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|text=}} | |text=Shinji lingers at the side of the bus stop. | ||
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|text=Sign: '''Drop-Off Only | |||
Hakone Tozan Railway Co.'''}} | |||
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|comment=}} | |comment=Waiting for Totoro?}} | ||
{{FGC:Comment|name=Shin-seiki | |||
|comment=I'd say it's pretty likely that this was intended as an homage to "My Neighbor Totoro". (NGE is full of such nods to other anime.) [http://wiki.evageeks.org/Image:Mei-jizo-san.jpg This image] of Mei and the statues is included in a book I have about Miyazaki, so I made the connection when I took a good look at the shot of Shinji. | |||
The statue is of [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Jizo-san&btnG=Google+Search Jizo-san], a Buddhist diety who is the patron of travelers and children, and a common sight along rural roads in Japan. Here is the caption for the shot of Mei in the book I mentioned above: <br> | |||
<font color=darkred>''Seated by a line of statues, Mei wonders what to do now that she is well and truly lost. The statues represent a Buddhist deity who takes care of all children, so the Japanese audience knows she'll be okay… | |||
[Helen McCarthy, “Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation”, p.134]''</font color> | |||
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{{FGC:Comment|name=Dr. Nick | |||
|comment=The possibility of an homage isn't really that far-fetched, considering how the boys and girls of Gainax are apparently big Studio Ghibli fans.}} | |||
{{FGC:Comment|name= | {{FGC:Comment|name=Reichu | ||
|comment= | |comment=And whoever isn't should be hunted down and shot. <br> | ||
Also, here is [http://www.odakyu-group.co.jp/english/sightsee/hakone/transpor/Etozan.htm more] on the Hakone Tozan Railway. | |||
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