The new theatrical version of "EVA" is also the final chapter of the work, bringing a new ending of "Evangelion: The End", after the release in Japan, the popularity has not stopped, the box office has been refreshed, and now the box office has reached 4.9 billion in the 2 weeks of release, although there is still a gap with the degree of popularity of the "Devil's Blade Infinite Train", but it is also quite an amazing level.
NHK TV also broadcast a special program that recorded how the main creative staff made the theatrical version of this 2-hour-long film, and it was a long-term follow-up shooting, fully integrated into the production team, and it is said that the tracking shooting time lasted for 4 years. The general director of this work is the famous Hideaki Anno. He has now devoted himself to the new feature work "New Ultraman", and the completion of the final chapter of "EVA" can be said to be a relief for him.
However, Hideaki Anno's dedication to the work did not make the director who worked at the bottom suffer. Because the title of this work is called "EVA: Final", in order to make a new idea, Hideaki Anno plans to make animation in a new way, that is, let the real people interpret according to the script, and then make the action captured by the real shot as a component mirror, and then make the animation according to the storyboard. However, after the attempt of director Tsurumara and Ya, Hideaki Anno still planned to do it himself, but after completing it, he was not satisfied, and finally planned to start from the script level and start from scratch, which can be said to make director Tsuruma and Ya "aggrieved" and bitter.
Director Kazuya Tsuruma is one of the directors of Karasha, the production company of EVA, and was once a big guy at GAINAX, participating in the painting of "The Mystery of sapphire", the performance of "Leap to the Top 2", the director, the storyboard, and the drawing. There is no doubt that it is the backbone of the Kara Society. Even so, Hideaki Anno, who has more say in creation, has no choice but to let him start again. It is said that in this documentary by NHK, Tsuruma and Ya's good looks are basically not seen.
And the documentary also specifically mentioned that Hideaki Anno often threw out a sentence "I have no idea" when meeting... Let the other creators also be dumbfounded. And there will be a lot of shots of Hideaki Anno, Who is in a daze and leaves a sentence, "It's useless to shoot me."
After nearly 4 years of "torture", this theatrical version still meets with everyone. Japanese "EVA" fans still have enthusiastic expectations, after all, it is the memory of a generation, but it can also be seen. How complicated and difficult it is to make a time-long theatrical version, it requires the creator to pay attention to all the energy in it, and racking his brains may not be able to have a good idea. I was impressed by Hideaki Anno's words
"Movies that the public likes, I mostly think can't do it." It can be seen how difficult the road to artistic creation is, and it must have its own unique perspective, and the technology and obsession to realize its own unique perspective.
What about EVA: The End? Whether the public agrees or not, I think it is not important for Hideaki Anno, what is important is to complete a process of transcending oneself.
Now that Hideaki Anno has begun to make "New Ultraman", perhaps close-up is the focus of his future creation.