FGC:Episode 01 Cut 033

FGC:Episode 01 Cut 033

Screenshots	Cut #	Description/Dialogue	Commentary
	033	Woman (OFF) “According to the optical survey, inspection work of the results is top priority.”Fuyutsuki “It's been fifteen years, hasn't it?”Ikari “Yes, there can be no mistake.”	tv33: Only about a minute into the show and it's already great. Dr. Nick: Here we encounter the “reflecting glasses” effect in use for the first time. It's a fairly standard visual trick in numerous anime shows, but I haven't yet met another series where it is used as ridiculously often as in NGE. Sharp-kun: Anno has previously used the “glasses tint” effect in Gunbuster, which has several similarities to Eva. [../images_refs/gunbuster_coach.jpg "Coach"] is in many ways a prototype Gendo. Keisuke-kun: Gendo seems to love being in this pose. Throughout the whole series, you see him sitting like this (or in a similar manner) the most. Sharp-kun: This is also the pose that has sparked countless parodies. Yao's father in Miami Guns, for example, and at least once in Excel Saga. Reichu: Well, Gendo's preference certainly is advantageous as far as the animators must have been concerned. Not only does Gendo barely move, we scarcely see his mouth when he is talking (not that Japanese animators normally concern themselves much withmouth movement anyway). Rather interesting how well Gendo's mannerisms fit in with Gainax's corner-cutting later on, when what little budget there was goes bye-bye.