[EVA] French interviews with Anno

[EB]

I remember hearing something about the A-10's being the name for the
interface headset, as well as them being a "physical" interpretation of
maternal love, needed to connect with the Eva.

I'll have to check but it does sound like something that ties on the
A-10/neural connection/eva synchronization/mother-child motiff.

On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Gwern Branwen <gwern0 at gmail.com> wrote:

> re: <http://lists.onegeek.org/pipermail/oldeva/1997-September/005110.html>
>
> > Interview with Anno in French magazine:
> > "According to Studio Gainax's press release, when
> > humans fall in love or feel close to their family, the part of the brain
> > labeled A-10 comes into play. Strangely, the pilots of EVAs have to use
> > this part of their brains to "merge" with their EVA. That makes them
> > warriors of LOVE, with the power of LOVE to protect their loved ones."
>
> Any possible connection to this?
>
> <http://lists.onegeek.org/pipermail/oldeva/1997-September/003351.html>
> > So here are 2 bits of an interview with Anno from the french magazine
> > "Animeland" (#32):
> > AL: Did you get any complaints for using christian concepts ? Angels
> > are supposed to be good, that seems not to be the case in Evangelion.
> > Anno: I don't know much about the christian religion, and it wasn't
> > my intention to approach it or to criticize whatsoever. Having said
> > that, wasn't Lucifer an angel himself before his fall?
> > [...]
> > AL: There seems to be a recurrent message in your series: That no one
> > can live alone, or apart from a group or an ethnic entity [?]. Why
> > such a message to the otaku, although they live in a world relatively
> > apart?
> > Anno: One can find whatever message he wants to find in any film or
> > series. I didn't want to tell this or that message in particular, but
> > the fact that you think about it like that is already positive. I did
> > Evangelion to please myself and to please the fans of animation, trying
> > to bring together the largest audience possible.
>
> I've been unable to reach the Leonard Tai listed. I've tried
> contacting a few I found online, but none seem to be the right one.
> (If there's one thing I've learned, it's that even names one would
> expect to be relatively unique like 'David Blanck' or 'Leonard Tai' -
> aren't.)
>
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