[EVA] EoTV vs EoE

[RJN]

> RJN wrote:
>
>>Anno said he leaves it open. He has never said EoE replaces/makes 25 & 26
>> obsolete.
>
> For the former, is there an actual quote somewhere?

Yes, in a Nov 95 or 96 Newtype IIRC. But The Protculture Addicts 
#75(?)(Escaflowne cover), the one that covered AX96, in which Anno was a 
guest, had an interview with him, & an article with his quotes on 
inspiration, & reactions to Eva.
>
>> The big difference between TV & EoE is that TV Shinji does not go through
>> the hell EoE Shunji does.  After killing Kaworu TV Shinji goes into his
>> mental slump, Gendou & Rei do their thing & Complementation is set going,
>> So no production Evas, no mental attacks, it all happens more or less to
>> Gendou's plan.
>
> EoTV doesn't show much of what's happening "in real life", so it's all 
> rather ambiguous exactly WHAT is going on...... Towards the beginning of 
> #25, they depict a lot of the psychological confusion and turmoil that 
> might be occuring internally during the equivalent of Shinji's "slump" in 
> EoE (and they provide the scene of him and Misato talking at the beach as 
> a sort of bookmark). Although, yeah, you're correct that a lot of the more 
> "hellish" content is absent. "GWAAAHHHH MY EGO CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE 
> EVERYONE MUST DIE!!!" Maybe it was too much for NGE's timeslot...

The way I saw it, having seen Eva TV before EoE.  The TV is self-contained & 
not needing an elaboration. 25 & 26 can (& IMO should) be taken as a 
separate, independent, work of art, storytelling, & ending.

Eva TV. Shinji returns to save NERV yet again.  He's already psyched-up over 
Toji, Gendou's betrayal, confusion over his mother, Rei II dead, then Asuka 
being hospitalised & comatose, the school evacuating, Rei returning (III) & 
being cold...& Misato's detachment with her new pre-occupation following 
Kaji's crusade.  Then Shinji's final chance of happiness, his new friend, 
turns out to be public enemy #1 & Shinji has to kill him - which he does his 
fondness having turned to bitter hatred. So he's churning mentally & 
physically.  If he had the power THEN, he would have self-destructed the 
world in anger.  Not mentally imploded.  TV & manga Shinjis are closer than 
EoE Shinji.

The main plot differences are 1) Anno changed Shinji from his TV-self, to a 
much more traumatised boy than 24's ending leaves him, and there is no 
interference from SEELE.  That really is where the TV & EoE plots diverge. 
No external hacks or shutdowns, Gendou goes right ahead, as he is 
anticipating reprisals, but *gets Complementation started first* using Rei 
(who might also be slightly different).  As a consequence there is no attack 
to fight off, Asuka need not be evacuated (hence *her* chapter in 25, which 
"mother" replaced in 02-in-the-lake in 25').  Shinji is not needed in 01 
again & the "Seroph ritual" torture does not happen.

Misato & Ritsuko...kill each other.  The final breakdown of friendship & 
standoff.  Misato catches Ritsuko, shoots her, walks away.  Ritsuko is not 
dead, still holding her gun, eaten up with hate, shoots Misato in the back 
killing her & falls back dead. Or it just be angry "wish" images from 
TV-Shinji's mind, symbolic images of his rejection of their institution & 
authority.
RJN