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I liked the shots of power lines with cicadas chirping. Best part of the series.

by ethbro 7y ago

jandrese 7y ago
Well, I have some good news for you! You may also be interested in literally every anime that came out after Eva with a city setting. May I recommend Serial Experiments Lain for more power lines and cicadas goodness? As every Anime sound director knows, those obnoxious bugs are the only available auditory shorthand for "it's summer".
- roddux 7y ago
  I realise you jest slightly, due to the very overdone cicadas... but I had to jump in to add; Serial Experiments Lain is seriously a 10/10 anime. I'd strongly recommend it to anyone.
- gwern 7y ago
  Excellent recommendation. SEL always tops the lists of cicada connoisseur lists like https://thehardtimes.net/harddrive/we-ranked-animes-top-10-static-shots-of-power-lines-with-cicada-noises/ https://thehardtimes.net/harddrive/we-ranked-animes-top-10-s...
bigger_cheese 7y ago
One scene that sticks out to me after all these years is a brief 2 minute scene from 'End of Evangelion' where Rei is talking to Shinji about the nature of dreams. In the background you can hear Bach's Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring being played on a piano and it transitions from animation to filmed live action footage which I think was shot around Tokyo it shows things like train lines, buildings and an empty swing set in a playground and yes there is a power line shot. Then it cuts to an audience watching a film inside a cinema as handwritten letters flash up on the screen, which were death threats the studio had received from obsessive fans. I was blown away by the aesthetics of this scene watching it as a 15 year old and it's stuck with me.
- RandomGuyDTB 7y ago
  Just rewatched that scene (happens at around 1:16:00). The first time I watched that scene in particular I had to pause it because I was flabbergasted that they were so clearly breaking the fourth wall. After the... unfortunate opening scene of the movie I hadn't rewatched it but every time I see even a small clip of anything from Eva (the movie or the show) I'm just enamored. Hideaki Anno is one of the greatest artists of our time just from NGE and Shin Godzilla. It felt like every frame of the original anime was perfect.

I liked the shots of power lines with cicadas chirping. Best part of the series.

by ethbro 7y ago

I liked the shots of power lines with cicadas chirping. Best part of the series.

Well, I have some good news for you! You may also be interested in literally every anime that came out after Eva with a city setting. May I recommend Serial Experiments Lain for more power lines and cicadas goodness? As every Anime sound director knows, those obnoxious bugs are the only available auditory shorthand for "it's summer".

roddux 7y ago
I realise you jest slightly, due to the very overdone cicadas... but I had to jump in to add; Serial Experiments Lain is seriously a 10/10 anime. I'd strongly recommend it to anyone.
gwern 7y ago
Excellent recommendation. SEL always tops the lists of cicada connoisseur lists like https://thehardtimes.net/harddrive/we-ranked-animes-top-10-static-shots-of-power-lines-with-cicada-noises/ https://thehardtimes.net/harddrive/we-ranked-animes-top-10-s...

bigger_cheese 7y ago

One scene that sticks out to me after all these years is a brief 2 minute scene from 'End of Evangelion' where Rei is talking to Shinji about the nature of dreams. In the background you can hear Bach's Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring being played on a piano and it transitions from animation to filmed live action footage which I think was shot around Tokyo it shows things like train lines, buildings and an empty swing set in a playground and yes there is a power line shot. Then it cuts to an audience watching a film inside a cinema as handwritten letters flash up on the screen, which were death threats the studio had received from obsessive fans. I was blown away by the aesthetics of this scene watching it as a 15 year old and it's stuck with me.

RandomGuyDTB 7y ago
Just rewatched that scene (happens at around 1:16:00). The first time I watched that scene in particular I had to pause it because I was flabbergasted that they were so clearly breaking the fourth wall. After the... unfortunate opening scene of the movie I hadn't rewatched it but every time I see even a small clip of anything from Eva (the movie or the show) I'm just enamored. Hideaki Anno is one of the greatest artists of our time just from NGE and Shin Godzilla. It felt like every frame of the original anime was perfect.