything in particular. He came up with the concept of EVA when he
was going through depression. It is a coming of age story and offers ideas of
living the life that he and Gainax thought were important for life. The show
does play homage to series like Ultraman; and is littered with hidden
references. Most of the food in the vending machines were discontinued
favorites that the animators liked (the junk food market has a quick turn
around with many flavor varieties being limited edition).

I would recommend watching [Blue Blazes (Aoi
Honō)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aoi_Hon%C5%8D). This J-drama has Anno and
other members of Gainax and does show a little about who Anno is and how
Gainax made the Daicon (Diacon 4 in particular) opening that made them famous.

I would look at ME! ME! ME! This recent music video is a much straight forward
critique on how anime is consumed by Otakus in Japan.

Otaku no Video is another cool OVA to check out. Made by Gainax it is
something of an autobiography into how the studio was created.


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