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Originally posted by Nandemonai:
The thing is, Evangelion did have a lasting impact on giant robot shows in general--it moved them from either being...well, Gundam or in the same vein as Voltron--formulaic toy vehicles. Evangelion really did completely change things, and now the Eva formula has been incorporated into mecha shows.
Argh... please don't reduce Gundam to a toy selling vehicle... yes, I am aware of its origins as such. But writing off the whole saga as that is insulting.
I would say Eva's big contribution to anime had nothing to do with giant robots. Indeed, the first half of the series is nothing but a typical mecha show. It had an ominous undertone, and hinted at other things... but it wasn't until much later that the show changed gears and became really unique. Then it became a psychological character dissection. And it was even semi-academic about doing it too. The fact that there were giant robots involved at that point was almost coincidence. It's influence has primarily been picked up by giant robot shows, but lots of non-mecha anime have shown its influence, normally to better use. I think Lain is a good example of this.
Anyway, I'm already doing exactly what I said I wouldn't... analyzing anime. So, to summarize, yes I liked Gasaraki (and while it's animation wasn't great, I couldn't imagine calling it that bad??) though you are of course entitled to your opinion. And I'm still sketchy on Fruits Basket... but I'll give it a shot.