'Neon Genesis Evangelion' Creator's Superhero Reboot Is Totally Bonkers
The Big Picture That Hideaki Anno is one of the boldest cinematic voices of Japan is no secret. His latest cinematic effort, a superhero reboot of the popular Japanese 1971 TV show Kamen Rider, is one of the craziest films that 2023 has had to offer. Given anime’s propensity for insanity, that’s certainly saying something. Any logic that you can find within that entire genre is strictly internal, with action scenes and exposition compromising much of the runtime.
The Kamen Rider franchise would evolve to become an absolute titan in the Japanese entertainment industry, spawning dozens of series, video games, and theatrical releases. It’s credited for launching a second boom in the kaiju genre, popularizing the term kaijin which is used to describe superpowered, yet monstrous, humanoid supervillains who, unlike their colossal counterparts, are capable of speech.
In depicting the Masked Rider’s fighting ability, Anno opted for an approach that isn’t nearly as polished as what Westerners may expect from the MCU. Instead, the entire film possesses an almost gritty, practical aesthetic, with whip-pans, jump cuts, and crash zooms being used with an inspiring amount of creativity to convey the Rider’s immense power.
It Wouldn’t Be An Anno Movie Without Existential Themes of Crippling Loneliness Neon Genesis Evangelion didn’t become a cult phenomenon for being an outstandingly action-packed Mecca series. On the contrary, it garnered its fan base by exploring themes of grief, trauma, and most importantly loneliness. Piloting the meccas of Evangelion aren’t played off as a wish-fulfilling fantasy but a traumatic experience akin to that of a soldier at war.
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