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Neon Genesis Evangelion
JAPAN · 1995

Neon Genesis Evangelion

existential crisis psychological trauma coming of age human connection apocalypse
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Synopsis

A promotional VHS tape showing clips from the first few episodes of Evangelion before the series was released.

Cinema Atlas Connection
Perfect Blue, Paprika, Neon Genesis Evangelion...

He frequently cited inspirations from his youth that shaped his outlook on cinema, from Alain Resnais' Last Year at Marienbad (1961) to Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris (1972) to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).

— Hideaki Anno  ·  MUBI Notebook
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