The fight between Anno and the studio
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — His and Her Circumstances
IkuharaKunihiko — 20 years ago(May 05, 2005 09:44 AM)
Don't you think it's sad when you find out that Hideaki Anno left this anime because he had a fight with the studio. I mean, I love this anime, but the end is awful!
I posted Anno's argument here on trivia. Apparently Anno wanted to make his own details in the story, but the studio ordered him to follow the story from Manga tightly. Being a creative and original director, Anno finally quit this anime in the last episodes.
What a shame! Even more when you think how many animes didn't follow the Manga story at all and still got away with it! -
SW_Jones — 20 years ago(September 17, 2005 07:06 PM)
I agree. When you compare the final episode of KareKano to the beginning of the series, the final episode was nothing short of pitiful without Anno's creative input. It was almost as if they were mocking Anno's original final two episodes of Eva. And what was up with the use of the Star Blazer's fanfare at the beginning of the final episode? Nothing but original music had been written for the series up until that point.
With Love Hina they at least ended by tipping the hat to the manga and keeping the Love Hina Again OAV loosely based on the manga's 12th volume, shortening it only for time.
One can only hope the integrity of the second season of Hellsing remains intact when they finally release it in Japan, and inevitably, here in the West. -
gheshtal — 20 years ago(January 22, 2006 01:02 PM)
Remember, though, this is Anno we're talking about. Had he had his way with the ending it would have been hand drawn sketches of Arima imploding in self existentialism and sexually fantasizing about Yukino's little sisters.
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bjorn-stenborg — 19 years ago(June 18, 2006 03:46 AM)
Yes, it's a shame that Anno didn't get the time and budget required to do anything other more than storyboards for large parts of the end of evangelion. It's also a shame that lots of people only see the superficial side the series.