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Anno chose 'It's ok to run away' as the main theme for the series, with the idea that 'it's perfectly fine' to run away sometimes and that 'There are things that you gain and things that you lose running away, after all'. Anno inherited something from Aoki Uru - the determination not to run away from problems - and what we saw in Evangelion was maybe just a reflection of those feelings'. According to Gainax co-founder Yasuhiro Takeda, ideas from Aoki Uru were borrowed for the new project, including the concept of 'not running away' for Takeda the passage was 'something more than just transposing one show's theme onto another. After the failure of the Royal Space Force: The Wings of HonnГЄamise sequel Aoki Uru, Gainax began planning a new series.

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Neon Genesis Evangelion director Hideaki Anno was depressed for four years before the series production. вЂ“ Hideaki Anno about Evangelion before its original airing on J Because I don't know where life is taking the staff of the production. I don't know what will happen to Shinji, Misato or Rei. That is because within me, the story is not yet finished. 'You can't run away', came to me, and I restarted this productionВ . A man who ran away for four years, one who was simply not dead. Development I tried to include everything of myself in Neon Genesis Evangelion вЂ“ myself, a broken man who could do nothing for four years. McKevitt described Shinji's design, with his brown hair and blue eyes, as an example of mukokuseki ( з„Ўе›Ѕз±Ќ), a deliberate lack of ethnic features included in the character design of Japanese fictional characters, which 'allowed Japanese creations to be simultaneously Western and transnational'. He thus modelled the character on Nadia Arwol from The Secret of Blue Water his face was influenced by Nadia, with just a change in hairstyle. He tried for a look where one could see the forehead through the bangs, 'the look of a boyish young girl', giving him girl's eyes. Sadamoto changed his mind, finding his original design 'too wild'. In one of Sadamoto's original proposals, he had long hair which would have covered his face or fluttered in the wind. At first, he tried to create a character 'that would tap into the consciousness of today's anime fans'. Since Shinji lacks the enthusiasm and courage of other robot-anime heroes, Sadamoto gave him a different heroic interpretation: 'Rather than a reflection of a hero, sort of a refraction of a hero'. He wanted a 'realistic and ordinary' boy, a character 'that'll be hard for others to make'. Neon Genesis Evangelion character designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto drew Shinji in an ordinary summer school uniform with a white shirt, making him 'an average character'. Original sketch of Shinji by Sadamoto, altered for the anime series Merchandise based on the character, including action figures and perfumes, has been marketed. Shinji has placed highly in popularity polls and has been the subject of scholarly study. Shinji's characterization in the spin-offs and the Rebuild of Evangelion films, however, received more positive comments for his more courageous and self-confident personality, especially in the second instalment of the saga, Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance. Although his complexity was praised and generally considered realistic, he was criticized for his insecurity and weakness. The character has had a mixed response from anime and manga publications. Shinji is voiced by Megumi Ogata in Japanese, and by Spike Spencer and Casey Mongillo in English. Anno used psychoanalytical theories for his characterization, including the Freudian psychosexual development model. Shinji's insecurity and torment are explored through streams of consciousness and inner monologues, with episodes focusing on his introspection. Shinji appears in the franchise's animated feature films and related media, video games, the original net animation Petit Eva: the Rebuild of Evangelion films, and the manga adaptation by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto.Дirector Hideaki Anno conceived Shinji as a representation of himself, reflecting his four-year depression after the airing of his previous work, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. In the anime series of the same name, Shinji is a young man who was abandoned by his father Gendo, who asks him to pilot a mecha called Evangelion Unit 01 to protect the city of Tokyo-3 from Angels: creatures which threaten to destroy humanity. He is the franchise's poster boy and protagonist.

Shinji Ikari ( Japanese: зў‡ г‚·гѓіг‚ё, Hepburn: Ikari Shinji) is a fictional character in the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise created by Gainax. Spike Spencer ( ADV Films dub / Rebuild).