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It’s shocking and good that a seemingly ordinary-looking kid was actually being used as a clone, but I think it’s really thanks to someone like Ayanami that the template for clone girls was created.
>>2Ayanami isn’t she a descendant of Plugsuit Two?
SEGA!?
>>3I approached Bandai and others to become sponsors, but I was constantly rejected, and just when I was wondering what to do, only Sega came to my rescue.
As you know, it became a huge hit, but not only for the game, but also for model kits and other toys, all the licensing rights belong to Sega, which will cause Bandai some trouble for a while.
It seems that there was a story that the initial proposal wasn’t about androids in the first place.
Thank you, SEGA.
A girl wrapped in bandages from Muscular Girl Band is completely white.
Mana is here.
SEGA always stays ahead of the times.
Who is this to the left of Shin-chan?
>>9Process of elimination for Asuka…?
>>14That’s to the right, isn’t it?
It has a Kirishima Mana-like quality.
>>9It’s probably Kirishima Mana.
What is that mysterious pose?
It’s a pose of hands that seems unaware of nights without dancing.
It’s cute, like a prize from a crane game.
Gross dog.
A person who can transform into a cat…?
Is the one in the upper left Kaworu?
>>20Killing a cat feels like suicide, doesn’t it?
Shin-chan looked so cheerful that it was no good.
Bandai, feeling the backlash from missing out on Eva, became a sponsor for just about anything that had robots for a while.
I think the estimated Asuka is a bit dorky and good.
Seriously, was there such a background to it…
SEGA was really good at business, huh…
>>25No…
>>25I can only see the future…
Not looking at the past or the present…
>>65When we were making the Saturn, we started designing it as a machine that could completely port arcade 2D games! At that time, Sony was focusing solely on 3D and it became an amazing machine, so we thought we could also do 3D, which led to adding more chips. When Nintendo included a 64-bit chip, we claimed that since we had two 32-bit chips, we were on the same level as 64-bit. It seems they weren’t looking into the future.
>>76I’m living only for the live feeling…
In this case, I wonder if the founder of the Ayanami clan in later years was Hoshino Ruri.
That one is quite emotional, so it’s a different thing.
I’ve heard that when it comes to pixel art, it’s common to use distinctive colors to make it easier to understand.
It looks like a design that would match Megumi Hayashibara’s voice…
That girl has a really interesting vibe…
Yukiho is here!
Asuka’s complexion is completely drunk.
>>32Kyo…!!
What kind of image is this?
A prototype-style fan art based on Sadamoto’s prototype Asuka, which is something hard to understand.
Since the early concept of Eva had a design similar to a Getter Robo imitation that was purple and didn’t transform or combine, it was natural for people at the time to express their doubts.
Isn’t it like, if you make Gundam feel more like Eva now, it would be cool? I think we’ve definitely gotten our revenge enough by doing that.
>>35Bandai showed reluctance because the heroine being covered in bandages was a bit… of a rejection reaction for them.
In a situation where others are mostly similar, I casually accepted to take a commercial slot for the next-generation console release for the company I’ve always admired, Sega!
SEGA seems to be doing a surprisingly good business around its copyrights.
When they made Project DIVA for PSP, they secured the rights to Miku’s game all at once and made a huge profit…
Although it was inevitably due to the era, it was also TV Tokyo that broadcasted it, so I wonder if there was really zero public attention.
It may not have the catchiness of the current Ayanami, but this is still…
This is good as it is.
When you look at Gainax on Wikipedia, the finances are terrible, and to cover the deficits, they keep coming up with new projects… continuing to produce masterpieces.
With the money coming in from eroge and merchandise, it’s a bit strange that Director Anno has become somewhat corrupted, and both Okada and Yamaga are struggling more than I thought.
>>41I remembered how the Ishin Shishi in Rurouni Kenshin became an ugly pig corrupted by power.
>>41But the end of Gainax was really a disaster, wasn’t it…
>>58It’s really terrible that it feels like it’s been long over for the main product, yet it’s only surviving on its past name value.
>>41In good times, we could throw away profitability and create things haphazardly and still survive.
I’ve seen the project proposal from the time of “New Genesis.”
The rough sketch of the first unit has a Patlabor color.
A plot where middle school students pilot artificial giants to protect the peace of the town.
The atmosphere is quite different.
>>42Is it the initial version that feels more robust, with Gendo standing and shouting “Evangelion!”? Or is it one from further back?
>>54It brings back memories.
That’s it.
However, the confusion when I was shown the manga version and the pilot episodes 1 and 2…
It has become similar to Gunparade.
Everything is just a draft.
This Shinji-kun seems quite reliable.
Ah, so that’s why Asuka was playing a SEGA game!?
Wearing a lab coat and shouting “Evangelion!!!” is slowly becoming amusing, so I recommend it.
Proto Ayanami → I have seen it.
Protosynch → I’ve seen it before.
Proto-Asuka → I’ve seen it before.
Nagisa becoming a cat → I don’t know… Did we have such a draft…?
>>49What do you think, Misato?
Bandai’s decision to reject it was reasonable since it was impossible to predict that the Eva design would sell.
It’s uncool to cozy up after hitting it big.
>>50I turned it down at that time… so I can’t prioritize my pride and miss out on the business opportunity.
>>50The design itself isn’t that cool.
I love the group photo below because it is hopelessly lacking in charm.
Putting aside parodies and such, I thought it was a work that presented a certain freshness characteristic of that era.
It’s interesting to think that there was also a mundane phase before creating that new façade.
Was that the Proto-Eva from episode 26?
>>56It seems that there was a lot of chaos during the planning stage.
Why would you create fan art with a theme like this?
This resembles Shinji’s dad…
At that time, SEGA had connections with the executives of Comiket.
I was considering various plans for a bring-your-own project aimed at otaku customers.
It was just one among many like that.
I seem to have hit the jackpot…
This is the initial draft by Dr. Gendo Tenma.
“` PD4 * Ikari Gendoh IMAGE BOARD by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto Gendo Ikari – Haha June 14, 1999, Toho Animation. GAINAX’s “Vitamin Implea IV” Recording It’s you who will give me a break… Of course, in Japan too, it can be done honestly. I can say that since they are already appearing. Each road can be seen from the shoulders… I just laugh, but also think about it! Ahaha, it has been read over there too, so it’s already become messy (laughs). Moreover, it is natural to have to pull something toward you, which is another laugh. I might bring you a person just like other staff, but you won’t be able to pick them up. Surely, if you say something like that… *laugh* People who are better known than to write it out, no matter what it may be, tend to abandon it. Huh, Mr. Kawa is coming, and you will bring them along. What in the world… if it’s the original crap, it’s really something else. However, if that’s the case, it’s not just that, and no matter what, I think about this. There are also people who are made to think about it, but anyway, it’s about the self… *laugh* A voice *laugh* *laugh* “`
I like this one better.
>>64It might be that the incomplete form looks new and fresh because I have been looking at the completed form for a long time due to that hit.
I don’t know how to put it, but it really feels like the Reiwa era.
Shinji looks like a background character.
The initial design concept for the three Eva units was a thicker and more conventionally cool robot.
I remember this.
Is it that most people don’t know about it now?
Eva is not contracted by Gainax, but by Tatsunoko Production.
The long-established Tatsunoko backed the project and it was approved.
Sega in the past was amazing, wasn’t it?
Since it was after the royal and top and Nadia, it wouldn’t be surprising if the project went smoothly, but there were some ups and downs.
>>74Rather, the budget and schedule were chaotic with Nadia, so the sponsors are getting anxious.
The red belt looks lame, Shinji-kun.
>>77It might be the 2nd Rider’s belt.
I remember that they said they chose colors that highlight the features when creating pixel art for the Sadamoto Eva comic books.
This zero-type machine is nice.
This mysterious pose is addictive.
It’s crazy to say that the only thing I had was fame because I didn’t put money into the production committee.
There is a sense of Ueshiba Riichi.
Sega-kun is probably just shooting randomly, and sometimes his shots happen to hit; he’s not really thinking about it.
Ayanami was not Mizuno Ami.
By the time the top was finished, Gainax was unable to come up with the next project they wanted to do, so Okada was running a (dirty) business by diverting the budget from a casual OVA project he had started. He continued to be told, “I have lost faith in you, Okada-san.”
And then it was decided that Akai and Okada would play PC eroge, and when they created and sold things like Denno Gakuen, ADV, and Purime, they made a fortune.
It seems like this Eva will end with a comical feeling until the very end.
Shin-chan, who seems to originally be quite a passionate character, has a bright demeanor.
So, what is it?
No matter how you look at it, the initial wave girl who is just a common bobbed-hair middle school student nearby.
Do you want to watch an anime about actually being your own mother’s clone?
>>89A heroine who is extremely bright, kind, and gentle to herself.
Actually, if I were to become a mother, that would be even more shocking.
There’s someone like a temari doll, and it’s funny.
>>90What the heck is this?!
There was such a trend.
I heard that Okada has an exceptional talent for bringing in money.
Well, I’ll take some of the money I brought and set it aside in my personal office.
>>92She’s also lazy about women.
It has a Hayashibara character feel.
But even with this initial wave, it seems like it would burn the otaku’s brain intensely.
It seems like someone who is still in Gundam recently…
That’s nice.
I remember the color image of the Unit 01 in the pre-publication advertisement for Shonen Ace being a low-visibility design with a white base.
Sega is too competent.
>>101At that time, since we were making hardware, we were putting a lot of effort into advertising, so we had many sponsorships for anime.
Reias Blue Seed Nadeshiko
The non-ordinary aspect of the light blue hair in the character design, which is closely aligned with realism, is nice.
I think there were several image illustrations of O-Tada like this.
Did I pose like this…? Maybe I did…
I mean, it’s like an image of a blank sheet.
This Kaworu cat seems to appear around the middle of the first season.
When I see Shinji (temporary) having fun, I feel a bit annoyed and might turn into Gendo…
This Ayanami probably wouldn’t say something like “because I’m the third one.”
This Shin-chan doesn’t seem to get sick.
The plush toy looks like a prize from a UFO catcher.
Incredible dullness.
However, there might have been more of a sense of middle school students working hard to defeat monsters here.
I can’t help but think there was this kind of deformation 30 years ago.
That’s a design that totally resonates even in modern times!
>>112You are decades late, way behind the curve…
>>112On the contrary, the current art style incorporates the feeling from that time.
The style circulates like fashion.
I wonder how it gets to that from here.
It feels more like a 90s robot anime rather than Evangelion.
PenPen and Misato haven’t changed much…
It seems like the Eva is about to launch manually due to a power outage at the base.
It certainly is an amazing trend of deformation that has come back around a few times…
The game of Evangelion made by Sega was created before the anime aired.
Somehow, all the characters are slightly different, and they’re using BGM that was rejected in the anime, making it quite rich in flavor.
A work from Sega that was considered particularly premature.
>>118During the live broadcast, the commercials between the episodes of the amazing series with weekly previews featured Sega’s Eva game…
>>118The voice actors record their lines before the anime, so their performances end up being a bit different…
I can tell that you like Sega and Eva.
I think you understand, but it’s fan art, okay?
SEGA’s involvement from the early days was known for the extremely rushed Saturn version of Eva that was released at an abnormal speed (during the anime’s broadcast).
My shoulder is red, but what is this?
>>124A vague genre called “fantasy drawing” based on the early draft?
By the time the game was released, the original work was already in a state of chaos.
Many fans have found healing.
Ah, it’s a fake.
That’s quite a good picture.
I want to see the materials collection that included the early proposal that was released around the second year of broadcasting.
It’s not the thread image, but there’s a solid initial draft that looks like the thread image.
>>132The initial draft is really like this, I want to see it too.
Sega has the foresight to implement online gaming even in an era without flat-rate connections, so they tend to take on seemingly reckless projects.
It seems like they might do a reinterpretation like Gundam.
I want this world, which balances the original world and the world of the movie, to be animated as well.
Manager! No dark developments!
>>136The visuals are too lame, so I think a training plan would be fine if we were to do it.
What an ugly cat.
If you Google “Sadamoto illustrations,” you will find the early concept designs for Evangelion.
>>138
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>>138Even though he is a newcomer manga artist from over 40 years ago, there is too much of a difference in drawing ability between Sadamoto and others.
I think I’ve seen the latter part of the scenario plot repeating the phrase “depicted human drama” somewhere.
>>139I love how many of those initial ideas make you wonder how to stretch them into a 20-minute show.
If there weren’t any interesting Eva games, that would be something.
Is it around Eva 2?
>>140Steel Girlfriend!
>>140From the second installment, Sega’s game adhered to the original story settings, properly welcoming guest characters and becoming a decent game.
Other than Sega, it seems that there was a backdoor with Panpre where they could borrow the rights from Sega for the Saturn, and they managed to successfully introduce it into Super Robot Wars F.
Wasn’t there relatively early on in the initial settings collection that Ayanami had some shaggy hair…?
The girl demon from an old manga by Seigen is the prototype or something like that.
I never thought it would be a content that would sell for about a quarter of a century afterward.
Isn’t this just an idea to trick sponsors, presented as a super trendy robot character?
>>143When I brought the design of Eva Unit 01 to SEGA, I was famously told, “Nice! I love the design of this antagonist! …So, where’s the main mech?”
Rise! Evangelion!
When I searched for images of the early concept of Eva, I could see glimpses of it here and there.
The word “NEET” has been around for this long…
>>150At that time, NEET was neat.
>>150Used in a way like “cool.”
Not Employment Education and Training
on the side of
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>>150It’s neat in English, isn’t it?
It means to be proper.
>>160As an English word, it has that meaning, but among otaku, it particularly meant “cool and in-the-know.”
>>163I thought the editorial department was oddly provoking, but it turns out that was the opposite of what it meant.
The director Anno was told by the producer, “It doesn’t have much visual impact, does it…?”
“If it were to become a game, it would be better if it’s easier to understand when it’s in pixel art, right? Like having red eyes.”
That’s the flow in which the sponsors gave the go-ahead, highlighting Director Anno’s sense.
It wasn’t the age of dots anymore back then…
>>152The handheld gaming devices still had dots…
You became a cat, Kaworu-kun.
The fact that the TV version of Evangelion aired and ended in that twisted way of “congratulations, thank you” was due to the times or the fault of Director Anno…
>>157I had no time at all, so it turned out like that.
>>159Ah! I can tell that this is going to collapse! The first to sense it and call was Hayao Miyazaki.
>>162Since Shun called, I wonder if the movie version ended up being that much.
Was it because it had no effect when I called?
The main reason for the TV version isn’t the darkness of society or Director Anno’s philosophy, but rather that there was no time…
If I couldn’t summarize and forced it to end, something became popular, so you never know what will happen.
We used up the entire budget given to us by Sega for the men’s battle, so after that, it became a picture-story show.
I think the scene was something intense.
>>164Ah, that’s what a man’s battle is like.
It’s amazing to think that after a full circle, Gainax has disappeared from the TV version’s credits, leaving only Tatsunoko Productions.
Is this what it was like!?This can also be played back with Megumi Hayashibara’s voice…
If unreasonable methods like Anno’s become the norm, all animators will be ruined.
Yoshikazu Anbiko, who was considering retirement.
In other words, by the time of the TV version, the attack on NERV headquarters in Air was clearly scripted, so it really feels like there just wasn’t enough money and time to make it happen.
When Bandai’s Murakami Emperor commented on Eva.
“A purple, hunchbacked robot won’t make the children happy!”
I like it because it feels very much like Emperor Murakami.
>>170So that’s why you properly prepared both the blue robot and the red robot.
When I reached a point where I couldn’t do anything with the production and threw myself into it in desperation, I somehow ended up creating an anime that has a remarkably intense and compelling feel to it.
The memory of Wednesday evening, when I sat in front of the TV in stunned silence after watching the final episode, will last a lifetime.
People don’t really say “otaku” anymore, do they…?
I still wonder why only the last person was behaving properly.
Is the color of Ayanami Rei’s hair the same as Sega’s logo?
>>177“I’m bringing it from the protagonist of ‘Uru’.”
If you have blue hair, red eyes, and fair skin, then going with dots will be perfect! That’s the choice.
This Asuka has freckles and her skin is a bit dark.
>>179This Asuka is almost exactly like the initial design.
About six months before the broadcast, Hayashibara was passionately talking about it on the radio, but I wonder how much of the dubbing was done at that time…
>>180Speaking of which, around May, Ms. Miitsu was promoting Eva at the event venue.
I think they mentioned something about up to two episodes.
In the end, where does the setting of becoming the cat in the upper left come from?
Was there such an initial setting?
Wasn’t Kaworu-kun added later, or is there an initial concept for him?
Speaking of NEETs around here, it’s Avante…
Did Kaworu-kun also exist from the very beginning?
The moment they brought out the script instead of just voice-over lines in the next episode preview…
I was thinking… it’s become something amazing…
It just feels like ordinary freshness, this thread image.
Thinking back now, the setting of becoming a cat was picked up in ANIMA.
Fluffy Misato is cute.
I wonder if it was not enough to just say “please forgive me with a recap” because I couldn’t make it on time back then.
>>192There was an episode like that, so well…
>>192Next time
NERV
Birth
Life
At that time, I was a kid, so the shock of suddenly having my favorite Turtles end and switch to Eva was quite significant.
In the end, Uru was handed over to Yamaga without being created… and various things happened…
Use manpower to focus on certain areas and eliminate others to create energy savings! It’s all about presentation! The contrast between the areas of focus was amazing.
This Asuka doesn’t seem like it will become popular…
I laughed when the elevator stopped moving for about 30 seconds.
When Anno goes, he discusses plans for Gainax’s TV robot anime with Mr. Ushi and Mr. Tsurumaki.
I tried to suppress the poison to the point of just hinting at it, and then I saw my mentor’s bald head watching V Gundam.
“I received a revelation that it’s okay to present such destructive cult ideas up to this point.”
Bandai has been tentatively confirmed as the main sponsor and is coming to see the design to understand what kind of main character machine will be produced as a model kit.
“The purple demon robot and the cyclops enemy robot look great, they seem evil. Which main character machine will defeat them?”
“That is the main protagonist machine, Evangelion.”
The next day, I received a call that Bandai was dropping out as the main sponsor.
Anno-kun violently destroys his own locker at Gainax.
Just when we were talking about how the main sponsor dropped out and this project would probably be shelved, a strange businessman appeared.
“I want to make a weird robot anime, but there’s a lot of confusion, right?”
When I asked about their affiliation, they said they were in sales at the game company SEGA.
It was a given that the New Year’s broadcast would have a recap since it was the norm back then.
There were anime with a total of two recap episodes even though they only had one season.
There is something captivating about a strong villain-like design as well.
Devilman and so on.
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