Gwern — Docs: NGE↗

[ Animerica volume 4, issue 2; PDF scan ] [caption left: “ otaku : (oh-TAH-koo) n. Term used to refer to fanatical devotees of anime or manga.

Was it that different from what had gone before? There was no shortage of Gunbuster or Nadia merchandising, and General Products did a lot of merchandising for other series.

[Page 19] [Image, right, of Hideaki Anno with short black hair, thin mustache and beard, wearing a hoodie vest, rolled-up over long-sleeved white shirt, flashing a V-sign.

No longer a child, not yet an adult… Being “fourteen years old” symbolizes problems of the heart.

https://forum.evageeks.org/post/437636/Evangelion-20-CRC-Anno-Interview/#437636 The response to the “Break” [ Evangelion 2.

[pg18–21] When I was a kid, I don’t think I was quite the geek I am now. As far back as I can remember, television was always a part of home life.

Because there is no real original in this world but one’s life.