I must say, I haven't read the manga at all. James has it but I never felt the urge to read it. But I suppose it's inevitable that Kaworu is more developped. Didn't he get only an episode in the anime or am I remembering it wrong?
I'm glad you're feeling better. You weren't looking too good towards the end yesterday, hardly in any state to put up with us noisy girls. ;)
He only got an episode, but he was in the opening credits from the beginning.
Partly, though, it's just that Sadamoto's attitude is different. Anno's a genius, but he's definitely a primadonna. He seems to feel that too much explanation is beneath him. Sadamoto doesn't demand that his audience jump through as many hoops.
All the characters have somewhat different personalities than in the anime -- Shinji especially -- so a lot of the fans don't like it. I didn't at first, but I see now that's he's actually tried to give their characters more depth. Kaworu, especially -- his transformation from cold agent of destruction to human being with a soul is much-better played.
Overall, I'm liking it. Of course, I still reserve final judgement until I've read the last volume (if Sadamoto ever finishes the series).
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I must say, I haven't read the manga at all. James has it but I never felt the urge to read it. But I suppose it's inevitable that Kaworu is more developped. Didn't he get only an episode in the anime or am I remembering it wrong?
I'm glad you're feeling better. You weren't looking too good towards the end yesterday, hardly in any state to put up with us noisy girls. ;)
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Partly, though, it's just that Sadamoto's attitude is different. Anno's a genius, but he's definitely a primadonna. He seems to feel that too much explanation is beneath him. Sadamoto doesn't demand that his audience jump through as many hoops.
All the characters have somewhat different personalities than in the anime -- Shinji especially -- so a lot of the fans don't like it. I didn't at first, but I see now that's he's actually tried to give their characters more depth. Kaworu, especially -- his transformation from cold agent of destruction to human being with a soul is much-better played.
Overall, I'm liking it. Of course, I still reserve final judgement until I've read the last volume (if Sadamoto ever finishes the series).
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Hope you are feeling better!
I am crappy at these LJ things. I forget to log in.
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