I watched Lain and GitS before I watched NGE, and by that time NGE looked relatively simple, almost looking like a pale imitation of what the others were trying to pull off, despite it coming before either of the anime series (although GitS was a manga at the time).Izanagi009 said:
My issue is that it now seems like a lot of anime studios and publishers are pandering to us in a way that pisses me off. They start treating otaku like money purses instead of people with artistic needs and people keep buying the stuff up even if it sucks. This is why we can't have cheap box set: they know the most devoted will buy no matter what and so they focus on them instead of appealing to all audiences out there. It also leads to the mass proliferation of fanservice items such as hug pillows and cheap promotion like the Doritos. This has not helped the reputation of otaku at all as they keep buying this stuff upGordon_4 said:I wish they'd sold those doritos in Australia
Mind you, its an interesting thought; can something be both deep and meaningful AND a commercial franchise at the same time? Rei, Asuka and the Evangelions are anime icons now, and it would be remiss of any company not to cash in that; especially since Evangelion merchandise is popularly responsible for basically resurrecting Studio Gainax. I myself contributed by buying (at vastly inflated prices), Evangelion action figures.
In this case I don't think the rampant commercialism undermines any of Evangelion's messages, whatever you think of them, but now I have this funny idea that perhaps in the show, part of Nerv's operational budget was from this merchandise and the thought of Shinji shilling a happy meal is just comedy gold.
Well played, Grey, well played.
I read the GitS manga and really liked it and its messages on transhumanism. I wouldn't say Evangelion was simple but that the method of expressing their messages were different. Eva went straight for the throat with dark imagery, violence, and mental damage that drove many into depression based on anecdotal evidence . GitS i would say went for a more subtle approach, presenting a world filled with the technology and issues while having a good amount of quiet moments to allow people to sit back and think about what they saw.hentropy said:
Pinkamena said:
What's kind of funny is that this from Rebuild 'cos Mari's there. Yet what strikes me is that now Gendo has shaved and is smiling, I can sort of get why Yui Ikari might have been attracted to him.Aptspire said:The best one, imo, is the razor.
Especially since the joke is actually really funny.shadowmagus said:
I thought it was Pizza Hut that was in Code Geass and promoted to an insane level with cheese-kun becoming a meme.Desert Punk said:Actually advertising during anime has been going on for a while, and still goes on.Izanagi009 said:
One of the biggest examples I can think of is that Dominos the pizza place helped fund the creation of Code Geass, so when CC was obsessed with Pizza, she was always eating out of a Domino's box. For some strange reason though they removed the Domino's references from the actual animation when they imported it and dubed it in america. I have seen product placement in other Anime as well from time to time.
And if I recall correctly hollywood has been doing the same thing since the 80s, so dont worry, its not just us nerdly folks that are getting the purse strings treatment
