IKARI:“The cargo departed Sasebo yesterday, and is currently traversing the Pacific Ocean.”
UrsusArctos: We usually see Gendo from the front instead of sideways-on like this. The absence of struts in the window and the gray-blue lighting give this a very abstract appearance, and Gendo, the desk and chair form a silhouette vaguely like a ship sailing on a misty ocean, perhaps a hint at where this episode is going.
thewayneiac: Um... Sasebo is in Japan; is it just traveling along the coast?
UrsusArctos: Sasebo is in Kyushu near Nagasaki, while Hakone is in the main island of Honshu. It would make sense for the convoy to be traveling just off the coast. However, if it left Sasebo the previous day, it's plainly going slow for it to not have already reached the Tokyo Bay area.
Kendrix: After doing the elaborate establishing shots once or twice it is now enough to show just one familiar image to activate preexisting associations; Places & the typical scenes/ moods in them gradually become familiar.
