Very interesting. Personally, I've never felt that the self-re-iteration of NGE happens to the detriment of 'narrative'. But that might be bc as I exclude any franchising and so on as a given. Hm.
too long to excerpt here fully but azuma has written that "Anno flirted with the impossible task of constructing a grand narrative in the 1990s, but in the end it proved impossible..."
I've never been interested in fan-made work, so this was really interesting to read to better understand folks who are interested in it.
Very interesting. Personally, I've never felt that the self-re-iteration of NGE happens to the detriment of 'narrative'. But that might be bc as I exclude any franchising and so on as a given. Hm.
too long to excerpt here fully but azuma has written that "Anno flirted with the impossible task of constructing a grand narrative in the 1990s, but in the end it proved impossible..."