I have found a fresh way to look at multimedia.
This post is me ranting around Neon Genesis Evangelion, because that's how I came to the discovery, but these are not the point at all.
It's fun to see why, in terms of raw human experience, Eva (TV) got popular and inspiring for many, and how it could be possible to make what would have a more potent form of the impression it gives. I'm not viewing it as some model anime whose recipe must be followed to the T for any concept or premise as if that's the best way for anything. It's also helpful to observe the commonalities between other works, so it's possible to understand them better.
What features make a work of fiction an "Evangelion-like"? The lucid importance of each can be talked about for as much as it can be guessed intuitively, and being concise is possible.
IMPORTANT I.1 Large mechanized units are the working horses of the main cast, additionally serving as little as a third point in a contrast network that also involves at least the main cast and the "outside" world.
I.2 The
focus of the sentiment is on Mono no Aware. It's okay if the work does not abide by Mono no Aware in a traditional manner.
I.3 The work is at least light sekai-kei: it's only the consistent focus on a relationship between just two specific people that is optional. The main point is in the disproportionate,
reality-warping relevance of relationships between the key cast.
I.4 The work has a welcoming mythological quality to it; it shouldn't merely count as an origin of a myth for any sequel — it should continue from at least a borrowed myth, if not the one it had handcrafted for the plot.
I.5 At least some of the main cast could be said to be common sense sensibility people put into a myth. Note that relatability without shared sensibility is possible.
OPTIONAL AMPLIFIERS FOR QUALITYO.1 A kuudere character is featured within the main cast. Emotional detachment in face of I.4 amplifies I.2, I.3, and I.5.
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