The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World”
UrsusArctos: The word for "Love" (AI) is in Katakana, which makes this a double-allusion to the Harlan Ellison short story of the same name and suggests that the title can be read "The Best That Shouted "I" at the Heart of the World", a mirror of the existential nature of Instrumentality. The use of Katakana to make puns in Japanese is not new, but Anno is an established master of this particular game (such as in Shin Eva).
