The Birthday of Rei Ayanami

Created/Updated 2001-06-23


Animephile Rating: N/A
I don't know why I bought this. I guess I was expecting it to have at least one song by Hayashibara-san that I don't have. I was wrong, but it wasn't that expensive and the CD is actually not that bad. Evangelion series does not interest me, though. It's certainly worth watching once or twice, but I just don't get what all the fuss is about. Hideaki-san is just telling the teenagers very simple message by making it sound as complex as possible. It works with the stupid kids these days, so I guess he was successful at achieving his objectives. Hideaki-san's method of conveying his message changes when he's talking to dumb adults. Just watch "Anime Ai no AwaAwa Hour" and you'll see. I don't like that either because I'm not one of those dumb adults. The method he uses to convey his message in Kareshi Kanojo no Jinou is exactly the type I like. Hideaki-san really knows his audience well. That's great except when people buy his work expecting it to be similar to his other works, they will be disappointed unless both are targeted at the same kind of audience. From what I hear, he sent his messages to each group and so he's quitting. Maybe he'll come back when he thinks of new messages to convey or when he thinks of another group of people he hasn't addressed yet.

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