“Special Talk: Yutaka Izubuchi × Hideaki Anno”, Hideaki Anno, Yutaka Izubuchi2012-02-28 (NGE, interview; backlinks)⁠:

Discussion by Izubuchi and Anno of classic mecha anime

This interview was published in the 2003_21ya Japanese book RahXephon Complete (ISBN 4840110190); it has not been officially translated, but the ANF user Vir arranged for a rough translation. At my request, he gave me a copy and I have heavily edited it to what follows. (Names were translated phonetically; I have done my best to figure out what was meant.)

• Primary Experience
• Combattler And Gowapper
• Izubuchi’s Version Of Eva, And The Question Of Just How Many Eyes Should Be There
• Is Being A Director A Rotten Deal?
• Why Robot Anime?
• The Crucial Difference Between The Two Directors
• Eva’s Transfiguration From The Orthodox Robot Anime
• Where Is Robot Anime Going…?
• Profiles

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