Description

At long last. Cass and Alex discuss the 1995 anime "Neon Genesis Evangelion," directed by Hideaki Anno and produced by Studio Gainax.

Next month we're going to be watching and discussing End of Evangelion as well as the Rebuild of Evangelion.

Show Notes:

• "Neverending Evangelion:  How Hideaki Anno turned obsessions and depression into an anime phenomenon" by Aaron Stewart-Ahn
• "End of Evangelion and the Audience-Author Membrane" by Dan Olson
• "Annihilation and Decoding Metaphor" by Dan Olson
• Alex's Book Recommendation: Life Mask by Emma Donoghue
• Cass's Book Recommendation: Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (also check out Laura Michet, whose name Cass completely forgot how to spell because we had been podcasting for like three hours)

Social:

Show Twitter: @animeisforjerks

Show Mastodon: @animeisforjerks@skeleton.cool

Show Email: animeisforjerks@gmail.com

Cass's Twitter: @prophet_goddess

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Alex's Twitter: @dunndunndunn

Alex's Mastodon: @catalina@selfy.army

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