[EVA] Eva in Kare Kano

[Gwern Branwen]

On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 4:17 AM, R_J_N <r_j_n at btopenworld.com> wrote:
> KKNJ has some very similar music to Eva in places. Also by Shigeru of
> course.
>
> Eva 1.01/11's panoramic scenes of Tokyo 3 people reminded me of RSF's ones
> immediately.

Hm. I missed that one entirely. A good reason to rewatch Honneamise, I suppose.

> Eva & Nadia. http://www.thesecretofbluewater.com/nadieva-i.htm
>
> Noriko also has a poster for a mecha anime, can't remember what though.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Clark" <aaronc1 at umbc.edu>
> To: "The english-language evangelion mailing list."
> <evangelion at eva.onegeek.org>
> Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 6:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [EVA] Eva in Kare Kano
>
>
>> It's a well known fact that Gainax is one of the most referential anime
>> studios around.  They often reference and parody their own shows as well
>> as the work of others.
>>
>> I don't think there's a work they've made that doesn't reference something
>> else they have made.  Royal Space Force may be the exception, as it was
>> their first, and especially serious, however, I'm sure if you look hard
>> enough, you'll find something from Daicon or another anime series.
>>
>> A few that come to mind:
>>
>> Gunbuster
>> Norkio has a poster of Naussica, which Anno had worked on
>>
>> Otaku no Video
>> Tons of references, including the Daicon Bunny and Gunbuster
>>
>> Evangelion
>> Shinji equals Nadia, Ramiel looks like the crystal from Nadia
>>
>> Kare Kano
>> A lot of visual references to Evangelion, among other series
>>
>> Abenobashi
>> a parody of the AU from episode 26 of Evangelion
>>
>> FLCL
>> References to Eva, Haruka dresses up as the daicon bunny
>>
>> Konomini
>> The blonde scientist has a drunk moment like Misato in Evangelion
>>
>> ETC
>>
>> --Aaron

Those are all good examples, but most of them are pretty subtle. The
FLCL one - ignoring the similarity of the live-action ED to KK's
live-action EDs - is quite subtle; no doubt most viewers simply took
Haruka's bunny action as referring to the original Playboy bunnies,
and not the more proximate intended allusion. Or Gunbuster - a poster
is very subtle indeed and easy to miss.

What struck me about KK is how unusually blatant the visual borrowings
are, and how they extend to even unimportant details (the family pet
is named after Pen-pen!); so I was hoping for a solid critical source
documenting this to include in the Wikipedia article - any article
that doesn't include these close ties between KK and Eva TV (ties
which are closer than what is currently presented as the mere
coincidence that Anno directed both) is an article that is failing its
readers.

As well write an article on the Aeneid which mentions the Odyssey and
Iliad only in passing!

-- 
gwern