The written statements section is an archive of content written about or in regards to Evangelion. Below you will find essays, interviews, press statements and more. In particular you will find quite a few essays written by the fan community, which I highly recommend reading, as I feel the opinions and views of fans and enthusiasts are of particular importance. Have an essay stashed somewhere? Share your insights with the community, send it in. Check the submissions page for details.
Japanese Production
- Anno, Hideaki - What were we trying to make here?
- Asari, Yoshitou - Before you dig in...
- Hayashibara, Megumi - What I learned from meeting a girl who didn't know
- Miyamura, Yuko - A Place For Asuka In The Heart
- Ogata, Megumi - With all my respect to the two Shinjis
- Sadamoto, Yoshiyuki - My Thoughts at the Moment
- Sadamoto, Yoshiyuki - Manga Volume 1 Commentary
- Sadamoto, Yoshiyuki - Manga Volume 2 Commentary
- Sadamoto, Yoshiyuki - Manga Volume 3 Commentary
- Sadamoto, Yoshiyuki - Manga Volume 4 Commentary
- Sadamoto, Yoshiyuki - Manga Valume 5 Commentary
- Sadamoto, Yoshiyuki - Manga Valume 6 Commentary
- Sadamoto, Yoshiyuki - Manga Valume 7 Commentary
- Sadamoto, Yoshiyuki - Manga Volume 8 Commentary
- Sadamoto, Yoshiyuki - Manga Valume 9 Commentary
- Yamashita, Ikuto - The design concept is "Enormous Power Restrained"
Press Releases
- 04/28/2003 Aquisition of Director's Cuts
- 05/19/2003 Announcement or Live Action Eva Movie
- 11/05/2003 Evangelion: Ressurection
- 02/24/2004 Evangelion: Genesis Reborn
- 04/20/2004 Release Set for Neon Genesis Evangelion - Platinum Editon
- 06/14/2004 ADV Films Announces Evangelion - Platinum: 01 Collector's Edition Street Date
English Adaptation
- Gleicher, Marvin - RE: Recent NewType review of Evangelion: Death & Rebirth and The End of Evangelion
- Grant, Tiffany - In Defense of Asuka
- Grant, Tiffany - Notes About the Live Action Evangelion Movie
- Horn, Carl - Editor's Note (Manga Volume 1, Viz Second Edition)
- Horn, Carl - Editor's Note (Manga Volume 5, Viz Second Edition)
- Horn, Carl - Editor's Note (Manga Volume 8, Viz Second Edition)
- Horn, Carl - The Mysterious Stranger
- Horn, Carl - Speaking Once as They Return: Gainax's Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Horn, Carl - I Discovered the Word
- Horn, Carl - My Empire of Dirt: The End of Evangelion
- Horn, Carl - Alternate Evangelion Series Soundtrack
- Horn, Carl - An Alternate End of Evangelion Soundtrack
- Horn, Carl - Secrets of Evangelion: Special Dossier Section: Volume Five
- Horn, Carl - Secrets of Evangelion: Special Dossier Section: Volume Six
- Horn, Carl - Secrets of Evangelion: Special Dossier Section: Volume Seven
- Horn, Carl - Eight Books of Evangelion
Enthusiasts
- Blacknoah, Kain S. - Why I like Gendo Ikari
- Chung, Stephen - Analysis of Evangelion Characters According to the Sephiroth Tree of Life
- Chung, Stephen - Contemplation Guide to Evangelion Episodes
- Clark, Aaron - Thank You Anno
- Clark, Aaron - Humor, after the apocalypse
- Clark, Josh - How A. T. Fields from Neon Genesis Evangelion can relate to Real Life
- Dedguy - A theory of creation, existence, and destruction as interpreted from Shin Seiki Evangelion
- Duan, Charles - Constructing the Self
- Duan, Charles - Supercomputers and Giant Robots
- Fallon, Joseph - Of the end of the end
- Faren, Travis - The "Barons of Hell" Debunked
- Kain - Anime Academy Review of Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Kain - Anime Academy Review of Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & amp; Rebirth
- Kain - Anime Academy Review of Neon Genesis Evangelion: End of Evangelion
- Kain - Anime Academy Profile of Hideaki Anno
- Kain - Anime Academy Profile of Megumi Hayashibara
- Kain - Anime Academy Profile of Kotono Mitsuishi
- Knoetgen, PJ - "Shinji The Christ"
- Leporati, Matt - The Meaning Behind Evangelion
- Myer, Sarah - The End of Evangelion: What is going on Here?
- Myer, Sarah - "I musn't run away."
- Pan-Chan - Life is an Unfamiliar Ceiling: A look at director Hideaki Anno
- Petty, Genevieve - Saving Humanity through Gender Reversal
- Shea, Brian - Just How Offensive is Eva?
- Shea, Brian - Its Not as Unlikely as You Think...
- Shea, Brian - Whats wrong with being unoriginal?
- Shea, Brian - I Might Have An Eva Clone On My Hands...
- Shea, Brian - There's No Such Thing as 'The Best'
- Shea, Brian - Damn Those Fans!!
- Shea, Brian - Why the Movie is Vastly Superior to the TV Ending
- Shea, Brian - Eva's Biggest Impact
- Shea, Brian - Evangelion, from 1980?
- Tsuribe, Manabu - Prison of Self-consciousness: an Essay on Evangelion
- Wang, Jonathan - A Personal Essay: Rei: Why I Find Her Beautiful
- Wells, Amanda - Angel Analysis
- Wells, Amanda - The Charm of Tabris
- Wells, Amanda - Down in the Muck
- Wells, Amanda - In Defense of Head Trips
- Wells, Amanda - Lady Akagi's Lover
- Wells, Amanda - Sex, Gender, Expectations, and Shinji Ikari
- Wells, Amanda - Speaking in Tongues
- Wells, Amanda - The Symbolic Asuka
- Wells, Amanda - Too Cute
- Wignall, Michael - An argument for the concurrent nature of episodes 26 and 26'
- Wignall, Michael - EoE Live Sequence and Alternate Endings
- Wignall, Michael - The Case of Asuka Langley Sohryu
- Wignall, Michael - The Case of Misato Katsuragi
- Wignall, Michael - Kimochi Warui
- Wignall, Michael - Who Shot Ryoji Kaji?
- Wignall, Michael - Evangelion Movies
Links to other articles and essays
- Azuma, Hiroki - Anime or Something Like it: Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Baptista, Steve - Tristan MacAvery Interview
- Broderick, Mick - Anime's Apocalypse: Neon Genesis Evangelion as Millennarian Mecha
- Brophy, Philip - The Tyranny of the English Voice in Anime
- Crandol, Mike - "Understanding Evangelion"
- The Danimal - "A Deeper Look at Evangelion"
- The Danimal - "Is this the End?"
- Eng, Lawrence - In the Eyes of Hideaki Anno, Writer and Director of Evangelion
- Iglesias, Joe - "Evangelion and its Angels"
- Lee, Kenneth - The Thin Veneer Known as "Evangelion"
- MacWilliams, Mark - Apocalypticism Japanese Style
- Pedrini, Tommy - Cruel Angel's Thesis: Evangelion is a Piece of Crap
- Ramos, Catherine - Suite 101 Review of Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Shandry, Chuck - Probe Interview of Tiffany Grant
- Thomas, Owen - Amusing Himself to Death
- Weise, Matthew - Saving What Counts: Reflections on the End of Eva